[WFLA via Gateway] Twelve people have been arrested in an undercover operation targeting child predators in Polk County, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The sting, titled Operation Child Protector II, was done in collaboration with the Auburndale and Winter Haven police departments.
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Deputies said four of the suspects went to a location to have sex with girls they thought were 13 or 15 years old. Instead, they were greeted by undercover law enforcement.
The other eight suspects were arrested on warrants that alleged they groomed girls by sending them sexually explicit content.
One suspect, Zachary Hudson, was identified as a bus driver for Walt Disney World. Sheriff Grady Judd said Hudson would have sexually charged chats while on the job at Disney World.
"So if your bus was running late at Disney, he was busy taking pictures of himself and talking trash to what he thought was a little girl," Judd said.
[NYPOST] A Utah thief desperate to get ever-pricier gas was caught on camera drilling into a truck’s tank — then partially bursting into flames.
Shocking footage obtained by KSL TV first showed a white pickup pulling up next to a truck in the parking lot of — ironically — a fire protection company.
"The guy tried to siphon gas out of it and he wasn’t getting the siphon to work," fed-up Summit Fire and Protection branch manager Travis Mills told the outlet.
"So he decided to drill the gas tank ... and that’s when he caught on fire," he said of the Saturday morning blaze.
The dramatic footage showed the unidentified thief under the rear of the truck — then suddenly jumping up and running away with his T-shirt ablaze.
He then fell to the ground and rolled across the parking lot, before his accomplice in the pickup helped him to get back in.
It was not clear how injured the thief was, or if he was ever identified or found. However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... Mills stressed that the raider was lucky the truck was close to empty at the time.
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Happening here too. It was back in the 70s 'oil crisis' that locking gas caps came into wide spread use.
Don't drill, use a slight filed 10p nail with tar on the tip and rubber hammer. No sparks.
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a hose and a plastic bag or towel wrapped around the hose at the tank, to seal in the air that you blow into the hose, which then causes a reverse flow situation.
[NYPOST] Nine people were shot over a span of several hours in four New York City boroughs Thursday, including a woman who was killed in Brooklyn, cops said.
The daylight gunfire started around noon in the Mitchel Houses at 360 E. 137th St. in the Bronx when a 20-year-old was shot in the right leg, cops said.
He was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable, pH balanced condition. He is a known member of a subset of the Crips gang, a police source said.
The fatal shooting occurred about an hour later when a woman struck multiple times throughout her body at 445 Pulaski Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.
A 63-year-old man who was with her was shot once in the back, according to police. He was known to the department, a police source said.
A 47-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with the shooting, police said. His identity wasn’t immediately released.
Around the same time, a 21-year-old man was shot once in the arm at the Sotomayor Houses at 1725 Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center.
Then, at around 2:45 p.m. in Upper Manhattan, a 23-year-old man was shot once in the left torso.
[NYPOST] The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office cut a sweetheart deal with a career criminal that let him off with a slap on the wrist — leaving him free to slug a woman in a random attack last month, The Post has learned.
Marcus Wright, 37, was charged with grand larceny in April — but was allowed to plead down to misdemeanor petty larceny rap and walked out without any jail time, according to records and law enforcement sources.
Wright, who has 36 busts on his rap sheet, got away with a similar break in November — before Bragg took office in January — after a robbery at a Sephora near Union Square.
But in that case, he spent 60 days in jail after pleading guilty.
In the more recent case, a theft at a downtown boutique in April, Wright was allowed to walk free in a deal with prosecutors from District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
He was also busted in January on assault charges on Bragg’s watch, but the result of that case isn’t known as it was sealed.
Then last month, Wright allegedly walked up to a random woman in Chelsea, slugging her while she was on her mobile phone — and was again released without bail thanks to the state’s soft-on-crime laws.
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[Breitbart] The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor is set to hold a webinar titled “Equity in the Workplace – The Power of Trans Inclusion in the Workforce,” where attendees will hear from leftwing activists.
The Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, which is hosting the event, was created “to safeguard the interests of working women; to advocate for their equality and economic security for themselves and their families; and to promote quality work environments.”
Attendees will hear from three different speakers, including Kiara St. James, who founded and is the executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). The organization hosted a series of events in early June, including one that took place on “international sex worker’s day” that discussed the decriminalization of prostitution in conjunction with a leftwing organization called Decriminalize Sex Work.
Marissa Miller, the founder of Trans Solutions Research and Resource Center will be addressing the attendees of the webinar as well.
Attendees will also hear from Zahara Bassett, a man attempting to become a woman, who is the founder and CEO of a leftwing organization called Life is Work. The organization seeks to “employ trans women of color,” and “uplift trans people of color through direct services, activism and advocacy.” Life is Work describes itself as “the first Black and Brown Trans-led social services and advocacy organization in the Midwest.”
Wendy Chun-Hoon, who was appointed by Biden, is the current director of the Women’s Bureau. Her biography explains that she has experience “building cross-movement organizing among paid leave advocates, communities of color, groups working for reproductive and disability justice, equality for LGBTQ individuals, and organized labor.”
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Since no one seems to be able to define what a woman is why have a women's bureau? Or any other women's organizations? (sarc)
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EU staff & supporters in DC marched behind a trans artist who showed off nipples & twerked in front of children at Pride Parade on June 11. The dancer’s name is William Leather & she’s a former escort who has a history of arrests for indecent exposure. Video by Savanah Hernandez. pic.twitter.com/4DqICnT3Kd
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African brain drain: '90% of my friends want to leave' to go to Mexico and walk north [to reportedly one of the most racist countries in the world - YJCMTSU]
[Sonar21] Today the Russians released a chart showing "known" foreign fighters/"mercenaries" enrolled on the Ukrainian side. Breakdown is by national origin and status (captured, eliminated and still fighting). Very speculative that this is 100% accurate - I doubt that even the Ukrainians have a complete roster of fighters given the confusion of the situation. That being said - the Russians felt confident enough in their figures to release them. The article also includes a snippet of Foreign Minister Lavrov commenting on them in an interview.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:29 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Aleksey Danilov said in an interview with Radio NV that in Belarus today there is no such concentration of troops as on February 24: "We have information about what is happening today on the territory of Belarus. Today we do not see such threats, because there are not enough forces and means to make such an offensive, as was the case on February 24.
23:27 The head of the Kherson Regional Council Oleksandr Samoylenko, in an interview with Ukrinform, called on the residents of the Kherson region to leave the region, including through Crimea, which "will facilitate the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" during the liberation of the territories. According to him, "the Armed Forces of Ukraine should have a springboard for activities."
Samoilenko recalled "what was the agony of the occupiers before leaving Bucha and Irpen, or how the Russians" liberated "Mariupol, completely destroying the city of 400,000." "For Kherson, this variant of liberation is unacceptable. And the President, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Minister of Defense understand this - if the city is demolished, then why liberate it?" he noted.
Therefore, the head of the Kherson Regional Council called on "everyone who has such an opportunity" to leave the occupied territory. At the same time, he admitted that the only way for an organized exit from Kherson is through the occupied Crimea: “As for leaving through Crimea, I think: if a person saves his life and his family, then let him go. In my opinion, with moral point of view, we have no right to condemn them, just as I do not condemn a single person who remains and waits for liberation.
22:47 Scholz said in an interview with DPA that it is necessary to talk to Putin in the conditions of the war in Ukraine: “It is absolutely necessary to talk to Putin, and I will continue to do it, like the President of France... When I talk to Putin, I say, for example , the same things as you: please understand that there will be no dictated world. And if you think that you can steal the earth, and then hope that times will change and everything will be as it was, then you are mistaken. "
22:21 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unexpectedly again arrived in Kiev - for the second time after the start of the war - and again without an announcement or warning. Read more about his visit in the material Johnson's Adventures in Kiev .
22:15 Lisichansk remains completely under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the infrastructure in the city has been destroyed, there is neither gas nor water. At the same time, it is not shelled as often as Severodonetsk, but the shelling is more powerful, the destruction is "catastrophic". There is an opportunity to leave the city, it is also possible to deliver humanitarian cargo.
22:13 Ukraine will receive from international partners underwater drones for demining water bodies, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said on the air of the telethon. He warned that most water bodies are dangerous today - we are talking about Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkov regions, as well as southern Ukraine.
"There will be a long demining process where hostilities took place. We need special equipment, equipment, which we have very little. Now we are talking about, for example, underwater mine-clearing drones. We turned to our international partners, colleagues from the European Union - they will help us help both with teams that will come from abroad, and directly with equipment for such demining," the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs explained.
22:03 During the full-scale war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost from 30% to 40% of equipment, in some units up to 50%, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Karpenko said in an interview with National Defense. He clarified that this is about 1300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks, 700 artillery systems. At the same time, according to him, international assistance covers only 10-15% of the needs of the Ukrainian army.
The general also believes that in order to fully cover the front line, where active battles are taking place, Ukraine needs to fully equip 40 brigades, for which a total of 4,000 infantry fighting vehicles, 1,200 tanks and almost 2,200 artillery systems are needed.
21:49 Zelensky said that he had spoken today with Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, and a conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Rutte is also scheduled today. "In general, the week was most useful for Ukraine - in many directions. And today I want to thank US President Biden for the fact that American support for Ukraine is increasing weekly. And this week we have significant results on the front lines - precisely thanks to the support of the United States," he said. Zelensky in the evening video message.
21:35 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced the release of Tyra, a Ukrainian medic and volunteer Yulia Paevskaya , who was captured by the Russians at the beginning of a full-scale invasion. According to the President, she is already at home. "We will continue to work to take away all our people," he stressed.
21:17 Merkel admitted that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was connected, among other things, with her resignation: "My resignation could play a role in this, as well as the elections in France, and the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, as well as the failure to implement the Minsk agreements ".
At the same time, in an interview with RND, she admitted that negotiations with Putin at the end of her tenure at the head of the German government no longer produced any results and made no sense. Putin, according to Merkel, made it clear that he did not consider her as a serious interlocutor because of the upcoming resignation.
At the same time, Merkel does not rule out that she will be able to play a role in the negotiations to end the Russian war against Ukraine in the future. However, according to her, the question of her participation as an intermediary has not yet been raised.
21:14 In the Donetsk region on June 17, the Russians killed four civilians of Donbass: two in Panteleymonovka, one each in Bakhmut and Krasnogorovka. Another six civilians were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
20:59 Kuleba said that Denmark supports granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate: "I spoke with Jeppe Kofod, who assured me that Denmark supports granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate. I am grateful to Jeppe for the support. I told him that this The decision inspires every Ukrainian, including those who are now on the front lines."
Denmark has previously stated that Ukraine does not fully meet the criteria related to the stability of institutions that guarantee democracy, the rule of law, human rights, respect and protection of minorities. Copenhagen saw "generally a very early stage" of Ukraine's readiness to commit itself to EU membership and create a market economy.
20:30 Leonid Slutsky, a member of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine, does not rule out that negotiations with Ukraine will continue in the near future: "I'm not sure, but I don't rule it out." He specified that the talks could be resumed "only on the basis of the agenda of the President of the Russian Federation."
20:28 Ukraine will receive security guarantees when there are no Russian troops on its territory, Johnson said during a joint briefing with Zelensky. Also, in his opinion, negotiations on the future of Ukraine can begin when Kyiv controls the entire territory of the country.
20:24 Slovenian Defense Minister Marjan Sarec said that his country had delivered Kalashnikov assault rifles, helmets, body armor, other equipment and 35 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. The official added that arms deliveries are currently ongoing.
At the same time, Sarec noted that Slovenia has exhausted its arsenal of what it can provide at the moment. According to him, in the future, Slovenia may offer Ukraine assistance with mine clearance and training for Ukrainian troops on Slovenian soil.
20:19 Kuleba is convinced that Ukraine's victory will not lead to a nuclear war: "Putin is not suicidal. Ukraine's victory will not lead to a nuclear war. Such fears can be deliberately fueled by the Kremlin itself for strategic purposes. Putin is a master of gaslighting, and I am sure that the Russians themselves are spreading worries about a cornered Putin in order to dampen Western support for Ukraine."
20:16 The Ukrainian leadership says that it will hit the "construction of the century" of the occupiers as soon as the opportunity arises. The experts disagreed. More details in the article How the Armed Forces of Ukraine can get to the Crimean bridge .
20:02 The tugboat Vasily Bekh, which was shot down by the Ukrainian military, sank, said the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, the ship was carrying ammunition and weapons, as a result of the shelling, 70% of the crew were hit.
19:58 The Ukrainian Defense Forces forced the enemy to leave the village of Dmitrovka, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. In the areas of Sirotino and Metelkino, the Ukrainian military successfully repulsed the assault, the enemy retreated to their previously occupied positions with losses. Near the Mountainous Armed Forces of Ukraine, an attempt by enemy reconnaissance in force was suppressed by selective fire. In the areas of the settlements of Berestovo and Kodema, the enemy suffered losses and retreated.
19:37 In the fourth month of the war against Russia, Ukraine decided to introduce a visa regime for citizens of the aggressor country. Zelensky said that from July 1, 2022, Ukraine will introduce a visa regime for entry for Russians. The Cabinet of Ministers has already approved the corresponding decision. About what will change from July 1 - in the material Visas for Russians .
19:26 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that the European Commission "acted very wisely" by finding a compromise between granting Ukraine a candidacy and stating that there is still a lot of work to be done in at least seven areas. "This is the first step of many, but the Netherlands has decided to follow the Commission's recommendations," he said.
In turn, Yermak said that Kyiv is well aware of the entire scope of work: "It should also be remembered that Ukraine will carry out all the necessary reforms in conditions in which none of the countries of Europe did this - during a large-scale war with Russia. But it will "To stimulate even more. We want to end the war, we know exactly how to carry out the reforms that are expected of us. And we will do everything for Ukraine to be in the EU. This is a great quest that we will go through together."
19:10 Johnson offered Zelensky a training program for the Ukrainian military on British soil, writes The Independent: "The Ukrainian military uses British missiles to protect the sovereignty of your state, but also to protect the same freedoms that we take for granted. That is why I proposed to President Zelenskiy a massive new military training program that could change the balance of this war."
Johnson specified that the British military could train up to 10,000 Ukrainian troops every 120 days.
18:57 Zelensky spoke about the main topics of negotiations with Johnson: "The need to increase the supply of heavy weapons and air defense systems, Ukraine's need for economic support, new vectors for increasing sanctions pressure on Russia, compensation by the aggressor for all losses inflicted on our country, Russia's responsibility for the provoked food crisis, filling with practical steps the process of reconstruction of the regions over which the United Kingdom took patronage.
18:45 The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during the SPIEF called the "LPR" and "DPR" quasi-states and noted that, most likely, Kazakhstan does not recognize them.
18:39 Putin said that Russia has nothing against Ukraine's possible entry into the EU, since it is not a military bloc: "Whether Ukraine's entry into the EU will benefit them is the business of Ukrainians and Ukrainian authorities today." He also said that "the Ukrainian people are talented, they have great potential, sooner or later the situation will normalize there, and improvement of relations is inevitable."
In addition, Putin assured that Russia "does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons - we have them, everyone should know about it." According to him, Russia will use it "if it is necessary to protect sovereignty."
"We must not turn the cities we liberate into something like Stalingrad," the Russian president said. And answering the question whether Russia would leave the Donbass and the "liberated" territories of Ukraine, he stressed that Russia would "protect their interests", but in the end, "their future will depend only on these people, we will respect whatever they choose."
18:13 The defense forces repulsed the assault and pushed back the Russians in the Zolote area, said Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik.
18:07 By shelling Donetsk, the Russian army diverts attention from the catastrophe of Mariupol, Severodonetsk, Lisichansk, Popasnaya and other cities of Donbass and Lugansk region, said the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko. In his opinion, in this way the Russian Federation seeks to "fool the head" of the inhabitants of the occupied regions of Donbass, turn people against the Ukrainian army, break resistance and strangle the partisan movement. Another goal of such actions is to create informational noise to divert attention from the criminal actions of the Russian army itself.
"For Russians, Donetsk is the same Ukrainian city as Mariupol. Therefore, they do not spare it. Just to get a picture for the media. Ukrainian artillery strikes accurately and exclusively at military targets. Russian - destroys entire cities," Boychenko emphasized.
18:01 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, more than 5.7 million people have left Ukraine, and more than 2.8 million Ukrainians have already returned, the European agency Frontex reported.
17:50 In Kiev, the use of pyrotechnics, as well as loud music and loudspeakers, was banned, the city military administration said.
17:45 Shmyhal said that the five "visa-free" visas with the EU, which Ukraine planned to receive within three years, have almost been completed. We are talking about agreements in the field of energy, customs, transportation, the digital market and trade conditions. The Prime Minister recalled that Ukraine received "energy visa-free" in March. The EU has abolished all quotas and duties on the export of Ukrainian products. An agreement on the liberalization of road transport has already been agreed with the EU. And the draft law on harmonization of the customs codes of Ukraine and the EU is already in the Verkhovna Rada.
"Today we have taken a step towards a "digital visa-free" - we have approved a delegation for negotiations between Ukraine and the EU on participation in the Digital Europe program. This is a large-scale project for 7.5 billion euros that finances research and programs in the field of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital skills. Participation in the program will speed up the receipt of a “digital visa-free regime” for Ukraine with the EU,” Shmyhal said.
17:42 Yermak said that the Ukrainian side discussed with Johnson "the need to supply heavy weapons and air defense systems, economic support for Ukraine, increased sanctions pressure on Russia, in particular, the proposals of the McFaul-Yermak international group, as well as security guarantees for Ukraine and the need for compensation Russia's damage to our state and, of course, our victory in the War of Independence."
17:33 Johnson arrived in Kyiv again, Zelensky said.
16:56 In Mariupol, the so-called. The "leadership" of educational institutions forbids children to communicate in Ukrainian, threatening "unforeseen consequences for children and parents," said Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
16:52 The invasion of Ukraine was "forced and necessary", based on the right of the sovereign state of the Russian Federation, Putin said: "The West has fundamentally refused to fulfill its obligations previously assumed. It turned out to be simply impossible to reach any new agreements with it. In the current situation on against the backdrop of increasing risks and threats for us, Russia's decision to conduct a special military operation was forced, difficult, of course, but forced and necessary. This is the decision of a sovereign country that has an unconditional right, based, by the way, on the UN Charter, to defend its security." .
According to him, the West "pumped Ukraine with weapons and military advisers, continuing to do so now." "Sovereignty in the 21st century cannot be partial, fragmented. It is important for us to defend not only political independence, but also economic and personnel independence," Putin said.
16:50 Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said he was going to appeal the decision to move Eurovision 2023 from Ukraine to the UK.
16:31 Putin, in his speech at the SPIEF, said that after the victory in the Cold War, "the United States declared itself to be the messengers of the Lord on Earth" and is building a world order for itself and for its allies, not taking into account the interests of other peoples of the world: "The countries of the golden billion are still they consider everyone else their colonies, second-class people, and they themselves are exceptional ... It is a mistake to believe that everything will be as before. It will not be."
He also talked about how Russia copes with Western sanctions and how these sanctions hit the West itself. And also that the European Union "has lost its political sovereignty and is dancing to someone else's tune." Putin predicted the EU "growth of inequality and change of elites." And the war in Ukraine, according to him, is not the main cause of global inflation and the growing crisis in world markets - it happened because of the issue of money from the US and the EU.
16:18 At 40 kilometers from Severodonetsk, through Svatovo in the direction of Starobelsk, the Russians moved tanks, armored vehicles, automotive and engineering equipment, said Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik. Also in the direction of Popasnaya - Nikolaevka, the occupiers brought in two battalions from the first and second army corps, which were restoring their combat capability.
16:02 Last night, a Russian warship twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, the Danish Defense Command reported. After the Danish Navy's maritime response unit was called, the Russian ship left Danish territorial waters.
15:43 Lukashenka warned Kiev against strikes against Russia: "In no case should this be done. Because Russia will already use a new level of weapons. And they will use it against Kiev, against those who make these decisions."
15:41 Norway supported the EU sanctions and banned the import of Russian oil, said Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt. The embargo comes into force immediately, but provides for transitional periods: until December 5, 2022 - for crude oil, until February 5, 2023 - for petroleum products.
15:39 The Cabinet of Ministers decided to introduce a visa regime with Russia , Shmygal said: "In order to counter the unprecedented threats to national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, the government, in pursuance of the instructions of the President of Ukraine, has just decided to terminate the agreement with the Russian Federation on a visa-free regime ".
The Prime Minister stressed that from July 1, Russians will not be able to enter Ukraine without obtaining a visa.
15:27 As a result of morning missile attacks on Nikolaev, 21 apartment buildings, three private houses, a transformer substation, a sports club and an industrial facility were damaged, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said. Two people died, another 20 were injured (16 of them were hospitalized, four refused hospitalization). Among the wounded are two children.
15:13 Binance, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, has allocated $1.2 million to help Ukrainians with the status of temporarily displaced persons. This became possible thanks to the cooperation of the Ministry of Digital Development with the founder of Binance - CZ, Mikhail Fedorov said. According to him, this is one of the largest donations made by a private company for Ukraine.
Within three months, payments will be received on a crypto wallet, and then they can be withdrawn to a bank card ($75 per month). A pilot project has been launched in the Lviv region, and 1,000 people have already received payments.
15:10 The Naval Forces of Ukraine reported the destruction of the Russian tugboat Vasily Bekh, which was delivering ammunition, weapons and military personnel to Snake Island. The Tor anti-aircraft missile system was installed on board, but this did not prevent the ship from sinking with the help of American Harpoon missiles. Read more about what happened in the material Floating fire .
15:04 The SBU exposed a bandit formation in Kiev, which acted under the guise of a local terrorist defense. The gang consisted of five people of different nationalities, their actions were coordinated by the special services of the Russian Federation, the leader of the gang was a native of Dagestan. The gang members entered the local terrorist defense of one of the districts of the capital, received machine guns on forged documents. They seized 29 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 1.2 kg of explosives, grenades, a grenade launcher, and a machine gun.
15:02 Macron, Scholz and Draghi did not persuade Zelensky to negotiate with Moscow, said the press secretary of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nikiforov: "On the contrary, yesterday at the meeting it was said that only Ukraine can independently determine when and under what conditions to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia".
14:51 Today at 10:10 a Russian rocket hit the territory of the industrial zone of Pervomaisk, Kharkiv region. Critical infrastructure was destroyed as a result of Russian shelling and one person was injured, Mayor Nikolai Baksheev said.
14:48 The command of the Legion of Freedom of Russia, together with the command of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, decided to speed up the process of checking candidates, which previously took more than two months.
14:47 Lukashenka said that Poland has views on Western Ukraine: "Here we will have to react. Because we cannot allow the Poles to surround us at all. This is a dangerous option. And I once said: the Ukrainians will also ask us with the Russians so that we help them maintain their integrity. So that they do not chop off. <...> We see this. Therefore, I have to keep the armed forces on the alert in the west, and in the south. I lined up ten units along the border behind the back of the border guards so that they would not get into Belarus. And there were such thoughts."
14:45 Ukraine "will not live" to join the European Union, Vyacheslav Nikonov, First Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said: "This is only a recommendation of the European Commission. There is no consent necessary for a decision - at least the Dutch and Danes are against. The status, most likely, will not be given And even if they suddenly give it... Turkey has been a candidate since 1999. Ukraine will have to wait longer.
14:43 Putin, due to powerful DDoS attacks on SPIEF accreditation systems, decided to postpone his speech for an hour - to 15:00. By this time, problems with badge access to the SPIEF plenary will be resolved, Peskov said.
14:41 Peskov commented on the idea of "liberating all Russian cities" in Ukraine: "The purpose of the special operation is to save Donbass from barbaric acts by the Kiev military."
And answering the question about how the Kremlin is now looking at the prospects for Ukraine's membership in the EU, and whether this differs from the attitude towards the topic of its entry into NATO, Peskov said that "it still remains a different plane." But he clarified: "Although this requires our increased attention, because we all know about the intensification of discussions in Europe on the subject of strengthening the defense component of the European Union, the military, defense and security component, therefore, various transformations are taking place there, which we, of course, most carefully way we observe."
14:33 Novograd-Volynsky of the Zhytomyr region refuses the name given by Empress Catherine II and returns to itself the historical name Zvyagel. This decision was made by the City Council with 22 votes "for" out of 30 deputies present.
In ancient times, the city was called Vozvyagl, then until the 19th century - during the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Commonwealth - Zvyagel. In 1795, the city was renamed Novograd-Volynsky by decree of the Russian Empress. Some of the townspeople consider the toponym to be colonial, so they tried to change it several times. The final decision on the renaming will be approved by the Zhytomyr Regional Council, and then by the Verkhovna Rada.
14:22 Zelensky reacted to the conclusion of the European Commission on granting Ukraine candidate status: "This is the first step towards EU membership, which will certainly bring our victory closer. Thanks to President Ursula von der Leyen and every member of the EC for the historic decision. I look forward to positive results for next week".
14:13 Ukraine will not be able to host Eurovision 2023, the competition will be given to the UK, the organizers said.
"The EBU would like to thank UA.Suspіlne for their sincere cooperation and dedication to exploring all scenarios in the weeks following Kalush Orchestra's victory on May 14 in Turin and to share their sadness and disappointment that next year's competition cannot be held in Ukraine ", the organization said.
14:06 Ukraine has already implemented about 70% of the rules, norms and standards of the European Union, said Ursula von der Leyen: "But there is still important work to be done on the rule of law, oligarchs, the fight against corruption and fundamental rights." She emphasized that the process is based on benefits and therefore completely depends on Ukraine.
"Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us in the European dream," the head of the European Commission said.
13:59 Ukraine introduces a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation , Zelensky said: "As part of countering unprecedented threats to national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, I proposed to the Cabinet of Ministers to work out the issue of revising the regime for the entry of Russian citizens into the territory of Ukraine." Today, according to the president, the Cabinet of Ministers must adopt an appropriate resolution. According to the planned decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, from July 1, 2022, Ukraine will introduce a visa regime for entry for citizens of the Russian Federation.
13:41 Kievsky district of Donetsk was under heavy shelling, the "DPR" reports that the Zasyadko mine is de-energized, 76 miners are underground.
13:27 The European Commission recommended granting the status of candidates to Ukraine and Moldova, and also not to grant such status to Georgia until a number of conditions are met. The final decision should be taken by the EU countries at the summit on June 23-24. The decision will be considered adopted if all 27 EU members vote for it.
13:15 The European Commission adopted a recommendation to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership. As Ursula von der Leyen stated, Ukraine is a European state that has demonstrated the stability of its institutions that guarantee democracy, the rule of law, as well as human rights and respect and protection of national minorities.
The European Commission also gives an action plan that needs to be completed to start Ukraine's negotiations on joining the EU. Required steps include:
adoption and implementation of legislation on the procedure for selecting judges of the Constitutional Court, including the process of pre-selection based on an assessment of their integrity and professional skills, in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission;
completion of the integrity check of candidates for members of the High Council of Justice and selection of candidates for the High Qualifications Commission of Judges of Ukraine;
further strengthening the fight against corruption, in particular at a high level, completing the selection and appointment of a new director of NABU and a prosecutor of the SAPO;
ensuring that anti-money laundering legislation is in line with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards;
adoption of a comprehensive strategic plan for reforming the entire law enforcement sector as part of Ukraine's security environment;
should earn an "anti-oligarchic" law;
media legislation should be brought into line with European audiovisual legislation;
it is necessary to complete the reform of the legislative framework for national minorities, which is currently being prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, and develop mechanisms for its implementation.
"Our task is to do everything as quickly as possible. We are working. Ukraine will be in the EU," Yermak wrote.
12:48 The SBU announced that it had neutralized an extensive network of Russian agents, which was coordinated by Aksyonov's adviser. During the special operation in Kyiv, Kharkov, Odessa, Zaporozhye, as well as in the Dnepropetrovsk and Vinnitsa regions, 19 enemy agents were detained. The detainees corrected the rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities and reconnoitred the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, collected information about the places where Russian prisoners were kept.
According to the investigation, the group was led by an FSB agent who was in one of the districts of Kherson. He passed the intelligence received from informants to representatives of the Russian special services, among whom was Aksyonov's adviser.
12:44 In Icelandic Reykjavik, a square called Kiev was opened. The photo was published by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland and Iceland Olga Dibrova. On April 27, the local authorities decided to name the square Kænugarður (the name of Kyiv, known to the Icelanders from the ancient sagas). The name of the square in English is Kyiv Square and a similar translation will be used in other languages.
12:31 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the State Bureau of Investigation has opened 530 cases against traitors and collaborators. Already 140 defendants have been notified of suspicion, 79 have been put on the wanted list, almost a thousand people are being checked.
12:18 The number of victims as a result of the morning shelling of Nikolaev increased to two, 20 people were injured , the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. According to the State Emergency Service, rockets damaged five residential buildings, four of them five-story and one two-story.
12:09 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the Pesochin area of the Kharkiv region, the headquarters of the Azov unit was destroyed by missiles.
12:06 France no longer receives Russian pipeline gas, AFP reports with reference to the French gas transportation company GRTGaz.
12:04 According to preliminary data from OK Pivden, 70% of the crew of the Russian tugboat Vasily Bekh was hit, the fate of the rest is unknown. Enemy ships are trying to conduct a search and rescue operation. According to Wikipedia, the crew of the ship is 26 people.
11:57 The UN has confirmed the death of 1,348 people in Mariupol, including 70 children, but the organization admits that the real numbers are much higher.
11:54 Portugal is ready to train the Ukrainian military, but new deliveries of weapons are not being considered at the moment, said Defense Minister Elena Carreiras. She recalled that Portugal had already provided Ukraine with "lethal and non-lethal military materials, equipment, ammunition, weapons, as well as communications and medical supplies."
The minister clarified that there has not yet been a request for training of the Ukrainian military, but such a need may arise. Then the Ukrainians will be able to learn how to maneuver Leopard tanks, demining and disarming explosive devices. Portugal is also ready to receive Ukrainian wounded.
11:52 The Netherlands is seeking a "hard" approach of the EU to the candidacy of Ukraine. According to EuObserver, an unofficial Dutch document on Kyiv's bid states that "the Netherlands reaffirms its commitment to the enlargement process." However, the country notes that it "reaffirms the need for fair and strict conditions" in moving Ukraine forward.
11:46 Ukraine could not become a candidate for the EU "under normal conditions," Macron said and added: "We are doing this because there is a war." However, he said that Ukraine is part of the European family. "The road will be long, but it is a sign of hope," the French leader warned, adding that it was also "a message addressed to Russia."
11:27 Scholz, Macron and Draghi "behind closed doors" asked Zelensky to resume negotiations with Putin, writes Die Welt. The publication notes that the economic damage that their countries are suffering because of the war is becoming greater and more difficult to compensate. Economic growth slowed sharply, and inflation reached record levels.
11:24 Estonia built the first fortified section of the border with the Russian Federation ahead of schedule. The site was planned to be completed in 2023, but the rapid pace of construction and favorable weather conditions made it possible to complete the project earlier. The height of the protective fence is about two meters, the border strip is equipped with modern surveillance systems.
11:08 Biden said in an interview with AP that the US would have faced much more serious consequences than expensive fuel if he had stood aside during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The President recalled that before imposing sanctions against Russia, he warned that he would have to pay for it: "It's not free, but the consequences of inaction would be worse."
According to him, if Putin had not been stopped in Ukraine, he would have gone further, and the Czech Republic, Poland, "and other NATO countries" would have suffered.
11:01 Physically getting out of the territory of Severodonetsk Azot is now impossible and simply dangerous because of the constant shelling and fighting, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, there are 568 people in the shelter, including 38 children. He stressed that last month, when the authorities proposed, these people refused to evacuate. Now exit from the building of the plant is possible only with a complete ceasefire. Gaidai noted that Severodonetsk is not blocked, there is communication with the city.
10:54 Zaporozhye Regional State Administration reported that over the Volnyansky district today at about 10:00, air defense forces shot down a Russian missile. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties or destruction.
10:25 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation today, during a planned training flight, a Su-25 aircraft crashed, the press service of the Western Military District reported. The pilot ejected. According to preliminary information, a technical malfunction could become the cause of the incident. Russian media report that the attack aircraft hit a power line pole.
10:23 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of June 17. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 32,150 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1456 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 3563 (+18),
artillery systems - 734 (+5),
MLRS - 233 (+3),
air defense systems - 97 (+0),
aircraft - 215 (+2),
helicopters - 180 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 593 (+2),
cruise missiles - 129 (+0),
ships/boats - 13 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2496 (+2),
special equipment - 55 (+0).
10:15 Putin's special envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, called a fake message about the export of a large consignment of grain by Russia from Ukraine to Syria.
10:09 Russian tugboat Vasily Bekh was hit by a Harpoon missile from the Ukrainian coast, said the head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko.
10:07 British intelligence reported that during the day, Russian forces probably continued to try to gain momentum in the direction of Popasna to encircle the Severodonetsk pocket from the south.
Analysts also note that in Russia the war "accelerated the state's long-term path to authoritarianism." Thus, the State Duma began the process of introducing a 20-year term for Russians who are fighting against the Russian Federation. Speaking out against the invasion is also subject to criminal prosecution. Despite the statement of the majority of Russians about their support for the "special operation", part of the population "both actively and passively demonstrates its disagreement."
10:05 The Russians fired cluster munitions at Zolochiv in the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Seven houses were damaged, two people were injured. In total, at least ten houses, a school and an apartment building were damaged in the region per day. In the area of Izyum, the enemy is unsuccessfully trying to advance on Slavyansk.
10:03 Macron said in an interview with TF1 that a route for the export of grain from Ukraine through Romania is being worked out. According to him, at the moment, the unblocking of the Odessa port for the creation of a sea corridor and the export of Ukrainian grain is difficult. Russia refuses to give the go-ahead to a UN framework agreement, making any safe operation in the Black Sea impossible.
09:59 In the Black Sea, the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the tugboat of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Vasily Bekh with the Tor air defense system on board. According to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the tug was hit while transporting ammunition, weapons and personnel of the Black Sea Fleet to Snake Island. Vasily Bekh with a displacement of 1605 tons was accepted into the Russian Black Sea Fleet in 2017.
09:56 In Mariupol, every day 10-15 people go to doctors with symptoms of cholera or dysentery (diarrhea, vomiting, headaches). There are no reagents for testing in the city, there are no antibiotics either, so people are simply sent home, according to the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, citing sources from the circle of collaborators. According to him, the occupiers limited communication with Mariupol residents in hospitals.
Another problem is insulin of poor quality and insufficient volume. Sources speak of a sudden increase in limb amputations in diabetic patients in the last week - at least two operations daily.
09:45 Zelensky addressed the participants of the Prespa Forum Dialogue: "Any serious discussion of the security architecture in Europe should be based on the need to free Europe from the chains of dependence that the Russian state has been creating for decades. Security is simply impossible without this, and this is the same and for the north of Europe, and for the south, and for the west, and for the east. That is why such sanctions are needed against Russia for its anti-European policy, so that they forever remember the price, including for the food crisis. Whoever creates artificial hunger must become global pariah and suffer painful damage. This should be taken into account when preparing the seventh EU sanctions package."
09:27 Putin used about 25% of the power of his army to retake "a tiny part of the territory" and get 50 thousand people killed or wounded, Admiral Tony Radakin, head of the British armed forces, told PA Media in an interview. He called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a big mistake and stressed that Moscow would never take Ukraine under its control: "Russia has already lost strategically. NATO is stronger, Finland and Sweden want to join."
Radakin notes that while Putin may make tactical gains in the coming weeks, it will cost him dearly: "And Russia has vulnerabilities because it's running out of people, running out of high-tech missiles."
09:04 In the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, a border village was shelled, Governor Roman Starovoit said. According to him, "the enemy's firing point was quickly suppressed," there were no casualties.
In turn, the head of the Sumy OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky, said that the Russians again fired at the border area in the Khotyn community from a mortar, there were no casualties or destruction.
08:41 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have resumed preparations for a counteroffensive west of Izyum. Also, a counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops is possible in the Kherson region. Russian troops continued to carry out ground strikes against Severodonetsk, but carried out unsuccessful offensives northwest of Slovyansk. To the north and northeast of Kharkov, fighting continues without territorial changes.
08:35 In the Luhansk region, the enemy has been moved away from Zolote, in Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, six people were killed, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the number of attacks by the Russian army is growing daily.
08:32 Reznikov summed up his visit to Brussels, where a meeting on the defense of Ukraine was held in the Ramstein format: "The key: there will be deliveries. Quality deliveries. But not everything can be voiced now. Everything will be later."
The Minister of Defense also announced the tasks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at three stages of the war:
Stopping the Russian offensive - "for this we need a quick reinforcement through the supply of artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, air defense systems, etc."
"Exit as soon as possible to the line of demarcation and the administrative border as of February 24."
"Our global goal is the de-occupation and reintegration of all territories of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders."
At the same time, Ukraine is not going to attack Russian territory, Reznikov assured.
08:26 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reported that four residential multi-storey buildings and an infrastructure facility suffered from a missile attack. At the moment, there is information about one dead and six injured, including one child.
08:21 This morning Russians hit with rockets across Nikolaev, houses were damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. Rescuers, doctors and public utilities are working on the spot.
07:53 Dnipropetrovsk region was again fired from artillery: an enemy strike, inflicted late in the evening on June 16, hit the village of Velikaya Kostromka, Zelenodolsk community. There were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
07:37 Troops of the Russian Federation unsuccessfully attacked in three directions, and Ukrainian aviation struck at clusters of Russians in the regions of Kherson region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault of the enemy near Slavyansk and Bakhmut, there are successes of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporozhye region, the General Staff reports in the morning summary .
07:35 Today, the European Commission will propose to grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of an EU candidate. Conditions will also be set for the transition to the next step, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said.
07:07 China's statements about neutrality on the issue of war in Ukraine do not correspond to the real state of affairs, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said: "The fact that China still largely denies the atrocities taking place in Ukraine, the atrocities that we seen with our own eyes through the reports of many media, I think it speaks of the partnership and the choice that China has made."
Price added that "China's position of declared neutrality is nothing more than an empty statement."
06:50 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz received an invitation from Zelensky to visit Kiev. According to the Australian TV channel 9News, the official plans to visit Ukraine at the end of June. Albaniz will also take part in the NATO meeting in Madrid to "support the Ukrainian people."
06:01 NATO is preparing a new defense model for the eastern flank, Stoltenberg said at a press conference following the NATO ministerial meeting: "We have made progress by agreeing on specific conditions, elements of a new defense model, and also heard that several allies are ready to give additional forces to strengthen this model."
He specified that the alliance's new defense model on the eastern flank would be based on three pillars: an increase in forward presence with more combat operations; pre-deployment of military equipment to save time; the tentative definition of units is "these are forces that will be trained in a certain territory, where there will be certain duties."
05:28 The Russians have created at least 20 filtration camps and prisons in the occupied Ukrainian territories, in which Ukrainians are imprisoned, said the permanent representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna Yevhen Tsymbalyuk in the OSCE. At the same time, he noted that Ukrainians are most often kidnapped in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
05:09 The American aerospace company Maxar has shown fresh satellite images showing Russian ships loaded with stolen Ukrainian grain.
03:43 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warns that the Russians may be staging false flag attacks near Kherson to prevent popular support for Ukrainian counter-offensive operations.
According to analysts, the Russians continue to strengthen reserve positions in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, probably in response to Ukrainian counterattacks. In particular, they improved defensive positions in the area of Bezvodny and Ishchenko, southeast of Davydov Brod. Russian forces are also dismantling concrete irrigation structures in the Kherson region to hide heavy artillery from Ukrainian strikes.
01:41 Macron said he was ready to go to Russia if necessary, but under certain conditions: "Someone does not understand why I continue to talk with Putin. I did this because I see the role of France in this. A visit to Russia? This requires preconditions, which means gestures from Putin. I will continue to speak with him with the knowledge of the President of Ukraine and on the condition that it will be useful."
[SAHARAREPORTERS] The Ukrainian military has released a video feed footage of another Russian ship coming under attack while transiting towards Snake Island.
The video which was released on Friday morning shows two missiles slamming into a vessel believed to be 19 miles east of Snake (or Zmiinyi) Island, causing it to erupt in a fireball.
The Ukrainian Navy in a statement on Twitter, claimed the vessel to be the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Project 22870 rescue tug Vassily Bekh, described as carrying ammunition, weapons and personnel to reinforce Russian troops on the island—as well as a Tor air defence system.
Forbes reported that unconfirmed Russian sources apparently claimed that 10 of 33 crew on board were missing and the rest injured.
As with footage of several other vessels struck by Ukraine’s military, the attack is recorded by a video feed displaying the distinctive user interface of Ottoman Turkish-built Bayraktar TB2 drones operated by the Ukrainian Navy and Air Force.
But while Bayraktars have knocked out smaller Russian vessels with laser-guided anti-tank missiles, the video shows two missiles approaching perpendicular to the viewer at relatively slow speed and at low altitude—i.e. clearly, not launched by the overflying drone. Quite likely the drone was instead earlier used to transmit coordinates to land-based missile launchers to facilitate the attack.
Forbes also said that a Ukrainian regional official claimed the attack was made by land-based Harpoon anti-ship systems recently delivered to Ukraine by the United States and Denmark. That seems to correspond with the sea-skimming cruise missiles seen in the video.
Other sources allege, however, said the attack was by a Brimstone missile supplied by the U.K. These supersonic missiles are quite fast but have only a 14-pound warhead.
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#1
He's correct. This is the end of an era. American hegemony is finished - Trump was its last hurrah.
W, Obama and Biden conspired to bury American strength and leadership with their stupid overseas wars, their domestic culture wars and their incompetent, disastrous economic policies.
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The link doesn't work. Use this to hear the sketch with simultaneous translation:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=elt-bfwkWuo
Note that there is no "shaking" of hands, no ranting, no vulgar expressions as per the bullshit, lies and disinformation printed recently in the US and UK press.
Wherever one stands and whatever one thinks of Putin, this is an extremely important speech that demands close attention and consideration.
It is not America's role to dominate the world, invading country after country as we have done so many times since the 1890s. Neither is it our role to be world police. Every empire that tried this went bankrupt from the expense. Let's try a revolutionary idea: spend our money on our people and make a nice country. It's a crazy idea but it might just work.
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I'd personally be fine with the US being more like Switzerland. Not the biggest or toughest, but the freest and most financially stable.
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/\ Yes, but what then becomes of 'K-Street' and the Military Industrial Complex (MIC), the high-paid shi*disturbers at the State Department and our 'Klingon master' regime change crowd.
Not a lot of money in cheese, chocolate, and banking.
#9
US being more like Switzerland. Not the biggest or toughest, but the freest and most financially stable
Switzerland's gun ownership is similar to America's -- but the Swiss murder rate is a tiny fraction of America's. Can you guess why?
Switzerland's technology and economy are similar to America's -- but average Swiss math achievement scores are higher. Swiss average savings are higher. Swiss cities are cleaner and safer. The Swiss enjoy greater freedom with more order. Why do you think that is?
Here's a thought. American achievement in every realm, from education to public safety to public finance to freedom and prosperity, is degraded by a violent, dysfunctional and mentally deficient sub-demographic that simply does not exist in Switzerland.
This dysfunctional minority is championed another, even smaller minority that is extremely successful and well-educated and that is obsessed with intervening abroad in defense of "freedom." This tendency does not exist in Switzerland.
Ergo there seems to be a strong connection between certain America's willingness to grovel before its own left-wing race Marxists and those same Americans' eager support for serial overseas military adventures in countries that have nothing to do with American freedom or security.
Aside from these two groups, America could probably be very much like Switzerland. A natural fortress provided by two oceans acting like the Alps, a well-armed freedom-loving yeoman population, longstanding self-government and strong traditions of federalism, self-reliance and individual rights.
But you have to somehow curb the influence of America's race Marxists and the elites who love them so.
#10
I didn't say we would not have to flush some outfits' punch bowls.
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#9, we tried to make a situation where everyone could thrive. Some peoples' idea of flourishing is not like the majority's.
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But you have to somehow curb the influence of America's race Marxists and the elites who love them so.
'Race Marxism' is a "non causa." It is simply a tool or vehicle used to gain power. It has little if anything to do with the actual beliefs of those carrying the signs and banners.
#13
Impossible with your post-1965 immigration policies. You'd also have to get control of your southern border, get rid of your black population and completely change the leadership of your newsmedia, entertainment and elite educational institutions.
#14
Master race and lebensraum. All stuff we'd expect "de-nazification" experts to espouse.
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/\ Precisely what happened not so many years ago in a place called Rhodesia. Those sent packing were a different race however. Colonialism and tribalism appear to be in eternal conflict.
(Tribalism is an original and more pure form of communism)
#16
I mean to say that, before the late 1940s civil rights push by northern whites and Jewish media and intellectual figures, there was very little public support for aggressive US military interventions outside of the Western Hemisphere. There's a strong connection between the racial "diversity" creed and US interventionism.
Most Americans have no interest in the Middle East or Asia and not much interest in Europe either. It was East Coast liberal elites like the New York Times editors who pushed Americans out of a natural Swiss-style isolationist mindset. They did so by pushing the new and very alien ideas about "democracy promotion."
After WWII, the old Protestant Progressive "civil religion" (per Walter McDougall) was pushed aside and replaced by Jews and liberal Catholics such as the Kennedys who added a new obsession with protecting racial minority rights and intervening in the Middle East to protect Israel. Neoconservatism had its origins in these two non-Protestant left-leaning urban groups. All the neoconservatives were either Jewish or Catholic.
Beginning in the early 1960s with Kennedy's inaugural speech, very foreign conflict became framed as a foreign version of the civil rights movement, struggle of "freedom" vs totalitarian oppression that would inevitably lead toward another Holocaust. Complexity was ignored. American national security was conflated with a global civil rights crusade. Somehow it became a vital interest for America to protect peasants in Indochina, Muslim tribesmen in Mesopotamia, Jews in Palestine.
If not for these influence of Catholics like the Kennedys and Jews like Max Fisher and powerful media and entertainment tycoons like the Sulzbergers, it's unlikely that the US would have been embroiled in Vietnam's civil war or the middle east's endless conflicts.
Switzerland doesn't have neoconservatives. It's totally alien to the Swiss mind.,
#17
^ "Catholics and Jews did it." Pat Buchanan blushes.
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14 Master race and lebensraum. All stuff we'd expect "de-nazification" experts to espouse.
You should put away the liquor. We're talking about Switzerland, a diverse non-expansionist, totally defensive small country that easily combines multiple cultures and languages. You're confusing Switzerland with its northern neighbor. Maybe you should open a map?
Wrong again. Buchanan is very close to the Swiss mentality. Someone scrambled your playbook. Buchanan is the neoconservatives' worst enemy.
The Catholic neoconservatives included people like Jeanie Kirkpatrick, Daniel Moynihan and the pre-2004 William F Buckley.
During the Nixon administration, Moynihan's pro-Israel bent was so wildly exaggerated that Henry Kissinger had to shut him up during one White House Mideast policy meeting by saying, "This isn't a synagogue."
#23
@Besoeker
I don't follow you. Your Jewish "Misha" represents what...
neoconservatism? Which one are you saying represents 'beltway thinking' -- Moynihan?
Or do you mean Kissinger... he wasn't a neoconservative and never terribly friendly toward Israel.
#24
/\ Excellent question. Point is, traditional Jewish thinking and debate have become too far removed from their original geo-origins. Kissinger was correct, "it's not a synagogue"... therein lies the problem.
Synagogue = "closer to Heaven." Not a synagogue = "further from Heaven."
If your mileage varies, well, that's on you, not me...
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I don't know much about the origins of Jewish thinking and debate but the ideas and instincts of America's founders and the following generation of American leaders were in synch with Swiss republican views. Federalism and self-government, limits on centralized authority, a fierce desire to be insulated from the rest of the world's warring and intrigues, and a rationalist outlook shaped by a Protestant work ethic.
That still describes Switzerland. In America that got chucked aside in the second half of the 20th century. Maybe America can recover it before the second half of the 21st century.
#27
^ Or maybe not. I love America and would like to see that. I love Freedom more, and if America has to be abandoned while Freedom flourishes elsewhere, so be it. Ever was it thus.
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#28
Yes but Switzerland won't let you in. Britain's woke. Canada and Oz have gone fascist.
Tell us more. Expand our horizons. Are you thinking of one of them offshore seastead thingies located outside territorial waters? A biodome in Antarctica?
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#35
I'd be happy to be the shining beacon on a hill that leads in tech and products people want. that other nations attempt to emulate and bend over backwards to placate rather than be cut off.
Sort of like the Foundation (books, I've not see the tv).
#36
Fun fact. The "new guys" like seeding the idea of an American war of all-against-all into their posts: Black against White, Jew against Christian, Protestants against Catholics, Immigrants against Native Born. But who does that actually help? Certainly not my family or community!
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#38
^ The trick is to make a Russian invasion of a neighboring country all about America. When America invades a country, that is naked American aggression. When Russia invades a country, that also is naked American aggression.
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#39
Old Wisdom has value, taken fro, American Thinker in part:
"In The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon ruminated on the "latent causes of decay and corruption" in Rome. He noted the introduction by the ruling elites of "a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire." "The minds of men were gradually reduced," he wrote, and "the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated." The corrosive effects on the citizenry manifested themselves in the collapse of "public courage" and the diminished "love of independence" and "sense of national honor." "A cloud of critics, of compilers, of commentators," Gibbon lamented, "darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste." A "degeneracy" set in among the Roman elites and spread to the citizens, which "debased their sentiments, enervated their courage, and depressed their talents." The result, Gibbon wrote, was that Rome was "peopled by a race of pygmies" when the barbarians from the north swept in to conquer.
America's elite class is leading us down the path of Rome. Hopefully, it's not too late to change course.
#40
Obama administration NSC official and leading Democratic Party foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan calls for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine today in Politico.com
Washington has not only a right to discuss war aims with Kyiv, but also an obligation. This conflict arguably represents the most dangerous geopolitical moment since the Cuban missile crisis.
A hot war is raging between a nuclear-armed Russia and a NATO-armed Ukraine, with NATO territory abutting the conflict zone. This war could define the strategic and economic contours of the 21st century, possibly opening an era of militarized rivalry between the world’s liberal democracies and an autocratic bloc anchored by Russia and China.
These stakes necessitate direct U.S. engagement in determining when and how this war ends. Instead of offering arms with no strings attached — effectively leaving strategy up to the Ukrainians — Washington needs to launch a forthright discussion about war termination with allies, with Kyiv, and ultimately, with Moscow.
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#41
Impossible with your post-1965 immigration policies. You'd also have to get control of your southern border, get rid of your black population and completely change the leadership of your newsmedia, entertainment and elite educational institutions.
IOW, we're screwed.
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If not for these influence of Catholics like the Kennedys and Jews like Max Fisher and powerful media and entertainment tycoons like the Sulzbergers, it's unlikely that the US would have been embroiled in Vietnam's civil war or the middle east's endless conflicts.
There is precious little evidence that JFK was on board with the US intervention in Vietnam and some speculation that he was assassinated to make way for LBJ, a white Protestant, to go ahead with it. Can't blame the Vietnam War on Jews and Catholics. It was Johnson's war.
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#43
Well, it was under Kennedy's 'reign' that Diem was assasinated, for some reason or another having to do with the war that Kennedy was supposedly not concerned with. Not that this had anything to do with Kennedy's judaism or catholicism or whatever....
MOSCOW, June 17 - RIA Novosti. Some of the Ukrainian servicemen blockaded at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk are ready to voluntarily lay down their arms, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic Andriy Marochko said.
"In the course of a special military operation on the territory of the Azot enterprise in the city of Severodonetsk, indeed, some Ukrainian military made the right decision and began to surrender," he said.
Marochko explained that, for security reasons, the DPR authorities do not disclose the number of those who surrendered and what units they represent, since detachments are working in Severodonetsk, and pressure may be exerted on relatives of military personnel.
As the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, reported in an interview with RIA Novosti, according to estimated estimates, there are up to a thousand Ukrainian nationalists at the Azot plant. In addition, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR , mercenaries from the United States , Great Britain and Poland are also hiding there.
Chemical plant "Azot" is located in Severodonetsk, Luhansk People's Republic. During the liberation of the city, the Russian army and allied troops blocked Ukrainian fighters on the territory of the enterprise.
MOSCOW, June 17 - RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost approximately 50 percent of their heavy weapons in a Russian special military operation, Ukrainian General Volodymyr Karpenko told the American National Defense magazine.
"I'm talking only about heavy weapons. Approximately 1,300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks and 700 artillery systems have been lost," says the military man who commands the logistics of the ground forces.
"Afraid to touch." Why did Western weapons surprise Kyiv?
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special operation, 205 Ukrainian aircraft, 131 helicopters, 1233 drones, 342 air defense systems, 3587 tanks and other armored vehicles, 539 MLRS systems, 2013 guns and mortars, as well as 3658 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
22:44 Today, a blow was struck on the hangars with the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev. Six Berest-type multiple launch rocket systems were destroyed, as well as more than 20 Ukrainian artillerymen killed and wounded. 18:35 Russian servicemen in Energodar continue operational work to search for caches of weapons and explosives. As part of the next operational-search activity, a cache was found with six AK-74 assault rifles, 20 equipped magazines and a Makarov pistol. The cache was made to commit sabotage against the civilian population and Russian military personnel.
18:32 Combat actions are always a tragedy, these are inevitable actions - Putin.
17:33 Boris Johnson arrived in Kyiv, writes the Times. Johnson's visit immediately after the Scholz-Makron trip should help Kyiv "reject the Franco-German initiative to start negotiations with the Kremlin."
17:03 Putin: Today, our soldiers and officers, Donbass militias are fighting to protect their people, defend Russia's right to free and safe development, as a large multinational country that makes its own decisions, determines its own future and rejects all attempts to impose the pseudo-values of dehumanization and moral degradation.
All the tasks of the special military operation will certainly be solved. And the guarantee of this is the courage and heroism of our soldiers, the consolidation of Russian society, whose support gives strength and confidence to the army and navy of Russia.
16:29 All the tasks of the special operation will be solved and the courage and heroism of our soldiers serve as a guarantee of this - Putin at SPIEF.
15:32 Poland has views of Western Ukraine - Lukashenka.
14:14 Zelensky intends to introduce a visa regime for Russians from July 1 - the decision to terminate the Russian-Ukrainian agreement on visa-free travel will be made today by the Ukrainian government.
13:40 In Kyiv, they decided to "return" Crimea by force. Zelensky's spokesman for Crimea, Tasheva, said that Kyiv's approaches to the return of Crimea after February 24 have changed. Now they want to achieve this by military means.
13:19 Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, it would be great if European leaders influenced Kyiv.
11:58 Ministry of Defense: The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the headquarters of "Azov" in the Kharkiv region with a missile strike.
11:37 An asphalt concrete plant has been launched in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region. This became possible with the support of the military-civilian administration of the city. The company is fully stocked.
11:35 France no longer receives Russian gas through pipelines - AFP with reference to the French gas transportation company GRTGaz.
11:13 Under normal conditions, Ukraine could not be considered a candidate for EU membership - Macron.
10:21 In Melitopol, the payment of one-time assistance in the amount of 10,000 rubles to socially unprotected categories of the population - large families, single mothers - begins.
09:17 The exclusion of works by Russian and Soviet authors in Ukraine from the school curriculum is yet another stupidity of the Kyiv regime - Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov.
09:02 There is no need to involve the forces of Transnistria in a special military operation in Ukraine yet, this is not being discussed, said Denis Pushilin.
08:12 The media reports that now there are big problems with the provision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with food. There are some units and subdivisions at the front, which are not only lacking uniforms, but also big shortages of food.
Ukrainian officials in the rear write off the “loot”, but nothing reaches the soldiers.
There is also information about problems with the payment of salaries and bonuses to soldiers, there is a general mess.
Now they talk little about these problems, trying to hide from society.
21:09 In the DPR showed mercenaries from the United States taken prisoner near Kharkov
"Alexander Dryuki and Andy Wien are from Alabama. After getting to our guys, they hated the war and want peace, and they also want to go home. But this is unlikely. By the way, they began to sharply learn the mighty Russian language," said military commander Andrey Rudenko. 20:57 The Investigative Committee of Russia will record and investigate the circumstances of the shelling by Ukrainian nationalists of the Kyiv region of Donetsk, as well as other settlements of the DPR, as a result of which a civilian was killed and 9 more people were injured.
The investigation will take measures to identify the Ukrainian security forces involved in these crimes.
20:20 Additional information about damage as a result of the morning shelling of the VFU of Kievsky district of Donetsk at the following addresses:
- per. Novomoskovsky, 4 - a private residential building, burned down completely;
- st. Levitsky, 17, 31 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Lavreneva, 2, 27 - private residential buildings;
- st. 18 Party Congress, 26 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Listvennaya, 8 "a" - a private residential building;
- st. Byron, 36 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Byron, 47/2 - a private residential building;
- st. Parkovskaya, 42 "a" - a private residential building, burned down completely;
- st. Parkovskaya, 19 - a private residential building;
- st. Dmitry Pozharsky, 28 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building.
16:27 Unfortunately, the previously injured L. S. A., born in 1983, a resident of the village of Golmovsky, Gorlovka, died from injuries incompatible with life. So, today we already have two dead civilian women and one wounded.
14:10 AFU continues to strike at the Kievsky district of Donetsk
From the positions of the militants in Pesky, several more shells from 155mm NATO caliber artillery were fired at the city.
13:53 Miners of the Zasyadko mine de-energized during shelling by the Ukrainian troops in Donetsk are brought to the surface, there are no casualties. Reported in the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the Donetsk People's Republic.
13:50 Part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk began to surrender - NM LPR.
13:48 The governments of the DPR and Moscow signed agreements on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation within the framework of SPIEF-22. The document was signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Chairman of the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic Vitaly Khotsenko.
13:30 Pushilin: The enemy attacked Donetsk today from six points. At the moment, all six firing points are suppressed. The enemy is trying to bring up new equipment to strike at residential areas of the Republic's settlements. Comprehensive measures are being taken by Russian counterbattery units to ensure the safety of the population.
13:21 "The DPR is taking all measures to finally turn the tide with the shelling of civilian objects" - Pushilin.
13:14 In Donetsk, the mine them. Zasyadko, there are 76 miners underground.
13:05 The main goal of the special operation is to ensure the safety and rescue of the people of Donbass from those barbaric acts, shelling by the Kyiv military - Peskov.
12:56 As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a local resident was killed at the intersection of the Krasnoarmeyskoye Highway and Shvedova Avenue. On st. Tumanyan wounded 2 civilians.
12:51 Ukrainian militants are shelling Gorlovka in all directions: the palace of culture of the same name and houses around on the street. Gardin received shrapnel damage.
In the village of Panteleymonovka, enemy shells damaged a residential building and a gas pipeline along the street. Leningradskaya, 1, 3, st. Quiet, 17.
In the village of Zaitsevo, as a result of shelling, a garage caught fire in the courtyard of a house on the street. Rybalko, 8. Data on the consequences are being specified.
In the village of Kayutovo, residential buildings on the street were damaged. Utina, 60, 62, st. Khvoynaya, 37. Between the residential area "Builder" and "Komsomolets" in the area of the auto-cooperative, a gas pipe was damaged after shelling.
12:39 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
--n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kyiv region): eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
11:55 For four months, 178 civilians were killed in the DPR. Nine of them are children. 2,276 people were injured, including 140 children. Only missiles "Tochka U" in the DPR, the Ukrainian security forces fired 28 units. Some of them were shot down by the republican air defense system.
11:52 In Donetsk, a civilian was wounded. As a result of the shelling of the city, a civilian in the Kievsky district of the city received shrapnel wounds near the house at the address: Pokryshev lane, 12.
11:42 APU launch rockets from Kramatorsk in the direction of the Slavic direction.
11:40 Another of the the consignment of captured Ukrainski near Severodonetsk.
11:21 Shelling of the Kievsky district continues. The Ministry of Emergency Situations, due to the ongoing fire, cannot begin to localize the fires.
11:14 As a result of shelling in the center of Donetsk Fire Department.
11:12 As a result of the shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk from the positions of Ukrainian militants, a fire broke out in garage boxes on the territory of the Operational State Paramilitary Mountain Rescue Detachment of the Donetsk Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR - Headquarters of the DPR.
11:04 Pinter's Tekstilshchik arrives now.
11:02 According to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling of the village of Golmovsky by Ukrainian punishers, a peaceful woman was killed, several people were injured, the information is being specified - Prikhodko.
11:00 A black column of smoke rises over the Kievsky district of Donetsk. As a result of shelling by the armed formations of Ukraine, a fire broke out in the Kievsky district of the city.
The building is on fire at the address: st. Nikolenko, 7. In addition, 22 transformer substations of the Petrovsky-Western distribution zone were de-energized (2.2 thousand subscribers were de-energized).
The residents of the village were also left without electricity. Aleksandrovka (2.6 thousand subscribers de-energized).
10:47 Transport has stopped in Donetsk, people are hiding in underground passages, the city is being heavily shelled. The fire department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is on fire, the city is shrouded in smoke. Arrivals are recorded in all areas.
10:28 Transport traffic has been suspended in Donetsk due to shelling by Ukrainian troops - the mayor of the city.
10:20 AFU shelled Kyiv district of Donetsk
From the positions of Ukrainian militants in Peski, 48 shells of 155mm and 152mm caliber were fired at the city.
10:06 The operational line of the DPR JCCC received information about wounding a civilian - male, born in 1964 as a result of shelling of the VFU n.p. Yasinovataya on the street. October.
The man received a mine-explosive injury and a gunshot shrapnel wound.
09:41 In the Kievsky district of Donetsk, arrival after arrival ... There are fires.
09:26 Under fire from VFU Kyiv district of the city.
08:54 There is a fire in Yasinovataya as a result of shelling by the Ukrainski.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
--n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonov: eight shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: six shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
[AlAhram] Russia on Friday said that close to 2,000 foreign mercenaries have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's military intervention in the pro-Western country.
Russia's defence ministry said in a statement that 6,956 "mercenaries and weapons specialists" from 64 countries had arrived in Ukraine since the start of the conflict and that "1,956 have already been destroyed".
Another 1,779 have left Ukraine, the statement said.
It said that Poland was the "absolute leader" among European countries for the number of fighters that were sent to Ukraine, followed by Romania and Britannia.
It also singled out "mercenaries" from Canada, the United States and the Caucasus nation of Georgia.
The ministry said the number of imported muscle is decreasing and many are leaving Ukraine "against the backdrop of the growing number of military failures of the Kyiv regime and massive daily losses in manpower and equipment".
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... sent troops to Ukraine to "de-militarise" and "de-nazify" the country.
A European official said in April that up to 20,000 mercenaries from the Russian private military company the Wagner Group, as well as from Syria and Libya, were fighting alongside Moscow's forces in Ukraine.
Earlier this month, separatist authorities in eastern Ukraine sentenced captured British citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Brahim Saadun from Morocco to death for acting as mercenaries and attempting to overthrow the government.
[NYPOST] North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... n leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... and other bigwigs prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, state media reported on Friday, as the country also battles its first COVID-19 outbreak.
North Korea revealed this week it was facing an "acute enteric epidemic" on top of a weeks-long outbreak of COVID. It did not elaborate what the disease was, but enteric refers to the gastrointestinal tract.· Scroll to continue
"The officials ... prepared medicines, foodstuff and daily necessities needed for the treatment of the epidemic and stable life to render aid to the people in Haeju City and Kangryong County (of South Hwanghae Province)," the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Leader Kim called upon officials "to fulfill their duty in the work for easing the people’s misfortune and sufferings as soon as possible," it added.
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[AsiaMarkets] In recent years it has become clear the Chinese people are losing faith in their financial institutions. There’s been anger over harsh COVID lockdowns in Shanghai recently, while the collapse of China Evergrande saw rare public demonstrations as residents faced the prospect of losing their life savings used as deposits for housing.
The song book is eerily similar at bank branches in a number of China’s rural provinces right now.
Multiple sources contacted by Asia Markets, have confirmed deposits at the following six banks have been frozen since mid-April.
Yuzhou Xinminsheng Village Bank (located in Xuchang City, Henan Province)
Zhecheng Huanghuai Bank (City of Shangqui, Henan Province)
Shangcai Huimin Rural Bank (Zhumadian City, Henan Province)
New Oriental Village Bank (City of Kaifeng, Henan Province)
Huaihe River Village Bank (Bengbu City, Anhui Province)
Yixian County Village Bank (Huangshan City, Anhui Province)
It’s understood the banks with branches across the Henan and Anhui Provinces successively issued announcements in April, stating they would suspend online banking and mobile banking services due to a system upgrade
At the same time, clients reported their electronic deposits in online accounts, mobile apps and third-party platforms could not be withdrawn.
This led to depositors rushing to local bank branches, only to be told they were unable to withdraw funds.
By late May, images emerged on Chinese social media of demonstrations at the front of numerous bank branches. Asia Markets has verified these images with local contacts.
According to one user on the Chinese social media platform WeChat, the protests are ongoing but are rarely mentioned in Chinese press.
"It has caused widespread concern on the internet but the media attention is not high, the highest degree of concern is the four banks in Henan."
BANK RUN CONTAGION TO "SWEEP ACROSS CHINA"
Regardless of the cause, the developments raise serious questions about the health of China’s and its regulatory oversight. The more immediate concern, however, is the prospect of contagion, which could see the (so-far) rural-only bank run spread to bigger cities.
On Twitter, a video of a large line at an ICBC Bank in China (one of China’s largest state-owned banks) posted on Tuesday, June 9, suggest contagion is in progress.
Translated to English, the tweet reads "The bank card system is locked, and these people are here to unlock it. Massive runs are coming."
Blogger, Jennifer Zeng, has reported major issues with withdrawing cash from banks in Shanghai in recent days. The uncertainty no doubt exacerbated by the prospect of more lockdowns as COVID cases again spike.
"All banks in Shanghai have restricted depositors from withdrawing money... A bank run is about to sweep China," she said.
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The people who went to protest suddenly found their phone's health code had turned red, indicating they had Wuhan virus or had been in close contact with someone who had. Immediate medical imprisonment, cannot take any type of transportation. Whew, protest crisis solved!
[ZERO] LinkedIn users are being lured into bogus cryptocurrency investments, with some being swindled out of sums exceeding $1 million, according to a new CNBC report.
"It’s a significant threat," FBI special agent Sean Ragan tells CNBC. "This type of fraudulent activity is significant, and there are many potential victims, and there are many past and current victims."
It starts with an invitation to connect to a phony account. Next, friendly conversation turns to a recommendation to buy Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency on a legitimate platform suggested by the fraudster. After several months of building trust, however, the victim is encouraged to move their assets to a platform controlled by the fraudster.
Florida benefits manager Mei Mei Soe started with a $400 speculation at crypto.com; later, she was lured to a fraudulent platform. With a goal of amassing enough money to open a business of her own, Soe engaged in a series of transactions using not only her own savings, but also proceeds from bank loans and even personal loans from friends.
Several months into her fake friendship, she realized what had happened. "I still remember the day," Soe says. "Once I realized I had been scammed, I tried to contact him but couldn’t find him anywhere...It hurts." The damage: $288,000, wiping out her life savings, not to mention the new debt she took on.
A support group of victims that meets regularly on Zoom invited CNBC's Yasmin Khorram to hear their stories. With their five identities shielded to protect themselves from professional and personal embarrassment, the victims acknowledged having lost $189,000, $300,000, $700,000, $1.3 million and $1.6 million.
On the eve of CNBC's report, LinkedIn posted a blog entry highlighting its efforts to combat fraud. The Sunnyvale, California firm says its artificial technology eliminates 99.1% of spam and scams before they reach any users. Separately, LinkedIn says it removed 32 million fake accounts in 2021 alone.
As for avoiding the scammers who make it through, LinkedIn recommends only connecting with people you know and trust, and being wary of:
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"It’s a significant threat," FBI special agent Sean Ragan tells CNBC. "This type of "It’s a significant threat," FBI special agent Sean Ragan tells CNBC. "This type of fraudulent activity is significant, and there are many potential victims"
When I have a question regarding "fraudulent activity" I usually Google.... FBI.
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Crypto is one of those things that is only valuable because people think it is valuable. There is no underlying asset or concrete, tangible value behind it.
Once people stop thinking crypto is valuable, for whatever reason, well, then, it isn't valuable.
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The Nigerian and Indian scams too far covered now?
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More appropriately look in your wallet at all the dollars and then look at all the stacked drilling rigs in this state AND THEN think about the psychology theory of monetary value.
[NYPOST] Record-setting prices on diesel fuel, coupled with soaring inflation and the ongoing war in Ukraine, could lead to food shortages in the US, farmers warned.
"For so long, we’ve enjoyed lots of food in this country, so we’ve never ever faced a food shortage and I think that’s coming in the coming months," John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, said during an interview on NewsNation’s On Balance with Leland Vittert on Monday,
Average diesel prices in the US Monday reached $5.7 per gallon, representing a $2.4 increase compared to the same period last year.
Farmers disproportionately rely on diesel to fuel up their tractors and other heavy machinery used to plant and harvest crops, burning up to thousands of gallons a month, depending on the size of their operation.
Feeling the pinch at the pump, farmers can decide to stop planting certain crops to save money on fuel, which, in turn, could result in higher food prices and even food shortages.
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Despite many of us posting warnings starting a year ago to stock up, we were laughed and said to be in panic mode.
So, if anyone is just now figuring out, there is Food Shortage/Price to Fuel Cost to collation. You are screwed and are now buying food, if it is in stock, at 9% to 50+% higher since just Jan. 2022.
Simply by buying a little extra each week and checking BB dates, it has us covered out to sometime in early Q1-2025.
Plus, purchasing enough Ethonal-free Gas enough to refill the car 3x's and stabilizing it for long term storage (18 months) has us as covered for Evac if needed.
[JustTheNews] Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman sent an email to all Redfin employees about the layoffs on June 14. He said the decreasing demand for homes has forced the company to release hundreds of employees...
The company expected that total revenue for the second quarter would be between "$613 million and $650 million, representing a year-over-year growth between 30% and 38% compared to the second quarter of 2021."
However, 40 days later Kelman says demand is over 15% below expectations, a sign that the housing market is going south at an unprecedented rate.
Kelman also cited the increasing mortgage rates for why the market is cooling.
Mortgage rates rose from 3.29% in January to 6.28% as of today, per Mortgage News Daily.
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I would say the the sign was when 8' studs started selling for $8/each.
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Been watching a job site down the street, not much activity because of the heat, and I'm really surprised there hasn't been lumber pilferage there.
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Just had district wide reappraisal, tax rise to follow, bankruptcies to follow, insider distressed sales purchases to follow, rent escalation to follow. All part of the plan. You will own nothing and be happy.
[AlAhram] French leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon promised Friday to grant French nationality to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ... Australian journalist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. WikiLeaks made the Big Time in 2010 when it published a series of leaks provided by then Bradley, since Chelsea Manning. After the 2010 leaks, the United States government launched a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and asked allied nations for assistance. U.S. officials are seeking to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act, blaming him for directingpublication of a huge trove of secret documents that disclosed the names of people who provided confidential information to American and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.... if left-wing parties win a majority in parliamentary elections this weekend.
Assange is wanted in the US for allegedly violating the Espionage Act by publishing military and diplomatic files in 2010, and could face up to 175 years in jail if found guilty, though the exact sentence is difficult to estimate.
Ahead of voting on Sunday, Melenchon was asked about the extradition of Assange to the United States, which the British government approved on Friday to the dismay of his supporters and free-press campaigners.
"If I am prime minister on Monday, Mr Julien Assange -- I believe he has already asked for it -- will be naturalised as French and we will ask for him to be sent to us," Melenchon told news hounds.
"Mr Assange should be decorated for all his services to French people," he added.
Melenchon's new NUPES coalition of left-wing and green parties is hoping for a majority after Sunday's vote, which could lead to 70-year-old Melenchon being named prime minister.
But polls suggest centrist President Emmanuel Macron's "Together" coalition is likely to emerge as the biggest party.
The French parliament debated a motion in February proposing granting Assange political asylum, which was defeated after failing to win enough support from Macron's MPs.
The WikiLeaks founder has influential contacts inside the current French government, however, with his former lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti now serving as justice minister.
Dupond-Moretti had requested a meeting with Macron in 2020 in order to ask for political asylum for his client, and has faced calls from French rights groups to make good on his promise now that he is inside the cabinet.
Assange has 14 days to appeal the UK government decision, which came after a British court issued a formal order clearing his removal in April.
His supporters have held frequent rallies to protest the planned deportation, which they see as an infringement on media freedom and free speech.
He has been detained at a top-security jail in southeast London since 2019 for jumping bail in a previous case accusing him of sexual assault in Sweden.
In February 2020, Dupond-Moretti, one of La Belle France's best-known lawyers before he entered politics, called the possible 175-year prison sentence "shameful, unbearable and contrary to the idea everyone has of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. ."
[AlAhram] Rich countries including the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year's U.N. climate summit. "Give us money!"
Observers and campaigners attending a ten-day preparatory meeting in Bonn, Germany, that's wrapping up Thursday expressed frustration at the resistance shown by developed nations to formally discussing how poor countries can get more aid when they're hit by climate disasters.
"Rich countries, particularly the EU, spiked the discussion about loss and damage at every single turn," said Teresa Anderson of the campaign group ActionAid International.
Delegates from developing countries had hoped growing awareness of the severe economic cost that global warming is already having for billions of people around the world would help move the needle on an issue that has long split rich and poor nations.
Those hopes were fueled last month, when officials from the Group of Seven leading economies for the first time acknowledged the need for more public and private money to avert and address the "adverse impacts of climate change.''
The meeting in Bonn, which is home to the U.N. climate office, was designed to lay the foundations for the upcoming climate summit in Egypt's seaside resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh in November.
"Whether it was about setting up a new finance facility, providing funds, organizing technical support, or even just including the issue on the agenda for discussion at COP27 later this year, rich countries continued to block, block, block,'' said Anderson.
Noting the drought-induced famine currently threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, she accused rich countries of a "terrifying disconnect'' to the real world.
Her comments echoed those of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... , who this week accused many governments of "dragging their feet" on climate action.
Seasoned watchers of international climate meetings had cautioned against expecting delegates in Bonn to make any big progress on long-standing points of disagreement, particularly those that would entail big financial commitments.
"Many of the issues are above their pay grade," said Alden Meyer of E3G, an environmental think tank.
Still, the outcome was slimmer than expected, he said.
The issue of ramping up climate aid is likely to come up Friday at a virtual meeting of major economies hosted by U.S. President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier. Of course Corn Pop is a real person.... , and at the G-7 leaders summit in Germany on June 26-28.
The head of the U.N. climate office, Patricia Espinosa, had urged delegates at the start of the meeting in Bonn not to give in to despair, noting the progress made in recent years in tackling global warming.
Participants drew some cheer from an announcement Thursday by Australia's new government, which formally pledged to raise its target for cutting greenhouse gas reduction to 43% by the end of the decade compared with 2005 levels. The previous government's goal had been to cut emissions by just 26% to 28% in 2030, far below the targets set by other big polluters.
[NYPOST] SpaceX has reportedly fired the employees who released an open letter this week criticizing CEO Elon Musk and referring to his recent behavior as a "distraction and embarrassment" to the company.
SpaceX president and Musk ally Gwynne Shotwell said in a memo that the firm had "terminated a number of employees involved" in crafting the letter — noting the workers in question had "upset many" with an "unsolicited request" to add their signatures.
"The letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views," Shotwell said in the memo, which was obtained by The Verge.
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Welcome to the real world.
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06/18/2022 8:06 Comments ||
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#2
When you grossly overestimate the power you have in the hierarchy. I hope the exit was public, brutal, and embarrassing.
Here's a shoebox. Pack it and git!
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/18/2022 8:28 Comments ||
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#3
I don't know if Astra is hiring, but its corporate culture seems more at home with repetitive failure, so there may be a good fit there...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
06/18/2022 8:31 Comments ||
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#4
If they had done this at the start of Woke culture it would have been stillborn. Instead the fed the flames.
#5
Reading about it, the upshot is if you're gonna dis the boss, don't do it on company time, on the company computer, thru the company network.
Yes, they did that.
Posted by: ed in texas ||
06/18/2022 10:42 Comments ||
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#6
Think I saw something about 1% of the employees quit. 1% for 95% of the workplace problems?
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