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Former AG Barr stopped investigations into trailer load of 288,000 ballots into PA from New York in 2020 Election and refused to provide whistleblower protection
Sometimes there are too many uncertainties and obvious red flags for an issue to go unnoticed. This is one of those times. Truck driver Jesse Morgan moved mail for the US Postal Service and came out after the election and shared his story of how he hauled tens of thousands of ballots from New York to Pennsylvania before the 2020 Election. We reported on this in December 2020. We learned in the summer of 2021 that former US Attorney General Bill Barr ordered the US Attorney in Eastern Pennsylvania to stop investigating 2020 Election issues in the state and turn any issues over to the Democrat Pennsylvania Attorney General. This would have included the reports of approximately 288,000 ballots entering Pennsylvania on a semi-trailer from New York. US Attorney William McSwain shared with President Trump, in part:
https://www.sott.net/article/466333-Former-AG-Barr-stopped-investigations-into-trailer-load-of-288000-ballots-into-PA-from-New-York-in-2020-Election-and-refused-to-provide-whistleblower-protection
Former AG Barr stopped investigations into trailer load of 288,000 ballots into PA from New York in 2020 Election and refused to provide whistleblower protection
Sometimes there are too many uncertainties and obvious red flags for an issue to go unnoticed. This is one of those times. Truck driver Jesse Morgan moved mail for the US Postal Service and came out after the election and shared his story of how he hauled tens of thousands of ballots from New York to Pennsylvania before the 2020 Election. We reported on this in December 2020. We learned in the summer of 2021 that former US Attorney General Bill Barr ordered the US Attorney in Eastern Pennsylvania to stop investigating 2020 Election issues in the state and turn any issues over to the Democrat Pennsylvania Attorney General. This would have included the reports of approximately 288,000 ballots entering Pennsylvania on a semi-trailer from New York. US Attorney William McSwain shared with President Trump, in part:
https://www.sott.net/article/466333-Former-AG-Barr-stopped-investigations-into-trailer-load-of-288000-ballots-into-PA-from-New-York-in-2020-Election-and-refused-to-provide-whistleblower-protection
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Father and son dead after landslide hits bushwalkers in Blue Mountains, Australia
Tragedy has struck a family of five British tourists after they were hit by a landslide at a popular walking track in the Blue Mountains on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were called about 1.40pm after reports that the landslide had fallen onto a group of bushwalkers on the Wentworth Pass track at Wentworth Falls. The father, 49, and his nine-year-old son were killed. The mother, 50, and a second son, 14, were critically injured and are in hospital, while the couple's 15-year-old daughter walked out to safety unharmed before being treated for shock. Police said the family were in Australia on holidays from Britain. NSW Police Detective acting Superintendent John Nelson described the incident as "a tragic scene".
https://www.sott.net/article/466334-Father-and-son-dead-after-landslide-hits-bushwalkers-in-Blue-Mountains-Australia
Father and son dead after landslide hits bushwalkers in Blue Mountains, Australia
Tragedy has struck a family of five British tourists after they were hit by a landslide at a popular walking track in the Blue Mountains on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were called about 1.40pm after reports that the landslide had fallen onto a group of bushwalkers on the Wentworth Pass track at Wentworth Falls. The father, 49, and his nine-year-old son were killed. The mother, 50, and a second son, 14, were critically injured and are in hospital, while the couple's 15-year-old daughter walked out to safety unharmed before being treated for shock. Police said the family were in Australia on holidays from Britain. NSW Police Detective acting Superintendent John Nelson described the incident as "a tragic scene".
https://www.sott.net/article/466334-Father-and-son-dead-after-landslide-hits-bushwalkers-in-Blue-Mountains-Australia
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FBI seizes $90 million yacht owned by Putin ally Viktor Vekselberg in Spain
Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the Tango), a 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Spanish authorities acted pursuant to a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for assistance following the issuance of a seizure warrant, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which alleged that the Tango was subject to forfeiture based on violation of U.S. bank fraud, money laundering, and sanction statutes. Separately, seizure warrants obtained in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia target approximately $625,000 associated with sanctioned parties held at nine U.S. financial institutions. Those seizures are based on sanctions violations by several Russian specially designated nationals.
https://www.sott.net/article/466335-FBI-seizes-90-million-yacht-owned-by-Putin-ally-Viktor-Vekselberg-in-Spain
FBI seizes $90 million yacht owned by Putin ally Viktor Vekselberg in Spain
Spanish law enforcement today executed a Spanish court order freezing the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (the Tango), a 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. Spanish authorities acted pursuant to a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for assistance following the issuance of a seizure warrant, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which alleged that the Tango was subject to forfeiture based on violation of U.S. bank fraud, money laundering, and sanction statutes. Separately, seizure warrants obtained in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia target approximately $625,000 associated with sanctioned parties held at nine U.S. financial institutions. Those seizures are based on sanctions violations by several Russian specially designated nationals.
https://www.sott.net/article/466335-FBI-seizes-90-million-yacht-owned-by-Putin-ally-Viktor-Vekselberg-in-Spain
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France seemingly involved with Ukrainian banderites
According to the assurances given both by a Russian and an Ukrainian source, French soldiers from the Special Operations Command are currently in Mariupol (Ukraine) side by side with the Azov regiment. Public broadcaster France-Télévision, which had so far brushed off the ideological character of the Azov regiment, presented a report on it during the France-2 evening news, on 31 March 2022. The report acknowledged that the regiment had been infiltrated by neo-Nazi elements in 2014, singling out one of its founders, Andriy Biletsky, but insisted that it had evolved into a respectable defense force. However, France-2 omitted to mention its other founder, Dmytro Yarosh, who is currently Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The French channel referred to an old United Nations report documenting systematic torture in Eastern Ukraine, but it neglected to mention either the Azov regiment's special prisons uncovered by the Russian army, or the recent statements...
https://www.sott.net/article/466336-France-seemingly-involved-with-Ukrainian-banderites
France seemingly involved with Ukrainian banderites
According to the assurances given both by a Russian and an Ukrainian source, French soldiers from the Special Operations Command are currently in Mariupol (Ukraine) side by side with the Azov regiment. Public broadcaster France-Télévision, which had so far brushed off the ideological character of the Azov regiment, presented a report on it during the France-2 evening news, on 31 March 2022. The report acknowledged that the regiment had been infiltrated by neo-Nazi elements in 2014, singling out one of its founders, Andriy Biletsky, but insisted that it had evolved into a respectable defense force. However, France-2 omitted to mention its other founder, Dmytro Yarosh, who is currently Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The French channel referred to an old United Nations report documenting systematic torture in Eastern Ukraine, but it neglected to mention either the Azov regiment's special prisons uncovered by the Russian army, or the recent statements...
https://www.sott.net/article/466336-France-seemingly-involved-with-Ukrainian-banderites
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BEST OF THE WEB: Report says Russia to see record capital inflow this year
Skyrocketing oil prices and falling imports are the main factors, experts say Russia's balance of payments surplus could hit a historic high this year, amounting to $200-$300 billion, business news outlet RBC reported on Monday. Economists polled by RBC have predicted record capital inflows into the country, despite the tightening Western sanctions. They pointed to major factors behind the inflow, such as the increase in the value of Russian energy exports, and a reduction in merchandise imports to Russia by up to 50%.
https://www.sott.net/article/466337-Report-says-Russia-to-see-record-capital-inflow-this-year
BEST OF THE WEB: Report says Russia to see record capital inflow this year
Skyrocketing oil prices and falling imports are the main factors, experts say Russia's balance of payments surplus could hit a historic high this year, amounting to $200-$300 billion, business news outlet RBC reported on Monday. Economists polled by RBC have predicted record capital inflows into the country, despite the tightening Western sanctions. They pointed to major factors behind the inflow, such as the increase in the value of Russian energy exports, and a reduction in merchandise imports to Russia by up to 50%.
https://www.sott.net/article/466337-Report-says-Russia-to-see-record-capital-inflow-this-year
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Ninety months (and counting) of no warming - and now small signs of cooling
Another month has been added to the standstill in global temperature, according to accurate satellite measurements compiled by the University of Alabama and NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer (see above). The pause is now 90 months long. In fact a small downwards movement is now discernible, since the trend measured over the last 90 months is minus-0.01°C, which equates to minus-0.14°C a century. It must be noted, however, that such small movements, although widely used by climate alarmists in the upwards direction, are within the margin of error. As I have noted in recent articles, the Spencer data has been kicked off Google AdSense for "unreliable and harmful claims". The move demonetised Dr. Spencer's monthly satellite update page by removing all Google-supplied advertising. Google says it will ban all sites that are sceptical of "well established scientific consensus". Agenda-driven commentators almost invariably ignore satellite data, which has consistently shown less warming than...
https://www.sott.net/article/466338-Ninety-months-and-counting-of-no-warming-and-now-small-signs-of-cooling
Ninety months (and counting) of no warming - and now small signs of cooling
Another month has been added to the standstill in global temperature, according to accurate satellite measurements compiled by the University of Alabama and NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer (see above). The pause is now 90 months long. In fact a small downwards movement is now discernible, since the trend measured over the last 90 months is minus-0.01°C, which equates to minus-0.14°C a century. It must be noted, however, that such small movements, although widely used by climate alarmists in the upwards direction, are within the margin of error. As I have noted in recent articles, the Spencer data has been kicked off Google AdSense for "unreliable and harmful claims". The move demonetised Dr. Spencer's monthly satellite update page by removing all Google-supplied advertising. Google says it will ban all sites that are sceptical of "well established scientific consensus". Agenda-driven commentators almost invariably ignore satellite data, which has consistently shown less warming than...
https://www.sott.net/article/466338-Ninety-months-and-counting-of-no-warming-and-now-small-signs-of-cooling
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Rain triggers deadly landslide in Nariño, Colombia
Heavy rainfall in southern Colombia has caused fatalities and damage in Nariño Department. After intense rainfall that began in the early hours of this 02 April 2022, a landslide occurred in the village of Cocha Blanca, in the municipality of Ancuya in western Nariño. Two houses in the village were completely destroyed, killing or injuring the residents inside. According to the preliminary report known by Nariño's Administrative Directorate for Disaster Risk Management (DAGRD), the event left 3 people dead and 5 people injured. Landslides in the area also blocked important roads. Jhon Rojas, the Governor of Nariño, along with a team from DAGRD Nariño visited the area to support the coordination of an emergency response. The governor said heavy rainfall had increased the risk of landslides in rural areas, putting families at risk. Some have evacuated their homes as a precaution. The governor added that assistance has been provided to affected communities and work on clearing or...
https://www.sott.net/article/466339-Rain-triggers-deadly-landslide-in-Narino-Colombia
Rain triggers deadly landslide in Nariño, Colombia
Heavy rainfall in southern Colombia has caused fatalities and damage in Nariño Department. After intense rainfall that began in the early hours of this 02 April 2022, a landslide occurred in the village of Cocha Blanca, in the municipality of Ancuya in western Nariño. Two houses in the village were completely destroyed, killing or injuring the residents inside. According to the preliminary report known by Nariño's Administrative Directorate for Disaster Risk Management (DAGRD), the event left 3 people dead and 5 people injured. Landslides in the area also blocked important roads. Jhon Rojas, the Governor of Nariño, along with a team from DAGRD Nariño visited the area to support the coordination of an emergency response. The governor said heavy rainfall had increased the risk of landslides in rural areas, putting families at risk. Some have evacuated their homes as a precaution. The governor added that assistance has been provided to affected communities and work on clearing or...
https://www.sott.net/article/466339-Rain-triggers-deadly-landslide-in-Narino-Colombia
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Is it possible to actually know what has been and is going on in Ukraine?
[...] Just recently I came across perhaps the clearest and most reasonable account of what has been going on in Ukraine. Its importance comes due to the fact that its author, Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service, was variously a highly placed, major participant in NATO training operations in Ukraine. Over the years, he also had extensive dealings with his Russian counterparts. His long essay first appeared (in French) at the respected Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement. A literal translation appeared at The Postil (April 1, 2022). I have gone back to the original French and edited the article down some and rendered it, I hope, in more idiomatic English. I do not think in editing it I have damaged Baud's fascinating account. For in a real sense, what he has done is "to let the cat out of the bag." — Boyd D. Cathay ****** The Military Situation In The Ukraine by Jacques Baud March 2022 Part One: The Road To War For years, from Mali to...
https://www.sott.net/article/466340-Is-it-possible-to-actually-know-what-has-been-and-is-going-on-in-Ukraine
Is it possible to actually know what has been and is going on in Ukraine?
[...] Just recently I came across perhaps the clearest and most reasonable account of what has been going on in Ukraine. Its importance comes due to the fact that its author, Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service, was variously a highly placed, major participant in NATO training operations in Ukraine. Over the years, he also had extensive dealings with his Russian counterparts. His long essay first appeared (in French) at the respected Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement. A literal translation appeared at The Postil (April 1, 2022). I have gone back to the original French and edited the article down some and rendered it, I hope, in more idiomatic English. I do not think in editing it I have damaged Baud's fascinating account. For in a real sense, what he has done is "to let the cat out of the bag." — Boyd D. Cathay ****** The Military Situation In The Ukraine by Jacques Baud March 2022 Part One: The Road To War For years, from Mali to...
https://www.sott.net/article/466340-Is-it-possible-to-actually-know-what-has-been-and-is-going-on-in-Ukraine
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Record-setting cold snap hits Europe, stunning spring crops
A historically intense April cold snap has descended on Europe, with temperatures plummeting to 20 to 30 degrees (11 to 18 degrees Celsius) below normal. The record-breaking cold has triggered harsh frosts, shocking early-blooming plants and crops in several countries. The unseasonably cold weather, which arrived over the weekend, follows warmer-than-normal temperatures in previous weeks that caused a rapid greening of flora — particularly in France's agricultural regions. "It's still difficult to evaluate the [damage] caused by the frost, but orchards ('stone fruits' such as plum trees, apricot, cherry) and vineyards have been impacted," Jean-Marc Touzard, director of research at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), said in an email.
https://www.sott.net/article/466341-Record-setting-cold-snap-hits-Europe-stunning-spring-crops
Record-setting cold snap hits Europe, stunning spring crops
A historically intense April cold snap has descended on Europe, with temperatures plummeting to 20 to 30 degrees (11 to 18 degrees Celsius) below normal. The record-breaking cold has triggered harsh frosts, shocking early-blooming plants and crops in several countries. The unseasonably cold weather, which arrived over the weekend, follows warmer-than-normal temperatures in previous weeks that caused a rapid greening of flora — particularly in France's agricultural regions. "It's still difficult to evaluate the [damage] caused by the frost, but orchards ('stone fruits' such as plum trees, apricot, cherry) and vineyards have been impacted," Jean-Marc Touzard, director of research at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), said in an email.
https://www.sott.net/article/466341-Record-setting-cold-snap-hits-Europe-stunning-spring-crops
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Mt. Baker in Washington reporting 51 inches of spring snowfall in 48 hours
Just when everybody thought that winter was over, Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA picked up a casual 51″ of snow over the 48 hours! Baker is describing the conditions as one of "the all time best April storms". Mt. Baker is still boasting a 198″ snow base, and it just keeps on snowing. The ski area has unofficially totaled 551″ as of April 4th. We're wishing all of you fortunate to ski/ride this spring storm the best! Have fun out there, friends.
https://www.sott.net/article/466342-Mt-Baker-in-Washington-reporting-51-inches-of-spring-snowfall-in-48-hours
Mt. Baker in Washington reporting 51 inches of spring snowfall in 48 hours
Just when everybody thought that winter was over, Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA picked up a casual 51″ of snow over the 48 hours! Baker is describing the conditions as one of "the all time best April storms". Mt. Baker is still boasting a 198″ snow base, and it just keeps on snowing. The ski area has unofficially totaled 551″ as of April 4th. We're wishing all of you fortunate to ski/ride this spring storm the best! Have fun out there, friends.
https://www.sott.net/article/466342-Mt-Baker-in-Washington-reporting-51-inches-of-spring-snowfall-in-48-hours
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Biden's 'booming economy'
Did you know the economy was booming? This may come as a shock to anyone out there who a) is alive or b) has to buy things, but it's definitely true. MSNBC and the New York Times said so. Mehdi Hasan did a segment on his show: NBC report "President Biden's approval rating has fallen to lowest level of his presidency despite booming economy", and Hasan just doesn't understand why people would be "unhappy with the way Biden is handling the economy" when wages are growing and they've added a "record 6.4 million job" in 2021. Now, OK, that reported 4.5% wage growth is lagging way behind inflation, meaning in real terms people are being paid less. Yes, alright, the "new jobs" were really just (some) of the people who lost their jobs during lockdown being rehired. And fine, the reason spending is increasing could be that everything costs more. But seriously, we're fine, it's booming.
https://www.sott.net/article/466343-Bidens-booming-economy
Biden's 'booming economy'
Did you know the economy was booming? This may come as a shock to anyone out there who a) is alive or b) has to buy things, but it's definitely true. MSNBC and the New York Times said so. Mehdi Hasan did a segment on his show: NBC report "President Biden's approval rating has fallen to lowest level of his presidency despite booming economy", and Hasan just doesn't understand why people would be "unhappy with the way Biden is handling the economy" when wages are growing and they've added a "record 6.4 million job" in 2021. Now, OK, that reported 4.5% wage growth is lagging way behind inflation, meaning in real terms people are being paid less. Yes, alright, the "new jobs" were really just (some) of the people who lost their jobs during lockdown being rehired. And fine, the reason spending is increasing could be that everything costs more. But seriously, we're fine, it's booming.
https://www.sott.net/article/466343-Bidens-booming-economy
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A New World Order is already here
We now have a first-class international crisis on hand — a man-made crisis of the kind that comes once in millennia and causes empires to fall. We may not, as some observers put it, be witnessing a world war. But we are certainly braving a "war of the world". Though the guns have not yet fallen silent, a new world order is already here. While the war is taking place in Ukraine, which for centuries has been a battlefield between European and Russian armies, the real conflict is between the United States, its allies and Russia. US and NATO leaders have repeatedly stated that the western military alliance NATO has never been more united than it is now. Students of history and international relations will ponder through history to judge whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine was avoidable and why, despite its enormous power, the United States and Europe did not come to Ukraine's aid. President Putin had conducted reluctant diplomacy last year with President Joe Biden over Ukraine's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466344-A-New-World-Order-is-already-here
A New World Order is already here
We now have a first-class international crisis on hand — a man-made crisis of the kind that comes once in millennia and causes empires to fall. We may not, as some observers put it, be witnessing a world war. But we are certainly braving a "war of the world". Though the guns have not yet fallen silent, a new world order is already here. While the war is taking place in Ukraine, which for centuries has been a battlefield between European and Russian armies, the real conflict is between the United States, its allies and Russia. US and NATO leaders have repeatedly stated that the western military alliance NATO has never been more united than it is now. Students of history and international relations will ponder through history to judge whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine was avoidable and why, despite its enormous power, the United States and Europe did not come to Ukraine's aid. President Putin had conducted reluctant diplomacy last year with President Joe Biden over Ukraine's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466344-A-New-World-Order-is-already-here
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Apple reportedly working with lobbyists to stop parental rights bills in multiple states
"Apple executives have encouraged other large companies to publicly oppose the legislation, arguing that it promotes discrimination and threatens to harm LGBTQ youth." Apple is quietly engaging lobbyists in multiple states to stop parental rights bills like the one that just passed in Florida. Much like Disney, Apple is getting involved in woke politics and framing this as standing up for LGBT rights when that's not what's happening at all.
https://www.sott.net/article/466345-Apple-reportedly-working-with-lobbyists-to-stop-parental-rights-bills-in-multiple-states
Apple reportedly working with lobbyists to stop parental rights bills in multiple states
"Apple executives have encouraged other large companies to publicly oppose the legislation, arguing that it promotes discrimination and threatens to harm LGBTQ youth." Apple is quietly engaging lobbyists in multiple states to stop parental rights bills like the one that just passed in Florida. Much like Disney, Apple is getting involved in woke politics and framing this as standing up for LGBT rights when that's not what's happening at all.
https://www.sott.net/article/466345-Apple-reportedly-working-with-lobbyists-to-stop-parental-rights-bills-in-multiple-states
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'Pushing back': GOP states file lawsuit against Biden administration's end of Title 42 border policy
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are suing the Biden Administration for ending Title 42 during the worst border crisis in decades. The three Republican leaders claim the rollback of the health policy will lead to an unprecedented crisis at the southern border that will have a devastating impact nationwide. Schmitt said in a statement on Monday: "Today, Missouri, Arizona, and Louisiana filed suit against the Biden Administration for rescinding Title 42 amid one of the worst border crises in this country's history. Title 42 is a crucial tool for controlling the influx of illegal aliens at our Southern border. Time and again, the Biden Administration has failed to act to secure our Southern border and have terminated successful programs like Title 42 and the 'Remain in Mexico' Policy. Missouri has been a leader in pushing back on the Biden Administration's failure at the border, and we filed suit...
https://www.sott.net/article/466346-Pushing-back-GOP-states-file-lawsuit-against-Biden-administrations-end-of-Title-42-border-policy
'Pushing back': GOP states file lawsuit against Biden administration's end of Title 42 border policy
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are suing the Biden Administration for ending Title 42 during the worst border crisis in decades. The three Republican leaders claim the rollback of the health policy will lead to an unprecedented crisis at the southern border that will have a devastating impact nationwide. Schmitt said in a statement on Monday: "Today, Missouri, Arizona, and Louisiana filed suit against the Biden Administration for rescinding Title 42 amid one of the worst border crises in this country's history. Title 42 is a crucial tool for controlling the influx of illegal aliens at our Southern border. Time and again, the Biden Administration has failed to act to secure our Southern border and have terminated successful programs like Title 42 and the 'Remain in Mexico' Policy. Missouri has been a leader in pushing back on the Biden Administration's failure at the border, and we filed suit...
https://www.sott.net/article/466346-Pushing-back-GOP-states-file-lawsuit-against-Biden-administrations-end-of-Title-42-border-policy
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United States launches Cybersecurity Division (CDP)
The U.S. State Department Monday announced its newly-created Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) was operational. The new agency has been devised to enhance the country's ability to work together with other nations on cybersecurity matters. The CDP is a milestone in Secretary Antony Blinken's modernization agenda. It will address national security challenges, economic opportunities, and implications for U.S. values associated with cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy, according to Washington sources. Jennifer Bachus, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has been appointed as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau, pending the selection of a Senate-confirmed ambassador-at-Large to head the agency which will consist of around 100 workers. Bachus previously served in the Czech Republic, Kosovo, France, Vietnam, and Jamaica. The CDP will include three policy units: "cyberspace security," "international information and communications...
https://www.sott.net/article/466347-United-States-launches-Cybersecurity-Division-CDP
United States launches Cybersecurity Division (CDP)
The U.S. State Department Monday announced its newly-created Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) was operational. The new agency has been devised to enhance the country's ability to work together with other nations on cybersecurity matters. The CDP is a milestone in Secretary Antony Blinken's modernization agenda. It will address national security challenges, economic opportunities, and implications for U.S. values associated with cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy, according to Washington sources. Jennifer Bachus, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has been appointed as principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau, pending the selection of a Senate-confirmed ambassador-at-Large to head the agency which will consist of around 100 workers. Bachus previously served in the Czech Republic, Kosovo, France, Vietnam, and Jamaica. The CDP will include three policy units: "cyberspace security," "international information and communications...
https://www.sott.net/article/466347-United-States-launches-Cybersecurity-Division-CDP
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Fauci's colleague offered to secretly erase a COVID-19 paper containing data hidden by China
Kristian Andersen - an Anthony Fauci confidant who has received research grants worth millions from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director - reportedly offered to secretly delete a research paper exposing the U.S. National Institutes of Health's erasure of a database containing information relevant to the origins of COVID-19. Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute, made the suggestion during a Zoom call with Fauci himself, alongside former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, and the paper's author Jesse D. Bloom. Bloom, an evolutionary biologist, had recovered a number of early SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences, which were erased by the NIH at the request of Chinese Communist Party researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Zoom call - the details of which were revealed by Vanity Fair - was arranged two days after Bloom had sent a preprint of the report to Fauci and Collins.
https://www.sott.net/article/466348-Faucis-colleague-offered-to-secretly-erase-a-COVID-19-paper-containing-data-hidden-by-China
Fauci's colleague offered to secretly erase a COVID-19 paper containing data hidden by China
Kristian Andersen - an Anthony Fauci confidant who has received research grants worth millions from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director - reportedly offered to secretly delete a research paper exposing the U.S. National Institutes of Health's erasure of a database containing information relevant to the origins of COVID-19. Andersen, a virologist at the Scripps Research Institute, made the suggestion during a Zoom call with Fauci himself, alongside former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, and the paper's author Jesse D. Bloom. Bloom, an evolutionary biologist, had recovered a number of early SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences, which were erased by the NIH at the request of Chinese Communist Party researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Zoom call - the details of which were revealed by Vanity Fair - was arranged two days after Bloom had sent a preprint of the report to Fauci and Collins.
https://www.sott.net/article/466348-Faucis-colleague-offered-to-secretly-erase-a-COVID-19-paper-containing-data-hidden-by-China
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A Theory of the Case
You have been boldly lied-to by them with absolute consistency for years now.... There was Scott Pelley of CBS's 60-Minutes show on Sunday night — the prime-time slot of the new week — all cued up to run interference for the US State Department (and other Deep State "actors") in the propaganda war over Ukraine. Let's be brutally frank and get this out of the way: can you really trust either the US news media or the US government to tell you the truth? Of course, you can't. You have been boldly lied-to by them with absolute consistency for years now. Common knowledge, which is common sense's twin sister, has it that the CIA "owns" The Washington Post, the FBI owns The New York Times, and the State Department owns CBS-News. All are conduits for official narratives. And since the State Department is most of all responsible for the Russian clean-up operation now underway in Ukraine, you can bet that CBS-News is in on the info-grift to protect State, its patron.
https://www.sott.net/article/466349-A-Theory-of-the-Case
A Theory of the Case
You have been boldly lied-to by them with absolute consistency for years now.... There was Scott Pelley of CBS's 60-Minutes show on Sunday night — the prime-time slot of the new week — all cued up to run interference for the US State Department (and other Deep State "actors") in the propaganda war over Ukraine. Let's be brutally frank and get this out of the way: can you really trust either the US news media or the US government to tell you the truth? Of course, you can't. You have been boldly lied-to by them with absolute consistency for years now. Common knowledge, which is common sense's twin sister, has it that the CIA "owns" The Washington Post, the FBI owns The New York Times, and the State Department owns CBS-News. All are conduits for official narratives. And since the State Department is most of all responsible for the Russian clean-up operation now underway in Ukraine, you can bet that CBS-News is in on the info-grift to protect State, its patron.
https://www.sott.net/article/466349-A-Theory-of-the-Case
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FLASHBACK: Special Forces Regiment SAFARI Begins Clearing Operation in Bucha from Saboteurs and Accomplices of Russia - National Police
Comment: This report was published April 2, a day prior to the reports of a "massacre" in Bucha. Special forces have begun a clearing operation in the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region, which has been liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city is being cleared from saboteurs and accomplices of Russian forces. This has been reported by the National Police. "At the moment, the combatants of the organised special forces regiment of the National Police, Safari, which includes the representatives of subdivisions of the Special Tasks Police, the Rapid Operational Response Unit, the Tactical Operational Response Police, and explosive ordnance disposal experts, is working in the city," the office reports. The police have also said that the EOD experts are inspecting the places of Russia's war crimes and removing the explosives and ammunition which haven't detonated. The law enforcement officers note that they are checking every yard and shelter, talking to the residents and...
https://www.sott.net/article/466350-Special-Forces-Regiment-SAFARI-Begins-Clearing-Operation-in-Bucha-from-Saboteurs-and-Accomplices-of-Russia-National-Police
FLASHBACK: Special Forces Regiment SAFARI Begins Clearing Operation in Bucha from Saboteurs and Accomplices of Russia - National Police
Comment: This report was published April 2, a day prior to the reports of a "massacre" in Bucha. Special forces have begun a clearing operation in the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region, which has been liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city is being cleared from saboteurs and accomplices of Russian forces. This has been reported by the National Police. "At the moment, the combatants of the organised special forces regiment of the National Police, Safari, which includes the representatives of subdivisions of the Special Tasks Police, the Rapid Operational Response Unit, the Tactical Operational Response Police, and explosive ordnance disposal experts, is working in the city," the office reports. The police have also said that the EOD experts are inspecting the places of Russia's war crimes and removing the explosives and ammunition which haven't detonated. The law enforcement officers note that they are checking every yard and shelter, talking to the residents and...
https://www.sott.net/article/466350-Special-Forces-Regiment-SAFARI-Begins-Clearing-Operation-in-Bucha-from-Saboteurs-and-Accomplices-of-Russia-National-Police
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Canada explores transhuman society
The report examines the implications of the assimilation of digital technologies that, in essence, would fundamentally re-imagine life on an individual, environmental, and societal level. The Government of Canada's think-tank, Policy Horizons Canada, published a report titled Exploring Biodigital Convergence looking at transhumanism. Biodigital convergence can be defined as the intersection and synthesis of biological systems with digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), biometrics and genetic engineering. In the human realm, this field is called transhumanism. The report examines the implications of the assimilation of digital technologies with biological entities that, in essence, would fundamentally re-imagine life on an individual, environmental, and societal level. More concisely, the reconfiguration — if realized — would radically redefine what it means to be human. Transhumanism is no longer a concept confined to a generation of cheesy Hollywood B-movies —...
https://www.sott.net/article/466351-Canada-explores-transhuman-society
Canada explores transhuman society
The report examines the implications of the assimilation of digital technologies that, in essence, would fundamentally re-imagine life on an individual, environmental, and societal level. The Government of Canada's think-tank, Policy Horizons Canada, published a report titled Exploring Biodigital Convergence looking at transhumanism. Biodigital convergence can be defined as the intersection and synthesis of biological systems with digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), biometrics and genetic engineering. In the human realm, this field is called transhumanism. The report examines the implications of the assimilation of digital technologies with biological entities that, in essence, would fundamentally re-imagine life on an individual, environmental, and societal level. More concisely, the reconfiguration — if realized — would radically redefine what it means to be human. Transhumanism is no longer a concept confined to a generation of cheesy Hollywood B-movies —...
https://www.sott.net/article/466351-Canada-explores-transhuman-society
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Casualties feared after alleged Ukrainian attack on Lugansk chemical plant
Local authorities in Donbass are gathering information on casualties from the explosion Retreating Ukrainian forces have allegedly blown up a tank allegedly containing hydrochloric acid, at a chemical plant in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) town of Rubezhnoe, which has emerged as a flashpoint in the ongoing military conflict. The tank explosion was aimed at a populated area, controlled by local fighters, the LPR's militia claimed on Tuesday. "[These] terrorist actions might lead to mass civilian casualties," the force warned on its Telegram channel, adding that authorities are currently collecting information about any casualties resulting from the incident.
https://www.sott.net/article/466352-Casualties-feared-after-alleged-Ukrainian-attack-on-Lugansk-chemical-plant
Casualties feared after alleged Ukrainian attack on Lugansk chemical plant
Local authorities in Donbass are gathering information on casualties from the explosion Retreating Ukrainian forces have allegedly blown up a tank allegedly containing hydrochloric acid, at a chemical plant in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) town of Rubezhnoe, which has emerged as a flashpoint in the ongoing military conflict. The tank explosion was aimed at a populated area, controlled by local fighters, the LPR's militia claimed on Tuesday. "[These] terrorist actions might lead to mass civilian casualties," the force warned on its Telegram channel, adding that authorities are currently collecting information about any casualties resulting from the incident.
https://www.sott.net/article/466352-Casualties-feared-after-alleged-Ukrainian-attack-on-Lugansk-chemical-plant
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New type of cell found hidden in the lungs
The newfound cells help to maintain a healthy respiratory system. Scientists have discovered a brand-new type of cell hiding inside the delicate, branching passageways of human lungs. The newfound cells play a vital role in keeping the respiratory system functioning properly and could even inspire new treatments to reverse the effects of certain smoking-related diseases, according to a new study. The cells, known as respiratory airway secretory (RAS) cells, are found in tiny, branching passages known as bronchioles, which are tipped with alveoli, the teensy air sacs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the bloodstream. The new RAS cells are similar to stem cells — "blank canvas" cells that can differentiate into any other type of cell in the body — and are capable of repairing damaged alveoli cells and transforming into new ones.
https://www.sott.net/article/466353-New-type-of-cell-found-hidden-in-the-lungs
New type of cell found hidden in the lungs
The newfound cells help to maintain a healthy respiratory system. Scientists have discovered a brand-new type of cell hiding inside the delicate, branching passageways of human lungs. The newfound cells play a vital role in keeping the respiratory system functioning properly and could even inspire new treatments to reverse the effects of certain smoking-related diseases, according to a new study. The cells, known as respiratory airway secretory (RAS) cells, are found in tiny, branching passages known as bronchioles, which are tipped with alveoli, the teensy air sacs that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide with the bloodstream. The new RAS cells are similar to stem cells — "blank canvas" cells that can differentiate into any other type of cell in the body — and are capable of repairing damaged alveoli cells and transforming into new ones.
https://www.sott.net/article/466353-New-type-of-cell-found-hidden-in-the-lungs
