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Zelensky 'troubled' as he questions inner circle's loyalties - Erdogan
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is concerned he is being taken advantage of by someone close to him, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, citing their conversation during the meeting in Lviv on Thursday. Asked by a farmer about the Ukrainian leader's "situation" on Monday during a visit to local vineyards, Erdogan claimed Zelensky was "very worried. There are people around him who deceive him a lot." Erdogan had not mentioned this confession during earlier public statements about the negotiations in western Ukraine, and he did not elaborate further on who Zelensky believed was deceiving him. The two men met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and signed an agreement on restoring Ukrainian infrastructure destroyed during the conflict. The Ukrainian president has been firing high-ranking members of his administration at a fast clip since Russia's military operation began in February. Special forces commander Grigory Galagan was removed last month.
https://www.sott.net/article/471290-Zelensky-troubled-as-he-questions-inner-circles-loyalties-Erdogan

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Crazyland
Economic and cultural suicide is hardly the only option, and certainly not the best... In a confab of friends on a warm evening this weekend, someone asked: Do you think what's going on is due to incompetence or malevolence? The USA is certainly skidding into a great and traumatic re-set featuring a much lower standard of living for most citizens amidst a junkyard of broken institutions. But so are all the other nations of Western Civ. If it's not being managed by malign forces, such as der Schwabenklaus and his WEF myrmidons, then it sure looks like some sort of controlled demolition. The big question hanging over the 2022 election, then, is: Must America commit suicide? What provoked the mental illness of the Left? What turned the Democratic Party into the Party of Chaos? It seemed pretty sane in 1996 when President Bill Clinton declared — to much surprise — in his State of the Union address that "the era of big government is over." Of course, few understood back then how...
https://www.sott.net/article/471291-Crazyland

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France to hire 3,000 'green police' to improve investigation of environmental issues, medicine tracking, and bioterrorism
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced plans to launch 3,000 "green gendarme positions" to improve the investigation proceedings in environmental issues - particularly in cases of arson. Comment: apparently the government has room in the budget for these new hires, despite the fact they won't address actual, critical issues like the looming food shortages, the energy crisis, and the country's tanking economy. "The aim is to have gendarmes (police officers) trained in attacks on ecology in each gendarmerie brigade... It will be a revolution", the minister said on Sunday. This summer, "there were between 80 and 120 fires per day in France; to date we have carried out 26 arrests of suspected arsonists." Comment: With so many fires, and just 26 arrests, it seems highly unlikely that these officers, who will likely be spread across the country, will make much difference. Darmanin hopes that the move will "massively strengthen local and central authorities in the fight...
https://www.sott.net/article/471292-France-to-hire-3000-green-police-to-improve-investigation-of-environmental-issues-medicine-tracking-and-bioterrorism

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In China, latest Minions movie gets a new ending that promotes rule of law
What's small, yellow, loves bananas and promotes the rule of law? A Minion, at least according to an edited version of the latest animated film featuring supervillain Gru and his army of tiny sidekicks being screened in China. The fifth instalment of the lucrative "Despicable Me" franchise, "Minions: The Rise of Gru", premiered in China this month, several weeks after the film opened in United States cinemas. But while the international version of the kung fu-filled family-friendly romp set in 1970s San Francisco tells the story of how the dastardly Gru cut his teeth as a tween criminal, filmgoers in China are treated to an alternative ending in which the good guys win. A series of subtitled still images inserted into the credits sequence on mainland Chinese screens reassures audiences that police catch Gru's law-breaking mentor Wild Knuckles and lock him up for 20 years after a failed heist. International viewers simply see Knuckles give police the slip by faking his death earlier...
https://www.sott.net/article/471293-In-China-latest-Minions-movie-gets-a-new-ending-that-promotes-rule-of-law

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Jesus, Byzantium and the Slavic legacy: The meaning behind the Russian flag
The white, blue, and red banner and the double-headed eagle on the coat of arms are recognized all over the world. Where did they come from? Every national flag distills the history and values of the people it represents. America's star-spangled banner is a great example of this. The Russian flag and its coat of arms, which predate it by a hundred years, are equally steeped in history. They have undergone changes in the last couple of centuries, but these symbols have retained the link between Moscow and the Byzantine Empire, the idea of Slavic brotherhood, and references to the country's naval history. As Russia celebrates National Flag Day, RT sheds some light on its origins.
https://www.sott.net/article/471294-Jesus-Byzantium-and-the-Slavic-legacy-The-meaning-behind-the-Russian-flag

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The FBI's Gestapo Tactics: Hallmarks of an Authoritarian Regime
"We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction." — Harry Truman With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another leaf from Nazi Germany's playbook: Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Censorship. Intimidation. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment. Indoctrination. Indefinite detention. These are not tactics used by constitutional republics, where the rule of law and the rights of the citizenry reign supreme. Rather, they are the hallmarks of authoritarian regimes, where secret police control the populace through intimidation, fear and official lawlessness on the part of government agents. That authoritarian danger is now posed by the FBI, whose love affair with totalitarianism began long ago. Indeed, according to the New York Times, the U.S. government so admired the Nazi regime that following the second World War, it secretly and aggressively recruited at least a...
https://www.sott.net/article/471295-The-FBIs-Gestapo-Tactics-Hallmarks-of-an-Authoritarian-Regime

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Killer whales are 'attacking' sailboats near Europe's coast - Scientists don't know why
Ester Kristine Storkson was asleep on her father's small yacht earlier this month, sailing off the coast of France, when she was violently awakened. Scrambling on deck, she spotted several orcas, or killer whales, surrounding them. The steering wheel swung wildly. At one point, the 37-foot sailboat was pushed through 180 degrees, heading it in the opposite direction. They were "ramming the boat," Storkson says. "They [hit] us repeatedly ... giving us the impression that it was a coordinated attack." "I told my dad, 'I'm not thinking clearly, so you need to think for me,'" the 27-year-old Norwegian medical student says. "Thankfully, he is a very calm and centered person, and made me feel safe by gently talking about the situation." After about 15 minutes, the orcas broke off, leaving father and daughter to assess the damage. They stuck a GoPro camera in the water, she says, and could see that "approximately three-quarters of [the rudder] was broken off, and some metal was bent." For...
https://www.sott.net/article/471296-Killer-whales-are-attacking-sailboats-near-Europes-coast-Scientists-dont-know-why

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People were living in South America as far back as 18,000 years ago, chromosomal study suggests
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Argentina has found chromosomal evidence of people living in South America as far back as 18,000 years ago. The group has published a paper describing their work and findings on the open access site PLOS ONE. Over the past several years, scientists have found evidence of people first traveling to North America from Siberia approximately 14,000 to 17,000 years ago, using what was then a land bridge to Alaska. In this new effort, the researchers have found evidence suggesting that the timeline may have to be pushed back a bit.
https://www.sott.net/article/471297-People-were-living-in-South-America-as-far-back-as-18000-years-ago-chromosomal-study-suggests

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Details about assassination of Darya Dugina revealed
A blast that claimed the life of Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, was caused by a bomb that had been attached underneath her SUV on the driver's side, investigators said on Sunday. According to Russia's Investigative Committee, the explosive device ripped through the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving in Moscow Region, near the village of Bolshie Vyazemy, on Saturday night. It has been reported that the vehicle belonged to her father. "It has already been established that the explosive was planted under the bottom of the car on the driver's side. Darya Dugina, who was driving, was killed on impact," the agency said, reiterating that investigators believe the attack to have been premeditated and to be a contract job.
https://www.sott.net/article/471298-Details-about-assassination-of-Darya-Dugina-revealed

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Congress implies UFOs have non-human origins
In Congress, where legislation is drafted, debated and enacted, clear and concise definitions are of paramount importance. As military aircrews increasingly encounter unidentified flying objects (UFOs), lawmakers recently made several striking revisions to the definition of "UFO." Key among them: The explosive implication that some UFOs have non-human origins. As first reported by researcher Douglas Johnson, a draft bill approved unanimously by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence rebrands UFOs as "unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena." Expanding the definition to include objects in space and under the oceans significantly broadens the scope of a muscular new office tasked by Congress with investigating UFOs. The revised definition of "UFO" also includes "transmedium" objects which, according to lawmakers, "transition between space and the atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of water." In short, members of a key national security-focused committee believe...
https://www.sott.net/article/471299-Congress-implies-UFOs-have-non-human-origins

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'I am the state, the state is me': Tucker Carlson mocks Fauci's alleged lies about covid-19
Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson mocked White House senior medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci's alleged false claims and inconsistencies about COVID-19. Carlson noted that Fauci has made several incorrect conclusions about both the virus and the vaccine in an attempt to "give more power" to the Biden administration. "Tony Fauci has been consistent on one point, one point really only," Carlson said. "And that is that you need to give more power to the Biden administration. His patrons." Fauci announced Monday that he will step down from his position at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and from advising the White House this upcoming December. He played a segment of Fauci in July arguing there should have been "more stringent restrictions" imposed in order to prevent asymptomatic individuals from spreading the virus.
https://www.sott.net/article/471300-I-am-the-state-the-state-is-me-Tucker-Carlson-mocks-Faucis-alleged-lies-about-covid-19

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France to hire 3,000 'green police' to improve investigation of environmental issues, medicine tracking, and bioterrorism
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced plans to launch 3,000 "green gendarme positions" to improve the investigation proceedings in environmental issues - particularly in cases of arson. Comment: Apparently the government has room in the budget for these new hires, despite the fact they won't address actual, critical issues like the looming food shortages, the energy crisis, and the country's tanking economy. "The aim is to have gendarmes (police officers) trained in attacks on ecology in each gendarmerie brigade... It will be a revolution", the minister said on Sunday. This summer, "there were between 80 and 120 fires per day in France; to date we have carried out 26 arrests of suspected arsonists." Comment: With so many fires, and just 26 arrests, it seems highly unlikely that these officers, who will likely be spread across the country, will make much difference. Darmanin hopes that the move will "massively strengthen local and central authorities in the fight...
https://www.sott.net/article/471292-France-to-hire-3000-green-police-to-improve-investigation-of-environmental-issues-medicine-tracking-and-bioterrorism

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Boston Children's Hospital gender clinic sees children 'ages two and three'
A psychologist at the Boston Children's Hospital claimed that children know they are transgender "seemingly from the womb," explaining that the gender clinic sees children as young as ages two and three. A shocking video produced by the Boston Children's Hospital Gender Multispeciality Service features psychologist Kerry McGregor claiming that children may identify as transgender from the womb. In the video on transgenderism, McGregor remarks "A good portion of children know ... seemingly from the womb." Some children identify as transgender "as soon as they can talk," she continues. "Kids know very very early," McGregor claims. Comment: No, they don't. These people are insane.
https://www.sott.net/article/471301-Boston-Childrens-Hospital-gender-clinic-sees-children-ages-two-and-three

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ISIS suicide bomber en route to India intercepted - Russia
The terrorist recruit was tasked with killing a senior figure in the Indian leadership, law enforcement reported. A person who allegedly plotted to blow himself up to kill a senior Indian politician was intercepted during transit through Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Monday. The would-be suicide bomber was recruited in Turkey by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), the statement said. The man was radicalized on social media and met a representative of IS in Istanbul to record a pledge of allegiance before going on a mission to India, the FSB said. Russia served as a transit nation for the trip, the agency said.
https://www.sott.net/article/471302-ISIS-suicide-bomber-en-route-to-India-intercepted-Russia

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3 Arkansas officers suspended after video of violent arrest emerges
Three cops in Arkansas were suspended after a video emerged that showed them brutally beating a detainee. In the TikTok video posted on Twitter, one officer holds the man down to the ground as another repeatedly and relentlessly punches the man's head and a third forcibly nails him with his knee multiple times in a row. At one point, the officer punching the man in the head lifts the man's head up from the ground and slams it back down into the cement sidewalk as the man tries to protect his head with his hands, the video shows.
https://www.sott.net/article/471303-3-Arkansas-officers-suspended-after-video-of-violent-arrest-emerges

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NYC could spend $300M annually to house migrants in hotels: analysis
The Big Apple could be on the hook for more than $300 million per year to provide shelter space in hotels for newly arrived migrants, a Post analysis shows. City officials have either rented or announced plans to secure roughly 5,800 hotel rooms over the last month in response to the influx from the southern border, which quickly overwhelmed the already-strained homeless shelter system. One of the largest operations is planned for the ROW NYC hotel on 8th Avenue in Midtown, where officials are looking to rent as many as 600 rooms and provide intake and other services for the recent arrivals.
https://www.sott.net/article/471304-NYC-could-spend-300M-annually-to-house-migrants-in-hotels-analysis

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Bulgaria says it's 'inevitable' that talks with Gazprom will resume
Bulgaria must hold talks with Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom on the resumption of gas deliveries that were halted in April, interim Energy Minister Rossen Hristov said on August 22. Hristov did not say when talks would take place. He said Sofia would hold talks with Azerbaijan this week to boost Azerbaijani gas supplies and would discuss such deliveries with Turkish gas traders.
https://www.sott.net/article/471305-Bulgaria-says-its-inevitable-that-talks-with-Gazprom-will-resume

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Russia to raise Dugina assassination at emergency UN meeting on Tuesday
Russia plans to raise the assassination of Darya Dugina at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) emergency meeting set for Tuesday. The session is expected to focus on the ongoing crisis and standoff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which has come under fresh shelling that damaged transformers at the site, which Ukraine has blamed on Russia. There's growing alarm of a 'Chernobyl-like' catastrophic event. Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, confirmed that Russia is seeking the UNSC emergency session, but said Russia will also highlight and condemn this latest in a series of "Ukrainian provocations" targeting civilians on Russian territory- after on Monday the FSB (Federal Security Service) claimed to have identified a Ukrainian operative behind the Dugin car bombing. "We requested an urgent meeting on Zaporozhye, where Ukrainian provocations do not stop. Of course, we will talk about this episode [the murder of Daria Dugina]," Nebenzia said, as...
https://www.sott.net/article/471306-Russia-to-raise-Dugina-assassination-at-emergency-UN-meeting-on-Tuesday

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Navy dolphin's GoPro cameras reveals their weird and wonderful world in a way never seen before
At the risk of awarding the title prematurely, we think we've found the weirdest study published in 2022. Scientists strapped GoPro cameras to the bodies of six dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy, and recorded them hunting for food and consuming their prey in grisly detail. According to the study, there was a purpose behind this potential invasion of dolphin privacy; namely, to learn more about how the mammals hunted and ate. Scientists have previously made two competing assumptions about how dolphins ate. They engaged in either ram feeding, in which the predators swim faster than their prey and clasp the fish in their jaws as they overtake them; or suction feeding, in which predators move their tongues and expand their throats to create negative pressure and slurp up prey. The authors of the study, which was published on Wednesday in the journal PLoS ONE, set out to determine which method dolphins actually used.
https://www.sott.net/article/471307-Navy-dolphins-GoPro-cameras-reveals-their-weird-and-wonderful-world-in-a-way-never-seen-before

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Black Christian denied student government role after quoting Bible
Speaker of the senate criticized 'preaching about religion' in the post-Roe era. A black Christian female will not serve on the University of Houston student government's judicial branch this year after she quoted the Bible while interviewing for a position. Mya Little (pictured) opened a speech at an interview session over the summer with a Bible quote, according to The Cougar, the campus newspaper. Little had applied to be an associate justice on the SGA Supreme Court.
https://www.sott.net/article/471308-Black-Christian-denied-student-government-role-after-quoting-Bible

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LA Public Health Department faces backlash after offering COVID-19 test to animals, including seals
The Los Angeles Public Health Department is facing growing criticism over its decision to offer free COVID-19 testing for animals, despite there being no positive cases reported among animals in the area. LA Public Health announced the initiative on Aug. 20 and said it has received funding from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor COVID-19 in animals in Los Angeles County. "This project will help us to learn more about COVID-19 from a One Health perspective, meaning that we can learn more about the significance of COVID-19 in human, animal, and environmental relationships," the public health body said.
https://www.sott.net/article/471309-LA-Public-Health-Department-faces-backlash-after-offering-COVID-19-test-to-animals-including-seals