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Bella Hadid says her vocal support for Palestine has lost her jobs
But it's not about to stop her from speaking out. Bella Hadid's personal brand may not be especially political, but there is one stance that she refuses to stop speaking out about — no matter how many brand sponsorships or friends she loses, or how many full-page New York Times ads she's targeted by. And that's her support for Palestine, where her father was born. In an interview for the Rep podcast, Hadid said her outspoken advocacy for Palestine has cost her career opportunities and even relationships. "I had so many companies that stopped working with me," she said. "I have friends that completely dropped me." Even though she described a feeling of "anxiety" about saying or doing the "right thing," Hadid said she believes she has all the personal experience and knowledge she needs to stand by her convictions. "I know my family enough, I know my own history enough. And that should be enough," she said on the podcast.
https://www.sott.net/article/471209-Bella-Hadid-says-her-vocal-support-for-Palestine-has-lost-her-jobs
Bella Hadid says her vocal support for Palestine has lost her jobs
But it's not about to stop her from speaking out. Bella Hadid's personal brand may not be especially political, but there is one stance that she refuses to stop speaking out about — no matter how many brand sponsorships or friends she loses, or how many full-page New York Times ads she's targeted by. And that's her support for Palestine, where her father was born. In an interview for the Rep podcast, Hadid said her outspoken advocacy for Palestine has cost her career opportunities and even relationships. "I had so many companies that stopped working with me," she said. "I have friends that completely dropped me." Even though she described a feeling of "anxiety" about saying or doing the "right thing," Hadid said she believes she has all the personal experience and knowledge she needs to stand by her convictions. "I know my family enough, I know my own history enough. And that should be enough," she said on the podcast.
https://www.sott.net/article/471209-Bella-Hadid-says-her-vocal-support-for-Palestine-has-lost-her-jobs
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Leading doctor at Boston Children's Hospital gave cross-sex hormones to 13-year-old
The co-founder of the pediatric gender identity clinic at Boston Children's Hospital admitted to giving feminizing hormone therapy to a 13-year-old child during a lecture in 2013. This is just the latest in a slew of disturbing news coming from the clinic related to transitioning extremely young children. Last week, several promotional videos created by Boston Children's Hospital went viral on Twitter. The first clip to be widely shared racked up over 1.6 million views and featured Gender Multispeciality Service (GeMS) clinician Dr. Frances Grimstad presenting hysterectomies as a form of "gender-affirming" therapy.
https://www.sott.net/article/471210-Leading-doctor-at-Boston-Childrens-Hospital-gave-cross-sex-hormones-to-13-year-old
Leading doctor at Boston Children's Hospital gave cross-sex hormones to 13-year-old
The co-founder of the pediatric gender identity clinic at Boston Children's Hospital admitted to giving feminizing hormone therapy to a 13-year-old child during a lecture in 2013. This is just the latest in a slew of disturbing news coming from the clinic related to transitioning extremely young children. Last week, several promotional videos created by Boston Children's Hospital went viral on Twitter. The first clip to be widely shared racked up over 1.6 million views and featured Gender Multispeciality Service (GeMS) clinician Dr. Frances Grimstad presenting hysterectomies as a form of "gender-affirming" therapy.
https://www.sott.net/article/471210-Leading-doctor-at-Boston-Childrens-Hospital-gave-cross-sex-hormones-to-13-year-old
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North Korea's Kim Yo Jong tells South Korean president to 'shut his mouth' after offer of aid
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday South Korea's president should "shut his mouth" after he reiterated that his country was willing to provide economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. Her comments mark the first time a senior North Korean official has commented directly on what South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called an "audacious" plan - first proposed in May and which he talked about again on Wednesday at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office. "It would have been more favorable for his image to shut his mouth, rather than talking nonsense as he had nothing better to say," Kim Yo Jong said in a statement released by state news agency KCNA, calling Yoon "really simple and still childish" to think that he could trade economic cooperation for the North's honor and nuclear weapons.
https://www.sott.net/article/471211-North-Koreas-Kim-Yo-Jong-tells-South-Korean-president-to-shut-his-mouth-after-offer-of-aid
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong tells South Korean president to 'shut his mouth' after offer of aid
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday South Korea's president should "shut his mouth" after he reiterated that his country was willing to provide economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. Her comments mark the first time a senior North Korean official has commented directly on what South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called an "audacious" plan - first proposed in May and which he talked about again on Wednesday at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office. "It would have been more favorable for his image to shut his mouth, rather than talking nonsense as he had nothing better to say," Kim Yo Jong said in a statement released by state news agency KCNA, calling Yoon "really simple and still childish" to think that he could trade economic cooperation for the North's honor and nuclear weapons.
https://www.sott.net/article/471211-North-Koreas-Kim-Yo-Jong-tells-South-Korean-president-to-shut-his-mouth-after-offer-of-aid
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Lt. Col. Dr. Theresa Long, MD on Covid vax: 'Hell no, I don't think it's safe'
Lt. Col. Theresa Long is a Medical Doctor at Fort Rucker who is one of the U.S. Army's top Flight Surgeons and an expert on public health. Long makes sure military pilots are ready and able to fly America's complicated and lethal aircraft. When asked if the COVID-19 vax is safe for pilots, she replies "Hell no, I don't think it's safe." SOURCE 1 SOURCE 2
https://www.sott.net/article/471212-Lt-Col-Dr-Theresa-Long-MD-on-Covid-vax-Hell-no-I-dont-think-its-safe
Lt. Col. Dr. Theresa Long, MD on Covid vax: 'Hell no, I don't think it's safe'
Lt. Col. Theresa Long is a Medical Doctor at Fort Rucker who is one of the U.S. Army's top Flight Surgeons and an expert on public health. Long makes sure military pilots are ready and able to fly America's complicated and lethal aircraft. When asked if the COVID-19 vax is safe for pilots, she replies "Hell no, I don't think it's safe." SOURCE 1 SOURCE 2
https://www.sott.net/article/471212-Lt-Col-Dr-Theresa-Long-MD-on-Covid-vax-Hell-no-I-dont-think-its-safe
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Footage shows 'flash mob' of looters ransack 7-Eleven in Los Angeles
A "flash mob" of looters were caught on camera ransacking a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles earlier this week — making off with handfuls of cigarettes, snacks and other goods, authorities said. Video clips released by Los Angeles police show dozens of people, many of them not bothering to hide their faces, grabbing various items as they swarmed the chain store Monday shortly after midnight in the Harbor Gateway section of the city. Part of the footage even shows the rowdy bunch going behind the counter that was apparently vacated by 7-Eleven employees and flinging items toward a pack of people on the other side.
https://www.sott.net/article/471213-Footage-shows-flash-mob-of-looters-ransack-7-Eleven-in-Los-Angeles
Footage shows 'flash mob' of looters ransack 7-Eleven in Los Angeles
A "flash mob" of looters were caught on camera ransacking a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles earlier this week — making off with handfuls of cigarettes, snacks and other goods, authorities said. Video clips released by Los Angeles police show dozens of people, many of them not bothering to hide their faces, grabbing various items as they swarmed the chain store Monday shortly after midnight in the Harbor Gateway section of the city. Part of the footage even shows the rowdy bunch going behind the counter that was apparently vacated by 7-Eleven employees and flinging items toward a pack of people on the other side.
https://www.sott.net/article/471213-Footage-shows-flash-mob-of-looters-ransack-7-Eleven-in-Los-Angeles
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China flash floods: 23 dead and 8 missing in Qinghai province (UPDATE)
Sudden rainstorm triggers landslide and diverts river resulting in floods Sixteen people are dead and 36 others missing after a flash flood hit Qinghai province in western China amid the ongoing torrential rains, according to Chinese media reports. Heavy and sudden downpours in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County of Qinghai province started late on Wednesday, causing flooding in the mountains and triggering landslides, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV. The flash floods affected an area with more than 6,000 people and over 1,500 houses, CCTV said.
https://www.sott.net/article/471148-China-flash-floods-23-dead-and-8-missing-in-Qinghai-province-UPDATE
China flash floods: 23 dead and 8 missing in Qinghai province (UPDATE)
Sudden rainstorm triggers landslide and diverts river resulting in floods Sixteen people are dead and 36 others missing after a flash flood hit Qinghai province in western China amid the ongoing torrential rains, according to Chinese media reports. Heavy and sudden downpours in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County of Qinghai province started late on Wednesday, causing flooding in the mountains and triggering landslides, according to China's state broadcaster CCTV. The flash floods affected an area with more than 6,000 people and over 1,500 houses, CCTV said.
https://www.sott.net/article/471148-China-flash-floods-23-dead-and-8-missing-in-Qinghai-province-UPDATE
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'Fire tornado' kills 38 at wildlife park in Algeria
A horror 'fire tornado' has killed at least 38 people in Algeria after it ripped through a wildlife park and incinerated 12 people trying to escape the flames in a bus. Fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, the blazes have left massive destruction in their wake, mostly in the El Tarf region near the eastern border with Tunisia that was baking in 48C heat. A family of five was among the dead and at least 200 more people have suffered burns or respiratory problems from the smoke, according to various Algerian media. A journalist in El Tarf described 'scenes of devastation' on the road to El Kala in the country's far northeast. 'A tornado of fire swept everything away in seconds,' he told AFP by telephone. 'Most of those who died were surrounded while visiting a wildlife park.'
https://www.sott.net/article/471214-Fire-tornado-kills-38-at-wildlife-park-in-Algeria
'Fire tornado' kills 38 at wildlife park in Algeria
A horror 'fire tornado' has killed at least 38 people in Algeria after it ripped through a wildlife park and incinerated 12 people trying to escape the flames in a bus. Fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, the blazes have left massive destruction in their wake, mostly in the El Tarf region near the eastern border with Tunisia that was baking in 48C heat. A family of five was among the dead and at least 200 more people have suffered burns or respiratory problems from the smoke, according to various Algerian media. A journalist in El Tarf described 'scenes of devastation' on the road to El Kala in the country's far northeast. 'A tornado of fire swept everything away in seconds,' he told AFP by telephone. 'Most of those who died were surrounded while visiting a wildlife park.'
https://www.sott.net/article/471214-Fire-tornado-kills-38-at-wildlife-park-in-Algeria
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Bank Australia to ban loans on petrol vehicles as government crafts policy for complete ban by 2030
An Australian bank will stop offering loans for new fossil fuel cars from 2025 in a step it says will encourage more people to buy electric vehicles. The customer-owned Bank Australia will announce the self-imposed ban at a national EV summit in Canberra on Friday, arguing it is a responsible step to ensure its lending practices did not "lock our customers into higher carbon emissions and increasingly expensive running costs". The bank's chief impact officer, Sasha Courville, said the bank, which has 185,000 customers, would continue to fund loans for second-hand cars with internal combustion engines as it recognised not everyone would be able to afford an EV in three years. But she said the announcement would send a message that "if you're considering buying a new car you should think seriously about an electric vehicle, both for its impact on the climate and for its lifetime cost savings".
https://www.sott.net/article/471215-Bank-Australia-to-ban-loans-on-petrol-vehicles-as-government-crafts-policy-for-complete-ban-by-2030
Bank Australia to ban loans on petrol vehicles as government crafts policy for complete ban by 2030
An Australian bank will stop offering loans for new fossil fuel cars from 2025 in a step it says will encourage more people to buy electric vehicles. The customer-owned Bank Australia will announce the self-imposed ban at a national EV summit in Canberra on Friday, arguing it is a responsible step to ensure its lending practices did not "lock our customers into higher carbon emissions and increasingly expensive running costs". The bank's chief impact officer, Sasha Courville, said the bank, which has 185,000 customers, would continue to fund loans for second-hand cars with internal combustion engines as it recognised not everyone would be able to afford an EV in three years. But she said the announcement would send a message that "if you're considering buying a new car you should think seriously about an electric vehicle, both for its impact on the climate and for its lifetime cost savings".
https://www.sott.net/article/471215-Bank-Australia-to-ban-loans-on-petrol-vehicles-as-government-crafts-policy-for-complete-ban-by-2030
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Thousands of South Korean unionists protest US-South Korea war games
Thousands of South Korean unionists and their progressive supporters rallied in downtown Seoul to protest against joint US-South Korea war games planned for later this month. The drills will be the largest in years, and follow the May election of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has promised to take a hardline with North Korea. Union leaders worry about risks. While many South Koreans, especially supporters of President Yoon on the right, favor close ties with the U.S., large numbers also argue the US military and the country's alliance with Washington, prevent the improvement of ties with North Korea - and generate tension.
https://www.sott.net/article/471216-Thousands-of-South-Korean-unionists-protest-US-South-Korea-war-games
Thousands of South Korean unionists protest US-South Korea war games
Thousands of South Korean unionists and their progressive supporters rallied in downtown Seoul to protest against joint US-South Korea war games planned for later this month. The drills will be the largest in years, and follow the May election of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has promised to take a hardline with North Korea. Union leaders worry about risks. While many South Koreans, especially supporters of President Yoon on the right, favor close ties with the U.S., large numbers also argue the US military and the country's alliance with Washington, prevent the improvement of ties with North Korea - and generate tension.
https://www.sott.net/article/471216-Thousands-of-South-Korean-unionists-protest-US-South-Korea-war-games
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Rare giant squid washes up on Cape Town, South Africa shore just months after another appeared 6 miles away
A rare giant squid was discovered dead on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, months after another washed up six miles away. Twitter user Tim Dee, who found the strange-looking sea creature on Scarborough Beach on Tuesday, shared photos and videos online that show the colorful squid's gigantic eye. 'Giant squid species wrecked on Scarborough beach this morning,' he wrote. 'What's it to ya, Moby Dick?' Dee's video shows a marine biologist pulling back flesh to reveal the squid's huge beak that it uses for hunting and fishing. The sea creature, which looks like something Salvador Dali would have painted, is also known for having a very large eye - usually up to 11 inches in diameter with a 3.5 inch pupil. Larger eyes can better detect light, including bioluminescent light, which is hard to find in the ocean's depths.
https://www.sott.net/article/471217-Rare-giant-squid-washes-up-on-Cape-Town-South-Africa-shore-just-months-after-another-appeared-6-miles-away
Rare giant squid washes up on Cape Town, South Africa shore just months after another appeared 6 miles away
A rare giant squid was discovered dead on a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, months after another washed up six miles away. Twitter user Tim Dee, who found the strange-looking sea creature on Scarborough Beach on Tuesday, shared photos and videos online that show the colorful squid's gigantic eye. 'Giant squid species wrecked on Scarborough beach this morning,' he wrote. 'What's it to ya, Moby Dick?' Dee's video shows a marine biologist pulling back flesh to reveal the squid's huge beak that it uses for hunting and fishing. The sea creature, which looks like something Salvador Dali would have painted, is also known for having a very large eye - usually up to 11 inches in diameter with a 3.5 inch pupil. Larger eyes can better detect light, including bioluminescent light, which is hard to find in the ocean's depths.
https://www.sott.net/article/471217-Rare-giant-squid-washes-up-on-Cape-Town-South-Africa-shore-just-months-after-another-appeared-6-miles-away
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60ft 'Tentnado' rips through Boomtown festival as Britain endures thunderstorms
A tornado ripped through Boomtown festival sending tents, camping chairs and gazebos 60 feet into the air as the heatwave finally broke and thunderstorms lashed the UK. Festival-goers described seeing a "scar" of destruction left by the tornado on Sunday and said objects were thrown so high into the air that they flew out of the campsite and got stuck in nearby trees. It came as Britain endured thunderstorms with the Met Office issuing yellow warnings for both England and Wales.
https://www.sott.net/article/471218-60ft-Tentnado-rips-through-Boomtown-festival-as-Britain-endures-thunderstorms
60ft 'Tentnado' rips through Boomtown festival as Britain endures thunderstorms
A tornado ripped through Boomtown festival sending tents, camping chairs and gazebos 60 feet into the air as the heatwave finally broke and thunderstorms lashed the UK. Festival-goers described seeing a "scar" of destruction left by the tornado on Sunday and said objects were thrown so high into the air that they flew out of the campsite and got stuck in nearby trees. It came as Britain endured thunderstorms with the Met Office issuing yellow warnings for both England and Wales.
https://www.sott.net/article/471218-60ft-Tentnado-rips-through-Boomtown-festival-as-Britain-endures-thunderstorms
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Powerful tornado hits Crimea
Tornado in Crimea! A powerful tornado hit Crimea.
https://www.sott.net/article/471219-Powerful-tornado-hits-Crimea
Powerful tornado hits Crimea
Tornado in Crimea! A powerful tornado hit Crimea.
https://www.sott.net/article/471219-Powerful-tornado-hits-Crimea
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Severe hailstorm slams Des Moines region, Iowa
Des Moines yards become ice fields due to a severe hailstorm. On Friday, the Des Moines region was hammered by hail up to the size of an egg and a golf ball. As strong thunderstorms rolled through the Midwest on Friday, huge hailstones pounded Des Moines, Iowa, smashing windows and turning yards into ice fields.
https://www.sott.net/article/471220-Severe-hailstorm-slams-Des-Moines-region-Iowa
Severe hailstorm slams Des Moines region, Iowa
Des Moines yards become ice fields due to a severe hailstorm. On Friday, the Des Moines region was hammered by hail up to the size of an egg and a golf ball. As strong thunderstorms rolled through the Midwest on Friday, huge hailstones pounded Des Moines, Iowa, smashing windows and turning yards into ice fields.
https://www.sott.net/article/471220-Severe-hailstorm-slams-Des-Moines-region-Iowa
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Biden officials scramble to escape blame for unlawful Pentagon order mandating mRNA jab for troops
Former Pentagon official Terry Adirim says she was directed by the Secretary of Defense to justify the mandate. Lawyers representing America's service members are beginning to produce victories defending the U.S. Armed Forces against forced compliance with biomedical gene therapy experiments, and suddenly, nobody in the Pentagon wants to take accountability for their legally dubious mRNA injection order. It all began on August 24, 2021, when Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo mandating mRNA "vaccination" for the active military, but with the stipulation that this mandate only applied to fully licensed products. This was because, as The Dossier understands, it is illegal to force service members to take an EUA vaccine.
https://www.sott.net/article/471221-Biden-officials-scramble-to-escape-blame-for-unlawful-Pentagon-order-mandating-mRNA-jab-for-troops
Biden officials scramble to escape blame for unlawful Pentagon order mandating mRNA jab for troops
Former Pentagon official Terry Adirim says she was directed by the Secretary of Defense to justify the mandate. Lawyers representing America's service members are beginning to produce victories defending the U.S. Armed Forces against forced compliance with biomedical gene therapy experiments, and suddenly, nobody in the Pentagon wants to take accountability for their legally dubious mRNA injection order. It all began on August 24, 2021, when Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo mandating mRNA "vaccination" for the active military, but with the stipulation that this mandate only applied to fully licensed products. This was because, as The Dossier understands, it is illegal to force service members to take an EUA vaccine.
https://www.sott.net/article/471221-Biden-officials-scramble-to-escape-blame-for-unlawful-Pentagon-order-mandating-mRNA-jab-for-troops
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Trump and Slick Willy's sock drawer: An old case over audio tapes could impact Mar-a-Lago search dispute
Judge ruled in 2012 that a president's discretion to declare records "personal" is far-reaching and mostly unchallengeable. When it comes to the National Archives, history has a funny way of repeating itself. And legal experts say a decade-old case over audio tapes that Bill Clinton once kept in his sock drawer may have significant impact over the FBI search of Melania Trump's closet and Donald Trump's personal office. The case in question is titled Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration and it involved an effort by the conservative watchdog to compel the Archives to forcibly seize hours of audio recordings that Clinton made during his presidency with historian Taylor Branch.
https://www.sott.net/article/471222-Trump-and-Slick-Willys-sock-drawer-An-old-case-over-audio-tapes-could-impact-Mar-a-Lago-search-dispute
Trump and Slick Willy's sock drawer: An old case over audio tapes could impact Mar-a-Lago search dispute
Judge ruled in 2012 that a president's discretion to declare records "personal" is far-reaching and mostly unchallengeable. When it comes to the National Archives, history has a funny way of repeating itself. And legal experts say a decade-old case over audio tapes that Bill Clinton once kept in his sock drawer may have significant impact over the FBI search of Melania Trump's closet and Donald Trump's personal office. The case in question is titled Judicial Watch v. National Archives and Records Administration and it involved an effort by the conservative watchdog to compel the Archives to forcibly seize hours of audio recordings that Clinton made during his presidency with historian Taylor Branch.
https://www.sott.net/article/471222-Trump-and-Slick-Willys-sock-drawer-An-old-case-over-audio-tapes-could-impact-Mar-a-Lago-search-dispute
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Tent cities are taking over vast stretches of our major cities (and it's only going to get worse)
If brighter days are ahead for the U.S. economy, why are so many tent cities popping up all over the nation? At this point things are so bad that even the New York Times is admitting that "America's homelessness problem has the makings of an acute crisis". That article goes on to explain that our homeless population is steadily rising. Tonight, hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans will be sleeping in tents, under bridges, in overcrowded shelters or in their vehicles. Of course there are many that are so addicted to drugs or alcohol that they just sleep wherever they end up passing out. This is a tragedy that is growing with each passing day, and it is only going to get worse in the months ahead as the U.S. economy slows down even more. Earlier today, I was truly stunned by a Fox News article about what is going on in Portland right now. Tent cities are literally taking over entire neighborhoods, and many residents are "resorting to selling their homes" as a result...
https://www.sott.net/article/471223-Tent-cities-are-taking-over-vast-stretches-of-our-major-cities-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse
Tent cities are taking over vast stretches of our major cities (and it's only going to get worse)
If brighter days are ahead for the U.S. economy, why are so many tent cities popping up all over the nation? At this point things are so bad that even the New York Times is admitting that "America's homelessness problem has the makings of an acute crisis". That article goes on to explain that our homeless population is steadily rising. Tonight, hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans will be sleeping in tents, under bridges, in overcrowded shelters or in their vehicles. Of course there are many that are so addicted to drugs or alcohol that they just sleep wherever they end up passing out. This is a tragedy that is growing with each passing day, and it is only going to get worse in the months ahead as the U.S. economy slows down even more. Earlier today, I was truly stunned by a Fox News article about what is going on in Portland right now. Tent cities are literally taking over entire neighborhoods, and many residents are "resorting to selling their homes" as a result...
https://www.sott.net/article/471223-Tent-cities-are-taking-over-vast-stretches-of-our-major-cities-and-its-only-going-to-get-worse
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Relax: Just where do you think the IRS is going to get those 87,000 agents?
The IRS will be a bottom feeder for the industry, if they get that far. The Inflation Reduction Act's clarion call to more than double the size of the IRS has raised hackles and ire across the board. A more domineering IRS is frightful to contemplate. My response to this is simple: Don't worry, it won't happen. Why? The biggest obstacle that the federal government is going to face is where they are going to get the bodies with the skills needed to fill these new positions. Having worked for 25 years for one of the big three accounting firms, I am more than aware of the challenges the industry has in hiring qualified accounting staff. At one point my firm had set up a program at the University of Virginia to take liberal arts graduates and turn them into accountants over the course of an intense 18 month program . . . such is the difficulty of having enough staff.
https://www.sott.net/article/471224-Relax-Just-where-do-you-think-the-IRS-is-going-to-get-those-87000-agents
Relax: Just where do you think the IRS is going to get those 87,000 agents?
The IRS will be a bottom feeder for the industry, if they get that far. The Inflation Reduction Act's clarion call to more than double the size of the IRS has raised hackles and ire across the board. A more domineering IRS is frightful to contemplate. My response to this is simple: Don't worry, it won't happen. Why? The biggest obstacle that the federal government is going to face is where they are going to get the bodies with the skills needed to fill these new positions. Having worked for 25 years for one of the big three accounting firms, I am more than aware of the challenges the industry has in hiring qualified accounting staff. At one point my firm had set up a program at the University of Virginia to take liberal arts graduates and turn them into accountants over the course of an intense 18 month program . . . such is the difficulty of having enough staff.
https://www.sott.net/article/471224-Relax-Just-where-do-you-think-the-IRS-is-going-to-get-those-87000-agents
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Apple security flaw 'actively exploited' by hackers to fully control devices
Apple users have been advised to immediately update their iPhones, iPads and Macs to protect against a pair of security vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to take complete control of their devices. In both cases, Apple said, there are credible reports that hackers are already abusing the vulnerabilities to attack users. One of the software weaknesses affects the kernel, the deepest layer of the operating system that all the devices have in common, Apple said. The other affects WebKit, the underlying technology of the Safari web browser. For each of the bugs, the company said it was "aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited," though it provided no further details. It credited an anonymous researcher or researchers for disclosing both. Anyone with an iPhone released since 2015, an iPad released since 2014 or a Mac running macOS Monterey can download the update by opening up the settings menu on their mobile device, or choosing "software update" on the...
https://www.sott.net/article/471225-Apple-security-flaw-actively-exploited-by-hackers-to-fully-control-devices
Apple security flaw 'actively exploited' by hackers to fully control devices
Apple users have been advised to immediately update their iPhones, iPads and Macs to protect against a pair of security vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to take complete control of their devices. In both cases, Apple said, there are credible reports that hackers are already abusing the vulnerabilities to attack users. One of the software weaknesses affects the kernel, the deepest layer of the operating system that all the devices have in common, Apple said. The other affects WebKit, the underlying technology of the Safari web browser. For each of the bugs, the company said it was "aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited," though it provided no further details. It credited an anonymous researcher or researchers for disclosing both. Anyone with an iPhone released since 2015, an iPad released since 2014 or a Mac running macOS Monterey can download the update by opening up the settings menu on their mobile device, or choosing "software update" on the...
https://www.sott.net/article/471225-Apple-security-flaw-actively-exploited-by-hackers-to-fully-control-devices
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In defence of a pro-Kremlin stooge
As a defender of free speech, I'm used to taking up the cudgels on behalf of unsavoury people. To quote Lord Justice Sedley in a famous High Court judgment in 1999: 'Freedom of speech includes not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative, provided it does not tend to provoke violence.' But the case of Graham Phillips, who was sanctioned by the British government last month, is one of the hardest I've ever had to wrestle with. Phillips styles himself an 'independent journalist', but it's far from clear that the additional free-speech protections we apply to journalists should be extended to him. It would be more accurate to describe him as a pro-Russian propagandist. He's a British citizen who's been based in Ukraine, for the most part, since 2010, writing stories and making YouTube videos about football, prostitution, crime, politics and, most recently, Putin's invasion. There's no evidence he's a paid...
https://www.sott.net/article/471226-In-defence-of-a-pro-Kremlin-stooge
In defence of a pro-Kremlin stooge
As a defender of free speech, I'm used to taking up the cudgels on behalf of unsavoury people. To quote Lord Justice Sedley in a famous High Court judgment in 1999: 'Freedom of speech includes not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative, provided it does not tend to provoke violence.' But the case of Graham Phillips, who was sanctioned by the British government last month, is one of the hardest I've ever had to wrestle with. Phillips styles himself an 'independent journalist', but it's far from clear that the additional free-speech protections we apply to journalists should be extended to him. It would be more accurate to describe him as a pro-Russian propagandist. He's a British citizen who's been based in Ukraine, for the most part, since 2010, writing stories and making YouTube videos about football, prostitution, crime, politics and, most recently, Putin's invasion. There's no evidence he's a paid...
https://www.sott.net/article/471226-In-defence-of-a-pro-Kremlin-stooge
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The media are (finally) admitting lockdown is worse than 'Covid'...but why?
The latest figures from the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS) suggest that the knock-on effects of lockdown may be harming more people than "Covid" ever did, or so the press are saying anyway. The ONS's weekly data apparently shows over 10,000 more reported deaths than expected. Since none of these excess deaths has been "linked with Covid", the press is calling them the "true cost of lockdown", with some papers suggesting lockdown is "killing more people than Covid". To which the only proper response is: "No shit." Even for those who still cling to the orthodoxy that "Covid" actually exists, the fact lockdown was going to do more damage than it prevented was obvious from the moment early mortality studies showed "Covid" had a 99.5% survival rate, back in the spring of 2020. Many experts in economics, statistics, epidemiology and virology voiced this opinion, and were vilified and abused for their trouble. And, really, anyone with the smallest shred of common sense could...
https://www.sott.net/article/471227-The-media-are-finally-admitting-lockdown-is-worse-than-Covid-but-why
The media are (finally) admitting lockdown is worse than 'Covid'...but why?
The latest figures from the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS) suggest that the knock-on effects of lockdown may be harming more people than "Covid" ever did, or so the press are saying anyway. The ONS's weekly data apparently shows over 10,000 more reported deaths than expected. Since none of these excess deaths has been "linked with Covid", the press is calling them the "true cost of lockdown", with some papers suggesting lockdown is "killing more people than Covid". To which the only proper response is: "No shit." Even for those who still cling to the orthodoxy that "Covid" actually exists, the fact lockdown was going to do more damage than it prevented was obvious from the moment early mortality studies showed "Covid" had a 99.5% survival rate, back in the spring of 2020. Many experts in economics, statistics, epidemiology and virology voiced this opinion, and were vilified and abused for their trouble. And, really, anyone with the smallest shred of common sense could...
https://www.sott.net/article/471227-The-media-are-finally-admitting-lockdown-is-worse-than-Covid-but-why
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Ukraine conflict could end Western hegemony - Hungary
The deadly conflict in Ukraine has the potential to "demonstratively" put an end to Western hegemony globally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. In an interview with German online magazine Tichys Einblick, published on Thursday, Orban said he expects the European Union to emerge weaker in the global arena once the fighting in Ukraine is over. The Hungarian leader argued that the West is incapable of winning the conflict militarily, and that the sanctions it has imposed on Moscow have failed to destabilize Russia. To make matters worse, the punitive measures have spectacularly backfired on the EU, he said. Orban also noted that a "large part of the world" is clearly not getting behind the US when it comes to Ukraine. He pointed to "the Chinese, Indians, Brazilians, South Africa, the Arab world, Africa" as regions not supporting the Western line on the conflict. "It is quite possible that it will be this war that will demonstratively put an end to Western supremacy,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/471228-Ukraine-conflict-could-end-Western-hegemony-Hungary
Ukraine conflict could end Western hegemony - Hungary
The deadly conflict in Ukraine has the potential to "demonstratively" put an end to Western hegemony globally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. In an interview with German online magazine Tichys Einblick, published on Thursday, Orban said he expects the European Union to emerge weaker in the global arena once the fighting in Ukraine is over. The Hungarian leader argued that the West is incapable of winning the conflict militarily, and that the sanctions it has imposed on Moscow have failed to destabilize Russia. To make matters worse, the punitive measures have spectacularly backfired on the EU, he said. Orban also noted that a "large part of the world" is clearly not getting behind the US when it comes to Ukraine. He pointed to "the Chinese, Indians, Brazilians, South Africa, the Arab world, Africa" as regions not supporting the Western line on the conflict. "It is quite possible that it will be this war that will demonstratively put an end to Western supremacy,"...
https://www.sott.net/article/471228-Ukraine-conflict-could-end-Western-hegemony-Hungary
