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Lara Logan 'definitely pushed out' at Fox after criticizing Fauci
Reporter Lara Logan said she was forced out of Fox News and its streaming service after publicly criticizing Anthony Fauci. "Lara Logan Has No Agenda," a show streamed on Fox Nation, was dropped, and the former CBS News correspondent has not appeared as a Fox News guest since making her comments about Fauci late last year. "I was definitely pushed out," Logan told The Eric Metaxas Radio Show. "I mean, there is no doubt about that. They don't want independent thinkers. They don't want people who follow the facts regardless of the politics." During a Fox News interview in November, Logan criticized Fauci for his policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.sott.net/article/466734-Lara-Logan-definitely-pushed-out-at-Fox-after-criticizing-Fauci

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Our Fren Elon
Video credit: Greg Reese of Reese Report Everyone's having a field day watching the illiberals freak out over Twitter potentially have some level of "free speech" restoration applied in the wake of Elon Musk's offer to buy the company and take it private. And as usual, the hysteria of the crowd is blinding people to the truth. For the third post in a row: Twitter has the highest concentration of retards anywhere in the digital universe. But that's only one truth. In 2020 Elon Musk's net worth was ~$30 Billion. One year later (you know what happened that year) he was worth $240 Billion. Did he suddenly start mining rare earth metals on a nearby asteroid? No. Did he sell more cars than the previous year? Barely. Toyota sold 10x more cars and trucks than Tesla, but if you combined the market capitalization of ALL the automobile manufacturers in the world, they were still worth less than Tesla. Did Tesla motor company innovate some new kind of battery that could get 500 miles per...
https://www.sott.net/article/466735-Our-Fren-Elon

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Ukraine is smashed, this is how it will be repaired
It's a mark of civilized people that they keep and honour their old things. When the things are broken, they put the pieces back together again. In the 19th century rural Americans of northeast states like Pennsylvania did this with their old tablecloths, dresses, and curtains, turning the remnants into patchwork quilts. Starting several hundred years earlier, the Japanese, having to live in an earthquake zone, had the idea of restoring broken ceramic dishes, cups, and pots. Instead of trying to make the repairs seamless and invisible, they invented kintsugi (lead image) - this is the art of filling the fracture lines with lacquer, and making of the old thing an altogether new one. Quite quickly, the Japanese turned cheap lacquer fillings (urushi) into gold (kintsugi) and silver (gintsugi). In this way, a frugal custom of the poor working classes turned into conspicuous consumption of the rich leisure classes.*
https://www.sott.net/article/466736-Ukraine-is-smashed-this-is-how-it-will-be-repaired

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Explosion and huge fire at gas plant in Wichita, US
Two people have been transported to a hospital in Wichita following an explosion and fire at the Tenawa Haven Gas Plant. Reno County Emergency Manager Adam Weishaar said they only suffered minor injuries. Crews were called to the fire on Kent Road around 1:15 p.m. on Thursday. Weishaar said they were met with heavy smoke and flames as well as some explosions. A two-mile radius around the plant was evacuated, and crews began working to knock out the fire. Units from Burrton, Colwich, Mt. Hope and Burrton have been called in to assist with the fire. K-96 will remain closed for the next several hours to allow firefighters to transport water to the fire.
https://www.sott.net/article/466737-Explosion-and-huge-fire-at-gas-plant-in-Wichita-US

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The left is freaking out over Elon Musk because Twitter rigs the game for democrats
Mega-billionaire Elon Musk wants to buy out Twitter, and leftists are freaking out at the thought of their censorship regime potentially being on the brink of destruction. Musk announced on Thursday that he made an offer to purchase Twitter for nearly $43 billion. That's a nearly 40 percent premium over the closing price of the company's stock at the beginning of the month. The offer comes just days after Twitter announced Musk would no longer join its board of directors, a seat that would have prevented Musk from owning more than a 14.9 percent share of the company, per their agreement. Musk did not publicly comment on his reasoning for rejecting a seat at Twitter's table, but his social media activity implied he felt forced out by Twitter officials who were not willing to sacrifice the company's power over speech.
https://www.sott.net/article/466738-The-left-is-freaking-out-over-Elon-Musk-because-Twitter-rigs-the-game-for-democrats

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The power pendulum swings from West to East.
The rise and fall of empires throughout recorded history were periods of volatility and conflict. When plotting a historical timeline showing the 'life-span' of consecutive empires, each empire forms a sinusoidal peak. The decline of the prevailing empire and the rise of the emerging empire intersects at a point, depicting a transition period. That transition is a multiyear process ushering in the 'changing of the guards', which results in a tectonic shift of economy and culture. This trend of transitions has similar parallels pertaining to war and reserve currency status. Let us examine the past 400 years of world reserve currencies. The first cycle marks the rise and fall of the Dutch Empire which was dominated by the use of a gold/silver backed guilder standard. The second cycle began with the rise of the British Empire where it crossed with the decline of the Dutch Empire marking an intersection point. One of the major events at that point was the 4th Anglo-Dutch war during the...
https://www.sott.net/article/466739-The-power-pendulum-swings-from-West-to-East

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Two inmates at all-women's New Jersey jail are PREGNANT after both had sex with transgender prisoners
Two women at New Jersey's only all-women's prison have both fallen pregnant after having sex with transgender inmates. The pregnant women, who were not identified, are housed at the embattled Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, in Clinton, which New Jersey Governor announced plans to close last year. Prison bosses said that in both instances, the sex was consensual.
https://www.sott.net/article/466740-Two-inmates-at-all-womens-New-Jersey-jail-are-PREGNANT-after-both-had-sex-with-transgender-prisoners

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Veep in free fall: Even California voters souring on Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris's popularity in her home state of California has fallen to a new low, according to a poll conducted this month. The Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, which surveyed nearly 9,000 registered voters in California from March 29 to April 5, found that Harris's approval has sunk even as President Joe Biden's has seen a slight bump in the Golden State. Just 35 percent of voters approve of Harris's performance, while 45 percent disapprove. That's down from the last Berkeley poll two months ago, which showed 38 percent approval of the vice president. Her disapproval rating fell by 1 point during that time period.
https://www.sott.net/article/466741-Veep-in-free-fall-Even-California-voters-souring-on-Kamala-Harris

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Marine Le Pen proposes closer Nato-Russia ties after Ukraine war, leave Nato 'integrated command'
The French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said that once the Russia-Ukraine war is over, she would propose closer links between Nato and Russia and pull France out of the military command of the US-led alliance. "As soon as the Russian-Ukrainian war is over and has been settled by a peace treaty, I will call for the implementation of a strategic rapprochement between Nato and Russia," she said at a press conference. Le Pen, who is polling at 45% to Emmanuel Macron's 55% for the presidential runoff vote on 24 April, called the press conference on foreign policy to try to take the spotlight off her previous close relationship with Vladimir Putin, which has led to claims from Macron that she was "complacent" and "financially dependent" on the Kremlin.
https://www.sott.net/article/466742-Marine-Le-Pen-proposes-closer-Nato-Russia-ties-after-Ukraine-war-leave-Nato-integrated-command

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CIA chief names biggest threat
The intelligence boss called Beijing the "greatest challenge," while noting the "nuclear threat" posed by Russia. CIA Director William Burns outlined the major threats facing the United States, pointing to China's rise on the world stage and Russia's ongoing military offensive in Ukraine as top challenges, while declaring that US intelligence has entered a "new era." Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology on Thursday for his first public speech ever as CIA head, Burns argued that "an increasingly adversarial China and a pugnacious and revisionist Russia" have forced the intel agency to "reimagine itself to compete successfully in this new age."
https://www.sott.net/article/466743-CIA-chief-names-biggest-threat

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Trump reveals whether he would return to Twitter
The former president expressed doubt that Elon Musk would be able to make Twitter less "boring" for him. Former US President Donald Trump has revealed that Twitter had become so boring for him that even Elon Musk would be unable to encourage him to return to the social media platform. During the Americano Media broadcast on Wednesday, Trump, once famous for his endless stream of tweets and later banned from all major social media platforms, was asked to comment on the news of Elon Musk's possible acquisition of Twitter.
https://www.sott.net/article/466744-Trump-reveals-whether-he-would-return-to-Twitter

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US-NATO Goes Global: NATO Declares Its Intent to Include All Countries. Conquer and Control the Entire World?
When a military alliance that is headed by the world's most powerful country (America) makes public that it is hostile against (aiming to control) both of the other two most powerful countries (Russia and China), then it actually exists in order to conquer (include), ultimately, ALL countries, and to replace the United Nations — the current authoritative source of international law[1]. What this implies is to replace the U.N. and its authorized agencies, by the U.S.-proposed "rules-based international order," whose "rules" come not from FDR's envisioned U.N., but instead come from the post-WW-II Deep State or Military-Industrial Complex, the billionaires who control the armaments and global extraction and media firms and the U.S. Government itself, which latter Government will become imposed upon the world (all countries except America) by the world's most powerful country (America), which had created and leads that military alliance (NATO) and is now publicly aiming to conquer...
https://www.sott.net/article/466745-US-NATO-Goes-Global-NATO-Declares-Its-Intent-to-Include-All-Countries-Conquer-and-Control-the-Entire-World

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US-NATO goes global: NATO declares its intent to include all countries. Conquer and control the entire world?
When a military alliance that is headed by the world's most powerful country (America) makes public that it is hostile against (aiming to control) both of the other two most powerful countries (Russia and China), then it actually exists in order to conquer (include), ultimately, ALL countries, and to replace the United Nations — the current authoritative source of international law[1]. What this implies is to replace the U.N. and its authorized agencies, by the U.S.-proposed "rules-based international order," whose "rules" come not from FDR's envisioned U.N., but instead come from the post-WW-II Deep State or Military-Industrial Complex, the billionaires who control the armaments and global extraction and media firms and the U.S. Government itself, which latter Government will become imposed upon the world (all countries except America) by the world's most powerful country (America), which had created and leads that military alliance (NATO) and is now publicly aiming to conquer...
https://www.sott.net/article/466745-US-NATO-goes-global-NATO-declares-its-intent-to-include-all-countries-Conquer-and-control-the-entire-world

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Russia agrees Austria can pay for gas in euros, Vienna declares it wants 'sanctions to hurt Russian Federation'
Following his visit to Moscow, earlier this week, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin assured him that gas will continue to be delivered to the country and that Vienna will be allowed to continue paying for it in euros. "Putin told me that the gas supply is safe, that Russia will deliver the contractually agreed quantities and that payments can continue to be made in euros," Nehammer told Austrian APA and German DPA news agencies on Wednesday. The chancellor also noted that Austria, which still gets 80% of its gas from Russia, opposes an immediate EU gas embargo on Moscow, arguing that it is simply not possible at the moment and would mean that both Austrian industry and households would suffer serious harm, while not having much of an effect on Russia.
https://www.sott.net/article/466746-Russia-agrees-Austria-can-pay-for-gas-in-euros-Vienna-declares-it-wants-sanctions-to-hurt-Russian-Federation

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Meteor fireball over Washington and British Columbia on April 12
We received 6 reports about a fireball seen over British Columbia and WA on Tuesday, April 12th 2022 around 07:15 UT. For this event, we received 2 videos.
https://www.sott.net/article/466747-Meteor-fireball-over-Washington-and-British-Columbia-on-April-12

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Meteor fireball fell over Santa Catarina, Brazil on April 13
A fireball was recorded by the south camera of the Monte Catelo Monitoring Station - SC (BRAMON) around 00:47 on 04/13/2022. It is estimated that the glow started over the Municipality of Curitibanos/SC and disappeared about 2 seconds later near Anita Garibaldi/SC. (Translated by Google)
https://www.sott.net/article/466748-Meteor-fireball-fell-over-Santa-Catarina-Brazil-on-April-13

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Lightning strikes kill two in Kutubdia, Bangladesh
Two people died on Friday after being struck by lightning in Kutubdia upazila of Cox's Bazar. The deceased were known as Sahab Uddin, 60, son of Abu Jafar, hailed from Tabelar Char village and Sahab, 45, son of Sattar Hawladar of Gazalia village of Galachipa in Patuakhali. Kutubdia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Omar Haydar said, two people were killed by lightning in separate locations of Kutubdia.
https://www.sott.net/article/466749-Lightning-strikes-kill-two-in-Kutubdia-Bangladesh

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BEST OF THE WEB: Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - At least 395 killed - Over 18 inches of rain in 48 hours (UPDATES)
Heavy rainfall has caused flooding and mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. One fatality has been reported. According to South African Police Service (SAPS), a man died after rain triggered a mudslide in Umlazi township, located south-west of Durban, on 10 April 2022. Several dwellings are thought to have been buried or damaged and search teams were deployed to the area. According to the KwaZulu-Natal's Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department (KZN COGTA), disaster management teams have responded to a number of other incidents, including mudslides in KwaDukuza and flooding in Ladysmith. There were also reports of flooding in coastal areas including Kingsburgh. Durban recorded 91 mm of rain in 24 hours to 11 April 2022. As of 11 April warnings were in place for flooding and further heavy rain.
https://www.sott.net/article/466579-Heavy-rain-causes-floods-and-mudslides-in-KwaZulu-Natal-South-Africa-At-least-395-killed-Over-18-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours-UPDATES

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FLASHBACK: How the Pentagon tried to cure America of its 'Vietnam syndrome
In August 1965, Morley Safer, a reporter for "CBS News," accompanied a unit of U.S. marines on a search-and-destroy mission to the Vietnamese village of Cam Ne. Using cigarette lighters and a flamethrower, the troops proceeded to burn down 150 houses, wound three women, kill one child and take four men prisoner. Safer and his crew caught it all on film. The military command later claimed that the unit had received enemy fire. But according to Safer, no pitched battle had taken place. The only death had been the boy, and not a single weapon had been uncovered. In describing the reaction, Safer would later say that the public, the media and the military all began to realize that the rules of war reporting had changed. The New Yorker's Michael Arlen dubbed Vietnam the "living room war." The images of the war - viewed on evening news shows on the country's three networks - enabled the public to understand the war's human costs. In this sense, media coverage contributed to the flow of...
https://www.sott.net/article/466750-How-the-Pentagon-tried-to-cure-America-of-its-Vietnam-syndrome

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BEST OF THE WEB: Snow totals top 40 inches as April blizzard blasts northern U.S. - 10 feet deep snow drifts reported
Hundreds of miles of roads were shut down, ranchers and their animals faced brutal conditions — and will see more tough weather ahead. Meanwhile, snowdrifts in some spots were estimated to be higher than 10 feet in some places. Sheep managed to find higher ground from being buried by a snowdrift on April 12 in Molt, Montana. These sheep are built for snow but not for wind. All sheep are alive and accounted for. The sun was out and shining Wednesday morning in Molt, Montana — a stark contrast to the blizzard conditions that had kept Sara Hollenbeck busy on her ranch, working to keep the wind and snow from burying her sheep.
https://www.sott.net/article/466751-Snow-totals-top-40-inches-as-April-blizzard-blasts-northern-US-10-feet-deep-snow-drifts-reported

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Heavy spring snow hits Inner Mongolia, China - one foot deep
A heavy snow hit north China's Greater Khingan Mountains from Saturday night, having helped alleviate drought.
https://www.sott.net/article/466752-Heavy-spring-snow-hits-Inner-Mongolia-China-one-foot-deep