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US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine
In military terms, the crude, locally assembled drone dropping a country-made bomb or two on unguarded sites in Crimea are at best pin pricks in the big picture of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. But it can be profoundly consequential in certain other ways. For a start, this escalation has Washington's approval. A senior Biden administration official told NatSec Daily the US supports strikes on Crimea if Kiev deems them necessary. "We don't select targets, of course, and everything we've provided is for self-defence purposes. Any target they choose to pursue on sovereign Ukrainian soil is by definition self defense," this person said. But Washington knows — and Moscow knows — that like any sophistry, this one too is a clever argument but inherently fallacious and deceptive. The New York Times has interpreted the drone attack on Crimea as a challenge to the leadership of President Vladimir Putin. The Times wrote that the Crimea attacks "put domestic political...
https://www.sott.net/article/471254-US-taunts-Russia-to-escalate-in-Ukraine
US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine
In military terms, the crude, locally assembled drone dropping a country-made bomb or two on unguarded sites in Crimea are at best pin pricks in the big picture of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. But it can be profoundly consequential in certain other ways. For a start, this escalation has Washington's approval. A senior Biden administration official told NatSec Daily the US supports strikes on Crimea if Kiev deems them necessary. "We don't select targets, of course, and everything we've provided is for self-defence purposes. Any target they choose to pursue on sovereign Ukrainian soil is by definition self defense," this person said. But Washington knows — and Moscow knows — that like any sophistry, this one too is a clever argument but inherently fallacious and deceptive. The New York Times has interpreted the drone attack on Crimea as a challenge to the leadership of President Vladimir Putin. The Times wrote that the Crimea attacks "put domestic political...
https://www.sott.net/article/471254-US-taunts-Russia-to-escalate-in-Ukraine
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Fly like an eagle, Darya Dugina
Darya Dugina will be flying like an eagle in an otherworldly sky. Darya Dugina, 30, daughter of Alexander Dugin, a smart, strong, ebullient, enterprising young woman, whom I met in Moscow and had the honor to cherish as a friend, has been brutally murdered. As a young journalist and analyst, one could see she would carve for herself a glowing path towards wide recognition and respect (here she is on feminism). Not so long ago, the FSB was directly engaged in smashing assassination attempts, organized by the SBU, against Russian journalists, as in the case of Olga Skabaeyeva and Vladimir Soloviev. It's mind-boggling that Dugin and his family were not protected by the Russian intelligence/security apparatus. The key facts of the tragedy have already been established. A Land Cruiser Prado SUV, owned by Dugin and with Darya at the wheel, exploded in a highway near the village of Bolchie Vyazemy, a little over 20km away from Moscow. They were both coming from a family festival, where...
https://www.sott.net/article/471255-Fly-like-an-eagle-Darya-Dugina
Fly like an eagle, Darya Dugina
Darya Dugina will be flying like an eagle in an otherworldly sky. Darya Dugina, 30, daughter of Alexander Dugin, a smart, strong, ebullient, enterprising young woman, whom I met in Moscow and had the honor to cherish as a friend, has been brutally murdered. As a young journalist and analyst, one could see she would carve for herself a glowing path towards wide recognition and respect (here she is on feminism). Not so long ago, the FSB was directly engaged in smashing assassination attempts, organized by the SBU, against Russian journalists, as in the case of Olga Skabaeyeva and Vladimir Soloviev. It's mind-boggling that Dugin and his family were not protected by the Russian intelligence/security apparatus. The key facts of the tragedy have already been established. A Land Cruiser Prado SUV, owned by Dugin and with Darya at the wheel, exploded in a highway near the village of Bolchie Vyazemy, a little over 20km away from Moscow. They were both coming from a family festival, where...
https://www.sott.net/article/471255-Fly-like-an-eagle-Darya-Dugina
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Sorry, climate change hysterics. There are fewer wildfires today than in the 1930s
Last Wednesday, Matt McGrath reported on the BBC that the amount of tree cover being burned has nearly doubled over the past 20 years. Of the 9.3 million hectares burnt globally, Russia was alleged to account for more than a half. Of course, climate change was said to be a "key factor" in the increase. There is no factual basis for this claim, needless to say. Take the word of Greenpeace, which recently reported Russian government statistics that showed "nine out of ten wildfires in the country were caused by humans". McGrath, of course, was complying with the Corporation's strictly-enforced agenda that says that almost every natural disaster and episode of extreme weather should be blamed on humans burning fossil fuel. The ultimate political agenda is the command-and-control Net Zero fantasy. Climate change was said to be the key factor by McGrath because it leads to higher temperatures and drier conditions. Except, it might be added, when global temperatures pause, as they have...
https://www.sott.net/article/471256-Sorry-climate-change-hysterics-There-are-fewer-wildfires-today-than-in-the-1930s
Sorry, climate change hysterics. There are fewer wildfires today than in the 1930s
Last Wednesday, Matt McGrath reported on the BBC that the amount of tree cover being burned has nearly doubled over the past 20 years. Of the 9.3 million hectares burnt globally, Russia was alleged to account for more than a half. Of course, climate change was said to be a "key factor" in the increase. There is no factual basis for this claim, needless to say. Take the word of Greenpeace, which recently reported Russian government statistics that showed "nine out of ten wildfires in the country were caused by humans". McGrath, of course, was complying with the Corporation's strictly-enforced agenda that says that almost every natural disaster and episode of extreme weather should be blamed on humans burning fossil fuel. The ultimate political agenda is the command-and-control Net Zero fantasy. Climate change was said to be the key factor by McGrath because it leads to higher temperatures and drier conditions. Except, it might be added, when global temperatures pause, as they have...
https://www.sott.net/article/471256-Sorry-climate-change-hysterics-There-are-fewer-wildfires-today-than-in-the-1930s
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Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico
Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning. On Friday, hundreds of Mexican troops were dispatched to the northern border city of Ciudad Juárez in a bid to bolster security after a series of apparently random gang attacks across town on Thursday and early Friday that left at least 11 dead — including a popular radio personality and three of his co-workers, and two inmates shot in a prison riot. Assailants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails targeted convenience stores, gas stations, a pizza shop and vehicles. The killings just across the Rio Grande from El Paso came days after roaming bands of criminals hundreds of miles away to the south set fire to dozens of shops, buses and cars, and threw up roadblocks on major arteries across a wide swath of the...
https://www.sott.net/article/471257-Murders-at-the-border-and-attacks-in-Jalisco-and-Guanajuato-stun-Mexico
Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico
Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning. On Friday, hundreds of Mexican troops were dispatched to the northern border city of Ciudad Juárez in a bid to bolster security after a series of apparently random gang attacks across town on Thursday and early Friday that left at least 11 dead — including a popular radio personality and three of his co-workers, and two inmates shot in a prison riot. Assailants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails targeted convenience stores, gas stations, a pizza shop and vehicles. The killings just across the Rio Grande from El Paso came days after roaming bands of criminals hundreds of miles away to the south set fire to dozens of shops, buses and cars, and threw up roadblocks on major arteries across a wide swath of the...
https://www.sott.net/article/471257-Murders-at-the-border-and-attacks-in-Jalisco-and-Guanajuato-stun-Mexico
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Zelensky faces furious criticism from Ukrainians — WaPo
Many Ukrainians have been infuriated by an admission, from President Vladimir Zelensky, that he concealed news of the imminent Russian special military operation last spring. That's according to the Washington Post, where he made the revelation earlier this week. Zelensky's disclosure that he sacrificed lives to avoid ruining the economy was his first serious communication blunder since the conflict began, the paper said. Before Zelensky seemed "beyond reproach, a national hero" to Ukrainians, the publication said, but the acknowledgment has "punctured the bubble, triggering a cascade of public criticism unprecedented since the war began." In the interview, Zelensky admitted that prior to the outbreak of hostilities with Russia, he was downplaying US warnings about a looming attack out of fear Ukrainians would flee the country en masse. "If we had communicated that ... then I would have been losing $7 billion a month since last October," he said. Zelensky claimed that this...
https://www.sott.net/article/471258-Zelensky-faces-furious-criticism-from-Ukrainians-WaPo
Zelensky faces furious criticism from Ukrainians — WaPo
Many Ukrainians have been infuriated by an admission, from President Vladimir Zelensky, that he concealed news of the imminent Russian special military operation last spring. That's according to the Washington Post, where he made the revelation earlier this week. Zelensky's disclosure that he sacrificed lives to avoid ruining the economy was his first serious communication blunder since the conflict began, the paper said. Before Zelensky seemed "beyond reproach, a national hero" to Ukrainians, the publication said, but the acknowledgment has "punctured the bubble, triggering a cascade of public criticism unprecedented since the war began." In the interview, Zelensky admitted that prior to the outbreak of hostilities with Russia, he was downplaying US warnings about a looming attack out of fear Ukrainians would flee the country en masse. "If we had communicated that ... then I would have been losing $7 billion a month since last October," he said. Zelensky claimed that this...
https://www.sott.net/article/471258-Zelensky-faces-furious-criticism-from-Ukrainians-WaPo
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CDC admits to botched COVID response, announces overhaul — critics say plan doesn't address 'unholy alliance' with Pharma
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Wednesday announced a "drastic" overhaul of the agency aimed at modernizing it and rescuing its reputation after widespread criticism of its COVID-19 response and, more recently, the monkeypox outbreak. "For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in an email to the agency's 11,000-person staff. Walensky said the overhaul will focus on making the agency more nimble and responsive to needs that arise in health emergencies. The CDC in a statement said it has never in its 75-year history "had to make decisions so quickly, based on limited and evolving science," and that the agency's traditional scientific and communication processes were "not adequate to effectively respond to a crisis the size and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic." According to CBS News, Walensky's proposed internal changes include: Expand...
https://www.sott.net/article/471259-CDC-admits-to-botched-COVID-response-announces-overhaul-critics-say-plan-doesnt-address-unholy-alliance-with-Pharma
CDC admits to botched COVID response, announces overhaul — critics say plan doesn't address 'unholy alliance' with Pharma
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Wednesday announced a "drastic" overhaul of the agency aimed at modernizing it and rescuing its reputation after widespread criticism of its COVID-19 response and, more recently, the monkeypox outbreak. "For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in an email to the agency's 11,000-person staff. Walensky said the overhaul will focus on making the agency more nimble and responsive to needs that arise in health emergencies. The CDC in a statement said it has never in its 75-year history "had to make decisions so quickly, based on limited and evolving science," and that the agency's traditional scientific and communication processes were "not adequate to effectively respond to a crisis the size and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic." According to CBS News, Walensky's proposed internal changes include: Expand...
https://www.sott.net/article/471259-CDC-admits-to-botched-COVID-response-announces-overhaul-critics-say-plan-doesnt-address-unholy-alliance-with-Pharma
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Jihadists launch deadly hotel assault
An attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital has left several people dead, according to police and witnesses, with a rebel militia group detonating explosives outside before gunmen stormed the building. A gun battle with security forces is ongoing as of Saturday morning. The assault on the upscale Hayat hotel in Mogadishu kicked off late on Friday and was soon claimed by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group based in Somalia. After blasting their way into the building, armed fighters then ran inside and have continued a shootout with police since. Security official Abdukadir Hassan told AFP: "A huge blast went off a few minutes before the gunmen forced their way into the hotel. The security forces are now engaging with the enemy who are holed up inside the building."
https://www.sott.net/article/471260-Jihadists-launch-deadly-hotel-assault
Jihadists launch deadly hotel assault
An attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital has left several people dead, according to police and witnesses, with a rebel militia group detonating explosives outside before gunmen stormed the building. A gun battle with security forces is ongoing as of Saturday morning. The assault on the upscale Hayat hotel in Mogadishu kicked off late on Friday and was soon claimed by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group based in Somalia. After blasting their way into the building, armed fighters then ran inside and have continued a shootout with police since. Security official Abdukadir Hassan told AFP: "A huge blast went off a few minutes before the gunmen forced their way into the hotel. The security forces are now engaging with the enemy who are holed up inside the building."
https://www.sott.net/article/471260-Jihadists-launch-deadly-hotel-assault
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US war on China/Russia targets new multipolar world, sabotages global economy: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
In a fiery speech denouncing US imperialism, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega analyzed the shifting balance of power in the world today. He explained: "A new order is being born in the world that buries imperialism, buries the colonialists, and opens the way to a democracy of nations, a multipolarism that is manifesting itself in various ways. North American imperialism is trying to maintain its hegemony at all costs, even at the risk of sinking its own economy." But in an attempt to halt this transition to a multipolar world, the United States is waging war on China and Russia, he said. The Nicaraguan revolutionary leader argued that "fascism left its roots and is embedded" in parts of the United States and Europe, and they "have the objective of trying to destroy the People's Republic of China" and the Russian Federation. The Western "ideologues of imperialism" are "worried," Ortega added. "They see the People's Republic of China providing benefits to the peoples" of Latin...
https://www.sott.net/article/471261-US-war-on-China-Russia-targets-new-multipolar-world-sabotages-global-economy-Nicaraguan-President-Daniel-Ortega
US war on China/Russia targets new multipolar world, sabotages global economy: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
In a fiery speech denouncing US imperialism, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega analyzed the shifting balance of power in the world today. He explained: "A new order is being born in the world that buries imperialism, buries the colonialists, and opens the way to a democracy of nations, a multipolarism that is manifesting itself in various ways. North American imperialism is trying to maintain its hegemony at all costs, even at the risk of sinking its own economy." But in an attempt to halt this transition to a multipolar world, the United States is waging war on China and Russia, he said. The Nicaraguan revolutionary leader argued that "fascism left its roots and is embedded" in parts of the United States and Europe, and they "have the objective of trying to destroy the People's Republic of China" and the Russian Federation. The Western "ideologues of imperialism" are "worried," Ortega added. "They see the People's Republic of China providing benefits to the peoples" of Latin...
https://www.sott.net/article/471261-US-war-on-China-Russia-targets-new-multipolar-world-sabotages-global-economy-Nicaraguan-President-Daniel-Ortega
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UC Berkeley student housing co-op bans white people from common areas
An off-campus co-op for students at the University of California, Berkeley named the 'Person of Color Theme House' has banned white guests from entering common areas of the house. A list of house rules revealed that occupants were told 'many POC moved here to be able to avoid white violence and presence, so respect their decision of avoidance if you bring white guests.' While the student house aims to have an 'inclusive' environment, the rules specifically state 'white guests are not allowed in common spaces,' according to the list, which was posted on Reddit.
https://www.sott.net/article/471262-UC-Berkeley-student-housing-co-op-bans-white-people-from-common-areas
UC Berkeley student housing co-op bans white people from common areas
An off-campus co-op for students at the University of California, Berkeley named the 'Person of Color Theme House' has banned white guests from entering common areas of the house. A list of house rules revealed that occupants were told 'many POC moved here to be able to avoid white violence and presence, so respect their decision of avoidance if you bring white guests.' While the student house aims to have an 'inclusive' environment, the rules specifically state 'white guests are not allowed in common spaces,' according to the list, which was posted on Reddit.
https://www.sott.net/article/471262-UC-Berkeley-student-housing-co-op-bans-white-people-from-common-areas
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A herd of elephants in the room bellowing for attention
In my previous piece, I speculated on whether there would come a tipping point where even the most incurious would begin to notice all those dead bodies under the proverbial carpet and wonder whether they might just have something to do with the Injections-Masquerading-as-Vaccines. Although the second part of that is still a long way off, it does seem that the number of excess deaths is indeed becoming too big and too unmistakable to ignore. This from the Daily Telegraph in a piece entitled, "Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths gripping Britain is only tip of the iceberg": "Britain is in the grip of a new silent health crisis. For 14 of the past 15 weeks, England and Wales have averaged around 1,000 extra deaths each week, none of which are due to Covid. If the current trajectory continues, the number of non-Covid excess deaths will soon outstrip deaths from the virus this year — and be even more deadly than the omicron wave. So what is going on? Experts believe decisions taken...
https://www.sott.net/article/471263-A-herd-of-elephants-in-the-room-bellowing-for-attention
A herd of elephants in the room bellowing for attention
In my previous piece, I speculated on whether there would come a tipping point where even the most incurious would begin to notice all those dead bodies under the proverbial carpet and wonder whether they might just have something to do with the Injections-Masquerading-as-Vaccines. Although the second part of that is still a long way off, it does seem that the number of excess deaths is indeed becoming too big and too unmistakable to ignore. This from the Daily Telegraph in a piece entitled, "Silent crisis of soaring excess deaths gripping Britain is only tip of the iceberg": "Britain is in the grip of a new silent health crisis. For 14 of the past 15 weeks, England and Wales have averaged around 1,000 extra deaths each week, none of which are due to Covid. If the current trajectory continues, the number of non-Covid excess deaths will soon outstrip deaths from the virus this year — and be even more deadly than the omicron wave. So what is going on? Experts believe decisions taken...
https://www.sott.net/article/471263-A-herd-of-elephants-in-the-room-bellowing-for-attention
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Carbon dioxide is not a 'well-mixed gas', can't cause global warming
One of the least challenged claims of global warming science is that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a "well-mixed gas." A new scientific analysis not only debunks this assertion but also shows that standard climatology calculations, applicable only to temperature changes of the minor gas, carbon dioxide were fraudulently applied to the entire atmosphere to inflate alleged global temperature rises. Acceptance of the "well-mixed gas" concept is a key requirement for those who choose to believe in the so-called greenhouse gas effect. A rising group of skeptic scientists have put the "well-mixed gas" hypothesis under the microscope and shown it contradicts not only satellite data by also measurements obtained in standard laboratory experiments. Canadian climate scientist, Dr Tim Ball is a veteran critic of the "junk science " of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and no stranger to controversy. Ball is prominent among the "Slayers" group of skeptics and has been...
https://www.sott.net/article/471264-Carbon-dioxide-is-not-a-well-mixed-gas-cant-cause-global-warming
Carbon dioxide is not a 'well-mixed gas', can't cause global warming
One of the least challenged claims of global warming science is that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a "well-mixed gas." A new scientific analysis not only debunks this assertion but also shows that standard climatology calculations, applicable only to temperature changes of the minor gas, carbon dioxide were fraudulently applied to the entire atmosphere to inflate alleged global temperature rises. Acceptance of the "well-mixed gas" concept is a key requirement for those who choose to believe in the so-called greenhouse gas effect. A rising group of skeptic scientists have put the "well-mixed gas" hypothesis under the microscope and shown it contradicts not only satellite data by also measurements obtained in standard laboratory experiments. Canadian climate scientist, Dr Tim Ball is a veteran critic of the "junk science " of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and no stranger to controversy. Ball is prominent among the "Slayers" group of skeptics and has been...
https://www.sott.net/article/471264-Carbon-dioxide-is-not-a-well-mixed-gas-cant-cause-global-warming
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Russia's Gazprom to shut Europe's Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline for 3 days
Russian state gas company says the pipeline requires maintenance, deepening energy standoff with Europe. Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom has said a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this month to undergo "routine maintenance." The unscheduled maintenance order on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to Germany, deepens an energy standoff between Moscow and Brussels which has already helped send inflation surging in the region and raised the risk of rationing and recession. In a statement posted online on Friday, Gazprom said that the only operational turbine at a key compressor station along the pipeline, which links Western Russia and Germany, will shut down for routine maintenance from August 31 to September 2.
https://www.sott.net/article/471265-Russias-Gazprom-to-shut-Europes-Nord-Stream-1-gas-pipeline-for-3-days
Russia's Gazprom to shut Europe's Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline for 3 days
Russian state gas company says the pipeline requires maintenance, deepening energy standoff with Europe. Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom has said a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this month to undergo "routine maintenance." The unscheduled maintenance order on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea to Germany, deepens an energy standoff between Moscow and Brussels which has already helped send inflation surging in the region and raised the risk of rationing and recession. In a statement posted online on Friday, Gazprom said that the only operational turbine at a key compressor station along the pipeline, which links Western Russia and Germany, will shut down for routine maintenance from August 31 to September 2.
https://www.sott.net/article/471265-Russias-Gazprom-to-shut-Europes-Nord-Stream-1-gas-pipeline-for-3-days
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Kazakhstan's President meets Putin in Sochi to 'intensify bilateral ties'
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Aug. 19 to intensify bilateral ties that this year mark 30 years, reported the presidential press service. The two leaders voiced solid optimism about the development of bilateral relations. According to Tokayev, the two countries "have every reason to be satisfied with the way the cooperation is developing." "Indeed, Kazakhstan and Russia have a strategic partnership. This year we celebrate a very big date - the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations," said Tokayev during the meeting that lasted two and half hours.
https://www.sott.net/article/471266-Kazakhstans-President-meets-Putin-in-Sochi-to-intensify-bilateral-ties
Kazakhstan's President meets Putin in Sochi to 'intensify bilateral ties'
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Aug. 19 to intensify bilateral ties that this year mark 30 years, reported the presidential press service. The two leaders voiced solid optimism about the development of bilateral relations. According to Tokayev, the two countries "have every reason to be satisfied with the way the cooperation is developing." "Indeed, Kazakhstan and Russia have a strategic partnership. This year we celebrate a very big date - the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations," said Tokayev during the meeting that lasted two and half hours.
https://www.sott.net/article/471266-Kazakhstans-President-meets-Putin-in-Sochi-to-intensify-bilateral-ties
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UAE ambassador to return to Iran after six-year withdrawal
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its ambassador to Tehran would resume duties within days, six years after ties were downgraded in support of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Saif Mohammed al-Zaabi "will resume his duties at the UAE embassy in the Islamic republic of Iran in the coming days to contribute to further advancing bilateral relations", the Emirati foreign ministry said in a statement. The move seeks to "achieve the common interests of the two countries and the wider region", it added.
https://www.sott.net/article/471267-UAE-ambassador-to-return-to-Iran-after-six-year-withdrawal
UAE ambassador to return to Iran after six-year withdrawal
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its ambassador to Tehran would resume duties within days, six years after ties were downgraded in support of Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Saif Mohammed al-Zaabi "will resume his duties at the UAE embassy in the Islamic republic of Iran in the coming days to contribute to further advancing bilateral relations", the Emirati foreign ministry said in a statement. The move seeks to "achieve the common interests of the two countries and the wider region", it added.
https://www.sott.net/article/471267-UAE-ambassador-to-return-to-Iran-after-six-year-withdrawal
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Medieval monks were riddled with intestinal parasites but still lived longer than general population - study
Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms - despite monasteries of the period having far more sanitary facilities. A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city's general population to be infected by intestinal parasites. This is despite most Augustinian monasteries of the period having latrine blocks and hand-washing facilities, unlike the houses of ordinary working people.
https://www.sott.net/article/471268-Medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-intestinal-parasites-but-still-lived-longer-than-general-population-study
Medieval monks were riddled with intestinal parasites but still lived longer than general population - study
Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms - despite monasteries of the period having far more sanitary facilities. A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city's general population to be infected by intestinal parasites. This is despite most Augustinian monasteries of the period having latrine blocks and hand-washing facilities, unlike the houses of ordinary working people.
https://www.sott.net/article/471268-Medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-intestinal-parasites-but-still-lived-longer-than-general-population-study
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Dugin Narrowly Avoids Car Bomb, Daughter Darya Killed Instead
Now they're saying that it was the underside of the car. Unless something big comes up, I'll end the updates now and revisit the topic later when the dust settles. The bomb was under the driver's seat. Therefore the assassin managed to get into the car. The cameras in the parking lot were turned off. Dugin was driving behind his daughter and saw it all unfold before his eyes. Dugin is in the hospital now BBC: The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed on a highway near Moscow. Darya Dugina died after her car exploded while she was driving home, Russia's investigative committee said. It is thought that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as "Putin's brain," may have been the intended target of the attack. Mr Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian president. Alexander Dugin and his daughter had been invited as guests of honour at a festival at an estate near...
https://www.sott.net/article/471269-Dugin-Narrowly-Avoids-Car-Bomb-Daughter-Darya-Killed-Instead
Dugin Narrowly Avoids Car Bomb, Daughter Darya Killed Instead
Now they're saying that it was the underside of the car. Unless something big comes up, I'll end the updates now and revisit the topic later when the dust settles. The bomb was under the driver's seat. Therefore the assassin managed to get into the car. The cameras in the parking lot were turned off. Dugin was driving behind his daughter and saw it all unfold before his eyes. Dugin is in the hospital now BBC: The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed on a highway near Moscow. Darya Dugina died after her car exploded while she was driving home, Russia's investigative committee said. It is thought that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as "Putin's brain," may have been the intended target of the attack. Mr Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian president. Alexander Dugin and his daughter had been invited as guests of honour at a festival at an estate near...
https://www.sott.net/article/471269-Dugin-Narrowly-Avoids-Car-Bomb-Daughter-Darya-Killed-Instead
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SOTT FOCUS: NewsReal: Winning the Information War... by Car-Bombing Dugin's Daughter?
Putin's brain, they call him. Putin's spiritual advisor, they also call him. If so, then it looks like Ukrainian 'special forces' almost left the Russian government rudderless last night when Aleksandr Dugin's 30-year-old daughter Darya Dugin was killed in a car-bomb (which was apparently targeting her father). Of course, in reality, Dugin has nowhere near the influence in Kremlin circles that Western 'intellectuals' ascribe to Russia's Eurasianist philosopher. But decades of lies take their toll on certain types of people - not least ultra-nationalist Ukrainians - spurring them to commit malicious crimes they believe will 'help' their cause. This week on NewsReal, Joe and Niall take stock of the major recent uptick in military attacks and sabotage (likely of Ukrainian origin) inside Russian-occupied Ukraine and the Russian Federation proper - not least the hare-brained scheme to provoke a meltdown at Zaporozhye's nuclear plant. In the second hour they express shock at the 'news'...
https://www.sott.net/article/471270-NewsReal-Winning-the-Information-War-by-Car-Bombing-Dugins-Daughter
SOTT FOCUS: NewsReal: Winning the Information War... by Car-Bombing Dugin's Daughter?
Putin's brain, they call him. Putin's spiritual advisor, they also call him. If so, then it looks like Ukrainian 'special forces' almost left the Russian government rudderless last night when Aleksandr Dugin's 30-year-old daughter Darya Dugin was killed in a car-bomb (which was apparently targeting her father). Of course, in reality, Dugin has nowhere near the influence in Kremlin circles that Western 'intellectuals' ascribe to Russia's Eurasianist philosopher. But decades of lies take their toll on certain types of people - not least ultra-nationalist Ukrainians - spurring them to commit malicious crimes they believe will 'help' their cause. This week on NewsReal, Joe and Niall take stock of the major recent uptick in military attacks and sabotage (likely of Ukrainian origin) inside Russian-occupied Ukraine and the Russian Federation proper - not least the hare-brained scheme to provoke a meltdown at Zaporozhye's nuclear plant. In the second hour they express shock at the 'news'...
https://www.sott.net/article/471270-NewsReal-Winning-the-Information-War-by-Car-Bombing-Dugins-Daughter
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Terrorism: Russian intellectual Aleksandr Dugin narrowly avoids car-bomb, daughter Darya killed instead
Now they're saying that it was the underside of the car. Unless something big comes up, I'll end the updates now and revisit the topic later when the dust settles. The bomb was under the driver's seat. Therefore the assassin managed to get into the car. The cameras in the parking lot were turned off. Dugin was driving behind his daughter and saw it all unfold before his eyes. Dugin is in the hospital now BBC: The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed on a highway near Moscow. Darya Dugina died after her car exploded while she was driving home, Russia's investigative committee said. It is thought that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as "Putin's brain," may have been the intended target of the attack. Mr Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian president. Alexander Dugin and his daughter had been invited as guests of honour at a festival at an estate near...
https://www.sott.net/article/471269-Terrorism-Russian-intellectual-Aleksandr-Dugin-narrowly-avoids-car-bomb-daughter-Darya-killed-instead
Terrorism: Russian intellectual Aleksandr Dugin narrowly avoids car-bomb, daughter Darya killed instead
Now they're saying that it was the underside of the car. Unless something big comes up, I'll end the updates now and revisit the topic later when the dust settles. The bomb was under the driver's seat. Therefore the assassin managed to get into the car. The cameras in the parking lot were turned off. Dugin was driving behind his daughter and saw it all unfold before his eyes. Dugin is in the hospital now BBC: The daughter of a close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been killed on a highway near Moscow. Darya Dugina died after her car exploded while she was driving home, Russia's investigative committee said. It is thought that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as "Putin's brain," may have been the intended target of the attack. Mr Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian president. Alexander Dugin and his daughter had been invited as guests of honour at a festival at an estate near...
https://www.sott.net/article/471269-Terrorism-Russian-intellectual-Aleksandr-Dugin-narrowly-avoids-car-bomb-daughter-Darya-killed-instead
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The BBC's "Unvaccinated": The pandemic dataset - part 3
In Part 1 we looked at the propaganda and manipulation techniques used throughout the BBC programme "Unvaccinated with Professor Hannah Fry." In Part 2 we considered the undisclosed conflicts of interest that apparently led some of the BBC's chosen "experts" to make some misleading statements. Yet perhaps the greatest single deception of all was in the BBC press release announcing the programme, which read: Professor Hannah Fry is a British Mathematician who worked on the data that helped bring the UK out of its first lockdown. This was incredibly disingenuous of the BBC. On the contrary, Prof. Fry worked on the data that helped put the UK into lockdown. She was a major contributor to what became known globally as the BBC Pandemic Dataset, which, as we shall see, was central to creating of the myth of a pandemic — central, that is, to creating a pseudopandemic.
https://www.sott.net/article/471271-The-BBCs-Unvaccinated-The-pandemic-dataset-part-3
The BBC's "Unvaccinated": The pandemic dataset - part 3
In Part 1 we looked at the propaganda and manipulation techniques used throughout the BBC programme "Unvaccinated with Professor Hannah Fry." In Part 2 we considered the undisclosed conflicts of interest that apparently led some of the BBC's chosen "experts" to make some misleading statements. Yet perhaps the greatest single deception of all was in the BBC press release announcing the programme, which read: Professor Hannah Fry is a British Mathematician who worked on the data that helped bring the UK out of its first lockdown. This was incredibly disingenuous of the BBC. On the contrary, Prof. Fry worked on the data that helped put the UK into lockdown. She was a major contributor to what became known globally as the BBC Pandemic Dataset, which, as we shall see, was central to creating of the myth of a pandemic — central, that is, to creating a pseudopandemic.
https://www.sott.net/article/471271-The-BBCs-Unvaccinated-The-pandemic-dataset-part-3
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Jihadists launch deadly hotel assault in Mogadishu
An attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital has left several people dead, according to police and witnesses, with a rebel militia group detonating explosives outside before gunmen stormed the building. A gun battle with security forces is ongoing as of Saturday morning. The assault on the upscale Hayat hotel in Mogadishu kicked off late on Friday and was soon claimed by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group based in Somalia. After blasting their way into the building, armed fighters then ran inside and have continued a shootout with police since. Security official Abdukadir Hassan told AFP: "A huge blast went off a few minutes before the gunmen forced their way into the hotel. The security forces are now engaging with the enemy who are holed up inside the building."
https://www.sott.net/article/471260-Jihadists-launch-deadly-hotel-assault-in-Mogadishu
Jihadists launch deadly hotel assault in Mogadishu
An attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital has left several people dead, according to police and witnesses, with a rebel militia group detonating explosives outside before gunmen stormed the building. A gun battle with security forces is ongoing as of Saturday morning. The assault on the upscale Hayat hotel in Mogadishu kicked off late on Friday and was soon claimed by al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group based in Somalia. After blasting their way into the building, armed fighters then ran inside and have continued a shootout with police since. Security official Abdukadir Hassan told AFP: "A huge blast went off a few minutes before the gunmen forced their way into the hotel. The security forces are now engaging with the enemy who are holed up inside the building."
https://www.sott.net/article/471260-Jihadists-launch-deadly-hotel-assault-in-Mogadishu
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13 people killed, 21 others injured by lightning strikes in a single day in Yemen
A total of 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in a single day in Yemen from lightning strikes, local media reported Sunday. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported that seven people died and eight others were injured as a result of lightning strikes in various parts of Hajjah province. The September Net website reported that six Yemeni women lost their lives and 13 others were injured when lightning struck during a funeral service in Amran province. On Aug. 12, the UN announced that 77 people were killed due to heavy rains and floods in Yemen.
https://www.sott.net/article/471272-13-people-killed-21-others-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-a-single-day-in-Yemen
13 people killed, 21 others injured by lightning strikes in a single day in Yemen
A total of 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in a single day in Yemen from lightning strikes, local media reported Sunday. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported that seven people died and eight others were injured as a result of lightning strikes in various parts of Hajjah province. The September Net website reported that six Yemeni women lost their lives and 13 others were injured when lightning struck during a funeral service in Amran province. On Aug. 12, the UN announced that 77 people were killed due to heavy rains and floods in Yemen.
https://www.sott.net/article/471272-13-people-killed-21-others-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-a-single-day-in-Yemen
