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Ukraine is Major Defeat for West Who Has Been Dominating Planet Earth (Sp.)
NATO Teetering on Edge of Direct Conflict With Russia (Sp.)
Ukraine Will Be ‘The Largest Operation In CIA History’ (HE)
NATO’s Presence in Ukraine is ‘Hardly Surprising for Anyone’ (Sp.)
Germans Plotting Attack on Russian Infrastructure: A Bridge Too Far (Jay)
‘Sheer Incompetence and Ignorance’ Led to Plan to Attack Crimean Bridge (Sp.)
German and French Leaders ‘Don’t Get Along’ – Bloomberg (RT)
Erik Prince Calls For ‘Ugly Peace’ In Ukraine (RT)
German Healthcare System Should Prepare For War – Minister (RT)
The West Can’t Be Trusted To Observe Its Own ‘Red Lines’ In Ukraine (Amar)
Settlement In Ukraine Impossible Without Moscow – China (TASS)
Heavy Losses Inflict ‘Dramatic Manpower Crisis’ On Israel (Cradle)
Trump Trounces Haley In Idaho, Missouri, And Michigan (ZH)
The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up (Julie Kelly)
Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding? (AMD)

 

 

 

 

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“..now are going to have to get accustomed to a bitter new reality..”

Ukraine is Major Defeat for West Who Has Been Dominating Planet Earth (Sp.)

The conflict in Ukraine represents a major defeat for powers who have gotten used to “dominating planet Earth for hundreds of years” and are going to have to “get accustomed to a bitter new reality,” Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of History at the University of Houston told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour on Friday. The topic of discussion was French PM Emmanuel Macron’s comments that he would not rule out sending NATO troops into Ukraine to fight Russia, which led to several of Macron’s allies, including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ruling out the possibility. Russian President Vladimir Putin in turn warned against the escalations, saying that it could lead to nuclear war. “Everything that they are thinking up now, that they are scaring the world with, it all really poses the threat of a conflict involving nuclear weapons, and therefore, the destruction of civilization. Don’t they understand this?” Putin asked during his annual state-of-the-nation speech.

“[Western politicians] have already forgotten what war is,” Putin said, adding later that they apparently “Think that these are just some cartoons.” Horne explained that NATO’s position is “the worst of both worlds,” because “it is enmeshed in a war it cannot win, but it can’t afford to lose. And when you are in such a corner, inevitably, it leads to the kinds of intemperate remarks of Mr. Macron, it leads to Rishi Sunak of London dispatching the flower of British youth to an uncertain fate in Ukraine,” he said, referring to comments by Scholz that there are already UK personnel in Ukraine operating Storm Shadow missile launches. “I think taxpayers and US citizens should ask themselves how all these think thanks and bureaucrats at the State Department and Pentagon… manage this kind of potential quagmire that NATO and the United States are now enmeshed in?”

The international situation is not what the White House bargained for, Horne said, but “rather than make a sober assessment and trying to make the best out of this rather daunting situation, they’re floating ideas about nuclear conflict, they’re floating ideas about escalation in Ukraine, they’re floating rather harebrained ideas concerning Russia, supposedly putting weapons in outer space. “We see that this is a major defeat that has been inflicted upon the powers that have been dominating planet Earth for hundreds of years, and now are going to have to get accustomed to a bitter new reality,” Horne said.

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“They are spilling the beans in order to somehow stop this, so that the public of their countries support them, so as not to cross the Rubicon, so as not to get involved in a direct open war..”

NATO Teetering on Edge of Direct Conflict With Russia (Sp.)

A recording of German military officers discussing a potential attack on the Crimean Bridge was released by Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group, on March 1. Judging from the transcript, NATO soldiers from the UK, the US and France have been operating in the Ukraine combat zone for quite a while. “A significant part of the weapons used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces is supplied from the West,” Leonid Reshetnikov, a retired lieutenant general of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), told Sputnik. “In addition, there is a considerable presence of Western intelligence operatives from NATO countries in Ukraine. They have long settled there, in Ukraine, even before 2014 – the intelligence services of the US, the UK, and also other countries.”

Likewise, when transferring sophisticated and high-precision weapons to Ukraine, NATO countries usually also dispatch maintenance personnel, repair staff and crews to operate this equipment to the combat zone, the retired intelligence officer continued. “They have no time for training the Ukraine military in the midst of the special military operation. Therefore the crews of these [NATO] countries have been operating or firing systems such as Patriot air defense systems and other systems supplied by the Americans, NATO members, the French, and the British for quite a while. Of course, they are not deployed at the very forefront, but they operate artillery, air defense systems, and partially tanks,” Reshetnikov said. Similarly, NATO Special Forces disguised as mercenaries have also been deployed in the zone of the special military operation, according to the intelligence veteran.

“Yes, there are indeed some mercenaries [in Ukraine] who had been engaged in this business well before the special military operation. But starting from the mid-2022 or the beginning of 2023, there has been a systematic recruitment of active [NATO] units,” he said. Reshetnikov explained that under this scenario, NATO Special Ops soldiers formally leave their unit and go to the zone of the special military operation as volunteers. However, they are not only paid for participating in hostilities on Ukraine’s side, but also retain the income they received while serving in the army of a NATO country. Thus, Special Forces from the US, the UK and France are fighting on the ground pretending to be mere mercenaries. Given all of the above, one can see that NATO is really involved in the Ukraine conflict and is actively fighting on the side of the Kiev regime, the intelligence veteran emphasized.

Prior to the Bundeswehr release, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came under fierce criticism for disclosing information about the presence of the British and French military in the combat zone in Ukraine. According to Scholz, Western soldiers have been dispatched to operate long-range Storm Shadow and SCALP cruise missiles and help Ukrainian fire at Russian targets. Speaking to journalists in Berlin earlier this week, Scholz explained why Berlin hesitates to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. “This is a very far-reaching weapon,” Scholz said about the Taurus. “What the British and French are doing in terms of target control and support for target control cannot be done in Germany.” Berlin’s French and British allies lambasted the German chancellor for what they called a “flagrant abuse of intelligence”.

[..] Reshetnikov outlined two opposite trends. According to him, there are Western politicians, who, like Emmanuel Macron, are willing to expand NATO’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. However, there are also others, who fear that the alliance’s presence in the conflict zone may lead to direct confrontation with nuclear-armed Russia. The latter are openly speaking about NATO’s involvement to trigger a public debate and resentment about getting bogged down in Ukraine, according to the intelligence veteran. “They are spilling the beans in order to somehow stop this, so that the public of their countries support them, so as not to cross the Rubicon, so as not to get involved in a direct open war,” he stressed.

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“We were riding high and riding dirty. And that’s what this was, we thought we were unstoppable and we could just coup anyone we wanted, there’d never be any repercussions..”

Ukraine Will Be ‘The Largest Operation In CIA History’ (HE)

Jack Posobiec hosted guest Mike Benz on Human Events Daily Thursday to hear his take on the New York Times article that detailed the CIA’s involvement in Ukraine prior to the Russia invasion, which Benz said will reveal itself to be “the largest operation in CIA history.” The pair unpacked the reasoning behind the New York Times releasing their story which essentially agreed with what conservative commentators such as Posobiec have been saying since the war began. “This is actually such a shocking moment in American journalist history,” Benz stated. “These are highly highly, highly classified operations.” He said that “It’s my contention that when the dust settles on this, the Ukraine skirmish in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup is going to ultimately be the largest operation in CIA history.” Compared to the CIA’s Syrian operation under Barack Obama, which was revealed to be the most expensive operation up to this point, Ukraine will blow it out of the water once all said and done, Benz said.

Posobiec clarified that Benz was implying the NYT article was a “limited hangout” when “an operation becomes so compromised, or public knowledge or public interest becomes so obvious around something,” that the CIA begins to unveil pieces of the big picture, like an “onion.” When the US involved itself in Ukraine in the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Brennan era, “We were riding high and riding dirty. And that’s what this was, we thought we were unstoppable and we could just coup anyone we wanted, there’d never be any repercussions, and no one would ever stand up for themselves, and Russia would never actually backstop it,” Benz said. This, however, was a “serious miscalculation.” “And when it turned out that their own population didn’t support these dirty tricks, either in the form of the rise of a populace presidential candidate like Donald Trump who was running on putting America first in domestic priorities over foreign policy,” he explained, “then all hell broke loose.”

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“We are being made a target for Russian weapons and this matter must be discussed. The citizens must be informed about how carelessly and irresponsibly politics [in Germany] are being conducted..”

NATO’s Presence in Ukraine is ‘Hardly Surprising for Anyone’ (Sp.)

The German military made headlines this week after a recording of officials discussing the possible shipments of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and the use of these weapons against targets in Russia was disclosed by Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik’s parent media group. In the recording, the German officers can be heard mulling various issues related to the transfer of Taurus missiles to the Kiev regime, as well as how to avoid implicating Germany’s involvement in the conflict while doing so. According to Eugen Schmidt, a member of the German parliament from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the officers in question were likely not pursuing objectives of their own but were merely preparing for the possibility of Berlin approving the transfer of the missiles to Kiev.

“They act on political directives coming from above. That is, they follow orders, just like any military does. They do not act on their own initiative. So if a political decision on shipping the missiles is made, they would have to follow through,” Schmidt said. The lawmaker compared the current situation with the Taurus missiles to the Leopard tanks, which Germany was initially reluctant to supply to Ukraine but ultimately did after caving in to pressure from both the German political opposition and the “so-called allies from across the ocean.” “I do not know what really goes on in the defense ministry, but I suspect that the military were expecting certain political factions to force through the decision on missile shipments,” he said. “Besides, the French and the British are already sending similar missiles [to Ukraine], so the military likely assumed that Germany would have to do the same. And so they started calculating what would they have to do to make it happen.”

Commenting on the remarks made by the German officers during the conversation about a British and US military presence in Ukraine, Schmidt noted that NATO does wage a war against Russia, just not directly but by using Ukraine as a proxy. “So the presence of [foreign] military personnel there is hardly surprising to anybody, especially when it comes to planning operations, maintaining NATO military hardware and so on,” he said. At the same time, Schmidt pointed out, the powers that be in Western countries keep telling their citizens that there is no NATO military personnel in Ukraine. “They are painting a whole different picture for the common people, even though everyone realizes that there is NATO personnel there, a lot of them, not on the frontline but, shall we say, in the second or third echelon,” he added.

Schmidt also lamented that only the AfD, the German political party he represents, openly declares that a conflict with a nuclear power and the actions of the German government are detrimental to Germany’s security whereas other parties in the country prefer to keep quiet on such matters. “We are being made a target for Russian weapons and this matter must be discussed. The citizens must be informed about how carelessly and irresponsibly politics [in Germany] are being conducted at the expense of our safety,’ he said.

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“..the Germans have decades ahead of them in how be an effective fighting force on the international stage when they are so plagued by rank amateurism..”

Germans Plotting Attack on Russian Infrastructure: A Bridge Too Far (Jay)

When, at the beginning of the Ukraine war Scholz had his “moment” in the German parliament where he announced a new level or military spending many Germans paused and became nervous about the possibility of history repeating itself. But they were not alone. Many Europeans wondered about how wise the move was as it propelled a weak and ineffective coalition government down a dangerous and treacherous path towards exactly the same circumstances which led to the collapse of democracy in the 1930s and the rapid emergence of Hitler and his so-called “socialist” party: nationalism. Also, comical are the number of times these officials talk about the British who they call “the English” and how they consider them to be such important partners in the war against Russia, not only from a strategic standpoint but also a financial one. Roger and Fritz are closer than they’ve ever been.

But the obsession with the Crimean bridge is interesting as the transcripts reveal that it is on the Ukrainian side where the idea to hit it comes. The German airforce senior officials are sceptical about hitting the bridge with sufficient impact to actually destroy it and even less convinced that the Ukrainians can do this on their own. The idea of a French made Rafael jet is suggested for the job, but they believe that it would require 20 Taurus missiles to destroy it to any significant level. What exactly the Russians do while a French fighter jet repeats sortie after sortie dropping its bombs is unclear. There is also the problem of how to deflect attention or finger pointing when the job is done. It’s here where we see that the German air force commanders are woefully ignorant and misinformed about the realities on Russian intelligence.

The Germans actually believe they can protect themselves with a ring of disinformation and amateur distractions – like having their own people, while in Kiev talk with strong American accents while doing the training and logistics right through to insisting that the Ukrainians make a documented approach to the Germans for the equipment and training. As though this would temper the Russians even if they believed it once the bridge is destroyed! We are really in the land of amateur spooking here which leads the reader to believe that the Germans have decades ahead of them in how be an effective fighting force on the international stage when they are so plagued by rank amateurism – the same dismal lack of planning which made them lose the battle of Barbarossa in the second world war.

Planning is a word which comes up in the conversation transcripts a lot as it is an obsession of German public servants, whether they be in the military or work for Deutsche Welle news department – the latter a public funded German propaganda station which is so bad that even Germans gave up watching it years ago, forcing its executives to scrap the German language service. And yet it is the lack of planning, but merely the talk of it, which is the real heart of the problem of German thinking. A Bridge Too Far, in fact.

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Ray McGovern: “If I were Putin, I would have my focus on full alert because one of these acolytes [might] say ‘hey, Mr. Biden… we did the cluster ammo, we did the depleted uranium, who’s going to complain if we do just a mini-nuke?’”

‘Sheer Incompetence and Ignorance’ Led to Plan to Attack Crimean Bridge (Sp.)

On Friday, RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group (Sputnik’s parent company) Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan published leaked audio of a conversation involving four German senior military officers, including the head of the German Air Force, General Ingo Gerhartz. The audio included operational and targeting details of Taurus missiles even though in public, sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine remains a matter of debate. Significantly, the four officers discussed hitting the Crimean bridge and how to maintain plausible deniability for their involvement in such operations. Ray McGovern, a peace activist and former CIA analyst with over 27 years of experience, told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour that only “sheer incompetence and ignorance” would lead NATO to consider such plans.

McGovern said that the leaked German conversation, which has since been reportedly confirmed as authentic by German officials, reflected comments that former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made during an interview with Western media. “If you want to give the Russians pause, if you want to interrupt that sense of momentum that they have, why not be able to do things like drop the Kerch Strait Bridge? That would have a big impact on the Russians, I think, psychologically as well as militarily,” Gates said during the interview. “Here’s this wise man, Bobby Gates, saying ‘Oh let’s get into World War Three,’” McGovern said. “I mean, if he is speaking for an influential element not only in the White House but also the German Army, my God.”

“It’s just sheer incompetence and ignorance,” McGovern continued later. “He reads the intelligence. Previous presidents and previous CIA directors are given special treatment, they can read the latest and most sensitive intelligence. … The intelligence has been so bad that Bobby Gates could be led to believe this would teach the Russians a lesson.” After noting that Gates wrote in his autobiography that “it has never been on top of [Gates’] job jar to please the Russians,” McGovern warned that “it may not be on top of the jar of people to make Putin or the Russians happy, but my God, they have to recognize that they don’t want to alienate the Russians or make the Russians think that [the West is] so unpredictable that the Russians may have to use this advantage that they have now in strategic weaponry.” Co-host Wilmer Leon asked about comments from US Senator and vice chair of the Intelligence Committee Marco Rubio (R-FL) that Ukraine needs to end in a negotiated settlement. McGovern said he doubted Rubio’s intentions but said the comments were still significant.

“He’s the same guy that voted vociferously to give [$60 billion] more to Ukraine, and of course $14 billion to Israel, X billion to Taiwan and whoever else. So I don’t know. A lot of this is rhetoric now, but it is significant that the rhetoric itself is changing,” McGovern explained. “If they don’t get a negotiated settlement or something they [can] depict as the same, it’s going to be just a disastrous loss.” But anytime a world nuclear power is cornered, it can be extremely dangerous, McGovern warned. “As John Kennedy said in that wonderful American University speech ‘Never give another nuclear power a choice between a humiliating retreat and using nuclear weapons’… Joe Biden is faced with humiliating retreat, he’s got lots at stake here,” McGovern warned. “If I were Putin, I would have my focus on full alert because one of these acolytes [might] say ‘hey, Mr. Biden… we did the cluster ammo, we did the depleted uranium, who’s going to complain if we do just a mini-nuke?’ So that’s the danger here.’”

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Good cop bad cop?

German and French Leaders ‘Don’t Get Along’ – Bloomberg (RT)

The relationship between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron has long been strained, but Macron’s recent refusal to rule out sending troops to Ukraine has driven tensions to boiling point, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The rift between Paris and Berlin was exposed earlier this week when Macron declared that while “there’s no consensus today to send… troops on the ground” to Ukraine, “we cannot exclude anything.” Responding a day later, Scholz told reporters that there will be “no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil, who are sent there by European or NATO countries,” and that the alliance’s leaders were “unanimous as far as this question is concerned.”

Macron’s statement was “deliberately ambiguous,” and intended to “create uncertainty in the mind of Russian military planners,” Bloomberg reported, paraphrasing anonymous officials. However, it was made “against the express wishes of Scholz’ office,” the same officials said. In a further dig at the German chancellor, Macron followed up his comment by calling out NATO members who had offered Ukraine nothing but “helmets and sleeping bags” when the conflict with Russia began in February 2022. According to Bloomberg, this was perceived as an insult by the chancellery, considering that Scholz rapidly overcame his initial reluctance to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, with Germany now Kiev’s second-largest provider of military aid. Despite Macron’s apparent willingness to escalate, Germany has sent Ukraine 27 times more bilateral military aid than France (€17.7 billion to €0.64 billion), according to figures from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

“In Berlin,” Bloomberg noted, “Macron is seen as a monarchical figure who is better at issuing grand visions than delivering.” Close aides to Scholz acknowledged to Bloomberg that “the two don’t get along.” On the other hand, “Macron sees Scholz as a leader without courage and ambition who cannot think beyond the short term,” a French official told the American news site. Further evidence of this rift emerged on Monday when Macron announced that he was leading a coalition of states to provide Ukraine with “medium and long-range missiles and bombs” to strike deep into Russian territory. On Thursday, Scholz said that he was reluctant to send long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev, as they could potentially be used to strike Moscow.

Scholz also angered British and French officials earlier in the week when he said that British Storm Shadow and French SCALP-EG cruise missiles – which are already being used by Ukraine and are roughly equivalent to the Taurus – required British and French crews to operate, a statement implying that both countries already had military personnel on the ground in Ukraine.. In his annual state-of-the-nation address on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Western leaders toying with the idea of intervening in Ukraine “have already forgotten what war is.” Russia, he said, has a massive nuclear arsenal, and therefore “the consequences for potential invaders would be far more tragic” than in bygone eras.

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“The Western defense base is pathetic and you’re not going to out-conventional war the Russian bear..”

Erik Prince Calls For ‘Ugly Peace’ In Ukraine (RT)

The West should pull the plug on the Ukraine conflict as soon as possible because it will not be able to outperform Russia’s defense industry, Erik Prince, founder of the American private military company Blackwater has said. Speaking to the podcast PBD on Friday, Prince, who served as the CEO of the mercenary group until 2009 and now heads Frontier Resource Group, a private equity fund, expressed doubts about whether Kiev and its Western backers could prevail in the conflict with Russia, which has just entered its third year. “We need to bring this war to a close because all Ukraine is doing right now is destroying itself demographically,” he said, adding that hostilities are “chewing up the next generation of Ukrainian manpower,” which will be almost impossible to replace. “The Western defense base is pathetic and you’re not going to out-conventional war the Russian bear,” Prince argued.

According to the former US Navy SEAL, in this light, the “ugly peace” and a freeze in hostilities would be a better option both for Kiev and its Western supporters than “whatever their idea of an ideal war is,” adding “let them [Russia] keep Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk. Whatever.” The majority Russian-speaking Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia in a 2014 referendum after a Western-backed coup in Kiev. Donetsk and Lugansk, regions which had declared independence from Ukraine, followed suit in September, 2022 after the start of the current conflict. However, Prince did not mention Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which also held successful referendums to join Russia in the fall of 2022. “It’s not the American taxpayer’s obligation to spend another hundred billion in Ukraine when there’s been significant corruption and really nothing to show for it,” he added.

Meanwhile, Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk appeared to agree with Prince. Commenting on the Blackwater CEO’s quotes, which were cited by American investor David Sacks, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Unfortunately, that is true.” Russia maintains it is open to talks on Ukraine; however, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signed a decree banning talks with the current leadership in Moscow after the referendums in Kiev’s four former regions, which it immediately condemned as illegitimate. At the same time, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last year that Moscow is opposed to a freeze in the Ukraine conflict, saying that it will not stop until its goals are accomplished and national interests protected by military or other means. Russia has repeatedly said that its main goals are to “denazify” and “demilitarize” Ukraine.

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Next up: food rationing?!

German Healthcare System Should Prepare For War – Minister (RT)

Germany must improve its healthcare system to be able to swiftly respond to crisis situations, such as a new pandemic or a military conflict, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has said. Legislation for reforms expected to be presented this summer will be “a turning point for the healthcare system,” the Social Democratic Party (SPD) politician told the newspaper Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung in an interview published on Saturday. Though the ruling ‘traffic light coalition’ has already pushed for reforms following the Covid-19 pandemic, the health minister said that with the Ukraine conflict, the challenges have become even more important. “In the event of a crisis, every doctor, every hospital, every health authority must know what to do. We need clear responsibilities – for example, for the distribution of a high number of injured people among the clinics in Germany,” Lauterbach explained.

The minister said hospitals must also conduct drills to practice their response to disasters, dismissing accusations of scaremongering by arguing that “doing nothing is not an option.” “It would be silly to say we are not preparing for a military conflict and then it won’t come. According to this logic, there would be no need for a Bundeswehr,” he said. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated last November that the country must become “war-capable,” and insisted again in January that Berlin and all of NATO should arm itself more actively to be able to “wage a war that is forced upon us.”

Last month, Bundeswehr General Carsten Breuer called for a “change in mentality” in German society, insisting that the nation needs to build credible “deterrence” to prepare for a potential war with Russia within five years. Commenting on claims that Russia could be planning an attack on Germany or any other NATO state, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in January that EU officials were “inventing an external enemy” to divert attention away from domestic problems. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that “no one wants a big war,” especially Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the claims as “complete nonsense,” insisting that Moscow has “no geopolitical, economic… or military interest” in starting a conflict with NATO.

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“..Germans might rally round the flag, or they might openly rebel against an already deeply unpopular government..”

The West Can’t Be Trusted To Observe Its Own ‘Red Lines’ In Ukraine (Amar)

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have disagreed publicly over how to support Ukraine – which has been ruthlessly deployed by the West as a geopolitical proxy – in its conflict with Russia. Macron used a special EU meeting he had convened, rumor has it directly inspired by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, to state, in effect, that sending Western combat troops into Ukraine was an option. Of course, the West already has troops on the ground, including those flimsily camouflaged as volunteers and mercenaries, or otherwise participating in the conflict (for instance by planning and targeting), as a recent leak of US documents has confirmed. But an open intervention by ground forces would be a severe escalation, directly pitting Russia and NATO against each other, as Moscow has quickly pointed out, and making nuclear escalation a real possibility.

Russia has deliberately tolerated a certain degree of Western intervention, for its own pragmatic reasons: In essence, it seeks to win the war in Ukraine, while avoiding an open conflict with NATO. It is willing to pay the price of having to deal with some de facto Western military meddling, as long as it is confident it can defeat it on the Ukrainian battlefield. Indeed, the strategy has the added advantage that the West is bleeding its own resources, while the Russian military is receiving excellent hands-on training in how to neutralize Western hardware, including much-touted “miracle weapons.” You do not have to believe Moscow’s words, but simply consult elementary logic to understand that there is an equally hard-headed limit to this kind of calculated tolerance. If the Russian leadership were to conclude that Western military forces in Ukraine were endangering its objectives (instead of merely making achieving them harder), it would raise the price for certain Western countries. (Selective treatment would be adopted to put under stress – quite possibly to breaking point – Western cohesion.)

Consider Germany, for instance: Berlin is by far Ukraine’s biggest bilateral financial supporter among EU states (at least in terms of commitments). Yet militarily, for now, Russia has been content with, in essence, shredding German Leopard tanks as they arrive on the battlefield. And, in a sense, punishing Germany’s meddling can safely be left to its own government: the country has already taken massive hits to its economy and international standing. But if Berlin were to go even further, Moscow’s calculations would change. In that case, as little as German mass media allow German citizens to think about it, a “sobering” (to use a term from Russian doctrine) strike – initially probably non-nuclear – on German forces and territory is possible. The domestic consequences of such an attack are unpredictable. Germans might rally round the flag, or they might openly rebel against an already deeply unpopular government that has been sacrificing the national interest with unprecedented bluntness to Washington’s geopolitics.

If you think the above sounds a little far-fetched, I know of someone who clearly does not share your complacency: the German chancellor. Stung by Macron’s provocation, Scholz countered with telling alacrity. Within 24 hours after the surprise French move, he publicly ruled out the sending of “ground troops” by “European nations or NATO nations,” underlining that that this red line has always been agreed on. In addition, the chancellor also chose exactly this moment to reaffirm that Germany will not deliver its Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev, as escalation that proponents have long demanded, including inside Germany. With, according to Scholz, the capability of striking Moscow, Berlin’s missiles in Ukrainian hands and Macron’s hypothetical ground forces have one thing in common: they come with a serious risk of spreading direct fighting beyond Ukraine, in particular to Western Europe and Germany.

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“..in addition to Russia, he will visit the EU headquarters, Poland, Ukraine, Germany and France..”

Settlement In Ukraine Impossible Without Moscow – China (TASS)

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui during a meeting in Moscow stated that any discussion of the settlement in Ukraine is impossible without Russia’s participation and taking into account its security interests, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “An engaged and detailed exchange of opinions on the Ukrainian crisis took place. It was stated that any discussion of the political and diplomatic settlement is impossible without Russia’s participation and consideration of its interests in the security sphere,” the foreign policy agency said.

“That said, it was noted that ultimatums to Russia promoted by Kiev and the West and related dialogue formats only harm the prospects of any settlement and cannot serve as its basis,” the ministry stressed. The meeting was held in a traditionally friendly and trusting atmosphere, typical of Russian-Chinese relations, the agency added. On March 2, Li launched his second tour aiming to seek ways to settle the Ukrainian conflict. It is expected that, in addition to Russia, he will visit the EU headquarters, Poland, Ukraine, Germany and France. The previous tour took place in May 2023.

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Tolerance for body bags is not high in Israel.

Heavy Losses Inflict ‘Dramatic Manpower Crisis’ On Israel (Cradle)

The Israeli military is demanding an addition of at least 7,000 soldiers to its forces due to a serious manpower crisis. The 7,000 are needed on top of the soldiers already enlisting, the Israeli army said on 1 March. “The army requires standards for another 7,500 officers and noncommissioned officers, while the Treasury currently approves only 2,500. These are unprecedented numbers, which indicate the shock that befell the IDF following almost 150 days of fighting, which began with heavy losses on 7 October,” Hebrew news site Ynet reported, citing the army’s General Staff. “The army is compiling the data that will explain how dramatic the manpower problem is,” it added. Just one day ago, Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, called to end draft exemptions for members of the ultra-Orthodox community. Gallant said he would only support legislation allowing for continued exemptions if all members of the ruling coalition backed it.

The minister asserted that “all parts of society” must “bear the burden” of service. Gallant’s position could result in tension with ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition, viewed as integral to the current government’s survival, according to Hebrew media. However, the army’s demand for a boost in manpower “has nothing to do with politics or the demand for equal burden: The situation is simply not good and does not match the threat map,” Ynet wrote. Israel is taking severe losses in its genocidal war in Gaza and its attempt to eradicate the Palestinian resistance. While Israel claims that Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah is the final Hamas stronghold, the group’s military wing, along with several other factions, continue to fiercely confront Israeli troops across the strip.

A source from within the resistance told Al-Mayadeen on Thursday that the Israeli army has been forced out of Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, where it had been operating over the past eleven days in an attempt to clear out Hamas fighters. The source added that the neighborhood is a “graveyard” for Merkava tanks, and the “bloodied and torn” uniforms of Israeli soldiers are spread out across the battlefield. Clashes between the resistance and the army continued to rage on 1 March in several areas of Gaza, including the southern city of Khan Yunis and the Jabalia area in the northern strip.

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“..a Republican event on Sunday in the District of Columbia (they have Republicans?)..”

Trump Trounces Haley In Idaho, Missouri, And Michigan (ZH)

Donald Trump dominated in Saturday’s primary races, inning caucuses in Idaho and Missouri – while sweeping the delegate haul at a Michigan party convention. The former president earned every delegate at stake on Saturday, bringing his overall count to 244 vs. Nikki Haley’s 24. To secure the Republican nomination, Trump will need 1,215 delegates in total. In Michigan, Trump won all 39 delegates at the Republican convention in Grand Rapids, after winning the state’s primary on Tuesday with 68% of the vote vs. Haley’s 27%. In Missouri, Trump won 51 delegates. Things went particularly not well for Haley at one point: “The steep odds facing Haley were on display in Columbia, Missouri, where Republicans gathered at a church to caucus. Seth Christensen stood on stage and called on them to vote for Haley. He wasn’t well received. Another caucusgoer shouted out from the audience: “Are you a Republican?” An organizer quieted the crowd and Christensen finished his speech. Haley went on to win just 37 of the 263 Republicans in attendance in Boone County.” -AP.

Earlier in the day, Missouri Trump supporters inside a church in Columbia linked up to appeal for the former president. “Every 100 days, we’re spending $1 trillion, with money going all over the world. Illegals are running across the border,” said Tom Mendenall, an elector for Trump in 2016 and 2020. “You know where Donald Trump stands on a lot of these issues.” And in Iowa, Trump won 32 delegates, once again smoking Haley. Next on deck is a Republican event on Sunday in the District of Columbia (they have Republicans?), followed by Super Tuesday two days later, when 16 states will hold primaries – and the date Haley suggested she’d be dropping out if things don’t start going her way. This is going to be fun, no? From tonight’s speech in Virginia:

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Once the main Jan. 6 story.

The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up (Julie Kelly)

The now defunct Select Committee to Investigate the Attack on the U.S. Capitol barely mentioned the pipe bomb threat in its final report; the committee did not include video of the incident or the suspect during any televised hearings. This strikes some observers as odd for two reasons: The pipe bombs seemed to offer the strongest evidence for the Committee’s case that Jan. 6 was an act of domestic terrorism, and the direct threat to the life of the vice president, who was at the DNC for nearly two hours as the device sat undetected outside the building. The major news organizations that initially devoted significant space to promote the idea that a supporter of Donald Trump tried to blow up buildings near the Capitol on Jan. 6 have also lost interest in the case. But a handful of outlets led by Revolver News stayed on the story. And the same media once fixated on the pipe bomber now considers poking holes in the government’s official story little more than right-wing conspiracy-mongering.

The government’s seeming ineffectiveness, however, and lack of forthrightness regarding an allegedly deadly plot filled with unanswered questions has also created a wellspring of distrust. The presence of bombs in the nation’s capital as the joint session of Congress convened to debate the outcome of the Electoral College vote animated the notion that Jan. 6 represented an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by Trump supporters. Reports that two explosives were found just blocks from the U.S. Capitol initiated the first wave of panic that accelerated throughout the afternoon. It began when a 37-year-old woman from Madison, Wisc., named Karlin Younger, who said she was walking to do her laundry near the RNC, discovered a device in an alley around 12:40 p.m. Although it is not clear whether the Jan. 6 committee interviewed Younger – her name does not appear in its final report – she gave numerous media interviews in the weeks and months following Jan. 6.

In November 2021, Younger told Business Insider, “When I cast my eyes down, I just saw something kind of metallic, and it was just a very passing glimpse, and all I thought is someone must have missed the recycling bin. And I was going to recycle it, because I’m about that life. I just looked, and it was so completely unbelievable. You’re not on high alert. You don’t think you’re under attack. I’m not in Iraq. This is Capitol Hill.” She beckoned an RNC security guard whose name has not been made public to confirm her suspicions. “Holy shit, it’s a bomb!” Younger said he exclaimed. The FBI interviewed Younger a few days later after she contacted the bureau’s Jan. 6 tip line. But it doesn’t appear she was interviewed again by the FBI.

The FBI official leading the investigation, Washington FBI Field Office assistant director in charge Steven D’Antuono, told House Republicans he did not “recall” who discovered the device. Had the FBI come knocking again, Younger certainly would have consented to another interview. At the time, Younger worked for a public-private partnership called FirstNet, which provides interoperable broadband for first responders across the country. The month before Jan. 6, the FBI awarded a $92 million grant to FirstNet. Authorities quickly dispatched officers to the DNC located a few blocks away. A similar device reportedly was found on the ground between two benches outside one of the building’s entrances at 1:07 pm.

In response, police immediately evacuated a few congressional buildings including the nearby Cannon House Office building. “I just had to evacuate my office because of a pipe bomb reported outside,” Virginia Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria tweeted at 1:46 p.m. “Supporters of the President are trying to force their way into the Capitol and I can hear what sounds like multiple gunshots. I don’t recognize our country today and the members of Congress who have supported this anarchy do not deserve to represent their fellow Americans.” The Capitol Police stated on Jan. 7 that both devices, which it said were “hazardous and could cause great harm to public safety,” were “disabled and turned over to the FBI for further investigation and analysis.”

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Please don’t miss. Ron Johnson was slow out of the blocks, but he’s become a solid Covid voice. The only one in DC.

“..in 2022, he decided to postpone his retirement to go through a grueling re-election campaign so there would be someone in the government who could advocate for everyone whose lives had been ruined by the COVID vaccines.”

Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding? (AMD)

Ron Johnson has gradually become one of my favorite senators in American history. In 2020, he repeatedly advocated for early COVID-19 treatments to be made available to Americans (which had they been made available would have ended the pandemic). Throughout 2021, he spoke out against the vaccine mandates and in November hosted a panel at the Senate which scrutinized the federal vaccine mandates and exposed how poorly those who experienced severe COVID-19 vaccine injuries were being treated. In January 2022, he hosted a panel which scrutinized the entire COVID-19 response, and in December of 2022, he hosted a panel focusing on everything we now know about the vaccines. Being one of the most outspoken critics of the vaccination program in American history got him a lot of pushback, and in 2022, he decided to postpone his retirement to go through a grueling re-election campaign so there would be someone in the government who could advocate for everyone whose lives had been ruined by the COVID vaccines.[..]

Since the entire panel was 4 hours long, I recognize that many of you will not be able to watch all of it. For that reason, I tried to highlight what I felt were it’s most important parts. First, in Johnson’s opening statement, he discusses just how hard it has been over the last three years to get any of the information his office is legally entitled to from the government. For example with (Fauci’s) NIH: “We are down to the last 50 pages [of the 4000 he originally requested]. They will not release these. It’s been now going close to 2 years. This is what has been provided to us. Do you think there might be some incriminating information in this?” Likewise, these agencies have completely brushed off all evidence something is wrong. For example, with the NIH: Just like former NIH director Francis Collins Collins told me when I asked about all the deaths being reported on VAERS, [he said], “Senator, people die.” The fact that both of these statements are as true as they are callous highlights the challenge we face in exposing the truth.

While with the FDA: “I’ve written 4 [letters on hot-lots] starting in December of 2021. The first letter compared 25,000 lots of COVID vaccine to 22,000 lots of flu vaccine. One COVID lot had 5,297 adverse reactions associated with it. The worst flu lot had a 137. So 5,300 versus 137. 365 COVID lots had more than 100 adverse events. Only 10 flu lots had more than 100. And 80% of the serious adverse events, those with emergency room visits, hospitalization, or death were associated with only 5% of the lots. So, again, to me, I’m from manufacturing. That shows to me a manufacturing process out of control. [It] took us a year to get some kind of response and, basically, response from the agencies was, “we don’t see any variation in lots.” Johnson then illustrates how the current political climate has undermined everything science once stood for:

“Vaccine injuries are rare.” “The benefits outweigh the risk and that the science is clear and overwhelming.” “And anyone challenging this narrative is an is an anti science conspiracy theorist.” In other words, second opinions are not allowed. To me, this attitude is the antithesis of science. I am amazed at the knowledge mankind has obtained over the millennia. But I would argue that what we don’t know vastly exceeds what we do know. So as we pursue truth, we must pursue it with the humility that that reality demands.” Johnson’s opening statement was then followed by Robert Malone: “I’ll be succinct. The SARS CoV 2 modified mRNA based vaccine products were deployed via emergency use authorization without adequate nonclinical and clinical testing and without full disclosure of known patient risk and efficacy data. This violated well established legislatively mandated patient informed consent requirements. The FDA and HHS justified these actions as necessary due to reliance on deeply flawed modeling data indicating that SARS CoV 2 was associated with an infection fatality rate of 3.4%.”

Note: the IFR was subsequently shown to average between 0.018%-0.03% for everyone under 60 and was approximately 0.506% for those between 60-69 years of age. Subsequent clinical research experience has revealed a number of problems with the genetic vaccine technology based SARS COV 2 products, which have been marketed as vaccines. In most cases, there has been an effort to obscure or deny facts in public communication by government and pharmaceutical industry representatives. Malone then listed the key issues with the vaccines, to which Johnson replied: Doctor Malone, I think one of the things that always bothers me is [that] so much of what we’re learning in terms of harms of these vaccine was clearly known before they were rolled out.

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    Edward Hopper Cape Cod evening 1939   • Ukraine is Major Defeat for West Who Has Been Dominating Planet Earth (Sp.) • NATO Teetering on Edge of D
    [See the full post at: Debt Rattle March 3 2024]

    #153913
    oxymoron
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    They say geography is destiny and I believe that to have a lot of truth to it. Sitting here in Australia with the World of History, above, to the north I can assume this convict settlement will continue to export it’s primary product to the various engines of the world without nary a peep from anyone. America on the other hand was the land of the free and great forces are working against it pushing as they do – the tides of tyranny. I wish them well over there, the free ones, but when I see Whoopie Cushion Goldberg do here vocal Jackboot free jazz scat solo – I fear for them.

    The free ones are confronted with, what appears from here in jail, to be mad jackals.

    #153914
    oxymoron
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    ‘either we move beyond globo-capitalism or we die’.

    spoiler alert –
    Actually we die anyway.

    But better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

    #153915
    oxymoron
    Participant

    And last but not least. My friend Henrik I have known for decades has made (for him) an easy moral choice to NOT be a luddite and be on the side of the winners, namely the rulers.
    This is his company which is now international and will probably be the back engine to let you go to school, get into a nightclub, board a train, eat out, travel anywhere etc.
    He’ll very soon be a billionaire basically and it was sad to see him go – back off to the Viking land of his birth (Denmark) but I’m also glad to know him as perhaps I’ll secure a VIP or special AI access to bypass the scan or something.
    I’M NOT BEING CRYPTIC.
    Visit his website and immerse yourself in the implications and the applications. THIS WILL BE SOLD TO THE POLICE, THE GOV, THE MILITARY, THE HOSPITALS, THE SCHOOLS.

    https://www.helfie.ai/

    The biosecurity surveillance state just got a whole lot scarier. And to think he wanted to VC in my start up Vegie gardening company all those years ago.

    Doctors just got less job security also. We saw the technology worship rampage the globe during the scamdemic and if you think people are not prostate before their phones now, just wait.

    All assessments provided by Helfie’s AI are suspected (tentative) indications of a possible condition, not an actual diagnosis. These assessments are under no circumstances a substitute for personal consultation, screening, diagnosis or treatment by a registered health practitioner. Helfie apps should not be used to make decisions in situations that are life-threatening.


    Until the final steps in the destruction of regulatory agencies are completely owned by the corpratocracy – at which point the police man says ‘cough into the phone’ and then sends you off to the camps.

    #153916
    Dr. D
    Participant

    “AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia’s blacklisted sources”
    Already literally blacklisted. And Cnet, not CNN.

    “Americans Face Decades In Prison For Convincing Women Not To Have Abortions
    A grandmother expects to serve more than 41 years in federal prison…”

    Also arrested for silently praying. Hey, why doesn’t everyone take advice here and start attacking, shootin’ up the Feds, Burning everything down instead of the much harder work of waking people and reforming? I just don’t understand.

    Actually, we should thank them. As usual, evil, being divided, works against itself. If they COULD just protest, give some black eyes, their emotional energy would be spent, accomplishing exactly nothing, like protesting from 1970-today. Then the engineers could just go on stealing, raping our daughters with impunity. But BECAUSE they wouldn’t allow the Right to protest, they FORCED them into the incredibly difficult and honestly deeply uncharacteristic work of THINKING for a change. Made them sit in their basement, reading NY Times articles, and mapping the home addresses and business connections of every one of these guys. And tell others. All because of YOU, not us.

    So here we are, their only defense: Raw Lies, Disbelief, is being cut through day after day, and everyone BELIEVES there are 20 biolabs and 12 CIA “Bases” in Ukraine, and that the sole purpose of those bases is to KILL EVERYONE. No one would believe that even 10 years ago when you still allowed protests. So thanks. Couldn’t have done it without you.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation
    Published in NYT, Village Voice for years. Right out in the ope, day after day. But no one could believe it. As Goebbels or someone said, it has to be the “Big Lie”. Something so appalling the mind reels and reject it. It works.

    “Is A Mag7 ‘Gamma Squeeze’ About To Send Bitcoin ‘To The Moon’?

    Well, yes, but it’s just called “Crypto”, and “halvening”. It multiples up “out of nowhere” then crashes 90%. It will probably stabilize someday, when real money is in it, and we’re probably reaching that point, but not today. $100k, $150k? It’s actually behind the halvening chart pretty badly since they installed the (totally fraudulent) CME futures. Should be $200k by now.

    “London Theatre Bans White People for ‘Black Only’ Slave-Play Nights

    Um. How DO they accomplish this? Black people are slaves in LONDON? Who? When? What? The odds of any black person having been a slave is zero, the odds of them even being children of slaves is zero, and the odds of them having been descended, at any time from slaves, is very, very low. Some are on Windrush which could also be argued is a DIFFERENT nation, but as British protectorates, ok. But as I understand, quite the majority are from Africa, where there was colonization, but not outright slavery. So do I get a special free theatre night? I’m a child of vicious British colonialism and war.

    A: “Whut?” That’s all logic. It does not compute. All I heard was “Blah blah blah blah, Fluffy”

    “Whoopi Goldberg Says Biden “Could Throw Every Republican in Jail” if Trump Wins”

    Yes, but I think the number of Democrats who support that keeps falling.

    Fundraiser: I’d like to know how that goes for Fani this year. Should be a good weathervane.

    Hatch Act: Yes, but since – again – we’ve not enforced any laws, and for decades have had creeping Hatch Act Lite, now it becomes harder to argue this is wrong and illegal. If you don’t enforce the law because it’s the law, then later all law looks like it’s selectively enforced. A: Don’t have so many d—-d laws.

    $1Trillion a day. Gee why dat Bitcoin rising?

    Someone pointed out something in the long Putin interview: Putin has endless ground to cover, but he said, “Y’all are playing the fool for years. Don’t blame us when the US$ collapses.” Yellen is hot for helping.

    Definition of Parabola: $1 Trillion every 100 days, then every 50 days, then 20, then 10….

    “• Ukraine is Major Defeat for West Who Has Been Dominating Planet Earth (Sp.)
    “and are going to have to “get accustomed to a bitter new reality,”

    Are you kidding? We’re very used to losing. We’ve lost every war since 1945 and we didn’t win that one either; Russia did. “Merica! We’re #1!! …At losing.

    “it all really poses the threat of a conflict involving nuclear weapons, and therefore, the destruction of civilization. Don’t they understand this?” Putin asked”

    Yes, but they WANT civilization to end. OUR Civilization. They WANT a nuclear war. And they want 6B people dead. They say so daily, proudly, print the papers, sign their names, sleep like a baby, and get accolades and Nobel Prizes for it from University, Students, and Media.

    “• Ukraine Will Be ‘The Largest Operation In CIA History’ (HE)

    The Pentagon sucked Europe in. Did they also suck the CIA in?

    They claim 12 CIA “bases”. That sure sounds like Putin was right! And “bases”? No…the CIA doesn’t call them “Bases,” that’s for the military. “Bases” means “war.” Why’d you say that? Also seems to be CIA, out of CIA mouthpiece, with breaking their own arm with self-congratulations for their many, many illegal, unauthorized “successes” in Ukraine, etc. They all think it’s a CIA release. But WHY? I’d grab the CIA feed, hand it to the CIA puppet down there at the NYT, (aka “all of them”), have them print it, when it’s really from their RIVAL organization, bringing them down and to heel, the PENTAGON. Or rather, very certain, outnumbered people in the Pentagon, and specifically Military Intelligence. When we vaporize the CIA for this s—t, Mil Intel is going to take their place. Also most probably the core operator for the White Hats.

    “Posobiec clarified that Benz was implying the NYT article was a “limited hangout” when “an operation becomes so compromised, or public knowledge or public interest becomes so obvious around something,” that the CIA begins to unveil pieces of the big picture,”

    Yes. And suppose I’m right? What’s the CIA going to do or say about it? It’s what they would have released themselves…with some adjustments. Are they going to draw more attention and deny it? It’s (largely) true. Are they going to step in, say, “Not quite” then release their OWN, different, limited hangout, correcting the record, but also showing they got scooped and revealing everything by what they say and what they adjust? Nope. They’re going to figure out where it came from, shut their mouths, and have those people have “an accident”, like McConnell’s sister in law and YouTube CEO’s son.

    Anyway, when the SHTF, who’s going down, in the crosshairs, for causing it? Illegally? The CIA. Dodge This. Russia nukes Charleston and people want to know, Congress investigates why? The 101st ILLEGAL, self-funded, massive, multi-billion dollar coup overturning YET ANOTHER democratically elected government. With no Congressional oversight or approval. In service to LONDON and BlackRock. Not that dramatic, but you see my point. And it HAS to happen. We HAVE to get rid of the CIA, and how? Work backwards: IF the CIA is erased from history forever, and everyone cheers, what steps happened to cause that?

    “caving in to pressure from both the German political opposition and the “so-called allies from across the ocean.”

    He means “The Guys back East” like Gov Lake said. The ones who will whack you. Note he also says “Across the Ocean”. You mean like including LONDON? That is, the ANGLOS?

    Anyway, speaking of all this, Bitcoin, the $1T a day, inflation, the economy, it all has to collapse under BIDEN, and time is running out for that. That means, like Bitcoin, it’s all happening SOON. The war is running right on schedule, with NATO sapped and newly uninterested, Russia breaking through, Congress not moving, and Assange being transferred to oath under Congress.

    “former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
    “Bobby Gates, saying ‘Oh let’s get into World War Three,’” McGovern said. “I mean, if he is speaking for an influential element not only in the White House but also the German Army, my God.”

    CIA: Dodge this.

    “Previous presidents and previous CIA directors are given special treatment, they can read the latest and most sensitive intelligence. … The intelligence has been so bad that Bobby Gates could be led to believe this would teach the Russians a lesson.”

    The CIA CREATES the intelligence that lost the war. Out of their -sses, usually, like yes men.

    Dodge this.

    “we did the cluster ammo, we did the depleted uranium, who’s going to complain if we do just a mini-nuke?’

    It’s rumored they already did, or some like-kind wunderweapon.

    ““In Berlin,” Bloomberg noted, “Macron is seen as a monarchical figure who is better at issuing grand visions than delivering.”

    He’s seen that way everywhere else too, including France. Duran said he’s been dusting off and trying on that tiny Napoleon uniform again*.

    “insisting that the nation needs to build credible “deterrence” to prepare for a potential war with Russia within five years.”

    Five years again. Also, you don’t have “Credible deterrence” now? What have you been doing???? That’s the whole point of any military at all. Is that like what Trump said when you laughed and mocked him for, for years now, even today? This exact thing you are saying?

    “• The West Can’t Be Trusted To Observe Its Own ‘Red Lines’ In Ukraine (Amar)

    They don’t have Red Lines, we only have suggestions. Because we hate law, order, rules, and “reality”. We are “Not Agreement Capable.” I wouldn’t give a nickel for any agreements the West makes until the last person of this generation is dead. They’re incapable of telling the truth at any time, for any reason. The Truth Is Not In Them.

    “Germany will not deliver its Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev, as escalation that proponents have long demanded,”

    “Proponents” in the U.S., who somehow forgot to send the Abrams Tank. Proponents in London, who did the same.

    “• Settlement In Ukraine Impossible Without Moscow – China (TASS)

    If you wanted a 30,000 foot beacon of how retarded the West is, it’s this headline. There are TWO belligerents in a conflict. Just two. We have to expressly remind the world that you can’t have the hostilities stop without BOTH of them. ..Because the West can’t count to “Two”.

    And you wonder why I call them crayon-munching, glue-sniffing, inbred retards. Or “From Harvard”, same thing.

    But Go On… I guess we’re at that level now, don’t let me stop you.

    “• Trump Trounces Haley In Idaho, Missouri, And Michigan (ZH)”

    Yes but she can’t give up because Trump hasn’t been shot yet. Like Jackson.

    “• The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up (Julie Kelly

    Been asking about this since Jan7. 3 years ago. Nope! Still no cell tower data yet! But we’re going to be looking for the killer any time now. …Like O.J. Simpson, on the golf courses across the United States, with a martini in my hand. This is serious, mister!!! Pearl Harbor!!!

    “advocated for early COVID-19 treatments to be made available to Americans (which had they been made available would have ended the pandemic). Throughout 2021, he spoke out against the vaccine mandates”

    Different article here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AaOWKGjUjqav7VwrTj2fl on “Chaos” and polarization, DENMARK has the same outlook: pro vaccine, anti-mandate. Suddenly, the entire American Left hates Scandinavian Medicine! A bunch of superstitious buffalo-rattlers! How dare they?

    Okay, you win: no Scandinavian Health care. Happy now? Wait! Both! Neither! Aiiiiii!!!

    “We are down to the last 50 pages [of the 4000 he originally requested]. They will not release these. It’s been now going close to 2 years.”

    How? HOW? How do they do this? How CAN they do this? Do what Eisenhower did and say “You can either open the doors, or I’ll ride down there with Patton’s Third Army and OPEN THEM FOR YOU.” You arrest them. Defund them. Scatter their ashes to the winds. Otherwise, I guess the NIH is the government? I didn’t elect them, who are these pinheads and where did they come from? If you’re pretending to be my government and come to my house, I can legally shoot you, you know. You have zero color of law.

    NOPE! All Congress drops to their knees and unzips their pants. “Who are you again?” they ask. “Sorry, it was just an automatic reaction for us when we hear ‘words’.”

    “Federal Health Agencies and the COVID Cartel: What Are They Hiding?”

    Here, I’ll do it in two: “A. and Genocide.” You’re welcome.

    As they do it to “Others” guess who they practiced on first?

    * Actually, in standard Anglo fashion, Napoleon was average height. There was a article at the time that mis-translated it, making it seem he was 5-2″ or something. As it was a LIE, the Anglosphere has merrily repeated it for 200 years with glee and certainty. He was 5′ 7″. We still repeat that today, every movie, every cartoon, because: Lie.

    Everything you know in history was a lie. And intentional, easily proven one. Just ’cause. Bon Chance, mes amis.

    #153917
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Winning…

    #153918
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Macron to Send Crack Elite French Troops to Ukronaziland

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    #153919
    zerosum
    Participant

    Spilling the beans
    MSM Lost Control
    The lies are no longer being believed.

    When transferring sophisticated and high-precision weapons to Ukraine, NATO countries usually also dispatch maintenance personnel, repair staff and crews to operate this equipment to the combat zone, the retired intelligence officer continued.
    “They have no time for training the Ukraine military in the midst of the special military operation.
    Therefore the crews of these [NATO] countries have been operating or firing systems such as Patriot air defense systems and other systems supplied by the Americans, NATO members, the French, and the British for quite a while.
    Of course, they are not deployed at the very forefront, but they operate artillery, air defense systems, and partially tanks,”
    NATO Special Ops soldiers formally leave their unit and go to the zone of the special military operation as volunteers.
    However, they are not only paid for participating in hostilities on Ukraine’s side, but also retain the income they received while serving in the army of a NATO country.
    Thus, Special Forces from the US, the UK and France are fighting on the ground pretending to be mere mercenaries.
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    • Ukraine Will Be ‘The Largest Operation In CIA History’ (HE)

    When the US involved itself in Ukraine in the Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Brennan era, “We were riding high and riding dirty.
    And that’s what this was, we thought we were unstoppable and we could just coup anyone we wanted, there’d never be any repercussions, and no one would ever stand up for themselves, and Russia would never actually backstop it,” Benz said.
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    “We are being made a target for Russian weapons and this matter must be discussed.
    The citizens must be informed about how carelessly and irresponsibly politics [in Germany] are being conducted at the expense of our safety,’ – Schmidt
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    • Germans Plotting Attack on Russian Infrastructure: A Bridge Too Far (Jay)

    There is also the problem of how to deflect attention or finger pointing when the job is done. It’s here where we see that the German air force commanders are woefully ignorant and misinformed about the realities on Russian intelligence.
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    Ray McGovern: “If I were Putin, I would have my focus on full alert because one of these acolytes [might] say ‘hey, Mr. Biden… we did the cluster ammo, we did the depleted uranium, who’s going to complain if we do just a mini-nuke?’”

    • ‘Sheer Incompetence and Ignorance’ Led to Plan to Attack Crimean Bridge (Sp.)
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    We need to bring this war to a close because all Ukraine is doing right now is destroying itself demographically,” he said, adding that hostilities are “chewing up the next generation of Ukrainian manpower,” which will be almost impossible to replace.

    “let them [Russia] keep Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk. Whatever.”
    The majority Russian-speaking Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol voted overwhelmingly to become part of Russia in a 2014 referendum after a Western-backed coup in Kiev.
    Donetsk and Lugansk, regions which had declared independence from Ukraine, followed suit in September, 2022 after the start of the current conflict.
    However, Prince did not mention Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which also held successful referendums to join Russia in the fall of 2022.
    “It’s not the American taxpayer’s obligation to spend another hundred billion in Ukraine when there’s been significant corruption and really nothing to show for it,” he added.
    Russia has repeatedly said that its main goals are to “denazify” and “demilitarize” Ukraine.
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    Going “dutch” on diner and sex.
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    • Trump Trounces Haley In Idaho, Missouri, And Michigan (ZH)

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    Once the main Jan. 6 story.

    • The Pipe Bombs Before Jan. 6: Capital Mystery That Doesn’t Add Up (Julie Kelly)
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    COVID – The challenge we face in exposing the truth.

    “Vaccine injuries are rare.”
    “The benefits outweigh the risk and that the science is clear and overwhelming.”
    “And anyone challenging this narrative is an is an anti science conspiracy theorist.”
    In other words, second opinions are not allowed.
    To me, this attitude is the antithesis of science.
    I am amazed at the knowledge mankind has obtained over the millennia.
    But I would argue that what we don’t know vastly exceeds what we do know.
    So as we pursue truth, we must pursue it with the humility that that reality demands.”
    Johnson’s opening statement

    In most cases, there has been an effort to obscure or deny facts in public communication by government and pharmaceutical industry representatives.
    Malone then listed the key issues with the vaccines, to which Johnson replied:
    Doctor Malone, I think one of the things that always bothers me is [that] so much of what we’re learning in terms of harms of these vaccine was clearly known before they were rolled out.
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    #153920
    Dora
    Participant

    jimmy Dore. British Elites FREAK OUT Over George Galloway Election Win!

    #153921
    Oroboros
    Participant

    The Russian are now bombing the Ukronazi frontlines will impunity and dropping hundreds of FAB 500kg and1500kg glide bombs PLUS thermobaric artillery PLUS Cluster Munition Glide Bombs.

    Hell on earth for those on the receiving end.

    The Cluster Munition Glide Bombs are being used because Ukronaziland broke international treaties banning cluster munitions so Russia can now do the same and return the favorite by using them en-masse

    #153922
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    I’m curious how US/NATO/EU are going to explain how Ukraine won the war when Russia’s flag is flying over Kiev, but I’m sure they’ll think of something.

    #153923
    Kimo
    Participant

    My apologies if this has already been posted. Apparently, we’re stuck in Maritime Law, we need to elevate to Common Law to make individuals personally responsible for their actions, even when acting as an agent of a corporation or government.

    The best explanation starts at 2.5 minutes into this rumble:

    “Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Are Served!
    “We the People just witnessed as the entire Board of Supervisors in Maricopa county run out of the room and vacated their post!
    And we served them anyway!!
    We, the body sovereign presented them each with a notice of liability and opportunity to cure. The fine is $1.75 million per claim and there are 12 signatures which means they are each personally liable for $21 million.
    If they do not resign in 3 days they will be presented with a Writ of Quo Warranto and a Waiver of Tort.
    If they do not rebut these truths and they remain in office we will send them a default judgment and a final bill for payment. We will also be notifying the military and their act of treason will be grounds for an immediate military tribunal.
    -Miki Klann”

    The organization is here:

    Homepage

    #153924
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    Cui bono gives way to who is bag man.

    As in who will be left holding the bag in The Ukraine? Syria? Gaza?

    White men, Ukrainian Orthodox? You bet and as those men are NOW paying en masse, they’ll pay again and again.

    White me, Appalachian deplorables and the ranks in the U.S military? Absolutely! Jewish American writers already and preemptively blamed them for Trump’s victory November 2024. Sure, as hell ain’t gonna blame super duper U.S. special forces or flag rank, the generals and admirals.

    Sure as hell won’t hold the Jews, Zionists and Israelites nor their businessmen cohort accountable because Laws have been passed for that contingency.

    #153925
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    Wish I could hop into that painting. Hang out with a collie in a field. This world could be a beautiful place. Animals prove it, doing what is integral, honest neccessity., nothing more or less.. Jewbankers want a living Hell, subjugation over the goyim, beating each other to death over the last shecklel. Here we are, in this dismal place, whores to $, gaslit, entertained on the slow shuffle into oblivion. Assange/Gaza tells you all you need to know.911 Covid, the clotshot, all of this…how can people not see, go along to get along.Child rape and sacrifice is where they are going, because that’s where they began. You wont be able to turn away or pretend much longer.

    #153935
    WES
    Participant

    “Ritter” surname may also mean knight in German but eventually the knight, sooner or later, will need the “grave digger Ritter” to bury the Ritter knight!

    So the US deep state and Congress stage an insurrection on Jan 7 to steal the 2020 election, then blame Trump and his supporters, then jail as many of them as possible! Yawn. Crickets.

    Two US F16s and one US F35 enter Ukrainian air space for 32 minutes. Crickets.

    The British “fish and chip” folks are going to have to lose weight! Russia just cancelled cod fishing in it’s northern waters! Like 556,000 tonnes worth or 40% of British consumption!

    Real estate prices in Karkov, Ukraine, have fallen as much as 80%. Some are simply abandoning their homes since they can’t find a buyer for 20% at all. Surely a great Las Vegas money vote of confidence Ukraine is winning the war!

    It sure would be nice to see a map of where the 40% plus farmland the US Agro corporations bought is located in the Ukraine?!

    The EU has lent a billion Euros to just one big Ukrainian chicken/egg producer.

    The French are using Audi SUVs to transport their cruise missiles into the Ukraine. What a waste of a good car! Maybe there are no French cars? Maybe corrupt Ukrainian elites won’t drive French cars? Does your corruption credibility depend upon what kind of car you drive? I would think so! Do cannon fodder recruiters stop expensive German cars. Not very bloody likely! But a French car they surely would!

    NATO isn’t backing down. Lithuania is reducing the total tonnage Russia can ship by railway to Kalingrad by 40% and jacking shipping costs 60%. MOAR WAR!

    Lithuania is also banning any cars with Russian licenses! Very neighborly.

    The Baltic states are planning on boarding and inspecting all Russian ships going into St. Petersburg and Kalingrad per newest round of sanctions. . Surely a popcorn moment!

    #153936
    WES
    Participant

    Putin has finally hit the Ukrainians below the belt!
    He is banning all gasoline exports!
    So now where are the Ukrainians going to get their cheap gasoline from?!

    #153947
    SeaBirds
    Participant

    Hopper
    Fantastic, evocative, a step back into the past.
    1939, or 2024? The dark forrest seems to conceal menace, while life in the warm sun continues as usual for the many. We did once run and play with our collie, beside the sea..

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