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US weapons supply to Ukraine prepped in January
A scheme to send US weapons to Ukraine, using the "lend-lease" formula pioneered during WWII to skirt neutrality laws, was officially approved by Congress this week. However, it was put together all the way back in January - more than a month before Moscow recognized the Donbass republics as independent and sent troops into Ukraine. Republican Senator John Cornyn introduced the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, also known as S.3522, on January 19, 2022. This is according to the official Congress.gov page for the bill. On the same date, it was co-sponsored by senators Benjamin Cardin, Jeanne Shaheen and Roger Wicker. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham endorsed it the very next day, January 20. Other endorsements trickled in over the following weeks, with a total of 14 senators on board by February 9, again according to Congress.gov. Russia did not recognize the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk until February 21. The "special military operation" to demilitarize...
https://www.sott.net/article/467324-US-weapons-supply-to-Ukraine-prepped-in-January

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Eight years later, supernova 2014C is still revealing secrets about the lives of stars
An international group of astronomers has uncovered new clues about a mysterious stellar explosion that was discovered eight years ago, but is continuing to evolve even as scientists watch. The results help astronomers better understand the process of how massive stars — giants far larger than our own sun — live and die. The study was published in The Astrophysical Journal by a group led by the University of Texas at Austin and including scientists with the University of Chicago. The lives of 2014C In 2014, astronomers saw a sudden bright spot in the sky — a sure sign that a star had exploded out in space. When an exploding star is first detected, astronomers around the world begin to follow it with telescopes as the light it gives off changes rapidly over time. By watching how it evolves, using telescopes that can see visible light and also X-rays, radio waves, and infrared light, scientists can deduce the physical characteristics of the system. By doing this many times,...
https://www.sott.net/article/467325-Eight-years-later-supernova-2014C-is-still-revealing-secrets-about-the-lives-of-stars

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Serbia to speak on Russia sanctions in 1 week, President admits to being pressured to change neutral stance
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that he will issue a statement on possible anti-Russia sanctions early next month, but will be guided by "the interests of Serbia" alone. Vucic has vehemently opposed penalizing Moscow for its offensive in Ukraine, but has come under pressure from the US to change his stance. "As for us and the imposition of sanctions, I will talk about this more and more thoroughly on May 6," Vucic told reporters at a military expo near Belgrade on Saturday, according to RIA Novosti. While acknowledging that he has been under pressure from unnamed politicians to acquiesce to the West's sanctions regime, Vucic added that "our policy should be a policy of responsibility, a policy of development for Serbia, which will think about the interests of Serbia at every moment."
https://www.sott.net/article/467326-Serbia-to-speak-on-Russia-sanctions-in-1-week-President-admits-to-being-pressured-to-change-neutral-stance

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Russia offers India way of bypassing Western sanctions
Moscow has reportedly proposed a plan for India to pay for Russian oil in US dollars or euro, while using a rupee-ruble-denominated mechanism for other goods. The new mechanism is designed to allow more trade in local currencies as economic pressure mounts on Russia over its military operation in neighboring Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter quoted by Bloomberg. The proposals were reportedly discussed between Russian central bank officials and their Indian counterparts with the participation of officials from the finance ministry.
https://www.sott.net/article/467327-Russia-offers-India-way-of-bypassing-Western-sanctions

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New Comet C/2022 F1 (ATLAS)
CBET 5112 & MPEC 2022-G82, issued on 2022, April 06, announce the discovery of a comet (magnitude ~18.5) on CCD images taken on Mar. 30.3 UT with a 0.5-m f/2 Wright-Schmidt reflector at Rio Hurtado, Chile, in the course of the "Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System" (ATLAS) search program. The new comet has been designated C/2022 F1 (ATLAS). Stacking of 20 unfiltered exposures, 90 seconds each, obtained remotely on 2022, April 2.4 from X02 (Telescope Live, Chile) through a 0.61-m f/6.5 astrograph CCD, shows that this object is a comet with a compact coma about 9" arcsecond in diameter (Observers E. Bryssinck, M. Rocchetto, E. Guido, M. Fulle, G. Milani, G. Savini, A. Valvasori). Our confirmation image (click on the images for a bigger version)
https://www.sott.net/article/467328-New-Comet-C-2022-F1-ATLAS

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UK Foreign Secretary's militant rhetoric is another sign that post-Brexit Britain is dangerously delusional
A fanatical Neoconservative, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss presents world affairs in an uncompromising ideological struggle between "democracy" and "authoritarianism." She also seems to be addicted to the fervour of Cold War. Her address on Wednesday night in London bordered on showing desire for war against Russia and China simultaneously. By first calling to "push Russia out of the whole of Ukraine," Truss described the conflict as "our war," then proceeded to turn to China and taunt Beijing that its rise "was not inevitable." demanding that they "play by the rules" and even arguing that NATO should defend Taiwan in a potential contingency. Truss once again called for a "a network of liberty" and urged to avoid economic dependencies on undesirable countries (again a reference to Russia and China). But, unfortunately for Truss and despite the climate we now exist in, none of this huffed-up rhetoric has any serious basis in reality. Yet, if she gets her way, the potential...
https://www.sott.net/article/467329-UK-Foreign-Secretarys-militant-rhetoric-is-another-sign-that-post-Brexit-Britain-is-dangerously-delusional

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Washington Post Condemns Musk For Criticizing Twitter Employee Instead Of Publishing Her Address And Showing Up At Her Sister's House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post has released another broadside against Elon Musk, this time condemning him for mildly criticizing a Twitter executive instead of just doxxing her and her family. "It's sickening, Elon offering a short statement of disagreement with a powerful, high-level executive — does he have no soul?!" cried editor Sal McNally. "If he had any sliver of integrity, he would do what we here at the Washington Post do: publish her home address online and then show up at her family's doorstep."
https://www.sott.net/article/467330-Washington-Post-Condemns-Musk-For-Criticizing-Twitter-Employee-Instead-Of-Publishing-Her-Address-And-Showing-Up-At-Her-Sisters-House

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Russia reveals details of Hitler's last hours
The Federal Security Service has published top secret testimony from Nazi leader's pilot. Russia's Federal Security Service (the successor of the KGB) has declassified documents from the case file of Adolf Hitler's personal pilot on Friday, revealing details of the final hours of the Nazi dictator. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, just days before Soviet troops captured Berlin, effectively ending World War II in Europe. His body had been doused with gasoline and burned. Lieutenant General Hans Baur who worked for Hitler for more than a decade, was captured by Soviet soldiers on May 2, 1945, and faced trial in Moscow. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) published previously classified documents from Baur's file. The papers from the FSB's Novgorod region branch include Baur's handwritten autobiography and its translation from German, as well as his testimony.
https://www.sott.net/article/467331-Russia-reveals-details-of-Hitlers-last-hours

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Syria grants amnesty for 'terrorist crimes'
President Bashar Assad's decree does not, however, pardon anyone involved in killings. Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree on Saturday granting amnesty to Syrians for terrorist crimes up to the end of April, except those leading to death. Assad has extended similar olive branches to deserters, criminals and opposition fighters before, often to the displeasure of the US. Assad's decree, first reported by Syrian state media on Saturday, "grants a general amnesty for terrorist crimes committed by Syrians before [Saturday], except for those that led to the death of a person."
https://www.sott.net/article/467332-Syria-grants-amnesty-for-terrorist-crimes

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'Grooming' perfectly describes 'ideological manipulation' in schools: former teacher
The former public school teacher said kids are groomed on a regular basis, regardless of whether the grooming is sexual in nature every time. A former Indianapolis curriculum coordinator and public school teacher says "grooming" is the "perfect word" to describe what happens in classrooms. Tony Kinnett, previously put on leave and then fired for exposing critical race theory in schools, explained how "grooming" occurs in classrooms. He said it can occur with both racial and sexual topics.
https://www.sott.net/article/467333-Grooming-perfectly-describes-ideological-manipulation-in-schools-former-teacher

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Vijaya Gadde in line to be booted out from Twitter; bad karma, or fair price for being Democrat foot soldier?
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's top lawyer, may soon lose her position as is evident from the critical tweets posted by none other than Elon Musk, the company's new owner. Gadde is the second Indian after Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal to have come in the firing line of Elon Musk. Musk's tweets have kickstarted a chain reaction on social media as some of the followers are hurling racist insults at Gadde. Whereas, some of the followers have termed it as an act of "racism" on the part of Musk stating that this is blatant and in a bad taste.
https://www.sott.net/article/467334-Vijaya-Gadde-in-line-to-be-booted-out-from-Twitter-bad-karma-or-fair-price-for-being-Democrat-foot-soldier

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Emails surface more evidence Hillary Clinton paid for anti-Trump disinformation operation
This fact highlights Democrats' outrageous exploitation of intelligence credentials and connections to launder slanders against a political enemy. Evidence continues to mount that the Hillary Clinton campaign paid former MI6 agent Christopher Steele to launder fraudulent opposition research through U.S. intelligence agencies. Newly published internal emails reveal that before Fusion GPS hired Steele on behalf of the Clinton campaign to dig up dirt on Donald Trump, the opposition-research firm began peddling several of the same Russia collusion lies that the former MI6 agent would later detail in the Steele dossier. This fact highlights a significant aspect of the Spygate scandal that deserves further focus and condemnation: Democrats' outrageous exploitation of intelligence credentials and connections to launder scurrilous accusations against a political enemy.
https://www.sott.net/article/467335-Emails-surface-more-evidence-Hillary-Clinton-paid-for-anti-Trump-disinformation-operation

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Ukraine crisis a result of US policy goals - Russia
Washington's concept of a US-centric world is a neocolonialist project based on racism and American exceptionalism, Moscow believes. The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a direct result of the West's push to create a unipolar world, one which has involved NATO's unabated eastward expansion, Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told China's Xinhua News Agency in an interview published on Saturday. "The US and NATO have always seen Ukraine as an instrument of containing Russia," the minister said, adding that the reasons that eventually prompted Moscow to launch its military operation in Ukraine stem from a years-long western policy that included stirring up anti-Russian sentiment among Ukrainians and forcing them to make a "false choice" between the West and Russia.
https://www.sott.net/article/467336-Ukraine-crisis-a-result-of-US-policy-goals-Russia

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Homes 'completely blown away' as extreme tornado rips through parts of Kansas
A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged dozens of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 without power, officials said on Saturday. Officials said the suspected twister moved though parts of south-east Wichita and Andover on Friday evening. The Andover fire chief, Chad Russell, said early on Saturday morning 50 to 100 buildings were damaged in Sedgwick county, though it was not immediately known how many buildings were damaged in Andover. Russell said in some neighborhoods homes "were completely blown away". Officials said only a few injuries had been reported. In Sedgwick county, three people were injured, including one woman who suffered serious injuries.
https://www.sott.net/article/467337-Homes-completely-blown-away-as-extreme-tornado-rips-through-parts-of-Kansas

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More than 1,000 firefighters battle 150 square mile wildfire in New Mexico
More than 1,000 firefighters backed by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the US on Saturday after strong winds pushed it across some containment lines and closer to a town in northern New Mexico. Preliminary overnight mapping imagery indicated that the fire that has burned at least 166 homes grew in size from 103 square miles on Friday to 152 square miles by early Saturday, officials said. Ash carried seven miles through the air fell on Las Vegas, population about 13,000, and firefighters were trying to prevent the blaze from getting closer, said Mike Johnson, a spokesperson for the fire management team. Calmer winds on Saturday were aiding the firefighting effort after gusts accelerated the fire's advance to a point on Friday when "we were watching the fire march about a mile every hour", said Jayson Coil, a fire operations official.
https://www.sott.net/article/467338-More-than-1000-firefighters-battle-150-square-mile-wildfire-in-New-Mexico

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May kicking off on frosty note across North America
While the calendar marches forward closer and closer to summer, Old Man Winter continues to hang on tight, kicking off May on a frosty note across many states. With unusually cold air expected in some parts of the north, the National Weather Service has issued frost and freeze advisories where the early growing season could be impacted by unusually cold conditions. Portions of California, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are currently under advisories from the National Weather Service due to frost and freeze concerns.
https://www.sott.net/article/467339-May-kicking-off-on-frosty-note-across-North-America

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It's About Time
Isn't it always? With the start of World War III by the United States "declaring" war against Russia by its actions in Ukraine, we have entered a time when the end of time has become very possible. I am speaking of nuclear annihilation. I look down at my great-uncle's gold Elgin pocket watch from the 19th century. His name was John Patrick Whalen, an Irish immigrant to the US who fled England's colonialist created famine in Ireland. It tells me it is 5:15 PM on April 21, 2022, a date, coincidentally, with a history. No doubt John looked at his watch on this date in 1898 when the United States, after the USS Maine exploded from within in Havana harbor (a possible false flag attack), declared war on Spain in order to confiscate Spanish territories - Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. One colonial power replaced another and then proceeded over the long decades to wage war and slaughter these island peoples. Imperialism never dies. It is timeless. One hundred and twenty-four...
https://www.sott.net/article/467340-Its-About-Time

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At least 18 people died in April due to lightning and storms in Assam, India
At least 18 people died in Assam in the month of April due to lightning and storms that struck different parts of the state, an official said. Houses and other infrastructure have also been damaged owing to the inclement weather condition, he said. The northeastern state has been receiving heavy rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms since the beginning of April, leaving a trail of destruction, the official said. An Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin, updated till late Saturday, said three persons were killed by lightning on Friday in Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Dhubri districts.
https://www.sott.net/article/467341-At-least-18-people-died-in-April-due-to-lightning-and-storms-in-Assam-India

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The process of propaganda: How Ukraine's 'Ghost of Kyiv' legend was born
How Ukraine's 'Ghost of Kyiv' legendary pilot was born Ukraine's fighter pilots are vastly outnumbered by the Russians, and have become legendary - thanks in part to the story of an alleged flying ace called the "Ghost of Kyiv". This hero is said to have downed as many as 40 enemy planes - an incredible feat in an arena where Russia controls the skies. But now the Ukraine Air Force Command has warned on Facebook that the "Ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend whose character was created by Ukrainians!".
https://www.sott.net/article/467342-The-process-of-propaganda-How-Ukraines-Ghost-of-Kyiv-legend-was-born

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Deadly floods strike after 300mm of rain in Guadeloupe
At least 2 people have died and 1 is still missing after torrential rain caused severe flooding and landslides in Guadeloupe. The prefecture government said heavy rain began to fall in areas including Le Gosier, Les Abymes and Pointe-à-Pitre during the early hours of 30 April 2022. By the evening over 300 mm of rain had fallen, which is more than during Hurricane Maria in 2017 according to the prefecture government. Météo-France reported 312 mm of rain in Leroux, Le Gosier; 312 mm in Le Raizet, Pointe-à-Pitre and 214 in Les Abymes. Around 80 firefighters were mobilized and carried out dozens of interventions. Several roads were flooded, causing traffic chaos and forcing many drivers to abandon their vehicles.
https://www.sott.net/article/467343-Deadly-floods-strike-after-300mm-of-rain-in-Guadeloupe

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Get woke, go broke: Jill Biden biography by fawning AP reporters, sells just 250 copies in first week
Covering the White House has 'become a bore' for journalists now that Trump is gone The American people are decidedly disinclined to pay $26 for a book about the life of President Joe Biden's primary caretaker. Politico reports that a recently published biography of Dr. Jill Biden, Ed.D, sold just 250 copies in its first week of circulation. The Politico article, which documents the professional anxiety of White House correspondents who find it "boring and difficult" to cover an administration whose policies they wholeheartedly support, cites the poor sales of Jill: A Biography of the First Lady by AP reporters Julie Pace and Darlene Superville as an example of why journalists are so bummed out now that a Democrat is in charge.
https://www.sott.net/article/467344-Get-woke-go-broke-Jill-Biden-biography-by-fawning-AP-reporters-sells-just-250-copies-in-first-week