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'I don't care what a bunch of 19-year-old gender-studies students think,' says boss of new publishing imprint offering a home to 'cancelled' authors
Mavericks, apostates, contrarians: all are welcome at Forum, a new publishing imprint catering to the "politically homeless". As the industry finds itself lurching from one cancel-culture row to the next, with authors seeing their books commissioned and then scrapped before even reaching publication, the outfit - current team size: one - hopes to become the "go-to publisher for anyone who doesn't easily fit in with the orthodoxies and intellectual policing that have become so common in the 21st century". It's being headed up by George Owers, a 33-year-old ex-Labour councillor and "Tory socialist" who has strong opinions about the current state of the industry. "There's a lot of spinelessness in publishing [and] a very narrow band of political views," he says when we meet in a Cambridge pub. "You'd be hard pressed to find somebody who votes Tory, or even somebody who has the views that 90 per cent of the rest of the population have on all kinds of issues like Brexit or trans...
https://www.sott.net/article/467107-I-dont-care-what-a-bunch-of-19-year-old-gender-studies-students-think-says-boss-of-new-publishing-imprint-offering-a-home-to-cancelled-authors
'I don't care what a bunch of 19-year-old gender-studies students think,' says boss of new publishing imprint offering a home to 'cancelled' authors
Mavericks, apostates, contrarians: all are welcome at Forum, a new publishing imprint catering to the "politically homeless". As the industry finds itself lurching from one cancel-culture row to the next, with authors seeing their books commissioned and then scrapped before even reaching publication, the outfit - current team size: one - hopes to become the "go-to publisher for anyone who doesn't easily fit in with the orthodoxies and intellectual policing that have become so common in the 21st century". It's being headed up by George Owers, a 33-year-old ex-Labour councillor and "Tory socialist" who has strong opinions about the current state of the industry. "There's a lot of spinelessness in publishing [and] a very narrow band of political views," he says when we meet in a Cambridge pub. "You'd be hard pressed to find somebody who votes Tory, or even somebody who has the views that 90 per cent of the rest of the population have on all kinds of issues like Brexit or trans...
https://www.sott.net/article/467107-I-dont-care-what-a-bunch-of-19-year-old-gender-studies-students-think-says-boss-of-new-publishing-imprint-offering-a-home-to-cancelled-authors
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Marxists seek to destabilize American society through sexualization of young people: James Lindsay
Young people in the United States are being subjected to communist-style sexualization, according to author and expert James Lindsay. The goal is to destabilize society to make it ripe for communists to grab power, Lindsay, author of "Race Marxism" and "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody," recently told EpochTV's "China Insider" program. And their plan has been afoot for more than a century.
https://www.sott.net/article/467108-Marxists-seek-to-destabilize-American-society-through-sexualization-of-young-people-James-Lindsay
Marxists seek to destabilize American society through sexualization of young people: James Lindsay
Young people in the United States are being subjected to communist-style sexualization, according to author and expert James Lindsay. The goal is to destabilize society to make it ripe for communists to grab power, Lindsay, author of "Race Marxism" and "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody," recently told EpochTV's "China Insider" program. And their plan has been afoot for more than a century.
https://www.sott.net/article/467108-Marxists-seek-to-destabilize-American-society-through-sexualization-of-young-people-James-Lindsay
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Australia's Defence Minister claims China could 'launch chemical attack on capital city'
Australia's Defence Minister has doubled down on concerns China is a growing threat, claiming the nation could mount a chemical attack in the next four years. Peter Dutton made the extraordinary admission during a wide-ranging interview with News Corp Australia. He claimed his fears over China's military strength and strategic position were echoed by defence chiefs across the country. Comment: These are indeed threats to the West because they could thwart their failing attempts to subjugate much of the planet.
https://www.sott.net/article/467109-Australias-Defence-Minister-claims-China-could-launch-chemical-attack-on-capital-city
Australia's Defence Minister claims China could 'launch chemical attack on capital city'
Australia's Defence Minister has doubled down on concerns China is a growing threat, claiming the nation could mount a chemical attack in the next four years. Peter Dutton made the extraordinary admission during a wide-ranging interview with News Corp Australia. He claimed his fears over China's military strength and strategic position were echoed by defence chiefs across the country. Comment: These are indeed threats to the West because they could thwart their failing attempts to subjugate much of the planet.
https://www.sott.net/article/467109-Australias-Defence-Minister-claims-China-could-launch-chemical-attack-on-capital-city
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N.Y. appeals court strikes down Dem-drawn congressional map, declares it illegal
A New York state appeals court has struck down a congressional redistricting map drawn by the state's Democratic majority that heavily favored the party as unconstitutional. The court on Thursday ruled that the map "was drawn to discourage competition," and was therefore illegal, giving the state until the end of the month to draw a new one, The Hill reported. Judges also noted that they considered testimony from an elections analysis expert, as well as a comparison of the 2012 and 2022 maps, and "evidence of the largely one-party process used to enact the 2022 congressional map." The court noted as well that there was nearly no Republican participation in drawing the new maps and that GOP input was actually excluded by Democratic leaders when they drafted them. As such, the court said, no Republican lawmakers in the state voted in favor of the map.
https://www.sott.net/article/467110-N-Y-appeals-court-strikes-down-Dem-drawn-congressional-map-declares-it-illegal
N.Y. appeals court strikes down Dem-drawn congressional map, declares it illegal
A New York state appeals court has struck down a congressional redistricting map drawn by the state's Democratic majority that heavily favored the party as unconstitutional. The court on Thursday ruled that the map "was drawn to discourage competition," and was therefore illegal, giving the state until the end of the month to draw a new one, The Hill reported. Judges also noted that they considered testimony from an elections analysis expert, as well as a comparison of the 2012 and 2022 maps, and "evidence of the largely one-party process used to enact the 2022 congressional map." The court noted as well that there was nearly no Republican participation in drawing the new maps and that GOP input was actually excluded by Democratic leaders when they drafted them. As such, the court said, no Republican lawmakers in the state voted in favor of the map.
https://www.sott.net/article/467110-N-Y-appeals-court-strikes-down-Dem-drawn-congressional-map-declares-it-illegal
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Mystery over FOUR 'suspicious suicides' of Russian gas executives 'linked to Putin'
Four recent 'suicides' of high profile Russian gas industry executives 'with links to Vladimir Putin' are all suspicious, sources have claimed. Two wealthy businessmen were found dead along with their family members this week in Madrid and Moscow, but now suspicions are being raised about two Kremlin-linked figures who died earlier this year. On Tuesday, the body of Sergey Protosenya, 55, was found hanged outside a Spanish villa, with his wife Natalia, 33, and their teenage daughter Maria found hacked to death with an axe inside. Investigators initially assumed that Protosenya, who had a fortune of £330million, had killed himself in the Lloret det Mar villa in the Costa Brava. But local reports said evidence does not conclusively point towards this explanation, as no suicide note was found in the property and it appeared steps had been taken to ensure there were no fingerprints on the murder weapons.
https://www.sott.net/article/467111-Mystery-over-FOUR-suspicious-suicides-of-Russian-gas-executives-linked-to-Putin
Mystery over FOUR 'suspicious suicides' of Russian gas executives 'linked to Putin'
Four recent 'suicides' of high profile Russian gas industry executives 'with links to Vladimir Putin' are all suspicious, sources have claimed. Two wealthy businessmen were found dead along with their family members this week in Madrid and Moscow, but now suspicions are being raised about two Kremlin-linked figures who died earlier this year. On Tuesday, the body of Sergey Protosenya, 55, was found hanged outside a Spanish villa, with his wife Natalia, 33, and their teenage daughter Maria found hacked to death with an axe inside. Investigators initially assumed that Protosenya, who had a fortune of £330million, had killed himself in the Lloret det Mar villa in the Costa Brava. But local reports said evidence does not conclusively point towards this explanation, as no suicide note was found in the property and it appeared steps had been taken to ensure there were no fingerprints on the murder weapons.
https://www.sott.net/article/467111-Mystery-over-FOUR-suspicious-suicides-of-Russian-gas-executives-linked-to-Putin
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Former intelligence officials, citing Russia, say Big Tech monopoly power is vital to national security
When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves. A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow. While one of their central claims is that Big...
https://www.sott.net/article/467112-Former-intelligence-officials-citing-Russia-say-Big-Tech-monopoly-power-is-vital-to-national-security
Former intelligence officials, citing Russia, say Big Tech monopoly power is vital to national security
When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves. A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy. The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow. While one of their central claims is that Big...
https://www.sott.net/article/467112-Former-intelligence-officials-citing-Russia-say-Big-Tech-monopoly-power-is-vital-to-national-security
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Twitter reconsiders Elon Musk's takeover bid after $46.5 billion in financing secured
Twitter is reportedly re-examining SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $43 billion offer to buy the Big Tech company after he revealed that he has now secured $46.5 billion for the potential buyout. According to The Wall Street Journal, Twitter had been ready to reject the offer, but will take a new look at it after the business magnate revealed his filing with the SEC showing that he has lined up financing for the offer. The financing includes $22.5 billion which will come from his own equities. People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the revelation makes it more likely for Twitter to seek to negative the offer with Musk. "The situation is fast-moving and it is still far from guaranteed Twitter will do so," The Wall Street Journal noted.
https://www.sott.net/article/467113-Twitter-reconsiders-Elon-Musks-takeover-bid-after-46-5-billion-in-financing-secured
Twitter reconsiders Elon Musk's takeover bid after $46.5 billion in financing secured
Twitter is reportedly re-examining SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $43 billion offer to buy the Big Tech company after he revealed that he has now secured $46.5 billion for the potential buyout. According to The Wall Street Journal, Twitter had been ready to reject the offer, but will take a new look at it after the business magnate revealed his filing with the SEC showing that he has lined up financing for the offer. The financing includes $22.5 billion which will come from his own equities. People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the revelation makes it more likely for Twitter to seek to negative the offer with Musk. "The situation is fast-moving and it is still far from guaranteed Twitter will do so," The Wall Street Journal noted.
https://www.sott.net/article/467113-Twitter-reconsiders-Elon-Musks-takeover-bid-after-46-5-billion-in-financing-secured
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Former DNI says Dem law firm Perkins Coie 'subject to indictment' in Durham probe
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Sunday accused a leading Democratic lawmaker of intentionally peddling a false narrative against then-President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election to sway the outcome while adding that a noted Democrat-aligned law firm could also be guilty of a criminal "conspiracy" during the 2016 election cycle. In an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Ratcliffe, a former U.S. Representative from Texas who left Congress to serve as DNI during the latter portion of Trump's term, pointed a finger at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) as well as the entire Perkins Coie law firm, the latter of which could eventually be indicted by special counsel John Durham, he said.
https://www.sott.net/article/467114-Former-DNI-says-Dem-law-firm-Perkins-Coie-subject-to-indictment-in-Durham-probe
Former DNI says Dem law firm Perkins Coie 'subject to indictment' in Durham probe
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Sunday accused a leading Democratic lawmaker of intentionally peddling a false narrative against then-President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election to sway the outcome while adding that a noted Democrat-aligned law firm could also be guilty of a criminal "conspiracy" during the 2016 election cycle. In an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Ratcliffe, a former U.S. Representative from Texas who left Congress to serve as DNI during the latter portion of Trump's term, pointed a finger at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) as well as the entire Perkins Coie law firm, the latter of which could eventually be indicted by special counsel John Durham, he said.
https://www.sott.net/article/467114-Former-DNI-says-Dem-law-firm-Perkins-Coie-subject-to-indictment-in-Durham-probe
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FLASHBACK: At the Zero Hour in Kharkiv
Ten hours before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I was in Kyiv. I responded to a knock on my door to find my Belarusian flatmate asking for advice. She and her partner had recently fled political persecution in Belarus and weren't thrilled about packing up again. What did I think? I said it was imperative she left immediately — not tomorrow, but tonight. For months we had been reading intelligence assessments claiming an invasion was likely, even telling us the exact day. Each time, it would pass with no invasion. But tomorrow it's really happening! No matter how convincing the intelligence and how clear the indicators were, there was an equally legitimate sense of incredulity. I didn't expect to see any action in Kyiv, let alone from afar, so I was heading to the eastern city of Kharkiv to see things for myself. As I left, the ambient mood around me was anxious and uncertain. War would be terribly costly for Russia: a fractured Europe would unite, Russia would become a global...
https://www.sott.net/article/467115-At-the-Zero-Hour-in-Kharkiv
FLASHBACK: At the Zero Hour in Kharkiv
Ten hours before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, I was in Kyiv. I responded to a knock on my door to find my Belarusian flatmate asking for advice. She and her partner had recently fled political persecution in Belarus and weren't thrilled about packing up again. What did I think? I said it was imperative she left immediately — not tomorrow, but tonight. For months we had been reading intelligence assessments claiming an invasion was likely, even telling us the exact day. Each time, it would pass with no invasion. But tomorrow it's really happening! No matter how convincing the intelligence and how clear the indicators were, there was an equally legitimate sense of incredulity. I didn't expect to see any action in Kyiv, let alone from afar, so I was heading to the eastern city of Kharkiv to see things for myself. As I left, the ambient mood around me was anxious and uncertain. War would be terribly costly for Russia: a fractured Europe would unite, Russia would become a global...
https://www.sott.net/article/467115-At-the-Zero-Hour-in-Kharkiv
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Trump showcases trailer of explosive '2000 Mules' documentary of the 2020 election fraud
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening played the trailer of the forthcoming explosive documentary "2000 Mules" which reveals a wide scale ballot trafficking network of ballot harvesters across several swing states. Trump played the trailer at the rally where he is campaigning with J.D. Vance, the candidate he endorsed for U.S. Senate in this year's Ohio GOP Senate primary. The documentary, the product of a years-long investigation by election integrity group True The Vote and produced by conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, has been long-awaited and is chock full of surveillance footage showing specific instances of people taking multiple ballots to drop boxes and making trips to several boxes around their states. The investigation has been anticipated since Breitbart News first revealed it last summer, and Trump has been hyping it for some time now in statements and commentary.
https://www.sott.net/article/467116-Trump-showcases-trailer-of-explosive-2000-Mules-documentary-of-the-2020-election-fraud
Trump showcases trailer of explosive '2000 Mules' documentary of the 2020 election fraud
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening played the trailer of the forthcoming explosive documentary "2000 Mules" which reveals a wide scale ballot trafficking network of ballot harvesters across several swing states. Trump played the trailer at the rally where he is campaigning with J.D. Vance, the candidate he endorsed for U.S. Senate in this year's Ohio GOP Senate primary. The documentary, the product of a years-long investigation by election integrity group True The Vote and produced by conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, has been long-awaited and is chock full of surveillance footage showing specific instances of people taking multiple ballots to drop boxes and making trips to several boxes around their states. The investigation has been anticipated since Breitbart News first revealed it last summer, and Trump has been hyping it for some time now in statements and commentary.
https://www.sott.net/article/467116-Trump-showcases-trailer-of-explosive-2000-Mules-documentary-of-the-2020-election-fraud
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Taking away special privileges for woke corporations is not "authoritarian"
For many years now I have been pointing out that there is a false public perception of the relationship between governments and corporations. In the past the belief has been that government is supposed to keep private business in check while private business is supposed to limit government intrusion through the assertion of property rights. But when it comes to major corporations there is no such game of balance. In reality, international conglomerates like Disney generally do whatever they please because they are PARTNERS with government. For whatever reason, certain companies are afforded special treatment by state and federal institutions and what this does is create problems. This is not a free market system, rather, it is socialist and monopolistic. Subsidies and incentives can sometimes be used to encourage business growth, but when they are afforded to only a tiny handful of mega-corporations the result is the opposite; the growth of competition is stifled and small to...
https://www.sott.net/article/467117-Taking-away-special-privileges-for-woke-corporations-is-not-authoritarian
Taking away special privileges for woke corporations is not "authoritarian"
For many years now I have been pointing out that there is a false public perception of the relationship between governments and corporations. In the past the belief has been that government is supposed to keep private business in check while private business is supposed to limit government intrusion through the assertion of property rights. But when it comes to major corporations there is no such game of balance. In reality, international conglomerates like Disney generally do whatever they please because they are PARTNERS with government. For whatever reason, certain companies are afforded special treatment by state and federal institutions and what this does is create problems. This is not a free market system, rather, it is socialist and monopolistic. Subsidies and incentives can sometimes be used to encourage business growth, but when they are afforded to only a tiny handful of mega-corporations the result is the opposite; the growth of competition is stifled and small to...
https://www.sott.net/article/467117-Taking-away-special-privileges-for-woke-corporations-is-not-authoritarian
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Musk victory: Reuters reports Twitter accepts Elon's original $43 billion offer
The world's richest man is set to complete his hostile takeover of Twitter for $43 billion, according to news reports. Reuters released an exclusive saying that Twitter is "nearing a deal to sell" itself to Tesla CEO Elon Musk for "$54.20 per share in cash." That was the original price Musk offered when he launched his bid to own the company. Twitter may announce the deal "later on Monday once its board has met to recommend the transaction to Twitter shareholders, the sources said." The latest development follows reports that Twitter was reconsidering Musk's offer after he secured $46.5 billion in financing to back his takeover. Musk was reportedly "exploring a tender offer to purchase some or all shares of the company directly from its shareholders" after Twitter's board failed to respond to his initial offer.
https://www.sott.net/article/467118-Musk-victory-Reuters-reports-Twitter-accepts-Elons-original-43-billion-offer
Musk victory: Reuters reports Twitter accepts Elon's original $43 billion offer
The world's richest man is set to complete his hostile takeover of Twitter for $43 billion, according to news reports. Reuters released an exclusive saying that Twitter is "nearing a deal to sell" itself to Tesla CEO Elon Musk for "$54.20 per share in cash." That was the original price Musk offered when he launched his bid to own the company. Twitter may announce the deal "later on Monday once its board has met to recommend the transaction to Twitter shareholders, the sources said." The latest development follows reports that Twitter was reconsidering Musk's offer after he secured $46.5 billion in financing to back his takeover. Musk was reportedly "exploring a tender offer to purchase some or all shares of the company directly from its shareholders" after Twitter's board failed to respond to his initial offer.
https://www.sott.net/article/467118-Musk-victory-Reuters-reports-Twitter-accepts-Elons-original-43-billion-offer
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Russia urges its allies to dump dollar and euro for trade deals
Moscow has called on trading partners to switch to national currencies Russia should increase settlements in national currencies with partner countries, Denis Manturov, head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at the plenary session of the Innoprom international exhibition in Uzbekistan on Monday. He was addressing countries within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), of which Russia is a member.
https://www.sott.net/article/467119-Russia-urges-its-allies-to-dump-dollar-and-euro-for-trade-deals
Russia urges its allies to dump dollar and euro for trade deals
Moscow has called on trading partners to switch to national currencies Russia should increase settlements in national currencies with partner countries, Denis Manturov, head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at the plenary session of the Innoprom international exhibition in Uzbekistan on Monday. He was addressing countries within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), of which Russia is a member.
https://www.sott.net/article/467119-Russia-urges-its-allies-to-dump-dollar-and-euro-for-trade-deals
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Five Greens/EFA MEPs launch legal action for access to information on vaccine contract transparency
Today, Greens/EFA MEPs Margrete Auken, Kim van Sparrentak, Tilly Metz, Jutta Paulus, and Michele Rivasi submitted an application to the European Court of Justice against the European Commission, requesting access to key information on the Commission's contracts with pharmaceutical companies on the purchase agreements of COVID-19 vaccines. This court case follows the Commission's repeated refusal to provide the public with anything but heavily redacted versions of the contracts. The redactions made it impossible to understand the content of the agreements. Transparency builds trust in the institutions' ability to roll out public health programmes.
https://www.sott.net/article/467120-Five-Greens-EFA-MEPs-launch-legal-action-for-access-to-information-on-vaccine-contract-transparency
Five Greens/EFA MEPs launch legal action for access to information on vaccine contract transparency
Today, Greens/EFA MEPs Margrete Auken, Kim van Sparrentak, Tilly Metz, Jutta Paulus, and Michele Rivasi submitted an application to the European Court of Justice against the European Commission, requesting access to key information on the Commission's contracts with pharmaceutical companies on the purchase agreements of COVID-19 vaccines. This court case follows the Commission's repeated refusal to provide the public with anything but heavily redacted versions of the contracts. The redactions made it impossible to understand the content of the agreements. Transparency builds trust in the institutions' ability to roll out public health programmes.
https://www.sott.net/article/467120-Five-Greens-EFA-MEPs-launch-legal-action-for-access-to-information-on-vaccine-contract-transparency
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Leslie Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died. His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father "passed away peacefully" Sunday morning, according to a social media post. He had been diagnosed with an advanced form of lung cancer and died at his daughter's home in Bladen County, his friend Jay DeLancy told The Associated Press in a brief interview. Dowless was in his mid-60s. The political operative was set to go on trial this summer on more than a dozen state criminal counts related to absentee ballot activities for the 2016 general election and the 2018 primary and general elections. A half-dozen others were also charged.
https://www.sott.net/article/467121-Leslie-Dowless-key-figure-in-NC-absentee-ballot-fraud-probe-dies
Leslie Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died. His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father "passed away peacefully" Sunday morning, according to a social media post. He had been diagnosed with an advanced form of lung cancer and died at his daughter's home in Bladen County, his friend Jay DeLancy told The Associated Press in a brief interview. Dowless was in his mid-60s. The political operative was set to go on trial this summer on more than a dozen state criminal counts related to absentee ballot activities for the 2016 general election and the 2018 primary and general elections. A half-dozen others were also charged.
https://www.sott.net/article/467121-Leslie-Dowless-key-figure-in-NC-absentee-ballot-fraud-probe-dies
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Two large Marsquakes recorded on planet's far side
The seismometer placed on Mars by NASA's InSight lander has recorded its two largest seismic events to date: a magnitude 4.2 and a magnitude 4.1 marsquake. The pair are the first recorded events to occur on the planet's far side from the lander and are five times stronger than the previous largest event recorded. Seismic wave data from the events could help researchers learn more about the interior layers of Mars, particularly its core-mantle boundary, researchers from InSight's Marsquake Service (MQS) report in The Seismic Record. Anna Horleston of the University of Bristol and colleagues were able to identify reflected PP and SS waves from the magnitude 4.2 event, called S0976a, and locate its origin in the Valles Marineris, a massive canyon network that is one of Mars' most distinguishing geological features and one of the largest graben systems in the Solar System. Earlier orbital images of cross-cutting faults and landslides suggested the area would be seismically active, but...
https://www.sott.net/article/467122-Two-large-Marsquakes-recorded-on-planets-far-side
Two large Marsquakes recorded on planet's far side
The seismometer placed on Mars by NASA's InSight lander has recorded its two largest seismic events to date: a magnitude 4.2 and a magnitude 4.1 marsquake. The pair are the first recorded events to occur on the planet's far side from the lander and are five times stronger than the previous largest event recorded. Seismic wave data from the events could help researchers learn more about the interior layers of Mars, particularly its core-mantle boundary, researchers from InSight's Marsquake Service (MQS) report in The Seismic Record. Anna Horleston of the University of Bristol and colleagues were able to identify reflected PP and SS waves from the magnitude 4.2 event, called S0976a, and locate its origin in the Valles Marineris, a massive canyon network that is one of Mars' most distinguishing geological features and one of the largest graben systems in the Solar System. Earlier orbital images of cross-cutting faults and landslides suggested the area would be seismically active, but...
https://www.sott.net/article/467122-Two-large-Marsquakes-recorded-on-planets-far-side
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Austin: US would like Russian military 'weakened'
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the U.S. would like to see Russia's military "weakened to a degree." The big picture: Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. Austin and Blinken promised Zelensky over $300 million in foreign military financing and noted that the U.S. had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition.They also said that U.S. diplomats will return to Ukraine this week.What they're saying: "We want to see Russia weakened to a degree that it can't do the kinds of things it has done in invading Ukraine," Austin told reporters in Poland. "It has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly," Austin added. "And we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability."
https://www.sott.net/article/467123-Austin-US-would-like-Russian-military-weakened
Austin: US would like Russian military 'weakened'
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the U.S. would like to see Russia's military "weakened to a degree." The big picture: Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. Austin and Blinken promised Zelensky over $300 million in foreign military financing and noted that the U.S. had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition.They also said that U.S. diplomats will return to Ukraine this week.What they're saying: "We want to see Russia weakened to a degree that it can't do the kinds of things it has done in invading Ukraine," Austin told reporters in Poland. "It has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly," Austin added. "And we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability."
https://www.sott.net/article/467123-Austin-US-would-like-Russian-military-weakened
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What, not executed? Forensic study shows dozens of Bucha civilians were killed by metal darts from artillery
Dozens of civilians who died during the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city of Bucha were killed by tiny metal arrows from shells of a type fired by Russian artillery, forensic doctors have said. Comment: They can't go one sentence without introducing a stunning example of bias. This artillery is used by both Russian and Ukrainian military. Pathologists and coroners who are carrying out postmortems on bodies found in mass graves in the region north of Kyiv, where occupying Russian forces have been accused of atrocities, said they had found small metal darts, called fléchettes, embedded in people's heads and chests. "We found several really thin, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women and so did others of my colleagues in the region," Vladyslav Pirovskyi, a Ukrainian forensic doctor, told the Guardian. "It is very hard to find those in the body, they are too thin. The majority of these bodies come from the Bucha-Irpin region." Independent weapons experts who reviewed...
https://www.sott.net/article/467124-What-not-executed-Forensic-study-shows-dozens-of-Bucha-civilians-were-killed-by-metal-darts-from-artillery
What, not executed? Forensic study shows dozens of Bucha civilians were killed by metal darts from artillery
Dozens of civilians who died during the Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city of Bucha were killed by tiny metal arrows from shells of a type fired by Russian artillery, forensic doctors have said. Comment: They can't go one sentence without introducing a stunning example of bias. This artillery is used by both Russian and Ukrainian military. Pathologists and coroners who are carrying out postmortems on bodies found in mass graves in the region north of Kyiv, where occupying Russian forces have been accused of atrocities, said they had found small metal darts, called fléchettes, embedded in people's heads and chests. "We found several really thin, nail-like objects in the bodies of men and women and so did others of my colleagues in the region," Vladyslav Pirovskyi, a Ukrainian forensic doctor, told the Guardian. "It is very hard to find those in the body, they are too thin. The majority of these bodies come from the Bucha-Irpin region." Independent weapons experts who reviewed...
https://www.sott.net/article/467124-What-not-executed-Forensic-study-shows-dozens-of-Bucha-civilians-were-killed-by-metal-darts-from-artillery
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5 signs they are CREATING a food crisis
It's no secret that, according to politicians and the corporate press, "food shortages" and a "food supply crises" have been on the way for a while now. They have been regularly predicted for several years. What's really strange is that despite its near-constant incipience, the food shortage never seems to actually arrive and is always blamed on something new. As long ago as 2012, "scientists" were predicting that climate change and a lack of clean water would create "food shortages" that would "turn the world vegetarian by 2050". In 2019, UN "experts" warned that "climate change was threatening the world's food supply". Later the same year, the UK was warned that they could expect a food shortage as a result of "post-Brexit chaos". By early March 2020 supermarkets were already "warning" that the government had been too slow to act on the coronavirus outbreak, and they might run out of food. (They never actually did). A month later, in April 2020 when the "pandemic" was less than...
https://www.sott.net/article/467125-5-signs-they-are-CREATING-a-food-crisis
5 signs they are CREATING a food crisis
It's no secret that, according to politicians and the corporate press, "food shortages" and a "food supply crises" have been on the way for a while now. They have been regularly predicted for several years. What's really strange is that despite its near-constant incipience, the food shortage never seems to actually arrive and is always blamed on something new. As long ago as 2012, "scientists" were predicting that climate change and a lack of clean water would create "food shortages" that would "turn the world vegetarian by 2050". In 2019, UN "experts" warned that "climate change was threatening the world's food supply". Later the same year, the UK was warned that they could expect a food shortage as a result of "post-Brexit chaos". By early March 2020 supermarkets were already "warning" that the government had been too slow to act on the coronavirus outbreak, and they might run out of food. (They never actually did). A month later, in April 2020 when the "pandemic" was less than...
https://www.sott.net/article/467125-5-signs-they-are-CREATING-a-food-crisis
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Ukrainian nationalists interrupt civilians' evacuation from Mariupol
The evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was interrupted by Ukrainian nationalists who mortar shelled the gathering location of evacuation from the Azovstal steel plant territory, DPR People's spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said that Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate today, Saturday, women, children, and the elderly from Mariupol. She said on Telegram: "About Mariupol: today we are again trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. Now we are beginning to gather at the ringway near the Port City Mall. If everything goes according to plan, at about 12.00 we will start the evacuation." Basurin was quoted by the DPR People's Militia as saying on Telegram: "At the request of Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister I. Vereshchuk, Russia organized a humanitarian corridor and provided transport for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol today. This peaceful action was interrupted...
https://www.sott.net/article/467126-Ukrainian-nationalists-interrupt-civilians-evacuation-from-Mariupol
Ukrainian nationalists interrupt civilians' evacuation from Mariupol
The evacuation of civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was interrupted by Ukrainian nationalists who mortar shelled the gathering location of evacuation from the Azovstal steel plant territory, DPR People's spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said that Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate today, Saturday, women, children, and the elderly from Mariupol. She said on Telegram: "About Mariupol: today we are again trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly. Now we are beginning to gather at the ringway near the Port City Mall. If everything goes according to plan, at about 12.00 we will start the evacuation." Basurin was quoted by the DPR People's Militia as saying on Telegram: "At the request of Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister I. Vereshchuk, Russia organized a humanitarian corridor and provided transport for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol today. This peaceful action was interrupted...
https://www.sott.net/article/467126-Ukrainian-nationalists-interrupt-civilians-evacuation-from-Mariupol
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'A magnet for conspiracy theories': Wikipedia kills entry for Hunter Biden's investment company
Wikipedia editors are under fire this week for removing the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners, the investment company connected to Hunter Biden and his alleged multimillion dollar influence peddling schemes. The site bizarrely claimed that the company was "not notable." The timing itself is notable given the new disclosure that Hunter Biden's business partner, Eric Schwerin, made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015. That included a meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden despite Biden's repeated claim that he knew nothing about his son's business dealings. Schwerin was the president of Rosemont Seneca. Wikipedia has been accused of raw bias in removing the entry at a time when interest in the company is at its peak, including the possibility of an indictment of Hunter Biden over his financial dealings. Rosemont Seneca is one of the most searched terms for those trying to understand the background on the Biden business...
https://www.sott.net/article/467127-A-magnet-for-conspiracy-theories-Wikipedia-kills-entry-for-Hunter-Bidens-investment-company
'A magnet for conspiracy theories': Wikipedia kills entry for Hunter Biden's investment company
Wikipedia editors are under fire this week for removing the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners, the investment company connected to Hunter Biden and his alleged multimillion dollar influence peddling schemes. The site bizarrely claimed that the company was "not notable." The timing itself is notable given the new disclosure that Hunter Biden's business partner, Eric Schwerin, made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015. That included a meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden despite Biden's repeated claim that he knew nothing about his son's business dealings. Schwerin was the president of Rosemont Seneca. Wikipedia has been accused of raw bias in removing the entry at a time when interest in the company is at its peak, including the possibility of an indictment of Hunter Biden over his financial dealings. Rosemont Seneca is one of the most searched terms for those trying to understand the background on the Biden business...
https://www.sott.net/article/467127-A-magnet-for-conspiracy-theories-Wikipedia-kills-entry-for-Hunter-Bidens-investment-company
