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Russian 'peacekeeper' troops enter Russian controlled east Ukraine
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Very quietly, 2 federal agencies are studying post-vaccination neurological issues
[American Thinker] With no public announcements, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) both are studying neurological problems that have appeared in people after receiving the COVID vaccines. In a scoop, Zachary Stieber of the Epoch Times has confirmed via emails that the studies are underway. You can read the report un-paywalled (by special arrangement with the Epoch Times) here:
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/22/2022 02:23 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It happens with both VAX'd and Recovering infected persons.

We call it COVID BRAIN FOG around here.

Lots of stupid little things 1st couple of weeks like:

Forgetting what you are doing while doing it.

Looking down and seeing you have a filled coffee cup in your hand already.

Leaving the door unlocked or water running.

Leaving the car running while in the store.

It took me about 3 weeks to get back to normal.


A fireman in Metro Atlanta was telling me he has seen other firemen that had cases of Covid-19/22 or VAX'd to a much lesser degree...taking months to just to be 3/4's as sharp as they were before.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/22/2022 6:50 Comments || Top||

#2  /\ Had all of that before the Jab. Actually, I think the wife and I have picked up a bit of mental acuity. We've both decided to never follow any future governmental suggestions regarding health care or inoculations.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/22/2022 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Ruh-roh.

Now a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has unsealed a lawsuit vs Pfizer and its clinical trials subcontractor firm, Ventavia for faking their trials data.

From the Introduction to the Case:

"Developing a safe and effective vaccine against the novel Coronavirus (“COVID- 19”) was a matter of urgency. But that urgency does not excuse cutting corners in clinical trials, wasting taxpayer dollars, violating federal regulations, and possibly endangering Americans’ health.

"Defendants Pfizer Inc., Icon PLC, and Ventavia Research Group, LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) conducted a clinical trial to test one of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates. In the race to secure billions in federal funding and become the first to market, Defendants deliberately withheld crucial information from the United States that calls the safety and efficacy of their vaccine into question.

"Namely, Defendants concealed violations of both their clinical trial protocol and federal regulations, including falsification of clinical trial documents. Due to Defendants’ scheme, millions of Americans have received a misbranded vaccination which is potentially not as effective as represented. The vaccine’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) authorization resulted from a deeply flawed clinical trial that violated FDA regulations. Defendants have profited from the COVID-19 pandemic at the expense of the United States and its citizens by abusing the scientific process."

The evidence presented is detailed, precise, marshaled superbly to support a tight well-argued case. From p. 8 of the linked case summary above, Brook Jackson alleges he saw Pfizer's subcontractor fake the blood draw clinical trials data:

"7. Ventavia’s trial protocol and regulatory violations were so widespread, in fact, that Relator observed them on a near-daily basis during her brief employment period. For example, Relator observed:
fabrication and falsification of blood draw information, vital signs, signatures and other essential clinical trial data
... [and 12 other specific categories of violations of trial protocols]
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/22/2022 11:53 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Who cares? It gets sent to a dem appointed federal judge, it gets "lack of standing'd" out of court. With prejudice.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/22/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#5  #1 I can't tell those neurological issues from my normal state.

I suspect they want to keep this kind of stuff quiet until they need to roll it out to use against Trump, and his 'reckless rush to dangerous vaccines.'
Posted by: Glenmore || 02/22/2022 12:47 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ all signs are that Fauxi, PM Klain and their lapdogs are preparing to throw the CDC (Kessler and Walensky) under the bus first.

Here's American Pravda today planting seeds of doubt and suspicion about the CDC's efforts to hide and obscure the data.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/22/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#7  ^-- sorry I don't subscribe to the slimes so can you recap briefly?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/22/2022 14:17 Comments || Top||

#8  CDC's hiding the data now.

They're obviously trying to suppress terrible news about the vaccine's a) negative efficacy and b) horrible side effects.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/22/2022 14:47 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Collapse of Ukraine will follow the recognition of Donbass
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The recognition of the republics of Donbass will be followed by a catastrophe of Ukrainian statehood. This was stated on February 22 to a REGNUM correspondent by Oleg Nemensky , a leading expert of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies .

“Putin's speech was emphatically devoted not so much to Donbass as to the fate of all of Ukraine. He made it clear that with the recognition of the people's republics, Russia is questioning not only the prospects for resolving the conflict in the region on the "Minsk" grounds, but also the very foundations of the formation and development of the statehood of Ukraine , "the expert said.

According to the political scientist, behind all this is the conviction that with the change in the situation in the Donbass, the situation will not stabilize.

Actually, Russia's recognition of the people's republics and the closure of the Minsk process on its initiative is exactly what Kiev openly dreamed of, and this is exactly what they were striving for, Nemensky noted.

“Now no one will blame Ukraine for not fulfilling the conditions of Minsk-2, Russian troops openly enter its territory, and a package of maximum sanctions is being introduced against Russia,” the expert stated.

In general, it is very beneficial for Ukraine when Russia takes some tough actions, but stops at them and does not develop further. So, for example, it was with the Novorossiya project in 2014, so it was with the Donbass, the political scientist noted.

Putin has now made it clear that this time Moscow will not stop. Formally, there is a pretext: Ukraine will be given an ultimatum to cease hostilities. But you can be sure that she won’t do it - she won’t be able to, and “this will not be her will so much as the will of her masters in Washington,” the expert explained.

“So, further we will see the catastrophe of Ukrainian statehood. Russia's readiness to carry out a comprehensive solution to the "Ukrainian issue", formulated in Putin's speech, is exactly what Kiev was most afraid of. And not in vain,” Nemensky believes.

“So it was simply necessary to give a detailed historical justification for such decisions. As a historian, I will say that not a word was said in the president's speech that could be called into question. But our society has yet to realize these new meanings for it. The old Soviet propaganda, which substantiated the Leninist principles of national policy, has taken deep roots in the public consciousness and still has a lot of adherents. Even in the national-patriotic environment. I am sure that for many people the content of the historical part of this speech, as well as Putin's recent article on the same issues, is, to put it mildly, new.

Recall that on February 21, after a meeting of the Security Council, the President of Russia addressed the nation, in which he sharply criticized the national policy of the Soviet government, as well as the genesis of Ukrainian statehood. In conclusion, Vladimir Putin announced the recognition by the Russian Federation of the subjectivity of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

Posted by: badanov || 02/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Too much bad blood between Ukrainians and Russians left over from Stalin's collectivization of Ukrainian farms. Too many people starved in the 1930's. Any battle for Kiev would be nasty and bloody. Putin might actually be embarrassed by the cost even if his troops take the city. Putin really should stop at Donbass. But then, Brandon should rein in NATO too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/22/2022 13:29 Comments || Top||


Russia sends troops to Donbass
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

In the decrees on the recognition of the DPR and LPR signed by Putin, clause No. 4 actually allows the entry of Russian troops into the Donbass to protect the people's republics.

A number of sources report that the advance of Russian troops has already begun. Even before the signing of the recognition documents, the leader of the Communist Party Zyuganov said that tomorrow Russian troops would enter the Donbass.

The era of "northern winds", "military trade" and "deep mines of Donbass" is a thing of the past. Now Russian troops will be stationed quite legally and officially in the Donbas, as in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Attempts at shelling, apparently, will lead to "peace enforcement" by force and forced graves.

More from Rozhin:
Russia recognizes the DNR and LNR

[ColonelCassad] It hasn't even been 8 years.

1. Russia officially recognized the sovereignty of the DNR and LNR. Putin signed the corresponding document. Tomorrow it must be approved by the Federation Council and the State Duma. Minsk-2 is dead. I congratulate the inhabitants of Donbass, what we in Crimea and Sevastopol got so easily in 2014, you suffered and paid with the blood of an 8-year wait.

2. Friendship and cooperation agreements have been concluded with the DPR and LPR, which will enable Russia to deploy troops in the Donbass along the lines of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tomorrow, these agreements should also be ratified.

In fact, as mentioned earlier, it was not the Pridnestrovian, but the South Ossetian version that was implemented in the Donbass. As the only way to stop the implementation of the Karabakh scenario with a permanent war.

3. Russia requires the Kiev regime to immediately stop hostilities. In case of refusal, all the consequences of the continuation of the war will fall on Ukraine. In fact, this is a direct threat of peace enforcement. Since the probability of abandoning the war tends to zero, it is very likely that we will face a phase of active maneuverable combat operations.

Posted by: badanov || 02/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


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From the man who ran TARP
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Posted by: 3dc || 02/22/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Greenland's Ice Sheet is melting from the bottom UP – and is now the largest single contributor to global sea level rise, study warns
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/22/2022 00:18 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh, the horrors!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/22/2022 6:09 Comments || Top||

#2  As the meltwater falls, energy is converted into heat in a similar way to how hydroelectric power is generated by large dams.

The ice sheet has electric generators and, I presume, space heaters?

The even have a graphic at the bottom and the claim the sea levels will rise 4 feet by 2300.
We are all gonna die!!!!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 02/22/2022 9:18 Comments || Top||

#3  So, it's not the atmosphere warming, but the planet underneath, then?
Posted by: ed in texas || 02/22/2022 9:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Tax the mantle until it stops...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/22/2022 9:47 Comments || Top||

#5  What about Barry's waterfront properties?
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 02/22/2022 9:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Chez Bath House
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/22/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#7  John Kerry Issues Urgent Call: Time for Another Climate Summit
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/22/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#8  What global sea level rise?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/22/2022 13:14 Comments || Top||

#9  I'll believe it is a problem when the elites stop buying expensive, waterfront property and start fleeing to the hills.

Until then everyone can go fuck themselves on this.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/22/2022 13:38 Comments || Top||

#10  Kind of a tell, those who make millions peddling inside information, buying shoreline homes, not doing the Covid dance, so on.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/22/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#11  So the ice is melting in a way that can't easily be confirmed. Isn't that just dandy.
Posted by: ruprecht || 02/22/2022 23:25 Comments || Top||

#12  NYC is supposed to be under 10 feet of water like 10-20 years ago. And only now many are moving to Florida? Hmm, now why's that?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/22/2022 23:29 Comments || Top||



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