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Russia reiterates its primary goal in Ukraine
Moscow sees Ukraine's hardcore nationalist units as a threat to peace in the country and is working to destroy them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained on Friday. Moscow stated that a crackdown on far-right forces in Ukraine, many of which adhere to various kinds of neo-Nazi ideology, was one of the goals for the Russian troops operating in Ukraine. Peskov said it remained a priority: "In places where there are no nationalist battalions to take peaceful populations hostage [or] shoot up social sites, houses, peaceful life takes hold. In places where the nationalist battalions do those things, there is intensive fighting. There, they are all subject to being destroyed." "The [military operation] continues and the objectives are well known. They have to be achieved and they will be achieved."
https://www.sott.net/article/466832-Russia-reiterates-its-primary-goal-in-Ukraine
Russia reiterates its primary goal in Ukraine
Moscow sees Ukraine's hardcore nationalist units as a threat to peace in the country and is working to destroy them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained on Friday. Moscow stated that a crackdown on far-right forces in Ukraine, many of which adhere to various kinds of neo-Nazi ideology, was one of the goals for the Russian troops operating in Ukraine. Peskov said it remained a priority: "In places where there are no nationalist battalions to take peaceful populations hostage [or] shoot up social sites, houses, peaceful life takes hold. In places where the nationalist battalions do those things, there is intensive fighting. There, they are all subject to being destroyed." "The [military operation] continues and the objectives are well known. They have to be achieved and they will be achieved."
https://www.sott.net/article/466832-Russia-reiterates-its-primary-goal-in-Ukraine
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Zelensky gives his vision of peace deal with Russia
A peace agreement with Russia might consist of two separate documents that would cover the two key issues - security guarantees for Kiev and its future relations with Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. Speaking to Ukrainian media, Zelensky explained that Moscow would like to have one comprehensive document that would address all the issues. However, because the security guarantees involve other countries, two documents could be a solution. According to the Ukrainian leader: "A peace treaty with Russia can consist of two different documents. One of them should concern security guarantees for Ukraine, the other to directly address its relations with the Russian Federation." He explained that a document covering security guarantees could be signed by those countries "who are ready for these security guarantees," while another document could cover future relations between Ukraine and Russia. Zelensky claimed that the UK, US, Italy and Turkey have shown a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466833-Zelensky-gives-his-vision-of-peace-deal-with-Russia
Zelensky gives his vision of peace deal with Russia
A peace agreement with Russia might consist of two separate documents that would cover the two key issues - security guarantees for Kiev and its future relations with Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. Speaking to Ukrainian media, Zelensky explained that Moscow would like to have one comprehensive document that would address all the issues. However, because the security guarantees involve other countries, two documents could be a solution. According to the Ukrainian leader: "A peace treaty with Russia can consist of two different documents. One of them should concern security guarantees for Ukraine, the other to directly address its relations with the Russian Federation." He explained that a document covering security guarantees could be signed by those countries "who are ready for these security guarantees," while another document could cover future relations between Ukraine and Russia. Zelensky claimed that the UK, US, Italy and Turkey have shown a...
https://www.sott.net/article/466833-Zelensky-gives-his-vision-of-peace-deal-with-Russia
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Biden genocide comment raised concern among some U.S. officials
President Joe Biden's declaration this week that Russia is committing "genocide" in Ukraine raised concerns among some officials in his own government and has so far not been corroborated by information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies, according to senior administration officials. At the State Department, which is tasked with making formal determinations of genocide and war crimes through an independent legal process, two officials said that Biden's seemingly offhand declaration during a domestic policy speech in Iowa on Tuesday made it harder for the agency to credibly do its job. U.S. intelligence agencies collect information when allegations are made of actions that could amount to genocide, but policymakers are the ones who actually decide whether to declare it. Intelligence reports on Ukraine currently do not support a genocide designation, officials said. "Genocide includes a goal of destroying an ethnic group or nation and, so far, that is not what we are seeing."
https://www.sott.net/article/466834-Biden-genocide-comment-raised-concern-among-some-US-officials
Biden genocide comment raised concern among some U.S. officials
President Joe Biden's declaration this week that Russia is committing "genocide" in Ukraine raised concerns among some officials in his own government and has so far not been corroborated by information collected by U.S. intelligence agencies, according to senior administration officials. At the State Department, which is tasked with making formal determinations of genocide and war crimes through an independent legal process, two officials said that Biden's seemingly offhand declaration during a domestic policy speech in Iowa on Tuesday made it harder for the agency to credibly do its job. U.S. intelligence agencies collect information when allegations are made of actions that could amount to genocide, but policymakers are the ones who actually decide whether to declare it. Intelligence reports on Ukraine currently do not support a genocide designation, officials said. "Genocide includes a goal of destroying an ethnic group or nation and, so far, that is not what we are seeing."
https://www.sott.net/article/466834-Biden-genocide-comment-raised-concern-among-some-US-officials
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FLASHBACK: Chrystia Freeland's side gig with the WEF is endangering Canadian democracy
There's no need to invent conspiracy theories. The attempt by global elites to subvert local democracy is fully on and in plain view. The World Economic Forum (WEF), which has met at the Swiss ski resort of Davos every year since its creation in 1971 by German academic and entrepreneur Klaus Schwab, was forced to convert its annual schmoozefest into a virtual event this year due to COVID-19. Of note on the main agenda was a "stakeholder capitalism" panel, which included Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland. The former-journalist-turned-politician has been a fixture at the WEF for years. Rubbing shoulders at Davos with the world's rich, famous and powerful was one of the inspirations for her 2012 book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. Indeed, in her book, Freeland notes that an invitation to Davos "marks an aspiring plutocrat's arrival on the international scene." The global elite don't especially...
https://www.sott.net/article/466835-Chrystia-Freelands-side-gig-with-the-WEF-is-endangering-Canadian-democracy
FLASHBACK: Chrystia Freeland's side gig with the WEF is endangering Canadian democracy
There's no need to invent conspiracy theories. The attempt by global elites to subvert local democracy is fully on and in plain view. The World Economic Forum (WEF), which has met at the Swiss ski resort of Davos every year since its creation in 1971 by German academic and entrepreneur Klaus Schwab, was forced to convert its annual schmoozefest into a virtual event this year due to COVID-19. Of note on the main agenda was a "stakeholder capitalism" panel, which included Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland. The former-journalist-turned-politician has been a fixture at the WEF for years. Rubbing shoulders at Davos with the world's rich, famous and powerful was one of the inspirations for her 2012 book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. Indeed, in her book, Freeland notes that an invitation to Davos "marks an aspiring plutocrat's arrival on the international scene." The global elite don't especially...
https://www.sott.net/article/466835-Chrystia-Freelands-side-gig-with-the-WEF-is-endangering-Canadian-democracy
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SOTT FOCUS: NewsReal: Shanghai Lockdown - Moskva Hit - Escalation in Ukraine?
Shanghai has been under severe lockdown for three weeks for reasons the Chinese government says are entirely to do with enforcing its 'Zero Covid' policy of playing whack-a-mole with any and all expressions of 'Covid cases'. By their own admission, the city of 26 million people has just 25,000 'cases', mostly asymptomatic, and ZERO deaths. So why put the population under such duress 'to save lives'? This week on NewsReal, Joe and Niall attempt to explain the real motive for Shanghai's harsh lockdown, discuss what (probably) really happened to the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship the Moskva, ponder just how far the US and Russia are willing to escalate their proxy war in Ukraine, stand back in awe at the Western media's blaming of all the world's problems on Putin, and comment on the potential takeover of Twitter by 'based' billionaire Elon Musk. Running Time: 01:42:34 Download: MP3 — 70.4 MB
https://www.sott.net/article/466836-NewsReal-Shanghai-Lockdown-Moskva-Hit-Escalation-in-Ukraine
SOTT FOCUS: NewsReal: Shanghai Lockdown - Moskva Hit - Escalation in Ukraine?
Shanghai has been under severe lockdown for three weeks for reasons the Chinese government says are entirely to do with enforcing its 'Zero Covid' policy of playing whack-a-mole with any and all expressions of 'Covid cases'. By their own admission, the city of 26 million people has just 25,000 'cases', mostly asymptomatic, and ZERO deaths. So why put the population under such duress 'to save lives'? This week on NewsReal, Joe and Niall attempt to explain the real motive for Shanghai's harsh lockdown, discuss what (probably) really happened to the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship the Moskva, ponder just how far the US and Russia are willing to escalate their proxy war in Ukraine, stand back in awe at the Western media's blaming of all the world's problems on Putin, and comment on the potential takeover of Twitter by 'based' billionaire Elon Musk. Running Time: 01:42:34 Download: MP3 — 70.4 MB
https://www.sott.net/article/466836-NewsReal-Shanghai-Lockdown-Moskva-Hit-Escalation-in-Ukraine
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SOTT FOCUS: Military Situation in Ukraine: An Update by Jacques Baud
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-Military-Situation-in-Ukraine-An-Update-by-Jacques-Baud
SOTT FOCUS: Military Situation in Ukraine: An Update by Jacques Baud
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-Military-Situation-in-Ukraine-An-Update-by-Jacques-Baud
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No risks supplying weapons to Ukraine claims German justice minister
Germany faces no risks under international law when it supplies arms to Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing military operation, German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann told Die Welt on Saturday. Ukraine is fighting a "defensive war," the minister claimed, adding that it has a right to fight back under the UN Charter. This fact, according to Buschmann, allows other nations to send it weapons without fear of being seen as a party to the conflict. "When it [Ukraine] exercises its legitimate right for self-defense, supporting with arms deliveries cannot lead [a nation] to becoming a party to war," Buschmann said, adding that it is not just his personal opinion but "that of the federal government."
https://www.sott.net/article/466837-No-risks-supplying-weapons-to-Ukraine-claims-German-justice-minister
No risks supplying weapons to Ukraine claims German justice minister
Germany faces no risks under international law when it supplies arms to Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing military operation, German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann told Die Welt on Saturday. Ukraine is fighting a "defensive war," the minister claimed, adding that it has a right to fight back under the UN Charter. This fact, according to Buschmann, allows other nations to send it weapons without fear of being seen as a party to the conflict. "When it [Ukraine] exercises its legitimate right for self-defense, supporting with arms deliveries cannot lead [a nation] to becoming a party to war," Buschmann said, adding that it is not just his personal opinion but "that of the federal government."
https://www.sott.net/article/466837-No-risks-supplying-weapons-to-Ukraine-claims-German-justice-minister
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Mystery as giant 'unidentified Russian' Antanov plane spotted flying from German airport on way to US
A giant "unidentified Russian" aeroplane was spotted flying over Yorkshire this morning. According to the flight tracker website Flightradar24, the A124 Anatanov flew over Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary to the Pennines between approximately 8am and 9am today (Sunday). The plane is recorded as taking off from Leipzig Halle Airport, in the east of Germany at around 6am GMT. The aircraft - the second-largest model in the world - then flew over the rest of Germany, the Netherlands, the North Sea and over Yorkshire. It passed over Pontefract, Wakefield, Heckmondwike, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden before crossing the Pennines into Lancashire and onwards across the Atlantic.
https://www.sott.net/article/466838-Mystery-as-giant-unidentified-Russian-Antanov-plane-spotted-flying-from-German-airport-on-way-to-US
Mystery as giant 'unidentified Russian' Antanov plane spotted flying from German airport on way to US
A giant "unidentified Russian" aeroplane was spotted flying over Yorkshire this morning. According to the flight tracker website Flightradar24, the A124 Anatanov flew over Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary to the Pennines between approximately 8am and 9am today (Sunday). The plane is recorded as taking off from Leipzig Halle Airport, in the east of Germany at around 6am GMT. The aircraft - the second-largest model in the world - then flew over the rest of Germany, the Netherlands, the North Sea and over Yorkshire. It passed over Pontefract, Wakefield, Heckmondwike, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden before crossing the Pennines into Lancashire and onwards across the Atlantic.
https://www.sott.net/article/466838-Mystery-as-giant-unidentified-Russian-Antanov-plane-spotted-flying-from-German-airport-on-way-to-US
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Sudden surge in unexplained cases of liver inflammation seen in children in UK, US, Spain, and Ireland
U.K. health officials are investigating dozens of cases of unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, that have recently emerged among young children there. Similar cases of pediatric hepatitis have also been reported in the U.S. and Spain. Some of the affected children in the U.K. have required assessment at specialized centers and a "small number" of kids have undergone liver transplantation procedures, the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on April 8. Although hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D and E) are often the cause of hepatitis, these viruses have been ruled out, the statement said. Potential complications of hepatitis include liver failure and death, and liver transplants are typically used to treat end-stage liver failure, according to Stanford Children's Health. "That's the only definitive treatment for acute liver failure," said Dr. Rachel Tayler, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
https://www.sott.net/article/466839-Sudden-surge-in-unexplained-cases-of-liver-inflammation-seen-in-children-in-UK-US-Spain-and-Ireland
Sudden surge in unexplained cases of liver inflammation seen in children in UK, US, Spain, and Ireland
U.K. health officials are investigating dozens of cases of unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, that have recently emerged among young children there. Similar cases of pediatric hepatitis have also been reported in the U.S. and Spain. Some of the affected children in the U.K. have required assessment at specialized centers and a "small number" of kids have undergone liver transplantation procedures, the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on April 8. Although hepatitis viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D and E) are often the cause of hepatitis, these viruses have been ruled out, the statement said. Potential complications of hepatitis include liver failure and death, and liver transplants are typically used to treat end-stage liver failure, according to Stanford Children's Health. "That's the only definitive treatment for acute liver failure," said Dr. Rachel Tayler, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
https://www.sott.net/article/466839-Sudden-surge-in-unexplained-cases-of-liver-inflammation-seen-in-children-in-UK-US-Spain-and-Ireland
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Washington's geopolitical appetite has been growing
In recent days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and State Department spokesperson Ned Price have expressed their views on when the Russia-Ukraine conflict might end. Sullivan said on Thursday that "fighting in Ukraine could go on for months or longer." Blinken and Price said that the clash could last through the end of 2022. There are indications showing that this is not so much a judgment by Washington as it is its real intent. This prediction is an extension of seven months from previous ones that generally argued that the conflict would end in May. After the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, almost all Washington's practices have been to push the war into a prolonged one, and all kinds of mobilization and "efforts" have been made to this end. This prediction of Washington's, in effect, is telling Ukraine to go ahead and "we support you." Ukraine has been extremely exploited as a pawn. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict has lasted for more...
https://www.sott.net/article/466840-Washingtons-geopolitical-appetite-has-been-growing
Washington's geopolitical appetite has been growing
In recent days, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and State Department spokesperson Ned Price have expressed their views on when the Russia-Ukraine conflict might end. Sullivan said on Thursday that "fighting in Ukraine could go on for months or longer." Blinken and Price said that the clash could last through the end of 2022. There are indications showing that this is not so much a judgment by Washington as it is its real intent. This prediction is an extension of seven months from previous ones that generally argued that the conflict would end in May. After the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, almost all Washington's practices have been to push the war into a prolonged one, and all kinds of mobilization and "efforts" have been made to this end. This prediction of Washington's, in effect, is telling Ukraine to go ahead and "we support you." Ukraine has been extremely exploited as a pawn. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict has lasted for more...
https://www.sott.net/article/466840-Washingtons-geopolitical-appetite-has-been-growing
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COVID vaccinations and Oxitec's 'flying syringes'
This essay is going to ramble a bit because we need to build a framework of links as a foundation for our main point. Some apparently disparate elements are closely connected as part of a broader agenda, but we need first to identify the relationships. ZIKA South America, 2015 We begin with a brief review of ZIKA, this 2015 outbreak in South America of a virus so mild that it had never done anything to anybody. ZIKA normally produces symptoms such as a slight fever or conjunctivitis and sometimes joint pain, but typically so mild that the symptoms last for only a few days and most people don't even know they have it. ZIKA is not contagious but is transmitted by mosquitoes, which means you must be bitten by an infected mosquito to contract it. There is much about the ZIKA outbreak that is important to our story. You may want to read my prior article on ZIKA to fully understand. (1) For now, we can note that the outbreak was accompanied by an intense flood of carefully-organised...
https://www.sott.net/article/466841-COVID-vaccinations-and-Oxitecs-flying-syringes
COVID vaccinations and Oxitec's 'flying syringes'
This essay is going to ramble a bit because we need to build a framework of links as a foundation for our main point. Some apparently disparate elements are closely connected as part of a broader agenda, but we need first to identify the relationships. ZIKA South America, 2015 We begin with a brief review of ZIKA, this 2015 outbreak in South America of a virus so mild that it had never done anything to anybody. ZIKA normally produces symptoms such as a slight fever or conjunctivitis and sometimes joint pain, but typically so mild that the symptoms last for only a few days and most people don't even know they have it. ZIKA is not contagious but is transmitted by mosquitoes, which means you must be bitten by an infected mosquito to contract it. There is much about the ZIKA outbreak that is important to our story. You may want to read my prior article on ZIKA to fully understand. (1) For now, we can note that the outbreak was accompanied by an intense flood of carefully-organised...
https://www.sott.net/article/466841-COVID-vaccinations-and-Oxitecs-flying-syringes
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NASA may provoke alien invasion, scientists warn
Oxford researchers are reportedly concerned that the US agency's effort to communicate with extraterrestrials could be dangerous. Scientists at the UK's Oxford University have reportedly sounded an alarm over plans by NASA to broadcast location data and other information into space, warning that the effort could have dangerous unintended consequences, including triggering an alien invasion. At issue is the planned "Beacon in the Galaxy" (BITG), a broadcast of data by a NASA-led team of researchers with the aim of greeting "extraterrestrial intelligences." The US space agency wants to beam the signal from the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope array in California and China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST). It would include such information as the biochemical composition of life on Earth, the Solar System's time-stamped position in the Milky Way, digitized images of humans and an invitation for extraterrestrials to respond.
https://www.sott.net/article/466842-NASA-may-provoke-alien-invasion-scientists-warn
NASA may provoke alien invasion, scientists warn
Oxford researchers are reportedly concerned that the US agency's effort to communicate with extraterrestrials could be dangerous. Scientists at the UK's Oxford University have reportedly sounded an alarm over plans by NASA to broadcast location data and other information into space, warning that the effort could have dangerous unintended consequences, including triggering an alien invasion. At issue is the planned "Beacon in the Galaxy" (BITG), a broadcast of data by a NASA-led team of researchers with the aim of greeting "extraterrestrial intelligences." The US space agency wants to beam the signal from the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope array in California and China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST). It would include such information as the biochemical composition of life on Earth, the Solar System's time-stamped position in the Milky Way, digitized images of humans and an invitation for extraterrestrials to respond.
https://www.sott.net/article/466842-NASA-may-provoke-alien-invasion-scientists-warn
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Ukraine offensive 'no more scandalous' than invading Iraq - ex-French ambassador
The former French ambassador to the US and UN Gérard Araud has told China's Global Times that resentment at the "double standards" of the West is likely turning some countries off supporting Washington's position on Russia. He added that while the European Union is following America's lead in regards to Moscow, it will not do the same when it comes to China. The Chinese joined more than 40 others in voting against, or abstaining from, a motion condemning Russia's offensive in Ukraine at a meeting of the United Nations last month. India, Pakistan and South Africa were among those who refused to back Washington's line, which didn't surprise Araud. "There is a colonial past which is feeding some resentment. There is also the fact that the West is lecturing the rest of the world and using double standards very often," the former diplomat told the state-owned Global Times on Thursday. "I'm quite aware that, after all, invading Ukraine is no more scandalous than invading Iraq in 2003,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466843-Ukraine-offensive-no-more-scandalous-than-invading-Iraq-ex-French-ambassador
Ukraine offensive 'no more scandalous' than invading Iraq - ex-French ambassador
The former French ambassador to the US and UN Gérard Araud has told China's Global Times that resentment at the "double standards" of the West is likely turning some countries off supporting Washington's position on Russia. He added that while the European Union is following America's lead in regards to Moscow, it will not do the same when it comes to China. The Chinese joined more than 40 others in voting against, or abstaining from, a motion condemning Russia's offensive in Ukraine at a meeting of the United Nations last month. India, Pakistan and South Africa were among those who refused to back Washington's line, which didn't surprise Araud. "There is a colonial past which is feeding some resentment. There is also the fact that the West is lecturing the rest of the world and using double standards very often," the former diplomat told the state-owned Global Times on Thursday. "I'm quite aware that, after all, invading Ukraine is no more scandalous than invading Iraq in 2003,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466843-Ukraine-offensive-no-more-scandalous-than-invading-Iraq-ex-French-ambassador
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Rex Murphy: What right does the government have to judge Rebel News?
Outside of news organizations and reporters, I'd guess that most people do not know that the Canadian government has established what it likes to call an "independent advisory board" to decide on the question of what is or what is not a "qualified Canadian journalism organization" (QCJO). Before getting into what being designated a QCJO means, for news outlets and subscribers to them, I'd like to pause on the phrase itself, and the power to apply or deny it. My interest in doing so arises from the recent decision from the Independent Advisory Board on the Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures on the status of Rebel News, which gave out a curiously precise evaluation of that doughty organization: "A review found that less than one per cent of the content meets the criteria for original news content as required by the act." So the first thing to ask is obvious: is it not strange that in a democratic political system, authority has been granted to a government department to define...
https://www.sott.net/article/466844-Rex-Murphy-What-right-does-the-government-have-to-judge-Rebel-News
Rex Murphy: What right does the government have to judge Rebel News?
Outside of news organizations and reporters, I'd guess that most people do not know that the Canadian government has established what it likes to call an "independent advisory board" to decide on the question of what is or what is not a "qualified Canadian journalism organization" (QCJO). Before getting into what being designated a QCJO means, for news outlets and subscribers to them, I'd like to pause on the phrase itself, and the power to apply or deny it. My interest in doing so arises from the recent decision from the Independent Advisory Board on the Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures on the status of Rebel News, which gave out a curiously precise evaluation of that doughty organization: "A review found that less than one per cent of the content meets the criteria for original news content as required by the act." So the first thing to ask is obvious: is it not strange that in a democratic political system, authority has been granted to a government department to define...
https://www.sott.net/article/466844-Rex-Murphy-What-right-does-the-government-have-to-judge-Rebel-News
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Ukraine offensive 'no more scandalous' than invading Iraq - ex-French ambassador
The former French ambassador to the US and UN Gérard Araud has told China's Global Times that resentment at the "double standards" of the West is likely turning some countries off supporting Washington's position on Russia. He added that while the European Union is following America's lead in regards to Moscow, it will not do the same when it comes to China. The Chinese joined more than 40 others in voting against, or abstaining from, a motion condemning Russia's offensive in Ukraine at a meeting of the United Nations last month. India, Pakistan and South Africa were among those who refused to back Washington's line, which didn't surprise Araud. "There is a colonial past which is feeding some resentment. There is also the fact that the West is lecturing the rest of the world and using double standards very often," the former diplomat told the state-owned Global Times on Thursday. "I'm quite aware that, after all, invading Ukraine is no more scandalous than invading Iraq in 2003,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466843-Ukraine-offensive-no-more-scandalous-than-invading-Iraq-ex-French-ambassador
Ukraine offensive 'no more scandalous' than invading Iraq - ex-French ambassador
The former French ambassador to the US and UN Gérard Araud has told China's Global Times that resentment at the "double standards" of the West is likely turning some countries off supporting Washington's position on Russia. He added that while the European Union is following America's lead in regards to Moscow, it will not do the same when it comes to China. The Chinese joined more than 40 others in voting against, or abstaining from, a motion condemning Russia's offensive in Ukraine at a meeting of the United Nations last month. India, Pakistan and South Africa were among those who refused to back Washington's line, which didn't surprise Araud. "There is a colonial past which is feeding some resentment. There is also the fact that the West is lecturing the rest of the world and using double standards very often," the former diplomat told the state-owned Global Times on Thursday. "I'm quite aware that, after all, invading Ukraine is no more scandalous than invading Iraq in 2003,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466843-Ukraine-offensive-no-more-scandalous-than-invading-Iraq-ex-French-ambassador
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Mercola: Dismantling the transhumanist agenda
The notion of transhumanism is being actively researched and explored, while on some level it's already here. Many people regard transhumanism as turning human beings into robots, but it actually describes a social and philosophical movement that involves the development of human-enhancement technologies.1 In episode 26 of Children's Health Defense (CHD) Tea Time, I spoke with Polly Tommey, director of programming for CHD-TV, and colleagues about the transhumanist agenda and how its ultimate goal is to control the human population. The process has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and over the last two years, the global cabal has succeeded in influencing behavior, primarily through fear and the creation of narratives. Comment: View the Tea Time episode here. Most people don't appreciate that they're being surveilled 24/7, and most of the surveillance you are allowing into your life, as you give up your privacy and consent to surveillance in exchange for convenience. Google...
https://www.sott.net/article/466845-Mercola-Dismantling-the-transhumanist-agenda
Mercola: Dismantling the transhumanist agenda
The notion of transhumanism is being actively researched and explored, while on some level it's already here. Many people regard transhumanism as turning human beings into robots, but it actually describes a social and philosophical movement that involves the development of human-enhancement technologies.1 In episode 26 of Children's Health Defense (CHD) Tea Time, I spoke with Polly Tommey, director of programming for CHD-TV, and colleagues about the transhumanist agenda and how its ultimate goal is to control the human population. The process has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and over the last two years, the global cabal has succeeded in influencing behavior, primarily through fear and the creation of narratives. Comment: View the Tea Time episode here. Most people don't appreciate that they're being surveilled 24/7, and most of the surveillance you are allowing into your life, as you give up your privacy and consent to surveillance in exchange for convenience. Google...
https://www.sott.net/article/466845-Mercola-Dismantling-the-transhumanist-agenda
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Russia accuses Ukraine of hiding military losses
Moscow claims Kiev has lost 23,367 combatants combined from the army, national guard and foreign mercenaries Ukraine has suffered the "irretrievable loss" of an estimated 23,367 troops since Russia launched its military offensive in February, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow stated on Saturday. The casualty figures were revealed by Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov, who said that in the city of Mariupol alone Ukraine has lost more than 4,000 fighters, including "foreign mercenaries" and "Nazis" associated with the notorious Azov and Aidar regiments. In a statement, the general accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of hiding the true scale of his country's losses, saying the president "is afraid to tell the people of Ukraine" how many soldiers have died. Konashenkov explained that Russia has obtained documents proving the figures, and would soon publish more detailed information from these files. Ukraine claims to have lost between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers...
https://www.sott.net/article/466846-Russia-accuses-Ukraine-of-hiding-military-losses
Russia accuses Ukraine of hiding military losses
Moscow claims Kiev has lost 23,367 combatants combined from the army, national guard and foreign mercenaries Ukraine has suffered the "irretrievable loss" of an estimated 23,367 troops since Russia launched its military offensive in February, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow stated on Saturday. The casualty figures were revealed by Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov, who said that in the city of Mariupol alone Ukraine has lost more than 4,000 fighters, including "foreign mercenaries" and "Nazis" associated with the notorious Azov and Aidar regiments. In a statement, the general accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of hiding the true scale of his country's losses, saying the president "is afraid to tell the people of Ukraine" how many soldiers have died. Konashenkov explained that Russia has obtained documents proving the figures, and would soon publish more detailed information from these files. Ukraine claims to have lost between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers...
https://www.sott.net/article/466846-Russia-accuses-Ukraine-of-hiding-military-losses
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Fauci funded two HIV tracking studies of teenage drug using prostitutes in China
Strange thing for an American agency to be funding. Anthony Fauci's National Institutes of Health agency funded research in China tracking Chinese prostitutes as young as 16-years-old. The unearthed studies, published in 2012 and 2013, follow Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supporting "killer" bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Chinese Communist Party-run lab is believed by many to be the source of COVID-19 given its links to the military and controversial gain-of-function research. Comment: The Wuhan labs were US backed, not Chinese, this is further supported by the evidence of US bioweapons research in numerous other countries across the planet. Moreover, the evidence suggests that the coronavirus likely leaked from Fort Detrick, which was temporarily shutdown over a safety breach in August 2019, shortly after covid was detected in multiple regions across the planet. A study from March of 2013 - "Drug Use and Sex...
https://www.sott.net/article/466847-Fauci-funded-two-HIV-tracking-studies-of-teenage-drug-using-prostitutes-in-China
Fauci funded two HIV tracking studies of teenage drug using prostitutes in China
Strange thing for an American agency to be funding. Anthony Fauci's National Institutes of Health agency funded research in China tracking Chinese prostitutes as young as 16-years-old. The unearthed studies, published in 2012 and 2013, follow Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supporting "killer" bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Chinese Communist Party-run lab is believed by many to be the source of COVID-19 given its links to the military and controversial gain-of-function research. Comment: The Wuhan labs were US backed, not Chinese, this is further supported by the evidence of US bioweapons research in numerous other countries across the planet. Moreover, the evidence suggests that the coronavirus likely leaked from Fort Detrick, which was temporarily shutdown over a safety breach in August 2019, shortly after covid was detected in multiple regions across the planet. A study from March of 2013 - "Drug Use and Sex...
https://www.sott.net/article/466847-Fauci-funded-two-HIV-tracking-studies-of-teenage-drug-using-prostitutes-in-China
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Mexican cartels fly 9,000 drone flights into US to surveil law enforcement operations
Mexican drug cartels have conducted more than 9,000 drone flights into U.S. airspace in the last year to surveil American law enforcement and security operations in the southern border region, a senior Homeland Security official told Judicial Watch this week. The drones are observing federal, state, county, and city agencies near the Mexican border, including the U.S. Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas National Guard, county sheriffs and local police. The Border Patrol, which operates under Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has captured about a dozen of the drones, and accessed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' (UAVs) guidance and memory systems to gain intelligence information, according to a high-level official at the agency. Judicial Watch learned about the Mexican cartel drone incursions during a recent visit to the southern border and specifically while interviewing federal officials at the CBP Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas.
https://www.sott.net/article/466848-Mexican-cartels-fly-9000-drone-flights-into-US-to-surveil-law-enforcement-operations
Mexican cartels fly 9,000 drone flights into US to surveil law enforcement operations
Mexican drug cartels have conducted more than 9,000 drone flights into U.S. airspace in the last year to surveil American law enforcement and security operations in the southern border region, a senior Homeland Security official told Judicial Watch this week. The drones are observing federal, state, county, and city agencies near the Mexican border, including the U.S. Border Patrol, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas National Guard, county sheriffs and local police. The Border Patrol, which operates under Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has captured about a dozen of the drones, and accessed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' (UAVs) guidance and memory systems to gain intelligence information, according to a high-level official at the agency. Judicial Watch learned about the Mexican cartel drone incursions during a recent visit to the southern border and specifically while interviewing federal officials at the CBP Rio Grande Valley sector in Texas.
https://www.sott.net/article/466848-Mexican-cartels-fly-9000-drone-flights-into-US-to-surveil-law-enforcement-operations
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Ukraine can fight Russia 'for 10 years' claims Zelensky, as neo-Nazi led military suffers heavy losses & demands West supply ever more arms
Ukraine is not prepared to give up territory and is ready, if necessary, to fight Russia "for 10 years," President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He also appeared to acknowledge that the current conflict effectively began in 2014, when Kiev first launched an operation to re-take the breakaway Donbass. In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said that for Ukraine "the battle for Donbass is very important" for a number of reasons, adding that it could affect "the course of the whole war." He stressed, however, that a diplomatic solution to the conflict is preferable. Comment: It seems that Russia agrees Donbass is important, that's why it focused on liberating Donbass, and it did so by luring the US-proxy army in Ukraine away to Kiev. "We cannot give up our territory, but we must find some kind of dialogue with Russia," Zelensky said, adding that talks will not be conducted "on the basis of the Russian ultimatum."
https://www.sott.net/article/466849-Ukraine-can-fight-Russia-for-10-years-claims-Zelensky-as-neo-Nazi-led-military-suffers-heavy-losses-demands-West-supply-ever-more-arms
Ukraine can fight Russia 'for 10 years' claims Zelensky, as neo-Nazi led military suffers heavy losses & demands West supply ever more arms
Ukraine is not prepared to give up territory and is ready, if necessary, to fight Russia "for 10 years," President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He also appeared to acknowledge that the current conflict effectively began in 2014, when Kiev first launched an operation to re-take the breakaway Donbass. In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said that for Ukraine "the battle for Donbass is very important" for a number of reasons, adding that it could affect "the course of the whole war." He stressed, however, that a diplomatic solution to the conflict is preferable. Comment: It seems that Russia agrees Donbass is important, that's why it focused on liberating Donbass, and it did so by luring the US-proxy army in Ukraine away to Kiev. "We cannot give up our territory, but we must find some kind of dialogue with Russia," Zelensky said, adding that talks will not be conducted "on the basis of the Russian ultimatum."
https://www.sott.net/article/466849-Ukraine-can-fight-Russia-for-10-years-claims-Zelensky-as-neo-Nazi-led-military-suffers-heavy-losses-demands-West-supply-ever-more-arms
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Michigan bomb plot: FBI scheme to create false 'domestic terror' cabal exposed in court
Jury throws out government's case — finds FBI agents fabricated a kidnapping threat against Michigan governor so they could pretend to be heroes by foiling a "crime" of their own creation. FBI director's use of entrapment is part of a strategy designed to sow public fear and render support for draconian anti-terrorist legislation. For 95 years — from J Edgar Hoover to Christopher Wray — the FBI has lied, cheated, threatened, and even murdered Americans. Is it beyond reform? Should we replace it with a national police force that protects instead of persecutes those it is supposed to serve? The Michigan bombing case is just the latest, but it is surely not the first example, of the FBI overstepping legal and ethical boundaries to burnish its public image by creating Bad Guys to scare the public and blackmail Congress into passing ever larger budgets to fight domestic terrorism.
https://www.sott.net/article/466850-Michigan-bomb-plot-FBI-scheme-to-create-false-domestic-terror-cabal-exposed-in-court
Michigan bomb plot: FBI scheme to create false 'domestic terror' cabal exposed in court
Jury throws out government's case — finds FBI agents fabricated a kidnapping threat against Michigan governor so they could pretend to be heroes by foiling a "crime" of their own creation. FBI director's use of entrapment is part of a strategy designed to sow public fear and render support for draconian anti-terrorist legislation. For 95 years — from J Edgar Hoover to Christopher Wray — the FBI has lied, cheated, threatened, and even murdered Americans. Is it beyond reform? Should we replace it with a national police force that protects instead of persecutes those it is supposed to serve? The Michigan bombing case is just the latest, but it is surely not the first example, of the FBI overstepping legal and ethical boundaries to burnish its public image by creating Bad Guys to scare the public and blackmail Congress into passing ever larger budgets to fight domestic terrorism.
https://www.sott.net/article/466850-Michigan-bomb-plot-FBI-scheme-to-create-false-domestic-terror-cabal-exposed-in-court
