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Serbs protest Belgrade's move against Russia
Several thousand Serbs gathered on Friday evening in downtown Belgrade, carrying Russian flags and declaring the countries' "brothers forever." The rally, dubbed 'Not in My Name', protested last week's vote of the Serbian envoy to the UN to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, which President Aleksandar Vucic said came only after immense pressure from the West. Protesters gathered around 7pm local time at the monument to Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor, and marched through downtown Belgrade to the Russian embassy chanting, "Serbs and Russians - brothers forever!" and "Kosovo is Serbia, Crimea is Russia!" Officially, the rally was in protest of last week's vote at the UN General Assembly, when Serbia joined a total of 93 countries favoring Moscow's suspension from the UN Human Rights Council. Russia subsequently left the panel. Vucic appeared on national television after the vote and said his government originally intended to abstain, but was then subjected to...
https://www.sott.net/article/466797-Serbs-protest-Belgrades-move-against-Russia
Serbs protest Belgrade's move against Russia
Several thousand Serbs gathered on Friday evening in downtown Belgrade, carrying Russian flags and declaring the countries' "brothers forever." The rally, dubbed 'Not in My Name', protested last week's vote of the Serbian envoy to the UN to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, which President Aleksandar Vucic said came only after immense pressure from the West. Protesters gathered around 7pm local time at the monument to Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor, and marched through downtown Belgrade to the Russian embassy chanting, "Serbs and Russians - brothers forever!" and "Kosovo is Serbia, Crimea is Russia!" Officially, the rally was in protest of last week's vote at the UN General Assembly, when Serbia joined a total of 93 countries favoring Moscow's suspension from the UN Human Rights Council. Russia subsequently left the panel. Vucic appeared on national television after the vote and said his government originally intended to abstain, but was then subjected to...
https://www.sott.net/article/466797-Serbs-protest-Belgrades-move-against-Russia
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California's vanished dream, by the numbers
Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters. Laura Tyson, the longtime Democratic economist now at the University of California at Berkeley, praises the state for creating "the way forward" to a more enlightened "market capitalism." Like-minded analysts tout Silicon Valley's massive wealth generation as evidence of progressivism's promise. The Los Angeles Times suggested approvingly that the Biden administration's goal is to "make America California again." And, despite dark prospects in November's midterm elections, the President and his party still seem intent on proving it. But most Californians, according to recent surveys, see things differently. They point to rising poverty and inequality, believe the state is in recession and that it is headed in the wrong direction. Parting with the state's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466798-Californias-vanished-dream-by-the-numbers
California's vanished dream, by the numbers
Even today amid a mounting exodus among those who can afford it, and with its appeal diminished to businesses and newcomers, California, legendary state of American dreams, continues to inspire optimism among progressive boosters. Laura Tyson, the longtime Democratic economist now at the University of California at Berkeley, praises the state for creating "the way forward" to a more enlightened "market capitalism." Like-minded analysts tout Silicon Valley's massive wealth generation as evidence of progressivism's promise. The Los Angeles Times suggested approvingly that the Biden administration's goal is to "make America California again." And, despite dark prospects in November's midterm elections, the President and his party still seem intent on proving it. But most Californians, according to recent surveys, see things differently. They point to rising poverty and inequality, believe the state is in recession and that it is headed in the wrong direction. Parting with the state's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466798-Californias-vanished-dream-by-the-numbers
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Twitter's chickens come home to roost
The Great Elon Musk panic of 2022 is revealing a big fat boatload of blue-check hypocrites! Elon Musk has reportedly attempted to purchase Twitter, and I have no idea whether his influence on the company would be positive or not. I do know, however, what other media figures think Musk's influence on Twitter will be. They think it will be bad — very bad, bad! How none of them see what a self-own this is is beyond me. After spending the last six years practically turgid with joy as other unaccountable billionaires tweaked the speech landscape in their favor, they're suddenly howling over the mere rumor that a less censorious fat cat might get to sit in one of the big chairs. O the inhumanity! A few of the more prominent Musk critics are claiming merely to be upset at the prospect of wealthy individuals controlling speech. As more than one person has pointed out, this is a bizarre thing to be worrying about all of the sudden, since it's been the absolute reality in America for a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466799-Twitters-chickens-come-home-to-roost
Twitter's chickens come home to roost
The Great Elon Musk panic of 2022 is revealing a big fat boatload of blue-check hypocrites! Elon Musk has reportedly attempted to purchase Twitter, and I have no idea whether his influence on the company would be positive or not. I do know, however, what other media figures think Musk's influence on Twitter will be. They think it will be bad — very bad, bad! How none of them see what a self-own this is is beyond me. After spending the last six years practically turgid with joy as other unaccountable billionaires tweaked the speech landscape in their favor, they're suddenly howling over the mere rumor that a less censorious fat cat might get to sit in one of the big chairs. O the inhumanity! A few of the more prominent Musk critics are claiming merely to be upset at the prospect of wealthy individuals controlling speech. As more than one person has pointed out, this is a bizarre thing to be worrying about all of the sudden, since it's been the absolute reality in America for a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466799-Twitters-chickens-come-home-to-roost
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Macron explains refusal to speak of Ukraine 'genocide'
The country's president has called for semantic caution in describing purported atrocities. French President Emmanuel Macron has doubled down on his refusal to characterize Russia's conduct in Ukraine as "genocide." He articulated his unwillingness to invoke the fraught term during a Thursday interview on the France Bleu radio network. "Words have a meaning and we must be very careful. The word 'genocide' must be qualified by jurists, not by politicians." His reasoning echoed remarks by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the day before, when he was asked about US President Joe Biden's use of the term: "Genocide is strictly defined in international law. And for the UN, we rely on the final legal determination by the appropriate judicial bodies." He also noted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was already investigating the matter. Earlier on Wednesday, Macron already said he "would be careful with such terms." During an interview with France 2, he also demanded...
https://www.sott.net/article/466800-Macron-explains-refusal-to-speak-of-Ukraine-genocide
Macron explains refusal to speak of Ukraine 'genocide'
The country's president has called for semantic caution in describing purported atrocities. French President Emmanuel Macron has doubled down on his refusal to characterize Russia's conduct in Ukraine as "genocide." He articulated his unwillingness to invoke the fraught term during a Thursday interview on the France Bleu radio network. "Words have a meaning and we must be very careful. The word 'genocide' must be qualified by jurists, not by politicians." His reasoning echoed remarks by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the day before, when he was asked about US President Joe Biden's use of the term: "Genocide is strictly defined in international law. And for the UN, we rely on the final legal determination by the appropriate judicial bodies." He also noted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) was already investigating the matter. Earlier on Wednesday, Macron already said he "would be careful with such terms." During an interview with France 2, he also demanded...
https://www.sott.net/article/466800-Macron-explains-refusal-to-speak-of-Ukraine-genocide
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Kvartal 22: Zelenskiy's Simulacra
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy is an entertainer turned politician famous for television productions such as Kvartal 95 and Servant of the People, which also became the name of is real world political party. The problem in making such a transition is that the spheres of entertainment and politics both rely on virtuality. Entertainment offers fiction on a permanent basis. Politics has long ago been a sphere of surgical use of lies and myths. Max Weber and John Mearsheimer have elaborated on this aspect of politics. In another era Zelenskiy might have developed into an effective politician who used lies only when absolutely necessary. Since the Obama administration the US government has been gradually been taken over in a revolution from above, leading to the country's being on the verge of becoming a single-party dominant authoritarian regime that we might call the Democratic Party-state or DemParty-state. Authoritarian and especially totalitarian regimes go hand in hand...
https://www.sott.net/article/466801-Kvartal-22-Zelenskiys-Simulacra
Kvartal 22: Zelenskiy's Simulacra
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy is an entertainer turned politician famous for television productions such as Kvartal 95 and Servant of the People, which also became the name of is real world political party. The problem in making such a transition is that the spheres of entertainment and politics both rely on virtuality. Entertainment offers fiction on a permanent basis. Politics has long ago been a sphere of surgical use of lies and myths. Max Weber and John Mearsheimer have elaborated on this aspect of politics. In another era Zelenskiy might have developed into an effective politician who used lies only when absolutely necessary. Since the Obama administration the US government has been gradually been taken over in a revolution from above, leading to the country's being on the verge of becoming a single-party dominant authoritarian regime that we might call the Democratic Party-state or DemParty-state. Authoritarian and especially totalitarian regimes go hand in hand...
https://www.sott.net/article/466801-Kvartal-22-Zelenskiys-Simulacra
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Despite U.S. bluff and bluster, Pentagon's bioweapon threat to Russia and China is serious
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that his country had "no choice" but to intervene militarily in Ukraine to halt a genocide against the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass and neutralize the growing national security threat to Russia stemming from Ukrainian territory. Eight years of military assaults on the breakaway Donbass region by the NATO-backed Kiev regime - causing 14,000 deaths - are exhibit A. The documented Nazi ideology of the Kiev military regiments and their explicit aspiration to kill Russian people is exhibit B. The NATO training and weaponizing of the regime despite its Nazi affiliation is exhibit C. And fourthly, exhibit D, we must take into account the Pentagon's threat to Russia from its undeniable bioweapons program in Ukraine. That threat also extends to China which is faced with expanding Pentagon laboratories near its borders. When Russia launched its intervention in Ukraine on February 24, the Kiev regime promptly ordered a network of 30...
https://www.sott.net/article/466802-Despite-US-bluff-and-bluster-Pentagons-bioweapon-threat-to-Russia-and-China-is-serious
Despite U.S. bluff and bluster, Pentagon's bioweapon threat to Russia and China is serious
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that his country had "no choice" but to intervene militarily in Ukraine to halt a genocide against the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass and neutralize the growing national security threat to Russia stemming from Ukrainian territory. Eight years of military assaults on the breakaway Donbass region by the NATO-backed Kiev regime - causing 14,000 deaths - are exhibit A. The documented Nazi ideology of the Kiev military regiments and their explicit aspiration to kill Russian people is exhibit B. The NATO training and weaponizing of the regime despite its Nazi affiliation is exhibit C. And fourthly, exhibit D, we must take into account the Pentagon's threat to Russia from its undeniable bioweapons program in Ukraine. That threat also extends to China which is faced with expanding Pentagon laboratories near its borders. When Russia launched its intervention in Ukraine on February 24, the Kiev regime promptly ordered a network of 30...
https://www.sott.net/article/466802-Despite-US-bluff-and-bluster-Pentagons-bioweapon-threat-to-Russia-and-China-is-serious
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Russia destroys tank factory & 16 military other targets in Kiev, claims loss of Moskva ship was due to 'detonation of onboard ammunition'
Russia used high-precision strikes to destroy an armored-vehicle manufacturing plant in Kiev and a military repair depot in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. He added that 16 targets were hit overnight, including Ukrainian military units, weapons and ammunition depots, and radar facilities. Moscow warned that it would step up strikes on Kiev after accusing Ukraine of shelling Russian territory on Thursday. Kiev has denied launching attacks on Russian soil.
https://www.sott.net/article/466803-Russia-destroys-tank-factory-16-military-other-targets-in-Kiev-claims-loss-of-Moskva-ship-was-due-to-detonation-of-onboard-ammunition
Russia destroys tank factory & 16 military other targets in Kiev, claims loss of Moskva ship was due to 'detonation of onboard ammunition'
Russia used high-precision strikes to destroy an armored-vehicle manufacturing plant in Kiev and a military repair depot in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday. He added that 16 targets were hit overnight, including Ukrainian military units, weapons and ammunition depots, and radar facilities. Moscow warned that it would step up strikes on Kiev after accusing Ukraine of shelling Russian territory on Thursday. Kiev has denied launching attacks on Russian soil.
https://www.sott.net/article/466803-Russia-destroys-tank-factory-16-military-other-targets-in-Kiev-claims-loss-of-Moskva-ship-was-due-to-detonation-of-onboard-ammunition
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Germans urged to limit showers as gas storage facilities could be empty come autumn if they ban Russian energy supplies
Germans have been advised to think twice about having a hot shower if the authorities decide to place an embargo on Russian natural gas amid Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. "You will have to ask yourselves a question, whether you really need to take a hot shower seven days a week - with gas heating," the head of the Federal Network Agency of Germany, Klaus Mueller, said in an interview with n-tv. His words echoed a similar statement earlier by European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, who advised EU residents to "control your own and your teenager's showers, and when you turn off that water, say, 'take that, Putin.'"
https://www.sott.net/article/466804-Germans-urged-to-limit-showers-as-gas-storage-facilities-could-be-empty-come-autumn-if-they-ban-Russian-energy-supplies
Germans urged to limit showers as gas storage facilities could be empty come autumn if they ban Russian energy supplies
Germans have been advised to think twice about having a hot shower if the authorities decide to place an embargo on Russian natural gas amid Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. "You will have to ask yourselves a question, whether you really need to take a hot shower seven days a week - with gas heating," the head of the Federal Network Agency of Germany, Klaus Mueller, said in an interview with n-tv. His words echoed a similar statement earlier by European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, who advised EU residents to "control your own and your teenager's showers, and when you turn off that water, say, 'take that, Putin.'"
https://www.sott.net/article/466804-Germans-urged-to-limit-showers-as-gas-storage-facilities-could-be-empty-come-autumn-if-they-ban-Russian-energy-supplies
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SOTT FOCUS: The Military Situation in the Ukraine—An Update
The Operational Situation As of March 25, 2022, our analysis of the situation confirms the observations and conclusions made in mid-March. The offensive launched on February 24 is articulated in two lines of effort, in accordance with Russian operational doctrine: 1) A main effort directed toward the south of the country, in the Donbass region, and along the Azov Sea coast. As the doctrine states, the main objectives are — the neutralization of the Ukrainian armed forces (the objective of "demilitarization"), and the neutralization of ultra-nationalist, paramilitary militias in the cities of Kharkov and Mariupol (the objective of "denazification"). This primary push is being led by a coalition of forces: through Kharkov and Crimea are Russian forces from the Southern Military District; in the center are militia forces from the Donetsk and Lugansk republics; the Chechen National Guard is contributing with engagement in the urban area of Mariupol; 2) A secondary effort on Kiev, aimed...
https://www.sott.net/article/466805-The-Military-Situation-in-the-UkraineAn-Update
SOTT FOCUS: The Military Situation in the Ukraine—An Update
The Operational Situation As of March 25, 2022, our analysis of the situation confirms the observations and conclusions made in mid-March. The offensive launched on February 24 is articulated in two lines of effort, in accordance with Russian operational doctrine: 1) A main effort directed toward the south of the country, in the Donbass region, and along the Azov Sea coast. As the doctrine states, the main objectives are — the neutralization of the Ukrainian armed forces (the objective of "demilitarization"), and the neutralization of ultra-nationalist, paramilitary militias in the cities of Kharkov and Mariupol (the objective of "denazification"). This primary push is being led by a coalition of forces: through Kharkov and Crimea are Russian forces from the Southern Military District; in the center are militia forces from the Donetsk and Lugansk republics; the Chechen National Guard is contributing with engagement in the urban area of Mariupol; 2) A secondary effort on Kiev, aimed...
https://www.sott.net/article/466805-The-Military-Situation-in-the-UkraineAn-Update
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Douglas Valentine: The CIA - 70 Years In Ukraine (Highlights)
"A common theme [of the book] is the CIA's ability to deceive and propagandize the American public through its impenetrable government-sanctioned shield of official secrecy and plausible deniability. Book Description, Douglas Valentine, "The CIA As Organized Crime" Valentine's book, The CIA As Organized Crime, was published November 28, 2016. This author is a serious journalist who started investigating the agency when "when [then-] CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to interview CIA officials who had been involved in various aspects of the Phoenix program in South Vietnam." This is not the work of a conspiracy theorist or part-time hobbyist speculating about Ukraine. Valentine is not only a published author, but a serious and respected researcher. Parts of his work, per the book description, "are archived at Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, at John Jay College, and at the National Security Archive, in both a Vietnam Collection and a separate Drug Enforcement...
https://www.sott.net/article/466806-Douglas-Valentine-The-CIA-70-Years-In-Ukraine-Highlights
Douglas Valentine: The CIA - 70 Years In Ukraine (Highlights)
"A common theme [of the book] is the CIA's ability to deceive and propagandize the American public through its impenetrable government-sanctioned shield of official secrecy and plausible deniability. Book Description, Douglas Valentine, "The CIA As Organized Crime" Valentine's book, The CIA As Organized Crime, was published November 28, 2016. This author is a serious journalist who started investigating the agency when "when [then-] CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to interview CIA officials who had been involved in various aspects of the Phoenix program in South Vietnam." This is not the work of a conspiracy theorist or part-time hobbyist speculating about Ukraine. Valentine is not only a published author, but a serious and respected researcher. Parts of his work, per the book description, "are archived at Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center, at John Jay College, and at the National Security Archive, in both a Vietnam Collection and a separate Drug Enforcement...
https://www.sott.net/article/466806-Douglas-Valentine-The-CIA-70-Years-In-Ukraine-Highlights
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The West Needs WWIII to Cover Its Own Failures
Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong thinks the New World Order's so-called "Great Reset" plan for humanity now needs war to try and make it work. It could happen in the next few weeks. Armstrong explains, "What they are trying to do is deliberately poke the bear. . . . They are increasing the pressure on just about everything under the sun. The West needs World War III. They just need it. The real problem here is they went to negative interest rates in 2014 in Europe. They have been unable to stimulate the economy, and Keynesian economics have completely failed. . . . I would say this is mismanagement of government on a global scale. The problem is that central banks have no control over the economy. Add to this, this type of inflation is substantially different than a speculative boom. This inflation is based upon shortages. These morons with covid . . . with lockdowns, ended up destroying the supply chains. . . . Things that are there, I buy extra...
https://www.sott.net/article/466807-The-West-Needs-WWIII-to-Cover-Its-Own-Failures
The West Needs WWIII to Cover Its Own Failures
Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong thinks the New World Order's so-called "Great Reset" plan for humanity now needs war to try and make it work. It could happen in the next few weeks. Armstrong explains, "What they are trying to do is deliberately poke the bear. . . . They are increasing the pressure on just about everything under the sun. The West needs World War III. They just need it. The real problem here is they went to negative interest rates in 2014 in Europe. They have been unable to stimulate the economy, and Keynesian economics have completely failed. . . . I would say this is mismanagement of government on a global scale. The problem is that central banks have no control over the economy. Add to this, this type of inflation is substantially different than a speculative boom. This inflation is based upon shortages. These morons with covid . . . with lockdowns, ended up destroying the supply chains. . . . Things that are there, I buy extra...
https://www.sott.net/article/466807-The-West-Needs-WWIII-to-Cover-Its-Own-Failures
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Florida's Education Department rejects dozens of math textbooks containing CRT, other 'indoctrinating concepts'
Florida's Department of Education (DOE) has rejected 41 percent of the materials proposed for teaching mathematics in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year for kindergarten through 12th grade statewide, the DOE announced Friday. The materials, the state's Education Department stated, had been rejected because of references to critical race theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics. In a press release titled "Florida Rejects Publishers' Attempts to Indoctrinate Students," Florida's DOE stated that these materials were in line with Common Core principles that had been repudiated in prior years by the adoption of the state's Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.). Florida has quickly responded to mounting concerns that public education has been used in the past to intentionally shape the thinking of impressionable young students. At the forefront of those concerns, critical race theory has become...
https://www.sott.net/article/466808-Floridas-Education-Department-rejects-dozens-of-math-textbooks-containing-CRT-other-indoctrinating-concepts
Florida's Education Department rejects dozens of math textbooks containing CRT, other 'indoctrinating concepts'
Florida's Department of Education (DOE) has rejected 41 percent of the materials proposed for teaching mathematics in the upcoming 2022-2023 school year for kindergarten through 12th grade statewide, the DOE announced Friday. The materials, the state's Education Department stated, had been rejected because of references to critical race theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics. In a press release titled "Florida Rejects Publishers' Attempts to Indoctrinate Students," Florida's DOE stated that these materials were in line with Common Core principles that had been repudiated in prior years by the adoption of the state's Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.). Florida has quickly responded to mounting concerns that public education has been used in the past to intentionally shape the thinking of impressionable young students. At the forefront of those concerns, critical race theory has become...
https://www.sott.net/article/466808-Floridas-Education-Department-rejects-dozens-of-math-textbooks-containing-CRT-other-indoctrinating-concepts
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Billionaire-owned WaPo complains about billionaires owning social media
The Washington Post, a newspaper owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, published an op-ed from former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao calling for regulations "to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication" — without a trace of irony. Every major social media platform is already owned by billionaires, including the Saudi Arabian prince Al Waleed bin Talal, and this has been the case since the earliest years of those platforms. It wasn't until self-declared free speech absolutist Elon Musk became the largest shareholder in Twitter that the outcry from regime elites, of which Pao's article is a part, started. Pao is horrified by the prospect of Musk influencing Twitter, at once arguing that social media companies are "free to establish some limits" on speech (as Pao herself notoriously did as CEO of the previously free speech-friendly Reddit) while fretting that Musk will use his influence to relax those limits.
https://www.sott.net/article/466809-Billionaire-owned-WaPo-complains-about-billionaires-owning-social-media
Billionaire-owned WaPo complains about billionaires owning social media
The Washington Post, a newspaper owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, published an op-ed from former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao calling for regulations "to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication" — without a trace of irony. Every major social media platform is already owned by billionaires, including the Saudi Arabian prince Al Waleed bin Talal, and this has been the case since the earliest years of those platforms. It wasn't until self-declared free speech absolutist Elon Musk became the largest shareholder in Twitter that the outcry from regime elites, of which Pao's article is a part, started. Pao is horrified by the prospect of Musk influencing Twitter, at once arguing that social media companies are "free to establish some limits" on speech (as Pao herself notoriously did as CEO of the previously free speech-friendly Reddit) while fretting that Musk will use his influence to relax those limits.
https://www.sott.net/article/466809-Billionaire-owned-WaPo-complains-about-billionaires-owning-social-media
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More escalations in online censorship
YouTube has been deleting videos disputing the US government narrative about Russian war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, validating concerns we've discussed previously that Silicon Valley platforms would begin censoring anyone who challenges the authorized version of events in this war. "By the way, my video 'Bucha: More Lies' has been deleted [by] YouTube's censors," reads a recent tweet by Gonzalo Lira. "My stream last night on RBN was censored on Youtube after debunking the Bucha Massacre narrative," Revolutionary Blackout Network reports. It would seem that this clears up what YouTube meant when it said last month, "Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates this policy." There has as yet been no investigation into what happened in Bucha by any international body and there are plenty of arguments to be made questioning aspects of the Official...
https://www.sott.net/article/466810-More-escalations-in-online-censorship
More escalations in online censorship
YouTube has been deleting videos disputing the US government narrative about Russian war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine, validating concerns we've discussed previously that Silicon Valley platforms would begin censoring anyone who challenges the authorized version of events in this war. "By the way, my video 'Bucha: More Lies' has been deleted [by] YouTube's censors," reads a recent tweet by Gonzalo Lira. "My stream last night on RBN was censored on Youtube after debunking the Bucha Massacre narrative," Revolutionary Blackout Network reports. It would seem that this clears up what YouTube meant when it said last month, "Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates this policy." There has as yet been no investigation into what happened in Bucha by any international body and there are plenty of arguments to be made questioning aspects of the Official...
https://www.sott.net/article/466810-More-escalations-in-online-censorship
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'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Veterans help sway conservatives
Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control. The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father's wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working.
https://www.sott.net/article/466811-Magic-mushrooms-for-therapy-Veterans-help-sway-conservatives
'Magic mushrooms' for therapy? Veterans help sway conservatives
Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control. The recently retired Green Beret had already tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole in his father's wall after his family tried to stage an intervention in Utah made it clear none of it was working.
https://www.sott.net/article/466811-Magic-mushrooms-for-therapy-Veterans-help-sway-conservatives
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Zelensky 'cagey' about what really sank Russia's flagship
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "pretty cagey" about what really sank the Russian flagship Moskva, according to a report. CNN's Jake Tapper made the comment while describing an interview he just conducted with Zelensky about the state of Russia's seven-week-old war in Ukraine, after anchor Brianna Keilar noted there are "different stories" coming from the warring countries. "Of course, I asked him about the warship, and he actually was pretty cagey about it, saying that history will record what exactly happened with that warship, but he noted, of course, that it is now at the bottom of the Black Sea," Tapper said.
https://www.sott.net/article/466812-Zelensky-cagey-about-what-really-sank-Russias-flagship
Zelensky 'cagey' about what really sank Russia's flagship
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "pretty cagey" about what really sank the Russian flagship Moskva, according to a report. CNN's Jake Tapper made the comment while describing an interview he just conducted with Zelensky about the state of Russia's seven-week-old war in Ukraine, after anchor Brianna Keilar noted there are "different stories" coming from the warring countries. "Of course, I asked him about the warship, and he actually was pretty cagey about it, saying that history will record what exactly happened with that warship, but he noted, of course, that it is now at the bottom of the Black Sea," Tapper said.
https://www.sott.net/article/466812-Zelensky-cagey-about-what-really-sank-Russias-flagship
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Wife of Ukrainian opposition leader appeals to Britain
Oksana Marchenko has suggested that Viktor Medvedchuk should be traded for two Brits captured in Ukraine. Oksana Marchenko, the wife of arrested Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, has released a video proposing to swap her husband for two British fighters who reportedly surrendered to Russian and Donbass forces in Mariupol earlier this week. Marchenko, a former TV presenter, recorded her message in both Russian and English and posted it on social media on Saturday, appealing to the families and friends of British nationals Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.
https://www.sott.net/article/466813-Wife-of-Ukrainian-opposition-leader-appeals-to-Britain
Wife of Ukrainian opposition leader appeals to Britain
Oksana Marchenko has suggested that Viktor Medvedchuk should be traded for two Brits captured in Ukraine. Oksana Marchenko, the wife of arrested Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, has released a video proposing to swap her husband for two British fighters who reportedly surrendered to Russian and Donbass forces in Mariupol earlier this week. Marchenko, a former TV presenter, recorded her message in both Russian and English and posted it on social media on Saturday, appealing to the families and friends of British nationals Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.
https://www.sott.net/article/466813-Wife-of-Ukrainian-opposition-leader-appeals-to-Britain
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12 injured in South Carolina mall mass shooting, second incident in the US in just 5 days
Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital, which authorities say was not a random attack. Three people who had firearms were initially detained in connection with the Saturday afternoon shooting at Columbiana Centre, said Columbia Police Chief W.H. 'Skip' Holbrook. Jewayne M. Price, 22, has been charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, but additional charges are forthcoming, authorities said. Two additional males, who were not named, were also detained for questioning and were released from police custody after it was determined that they were not involved in the shooting.
https://www.sott.net/article/466814-12-injured-in-South-Carolina-mall-mass-shooting-second-incident-in-the-US-in-just-5-days
12 injured in South Carolina mall mass shooting, second incident in the US in just 5 days
Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in South Carolina's capital, which authorities say was not a random attack. Three people who had firearms were initially detained in connection with the Saturday afternoon shooting at Columbiana Centre, said Columbia Police Chief W.H. 'Skip' Holbrook. Jewayne M. Price, 22, has been charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, but additional charges are forthcoming, authorities said. Two additional males, who were not named, were also detained for questioning and were released from police custody after it was determined that they were not involved in the shooting.
https://www.sott.net/article/466814-12-injured-in-South-Carolina-mall-mass-shooting-second-incident-in-the-US-in-just-5-days
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Dianne Feinstein and the dangers of gerontocracy
If you ever feel like politics is stuck in the past, consider the ages of who is involved at the highest levels. President Joe Biden is currently 79; he's the oldest person to have ever assumed the office of the presidency. His 2020 presidential opponent (and possible 2024 GOP nominee) Donald Trump is currently 75. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is 82. At 71, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is practically a spring chicken. When the 117th Congress began last year, the average age of a House member was 58; the average senator was 64. Over time, the average age of a member of Congress has gotten older. America is being ruled by a gerontocracy. Some of this is just a result of longer lifespans and longer working lives. And some of it is a byproduct of the graying of America, which has grown older in the years past the baby boom.
https://www.sott.net/article/466815-Dianne-Feinstein-and-the-dangers-of-gerontocracy
Dianne Feinstein and the dangers of gerontocracy
If you ever feel like politics is stuck in the past, consider the ages of who is involved at the highest levels. President Joe Biden is currently 79; he's the oldest person to have ever assumed the office of the presidency. His 2020 presidential opponent (and possible 2024 GOP nominee) Donald Trump is currently 75. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is 82. At 71, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is practically a spring chicken. When the 117th Congress began last year, the average age of a House member was 58; the average senator was 64. Over time, the average age of a member of Congress has gotten older. America is being ruled by a gerontocracy. Some of this is just a result of longer lifespans and longer working lives. And some of it is a byproduct of the graying of America, which has grown older in the years past the baby boom.
https://www.sott.net/article/466815-Dianne-Feinstein-and-the-dangers-of-gerontocracy
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Thierry Meyssan: The goal of the Ukraine conflict is to economically collapse Europe (podcast)
French intellectual Thierry Meyssan discusses Ukraine and the end of the unipolar moment. Since the collapse of the USSR, Washington has tried to prevent any power from challenging it, including the European Union. The EU is a good market but must never become a political power. The Ukraine conflict is being used to pauperize and economically collapse Europe, which will happen. Russia is militarily stronger than the U.S. For over a decade there has been a growing movement of Nazism or Banderism in Ukraine which now makes up one-third of the armed forces. He explains why false flag operations are so successful and that perhaps next time such an operation will be used against Russia or China or anyone and everyone! He lived in Libya and Syria and worked with both governments and explains how the Pentagon uses Daesh as its private army and is doing the same with the Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. He doesn't think the U.S. will go to war with Russia or China as they are too formidable, and that...
https://www.sott.net/article/466816-Thierry-Meyssan-The-goal-of-the-Ukraine-conflict-is-to-economically-collapse-Europe-podcast
Thierry Meyssan: The goal of the Ukraine conflict is to economically collapse Europe (podcast)
French intellectual Thierry Meyssan discusses Ukraine and the end of the unipolar moment. Since the collapse of the USSR, Washington has tried to prevent any power from challenging it, including the European Union. The EU is a good market but must never become a political power. The Ukraine conflict is being used to pauperize and economically collapse Europe, which will happen. Russia is militarily stronger than the U.S. For over a decade there has been a growing movement of Nazism or Banderism in Ukraine which now makes up one-third of the armed forces. He explains why false flag operations are so successful and that perhaps next time such an operation will be used against Russia or China or anyone and everyone! He lived in Libya and Syria and worked with both governments and explains how the Pentagon uses Daesh as its private army and is doing the same with the Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. He doesn't think the U.S. will go to war with Russia or China as they are too formidable, and that...
https://www.sott.net/article/466816-Thierry-Meyssan-The-goal-of-the-Ukraine-conflict-is-to-economically-collapse-Europe-podcast
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Disney faces 'overwhelming' backlash after 'their support for sexualizing kids in kindergarten': report
A company insider says Walt Disney Company, one of the world's largest and most lucrative children's entertainment entities, has received a wave of backlash after its leadership has opposed Florida's anti-grooming legislation. Dan Bongino, a political commentator and podcast host, said Thursday that a Disney insider had approached him with a peek into the negative feedback coming over the phones. Concerned callers wanted to let the company know that they weren't happy with the increasingly woke direction Disney has taken. "The woman told me that the calls are overwhelming," Bongino said.
https://www.sott.net/article/466817-Disney-faces-overwhelming-backlash-after-their-support-for-sexualizing-kids-in-kindergarten-report
Disney faces 'overwhelming' backlash after 'their support for sexualizing kids in kindergarten': report
A company insider says Walt Disney Company, one of the world's largest and most lucrative children's entertainment entities, has received a wave of backlash after its leadership has opposed Florida's anti-grooming legislation. Dan Bongino, a political commentator and podcast host, said Thursday that a Disney insider had approached him with a peek into the negative feedback coming over the phones. Concerned callers wanted to let the company know that they weren't happy with the increasingly woke direction Disney has taken. "The woman told me that the calls are overwhelming," Bongino said.
https://www.sott.net/article/466817-Disney-faces-overwhelming-backlash-after-their-support-for-sexualizing-kids-in-kindergarten-report
