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Ukraine – Biden Again Escalates (MoA)
US Giving Cluster Munitions To Ukraine In ‘Desperate Gesture’ – Envoy (TASS)
Germany To Refrain From Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine (TASS)
Austria Has ‘Clear Position’ On Cluster Munitions For Ukraine – FM (RT)
NATO Needs Ukraine Offensive To Succeed To Prove New Plans’ Viability (TASS)
NATO Allies Still Discussing What To Offer Ukraine At Vilnius Summit – WaPo (TASS)
Keep Ukraine Out Of NATO, US Experts Argue (RT)
G7 Justice Ministers Agree To Help Fight Corruption In Ukraine (Az.)
Baltic, Polish Leaders Warn NATO Of Threats From Belarus (Az.)
IAEA Experts Find No Indications Of Mines At Zaporozhye NPP – Grossi (TASS)
How To Create a Fake News Cycle (Pierre Kory)
Father of Our Country (Jim Kunstler)
The SCO Welcomes A New ‘Global Globe’ (Pepe Escobar)
Judge Says Trump Can Be Deposed in Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok Lawsuit (ET)
Musk’s Twitter Tells Zuckerberg’s Threads To ‘Cease And Desist’ (SN)

 

 

 

 

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If there were any evidence of Russia using cluster munitions, it would be on every frontpage today.

Ukraine – Biden Again Escalates (MoA)

The Washington Post says that the U.S. will now give cluster munition to Ukraine.” President Biden has approved the provision of U.S. cluster munitions for Ukraine, with drawdown of the weapons from Defense Department stocks due to be announced Friday.” The munition will be 155mm grenades, Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM), that can be fired by ‘western’ provided artillery. The decision, likely illegal, was made because the U.S. and its allies have run out of other 155mm munitions: The move, which will bypass U.S. law prohibiting the production, use or transfer of cluster munitions with a failure rate of more than 1 percent, comes amid concerns about Kyiv’s lagging counteroffensive against entrenched Russian troops and dwindling Western stocks of conventional artillery.

]It is accompanied by false statements that Russia has used such ammunition in Ukraine: “It follows months of internal administration debate over whether to supply the controversial munitions, which are banned by most countries in the world. Cluster weapons explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of smaller submunitions across a wide area. More than 120 countries have joined a convention banning their use as inhumane and indiscriminate, in large part because of high failure rates that litter the landscape with unexploded submunitions that endanger both friendly troops and civilians, often for decades after the end of a conflict. The United States, Ukraine and Russia — which is alleged to have used them extensively in Ukraine — are not parties to the convention. Eight of NATO’s 31 members, including the United States, have not ratified the convention.

It is well documented, by Human Rights Watch and others, that the Ukrainian military has used cluster munitions. There is nothing to support a claim that Russia has done so. The Pentagon has rejected claimed evidence of Russian cluster munition attacks: “Commenting on videos depicting alleged Russian cluster munition use, DOD officials stated during a March 1, 2022 press conference that “we’ve seen the same video that you have but we have not assessed that it is definitive with respect to the use of cluster munitions. So we are not in a position to confirm the use of cluster munitions at this time.” In a similar manner, a DOD official stated during March 3, 2022, press conference that DOD was still unable to confirm Russia’s use of cluster munitions.”

Psaki cluster

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We have left the civilized world behind.

US Giving Cluster Munitions To Ukraine In ‘Desperate Gesture’ – Envoy (TASS)

The US decided to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine out of despair, but the move won’t affect Russia’s determination to achieve the goals of its special military operation, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Friday. “Cluster munitions are a desperate gesture. This measure tells the story that the US and its satellites have realized they are powerless. However, they do not want to admit their own failures and the failure of the attempts of Ukrainian forces to conduct an offensive against Russian regions. Hence this latest madness on their part,” he said. The diplomat said he believes that by raising the stakes in the Ukrainian conflict, Washington is bringing humanity closer to a global conflict.

“The current level of American provocations is indeed off the charts, bringing humanity closer to a new world war. The United States is so obsessed with the idea of defeating Russia that it does not realize the gravity of its actions. They are only increasing the number of victims and prolonging the agony of the Kiev regime,” he went on to say. The ambassador stated that Washington turned a blind eye to civilian casualties, paid no regard to the concerns of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and shrugged of the objections from its allies.

“The cruelty and cynicism with which Washington has approached the issue of transferring lethal weapons to Kiev is astounding. The administration completely ignored experts, human rights activists, and lawmakers that voiced the theses that the move would be inhumane. It turned a blind eye to civilian casualties. Now there is a risk that the submunitions will be blowing up innocent civilians for many years ahead because of what the US is doing,” Antonov said. He said he believes that the funneling of Western weapons into Ukraine will not be able to affect Russia’s efforts to achieve the goals of its special military operation, “which aims to eradicate threats to the security of the Russian Federation, including Nazism that has been nurtured in Ukraine.”

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Not even Baerbock wants to touch them.

Note: the article mentions 2 foreign ministers. There’s only 1: Baerbock. Pistorius is Defence Minister.

Germany To Refrain From Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine (TASS)

Germany will continue to abide by the Convention on Cluster Munitions and refrain from sending the weapons to Kiev, Reuters quoted German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock as saying in Vienna on Friday. Her remark came a day after US officials said the Biden administration was planning to provide Ukraine with the munitions. “I have followed the media reports. For us, as a state party, the Oslo agreement applies,” Baerbock told reporters, when asked to comment on Washington’s plans regarding cluster munitions for Kiev. Germany’s top diplomat is taking part in the OSCE High-Level Conference on Climate Change being hosted by the OSCE secretary general in Vienna.

German Foreign Minister Boris Pistorius also opposed sending cluster munitions to Kiev at a news conference in Bern. “Germany has signed the convention, so it is no option for us. As for those countries that have not signed the convention – China, Russia, Ukraine and the US – it is not up to me to comment on their actions,” Reuters quoted Pistorius as saying. On Thursday, a number of Western media, including the New York Times, Reuters, and CNN, reported that a decision was made to send cluster munitions to Ukraine and that the announcement will be made on Friday, July 7. The Pentagon said later that the United States was poised to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions that pose the least threat to the civilian population.

When detonated, cluster munitions scatter dozens of small bomblets over a large area. If unexploded, these bomblets will present a threat to civilians for years to come. The Convention on Cluster Munitions was signed by 123 countries in the Norwegian capital in 2008 and took effect on August 1, 2010. By now, 110 countries have ratified it. In Europe, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine have not signed the document. According to Human Rights Watch, the real dud rate of cluster munitions is often way higher than formally declared by the military, potentially leading to numerous casualties among the civilian population.

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“[They] can inflict immense damage to the civilian population years after a conflict..”

Uber weasel “Jens Stoltenberg said, however, that the military bloc does not have a specific position on the issue..”

Austria Has ‘Clear Position’ On Cluster Munitions For Ukraine – FM (RT)

Vienna strongly opposes providing Kiev with cluster bombs, as they can cause suffering to civilians for many years after the fighting is over, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told journalists on Friday. Schallenberg’s comments come amid media reports about Washington’s alleged plans to greenlight such deliveries in the near future. “We have a clear position,” the minister said as he arrived at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Climate Conference. “These are the munition systems that are banned at an international level,” he added, comparing cluster munitions to anti-personnel mines. “Cluster bombs are still lying around for years [after a war has ended]. We have seen this in the Middle East. [They] can inflict immense damage to the civilian population years after a conflict,” Schallenberg said.

The Austrian minister also warned Western leaders about the message they would send to the world by supplying Kiev with such controversial armaments. “As the West, we must pay utmost attention to what signals we are sending,” he said. He added that support for Ukraine was necessary, but insisted it “must be correct support.” Western media reports have suggested in recent weeks that Washington is preparing to bolster the Ukrainian army’s firepower with cluster munitions from its vast Cold War-era arsenal. According to the various reports, some US officials believe it could help Kiev’s troops breach Russia’s defenses, as Ukraine’s much touted counteroffensive has so far failed to achieve any significant results. The Pentagon said on Friday that the US was considering providing Ukraine with bombs that have a lower dud rate – the proportion of bomblets that fail to initially explode. The potential decision was criticized by some Western human rights NGOs and even some of Washington’s allies.

On Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) spoke against the possible delivery, warning that it would “inevitably cause long-term suffering for civilians.” On Friday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also expressed a negative attitude to the idea, saying that Germany is sticking to the Oslo agreements that banned cluster munitions. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, however, that the military bloc does not have a specific position on the issue precisely because its members have different opinions on the matter. Cluster bombs carry smaller explosive submunitions that are released in flight and scattered across a target area, and are typically used against personnel and lightly armored vehicles. They also tend to leave behind undetonated ‘duds’ that can remain in former conflict zones for decades. This prompted more than 110 nations, including many NATO members, to ban cluster bombs under a UN convention back in 2008.

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They’ll just invent a narrative.

“..at least nominal success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is so important for the US and NATO..”

NATO Needs Ukraine Offensive To Succeed To Prove New Plans’ Viability (TASS)

NATO needs the Ukrainian offensive to succeed in order to confirm the viability of its new military plans, which will be presented to the alliance’s leaders during the July 11-12 summit in Vilnius and which will act as a basis for military spending planning, a representative of the Brussels military expert community told TASS Friday. “The Ukrainian counteroffensive uses the same equipment and tactics that the alliance’s military plans, prepared for the Vilnius summit, are based upon. For the first time since the Cold War, these plans prepare NATO for a large-scale military conflict in Europe instead of operations to extend power to remote regions via actions in limited theaters of war.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive, which started five weeks before the NATO summit, must tangibly prove the combat viability of the alliance’s military equipment and tactics in a real conflict with a most capable enemy,” the expert, who opted to remain anonymous, told TASS. “Should the offensive fail, the principles that lie in the foundation of the recently created military plans will be challenged.” The expert acknowledged that Kiev lacks “NATO’s main bargaining chip – powerful aviation and naval forces, which play a key role in the alliance’s military planning.” “However, in parallel to the Ukrainian offensive, Europe held the Air Defender 2023 exercise – the largest in the last 30 years – which involved up to 300 aircraft. They practiced large-scale air operations against a technologically developed enemy.

“Thus, NATO practiced the air component simultaneously with the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but in a training mode instead of a combat one,” the expert continued. According to the expert, a failure of the counteroffensive in Ukraine “will cause the participants of the NATO summit in Vilnius to understand that the recently developed military plans already require improvement, at least in their ground component.” Furthermore, “there are no guarantees that the air component, which was not tested in combat against an equal adversary, is just as far from being perfect.” According to the expert, this may lead to “a decline in NATO member states’ trust in the new ‘collective defense’ plans, developed by the alliance’s staffs.”

“That is why at least nominal success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is so important for the US and NATO,” he underscored. “Of course, the [NATO] allies have no room to maneuver right now. Whatever doubts they may have, they are unable not to adopt the new military plans at the summit, because NATO currently has no alternative paths for development right now. Therefore, the consequences of a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive will be psychological rather than practical. It will create numerous small tension points during the negotiations about the specific parameters of military spending increases, the assortment and volumes of military procurement, the level of support to Kiev, and will escalate the competition between US and European military-industrial complexes for future defense orders,” the expert noted.

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“Washington has reportedly been maneuvering for months “to lower Kiev’s expectations,” as it focused the conversation on “security guarantees, rather than a NATO expansion..”

NATO Allies Still Discussing What To Offer Ukraine At Vilnius Summit – WaPo (TASS)

Members of the North Atlantic Alliance are still negotiating what exactly to offer Ukraine at their Vilnius summit on July 11-12, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing diplomats. According to the newspaper, officials in the United States and its NATO allies have described evolving proposals for bilateral or multilateral agreements as “mutual defense pacts or security memorandums.” Others at NATO question Ukraine’s readiness for membership, with Kiev still having a long way to tackle its “chronic problem with corruption.”


Washington has been maneuvering for months “to lower Kiev’s expectations,” as it focused the conversation on “security guarantees, rather than a NATO expansion, WaPo said. The Biden administration sought “to shift the debate toward long-term security pact” as an alternative to membership, with no NATO ally apparently being “willing to send its soldiers to fight in Ukraine,” the newspaper explained. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on June 7 that there is a process for the admission of any member, including Ukraine, to NATO and that the United States is not going to get ahead of that. The alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that Ukraine joining NATO “in the midst of a war” is not on the agenda.

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If “we” don’t do it, Russia will.

Keep Ukraine Out Of NATO, US Experts Argue (RT)

Welcoming Ukraine into NATO would force the US to choose between nuclear war with Russia or abandoning its security commitments to Kiev, two American analysts claimed on Friday. “The security benefits to the United States of Ukrainian accession pale in comparison with the risks of bringing it into the alliance,” Justin Logan and Joshua Shifrinson of the libertarian Cato Institute wrote in Foreign Affairs magazine. If Ukraine were to join the alliance amid the ongoing hostilities, Logan and Shifrinson argued, the US and all of NATO’s European members would immediately be pulled into open war with Russia, with the potential for a nuclear exchange. However, even if the conflict were to be resolved, Ukraine and Russia will still have competing territorial claims, and a membership offer would risk reigniting the conflict, this time with NATO as a direct participant, they added.

“Under these circumstances, an American commitment to fight for Ukraine would be open to question,” they continued. If Ukraine were a NATO member and US policymakers chose not to intervene on its behalf, the bloc’s entire collective defense principle would be undermined, resulting in “a true credibility crisis for NATO.” Furthermore, with the US protected by its nuclear arsenal and the vast Atlantic Ocean, the two analysts argued that America faces no direct threat from Russia, while Ukraine – due to its geography – forms “a bulwark” between Western Europe and Russia “irrespective of NATO membership.” “American time, attention, and resources are needed elsewhere,” Logan and Shifrinson wrote, concluding that “the United States should accept that it is high time to close NATO’s door to Ukraine.” Since the 2008 Bucharest Declaration, NATO’s official policy is that Ukraine will become a member of the bloc at an unspecified future date.

Kiev, however, is unhappy with this non-commitment, with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky reportedly threatening not to attend NATO’s upcoming summit in Lithuania unless the US-led bloc offers “concrete” security guarantees or a roadmap to full membership. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has already ruled out a membership offer at the Vilnius summit. French President Emmanuel Macron, however, has called on the alliance’s leaders to offer Kiev bilateral or multilateral security guarantees, as well as a “path” to full-fledged membership. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace and a number of Eastern European leaders have called for Ukraine to be fast-tracked into the bloc without the usual “membership action plan” that prospective members must complete. The White House, meanwhile, maintains that Ukraine “would have to make reforms to meet the same standards as any NATO country before they join.”

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There is a bridge in Brooklyn.

G7 Justice Ministers Agree To Help Fight Corruption In Ukraine (Az.)

Justice ministers from the Group of Seven nations have agreed to support anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine to push forward reconstruction work in the country, Report informs referring to NHK World-Japan. They met in Tokyo on July 7. This is the first stand-alone gathering of the G7 justice ministers in Japan. They condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the strongest terms. They agreed to work closely with Ukraine to hold Russia accountable for alleged war crimes, by supporting investigations and prosecution. The participants also discussed corruption in Ukraine. Cases include senior government officials being dismissed after they were accused of graft. Observers are afraid that the corruption could hamper rebuilding efforts in the country. The justice ministers decided to set up a Japan-led working group to analyze and propose what kind of anti-corruption measures would be effective.

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“..cooperation between Moscow and Minsk undermines the security of the region and the entire Euro-Atlantic area..”

Baltic, Polish Leaders Warn NATO Of Threats From Belarus (Az.)

Presidents Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania, Andrzej Duda of Poland and Egils Levits of Latvia have sent a joint letter to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and member states’ leaders to warn them of the threats posed by the developments in Belarus, Report informs via LRT. The three leaders say that cooperation between Moscow and Minsk undermines the security of the region and the entire Euro-Atlantic area, Nauseda’s office said in a press release on Friday. The presidents note that Russia has been using Belarus’ territory and its resources for its illegal and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, which shows increasingly closer military integration between the two countries.= “Its recent manifestation has been the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus. It presents an escalatory move in the context of the war in Ukraine and a direct threat to the security of our community,” the letter reads.

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Methinks Zelensky’s been told off.

IAEA Experts Find No Indications Of Mines At Zaporozhye NPP – Grossi (TASS)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have checked a wider section of the perimeter of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s (ZNPP) cooling pond, finding no indications of mines and explosives, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement on Friday. “International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have received additional access at the site of Ukraine’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), without – so far – observing any visible indications of mines or explosives,” the statement reads. According to Grossi, the experts were able “to check a wider section of the perimeter of the ZNPP’s large cooling pond than previously.” They also “visited the isolation gate separating the cooling pond from what remains of the Kakhovka reservoir.” In addition, the IAEA experts “went to the gate separating the discharge channel of the nearby Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant (ZTPP) from the reservoir.”


“So far, they have not seen any mines or explosives. But they still need more access, including to the rooftops of reactor units 3 and 4 and parts of the turbine halls. I remain hopeful that this access will be granted soon,” Grossi said.On July 5, IAEA experts requested additional access to the power plant’s facilities, which is necessary to confirm the absence of mines and explosives at the Zaporozhye NPP. Earlier, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia of allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Zaporozhye NPP. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Zelensky’s allegation as yet another lie. Renat Karchaa, advisor to the CEO of Russian state nuclear power corporation Rosenergoatom, said that the Ukrainian leader’s statement might be an indication that Kiev is preparing to attack the ZNPP in order to drag NATO further into the Ukrainian conflict.

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“Rolling Stone’s coverage took the cakes..”

How To Create a Fake News Cycle (Pierre Kory)

The report quoted a doctor claiming that patients overdosing on ivermectin were backing up rural hospitals. Supposedly people coming to the ER with serious injuries – even gunshot wounds – could not access care. The story was laundered through countless media outlets and blue checks, who were already skeptical of ivermectin because of its association with Trump and his supporters. In their eyes, a bunch of MAGA lunatics overdosing on “horse de-wormer” were killing grandma. Six days later, the hospital where the doctor worked confirmed that the story was a total fabrication. There were no ivermectin overdoses – none – and the doctor hadn’t worked at the hospital in more than two months.

This was easily the sloppiest and most brazen hit job the media pulled during the pandemic. But Rolling Stone’s coverage took the cakes. The outlet used a photo portraying people lined up outside wearing winter clothes – wrong season. As the saying goes, “A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.” To this day, Rolling Stone still hasn’t taken the story down. It simply changed the headline and slapped on a disclaimer. The whole debacle presents a neat lesson in how to create a fake news cycle. It goes like this.

Step one: Identify a public tool, such as poison control centers, that are easy to manipulate. These organizations have a public hotline and email address that anyone can use to report a problem. The reports are logged as “adverse events,” but they are not easily confirmed and typically will be tabulated for public records whether or not they have been verified. This is exactly what happened with the Oklahoma story. The local poison control center was deluged with fake calls from people claiming they overdosed on ivermectin.

Step two: Deploy “independent,” seemingly credible voices to validate and embellish the false claims. Doctors are among the most trusted professionals, but having a medical degree doesn’t make you an honest broker. Many doctors struggle to earn a living practicing medicine, and sadly some – like the Oklahoma ER doc – will stoop to industry or political hit jobs if it pays the bills. And doctors willing to go on the record expressing concern about a health scare – ivermectin overdoses – are all a reporter needs for a juicy scoop.

Step three: Coordinate with institutional allies to add legitimacy – FDA, American Medical Association, and GAVI (The Vaccine Alliance) – to add credibility and fan the flames with outraged public statements and targeted ad buys. Reporters can pose questions to their representatives at televised briefings, which carried more significance during the pandemic.

Finally, step four: Activate the echo chamber in mainstream and social media. Twitter influencers who live and play in the Acela corridor can talk to each other in the green rooms of cable news studios and glitzy Beltway gatherings. They can pat each other on the back for exposing the crazies and conspiracy theorists.

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“Joe Biden,” the personification of a failed state.”

Father of Our Country (Jim Kunstler)

Consider for a moment, and be grateful for, how perfect “Joe Biden” is as president of this foundering republic. He and his family project the rectified essence of every depravity now driving the life of our nation to some murky bottom, where it may be forced to assess its sorry state, repent, and perhaps recover (or just give up and die). There he stands, without ambiguity or conscience: “Joe Biden,” the personification of a failed state. As a criminal enterprise, for instance, the Biden family influence-peddling operation among foreign powers reflects exactly the racketeering character of corporate America today — which is to say, making money dishonestly, and often for doing nothing. In America’s biggest industry, finance, this is absolutely the case.

You may have forgotten what finance is, and what it’s supposed to do: namely, to lend money for activities intended to produce things of value, useful things that people need and want, sometimes even public works that benefit everyone in society. American Finance now is in the business of receiving free money (loans at minimal interest) from government-chartered central banks (issuing “credit” from nowhere), that banks, hedge funds, private equity outfits, and sundry freebooters can roll into instruments such as interest-yielding bonds (loans back to government) and derivatives (algorithmic bets derived, abstracted from, and tuned to market movements) magically multiplying money that finally produces nothing of value — though it may translate into yacht purchases, alimony payments, luxury suites at ballparks, private Caribbean islands, and traffic in humans for use as sex toys.

The Biden business model also applies nicely to medicine and higher education, two endeavors saturated in prestige and pomp, like the doings in the White House, but which, similarly to that hotbed of policy and action, in the case of medicine, produces shocking amounts of unnecessary death (est. 251,000 a year from iatrogenic treatment errors), and in the case of higher ed, the production of specious and harmful Big Ideas — while both endeavors expand like turbo-tumors within the dying body of an expiring manufacturing economy.

As in the Biden model, dishonesty is now the keystone in both “Meds” and “Eds.” Our public health officialdom hasn’t stopped lying about the Covid-19 episode since it began, and in every aspect from the origin of the disease (if that’s even what it was), to the deaths statistically attributed to it, to everything about the “vaccines” cooked up to stop it. In turn, those officials coerced America’s doctors into withholding the best treatments (ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine) while applying deadly protocols (remdesivir plus intubation) guaranteed to kill hospital patients — which the government then rewarded with gargantuan bonus payments.

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“Lukashenko proposed total integration of the SCO and BRICS ..”

The currency’s almost there.

The SCO Welcomes A New ‘Global Globe’ (Pepe Escobar)

The 23rd summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held virtually in New Delhi, represented History in the making: three BRICS (Russia, India, China), plus Pakistan and four Central Asian “stans” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan), finally and formally, welcomed the Islamic Republic of Iran as a permanent member. And next year will be Belarus’ turn, as confirmed by India’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Vinay Kvatra. Belarus and Mongolia took part in the 2023 summit as observers, and fiercely independent Turkmenistan, as a guest. After years of US “maximum pressure,” Tehran may now finally get rid of the sanctions dementia and solidify its leading role in the ongoing process of Eurasia integration.

Arguably, the star of the show in New Delhi was Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has led his country since 1994. Old Man Luka, unbeatable in the headline-stealing department, especially after his mediator role in the Prighozin saga, may have coined the definitive slogan of multipolarity. Forget the western-termed “golden billion” which in fact barely reaches 100 million; embrace now the “Global Globe” – with a firm focus on the Global South. As the clincher, Lukashenko proposed total integration of the SCO and BRICS – which in their upcoming summit in South Africa will be heading the BRICS+ way. And it goes without saying, this integration also applies to the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU). The next step for the “Global Globe” – what the collective west dismissively qualifies as “the rest” – is to work on the complex coordination of several development banks and then the process to issue bonds linked to a new trading currency.

The main ideas and the basic template already exist. The new bonds will be a real safe heaven compared to the US dollar and US Treasuries, and will imply accelerated de-dollarization. Capital used to purchase those bonds should be used to finance trade and sustainable development, in what will be a certified, Chinese-style “win-win.” The SCO declaration made it clear that the expanding multilateral body is “not directed against other states and international organizations.” On the contrary, it is “open to broad cooperation with them in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, the SCO Charter and international law, based on consideration of mutual interests.” The heart of the matter is of course the drive towards a fair multipolar world order – the polar opposite of the Hegemon-imposed “rules-based international order.” And the three key nodes are mutual security; trade in local currencies, and eventually, de-dollarization.

BRICS currency
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“This comes one day after the DOJ asked a final time to block Mr. Trump from being deposed..”

Judge Says Trump Can Be Deposed in Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok Lawsuit (ET)

Former President Donald Trump can be deposed in a lawsuit filed by former FBI agent Peter Strzok against the Department of Justice (DOJ), a federal judge ordered on Friday. Mr. Strzok’s lawsuit alleges wrongful termination following the debunked Russia collusion investigation and claims that he was fired at Mr. Trump’s direction. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, agreed with the request to depose Mr. Trump in a brief order on July 6. This comes one day after the DOJ asked a final time to block Mr. Trump from being deposed.

“Given the limited nature of the deposition that has been ordered, and the fact that the former President’s schedule appears to be able to accommodate other civil litigation that he has initiated, the outcome of the balancing required by the apex doctrine remains the same for all of the reasons previously stated,” Ms. Jackson wrote in her brief order. Under the “apex doctrine” in U.S. law, high-ranking government officials, such as the president, enjoy a degree of immunity from being compelled to provide testimony or evidence in legal proceedings. In May, Ms. Jackson ordered a stay on the deposition of Mr. Trump until FBI Director Christopher Wray was deposed in the lawsuit. DOJ lawyers previously argued that Mr. Wray, a lower-ranked official, should be deposed first as any evidence that he provided could mean that Mr. Trump would not have to testify.

Mr. Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who is also suing the DOJ and FBI, played key roles in the FBI Crossfire Hurricane investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mr. Strzok also played a role in the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to send classified information. Mr. Strzok reportedly changed key language in the conclusion of the Clinton email investigation from “grossly negligent,” which would have been a crime, to “extremely careless,” which may have exonerated Ms. Clinton. Special counsel Robert Mueller fired Mr. Strzok in 2018 after around 10,000 text messages between Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page were discovered.

The messages sent between 2015 and 2016 revealed the pair expressed strong anti-Trump bias in critical comments about Mr. Trump and his supporters as the two were working on the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The messages also exposed an alleged affair between the two. The FBI special counsel probe ultimately concluded that the Trump campaign did not collude with the Russian government to get elected. However, corporate media outlets aired several unfounded claims about Mr. Trump that came from what appeared to be anonymous sources within the FBI and DOJ. The DOJ had argued that there was no evidence Mr. Strzok was fired at Mr. Trump’s direction, contending that his deposition “is not appropriate.”

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“Twitter will seek “both civil remedies and injunctive relief without further notice to prevent any further retention, disclosure, or use of its intellectual property by Meta..”

Musk’s Twitter Tells Zuckerberg’s Threads To ‘Cease And Desist’ (SN)

Twitter has sent a cease and desist letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg warning that legal action will be taken in light of theft of protected intellectual property and trade secrets by Meta’s new Twitter clone Threads. Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro delivered the letter which accuses Meta of “systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” “Over the past year, Meta has hired dozens of former Twitter employees,” the letter continued, adding “Twitter knows that these employees previously worked at Twitter; that these employees had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets and other highly confidential information; that these employees owe ongoing obligations to Twitter; and that many of these employees have improperly retained Twitter documents and electronic devices.”

“With that knowledge, Meta deliberately assigned these employees to develop, in a matter of months, Meta’s copycat ‘Threads’ app with the specific intent that they use Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property in order to accelerate the development of Meta’s competing app, in violation of both state and federal law as well as those employees’ ongoing obligations to Twitter,” the letter further asserts. Twitter “intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information.” Twitter will seek “both civil remedies and injunctive relief without further notice to prevent any further retention, disclosure, or use of its intellectual property by Meta,” the letter futher notes.


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    Lawrence Alma-Tadema Women of Amphissa 1887   • Ukraine – Biden Again Escalates (MoA) • US Giving Cluster Munitions To Ukraine In ‘Desperate Gest
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle July 8 2023]

    #138594
    Germ
    Participant

    Just one of 1000’s.

    Edwin van der Sar: former goalkeeper stable in intensive care with brain bleed

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/07/edwin-van-der-sar-intensive-care-brain-bleed-manchester-united-ajax

    See:
    Fatal cerebral haemorrhage after COVID-19 vaccine
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33928772/

    TVASSF (tick…tock…tick…tock…)

    ☠☠☠

    #138595
    Germ
    Participant

    #138596
    Germ
    Participant

    All theatre. All. Of. It.

    https://t.me/downtherabbitholewegofolks/81104

    TVASSF

    #138597
    Dr. D
    Participant

    https://doomberg.substack.com/p/tour-de-farce

    ““The war in Ukraine is aggravating the painful effects of climate change, causing not only severe damage in Ukraine, but also distress in a wider circle that includes Africa and South Asia, according to John F. Kerry, the United States special presidential envoy for climate.
    The war demonstrates how ‘climate change is a threat multiplier,’ Mr. Kerry said in an interview on Wednesday.”
    We are not sure what is more bewildering: that Kerry would think it appropriate to say such a thing, or that the New York Times would feel duty-bound to report it as anything other than parody. How the war is inconveniently impacting Kerry’s climate agenda is something of an obsession for him, as though counting carbon emissions supersedes the death, destruction, and risk of thermonuclear conflict resulting from the ongoing hostilities. On the literal eve of war last February, Kerry soberly relayed to the BBC his hope that “President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.” For real. He actually said that.”

    Yes. Because they are mentally ill. And this is a religion. But as they say this is a religion for the “Elites”, the Special People™, the “Few who Know™”. The great unwashed are too stupid to understand, so you need to take away their sodas like a bully in a schoolyard and MAKE them do it. Only us special people know why, and because “you can’t handle it” we keep it secret and don’t bother telling you. Whether it’s a sun-burp, an Ice Age, or a rogue planet ripping through the solar system from beyond Pluto, you can’t know. Only us special people would know, because, like the lights going out, if we told you, you’d all melt down and panic, running in the streets like “Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow”.

    It doesn’t matter that that never, ever happens. That in a hurricane or NE Grid collapse the people come together and it’s essentially just as peaceful as before. Nor that this happens every time, proven again for decades. That humans are self-regulating and don’t need You. Facts Don’t Matter™. This is dogma, faith, we’re talking about here.

    More, um, sir: “how do you know the Mormon church fathers, the Scientology guys who now have your blackmail confession aren’t putting you on?” Doesn’t it seem a little suspicious that you’re the ONLY people who get this? And we can’t tell anyone? And we can’t check? And the actions taken only consolidate their power over especially, you, the “Elite”? Yes, you, you “Elites” you’re being a Sap, a Rube. YOU are the punk, the idiot, the Mark. The unwashed people, dumb as they are, are smarter than you in this regard: at least they can still exhibit basic, animal suspicion, and understand “Theft” and “Murder”, that not all animals above them have only their best interests in mind.

    But we’ll never know what CIA paid “sooper-secret” “Project S.H.I.E.L.D” Scientists to tell you idiots. Because you won’t be honest.

    And I have to say, not telling people the truth? It’s working great! No one’s resisting at all. Once the Masses heard the GodSpell, they fell in line and ate the bugs and weren’t mad at you at all, jumping in and not burning down your neighborhoods in Paris or nothin’. Oh. Wait. I mean the #Opposite. If you can’t TELL people, honestly, what you’re up to – why the economy sucks or why we’re at war with Russia – then you get no buy-in. No support, and you have to use expensive, failing levers of raw Fascism to get even tiny things done, and we sabotage even those things with one Yellow Cone. All because 1) Why would anyone follow you if you’re a transparent liar? And 2) Why would anyone follow you if you only use raw Violence and never persuasion?

    So we got that goin’ for us. Personally, I think they’re right, I think there’s “Something” out there they told AOC for instance. Something real. But I also think they’re probably also lying about it. An example might be, yes, we will have a world-wide Carrington event (we won’t, it would ruin their control grid, but…) BUT that really we don’t know when it will happen to within 500-100 years, making it irrelevant, AND we could very easily harden all the electronics to withstand it. But we don’t tell Junior Congresswomen or CEOs that. Then they wouldn’t shoot themselves in the head for our profit and power plan. We need them to THINK they are “In the Club”. Special. Like in “Kingsmen”.

    Sorry, running long on that idea, because it’s the fundamental idea of our age, and the one upon which all the others, like War and the Economy, all rest and depend. Answer is simple: TELL THE TRUTH. And out here, DEMAND THE TRUTH. Cling to the Truth, and, since NOT doing so is very, very often a crime, PROSECUTE THE LIARS, throw them in jail for their 100,000 felonies, Covid being one, as a bad example to others.

    I don’t care what “Special, Secret People” do, you have to convince ME, or I ain’t going.

    Liars? Torturing people +2 years, oubliette, without charge or trial?

    “Narrative Collapse: Tucker Carlson Says Capitol Police Chief Admitted ‘Jan6 Crowd Was Filled With Feds’
    “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, that crowd was filled with federal agents…”

    Jeez, what harm can a little white lie do? When our Good Intent™ justifies the means? Reality A: Armed, Seditious overthrow of the Federal government, Reality B: No weapons, no plan, half the crowd are paid actors who are FBI agents POSING as a seditious overthrow of the Federal Government. Facts matter. That was supposed to be why we have Courts.

    “”We trusted the government not to screw us..” — Edward Snowden.

    Whyyyyyy? Why would you ever do that? And who is this “We” you’re talking about? Clearly you’re from the East Coast, and the Laptop Class. Nobody ‘round here does.

    16 Firefighter deaths in 6 months, 32 deaths/year.

    Well that’s just ridiculous. Everyone knows that Firefighters are unhealthy, out of shape layabouts. Especially the ones age 32 are past due for a stroke, because we all know strokes are for 9-year-olds. Like German bodybuilder Jo Lindner. Yup, being the most fit, Mr. Universe contender means you’re just unhealthy, “die suddenly”, and it’s not like he went on TV 7 times and said the vaccines did this to him or anything. “So sad” they report. “Great guy and was loved” they report.

    “The Washington Post says that the U.S. will now give cluster munition to Ukraine.” President Biden has approved the provision of U.S. cluster munitions for Ukraine,”

    In violation of what is accepted Human Rights over almost the whole planet. But that’s nothing new. My point is: yeah? So Russia now blows them all up in Lviv, not waiting for them to get closer. Did you SEE the leveling of what is essentially an entire college campus? They haven’t done this before because they NEED the weapons to arrive in one place. If they blew everything up, the weapons would be spread messily amongst Toyota Hilux coast to coast. I WANT them in an arms depot or NATO bunker. Then I can blow them up. Problem being of course, you can only blow up Lviv’s NATO base once.

    “Press Secretary Psaki, on February 28, 2022, said, ‘The use of cluster munitions is a war crime.’”
    “I Did That” – Joe Biden.

    Will they vote for it? Cluster bombs for children? YES THEY WILL. All Democrats will vote for Joe’s war crimes, joyfully, enthusiastically. Just ask them. They’re not shy to tell you. We have to commit war crimes otherwise the Other Guy™ might get in and “something bad might happen.” The Other Guy might start a war and hurt civilians. The Other Guy will wreck the economy and authorize the end of Free Speech and all human rights, like a Dictator, in court.

    ““Cluster munitions are a desperate gesture. This measure tells the story that the US and its satellites have realized they are powerless.”

    Yes, however, we also get rid of them since we don’t want and can’t use them anyway. Plus they’re all old, so they’re REALLY going to have a lot of duds that are dangerous to civilians and we can’t dispose of. Isn’t it better to dump them in a field or river in the middle of the night like a good Capitalist? That’s Joe for you.

    ““[They] can inflict immense damage to the civilian population years after a conflict..”

    Anglos, or NeoCons, or their more recognizable name: Nazis. They always go scorched earth. If they can’t have it, they destroy it so you can’t either. Logic 101 really. Killing everyone, everywhere, all the time, it’s always Logical.

    “Vienna strongly opposes providing Kiev with cluster bombs, as they can cause suffering to civilians for many years after the fighting is over,”

    Yeah, you gonna do anything about it? I thought so. We’d do something about it here, but you already saw what happens when we vote overwhelmingly, or protest vigorously. They don’t care: they arrest everyone, rig everything, and do it anyway, but with you in solitary for 2 years without even charges. At least Assange reportedly DID something. You can only image what they’d do if we really got forceful about stopping them, because that’s what they’ve been trying to get us to do for decades.

    ““security guarantees, rather than a NATO expansion..”

    This is like a joke, but a bad one? NATO says “This security guarantee is that IF you get in a war, AND that war is in the future, we MIGHT give you some weapons so you can fight it.” Ukraine: “We’re in that war NOW.” “Shhh little baby. Later. We MIGHT give you a couple leftover non-working Bradleys LATER.” You know, IF something BAD happens.

    So it’s the same as now, only much, MUCH worse. Like the Steven Seagal Sanctions: Why Bother?

    “G7 Justice Ministers Agree To Help Fight Corruption In Ukraine (Az.)

    I’ve reported a hot tip to them: there was a high-level U.S. Official who said on camera worldwide to fire their chief investigator and stop looking into his Million-dollar payoffs or else they would cut $6B in aid to Ukraine. BTW, the other G7, like De Lyin’, are under their own ultra-high-level criminal investigations. So the G7, the SECOND most corrupt force on the planet, is going to investigate the #1 MOST corrupt force on the planet? Because #1 is the money-laundering center and employee of #2? This is a joke right? You can’t just say “Garden People/Jungle People” and this goes away.

    “The local poison control center was deluged with fake calls from people claiming they overdosed on ivermectin.”

    Already false: you can’t overdose on IVM. But this is common. Reporter, slow news day, calls up Company A and says, “People have been saying you provide banking to the KKK. What are you doing to stop it?” 1) There are no people saying that 2) They are not providing banking to them 3) They are already doing everything to stop it. DOESN’T MATTER! I’m printing the story anyway, with facts and people I all made up here over my latte, as a straight-up felony shakedown extortion racket. Now DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD. I am the “Good People”™ therefore everything I do is Good™. What don’t you understand? And the “Good People™” declare Blacks could never succeed, get hired, or have anything in a Meritocracy because they’re too illiterate, stupid, and lazy to succeed. That’s what all the “Good People” believe! If you don’t believe it too, I’ll hit “Print” on this extortion article, you hateful bigot. (Yes, I only wish I were making this up.)

    Anyway, they’re MUCH TOO NICE. It’s not “laundering” a “Story” or whatever, it’s a FELONY. Felony, felony, felony. It’s extortion, racketeering, which serves +10 year sentences and where you get 1/3 of the money clawed back from their mafia organized crimes. By open, unrepentant racists. Go get them and stop excusing their behavior, they’re incapable of understanding otherwise. If you don’t stop them, they’ll keep going and hurt more (black) people. And that’s what you really care about, right?

    “DOJ asked a final time to block Mr. Trump from being deposed..”

    Why would you BLOCK him? Don’t you usually want them on the stand to make a mistake?

    “theft of protected intellectual property and trade secrets by Meta’s new Twitter clone Threads.”

    Never followed the law before. Why start now? Since nobody follows the law on anything, why not each mail cluster munitions to each other? Signed by Hunter, I’m sure neither party would get in trouble.

    #138598
    V. Arnold
    Participant

    Baa, baa, black sheep,
    Have you any wool?
    Yes, sir, yes, sir,
    Three bags full.

    One for my master,
    One for my dame,
    And none for the little boy
    Who lives down the lane.
    …and here we are…

    #138599
    Henry
    Participant

    Meloni Is Baloney. Just look where she stands on Ukraine.

    #138600
    zerosum
    Participant

    Belief …. If there were any evidence of ….. No evidence! …. Truth?
    —————–

    Unapproved Depopulation tool!
    The elites are speaking against the use of cluster ammunitions in Ukraine in opposition to what the USA want to do.
    Why are we at war with Russia?
    We have left the civilized world behind.

    • US Giving Cluster Munitions To Ukraine In ‘Desperate Gesture’ – Envoy (TASS)

    The Convention on Cluster Munitions was signed by 123 countries in the Norwegian capital in 2008 and took effect on August 1, 2010. By now, 110 countries have ratified it.

    The real dud rate of cluster munitions is often way higher than formally declared by the military.
    ————
    “a leopard cannot change its spots,” meaning that people are incapable of changing their essential nature.
    Others at NATO question Ukraine’s readiness for membership, with Kiev still having a long way to tackle its “chronic problem with corruption.”
    ————
    • Keep Ukraine Out Of NATO, US Experts Argue (RT)

    Kiev, however, is unhappy with this non-commitment, with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky reportedly threatening not to attend NATO’s upcoming summit in Lithuania unless the US-led bloc offers “concrete” security guarantees or a roadmap to full membership.
    ———-
    War plans need to change. Unexpected surprise move of the Wagner Mercenary
    • Baltic, Polish Leaders Warn NATO Of Threats From Belarus (Az.)
    ———-
    No evidence!
    • IAEA Experts Find No Indications Of Mines At Zaporozhye NPP – Grossi (TASS)
    ———-
    No evidence!
    • How To Create a Fake News Cycle (Pierre Kory)
    There were no ivermectin overdoses –
    ———-
    No evidence!
    Appearance of cocaine in the white house!
    ———-
    No evidence!
    https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/conrad-black-a-betrayal-of-canada/ar-AA1dAQ4z?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1d8c732b5b6a4854bb8db98bd4c53782&ei=13

    Conrad Black: A betrayal of Canada
    When rigorous research finally catches up with the horrifying exaggerations of those who claim that our forebears were responsible for the systematic murder of the native people, we may turn to the question of why Canadian opinion has been such fertile ground for these appalling fictions.
    The Trudeau government has deliberately proclaimed and incited the world to believe that this country has been guilty of attempted genocide. That is a monstrous blood libel on English and French Canadians and as I have written and said many times, it is a betrayal of Canada that should morally disqualify the government from re-election.
    ————-

    #138601
    kultsommer
    Participant

    And none for the little boy
    Who lives down the lane.

    Ayn Rand teaches that little boy should pull himself up by the bootstraps.

    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
    – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    I understand the sentiment and where Splzhy is coming from but how to explain that Russia after the 90’s total collapse
    bounced back so strong as the nation, while the USA….well, Jim K. in his article above tells that better than me?
    Dmitry Orlov knows why, BTW. Secret ingredient is a little bit of equality goes long way.

    #138602
    zerosum
    Participant

    Its getting hot everywhere.
    Maybe, the inverse square rule was violated.
    Maybe, the shape of space was changed by an unknown/undetected/unexpected force/energy.

    #138603
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    What happens when jewbankstergansters control your government, media, educational, financial and legal systems? Look back 100 years to Russia, a horrorshow, Satanism on full dislplay. Well, now its here. Only the willfully ignorant cannot see it, eyeballs glued to talmudvision casting its spell. 3 years of premeditated murder. No one held accountable. No one. The horrorshow is just beginning.

    #138604
    zerosum
    Participant

    Stop and accept.
    My truth is the right truth because its backed by power and money.

    #138605
    The Markster
    Participant

    Agreed with Henry on Meloni. That speech is from over 10 months ago. Since her thrilling populist victory and snappy little speech she has exposed herself as just another cog in the Nazi West War Machine, knuckling under just to get along with monsters.

    Which brings 4 years of Trump to mind.

    Speaking only for myself, culture wars of all kinds have now grown stale. Make love instead, in whatever way best suits you. Do no harm. Fasting and prayer. ☮️

    #138606
    jb-hb
    Participant

    Speaking only for myself, culture wars of all kinds have now grown stale.

    one side of the culture war wanted to live and let live before it even began, found it stale upon inception

    the other side has no intention of stopping and There Shall Be No Conversation

    You cannot be easygoing FOR someone else who won’t. You cannot say live and let live, equal protections and liberty under the law and fix them if they reply that free speech is fascist istaphobia. The cunning crazy ones cynically applying it nonstop like the whole world is nothing but nails and there’s nothing they love more than hammers. The sheeply stupid crazy ones genuinely believing it.

    I wanted to bow out too, getting tired of it when they turned it up to a screeching continual11 around 2016. So I decided to take a dive back into geek culture. What did I find?

    Comic books ruined. Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, disgustingly ruined. D&D? “Orcs are Black People!!!” (just who’s racist again?) Uber liberal JK Rowling is a fascist phobe. We need more ugly morbidly obese women in video games. (thanks, Dove – what does soap have to do with gaming again?)

    Just examples. They’d (they being people with no interest or experience with any of the institutions of geek culture) already been there or just got there and salted the earth.

    Next thing I know, my work is making me participate in multiple required multi hour video “trainings” led by Ibrahim X Kendri in which he tells coworkers of 20 years that they are evil subhumans. Then my work starts requiring me to take the Woke sacrament/purification/purity test or go die in a gutter.

    I do not think they will listen to you, nor will they leave you alone. Their purpose IS to penetrate into everything, make everything political. Fasting and prayer will not affect them in any way – other than some effort to co-opt them – if I search I think I will find they already have.

    #138607
    jb-hb
    Participant

    We miss Covid

    #138608
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Ayn Rand teaches that little boy should pull himself up by the bootstraps.
    Right. Would that we all would find an amazing, technologically advanced house in the woods, that only requires a little tinkering to get functioning, in order to provide one man — and his grateful friends — a life of liberty and freedom.

    I may be a little fuzzy on the details of Anthem. I read it around 3 decades ago — found it with my parents’ books one day when I was looking for something to read. (I read Animal Farm for the same reason a few years before that.) However, it left me with a sour taste in my mouth. I read it, and a part of myself, deep inside declared: There is something wrong with the message of this book. Something doesn’t make sense! I kept thinking about it. And then I realized…the amazing house pre-existed the character. It’s existence had nothing to do with his efforts. It was the product of prior people, and prior people’s efforts.

    Of course, the quasi-religious, collectivist society was terrible and oppressive. However, the idea that selfishness was the antidote was puerile.

    #138610
    DarkMatter
    Participant

    Russia confirms that they are launching a BRICS currency backed by #gold.

    Prediction: Those owning gold will be demonized as Putin supporters and confiscation will be the natural course of action.

    #138612
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    What happens when jewbankstergansters control your government, media, educational, financial and legal systems?

    And, what do you know? The key guy who ratted out Biden & Co. for influence peddling in March 2019 was also Jewish. Would it be appropriate to append the religion or ethnicity of other bankstergangsters? There is an Italian mafia — but do we then suppose that all Italians are mafiosos? Are the Rockefellers “christbankstergangsters”? Does that mean that all Christians are suspect?

    Let’s see…there is a really wise guy who stated “By their fruits ye shall know them”—so, just maybe, we should judge individuals by their own fruits and not by the actions of those who happen to share religion and/or ethnicity?

    #138614
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant

    KANIUKAI, Lithuania (Reuters) – NATO has turned Vilnius into a fortress defended by advanced weaponry to protect U.S. President Joe Biden and other alliance leaders meeting next week only 32 km (20 miles) from Lithuania’s razor-wire topped border fence with Russian ally Belarus.

    Sixteen NATO allies have sent a total of about 1,000 troops to safeguard the July 11-12 summit, which will take place only 151 km (94 miles) from Russia itself. Many are also providing advanced air defence systems which the Baltic states lack.

    “It would be more than irresponsible to have our sky unprotected as Biden and leaders of 40 countries are arriving,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said. […]

    https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-07-08/nato-flexes-muscle-to-protect-vilnius-summit-near-russia-belarus

    F.S.

    #138615
    zerosum
    Participant

    Probability/Possibility
    1. MSM/NATO strongly opposes providing Kiev with cluster bombs,
    2. Kiev uses cluster bombs
    3. MSM tells the TRUTH about neo-nazi Ukraine/Kiev
    4. NATO stops sending aid to Ukraine

    #138616
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    I like to free the ideas from the letters


    Human beings are born with different capacities.

    If they are free,
    they are not equal.

    And

    if they are equal,
    they are not free.

    – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    #138619
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    It is not possible for an individual to fare better (when everything is taken into full consideration) than the aggregated sum-total of how everyone else is faring.

    If the world seems otherwise it is only because those who THINK they are faring better are self-centered (and narrow minded) to such an extreme extent that the have lost the capability to be aware of how other individuals are actually getting along and experiencing the fullness of what their lives really are.

    No materially impoverished person in their right might would choose to change places with a rich guy if the price of the swap was that along with the money, luxurious comforts and power would come the blindness of heart and mind and soul that turns all of those comforts of life into lifeless stone.

    In other words, if you could become King Midas or Baron Rothschild any time you chose, would you choose that if it also meant that you would consequently have to then BE them in every way?

    Any takers? Of course not. Only the already insane would make such a self-destructive choice. Those hapless cretins like Klaus, Gates or Rothschild would not even make that choice themselves, if they had not already lost the so much of their capacity for awareness that they cannot even see how badly they themselves are faring! They are tragically unaware that have become deaf, dumb, blind, crippled, afflicted and murderously hateful . . . without even knowing it. That’s very low indeed. It’s a level of degradation bordering on being snuffed out of self-aware existence altogether.

    At that point, what little was left of them as THEM (their self-aware identity) could indeed ALMOST be reduced (with little modification) to a package of data driven AI responses that could be uploaded to the electronic “Metaverse”, to exist, but not live, for as long as the network existed, and the only remaining awareness (if any remained at all) could only be that it hated every thing and every one, outside of itself, and didn’t really like itself all that much either. That’s about as close to a definition of Hell as I would care to imagine.

    This capacity for awareness thing is clearly a two-way street. Thank God that U-Turns are permitted.

    In other words, we all fare well, or it’s farewell to all.

    #138620
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #138621
    Oroboros
    Participant

    A woman who leaped into a river to test if her dog would rescue her, only to be swept away, has been found dead.

    The unnamed woman, aged 46, was walking with friends near the Hongcheon River in South Korea’s Gangwon Province early in the morning of July 1, when she entered the river to see if her dog would come to her aid if she was drowning.

    She was then washed downstream by rapid currents.

    #138622
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #138623
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #138624
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    Pheonix, if I droppedyour ass out of a helicopter over a hasidic enclave in jew york, you would see what i’m sayin in 5 minutes. Rockerfellers are jews. They change names, dummy…like merrick garland. Pedo joe is surrounded by jews. You won’t see shit from that ivory tower, until its too late.

    #138625
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #138626
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Empire of Lies economic collapse is coming

    .

    #138627
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    It is interesting that we are uniquely different in such a way that no two of us are identical/equal.

    I am what I am and I enjoy expressing it.

    Freedom is important if you want to do that.

    #138628
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    As of today, I have a total of 21 turbines mounted of the 24. 3 more tomorrow

    I hope it works out.

    Newfoundland is very windy and not very sunny.

    Next, after installing 3625 feet of 1/0 AWG wire
    to bring current from the turbines to the battery bank,
    I suspect the wind with the solar may have a chance of
    keeping the battery bank in good state of charge so
    the gas generator will rarely be needed

    And then, I will be installing an air to air heat pump
    to minimize wood consumption and
    allow the possibility of an indoor garden
    with heat and grow lights

    #138629
    Oroboros
    Participant

    New movie coming out

    A new Super Hero

    .

    #138630
    Oroboros
    Participant

    As social order breaks down in earnest, creative solutions in violence emerge.

    Tough night in the hood for mediated problem solving

    I’ve never seen a lit stick of dynamite casually tossed into a car to settle a bone of contention.

    Ouch, that must have hurt. Looked like his head popped off and out the window

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1676834024084635650

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    Oroboros
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    Oh Shit!, close call, but I can’t remember where I dropped my stash

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    Oroboros
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    Dora
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    Oh my. What could the cause be?

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    Dr. D
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    “President Joe Biden and other alliance leaders meeting next week only 32 km (20 miles) from Lithuania’s razor-wire topped border fence”

    Obviously that’s silly: Walls don’t work. And all humans are legal! Let the Belarussians cross into Lithuania all they want! With all the guns and fentanyl they want. …But this observation will have no effect as the mind-virus is illogical by nature. Addressing it with logic is like spitting on a rhinoceros: it won’t even recognize what you’re doing.

    “Sixteen NATO allies have sent a total of about 1,000 troops to safeguard the July 11-12 summit,”

    50 WHOLE PEOPLE apiece? WHERE do they find that kind of money and manpower? Those 1,000 men could probably stop…1/3rd of the Boy Scout Troops of West Virginia. Or conquer all of Britain in its present state of decay. Your choice.

    Whatever could heart deaths be? Drugs I bet. I hear there are so many drugs out there now that tourists just wander in with bricks of them, then leave them casually on the floor. I mean, it’s worth $8,000, but they’ll just get more t the White House fence, right?

    So many drugs causing so many heart deaths we have to keep the border open.

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