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Debt Rattle August 30 2024

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M. C. Escher The Tower of Babel 1928

 

• God Wants Me To Save The World – Trump (RT)
• Kamala Blows Pre-Taped Interview Question With Walz Right Next To Her (ZH)
• US Will Be ‘Crypto Capital Of The Planet’ – Trump (RT)
• UK Bankers Hoping Trump Regains White House – Politico (RT)
• Jim Rogers: Durov’s Arrest Could End France’s Appeal for High-Tech
• The Sound of Enforced Silence (Patrick Lawrence)
• Terrorists Planned To Kill ‘Tens Of Thousands’ At Taylor Swift Concert – CIA (RT)
• ‘Karbala Is The Path To Al-aqsa’: An Iraq Diary (Pepe Escobar)
• X Warns Of Brazil Shutdown ‘Soon’ (ZH)
• Ukrainian Army Shoots Down Its Own F16 Jet, Pilot Killed (ZH)
• Suspected Nord Stream Bomber Used Ukrainian Gov’t Car To Flee – Spiegel (RT)
• Hungarian FM Slams EU’s Borrell Over Ukraine (RT)
• Ukrainian Impunity Could Result In Major Nuclear Incident – Moscow (RT)
• The Lies of the US Empire Will Be Its Undoing (DeMartino)
• Houthis To Allow Salvage Crews To Access Oil Tanker They Hit In The Red (OP)

 

 

 

 

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Not how he said it. But if you believe in God, living in a nation under God, it’s inevitable you try to find a purpose in such a experience.

The craziest thing here is not Trump, it’s the media silence.

• God Wants Me To Save The World – Trump (RT)

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said it was God who spared his life in last month’s assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The GOP firebrand claimed that he has a mission to save America, and perhaps the whole world. Trump narrowly escaped death when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at him on July 13. The would-be assassin had taken position on a nearby rooftop that gave him an unobstructed view of his target. Crooks fired off several shots, one of which grazed the former president’s right ear. One rally attendee was killed and two others were seriously injured. The shooter was subsequently killed by return fire from the Secret Service. In an interview on Tuesday with psychologist and TV host Phil McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, Trump argued that “there had to be some great power” at play on that fateful day.

“The only thing I can think is that God loves our country and he thinks we’re gonna bring our country back,” Trump explained. “It has to be God. I mean how can you say it’s luck when it’s, you know, twenty million to one?” he insisted. Commenting on the Democrats replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee for the November 5 election, Trump lamented that he now had to face a “nice fresh opponent.” The Republican went on to suggest that if he prevails, it would mean that “there’s some incredible power up there that wanted me to be involved in saving, and maybe it’s more than saving the nation, maybe it’s saving the world.” Speaking of the Secret Service agents’ performance during the incident, Trump expressed gratitude and admiration for their bravery, but noted that there appeared to have been a lack of communication between them and local law enforcement.

The GOP nominee went on to allege that Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are partly responsible for last month’s attempt on his life. He accused the top-ranking Democrats of “making it very difficult to have proper staffing in terms of Secret Service.” According to the former president, Harris and Biden have also been routinely portraying him as a “threat to democracy,” which “can get assassins or potential assassins going.” “Maybe that bullet is because of their rhetoric,” Trump suggested. The former president doubled down on his claims about alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, telling Dr. Phil that he had won in California. “If Jesus came down and was the vote counter, I would win California,” Trump insisted.

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“..deadlines around time..”

• Kamala Blows Pre-Taped Interview Question With Walz Right Next To Her (ZH)

Kamala Harris had one job – don’t blow your first sit-down interview with the press. No word salad. No ‘unburdened by what has been’ mantra. Don’t cackle to cover up for a lack of brain cells. She couldn’t even do that… Sitting down with running mate Tim Walz for a pre-taped CNN interview set to air at 9 PM Thursday, a preview clip reveals she’s still an absolute moron. Dana Bash (whose CIA ex-husband signed the Hunter Biden disinfo letter) tossed Harris what should have been a well-rehearsed softball; asking how voters should “look at some of the changes you’ve made.”

“Is it because you have more experience now and you’ve learned more about the information? Is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary? And should they feel comfortable and confident that what you’re saying now is going to be your policy moving forward?” In other words, why shouldn’t you believe you’re full of shit over your dramatic shift in positions towards moderate policies? There are a million ways to answer that spoon-fed question, but Harris chose more word salad. “I think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed,” she replied. “You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed – and I have worked on it – that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that include holding ourselves to deadlines around time.” Yes, deadlines around time.

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Right at the center of decentralization.

• US Will Be ‘Crypto Capital Of The Planet’ – Trump (RT)

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has promised to unveil a plan that will make America the world cryptocurrency capital. In a post on X on Thursday, the former US president shared a video of himself with the voiceover: “This afternoon, I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet.” “They want to choke you. They want to choke you out of business,” Trump says in the video, without specifying who “they” are. “We’re not going to let that happen,” he concluded. The post included a link to World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance project that his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have been promoting recently. Trump Jr. has said previously that the platform would rival the traditional banking system. The project’s Telegram channel has been quickly gaining subscribers, with more than 53,000 followers as of Thursday.

Trump is the first major presidential candidate to accept donations in cryptocurrency. He was the featured speaker at a Bitcoin conference last month, where donors were asked to pay $844,600 for a seat at a round table with him. Trump has said that crypto is essential to his vision of America in the future. Last month, he pledged to ensure that the US government never sells off its Bitcoin holdings and creates a Bitcoin “strategic reserve,” if he returns to the White House. On Tuesday, Trump launched a fourth collection of nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which feature images ranging from the former president in a superhero costume to figurative Bitcoins. The NFTs sell for $99 each. According to CNBC, the crypto platform and the NFTs are a private Trump family enterprise in the digital currency space, and are not officially connected to Trump’s presidential campaign.

Trump, who in 2019 wrote on social media that Bitcoin’s value is “based on thin air” and in 2021 warned that cryptocurrencies were a “disaster waiting to happen,” made a U-turn in his rhetoric early in the current election campaign. The Republican candidate’s embrace of crypto has led to endorsements from some well-known venture capitalists and executives in the sector, such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.

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“The political appointments determine the political agenda in terms of trade for financial services and more..”

• UK Bankers Hoping Trump Regains White House – Politico (RT)

British business would prefer to see Republican nominee Donald Trump prevail over Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election in November, Politico has reported, citing finance experts from the City of London. While there are concerns that a Trump presidency could bring a protectionist approach towards global trade, his “laissez-faire” policies could make access to the US market easier for British companies, the outlet said on Tuesday. This is something the City of London is reportedly looking for as it seeks avenues for growth after losing a major share of its EU business after Brexit. “You could have a White House that may want to have a less restrictive regulatory framework for financial services, which might indirectly engender more financial flows across the Atlantic,” a senior UK financial lobbyist told Politico on condition of anonymity.

A senior City of London lawyer described Trump as “pro-business,” noting that Harris’ policies are expected to be “less helpful” to British business. Even though the former US president was “wild and unpredictable” in his first term, his financial policies “did not lead to a run on the dollar or any major problems in financial markets even though a number of his policies were controversial.” Meanwhile, a Harris presidency is “the big unknown” and her economic agenda reportedly involves attacking big business for alleged price gouging, according to the lawyer. Earlier this month, Trump blasted his Democratic rival over the current administration’s record on inflation, which has consistently remained at over 3% since Joe Biden became president. City of London experts also hailed the appointments to top regulatory roles Trump made during his first term, highlighting their competence and experience in the industry.

Under the Trump administration (2017-2021), former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin was appointed secretary of the Treasury, while Randal Quarles, a private equity investor and Treasury veteran, was given a key banking oversight position at the Federal Reserve. “The political appointments determine the political agenda in terms of trade for financial services and more,” Angus Canvin, director of international affairs at UK Finance, which represents British banks, told Politico. Trump and Harris are currently neck-to-neck in most polls, with Harris holding a narrow lead over the former president, according to recent surveys.

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“..Andy Yen warning that if they are sustained, he doesn’t see “how tech founders could possibly travel to France, much less hire in France.”

• Jim Rogers: Durov’s Arrest Could End France’s Appeal for High-Tech

The fallout from Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s surprise arrest in France over the weekend continues to reverberate, with observers asking what the move means for free speech in Europe. But money talks too, and right now it’s saying that the French Republic is no longer a safe place for business, especially in the tech sector. Pavel Durov was transferred to a Paris court for “initial questioning and possible indictment” on Wednesday, days after his arrest at Paris’s Bourget Airport Saturday in connection with a long list of dubious charges, from looking the other way on fraud, money laundering and illegal cryptography to abetting or facilitating drug trafficking and child pornography, to refusing to respond to requests by authorities in criminal investigations. The charges against Durov have been slammed by some in the tech world with Proton VPN founder and tech entrepreneur Andy Yen warning that if they are sustained, he doesn’t see “how tech founders could possibly travel to France, much less hire in France.”

“This is economic suicide and is rapidly and permanently changing the perception of founders and investors” toward France, Yen wrote in an X post on Tuesday. Macroeconomist and UnHerd contributor Philip Pilkington echoed these concerns, warning in an article this week that Paris’s move could drive investors of all stripes out of France, and Europe in general. “The damage that this could do to France’s image in the eyes of the technology and entrepreneurial communities is profound,” Pilkington wrote, pointing out that Durov’s detention has opened a Pandora’s Box in which the French state begins to systematically bring criminal charges against the developers of internet communication platforms. “Europe is already destroying its international competitiveness in its manufacturing sector through sanctions and counter-sanctions on Russian energy.

Now, it seems, securocrats in the European bureaucracies want to turn the continent into a place where technologists fear the creation of platforms that allow for communications,” Pilkington warned. The Durov case will likely lead to an exodus of entrepreneurs from Europe – a far cry from French President Emmanuel Macron’s promises in 2017 to make France a “startup nation,” the observer added. “Whenever a country starts arresting high-level executives, especially [in] technology, or in an industry which is international and usual, it attracts attention, and many people will think it is unjustified and many people will say it’s unjustified,” Jim Rogers, renowned investor and chairman of Beeland Interests and co-founder of Quantum Fund, told Sputnik.

“So I don’t know, I hope that France knows what it’s doing. If France has an ironclad 100% case, then it probably will not hurt them. Otherwise, many people will say ‘wait a minute, we don’t want to do anything in France. It is too dangerous,’” Rogers stressed. “I don’t know the facts. I don’t know if anybody’s guilty or not, but I will say this will make many people wonder about doing business in France. This will make many people check to see that everything they are doing in France is okay. It’s an added level of expense. It’s an added level of operation. Nobody wants to be caught doing something wrong in the country. And if people now worry about France, it’s another expense. Another level of caution,” the veteran investor and predictor of global financial trends said.

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“It is now hard to tell where the Democratic Party ends and the national-security state begins.”

• The Sound of Enforced Silence (Patrick Lawrence)

Is there some connection, — not quite official but it may as well be— between censorship and presidential politics? I pose the question as a survivor of the Russiagate years, when illiberal liberals started talking about “free-speech absolutists,” and when corporate journalists cheered the censoring of unincorporated journalists so long as it was called “content moderation.” I cannot answer my own question, honestly. But as this November’s elections draw near, a new and aggressive campaign to suppress dissent — in social media, at airports, on campuses, and elsewhere — is hard upon us. This is a trans–Atlantic, trans-national operation. Let us not fail to take note. Straight off the top, you probably noticed that the Democratic Party’s openly undemocratic elite refused to allow any speaker of Palestinian background to address the convention in Chicago last week.

We can read this, disgraceful in itself, as an indication of how the Democrats intend to deal with the Gaza crisis and other such foreign policy matters if they succeed in extending their power another four years. Yes, they will continue supporting terrorist Israel and the Nazi-infested regime in Ukraine just as they have to date, but they will avoid talking to you and me about the imperium’s gruesome business as they conduct it. Silence on such matters will be as gold to these people, especially between now and Nov. 5. Kamala Harris, or the cynical operatives busily inventing Kamala Harris, are selling “joy” this political season, not any kind of sober, responsible view of our circumstances. Harris is supposed to ride into the White House on a carpet of good vibes. Gaza, the war in Ukraine, Washington’s provocations at the other end of the Pacific: Nah: All such questions are bad vibes.

One of the things the Russiagate years exposed was the close collaboration between the Democratic Party and the national-security state. People who know their history have long understood that “the intelligence community” — so odious, this term — has been, from its beginnings in the late–1940s, more liberal than conservative in its culture and sensibilities. Hillary Clinton’s embarrassing defeat in 2016 consolidated this relationship. It is now hard to tell where the Democratic Party ends and the national-security state begins.

I have been, since the Russiagate years, perfectly comfortable with the term “Deep State.” And here it comes again, reliant as always upon its appendages in the Big Tech social media platforms and the more repellant quadrants of corporate media as they attempt to extinguish all other-than-approved opinions and perspectives. Of the many recent incidents of censorship, suppression and intimidation, the one that got me to the keyboard concerns Sharmine Narwani, who founded, three years ago this month, an online journal of news and comment called The Cradle, as in “the cradle of civilization.” Narwani, based in Beirut, now writes columns regularly and edits features for the English-language version of the site. She calls The Cradle a collective effort, “an online magazine covering the geopolitics of West Asia from within the region.” Those last four words are the ones that matter most to me.

Last week — on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, indeed — Meta permanently banned The Cradle from Facebook and Instagram, the holding company’s most trafficked social media properties. Narwani now stands accused of “praising terrorist organizations” and engaging in “incitement to violence.” This ruling came without warning. All Narwani got was this: Your account, or activity on it, does not follow our community guidelines. No one can see or find your account and you can’t use it. All your information will be permanently deleted. You cannot request a review of this decision. How’s this for the sound of liberal authoritarianism? Big Brother could not have got down the poetry of fascistic finality any better.

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Not possible. Israel killed 40,000 in ten months in Gaza. They were going to do it in an afternoon? “..using knives as well as a homemade explosive device..”?

• Terrorists Planned To Kill ‘Tens Of Thousands’ At Taylor Swift Concert – CIA (RT)

Terrorists aimed to kill “as many people as possible” using homemade explosives and knives at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna earlier this month, CIA Deputy Director David Cohen has said, adding that the US spy agency warned the Austrian authorities about the impending attack. According to Cohen, the attackers, who are said to have been connected with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), “were plotting to kill a huge number – tens of thousands of people, including, I am sure, many Americans – and were quite advanced in this.” He noted that Austrian security forces were able to arrest the suspects because the CIA and “our partners in the intelligence community provided them information about what this ISIS-connected group was planning to do.”

“I can tell you within my agency, and I’m sure in others, there were people who thought that was a really good day for Langley, and not just the Swifties in my workforce,” he said, speaking at an intelligence summit outside Washington D.C. The plotters reportedly planned to attack one of three Swift concerts in Vienna, which were set to begin on August 8 as part of the European leg of her Eras Tour. However, the shows were canceled by the event organizers, Barracuda Music, after the authorities informed them of the foiled plot. The main suspect in the alleged plot was taken into custody on August 6, along with a 17-year-old accomplice, according to Austrian officials. On August 8, another suspect, 18, was also detained.

The authorities said the unnamed mastermind behind the attack, reported to be 19 years old, had pledged allegiance to IS after being self-radicalized online. The attack was supposedly set to take place outside the stadium where as many as 65,000 people were expected to attend the show. The terrorists are said to have been planning to carry out the attack using knives as well as a homemade explosive device, police said after reportedly finding chemical substances and special technical devices at the home of the 19-year-old. The main suspect is also said to have confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible outside the concert,” according to Austrian officials.

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“Twenty-one million walking pilgrims..”

• ‘Karbala Is The Path To Al-aqsa’: An Iraq Diary (Pepe Escobar)

Arriving in Baghdad today comes as an electric shock to any visitor who remembers recent, somber Iraqi history. There are virtually no checkpoints, apart from sensitive government areas. None of those ghastly cement blocks from the time of the American occupation, forcing a slow slalom every few minutes. No sense of unpredictable danger capable of striking at any minute. Lush greenery thrives all over the capital city. Haifa Street has been rebuilt practically from scratch. Bustling commerce, from non-stop action in Karrada to a complex of restaurants by the Tigris called (most appropriately) Thousand and One Nights. After over three decades of unspeakable horrors inflicted on the cradle of civilization, for the first time, Baghdad exudes a sense of normalcy. This has much to do with the new administration, led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, that has been in power for just over two years.

Last week, the Office of the Prime Minister sponsored a unique conference titled The Road to Al-Aqsa Flood, inviting popular bloggers and influencers from the Arab world – Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, and Lebanon, among others – and only a few westerners. The bloggers were all young; most had never been to Iraq and, thus, had no memories of Shock and Awe and the occupation – at best, some hazy recollection of the ISIS years. They were all stunned by the hospitality, the dynamism, and, most of all, the hope now firmly embedded in Baghdad life. The Iraqi government actually came up with a titillating concept, tying a serious discussion about all aspects of today’s ongoing Palestinian tragedy not only to Baghdad but to Arbaeen in Karbala.

Arbaeen marks the 40th day after Ashura, the Shia rite to honor the martyrdom of Hussein Ibn Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, who was brutally murdered alongside his entire family by the Umayyad Caliph Yazid Ibn Muawiya. For Shia Muslims, this dishonorable slaughter represents the ultimate embodiment of injustice and betrayal, considered foundational evils by the religious sect. It’s all about Resistance – without explicitly mentioning the Axis of Resistance. The martyrdom of Imam Hussein at the Battle of Karbala was – in Baghdad today – directly tied to the ongoing Israeli genocide of tens of thousands of Palestinians, in a “twenty-first-century Karbala.” lying right before sunset on a Soviet helicopter from a military base by the Tigris in Baghdad to a mini-base in Karbala, some 10 kilometers away from the magnificent Hazrat Abbas shrine, is an astonishing experience.

Irrepressible commander Tahsin, in Karbala, had ordered the pilot to follow the Arbaeen pilgrim route – one of the multiple axes crisscrossing Iraq and leading to the shrine. The feeling is of a long cinematic traveling shot. Rows and rows of pilgrims, mostly dressed in black, with their backpacks, carrying banners, walking at a steady pace, going through a collection of stalls, resting places, and mini-restaurants, mingling with volunteers offering free water bottles and free drinks to quench the thirst on this spiritual, yet, arduous journey during a scorching Iraqi summer. As we approach Karbala, the crowd gets much thicker. It’s a sort of community spirit moveable feast. Spontaneous chants pop up, punctuated by infectious rhythm, and above all, there’s this relentless drive to keep walking, to try get as close to the shrine as possible.

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Darth Vader is pretty crazy.

• X Warns Of Brazil Shutdown ‘Soon’ (ZH)

On Thursday night, X’s Global Government Affairs account posted a dire warning over service availability in Brazil, after dictatorial Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes punished them for not complying “with his illegal orders to censor his political opponents,” according to the post. “When we attempted to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Moraes threatened our Brazilian legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts. Our challenges against his manifestly illegal actions were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Moraes’ colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unwilling or unable to stand up to him. We are absolutely not insisting that other countries have the same free speech laws as the United States.

The fundamental issue at stake here is that Judge de Moraes demands we break Brazil’s own laws. We simply won’t do that. In the days to come, we will publish all of Judge de Moraes’ illegal demands and all related court filings in the interest of transparency. Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply in secret with illegal orders. To our users in Brazil and around the world, X remains committed to protecting your freedom of speech.” Meanwhile, Musk says that SpaceX is going to continue to provide Starlink in Brazil to schools and hospitals for free…

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One day after Brazillian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes threatened to suspend social media platform X unless Elon Musk appoints a new legal representative in 24 hours, the judge – dubbed “Brazil’s Darth Vader” by Musk – issued a subpoena against the company. Today, he blocked the financial accounts of Musk-owned Starlink Holdings, due to the absence of an attorney. According to Moraes, the companies are a “de facto economic group” commanded by Musk. On August 18, Moraes sanctioned X’s bank accounts in order to guarantee the payment of fines imposed by the Brazilian justice for refusing to censor content, Metropoles reports. According to information published by the G1 and confirmed by the Metropolis, advisors to the office of Minister Alexandre de Moraes said that another company under Musk in the country, Starlink Holding, responsible for the sale of satellite internet services, also had the finances blocked. All Starlink managers in Brazil received notifications and were subpoenaed to answer for the values due to the Brazilian Justice by the network X. -Metropoles (translated)

In response, Musk called Moraes a dictator, and said “this picture of you in prison will be real. Mark my words.” Earlier this month, Moraes ordered an investigation into Musk after the billionaire vowed to defy a court order as part of an ongoing probe into social media accounts allegedly spreading misinformation and ‘hate’ speech. “The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” wrote de Moraes. While X initially said in a they would comply, blocking certain popular accounts in Brazil – Musk said an hour later, after the release of the “TWITTER FILES BRAZIL,” that they would not, noting that “As a result, we will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there.”

in a post the next day, Musk said that Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes had “brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil,” and should “resign or be impeached.” De Moraes said that as part of his decision to open an inquiry, that “X shall refrain from disobeying any court order already issued, including performing any profile reactivation that has been blocked by this Supreme Court,” Reuters reports. The justice said that Musk would face a fine that equates to approximately $20,000 each time an account is reactivated on X.

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When someone brings it up, act surprised.

• Ukrainian Army Shoots Down Its Own F16 Jet, Pilot Killed (ZH)

It appears that the US-made F-16 fighter jet, which was handed over to Ukraine earlier this year, was downed by a Ukrainian Patriot air defense system in a friendly fire incident, Ukrainian lawmaker Maryana Bezuglaya said cited by TASS. “According to my information, the F-16 of the Ukrainian pilot Alexey ‘Moonfish’ Mes was shot down by the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system due to a lack of coordination between the [military] units,” she wrote on Telegram. The lawmaker criticized the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for falsely describing the incident as “a crash.” “The culture of lies in the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as in other higher military headquarters, leads to the fact that the system of managing military decisions does not improve on the basis of truthful, consistently collected analytics, but deteriorates and even collapses, as is happening in the other directions,” she wrote.

In her words, none of the generals was punished over the incident that led to the loss of both the aircraft and its pilot. Earlier, an unidentified US official told the Wall Street Journal that Ukraine had lost a donated F-16 fighter jet in the first such case. According to the official, the jet was not shot down, and the crash was likely due to pilot error. Later, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the death of a Ukrainian F-16 pilot, Alexey Mes. The man was trained to fly F-16, according to CNN. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said the pilot was killed in an aerial fight, when his plane crashed on August 26.

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They’re getting creative with their alternative truths.

• Suspected Nord Stream Bomber Used Ukrainian Gov’t Car To Flee – Spiegel (RT)

The Ukrainian diver allegedly behind the sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines managed to escape a German arrest warrant with the help of Ukraine and possibly Poland, Der Spiegel has claimed. The pipelines under the Baltic Sea were damaged in a series of explosions in September 2022, ending the flow of natural gas from Russia to Germany. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, but some media outlets in the West have blamed a group of Ukrainian nationals. Earlier this month, German media revealed that Berlin had issued an arrest warrant for “Vladimir Z,” a former Ukrainian military diver who they alleged had planted the explosive charges on the pipeline. Russian outlets have identified the suspect as Vladimir Zhuravlev. According to an investigation by Der Spiegel published on Thursday, Zhuravlev was actually in Germany in May and in Poland at the time the warrant was issued.

Polish authorities did nothing to detain him, the outlet claimed, and Zhuravlev was able to cross into Ukraine on July 6 in a car belonging to the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw. “Why should we arrest him? For us, he is a hero!” Der Spiegel quoted German security officials as paraphrasing their Polish counterparts. The German outlet noted that Zhuravlev and his family entered Germany in May, on their way to Denmark. They even found the exact apartment in Copenhagen where the Zhuravlevs stayed, in the Bryggen Syd neighborhood. On May 26, the family takes the ferry to Rostock and stops in Berlin, on their way back to Warsaw.

Zhuravlev was already on the German authorities’ radar, but they had yet to issue a warrant for his arrest. Berlin only acted in the first week of June, and it took until June 21 for a European arrest warrant to be forwarded to Poland. Warsaw, however, did nothing. Zhuravlev fled the country on July 6, crossing the border into Ukraine at Korczowa at 6:20am. Security sources told Spiegel that he was in a vehicle with diplomatic plates, used by the Ukrainian embassy in Warsaw.

Spiegel’s security sources claim that Germany is “very angry” with Poland and will not forget Warsaw’s “foul play.” Responding to media reports about the attack, former head of German intelligence August Hanning claimed earlier this month that Poland and Ukraine likely worked together. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk responded by telling all “initiators and patrons” of Nord Stream to “apologize and keep quiet.” Reports about a group of Ukrainians working off a rented yacht – with or without Vladimir Zelensky’s blessing – being responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage surfaced only after Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claimed that the US government was behind the blasts.

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“Borrell has previously called on the West to lift all restrictions on Kiev’s use of the weapons it has provided [..] He argued that this would “help advance peace efforts.”

• Hungarian FM Slams EU’s Borrell Over Ukraine (RT)

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has slammed the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, over his recent remarks on strikes deep into Russian territory. Borrell suggested that Ukraine should be allowed to use Western-supplied weapons to conduct these attacks. Commenting on Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Kursk Region, Russia in early August, Borrell told Kiev that it has the “full support” of the EU. Also this month, the bloc’s top diplomat said, “we are not a party to the war, but we are part of the conflict.” In a post on Facebook, the Hungarian foreign minister described the Ukraine conflict as “madness” that “must be put to an end.” “However, if more and more weapons are sent to this region, if depth strikes arrive on the territory of Russia, then the danger of escalation will only increase and this war will become even more serious,” Szijjarto warned, apparently referring to Borrell’s recent statements.

Budapest’s top diplomat added that to avoid this, his country will “continue to represent the pro-peace position” during an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday.In a separate post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Zoltan Kovacs, the spokesperson of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s office, wrote that Szijjarto “criticized the European Union’s outgoing High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who is calling for more weapons to be sent to Ukraine and even suggesting that these Western-supplied arms should be used for deep strikes on Russian territory.” Borrell has previously called on the West to lift all restrictions on Kiev’s use of the weapons it has provided, particularly with regard to long-range strikes. He argued that this would “help advance peace efforts.”

Last week, the head of the prime minister’s office, Gergely Gulyas, characterized Kiev’s actions on Russian soil as “wrong” and not conducive to a peaceful settlement of the conflict. In July, Szijjarto also criticized the top EU diplomat over his reported scheme to undermine Hungary’s efforts to organize an informal foreign affairs summit, calling the supposed plan childish. He went on to accuse Borrell of overseeing the “most unsuccessful period of European foreign policy” ever.

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Nobody’s telling them nuke plants are off limits.

• Ukrainian Impunity Could Result In Major Nuclear Incident – Moscow (RT)

The refusal to hold Ukraine accountable for attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has emboldened Kiev to target the Kursk NPP in the same way, Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has said. Speaking at a UN Security Council session in New York on Wednesday, Polyansky denounced the Western powers for failing to acknowledge the escalating Ukrainian threat to nuclear safety. The Zaporozhye plant is located in the city of Energodar in Zaporozhye Region, Russia, which Kiev claims under its own sovereignty. Moscow has accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the city and the facility itself on multiple occasions with artillery fire and drone attacks. An incendiary device deployed by a Ukrainian drone caused a major fire at one of its two cooling towers earlier this month, according to the plant’s management.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has an observer mission at the location, has confirmed that the blaze did not start at the base of the structure and that the tower may need to be dismantled. Russia has urged Western backers of Ukraine to use their leverage to stop attacks on the Zaporozhye site. Polyansky said Kiev’s impunity for these actions has put another nuclear power plant, in Kursk Region, in its crosshair. Ukrainian forces have shelled the plant and attempted to seize it during their incursion into the Russian region, he explained. “This kind of recklessness, which potentially could trigger a nuclear incident with tragic consequences for the whole of Europe, is the best rebuff” to people who ignored the situation in Zaporozhye Region, Polyansky said. “This is what your unprincipled ostrich-like stance leads to.”

Senior Russian officials have previously accused Kiev of engaging in “nuclear terrorism” by attacking Russian reactors. President Vladimir Putin specifically mentioned this when he stated that peace talks with Ukraine have been ruled out in the wake of the incursion into Kursk Region. He also cited Kiev’s attacks on civilians as a reason that negotiations are no longer possible. Following the incident with the Zaporozhye plant’s cooling tower, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned that Ukrainian forces would target the Kursk facility, and urged the IAEA to denounce these actions.

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“This does not mean that we cannot interact with the same enemy in certain situations. There is no harm in that, but do not place your hopes in them. Do not trust the enemy..”

• The Lies of the US Empire Will Be Its Undoing (DeMartino)

On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the door to negotiations with the United States, saying there was “no harm” in talking with the “enemy.” The decision opened the way for Iran’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian to fulfill a campaign promise to be more open to the West. While speaking to his President, Khamenei told him not to trust the United States. “This does not mean that we cannot interact with the same enemy in certain situations. There is no harm in that, but do not place your hopes in them. Do not trust the enemy,” Khamenei told Pezeshkian. Iran has significant reasons to distrust the United States. In 2015 the United States, Iran and several other countries signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iranian nuclear deal. The deal placed significant restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions on Iran.

In 2018, former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal. In 2022, current US President Joe Biden rejected an offer to return to the deal. Since the US withdrawal, Iran is believed to have significantly advanced their nuclear program. “I think this is just to placate the new president. He’s a reform president. He ran on that ticket to try to open up more avenues to the West,” former senior security policy analyst at the Office of the Secretary of Defense Michael Maloof told Sputnik’s The Final Countdown. “But [JCPOA] is clearly dead, as far as I’m concerned, simply because for three and a half years they tried through the Biden administration and got nowhere. And if Trump comes in, you can almost be guaranteed that he will cancel any agreements.” For countries around the world, the US reneging on deals is nothing new, it is nearly par for the course.

In 1990, as East and West Germany were in the process of unification, then-US Secretary of State James Baker assured Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev that “neither the President nor I intend to extract any unilateral advantages from the processes that are taking place,” and that the US Government understood that “not only for the Soviet Union but for other European countries as well it is important to have guarantees that if the United States keeps its presence in Germany within the framework of NATO, not an inch of NATO’s present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction.” However, over the next three decades, NATO continued to expand eastward, eventually resulting in the Ukraine conflict.

[..] The Iran nuclear deal is a moot point at this juncture. “[The International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA)] discovered that the Iranians had actually exceeded 60% and had gone up to 90% enrichment, ‘accidentally.’ So, they have that capability. So, what’s the point of an IAEA inspection any longer?” But the effects of the United States Empire’s lies will be much more profound than a rapidly advancing Iranian nuclear program, they will destroy its geopolitical influence, decimate its economy and isolate it from much of the rest of the world. The first to go will be the end of effective unilateral sanctions from the West, a phenomenon that has already begun. “That’s why you see Iran now a prominent member of BRICS, a prominent member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SGO),” Maloof said. “They have learned to get around Western sanctions and it’s going to increase, and that’s why they’re flourishing in many respects.” It is not only Iran.

The West has imposed as many sanctions as it could muster against Russia following the start of its special operation in Ukraine. Despite this, Russia grew its economy to the largest in Europe and the fourth largest in the world in purchase power parity (PPP). While sanctions were never effective in their stated goal of removing leaders from power, they were able to limit the economic growth of that country at the expense of the population living there. Now, even that tool is leaving the American cupboard. “Over time, they have learned to find ways around [sanctions] and it has actually strengthened them. It’s allowed them to become more self-sufficient to build more indigenous industries, which Iran has done,” explained Maloof.

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I think I read it’s 4x the Exxon Valdez.

• Houthis To Allow Salvage Crews To Access Oil Tanker They Hit In The Red (OP)

The Iran-aligned Houthis have agreed to allow salvage crews including rescue ships and tugboats to access an oil tanker that the Houthis hit with a missile in the Red Sea earlier this month. “Several countries have reached out to ask Ansarullah (the Houthis), requesting a temporary truce for the entry of tugboats and rescue ships into the incident area,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York said, as carried by Reuters. The Houthi movement has agreed to this request, “in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns,” the Iranian mission to the UN added. Reports last week said a tanker on fire was drifting in the Red Sea. It later emerged that the vessel had come under attack by armed groups traveling on small vessels some 90 miles from the Yemeni port city of Hodeida. The tanker was also reportedly struck by missiles or drones.

“The vessel reports being not under command,” the UK Maritime Trade Operations office said at the time, likely meaning it lost all power. “No casualties reported.” The Greek-flagged oil tanker, the Sounion, had 25 crew members and was traveling from Iraq to Cyprus. The crew was rescued by a European warship and transported to Djibouti. Earlier this week, U.S. Pentagon officials said that the Greek tanker that the Yemeni Houthis struck in the Red Sea a week ago is now leaking oil. “The MV Sounion now sits immobilized in the Red Sea, where it is currently on fire and appears to be leaking oil, presenting both a navigational hazard and a potential environmental catastrophe,” Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder said, as quoted by the Maritime Executive. The oil tanker holds close to a million barrels of crude oil and if it spills as a result of the strikes, it could become one of the largest oil spills from a vessel in recent history.

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  • August 30, 2024 at 6:11 pm #167885
    John Day
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    ​ Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes
    The following cases represent a small fraction of potential human rights violations committed with American planes, shells, and bombs​ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-weapons-gaza/

    ​ Workers’ heads were only saved by the bulletproof-glass: The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it was halting staff movement in Gaza temporarily after one of its vehicles came under fire from Israeli forces at a checkpoint
    The UN vehicle was returning from a humanitarian mission when it was hit by at least 10 bullets at an Israeli checkpoint near the Wadi Gaza bridge, despite being clearly marked and having received prior clearance from Israeli authorities. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240829-wfp-halts-staff-movement-in-gaza-after-vehicle-fired-on-by-israeli-forces/

    ​ Israeli hospitals record over 5,000 wounded in fight against Hezbollah
    Directors of hospitals in northern Israel say no one prepared them for 11 months ‘underground’ treating the wounded
    ​ More than 5,000 Israeli soldiers have been injured while fighting against Hezbollah near the Lebanon border since 8 October, according to hospital records from the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya and the Zif Hospital in Safed, Yediot Ahronoth reported on 27 August.
    ​ The Israeli newspaper said the directors of the two hospitals fear the fighting on the northern front will not end anytime soon. “Eleven months underground, and we cannot see the end,” the directors said.
    ​ The director of Zif Hospital, Salman Zarqa, said his hospital had treated about 450 Israeli soldiers wounded as a result of Hizbollah’s operations, even though “The days of the real fighting have not yet come.”​ “I’m not talking about operational incidents. I’m talking about the shooting, about the shrapnel, about the direct injuries. These are very large numbers,” Zarqa said.
    ​ He added that Israel has only ever fought short-term wars, while today’s battle has lasted 11 months. He called for a balance between “life-saving treatment” and the readiness to treat many wounded. Zif pointed out that balancing the two is “exhausting and difficult, especially when you see no end to them.”​ https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26611

    ​ Over half of Israeli reservists lost faith in IOF chief
    A survey by an Israeli think tank has revealed that some 58% lost confidence in the IOF chief, with many believing he should resign immediately.​ https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/over-half-of-israeli-reservists-lost-faith-in-iof-chief

    Israel military to put dozens of soldiers on trial over refusal to return to Gaza​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240829-israel-military-to-put-dozens-of-soldiers-on-trial-over-refusal-to-return-to-gaza/

    August 30, 2024 at 6:11 pm #167886
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Jonathan Cook, Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel
    ​ Tony Greenstein offers an excoriating account of how Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland distorted the historical record in his biography of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to escape Auschwitz.
    ​ One might wonder why Vrba’s incredible story has been buried for decades, given how keen Hollywood is to make Holocaust movies.
    ​ Greenstein explains. Vrba’s efforts in early 1944 to warn other Jews of their coming fate in the Nazi death camps were betrayed by European leaders of the Zionist movement, who silenced him.
    ​ That movement was prepared to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Jews in return for the Nazis escorting the Zionist elite out of danger in Europe to Palestine. There the Zionist movement was already well-advanced in its preparations to expel the native Palestinians and build a self-declared Jewish state on the ruins of their homeland.

    ​ The Zionists’ attitude reflected that of the movement’s founding father, Theodor Herzl:
    “The anti-Semites will become our most dependable friends, the anti-Semitic countries our allies.”

    ​ Vrba was hugely critical of the Zionist movement for collaborating with the Nazis, and had no love for the Jewish state it spawned.
    In 1961, The Daily Herald published an extract from Vrba’s memoir, cited by Greenstein, in which he wrote:
    ​ “I am a Jew. In spite of that, indeed because of that, I accuse certain Jewish leaders of one of the most ghastly deeds of the war. This small group of quislings knew what was happening to their brethren in Hitler’s gas chambers and bought their own lives with the price of silence …​ I was able to give Hungarian Zionist leaders three weeks’ notice that [Adolf] Eichmann [key architect of the Holocaust] planned to send a million of their Jews to his gas chambers … [Rezso] Kasztner [leader of Hungary’s Zionist movement] went to Eichmann and told him, ‘I know of your plans; spare some Jews of my choice and I shall keep quiet.’”​ https://consortiumnews.com/2024/08/28/hiding-an-ugly-truth-about-israel/

    Saudi Arabia Outraged At Ben-Gvir’s Call To Build Synagogue Over Al-Aqsa Mosque​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-outraged-ben-gvirs-call-build-synagogue-over-al-aqsa-mosque

    UN says Israel has denied requests to supply fuel to hospitals in northern Gaza​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240828-un-says-israel-has-denied-requests-to-supply-fuel-to-hospitals-in-northern-gaza/

    Netanyahu Suddenly Wants to Save the Lives of Children in GAZA!? What is wrong with this picture? https://anthonyjhall.substack.com/p/netanyahu-suddenly-wants-to-save

    August 30, 2024 at 6:12 pm #167887
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Israel Agrees To Phased Pauses In Gaza Fighting To Allow Polio Vaccination​ (Injectable polio vaccine does not stop it from spreading. Oral polio vaccine is a “weakened” polio-virus, sometimes ineffective if weakened too much, and sometimes causing polio, if not weakened enough. Which would you prefer to take from the genocidal death-c​ult?)​ https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/israel-agrees-pauses-gaza-fighting-allow-polio-vaccination

    ​No food, but some polio-vaccines… Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?
    The UN says Israel is hampering efforts to deliver vaccines and other aid, but the US has offered little public pressure.​ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/29/aid-delivery-in-gaza-is-nearly-impossible-why-hasnt-the-us-intervened

    ​ Hezbollah’s Op. Arbaeen ‘complete success’, drones struck Unit 8200
    Informed sources tell Al Mayadeen that it has been undeniably confirmed that six Hezbollah drones hit their targets inside the Glilot base with high accuracy.​ https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-s-op–arbaeen–complete-success—drones-struck-un

    Extensive: Universities Unveil New Rules to Ban Anti-Israel Protests, Classify Criticism of ‘Zionists’ as ‘Hate Speech’​ https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64622

    ​ Patrick Lawrence: The Sound of Enforced Silence​
    Edward Luce, formerly the Financial Times’s Washington bureau chief and now one of the FT’s more readable commentators, ran a column on the convention under the headline, “‘Gaza’ is the word Democrats dare not whisper in Chicago.” A day into the proceedings, The Intercept put out an item headed, “Democratic Party Unites Under Banner of Silence on Gaza Genocide.”
    ​ That is how it was, more or less, at the DNC in Chicago. There was plenty of talk of AIPAC, the antidemocratic American Israel Public Affairs Committee — a foreign agent if ever there was one — but only in the streets outside the convention hall. Harris finally raised the Gaza crisis, during her acceptance speech, but boyo, did she blow through that topic with haste. This was “strategic vagueness”—that adorable phrase The New York Times has coined to make a virtue of Harris’s weather-vane vacuousness—at its very finest.
    ​ It was the usual thing when Harris devoted a few sentences to Gaza: Her White House will shed more crocodile tears for the suffering of Palestinians, but the unwavering, unconditional support the “Biden–Harris administration” extends to apartheid Israel will remain unwavering and unconditional. When you hear Harris say, “I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself,” as she stated last Thursday, it is the recipient of AIPAC funds speaking in the code the Israel lobby understands: Worry not. You will get what you have paid for.
    ​ My take: It will be silence on the imperium’s doings between now and Nov 5. And if Harris is elected in November, getting her through the following four years will require an escalated version of the censorship regime the national-security state and Big Tech imposed on dissenting voices during the Trump years, but with one difference: The objective then was to take down our forty-fifth president; this time it will be to sustain our stunningly unqualified forty-seventh.​ https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/29/patrick-lawrence-the-sound-of-enforced-silence/

    August 30, 2024 at 6:13 pm #167888
    John Day
    Participant

    France Slaps Telegram CEO With 12 Criminal Charges After Israel Calls Platform ‘Uncooperative’​
    ​ Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, criticized French authorities for their double standards following Durov’s arrest. “I just remembered that in 2018, a group of 26 NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and others, condemned a Russian court’s decision to block Telegram. The West made other similar statements,” Zakharova stated.
    ​ Telegram has played an important role in the ongoing information war surrounding the genocide in Gaza. Supporters of Palestinians have been able to use the app to freely share information exposing ongoing Israeli war crimes while highlighting the efforts of Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen, and Iran to resist Israel.
    ​ It is unclear if Israel had a role in Durov’s detention in Paris on Saturday.
    ​ Last week, Haaretz reported that “Telegram has proved a massive challenge for Israel since the start of the war.”
    This includes sensitive data leaks from Israel acquired by hackers and released on Telegram channels.
    ​ The Israeli newspaper noted, “While many tech firms have streamlined mechanisms through which states can reach out to them” to censor content, “Telegram is considered the least cooperative of them all.”
    ​ Haaretz adds, “More than that, while many social media platforms have invested heavily in moderation, allowing people and organizations to help monitor content – for example, the removal of antisemitic content or posts inciting terrorism or even the removal of videos from the October 7 massacre – Telegram has not.”​ https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/28/france-slaps-telegram-ceo-with-12-criminal-charges-after-israel-calls-platform-uncooperative/

    ​Craig Murray, Pavel Durov and the Abuse of Law
    ​ The detention of Pavel Durov is being portrayed as a result of the EU Digital Services Act. But having spent my day reading the EU Services Act (a task I would not wish upon my worst enemy), it does not appear to me to say what it is being portrayed as saying.
    ​ EU Acts are horribly dense and complex, and are published as “Regulations” and “Articles”. Both cover precisely the same ground, but for purposes of enforcement the more detailed “Regulations” are the more important, and those are referred to below. The “Articles” are entirely consistent with this.
    ​ So, for example, Regulation 20 makes the “intermediary service”, in this case Telegram, only responsible for illegal activity using its service if it has deliberately collaborated in the illegal activity.
    ​ Providing encryption or anonymity specifically does not qualify as deliberate collaboration in illegal activity.​ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/08/pavel-durov-and-the-abuse-of-law/

    ​ Macron Set Up Telegram CEO at US Deep State’s Behest Ahead of 2024 Vote – Wall Street Analyst
    ​ It appears that Paris has tried to trap Telegram founder Pavel Durov for quite a while, Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist Charles Ortel told Sputnik, not ruling out that granting of the French citizenship to the Russian tech prodigy was part of the plan.​ “It looks very much like a trap,” Ortel said.
    He also referred to the claim by the French newspaper, Le Canard Enchaine, that the Telegram founder came to Paris to dine with President Emmanuel Macron. The claim was rejected by the Elysee Palace.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20240828/macron-set-up-telegram-ceo-at-us-deep-states-behest-ahead-of-2024-vote–wall-street-analyst-1119937507.html

    It just did: Jim Rogers: Durov’s Arrest Could End France’s Attractiveness for High-Tech​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20240828/jim-rogers-durovs-arrest-could-end-frances-attractiveness-for-high-tech-1119940407.html

    (Somewhat less-censored social media platform) X Warns Of Brazil Shutdown ‘Soon’ For Defying Judge’s “Illegal Orders To Censor Political Opponents”
    ​ When we attempted to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Moraes threatened our Brazilian legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts. Our challenges against his manifestly illegal actions were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Moraes’ colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unwilling or unable to stand up to him.
    ​ We are absolutely not insisting that other countries have the same free speech laws as the United States. The fundamental issue at stake here is that Judge de Moraes demands we break Brazil’s own laws. We simply won’t do that.
    ​ In the days to come, we will publish all of Judge de Moraes’ illegal demands and all related court filings in the interest of transparency.​ Unlike other social media and technology platforms, we will not comply in secret with illegal orders.
    ​ To our users in Brazil and around the world, X remains committed to protecting your freedom of speech.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/brazils-darth-vader-blocks-starlink-bank-accounts-war-elon-musk-escalates

    August 30, 2024 at 6:13 pm #167889
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Coning this Gilbert Doctorow report down to one point, a decapitating nuclear first-strike by US/NATO: For Russia, recovering Kursk is no walk in the rose garden
    ​ In short, the Zelensky gambit that is being enabled fully by the United States is not a PR stunt but a full-blown invasion intended to be the vanguard of what will be an air assault on Russia’s strategic assets far in the rear using JASSM, Storm Shadow and other long-range missiles launched from F16s.
    ​ Klintsevich has further intimated that the two U.S. aircraft carriers and their escorts now in the Eastern Mediterranean may be there not to contain Iran but for an all-out attack on Russia using their jets to deliver nuclear strikes. I add to his analysis that this may explain the knock-out of Russia’s early warning radar stations in the south of the country by Ukrainian drones acting on orders from Washington.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/08/27/for-russia-recovering-kursk-is-no-walk-in-the-rose-garden/

    ​ Ukraine may use spent nuclear fuel for a dirty bomb
    ​ The import of spent nuclear fuel to Ukraine is a risk factor, said Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense (RCBD) Troops. According to him, this fuel could be used, among other things, to create a “dirty bomb” and chemical provocations “under a false flag.”​ “In one of the latest briefings, we noted that the deliveries were organised through Poland and Romania under the personal control of Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office,” Mr Kirillov said at the briefing. He added that Russia had again called on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “to conduct a real and impartial investigation.”​ https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/6919353?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

    ​ Russia would nuke the US in WW-3, y’all: Russia Warns US Will Face ‘Much Harsher’ Consequences for Backing Kursk Invasion
    ​ Ukraine is now pushing hard for the US to allow it to launch long-range strikes inside Russia using US-provided missiles. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov strongly warned against this potential escalation and said the US should understand that if World War III breaks out, it wouldn’t be contained in Europe.
    ​ “Americans unequivocally associate conversations about Third World War as something that, God forbid, if it happens, will affect Europe exclusively,” Lavrov said.
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his Western backers are “naive” for worrying about escalation and called Russia’s red lines a “bluff.”
    ​ On Monday, Russia launched massive missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, which was seen as retaliation for the Kursk offensive. Russia followed up with another heavy bombing on Tuesday.
    ​ Meanwhile, in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces continue to make steady gains, which have become more rapid since Ukraine launched its Kursk offensive on August 6.​ https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/28/russia-warns-us-will-face-much-harsher-consequences-for-backing-kursk-invasion/

    ​ Simplicius, Tangible Panic Grows in Ukraine Amid Donbass-front Collapse
    ​ It’s almost pointless even updating the exact captures and advances anymore because right now they’re simply happening so fast that within hours of the Sitrep’s release, the information is already obsolete, and Russians have advanced even more. But suffice it to say, this time there were even several major captures in areas other than Pokrovsk.
    ​ Russian forces captured the remainder of Konstantinovka on the Ugledar line…In light of the ongoing collapse, the potential for dangerous escalation rises because Zelensky gets increasingly desperate to engineer some kind of black swan event that could overturn the table and upend events​…..There’s an undercurrent of tension now running through events as other somewhat peculiar happenings have gone on. For instance, Belarus suddenly moved a lot of forces to the Ukrainian border again, and for the first time they appear to have a tactical symbol of a ‘B’ on them, as if they are preparing for direct combat…
    ​..Well, lo and behold, at his latest press conference, Lavrov just stated that Russia is currently “fine tuning” or “refining” its nuclear doctrine—what could that mean?​ …
    ​..I think it’s only natural given that Ukraine is on the final precipice of potentially being given permission to use intermediate range strategic weapons against Russian strategic sites—i.e. ATACMS, Storm Shadows, etc., potentially hitting deep Russian bases, nuclear plants, or even Moscow itself. Furthermore, the introduction of the F-16 into Ukraine, which is nuclear-capable, and which Russia must doctrinally treat as a possible nuclear threat if it ever comes close to Russian borders.​ https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82824-tangible-panic-grows

    ​ Fall Of Key Ukrainian City To Russia Could Be An “Operational Catastrophe”
    Russian forces are only about eight miles away from Pokrovsk which is a key logistics hub for Ukraine.
    ​ Pokrovsk “has become a key distribution hub, supporting Ukrainian forces along a broad frontline from Vuhledar to the north of Donetsk and beyond,” Tatarigami, a military observer, OSINT and GEOINT analyst and founder of Frontelligence Insight, wrote on Twitter. “Currently, only two places in the Donbas serve this vital function – Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk. The significance of Pokrovsk extends beyond its rail connections – it is also located at a key road juncture, serving a similar role in the transportation and distribution of supplies.”​ https://www.twz.com/news-features/fall-of-key-donetsk-city-could-be-an-operational-catastrophe-for-ukraine

    August 30, 2024 at 6:14 pm #167890
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ There has been a progression of 3 stories about how the recently lauded Ukrainian F-16 pilot and his plane went down in a Russian missile strike on 8/26/24. The latest story is that the F-16 was shot down by Patriot missiles, which did not recognize it as “friend”, when they were launched to intercept an incoming Kinzhal second-tap strike.
    USA tries to ‘explain’ the loss of F-16 jet in Ukraine​. Washington tries to cover up Ukraine’s loss of F-16 fighter in Russian missile strike​
    ​ Russian media reported earlier that on Monday, August 26, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the Starokostiantyniv airfield in the Khmelnytsky region, where several F-16 fighter jets were stationed. Immediately after the strike, they took off and circled in the area for two to three hours. As soon as they returned to the airfield, the Russian military launched another strike, which resulted in the destruction of an F-16.​ https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/160519-f-16-ukraine/

    WSJ: “Ukrainian F-16 downed by pilot error – Top Ukrainian pilot dead”​, Americans and Ukrainians call it a “crash”​ https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/war-monitor/oukrania/wsj-epese-oukraniko-f-16-apo-lathos-tou-pilotou-nekros-korufaios-oukranos-pilotos/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp#google_vignette

    ​ Friendly Fire Fiasco: Ukrainian Army Shoots Down Its Own F16 Jet, Pilot Killed
    ​ It appears that the US-made F-16 fighter jet, which was handed over to Ukraine earlier this year, was downed by a Ukrainian Patriot air defense system in a friendly fire incident, Ukrainian lawmaker Maryana Bezuglaya said cited by TASS.
    ​ “According to my information, the F-16 of the Ukrainian pilot Alexey ‘Moonfish’ Mes was shot down by the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system due to a lack of coordination between the [military] units,” she wrote on Telegram.
    ​ The lawmaker criticized the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for falsely describing the incident as “a crash.”…​
    ..Earlier, an unidentified US official told the Wall Street Journal that Ukraine had lost a donated F-16 fighter jet in the first such case. According to the official, the jet was not shot down, and the crash was likely due to pilot error. Later, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the death of a Ukrainian F-16 pilot, Alexey Mes. The man was trained to fly F-16, according to CNN. ​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/first-us-made-f16-jet-downed-ukraine-during-combat-pilot-killed

    ​ Simplicius, Last of the Wunderwaffen? F-16 Blasted Out of Sky in First Mission
    ​How would the pilot have been killed, you ask?
    ​ I would think like so: when the initial missile launches were recorded, Ukrainian pilots were sent to begin scrambling the jets to the sky to keep them out of harm’s way, as is standard for both sides. They know the exact speed and trajectory of Russian cruise missiles and can calculate the precise time they have until the missiles potentially reach the airfield in the west of the country.
    ​ The problem is: they can’t calculate Kinzhals in the same way. While they were initiating scrambling procedures, Russia may have fired some Kinzhals which would have reached the airfield in as little as under 3 minutes. Such a hypersonic missile could have hit the hangars even as the Ukrainian pilots were prepping the jets.
    ​ All in all, it’s a testament to the fact that modern near-peer, high-intensity conflict is not about wunderwaffe and ‘game changer’ toys. There is no such thing as a golden bullet or unicorn weapon that can really move the needle in near-peer conflict. It’s all about the totality of what your nation as a whole can bring to the table, economically, militarily, productively, and in terms of willpower, political influence, morale, etc.​ https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/last-of-the-wunderwaffen-f-16-blasted

    ​ Putin’s 4 conditions to end the war in Ukraine – What M. Zakharova said (vid)​ Is he waiting for Kennedy and Trump?
    ​Maria Zakharova, emphasizing that we are currently very far from any negotiations, repeated the following conditions:
    ​ Recognition of Russian sovereignty over Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye
    Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO
    ​ Withdraw all Western sanctions against Russia
    To recognize all the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine​ https://warnews247-gr.translate.goog/diethnh/rwsia/oi-4-oroi-tou-b-poutin-gia-na-termatistei-o-polemos-sthn-oukrania-ti-eipe-h-m-zaxaroba-vid/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

    August 30, 2024 at 6:15 pm #167891
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that his Democratic rival and current vice president, Kamala Harris, and President Joe Biden are partly responsible for the assassination attempt against him last month.
    ​ In an interview on Tuesday with Phil McGraw, better known as Dr Phil, Trump said: “I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault and Harris’s fault.” He accused the pair of “weaponizing government” against him and bringing in the “whole DOJ to try and get me.”
    ​ “They weren’t too interested in my health and safety,” the Republican nominee added, claiming that Biden and Harris “were making it very difficult to have proper staffing in terms of Secret Service.”
    ​ According to the former president, Harris and Biden portrayed him as a “threat to democracy,” which “can get assassins or potential assassins going.”​ “Maybe that bullet is because of their rhetoric,” Trump suggested.​ https://www.rt.com/news/603216-trump-biden-harris-assassination-attempt/

    ​ Celia Farber, Nicole Shanahan Reveals That The Kennedy Family Tried To Coerce Her To Not Take The VP Post; She Found They Are Shielding Pharma and On DC “Payroll”. She Is Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud. Quietly. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/nicole-shanahan-reveals-that-the

    ​ Several States Refuse To Remove RFK Jr.’s Name From Ballots, Hurting Trump
    Michigan – a key battleground state, said it was too late for Kennedy to withdraw as the nominee of the Natural Law Party.
    ​ Wisconsin – whose Elections Commission voted 5-1 on Tuesday against removing his name, citing a law which says “any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination.”
    ​ Colorado – which, while less competitive for Trump than Michigan or Wisconsin, also refused to remove Kennedy’s name.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/several-states-refuse-remove-rfk-jrs-name-ballots-hurting-trump

    ​Kamala Harris lacks the skills required for persuasive political speech. You Had One Job: Kamala Blows Pre-Taped Interview Question With Walz Right Next To Her https://www.zerohedge.com/political/you-had-one-job-kamala-blows-pre-taped-interview-walz-right-next-her

    August 30, 2024 at 6:16 pm #167892
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ California schools required COVID vaccination for little kids. Boy, 11, Dies Suddenly from Massive Heart Attack at Waterpark
    An 11-year-old boy has died after suffering a massive heart attack at a waterpark in Visalia, California.
    ​ Richard Weinert-Soto collapsed while waiting for the slide at Adventure Park in Visalia, CA.​ Visalia Adventure Park officials performed CPR on the boy before medics arrived…
    ​..His family clarified that Weinert-Soto’s heart had stopped as he waited to get on a slide at the water park.
    His mother, Maria Velasco, shared the heartbreaking details of how she found her young son when speaking to KSEE.
    ​ “This little girl comes and she tells me, ‘I think your little boy is laying up there,’” she said.​ “And so I ran up there and he was blue and purple,” she added.
    ​ The boy’s father, Christopher Weinert, shared a heartbreaking tribute to his son following his death.​ “He was amazing. He was special. Everyone who knew him knew that,” he said.
    ​ The family shared messages about the young boy on a GoFundMe page to cover funeral expenses.​ “He was the happiest, most loving, and kind boy,” the family wrote.​ https://www.dailyfetched.com/boy-11-dies-suddenly-from-massive-heart-attack-at-waterpark/

    ​ Netflix ‘Elite’ Star Drops Dead at Beach from Cardiac Arrest at 41
    ​ Actor Julian Ortega, star of the hit Netflix show “Elite,” has dropped dead while relaxing at the beach, according to reports.​ Initial reports indicated the 41-year-old actor drowned.​ However, authorities confirmed to TMZ that Ortega suffered a sudden and fatal cardiac arrest on the shore.​ https://slaynews.com/news/netflix-elite-star-drops-dead-beach-cardiac-arrest-41/

    ​”Vested Interests”: Days After RFK Jr. Declares War On Big Food, Time Mag Gaslights Readers On Junk Food https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/days-after-rfk-jr-declares-war-big-food-time-mag-gaslights-readers-junk-food

    Meryl Nass MD: Don’t Watch “The Attack on Food and Farmers” — Unless You Want Better Health, a Glimpse Into the Future of Food, and Real Food Security
    Join this two-day online symposium, an entirely free event, with a fantastic lineup of speakers and topics!​ (including m​y talk, on ​your own kitchen-garden) https://www.globalresearch.ca/attack-food-farmers-better-health-real-food-security/5866467

    ​ Putting the 2 torn sides of the secret-message back together later: Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
    Tracks show the last place dinosaurs could travel between Africa and South America before the two continents split​ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240826131303.htm

    August 30, 2024 at 6:23 pm #167893
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Alex from Duran says some of his sources, unconfirmed so take as such, say the F-16 was hit by a cruise missile on the runway thus killing the pilot, no bailout possible.

    The Shitbag Empire of Lies, Lies Lies and the Duh’merican Military Maggots absolutely don’t want the utterly embarrassing story of the ancient 45 year old F-16 has-been fighter getting snuffed at the airfield getting out so they LIED and said it was ‘friendly fire’ that caused it because that’s less humiliating for the Empire of Lies Military Mafia which already looks like loser clowns on the world stage.

    So Sad ;>(

    Duh’merica’s dollar is toilet paper and the Russians are waiting for financial collapse to kick the Empire of Lies, Lies, Lies in the gonads.

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    Russians S-400s can make this multi million dollar thing actually be junk quite easily.

    Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:30 pm #167894
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Sign Up for Class Action Lawsuit by United Ambulance Chasers©

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:35 pm #167895
    Oroboros
    Participant

    One of the Pedo Jo-jo & Kamala La-la administration’s Greatest Accomplishments

    Ta-Da!

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:46 pm #167896
    Oroboros
    Participant

    It wouldn’t even matter if someone had snuffed Pedo Jo-jo by now.

    In fact he might already be pushing up the daisies somewhere.

    The Satanists just put in another ‘stunt double’, this time 6″ inches SHORTER tha the actual Old Classic Pedo Joe.

    He was a mirage to begin with back in 2020.

    They’ve probably already got triplicate Buttplugs for Kamala La-la lined up ready to lube up and slide into Duh’merica’s rear end.

    Kamala La-la riding Tiny Tim to the Hoe-down….

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:54 pm #167897
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Forgiving the 100,000 dollar student loan debt of someone who majored in:

    Transgender Multi-dimension Non-binary Astrological Star System Post Modern Performance Art

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    Dark Willie

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:55 pm #167898
    zerosum
    Participant

    John Day, You’re going to get in trouble for putting all those truth in one blog.

    Demonstration of who has “THE POWER”

    Extensive: Universities Unveil New Rules to Ban Anti-Israel Protests, Classify Criticism of ‘Zionists’ as ‘Hate Speech’​
    https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64622

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    August 30, 2024 at 6:57 pm #167899
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Dog Doors are Not an Idea Whose Time has Come in Flori-duh

    Hey this can remove genitals!

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    August 30, 2024 at 7:01 pm #167900
    Oroboros
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    August 30, 2024 at 7:07 pm #167901
    jb-hb
    Participant

    I said no such thing. You, sir are a liar. If you want to refute my position on something then you must refute what I actually said and meant. You do NOT have permission to put false and deliberately misleading PHONY words in my mouth so that you can refute the bullshit “straw man” that you claim is me.

    Also, if you choose to continue along this vein of using sand-box slurs (like calling me an ant) as means of argument then you should be ashamed of yourself. I thought you had better brains than that.

    I apologize, but I do have a few points to make

    I called MYSELF an ant – a defective one.

    We are, in my scenario, fellow-ants in the ant hive. Ants are noble, hard-working, intrinsically decent to each other through their good in-earnest cooperation. Unavoidably in their actions and pheremone-based communication, they are congruent with reality and honest with each other. To the ant, those pheremones ARE honesty, in a sense. The ants are the good guys – I am not modifying my meaning after the fact, that was what I was trying to say all along.

    I did have the DBS ant saying “Friends! We need to act according to agreed norms!”

    I thought literally inserting

    You are still insisting upon garnering to yourself sole authority to tell the rest of us what those words mean.

    into the scenario would be overly snarky. I acknowledge your good intentions. I acknowledge that the way you generally think people should interact and behave IS in fact the way people should interact – you are, in essence, siding with decency in that regard .

    I’m openly stating my case – and to do so, openly defining my terms.

    I’m not throwing up a smokescreen, gaslighting, word salading, or anything else in the service of some other purpose I consider to be more pragmatic and not putting up for debate.

    Since I have laid everything out for you to take aim at freely, I take notice when the response is “You are still insisting upon garnering to yourself sole authority to tell the rest of us what those words mean” Any number of times, people ranging from left-leaning to outright communist have also made assertions here. I think of my own decades-long tendency of what to react to, what not to react to, back when I took leftism, deconstructionism, and postmodernism as givens. But that WAS me.

    I declared war openly (on a Narc worldview and style of using fake communication as a weapon), officially yesterday and have been swinging a bit wildly since. I apologize for that. I think I take your overall meaning to heart. Apologies.

    August 30, 2024 at 7:11 pm #167902
    Oroboros
    Participant

    This is for anyone holding out hope for Euroturdistan:

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    August 30, 2024 at 7:48 pm #167903
    userzeroid
    Participant

    This is what TDK sang earlier in the chat. I hear you, heard that tritone loud and clear. And it’s Friday.

    August 30, 2024 at 9:47 pm #167904
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    What’s your threshold?
    Choose one:

    1. Aspergillus mold in the HVAC system of Naval Medical Center San Diego in 1987 BEFORE it opened?

    2. Aspergillus infections in dead newborns at Seattle Children’s Hospital before you sound the alarm, blow the whistle or alert the blowhards at WA DOH or Joint Commission?

    3. Torture civilians, murder children under the color of uniform, combat and war?

    4. Haditha?

    Murtha’s threshold was Haditha. God bless Jack.
    What got him murdered by hack surgeons at Walter Reed/Bethesda was following my lead in pursuit of the venal, monsters in Navy Medicine.
    I operate with those limits and thresholds at the forefront, a priori.
    Tulsi, Walz, Ritter, Biden, Trump, Vance, Tam were never cut out for the job, not ever qualified to enter any training program I finished in spectacular fashion.
    Too many folk are bamboozled by the stupid.

    Here’s Scheer’s post on Haditha.
    I bet Scheer data mines TAE, Xymphora and Unz at least.

      American journalists finally obtained and released photos showing the grisly aftermath of the bloody rampage—whose perpetrators never spent a day behind bars.

    https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/30/this-is-what-the-us-military-was-doing-in-iraq-photos-of-2005-haditha-massacre-finally-published/

    To get an idea what I’ve done, the intellect of the other personalities involved and the complexity of operations Walz and Gabbard could never understand, take a little time to watch Lemoine’s video review of the Air Force’s Osprey crash last year in Japan.
    I was investigator on 3 aviation mishaps and avoided being a casualty in 2 of those 3. Only two made it to “the books”. Survivors are targeted by outsiders for blame and internally with self-recriminations.

    How man guys ignored the obvious warnings and refused timely interventions?

    August 30, 2024 at 10:33 pm #167905
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    @jb_hb

    Thank you for the measured and honest response to my yelp. I think we’re good going forward, and I want to say again that I always read your comments with high expectations of learning something new.

    August 30, 2024 at 10:41 pm #167906
    WES
    Participant

    Comments I saw:

    “Kamala Harris is the name and word salad is my game!”

    “Alex: I will take Word Salad for $5,000!”

    August 30, 2024 at 11:50 pm #167910
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Anyone here at TAE live in “Empty”?

    Got a better description?

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    August 30, 2024 at 11:53 pm #167911
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Murica with Love

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    August 30, 2024 at 11:56 pm #167912
    Oroboros
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    August 30, 2024 at 11:57 pm #167913
    Oroboros
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    August 31, 2024 at 12:01 am #167914
    Oroboros
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    August 31, 2024 at 12:03 am #167915
    Oroboros
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    August 31, 2024 at 12:20 am #167916
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Greta is holding her breathe until she turns Purple

    Video released by the #Houthis seems to show the setting of explosive charges on the deck of the tanker #Sounion off the coast of Yemen in the #RedSea.

    At 150k tons, this tanker is almost twice the size of Exxon Valdez and the environmental damage to the region will be massive.

    https://x.com/i/status/1827074505505960328

    August 31, 2024 at 1:09 am #167917
    poppie
    Participant

    The Red Sea and Gulf of Oman are both a series of whirlpools one end to another. This could be a real mess. All stop.

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