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BEST OF THE WEB: Philippines - 172 killed, 110 missing in floods after rain from Tropical Storm Megi (Agaton) - 10 inches of rainfall in 24 hours (UPDATES)
Heavy rainfall from a tropical depression has caused severe flooding, mudslides and landslides in the Philippines, displacing thousands of people and causing at least 20 fatalities. A Low Pressure Area brought heavy rainfall in areas of the country from 04 April. Flooding struck in Davao region after heavy rainfall from 06 April. Authorities said 1,040 families in 22 villages have ben affected. One person died in flooding in Cateel in Davao Oriental province. Two others were reported missing after floods in Monkayo in Davao de Oro province Since then the Low Pressure Area developed into Tropical Depression Megi (locally named Agaton) and made landfall in Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on 10 April 2022. In 24 hours to 10 April, Maasin, province of Southern Leyte, recorded 254.0 mm of rain and Guiuan, province of Eastern Samar, 236.0 mm. The following day Masbate in the Province of Masbate, recorded 171.0 mm.
https://www.sott.net/article/466626-Philippines-172-killed-110-missing-in-floods-after-rain-from-Tropical-Storm-Megi-Agaton-10-inches-of-rainfall-in-24-hours-UPDATES
BEST OF THE WEB: Philippines - 172 killed, 110 missing in floods after rain from Tropical Storm Megi (Agaton) - 10 inches of rainfall in 24 hours (UPDATES)
Heavy rainfall from a tropical depression has caused severe flooding, mudslides and landslides in the Philippines, displacing thousands of people and causing at least 20 fatalities. A Low Pressure Area brought heavy rainfall in areas of the country from 04 April. Flooding struck in Davao region after heavy rainfall from 06 April. Authorities said 1,040 families in 22 villages have ben affected. One person died in flooding in Cateel in Davao Oriental province. Two others were reported missing after floods in Monkayo in Davao de Oro province Since then the Low Pressure Area developed into Tropical Depression Megi (locally named Agaton) and made landfall in Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on 10 April 2022. In 24 hours to 10 April, Maasin, province of Southern Leyte, recorded 254.0 mm of rain and Guiuan, province of Eastern Samar, 236.0 mm. The following day Masbate in the Province of Masbate, recorded 171.0 mm.
https://www.sott.net/article/466626-Philippines-172-killed-110-missing-in-floods-after-rain-from-Tropical-Storm-Megi-Agaton-10-inches-of-rainfall-in-24-hours-UPDATES
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DeSantis slams activists advocating for late-term abortions: 'That is infanticide'
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), in his Thursday speech during the signing ceremony of a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in the state, slammed left-wing activists in Hollywood and the media advocating for late-term abortions. "We are here today to protect life," DeSantis started his speech, to thunderous applause. When the audience calmed down, he continued:
https://www.sott.net/article/466853-DeSantis-slams-activists-advocating-for-late-term-abortions-That-is-infanticide
DeSantis slams activists advocating for late-term abortions: 'That is infanticide'
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), in his Thursday speech during the signing ceremony of a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in the state, slammed left-wing activists in Hollywood and the media advocating for late-term abortions. "We are here today to protect life," DeSantis started his speech, to thunderous applause. When the audience calmed down, he continued:
https://www.sott.net/article/466853-DeSantis-slams-activists-advocating-for-late-term-abortions-That-is-infanticide
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Meteor fireball over Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic on April 17
We received 25 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Dolnośląskie, Hessen, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Liberec Region, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Saxony on Sunday, April 17th 2022 around 19:46 UT. For this event, we received one video and 5 photos.
https://www.sott.net/article/466854-Meteor-fireball-over-Germany-Poland-and-the-Czech-Republic-on-April-17
Meteor fireball over Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic on April 17
We received 25 reports about a fireball seen over Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Dolnośląskie, Hessen, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Liberec Region, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Saxony on Sunday, April 17th 2022 around 19:46 UT. For this event, we received one video and 5 photos.
https://www.sott.net/article/466854-Meteor-fireball-over-Germany-Poland-and-the-Czech-Republic-on-April-17
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Blanket of snow on Easter Sunday on the summits of Hawaiʻi island
Saturday's heavy rain left a thin blanket of snow on the summits of Hawaiʻi island on Sunday morning. Webcams set above the 13,000 ft. level of Maunakea captured a coating of white, and also appeared to show a snow-capped Mauna Loa in the background. The access road to the summit of Maunakea is closed to the public at the Visitor Information Station, rangers say. Snow can occur at the summit of Maunakea at any time of year, although it most commonly occurs during the winter months.
https://www.sott.net/article/466855-Blanket-of-snow-on-Easter-Sunday-on-the-summits-of-Hawaii-island
Blanket of snow on Easter Sunday on the summits of Hawaiʻi island
Saturday's heavy rain left a thin blanket of snow on the summits of Hawaiʻi island on Sunday morning. Webcams set above the 13,000 ft. level of Maunakea captured a coating of white, and also appeared to show a snow-capped Mauna Loa in the background. The access road to the summit of Maunakea is closed to the public at the Visitor Information Station, rangers say. Snow can occur at the summit of Maunakea at any time of year, although it most commonly occurs during the winter months.
https://www.sott.net/article/466855-Blanket-of-snow-on-Easter-Sunday-on-the-summits-of-Hawaii-island
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Bill Maher blasts vaccinated people still wearing masks
Talk show host Bill Maher unloaded his rhetorical wit on extra-cautious mask-wearers on in his new comedy special on HBO Max called "Adulting" by asking them if they really need to wear masks — even after having been vaccinated. "Do you keep the condom on after you f*ck?" Maher asked.
https://www.sott.net/article/466856-Bill-Maher-blasts-vaccinated-people-still-wearing-masks
Bill Maher blasts vaccinated people still wearing masks
Talk show host Bill Maher unloaded his rhetorical wit on extra-cautious mask-wearers on in his new comedy special on HBO Max called "Adulting" by asking them if they really need to wear masks — even after having been vaccinated. "Do you keep the condom on after you f*ck?" Maher asked.
https://www.sott.net/article/466856-Bill-Maher-blasts-vaccinated-people-still-wearing-masks
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Jack Dorsey rips Twitter board as 'dysfunctional' in Elon Musk battle
Twitter's founder and former top boss Jack Dorsey slammed the company's board of directors on Sunday - even as the embattled executives are locked in a dispute over whether to accept billionaire Elon Musk's $43 billion offer to buy the social media platform. Dorsey criticized the board in response to a post in which a user quipped that the company's "early beginning" was "mired in plots and coups" among its founding executives. "It's consistently been the dysfunction of the company," Dorsey said. Later, when asked by another user if he was "allowed to say this" about Twitter's board, Dorsey replied "no."
https://www.sott.net/article/466857-Jack-Dorsey-rips-Twitter-board-as-dysfunctional-in-Elon-Musk-battle
Jack Dorsey rips Twitter board as 'dysfunctional' in Elon Musk battle
Twitter's founder and former top boss Jack Dorsey slammed the company's board of directors on Sunday - even as the embattled executives are locked in a dispute over whether to accept billionaire Elon Musk's $43 billion offer to buy the social media platform. Dorsey criticized the board in response to a post in which a user quipped that the company's "early beginning" was "mired in plots and coups" among its founding executives. "It's consistently been the dysfunction of the company," Dorsey said. Later, when asked by another user if he was "allowed to say this" about Twitter's board, Dorsey replied "no."
https://www.sott.net/article/466857-Jack-Dorsey-rips-Twitter-board-as-dysfunctional-in-Elon-Musk-battle
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Liberal gender ideologies imposed on children could warp Western civilization for generations
Leftists are pushing to promote queerness to minors in schools, projecting adult insecurities and undermining traditional values Left-wing pedagogical efforts to introduce gender ideology into the classroom have by and large slipped under the notice of parents, who are only now becoming aware of its impact on children. Some call it 'ideological capture', others call it 'grooming'. Kids are being exposed to drag shows, Pride parades organized by local school boards, transgenderism, and LGBT-based curricula. Children are instructed to question their gender and sexuality. It's all being done for the sake of affirming the choices of adults who often struggle with their own identities. Dogged investigations by the Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo and Irreversible Damage author Abigail Shrier have done much to bring the issue into the limelight. Tireless work by social media researcher Libs of TikTok chronicle an endless litany of self-published videos by professed kindergarten and...
https://www.sott.net/article/466858-Liberal-gender-ideologies-imposed-on-children-could-warp-Western-civilization-for-generations
Liberal gender ideologies imposed on children could warp Western civilization for generations
Leftists are pushing to promote queerness to minors in schools, projecting adult insecurities and undermining traditional values Left-wing pedagogical efforts to introduce gender ideology into the classroom have by and large slipped under the notice of parents, who are only now becoming aware of its impact on children. Some call it 'ideological capture', others call it 'grooming'. Kids are being exposed to drag shows, Pride parades organized by local school boards, transgenderism, and LGBT-based curricula. Children are instructed to question their gender and sexuality. It's all being done for the sake of affirming the choices of adults who often struggle with their own identities. Dogged investigations by the Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo and Irreversible Damage author Abigail Shrier have done much to bring the issue into the limelight. Tireless work by social media researcher Libs of TikTok chronicle an endless litany of self-published videos by professed kindergarten and...
https://www.sott.net/article/466858-Liberal-gender-ideologies-imposed-on-children-could-warp-Western-civilization-for-generations
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Putin pressures Israeli to hand over Alexander Nevsky Church to Russia
The demand by Moscow comes at a time when the government in Tel Aviv has been hoping to play both sides amid the Ukraine crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urging him to hand over the Alexander Nevsky Church in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to reports in Israeli media. The church, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is a major asset of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, located in the heart of the Christian Quarter. In 2019, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Putin the Alexander Nevsky Church in exchange for the release of an Israeli citizen who had been arrested in Moscow for alleged drug smuggling. Netanyahu later announced that the disputed ownership of the Christian landmark could not be resolved in a court of law, and soon after Israel's land registry commissioner registered the Russian government as the owner of Alexander's Courtyard. However, after Bennett took...
https://www.sott.net/article/466859-Putin-pressures-Israeli-to-hand-over-Alexander-Nevsky-Church-to-Russia
Putin pressures Israeli to hand over Alexander Nevsky Church to Russia
The demand by Moscow comes at a time when the government in Tel Aviv has been hoping to play both sides amid the Ukraine crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urging him to hand over the Alexander Nevsky Church in the Old City of Jerusalem, according to reports in Israeli media. The church, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is a major asset of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, located in the heart of the Christian Quarter. In 2019, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Putin the Alexander Nevsky Church in exchange for the release of an Israeli citizen who had been arrested in Moscow for alleged drug smuggling. Netanyahu later announced that the disputed ownership of the Christian landmark could not be resolved in a court of law, and soon after Israel's land registry commissioner registered the Russian government as the owner of Alexander's Courtyard. However, after Bennett took...
https://www.sott.net/article/466859-Putin-pressures-Israeli-to-hand-over-Alexander-Nevsky-Church-to-Russia
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The real Secret Service scandal
Agents should be required to regularly take polygraph tests The two men recently charged with impersonating federal officers while plying Secret Service agents and officers with gifts so far appear to be wannabes who sought to enhance their own importance by ingratiating themselves with law enforcement. According to federal prosecutors, Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali posed as Homeland Security agents and offered Secret Service personnel gifts that included iPhones, surveillance systems, a drone, a flat-screen television, a generator, law enforcement paraphernalia and free rental apartments worth $40,000 a year. The bizarre episode spotlights the potential danger to the president and other protectees if a terrorist organization or a foreign intelligence service were behind such a scheme. By buying off Secret Service personnel, perpetrators could gain access to the president to assassinate him, obtain highly classified information or install bugging devices in the Oval Office.
https://www.sott.net/article/466860-The-real-Secret-Service-scandal
The real Secret Service scandal
Agents should be required to regularly take polygraph tests The two men recently charged with impersonating federal officers while plying Secret Service agents and officers with gifts so far appear to be wannabes who sought to enhance their own importance by ingratiating themselves with law enforcement. According to federal prosecutors, Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali posed as Homeland Security agents and offered Secret Service personnel gifts that included iPhones, surveillance systems, a drone, a flat-screen television, a generator, law enforcement paraphernalia and free rental apartments worth $40,000 a year. The bizarre episode spotlights the potential danger to the president and other protectees if a terrorist organization or a foreign intelligence service were behind such a scheme. By buying off Secret Service personnel, perpetrators could gain access to the president to assassinate him, obtain highly classified information or install bugging devices in the Oval Office.
https://www.sott.net/article/466860-The-real-Secret-Service-scandal
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Banned anti-personnel mines being used by Ukraine discovered by RT reporter
Internationally banned MON-50 and MON-90 mines used by the Ukrainian forces were discovered in Mariupol, RT's Murad Gazdiev reported on Sunday. In 1999, Kiev joined the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which bans use of such devices. They were found inside the Ilyich steel mill. Russian troops and the Donbass forces expelled "Ukrainian nationalists" from the facility on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "This was set up here with a tripwire," Gazdiev said, standing next to one of the explosive devices that was lying on the floor. More mines were found in wooden crates nearby.
https://www.sott.net/article/466861-Banned-anti-personnel-mines-being-used-by-Ukraine-discovered-by-RT-reporter
Banned anti-personnel mines being used by Ukraine discovered by RT reporter
Internationally banned MON-50 and MON-90 mines used by the Ukrainian forces were discovered in Mariupol, RT's Murad Gazdiev reported on Sunday. In 1999, Kiev joined the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which bans use of such devices. They were found inside the Ilyich steel mill. Russian troops and the Donbass forces expelled "Ukrainian nationalists" from the facility on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "This was set up here with a tripwire," Gazdiev said, standing next to one of the explosive devices that was lying on the floor. More mines were found in wooden crates nearby.
https://www.sott.net/article/466861-Banned-anti-personnel-mines-being-used-by-Ukraine-discovered-by-RT-reporter
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Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy protection
Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business reorganizes its finances. The filing came a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much money Jones, who has already lost the defamation lawsuits, should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims. In its court filing, Infowars said it had estimated assets of $50,000 or less and estimated liabilities of $1 million to $10 million. Creditors listed in the bankruptcy filing include relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut.
https://www.sott.net/article/466862-Alex-Jones-Infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-protection
Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy protection
Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website's founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business reorganizes its finances. The filing came a week before a jury in Texas was set to begin considering how much money Jones, who has already lost the defamation lawsuits, should pay the families of Sandy Hook victims. In its court filing, Infowars said it had estimated assets of $50,000 or less and estimated liabilities of $1 million to $10 million. Creditors listed in the bankruptcy filing include relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut.
https://www.sott.net/article/466862-Alex-Jones-Infowars-files-for-bankruptcy-protection
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams admits Leftist politics play a role in increased crime across American cities
New York City Mayor Eric Adams agreed with former NYPD commissioner William Bratton that progressive politics played a role in the increase of crime in American cities on ABC's This Week Sunday. "The scales right now are tipped very heavily in favor of the reforms of the progressive left. Well intended, some needed, but a bit too far, and what we have as a result is this growing fear of crime, this growing actual amount of crime in almost every American city," Bratton said during an appearance on the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast Thursday. Adams said that he believed Bratton was "right." "Major mistakes made throughout the years that destroyed the trust that the police commissioner is talking about - we have to rebuild that trust," Adams said. "But we can't rebuild that trust by allowing those who are dangerous and that have - they have a repeated history of violence to continue to be on our streets."
https://www.sott.net/article/466863-NYC-Mayor-Eric-Adams-admits-Leftist-politics-play-a-role-in-increased-crime-across-American-cities
NYC Mayor Eric Adams admits Leftist politics play a role in increased crime across American cities
New York City Mayor Eric Adams agreed with former NYPD commissioner William Bratton that progressive politics played a role in the increase of crime in American cities on ABC's This Week Sunday. "The scales right now are tipped very heavily in favor of the reforms of the progressive left. Well intended, some needed, but a bit too far, and what we have as a result is this growing fear of crime, this growing actual amount of crime in almost every American city," Bratton said during an appearance on the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast Thursday. Adams said that he believed Bratton was "right." "Major mistakes made throughout the years that destroyed the trust that the police commissioner is talking about - we have to rebuild that trust," Adams said. "But we can't rebuild that trust by allowing those who are dangerous and that have - they have a repeated history of violence to continue to be on our streets."
https://www.sott.net/article/466863-NYC-Mayor-Eric-Adams-admits-Leftist-politics-play-a-role-in-increased-crime-across-American-cities
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Research team sheds light on ancient Rome financial crisis
New scientific analysis of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman statesman and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero in his essay on moral leadership, De Officiis, and solved a longstanding historical debate. Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Liverpool have analysed coins of the period and revealed a debasement of the currency far greater than historians had thought, with coins that had been pure silver before 90 BC cut with up to 10 per cent copper five years later. Dr. Ponting at the University of Liverpool said: "The Romans had been used to an extremely fine silver coinage, so they may well have lost confidence in the denarius when it ceased to be pure. The precise level of debasement might have been less important to contemporaries than the mere realisation that the coin was adulterated and no longer made of true 'silver'." Professor Butcher at the University of Warwick said "The...
https://www.sott.net/article/466864-Research-team-sheds-light-on-ancient-Rome-financial-crisis
Research team sheds light on ancient Rome financial crisis
New scientific analysis of the composition of Roman denarii has brought fresh understanding to a financial crisis briefly mentioned by the Roman statesman and writer Marcus Tullius Cicero in his essay on moral leadership, De Officiis, and solved a longstanding historical debate. Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Liverpool have analysed coins of the period and revealed a debasement of the currency far greater than historians had thought, with coins that had been pure silver before 90 BC cut with up to 10 per cent copper five years later. Dr. Ponting at the University of Liverpool said: "The Romans had been used to an extremely fine silver coinage, so they may well have lost confidence in the denarius when it ceased to be pure. The precise level of debasement might have been less important to contemporaries than the mere realisation that the coin was adulterated and no longer made of true 'silver'." Professor Butcher at the University of Warwick said "The...
https://www.sott.net/article/466864-Research-team-sheds-light-on-ancient-Rome-financial-crisis
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Exposing some myths about the Ukraine war
All rational Americans agree that we shouldn't get involved in the Russia-Ukraine War. The neocon warmongers with brain dead Biden as their figurehead want to destroy Russia, and they are willing to risk nuclear war to do it. But this doesn't negate what I've just said. These monsters are anything but rational. But speaking of monsters leads to another question. Everybody knows John Quincy Adams's line: "America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy." Is this the reason we should stay out of the Ukraine war? Is Putin a monster, bringing death and destruction to innocent people, but someone whose actions we have to ignore because it's too dangerous to act against him? Some people who say this don't get what's happening, although others don't view Putin as a monster, but think he made a mistake. I don't agree, but this isn't my target. Putin is a rational statesman, with legitimate security interests and the supposed hero Zelensky is a dubious character. Why do people...
https://www.sott.net/article/466865-Exposing-some-myths-about-the-Ukraine-war
Exposing some myths about the Ukraine war
All rational Americans agree that we shouldn't get involved in the Russia-Ukraine War. The neocon warmongers with brain dead Biden as their figurehead want to destroy Russia, and they are willing to risk nuclear war to do it. But this doesn't negate what I've just said. These monsters are anything but rational. But speaking of monsters leads to another question. Everybody knows John Quincy Adams's line: "America goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy." Is this the reason we should stay out of the Ukraine war? Is Putin a monster, bringing death and destruction to innocent people, but someone whose actions we have to ignore because it's too dangerous to act against him? Some people who say this don't get what's happening, although others don't view Putin as a monster, but think he made a mistake. I don't agree, but this isn't my target. Putin is a rational statesman, with legitimate security interests and the supposed hero Zelensky is a dubious character. Why do people...
https://www.sott.net/article/466865-Exposing-some-myths-about-the-Ukraine-war
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German media suggests showering less
"Skip a shower, improve your skin microbiome," - that is the takeaway of the latest article published by Germany's Bild newspaper on Saturday. The piece promoting the supposed health benefits of less showering comes at a time when the possibility of a total embargo on all Russian energy imports is being discussed in the country. Titled 'It's enough to wash THESE four body parts - Why the skin cleans itself if you let it,' the article starts off by citing the recent advice by Germany's economy minister, Robert Habeck, who called on his fellow countrymen and women to cut back on their heating, sauna visits, and showers to help the country reduce its dependence on Russian energy. These hygiene-related sacrifices can not only make life harder for the Kremlin, but also improve people's skin, Bild claims.
https://www.sott.net/article/466866-German-media-suggests-showering-less
German media suggests showering less
"Skip a shower, improve your skin microbiome," - that is the takeaway of the latest article published by Germany's Bild newspaper on Saturday. The piece promoting the supposed health benefits of less showering comes at a time when the possibility of a total embargo on all Russian energy imports is being discussed in the country. Titled 'It's enough to wash THESE four body parts - Why the skin cleans itself if you let it,' the article starts off by citing the recent advice by Germany's economy minister, Robert Habeck, who called on his fellow countrymen and women to cut back on their heating, sauna visits, and showers to help the country reduce its dependence on Russian energy. These hygiene-related sacrifices can not only make life harder for the Kremlin, but also improve people's skin, Bild claims.
https://www.sott.net/article/466866-German-media-suggests-showering-less
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Republicans have Hunter Biden's laptop: A 'treasure trove' of incriminating information
California Republican Darrell Issa told Fox News on Sunday that his party is in possession of Hunter Biden's laptop, and is poring over the "treasure trove" of data within it. Meanwhile, GOP leaders are already laying plans to investigate the contents of the device - which the White House initially wrote off as "Russian disinformation" - if they return to power in November. "It's gotta be followed all the way back to the big guy," Issa said, referring to an email from the laptop that described a business deal in China where "the big guy," apparently a reference to Joe Biden, would stand to gain 10%. "We're going to need a special prosecutor, but in the meantime we're investigating it. We have the laptop, and the laptop is a treasure trove of obviousness." Issa said that the computer contains evidence of direct communication between Joe and Hunter Biden while the former was serving as vice president, evidence that Joe Biden was making "sure his business deals went forward,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466867-Republicans-have-Hunter-Bidens-laptop-A-treasure-trove-of-incriminating-information
Republicans have Hunter Biden's laptop: A 'treasure trove' of incriminating information
California Republican Darrell Issa told Fox News on Sunday that his party is in possession of Hunter Biden's laptop, and is poring over the "treasure trove" of data within it. Meanwhile, GOP leaders are already laying plans to investigate the contents of the device - which the White House initially wrote off as "Russian disinformation" - if they return to power in November. "It's gotta be followed all the way back to the big guy," Issa said, referring to an email from the laptop that described a business deal in China where "the big guy," apparently a reference to Joe Biden, would stand to gain 10%. "We're going to need a special prosecutor, but in the meantime we're investigating it. We have the laptop, and the laptop is a treasure trove of obviousness." Issa said that the computer contains evidence of direct communication between Joe and Hunter Biden while the former was serving as vice president, evidence that Joe Biden was making "sure his business deals went forward,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/466867-Republicans-have-Hunter-Bidens-laptop-A-treasure-trove-of-incriminating-information
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Turkey launches new military offensive in northern Iraq
Turkey has launched a new ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq, Turkey's defence minister announced Monday. Turkish warplanes, artillery and troops attacked targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, ranging from camps to ammunition stores. The military operation - named Operation Claw Lock - was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against militants of the PKK and Syrian Kurdish YPG, which Ankara regards as terrorist groups. Jets and artillery struck shelters, bunkers, caves, tunnels, ammunition depots and headquarters belonging to the PKK, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in a video posted on the ministry's website early Monday. Turkish commandos - with the support of helicopters and drones - then crossed into the area by land or were flown in by helicopters. Anadolu news agency quoted Akar as saying: "Our operation is continuing successfully as planned. The targets identified in the first phase...
https://www.sott.net/article/466868-Turkey-launches-new-military-offensive-in-northern-Iraq
Turkey launches new military offensive in northern Iraq
Turkey has launched a new ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Iraq, Turkey's defence minister announced Monday. Turkish warplanes, artillery and troops attacked targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, ranging from camps to ammunition stores. The military operation - named Operation Claw Lock - was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against militants of the PKK and Syrian Kurdish YPG, which Ankara regards as terrorist groups. Jets and artillery struck shelters, bunkers, caves, tunnels, ammunition depots and headquarters belonging to the PKK, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in a video posted on the ministry's website early Monday. Turkish commandos - with the support of helicopters and drones - then crossed into the area by land or were flown in by helicopters. Anadolu news agency quoted Akar as saying: "Our operation is continuing successfully as planned. The targets identified in the first phase...
https://www.sott.net/article/466868-Turkey-launches-new-military-offensive-in-northern-Iraq
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How Pentagon contractors are cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought immense suffering to the people of that land, while sparking calls for increased military spending in both the United States and Europe. Though that war may prove to be a tragedy for the world, one group is already benefiting from it: U.S. arms contractors. Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits. In a January 2022 call with his company's investors, Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes typically bragged that the prospect of conflict in Eastern Europe and other global hot spots would be good for business, adding that "we are seeing, I would say, opportunities for international sales... [T]he tensions in Eastern Europe, the tensions in the South China Sea, all of those things are putting pressure on some of the defense spending over there. So I fully expect we're going to see some benefit from it." In late March, in an interview with the Harvard...
https://www.sott.net/article/466869-How-Pentagon-contractors-are-cashing-in-on-the-Ukraine-Crisis
How Pentagon contractors are cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought immense suffering to the people of that land, while sparking calls for increased military spending in both the United States and Europe. Though that war may prove to be a tragedy for the world, one group is already benefiting from it: U.S. arms contractors. Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits. In a January 2022 call with his company's investors, Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes typically bragged that the prospect of conflict in Eastern Europe and other global hot spots would be good for business, adding that "we are seeing, I would say, opportunities for international sales... [T]he tensions in Eastern Europe, the tensions in the South China Sea, all of those things are putting pressure on some of the defense spending over there. So I fully expect we're going to see some benefit from it." In late March, in an interview with the Harvard...
https://www.sott.net/article/466869-How-Pentagon-contractors-are-cashing-in-on-the-Ukraine-Crisis
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Testimony reveals Zelensky's secret police plot to 'Liquidate' opposition figure Anatoly Shariy
Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU's torture prison reveal Zelensky's plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy. On March 7, Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian opposition figure and one of the country's most popular journalists, received an email from Igor, an old acquaintance with whom he had not communicated for years (Igor is an alias used to protect his identity). "Please help me find a place to live, suggest an apartment or an agent. I'm ready to do any work for you, whatever you say," the email read. "I realized that he was in the hands of the SBU," Shariy told me, using the acronym for Ukraine's domestic intelligence agency, notorious for its persecution of anyone accused of sympathy for Russia. "I understood whom I was talking to and did not particularly answer anything." Shariy suspected that the SBU wanted Igor to surveil him for an assassination attempt.
https://www.sott.net/article/466870-Testimony-reveals-Zelenskys-secret-police-plot-to-Liquidate-opposition-figure-Anatoly-Shariy
Testimony reveals Zelensky's secret police plot to 'Liquidate' opposition figure Anatoly Shariy
Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU's torture prison reveal Zelensky's plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy. On March 7, Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian opposition figure and one of the country's most popular journalists, received an email from Igor, an old acquaintance with whom he had not communicated for years (Igor is an alias used to protect his identity). "Please help me find a place to live, suggest an apartment or an agent. I'm ready to do any work for you, whatever you say," the email read. "I realized that he was in the hands of the SBU," Shariy told me, using the acronym for Ukraine's domestic intelligence agency, notorious for its persecution of anyone accused of sympathy for Russia. "I understood whom I was talking to and did not particularly answer anything." Shariy suspected that the SBU wanted Igor to surveil him for an assassination attempt.
https://www.sott.net/article/466870-Testimony-reveals-Zelenskys-secret-police-plot-to-Liquidate-opposition-figure-Anatoly-Shariy
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Western 'economic blitzkrieg' has failed - Putin
Western nations have failed in their attempts to destabilize the Russian economy with sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a government meeting on economic issues on Monday. "The situation is stabilizing, the ruble exchange rate has returned to the levels of the first half of February and is supported by a strong balance of payments... Foreign cash is returning to the country's banking system, and the volume of deposits by citizens is growing. As for the consumer market, after a short rush to buy a number of goods... retail demand has returned to normal. Commodity stocks in retail chains are recovering." Overall, he noted that sanctions have failed to break the country's economy: "The goal [of sanctions] was to quickly undermine the financial and economic situation in our country, provoke a panic in the markets, trigger a collapse of the banking system and a large-scale shortage of goods in stores. But this policy has failed - the economic blitzkrieg has run...
https://www.sott.net/article/466871-Western-economic-blitzkrieg-has-failed-Putin
Western 'economic blitzkrieg' has failed - Putin
Western nations have failed in their attempts to destabilize the Russian economy with sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a government meeting on economic issues on Monday. "The situation is stabilizing, the ruble exchange rate has returned to the levels of the first half of February and is supported by a strong balance of payments... Foreign cash is returning to the country's banking system, and the volume of deposits by citizens is growing. As for the consumer market, after a short rush to buy a number of goods... retail demand has returned to normal. Commodity stocks in retail chains are recovering." Overall, he noted that sanctions have failed to break the country's economy: "The goal [of sanctions] was to quickly undermine the financial and economic situation in our country, provoke a panic in the markets, trigger a collapse of the banking system and a large-scale shortage of goods in stores. But this policy has failed - the economic blitzkrieg has run...
https://www.sott.net/article/466871-Western-economic-blitzkrieg-has-failed-Putin
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Serbia's President explains rejection of Russia sanctions, country's airports suffer false bomb threats from Kiev and 'unnamed EU state'
It has cost Serbia a lot to defy the West's push to impose sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. He believes he would be celebrated by the West and hailed as a hero had Belgrade backed the economic restrictions against Moscow. "It costs us a lot not to have imposed sanctions on Russia. But if we imposed them, it would cost us our principle of not supporting sanctions against anyone, because we know from our own experience that sanctions are immoral and inefficient," Vucic told Pink TV.
https://www.sott.net/article/466872-Serbias-President-explains-rejection-of-Russia-sanctions-countrys-airports-suffer-false-bomb-threats-from-Kiev-and-unnamed-EU-state
Serbia's President explains rejection of Russia sanctions, country's airports suffer false bomb threats from Kiev and 'unnamed EU state'
It has cost Serbia a lot to defy the West's push to impose sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. He believes he would be celebrated by the West and hailed as a hero had Belgrade backed the economic restrictions against Moscow. "It costs us a lot not to have imposed sanctions on Russia. But if we imposed them, it would cost us our principle of not supporting sanctions against anyone, because we know from our own experience that sanctions are immoral and inefficient," Vucic told Pink TV.
https://www.sott.net/article/466872-Serbias-President-explains-rejection-of-Russia-sanctions-countrys-airports-suffer-false-bomb-threats-from-Kiev-and-unnamed-EU-state
