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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Multiple Trans Activists Arrested for Sex Crimes Involving Children
[Breitbart] Police arrested several pro-transgender political activists for separate sex crimes involving children during June and July.

A transgender activist who appeared in the New York Times is one of the activists that has been charged with sex crimes involving children. Reduxx exclusively reported that Carlos Arturo Aparicio Hernandez had been arrested by police in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Hernandez was charged with a litany of crimes, including “aggravated sexual extortion and six counts of forcible sodomy as first-degree felonies, and three counts of forcible sexual abuse, enticing a minor, and five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor as second-degree felonies,” the outlet reported.

Hernandez blackmailed and sexually abused a 15-year-old boy after pretending to be a girl his own age online. He admitted to sexually abusing the boy to the police. Hernandez was the subject of a 2018 New York Times profile, which sought to document the struggles that LGBTQ migrants face.

Prior to being featured in the media outlet, he was on the board of directors of a pro-trans organization in his home country of El Salvador. Hernandez has also been a speaker at the University of Southern California. Despite being a man, Hernandez has been placed in the women’s section of the Salt Lake City Metro Jail, according to reporting from Reduxx.

Hernandez is just one of several trans activists who has recently been arrested for sex crimes involving children. Reduxx also found that self-proclaimed “trans supremacist” Caanan Jacob Kelley was arrested in June for possessing child sexual abuse material for the second time in a year. Members on a pro-pedophile site attempted to raise money for his bail for a previous charge. Kelley was arrested in Tarrant County, Texas, and is now being held on $20,000 bond.

Diana Elizabeth Guevara, a man who identifies as a woman and has promoted sex change operations in media, was arrested for sexual activity with minors in Florida. Guevara was arrested for a number of charges, including “Transmitting Harmful Material to Minors,” “Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors,” and four counts of “Lewd and Lascivious Battery.”

The National File reported that Eric Rohman, a public school employee in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, has been arrested alongside two other men in a police sting operation targeting pedophiles. Rohman called himself a “proud member of the LGBTQIA community” and has been a vocal advocate for the presence of pro-LGBT curriculum in schools.

In Arizona, school counselor Zoebella Brazil Vinik was arrested for having sex with a student who was only 15. Vinik was the educator support lead for Q Space, an LGBTQ+ club where students are encouraged to “explore their identities.” Vinik even helped organize a drag show at Tuscon High Magnet School, the Arizona Daily Independent reported.
More sordid details about the gentlemen in question at the link.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 10:22 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If were Catholic priests rather than trans activist and 'educators' you can bet that it would be splashed luridly all over the lame stream media.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2022 13:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes. OldSpook used to say just that whenever we had reports here of Catholic priests.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2022 15:33 Comments || Top||


Florida Idaho man arrested for running around campground holding pelican while intoxicated.
[NotTheBee] ...When the deputies showed up to investigate, two of the drunken men began to yell at them and flip them the bird—the finger not the pelican.

At some point, the pelican was released, and then one of the men reportedly reached for one of the deputies' vests and was taken down and handcuffed.



Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Funny thing about a pelican, his beek can hold more than his bellycan.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 07/24/2022 12:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Can't watch that video without being reminded of the soundtrack from Full Metal Jacket.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 13:03 Comments || Top||

#3  wow -- this guy really makes me think about a new slant on
Posted by: Thrimp Elmerens1779 || 07/24/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#4  I'll bet the pelican started it. They're not as innocent as they look.

"Hey! You guys! Got any booze? I know where we can find some 'shrooms, I am talking yay big!"





Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 13:18 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 13:20 Comments || Top||

#6  Crikey. I wouldn't get within five feet of a pelican without a shield and sword.

And where does one find a pelican in Idaho at that time of day?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2022 13:41 Comments || Top||

#7  I'd a ho. I had to let her go...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 13:44 Comments || Top||

#8  And where does one find a pelican in Idaho at that time of day?

I've seen them (the Gulf kind) in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota so it's not really a stretch for a Pacific variety making its way to Idaho by following the Columbia River.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/24/2022 15:31 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm unfamiliar with this.
I have heard of choking a chicken.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 19:17 Comments || Top||

#10  So, California so bad even the pelicans are leaving for Idaho.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2022 20:06 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
WHO Says Monkeypox is a Global Health ‘Emergency,'
[Epoch Times] Monkeypox has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO), joining COVID-19, which the international agency continues to label as such nearly two and a half years after it was first declared.

"I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a July 23 statement.

Ghebreyesus said that his decision was prompted by the global growth in monkeypox cases, which have now been reported in over 75 countries and territories, with over 16,000 infections and five deaths.
Five deaths. Right up there with covid and smallpox. How can we 'flatten the curve'?
From 10News:
WHO’s top monkeypox expert, Dr. Rosamund Lewis, said this week that 99% of all the monkeypox cases beyond Africa were in men and that of those, 98% involved men who have sex with men. Experts suspect the monkeypox outbreaks in Europe and North America were spread via sex at two raves in Belgium and Spain.

“Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern for the moment, this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners," Tedros said. "That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/24/2022 07:04 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Perhaps the headline on the story should end with a question mark.
Posted by: James || 07/24/2022 8:54 Comments || Top||


#4  I declare the existence of WHO to be a global health emergency
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/24/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 10:12 Comments || Top||

#6  WHO says monkeypox a global health emergency.
No, he’s on first.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 07/24/2022 10:14 Comments || Top||

#7  Somebody working on a vaccine?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/24/2022 10:16 Comments || Top||

#8  there is already a vaccine
Posted by: Chris || 07/24/2022 10:41 Comments || Top||

#9  AIDS Panic the Sequel

...and just how did those two children in CA contract it? Don't ask, Don't tell. Right.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2022 10:46 Comments || Top||

#10  Leave those poor sick monkeys alone, perverts
Posted by: Knuckles Angomort6922 || 07/24/2022 11:03 Comments || Top||

#11  [giggle]
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 11:07 Comments || Top||

#12  ...and just how did those two children in CA contract it? Don't ask, Don't tell. Right.

"You are over the target. Repeat. You are over the target..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 11:15 Comments || Top||

#13  ^^^^
Fire for effect...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/24/2022 12:04 Comments || Top||

#14  Dries-Visser Oplossings (solutions)
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#15  Most of the baboon fookers prefer to use their lance...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 12:29 Comments || Top||

#16  Yeah, sure thing Gaybreyesus.

But while I have you at attention, 75 countries?....the other 30 or so, homosexuality illegal? Just asking questions here, head man.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2022 13:35 Comments || Top||

#17  I think that's Gheyrhesus...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 13:36 Comments || Top||

#18  ...and just how did those two children in CA contract it?

Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 14:03 Comments || Top||

#19 
Have not looked into the data deeply yet.
But isn't Monkey Pox's is still primarily widespread in the only in GAY / BI community after being brought in to the USA by LGBTX? participants from the Spain LGBTX? equivalent, of a International Burning Man type gathering some months ago?

The question now is if it's like AIDS. How long before their problem eventually becomes the other 98% of the populations' problem.

Will the next headline be: WH staffer gives JB the Pox.
Followed up by: JB gives Monkey Pox to kindergarten group he visited?

Either way, it is another GAY & Monkey combo health issue, just like aids was said to have started.


Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/24/2022 14:11 Comments || Top||

#20  If we ONLY knew some way to slow the spread!
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2022 14:16 Comments || Top||

#21  ^ Lock down all the gheys. Watch the fun.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 14:19 Comments || Top||

#22  It would cut into movie, tv, music and media output.

I think we could manage...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 14:21 Comments || Top||

#23  Habanero! Find all the gheys and habanero the shit outta them!

Sorry... that came out wrong. Eeep
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#24  I eat a fair amount of habanero flavored stuff. And other much hotter, like Carolina Reaper. In the novel Under the Volcano, the doomed protagonist drinks a lot of what is referred to as habanero. It can't be the same thing. So far, my research is fruitless. No pun intended as peppers are a kind of fruit. But not the Gheyrhesus kind...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 14:43 Comments || Top||

#25  ...for your reference.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2022 15:06 Comments || Top||

#26  I'm not advocating locking up the gheys. It seems monogamous gheys aren't apparently getting/spreading (pun intended) the pox. It's the promiscuous narcissist self-destructive bathhouse types. Name and shame til that behavior ends. Now. Put that in the first para of every story before telling us it's OUR responsibility to "slow the spread"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2022 15:07 Comments || Top||

#27  You can't shame the shameless...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 15:09 Comments || Top||

#28  Three words. Sodomite Suppression Act.

There's an emergency on for fcuk's sake, WHO says so! Who says so? The WHO! That's who.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 15:12 Comments || Top||

#29  Re #26: Frank,at one time that was largely how AIDS spread. We wouldn't be able "name and shame" them. That would be homophobic. In fact, I'm somewhat surprised that health officials have been allowed to say that 95% of the cases are among ghey men.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 07/24/2022 15:40 Comments || Top||

#30  About the children:

US records first two CHILD monkeypox cases: California toddler and an infant in D.C. were likely infected by 'household contacts' and both had contact with gay or bisexual men, CDC chief says
  • One is a toddler in California while the other infant is not a US resident and was 'transiting through' Washington D.C., officials said

  • They are receiving the antiviral TPOXX, which can help stop an infection in its tracks

  • Both children are 'doing well' and likely were infected by 'household contacts'

  • Dr Rochelle Walensky said they had contact with gay or bisexual men

  • It was not clear when they caught the virus, or what symptoms they had

  • This is the first time the virus has been detected among children in the US

  • Children under the age of eight are at high risk of severe monkeypox
A boy under 10 years old has also tested positive for the virus in the Netherlands after a family holiday to Turkey. Within a week the virus in his body had dropped to non-detectable levels, and he made a full recovery. None of his close contacts tested positive for monkeypox.

He had traveled to Turkey three weeks before symptoms began to appear.

His parents said the boy had chickenpox when he was five years old.

It is not clear how he became infected, but testing has ruled out it being down to sexual abuse. The family-of-five said they had no close contact with other guests while on holiday and put their own towels on chairs and loungers.

His parents, one of his siblings and a friend — who were all considered high-risk — were vaccinated with the Jynneous jab, which is being used in America.

In a press release, the CDC said: 'Monkeypox spreads through close skin-to-skin contact, which — in the case of children — could include hugging, cuddling, feeding, as well as through shared items such as towels, bedding, cups and utensils.'
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2022 15:55 Comments || Top||

#31  #29 - I know. Monogamous gheys should be doing the shaming. The disease exposes all the myths: yeah, right, it'll be in the hetero pop....soon, right.

BS, same as the AIDS/HIV silence early in that "pandemic"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2022 16:01 Comments || Top||

#32  yeah, right, it'll be in the hetero pop....soon, right.

It was Tiny Tony who spread (no pun intended) that rumor too.

I'm sure Red Cross is having a board meeting right now to declare they will not test blood donors for monkeypox.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 16:05 Comments || Top||

#33  why y'all keep spelling it ghey?
Posted by: Chris || 07/24/2022 17:38 Comments || Top||

#34  Word censor may block GAY.
Ergo Ghey
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 19:12 Comments || Top||

#35  Based on the earlier Intel community regarding DNA targeting, I think the pox is a pretty good vector.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 19:14 Comments || Top||

#36  Behavior, yes. DNA, no
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2022 19:23 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls out the Chinese Communist Party for buying giant chunks of farmland and property in his state, saying it's a 'huge problem'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Speaking to Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Gov. Ron DeSantis - considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate - says it's a growing concern

  • 'I don't think they should be able to do it. I think the problem is these companies have ties to the CCP,' he said

  • The governor's solution has been to begin banning what he calls 'undue influence from rogue states' like China's ruling party

  • The state has already banned what's known as a 'Confucius Institute,' public pro-China educational and cultural promotion programs
DeSantis added that there's likely more legislative action to come: 'We're also probably going to do legislation next legislative session about our pension investments, with things that may be linked to the CCP. We don't necessarily have a lot of it, but we want to make sure that we're cutting ties so that we're not funding our number-one adversary.'

This isn't the first time the Florida Republican has gone in on the CCP.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 08:52 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  'I don't think they should be able to do it. I think the problem is these companies have ties to the CCP,' he said

Aren't all the Chinese companies linked to the CCP?

I agree with DeSantis. Maybe there should be an escape clause in the deeds such that the Chinese property might be subject to confiscation. Better yet, just make it illegal to have ownership in American property by our enemies.

Before the Cuban revolution, their constitution stated that property could not be seized without compensation. After the revolution, the constitution was changed such that property could be seized without compensation. i.e. confiscation.

This seems to be a problem in many places.
Canada too.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/24/2022 15:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Chinese investment policies are like open borders policies, that is "creeping invasions." We have too many politicians abetting these anti-American policies because of lucre.
Posted by: JohnQC || 07/24/2022 15:06 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia Informs Turkey It Had "Nothing To Do" With Odessa Port Attack
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 10:35 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Au contraire

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hits-military-airport-and-railway-station-in-fresh-ukraine-attack-11658571374
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/24/2022 12:15 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/24/2022 12:26 Comments || Top||

#3  There is more to this story not reported.
Posted by: Dale || 07/24/2022 19:45 Comments || Top||


Ukraine urges citizens to reveal Russian troops locations
[Aljazeera] Ukraine’s defence ministry has urged citizens in a key area seized by Russia to reveal where Moscow’s troops were living and who among the local population was collaborating with the occupying authorities.

The statement on Saturday by the ministry’s defence intelligence directorate was aimed at people in and around the southern city of Enerhodar, which is home to a major nuclear power station.

"Please let us know as a matter of urgency the exact location of the occupying troops’ bases and their residential addresses ... and the places of residence of the commanding staff," it said, adding that exact coordinates were desirable.

It also asked for details "of local collaborators who went over to the side of the enemy", including where they lived and worked, as well as information about "people who ’sympathise’ with the occupiers".

Russia captured Enerhodar in early March and in May, the Russian-appointed head of the city was injured in an explosion. The Kremlin termed it a "terrorist attack".

In June, a pro-Russian official in the southern Kherson region was killed in a blast, the RIA news agency said. Earlier that month, the head of the region’s penal service was taken to hospital after a bomb exploded near his car.

The intelligence directorate’s appeal — published on Telegram — also asked for the routes that Russian military equipment was using in Enerhodar.

"Together, let’s kick the occupants out of our homeland!" it said, adding people could either call in details or provide them via the WhatsApp or Signal instant messaging apps.

Enerhodar had a pre-war population of more than 50,000. Many residents work at the two power plants near the town, one of which is the Zaporizhzhia facility, the largest nuclear power station in Europe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 03:31 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not that the Russians seem to need encouragement to shoot civilians, but this puts Ukrainian nationals into the position as a 'spy' and subject to treatment as such.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2022 5:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Good way to get yourself killed.
Posted by: Jatle Sinatra9653 || 07/24/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Or even worse.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 12:19 Comments || Top||

#4  It should read as 'Zelensky okay with more civilian casualties - just a long as he gets to live rule.'
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 12:39 Comments || Top||

#5  *as long as
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 12:39 Comments || Top||


Two Americans killed in the Donbas region of Ukraine: State Department
[WashingtonExaminer] Two Americans believed to have been fighting on behalf of Ukrainians recently died in the Donbas region of the war-torn nation, according to the State Department.

"We can confirm the recent deaths of two U.S. citizens in the Donbas region of Ukraine," a State Department spokesperson said, ABC reported. "We are in touch with the families and providing all possible consular assistance."

SHOCK VIDEO SHOWS RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE PORT JUST HOURS AFTER SAYING IT WOULDN'T

Officials declined to elaborate on specifics of how the two Americans died, but stressed they are in contact with their families.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 03:21 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's a war. People sometimes get dead in wars.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 3:24 Comments || Top||

#2  SHOCK VIDEO SHOWS RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE PORT JUST HOURS AFTER SAYING IT WOULDN'T

Hello, I'm a misile,
my name is Oniks.
They send me when
they want you dead,
not just to screw
with your harmonics.



Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 6:09 Comments || Top||


Russians attack Kostyantynivka, Avdievka and Toretsk in Donetsk region
[LB] A person died.

by Iryna Gamalii


During the night and morning of July 23, the Russian military attacked the transport infrastructure facility in Kostyantynivka, shelled Avdievka and Toretsk with artillery, where a local resident died.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk OVA, reported this in Telegram.

"The Russians do not stop shelling the populated areas of Donetsk region. At night and early in the morning, they shelled Avdieivka from artillery. In the morning, they struck a transport infrastructure facility in Kostyantynivka. At around 6 a.m., they covered Toretsk with artillery fire - they damaged at least five private houses and killed a local resident," he wrote.

The situation remains tense throughout the region. The enemy is waging a war of destruction - people and infrastructure.

"So my appeals to the civilian population about the need to evacuate remain relevant," urged the head of the OVA.

It will be recalled that the occupiers conducted massive shelling of ten regions of Ukraine during the day . In the Donetsk region, the Russian army used artillery, mortars, SAM "S-300", anti-aircraft missile system "Grad", shelled Avdiivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Sloviansk, Kurdyumivka, Otradne, Lastochkina, Severnye. Nine people were injured during the day. In the morning, the enemy shelled the railway infrastructure in the Kramatorsk district.

Ukrainians successfully repel the enemy's assault in the direction of Verkhnokamyansk and Siversk

[LB] The enemy continues to fire missiles at military and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine.

by Iryna Gamalii


The Armed Forces successfully repelled the enemy's assault in the direction of Verkhnokamyansk and Siversk

Ukrainian attack and army aviation and missile and artillery units successfully strike enemy strongholds, warehouses and concentrations of occupier forces in specified directions.

This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the 150th day of the resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.

The situation has not undergone significant changes in the Volyn, Polis, and Siver directions. On the last one, the enemy shelled the village of Mykolaivka, Chernihiv region.

In the Slobozhansk direction, the occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on preventing the advance of our troops towards the State Border of Ukraine in the north and northeast of the Kharkiv region.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy did not conduct active operations, but carried out fire damage from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Zolochiv, Pitomnyk, Borshcheva, Lisne, Rusky and Cherkasy Tyshki, and Mospanov.

Also, active actions by the enemy are not noted in the Slavic direction . The enemy shelled the districts of Hrushuvakhya, Dolyna, Krasnopill, Dibrovny, Mazanivka, Protopopivka, Chepil, Velikay Komyshuvakha, Nortsivka, Bogorodichny, Virnopilly and Karnaukhivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy fired from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery near Verkhnyokamyanskyi, Starodubivka, Piskunivka, Siversk, Bilogorivka, Hryhorivka, Spirny and Vyimka. Ukrainian defenders successfully repulsed the assaults in the direction of Verkhnyokamyanskyi and Siversk.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the occupiers shelled the districts of Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Pokrovsky, Bakhmutsky and Novoluhansky with artillery. Airstrikes were also carried out near the latter. The enemy again carried out assaults in the direction of Pokrovsky and the territory of the Vuglegirsk TPP and again suffered losses and retreated.

On the Avdiiv, Novopavliv, and Zaporizhzhya directions , shelling was recorded in the areas of Novobakhmutivka, Pisky, Vugledar, Opytne, Vodyane, Prechistivka, Mala Tokmachka, Novoyakovlivka, Uspenivka, Orihiv, Pavlivka, Novopil, Shcherbaki, Novoandriivka, and Mali Shcherbaki. The enemy also carried out airstrikes near Krasnohorivka and Kamianka.

In the South Buz direction , the enemy continues to defend the previously occupied positions, concentrates its efforts on restraining the counteroffensive actions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Conducted shelling from barrel and rocket artillery and tanks along the contact line.

Outside the base points, there are two enemy carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Kalibr type.

We will remind you that wounded Ukrainian soldiers will be brought to Poland for treatment. The first group of soldiers arrived on July 18. 31 soldiers were distributed among the hospitals of Lublin, Mazowiecki and Lodz Voivodeships of Poland.

Posted by: badanov || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Attack on Bakhmut: operational summary of the General Staff on the evening of July 23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] In the Volyn, Polessky and Seversk directions, the situation has not changed significantly. The enemy shelled the village of Starikove, Sumy region. Aerial reconnaissance of the border section in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions is underway with unmanned aerial vehicles. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, July 23.

In the Slobozhansky direction , enemy units continue to restrain units of the defense forces from advancing deep into the temporarily occupied territory by all available means.

In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Russkiye Tishki, Cherkasskiye Tishki, Bazalievka, Gusarovka, Russian Lozovaya, Udy, Malinovka and a number of others. Launched an airstrike near Verkhniy Saltov.

In the Slavic direction , the enemy fired artillery at the areas of Dibrovnoye, Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, Novaya Dmitrovka and others. At Bogorodichny, by the forces of the reconnaissance group , he tried to find weaknesses in the defense of our troops. The enemy is disabled.

In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces continue to concentrate their main efforts on the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions, attempts are continuing to establish control over the territory of the Uglegorsk TPP. So, in the Kramatorsk direction , the enemy carried out shelling, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamennoye, Reznikovka, Zakotnoye, Grigorovka, Vyemka and Zvanovka. Inflicted an airstrike near Spirne. By assault actions in different directions, he tried to improve the tactical situation in the Verkhnekamensky area. Ukrainian soldiers met the enemy with dagger fire and inflicted significant losses, the invaders retreated in a panic.

In the Bakhmut direction , the enemy is trying to create favorable conditions for the continuation of the offensive on Bakhmut. He fired at our troops from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of Maisky, Semigorye, Razdolevka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Belogorovka and other settlements. Inflicted air strikes on Pokrovsky and Novolugansky. The invaders again, already in different directions, tried to storm the territory of the Uglegorsk TPP. Again unsuccessfully and with losses. Also , enemy reconnaissance groups tried to find weaknesses in the defense of our troops in the directions of Soledar and Pokrovsky, but were discovered and neutralized.

On the Avdeevsk, Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the RF Armed Forces systematically shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Peski, Oprosna, Vodyanoye, Shevchenko, Malaya Tokmachka, Novoselka, Zelenoye Pole, Belogorye and many others. Inflicted air strikes near Krasnogorovka and Kamenka.

In the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on preventing the advance of our troops. Supports high intensity reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles. Mutual shelling from cannon, rocket artillery and tanks continues along the entire line of collision.

"Cases of desertion and open disobedience to command are increasingly being recorded in the units of the Russian occupation forces," the General Staff added.

They don’t move anywhere: Arestovich comments on the situation on the fronts

[Vesti] Kharkiv direction is one of the most "hot" for today. However, according to Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the OP, the Russians, although they are active there, have absolutely no success. The adviser says "it's a permanent situation" there.

"In the Kharkiv direction (the Russians) are staggering, trying to attack, somehow heroically attacking. It is clear that we are hanging on them.

"The same in the Izyum direction. A constant situation. They are constantly attacking and not moving anywhere," he said in broadcast Feigin Live.

Arestovich also commented on the situation in the Vysokopole region in the Kherson direction. Earlier, according to information that has not yet been confirmed, it was reported about a huge "cauldron" for Russians. The EA actually confirmed this message.

“There, in fact, is a repetition of Ilovaisk for Russian troops. Not two thousand, but more than a thousand for sure. They are in tactical encirclement. Yesterday there was an attempt to break through, but was suppressed by our fire,” Arestovich said. Later we will talk about the situation in more detail.

In general, "the Russian command is demoralized by what is happening in the Kherson region," Arestovich said.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 23rd, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:25 Zelensky said that the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, held today in Kiev, was very successful: "In the modern world, it is impossible to get along with the usual classical diplomacy. You need soft power, you need a sincere desire of different societies to help a state that is fighting for its independence.. "In two years, the initiative of the first lady of Ukraine has actually become a traditional format - unique for the world diplomatic practice. Everyone recognizes the potential of soft power. But only Ukraine managed to channel its invincibility, its potential into specific diplomatic practice."

23:20 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke about the missile attack on the port in Odessa: "Today's Russian missile attack on Odessa, on the seaport - cynical, calculated - turned out to be a blow also to the political positions of Russia itself. If someone in the world had could say that we need some kind of dialogue with it, some kind of ceasefire agreement without the de-occupation of our territory, today's Russian Caliber destroyed the very possibility for such statements. And we see the absolute unanimity of the world reaction to this Russian strike. There is no one for the invaders don't cheat."

22:26 Tonight Russians fired at residential quarters in the Ship area of ​​Nikolaev, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. High-rise buildings, private houses and cars were damaged. All local fires were quickly extinguished by rescuers of the State Emergency Service. It is preliminary known about two wounded, including a teenager.

21:19 At the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, where Russian troops are blocking the passage of cars with Ukrainians, four people died, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, a queue of 1,200 cars has formed - these are Ukrainians who want to evacuate. Many have been sleeping on the roadside for five days already - in the heat without proper food and medical care.

In response to the request of the central and local authorities to the occupiers to open a green corridor for people, they replied that allegedly "there is no need for a corridor" and "none of the Melitopol residents want to leave."

20:51 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine asks residents of Energodar and adjacent territories to provide information about the occupiers - the location of deployment points and addresses of residence, the location and routes of movement of military equipment, data from local collaborators and "sympathizers" with the occupiers. Contact number: +380963101126

20:27 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have announced the creation of "election commissions" that will prepare for the "referenda", Russian media write.

19:57 The Russians fired missiles at one of the sleeping areas of Nikolaev, where it is always crowded. According to preliminary information, there is a hit in a residential building, people are under the rubble, said the chairman of the regional council, Anna Zamazeeva. It is already known about one victim - a 16-year-old child received a shrapnel wound.

19:23 Orban's statements that "sanctions have not shaken Russia" are a classic example of Russian propaganda, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. He recalled that the Hungarian prime minister resumed rhetoric about the ineffectiveness of sanctions the day after the visit of the Hungarian foreign minister to Moscow, where he asked for an increase in Russian gas supplies.

"Sanctions are effective, they have significantly reduced the ability of the Russian military machine to wage war against Ukraine... Europe is in an economic crisis not because of sanctions, but because of Russia's hybrid war. gas prices. These are all elements of one Russian plan, the purpose of which is to undermine peace and prosperity in European countries," Nikolenko wrote.

18:58 In the Slavyansk direction, the Russian troops made an unsuccessful attempt at reconnaissance in force in the area of ​​Bogorodichny. In the Bakhmut direction, attempts are continuing to establish control over the Uglegorsk TPP, there was an attempt to storm, but unsuccessful. An attempt by the Russians to advance in the Verkhnekamensky area was also repulsed. Enemy reconnaissance groups tried to find weaknesses in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the directions of Soledar and Pokrovsky, but were neutralized, the General Staff said in an evening report .

18:54 The number of people injured as a result of an enemy missile attack on the Kirovograd region has grown to 19 people, nothing threatens their lives, everyone has received qualified medical care, said the head of the OVA Andrei Raikovich.

18:08 Russia claims that it has nothing to do with the missile attack on the Odessa port, and "is studying this issue in detail," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in an interview with CNN TÜRK. According to him, Turkey has also been in contact with the Ukrainian side and continues to work on the implementation of the Istanbul Agreement.

Akar also said that representatives of Turkey, the UN, Ukraine and Russia began work at the food coordinating center in Istanbul.

18:05 The export of grain across the Black Sea will begin in the coming days, Erdogan said: "In the coming days, maritime cargo transportation will resume in the Black Sea, which will have a positive impact on the food security of many countries." He also stressed that Turkey will continue to make diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.

17:59 Zelensky, at a meeting with US congressmen, commented on the missile attack on the port in Odessa: "This indicates only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to fulfill it. Geopolitically, with weapons, blood or not , but she has multiple vectors, which is how she always acts."

17:56 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Daryevsky bridge across the Ingulets River in the Kherson region, said Serhiy Khlan, adviser to the head of the OVA. "This is a continuation of the operation to cut off supplies to the Kherson group of Russians," he wrote.

17:53 Johnson visited the Ukrainian military, who are now being trained in North Yorkshire. "The UK is committed to doing everything possible to help Ukraine continue to fight back against Russian aggression," Johnson wrote.

17:38 Ukraine continues technical preparations for the launch of the export of agricultural products from its ports, even in conditions when Russia is not going to fulfill its obligations, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said: "We do not trust Russia, but we trust our partners and allies, which is why the Initiative for safe transportation of grain and food from Ukrainian ports was signed with the UN and Turkey, and not with the Russian Federation.

17:24 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with a delegation of the US House of Representatives headed by Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. The meeting was also attended by US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink. Yermak stressed that this visit is an important signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine.

17:09 Orban said the EU needs a new strategy for the war in Ukraine, since sanctions against Moscow did not work: "We need a new strategy that should focus on peace negotiations and making a good peace proposal ... instead of winning the war."

16:45 Russian missiles did not hit the grain storage in the Odessa port, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, there were no wounded and significant damage as a result of the shelling of the port, rockets hit the pumping station, and a minor fire broke out.

16:17 Ukrainian refugees in Poland plan to issue an electronic document Diia.pl, the Polish government said. It will allow you to confirm your legal stay on the territory of Poland and travel within the EU, as well as cross its external borders. This is the first fully digital residence permit in the EU.

15:55 Podolyak said that since the signing of agreements on grain, Russia has already committed two provocations against Ukraine - this is a strike on the port of Odessa, as well as a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry that Ukrainian ports are dangerous for shipping.

15:39 Russia continues to use food as a weapon, said US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, commenting on the missile attack on the Odessa port. She stressed that Russia must be held accountable.

In turn, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said that the agreement with the Russian Federation is not worth the paper on which it was signed, and called Russia a terrorist state.

15:18 The number of people injured as a result of a missile attack on the Kirovograd region has increased to 16, three have already died , said Andrey Raikovich, head of the OVA.

14:43 UN Secretary General António Guterres also condemned the attack on the port of Odessa. According to him, the full implementation by the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Turkey of the agreements signed the day before is mandatory.

14:27 Borrell condemned the attack on the port of Odessa: "A strike on a key target for grain exports a day after the signing of the Istanbul agreements deserves separate condemnation and again demonstrates Russia's disdain for international law and agreements."

13:59 The EU has adjusted sanctions against Russia, allowing Rosneft and Gazprom to supply oil to third countries, the Council of the European Union said. "In order to avoid any possible negative consequences for food and energy security around the world, the EU has decided to extend the exemption from the ban on transactions with certain government entities in relation to transactions in agricultural products and the transportation of oil to third countries," the message says.

13:46 The Russians plan to form 16 new battalions and another army corps in the Nizhny Novgorod region by the end of July, Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon: "We clearly know that eight battalions have already been formed to date. It is planned to form before the end of the month eight more battalions, it will be 16 battalions. According to our estimates, there will be about 4,000 people in each region, including in the Crimea there will be such a battalion."

13:18 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: "Thanked for the principled support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the non-recognition of the so-called" LPR "," DPR ". Discussed specific projects of interaction in the economy, energy, digitalization We exchanged congratulations on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations."

12:47 Yermak commented on the missile attack on the port of Odessa: "The Russians fired missiles at Odessa. Yesterday it was agreed to export grain by sea, and today the Russians are hitting the port of Odessa. This is the Russian diplomatic dichotomy."

12:39 The morning missile attack of the Russians on the port in Odessa casts doubt on the agreements on the export of Ukrainian grain, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "It took the Russian Federation less than 24 hours to cast doubt on the agreements and promises given by the missile attack on the territory of the port of Odessa "The Russian missile is Vladimir Putin's spit in the face of UN Secretary General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who have made great efforts to reach an agreement and for whom Ukraine is grateful."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the UN and Turkey to ensure Russia's compliance with its obligations within the framework of the safe functioning of the grain corridor : "In case of failure to comply with the agreements reached, Russia will bear full responsibility for the deepening of the global food crisis."

12:26 Human Rights Watch published a report on torture and kidnappings in the territories of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions occupied by Russia. Interlocutors of human rights activists in Russian-controlled cities described 42 specific cases of abduction of civilians by Russian security forces. Many of these people were tortured and some died as a result. Several people spoke of severe beatings in detention, including with baseball bats and metal bars, and the use of electric shocks. All this, according to human rights activists, can be recognized as war crimes.

12:23 The European Union condemns the decision of the Russian Federation to add Greece, Denmark, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia to the list of so-called "unfriendly countries", Borrell said. According to him, this further complicates relations and could lead to escalation. In addition, the list of "unfriendly countries" of the Russian Federation contradicts the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.

12:19 Russian forces are trying to "adapt" to the HIMARS strikes, writes CNN, citing a senior US military official. The US is seeing "signs" that Russian forces are "trying to adjust to the pressure HIMARS have on them" on the battlefield, he said. The official also noted that the information about the installations destroyed by the Russians is false.

12:14 The Russians attacked the Odessa Sea Commercial Port with Caliber-type cruise missiles , OK Pivden reported. Two missiles were shot down by air defense forces, two hit the infrastructure of the port.

The day before, an agreement was reached in Istanbul on the export of Ukrainian grain from three ports - Odessa, Chernomorsk, Yuzhny.

12:05 Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan expressed concern about Zelensky's personal safety. "This is the leader of a country at war who has to deal with an opponent of unusually cruel, ruthless and capable of almost anything," Sullivan was quoted as saying by Voice of America journalist Jeff Seldin.

11:36 Lithuania, at the request of the EU, resumed the rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. LTG Cargo representative Mantas Dubauskas said that Lithuanian Railways resumed transit to the Kaliningrad region from July 22.

11:13 In the morning, the enemy fired at the Sumy region from artillery, mortars and grenade launchers, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. In particular, Yunakovskaya, Miropolskaya, Belopolskaya, Khotynskaya communities suffered. There was also an explosion in Shostka, there are wounded.

11:05 The head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh announced a missile attack on the territory of the demarcation line and near the regional center. There were no casualties. Starukh stressed that the Russians continue to hit civilian infrastructure.

11:03 As a result of a missile attack on the Kropyvnytskyi district, three people were killed , including a serviceman and two employees of departmental security. Nine more soldiers were injured, said Andrey Raikovich, head of the Kirovograd OVA.

10:44 Lithuanian First Lady Diana Nauseda has arrived in Kiev, President Gitanas Nauseda has announced. Today, as part of the initiative of First Lady Olena Zelenska, the second summit of first ladies and gentlemen will be held. The main theme is the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

10:00 British intelligence reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their offensive in the Kherson region, where serious battles have been going on for two days. Analysts note that the Russian Federation may be trying to slow down the Ukrainian attack by using artillery fire along the Ingulets River. At the same time, supply lines for Russian troops west of the Dnieper are increasingly in danger, although the Russian Federation has carried out repairs on the Antonovsky Bridge.

Experts also point out that any attempt by the Russian Federation to build an alternative crossing over the Dnieper would be extremely risky. If the crossing of the Dnieper is closed, and Russian troops in occupied Kherson are cut off, this will be a serious military and political setback for the Russian Federation, intelligence notes.

09:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 23. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk, Krivoy Rog and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 39,240 (+240) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1708 (+4),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3929 (+9),

  • artillery systems - 864 (+1),

  • MLRS - 253 (+2),

  • air defense systems - 113 (+0),

  • aircraft - 221 (+0),

  • helicopters - 188 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 714 (+1),

  • cruise missiles - 167 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2820 (+17),

  • special equipment - 72 (+0).

09:32 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region on July 22, nine civilians were injured from Russian shelling - three in Bakhmut, two each in Slavyansk and Lastochkino, one each in Novomikhailovka and Seversk.

09:26 The Russians fired 13 missiles in the Kirovograd region today - eight sea-based Caliber missiles and five Kh-22 missiles from a Tu-22M3 aircraft, head of the OVA Andrey Raikovich said. The missiles hit infrastructure facilities outside the regional center. In particular, to the military airfield Kanatovo and one of the facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia. There are dead and wounded. In Kropyvnytskyi, a part of one of the microdistricts remains without electricity.

09:22 Estonia, Lithuania and Poland will receive an additional 125 million euros through the REACT-EU Emergency Fund to support people fleeing Russian aggression, the European Commission announced.

09:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the bridge across the Ingulets River in the Kherson region, "again using the American HIMARS MLRS," Russian media reported, citing the "deputy head of administration."

09:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in the Slavyanoserb region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Ukrainian defenders repelled two Russian offensives. From Lysychansk, the enemy in turn, and sometimes simultaneously, attacks different sections of the administrative border between the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

09:10 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, specified that in the morning the enemy hit the Osnovyansky district of the regional center. One person was injured and is in a minor condition. According to preliminary data, the invaders fired from multiple launch rocket systems. Damaged residential building, office space.

Throughout the region, Russians have been attacking Kharkiv, Bogodukhovsky, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky districts for 24 hours. In the Zmiev community, the invaders destroyed 30 hectares of wheat, farmers and locals extinguished the fire with their own hands. In the Bogodukhovsky district, private houses and outbuildings were hit, several fires broke out during the day. One person died in the Zolochiv community, four were injured.

09:04 The Biden administration has $6 billion left for military assistance to Ukraine, Foreign Policy journalist Jack Detsch said, citing White House officials.

Earlier, the White House said that the United States is currently focused on providing Ukraine with gratuitous military assistance - it is necessary to use the $40 billion allocated by Congress, after which the lend-lease will come into force. The Biden administration must spend the $40 billion package before the end of the fiscal year, which comes in late September.

08:58 Fitch downgraded Ukraine's rating to pre-default. The decision is related to Ukraine's plans to negotiate with creditors to defer payments on public debt for two years. The long-term issuer default rating of Ukraine has been downgraded from CCC to C (pre-default). The agency does not rule out a downgrade to RD (limited default).

08:42 In the morning, around 4:20, the enemy attacked Nikolaev with six S-300 missiles, the head of the IVA, Vitaly Kim, said. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in the territory of the warehouse and dry grass in the open area. The remaining hits were in the outskirts of the city. Previously without victims and victims. Also, enemy shelling was recorded on the settlements of the Nikolaevsky and Bashtansky districts.

08:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled all attempts of the Russians to attack, including the Uglegorskaya TPP, in the direction of Verkhnekamensky and Seversk, the General Staff reports in the morning report .

07:47 Russians hit the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region from the MLRS tonight, about 20 shots fell on the border areas of the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk. The enemy also hit the Krivoy Rog region, Shirokovskaya and Zelenodolsk communities. The shelling in several villages damaged power lines and gas networks, and hit agricultural machinery. In both cases, there were no casualties.

07:03 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported several strong explosions near the city center. One victim is known.

05:40 The head of the Kirovograd OVA Andrey Raykovich reported explosions in the region.

05:36 In Nikolaev powerful explosions have thundered about 4:30, all mainly in one area of ​​the city, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

04:15 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians can prepare for a counterattack by Ukrainian troops in the Snegirevka-Zelenodolsk region in southern Ukraine. This is evidenced by the fact that Russian forces are mining the banks of the Ingulets in the neighboring areas of Snegirevka and Zelenodolsk.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russians launched local ground strikes near the border between Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as ground strikes east of Seversk, east and south of Bakhmut, and unsuccessfully tried to advance northwest of Donetsk. At the same time, Ukrainian forces were engaged in limited positional fighting north of Kharkov.

02:12 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that the agreement reached in Istanbul on the export of grain by sea fully takes into account the interests of Kiev in terms of security. In a statement, the agency clarifies that the agreement was made possible thanks to the active role of the UN Secretary General and the mediation efforts of the Turkish side: "The initiative fully takes into account the security interests of the southern regions of Ukraine and guarantees the strong position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea - control over all activities in Ukrainian territorial waters will be carried out only Ukraine".

01:43 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region blocked Google after their "colleagues" from the "LDNR". "Deputy head of the military-civilian administration" of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said that the search engine is allegedly used as "an element of information terrorism."

00:17 Podolyak said in an interview with DW that now there are no grounds for resuming negotiations with Russia. He also stressed that Russians live "in a different world": "This is the illusory world of a great country. In fact, Russia is not a big, but a small, insignificant country with a small intellectual level. It has only nuclear weapons, a huge amount of conventional weapons and energy carriers... It is very difficult to negotiate with an enemy who has two convolutions for four or five representatives of the political elite... They can only speak the language of ultimatums."

Podolyak noted that the resumption of negotiations is possible with powerful tactical victories of the Ukrainian army in the southern and eastern directions.

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United States miscalculated in an attempt to make Russia an outcast - FP
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[REGNUM] The United States made a serious mistake in its attempt to make Russia a “world outcast”, and therefore such a plan of the American authorities completely failed after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tehran for the summit of the three guarantor countries in the Astana format on a settlement in Syria. The American magazine Foreign Policy writes about this on July 23.

According to the authors of the publication, the Russian president remains a skilled player in the Middle East and has common goals with almost all US partners in the region. Given that Washington's intentions to push the Middle Eastern countries into the background do not arouse enthusiasm among the leading states of the region.

It is also indicated that the results of the Middle East tour of US President Joe Biden , according to the authors of the article, indicate that the Middle East and, first of all, the countries of the Persian Gulf, are not going to give up ties with Russia and China.

At the same time, it is noted that there are many common interests of the US partners in the Middle East with the Russian Federation - from high prices for energy resources to the formation of a multipolar world.

"From the point of view of the Saudis, Egyptians, Emirates, Turks, Israelis and others, Russia is a completely legitimate player there. And no blitz visits by American presidents in the near future will change this point of view," consists in the publication.

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#1  Another cleanup needed in this aisle - have something halfway intelligent to say or just shut the fuck up.
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#2  Yeah, the Saudis are really feeling the common interest with Putin, as he helps Iran go nuclear...
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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief July 23rd (updated)
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Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 18:00 The decree on the establishment of an election commission for holding a referendum was signed in the Zaporozhye region - the head of the CAA.

17:40 A Ukrainian intelligence agent was detained, who provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with data on the movement of Russian troops in the Kherson region from CCTV cameras, a source said.

17:11 Russia said it had nothing to do with the attack on the port of Odessa - Turkish Defense Ministry.

17:00 The result of all attempts at terrorist attacks in the liberated territories by the Zelensky regime is only one thing - people are convinced of the correctness of their choice. The fact that security and a normal life can only be together with Russia, - Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region.

15:04 As a result of a pinpoint strike by Russian artillery, the area of ​​N. p. Lepetikha, during the period of work at the stronghold, the deputy brigade commander of the 63rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, who ordered the shelling of the civilian population in the village. Rakovka, Kherson region, where Ukrainian militants destroyed a school, a club, a store, and two residential buildings.

13:48 Following the DPR and LPR, sanctions against the Google search engine were introduced in the liberated territories of the Zaporozhye region. So far, Google’s work has simply been slowed down, but if misinformation of the population of the region continues, the authorities will block access to the search engine, as they have already done in the DPR and LPR

13:21 The Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) on July 25 will open registration for students of the Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions in the All-Russian student project "Your Move". The project is part of the presidential platform "Russia - the Land of Opportunities".

13:00 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on July 23:

In the village of Apostolovo, Dnepropetrovsk region, up to 200 personnel, nine artillery pieces and military equipment were destroyed as a result of a strike by a high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the temporary deployment point of the 406th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.

During the day, Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Topolskoye, Dmitrovka, Novaya Gnilitsa, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Bolshiye Prohody of the Kharkiv region, Ternovye Pody, Kalinovka of the Nikolaev region, Tsyurupinsk of the Kherson region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 260 aircraft, 144 helicopters, 1,600 unmanned aerial vehicles, 357 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,146 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 763 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,185 field artillery guns and a mortar, as well as 4,453 units of special military vehicles.

12:50 Google, YouTube and Viber were blocked in the Kherson region.

11:36 Сolonelcassad: As a result of morning attacks on the Kirovograd region, several objects were damaged, as well as the Kanatovo airfield. Ukraine acknowledges several dead and "some damage." The strikes were delivered by Caliber missiles (which ran out) and X-22 missiles.

11:33 Local sources report that in the port of Odessa, on which the Russian Armed Forces struck, there was an air defense position area.

11:04 As a result of a morning missile attack on the Kirovograd region, three people were killed. Among them is a soldier and two employees of departmental security. This was announced by the head of the Kirovograd OVA Andrei Raykovich, reports "Suspilna". Another nine soldiers were injured.

09:24 Crimea has overcome the last of the "blockades" of the peninsula arranged by Kyiv - the energy blockade, adviser to the head of the republic Kryuchkov told RIA Novosti. Yesterday, two damaged power lines were restored in Crimea, which made it possible to connect the power systems of the Russian Federation, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

09:15 Washington does not plan to supply Kyiv with ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km for the HIMARS MLRS. Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser to the President of the United States

09:01 Ukrainian troops attacked the bridge near the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. According to the deputy head of administration, there are no critical damages, the power plant was not damaged.

08:39 Russian Defense Ministry publishes frames work of the Su-25 during a special operation in Ukraine. Assault aircraft strike at the positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:34 A missile attack was launched on Nikolaev at 4:30 in the morning. At the moment, the infliction of fire damage is repeated, missiles are again flying at military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:20 About 180,000 people now live in Kherson. This is approximately 65 percent ​​of the level that was in the city before the start of the special operation. This was reported to TASS by Kirill Stremousov, Deputy Head of the Regional State Administration.

Posted by: badanov || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Elvira Nabiullina is rather impressive. I wish we had such a talent here. In the coming months the Russian efforts will dramatically increase. Being very self sufficient sanctions have had little effect.Inflation decreasing.Big cuts in interest rates.As we are burdened here recession
next year and interest rate hikes Russia will enjoy a much stronger economy. Decline of the dollar will have long term effects throughout the world. Dollar based on debt whereas the ruble based on minerals rare earths , gold things of value. Sorry a bit of a ramble.
Posted by: Dale || 07/24/2022 19:33 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: July 23rd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:46 Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk with illuminating rounds, “chandeliers hang” over the city.

22:35 Ukrainian armed formations within 15 minutes attacked two districts of Donetsk and the village of Yelenovka, on July 23, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) reports.

"Fishes
(Ryby)
were fired from the side of the VFU in the following directions:

the settlement of Nevelskoye - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirov districts): 10 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
- n. p. Novomikhailovka - n. Elenovka settlement: six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired,” the report says.

22:15 The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) stated that Ukrainian troops fired again at Yasinovataya from Gradov.

"Fire was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

- the settlement of Avdievka - the settlement of Yasinovataya: 10 rockets were fired from the BM-21 Grad,” the representative office said in a statement. Telegram.

21:16 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man born in 1962. as a result of shelling by VFU n.p. Spartak on the street. October.

Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

n.p. Gorlovka:

- st. Kuznetsova-Zubarev - City polyclinic;
- st. Kuznetsova-Zubarev, 16 - apartment building;
- st. Kurchenko, 4, 6 - apartment buildings;
- st. Zenitnaya, 15 - apartment building;
- he is. Vrubova, 22 — Evening School No. 1;
- Lenin Ave., 5 - Automotive College;
- st. Fizkulturnaya, 2, 4 - gas pipelines are damaged;
- st. Gorlovskaya Division - an underground high-pressure gas pipeline ø225 was damaged;
- damaged boiler rooms No. 44, No. 116;
- the palace of culture "Kochegarka" was damaged;
- the building of the Fire Station No. 21 was damaged.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

For today, as of 21:00, the enemy fired 275 rounds of various types, including MLRSBM-21 "Grad", as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.

20:39 VFU attacked Horlivka

As a result of the shelling from the positions of Ukrainian militants, a number of housing constructions were damaged on Fizkulturnaya, Kurchenko, Lenin Ave (technical school), st. Gorlovskaya division (wholesale market - high-pressure gas pipeline). The blow fell on residential buildings, office buildings, educational institutions.

19:20 VFU attacked the Central City District of Horlivka.

As a result of the shelling of the city, housing construction on the square was damaged. Kirov, damage was received at home on the street. Kurchenko and st. Anti-aircraft.

19:05 Water supply has been resumed in all districts of Mariupol.

16:38 The LPR reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four missiles from the HIMARS MLRS in a day.

During the shelling of Stakhanov, a kindergarten and an educational building were damaged.

15:28 APU by American HIMARS destroyed before the founding of the Stakhanov Polytechnic College.

15:13 Medicines and toys for children with leukemia were brought to Donetsk from the Moscow region. As part of the Good Deed campaign, 15 tons of humanitarian aid were delivered to the children's oncohematology department of the Gusak Institute of Emergency Surgery.

13:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement.

--Codema - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm.

13:05 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on July 23:

More than 60 militants were liquidated as a result of fire damage by Russian artillery to the combat positions of the nationalist formation "Donbass" in the settlement of Verkhnekamenskoye.

More than half of the personnel of the 2nd battalion of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by the operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the settlement of Belogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the day, 12 command posts, four warehouses with rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and the city of Nikolaev, as well as manpower and military equipment in 226 districts, were hit.

As part of the counterbattery fight, three platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the areas of Adamovka, Slavyansk and Seversk, three artillery platoons of Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts, 10 artillery platoons of Msta-B guns, 24 artillery platoons of D-howitzers 20 and 15 artillery platoons of Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts at firing positions in the areas of the settlements of Zvanovka, Paraskovievka, Experienced, Veseloe, Razdolovka, Bakhmutskoye, Vodyanoye, Georgievka, Chasov Yar, Serebryanka and Kamyshevakh of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Khartsyzsk and Gorlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic per day.

12:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU of the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk:

Kirovsky district:

- st. Slepneva, 57 - the gas pipeline is damaged;
- st. Slepneva, 62 - damaged car.

Petrovsky district:

- st. Academician Pavlova, 1 - a private residential building.

12:16 Losses among the security forces of the DPR over the past week have become the lowest since the beginning of the liberation operation.

12:15 According to the information of the DPR JCCC, the VFU from the positions in Krasnogorovka opened fire from the BM-21 Grad MLRS on residential areas of the Kirovsky district of the city.

11:25 Ukrainian artillery fired 10 rockets from the "Grad" in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk - the DPR representative office in the JCCC.

11:20 Restoration of the memorial at Saur-Mogila is in full swing. The main facilities are scheduled to be commissioned by August 31, 2022.

11:10 AFU continues to fire at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk

11:05 Artillerymen of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR continue to strike at the concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment identified by intelligence using 152mm Hyacinth guns.

09:45 Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia Maria Belova-Lvova and Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin agreed to create a republican database of orphans who can be adopted by Russian families.

09:31 As a result of the night shelling of the Petrovsky district, a farm building caught fire in the private sector on the street. Petrovsky, 186a.

08:56 Over the past day, from 08:00 on July 22 to 08:00 on July 23, seven civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:10 APU fired at Stakhanov from the HIMARS MLRS, firing one rocket at the city, the LPR representative office in the JCCC reports.

08:06 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:

n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov and Petrovsky districts): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.

Posted by: badanov || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
Japan Regulator Approves Releasing Treated Fukushima Water
[Epoch Times] Japan’s nuclear regulators on Friday approved a plan to release treated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, giving Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) permission to construct discharge facilities.

TEPCO said it planned to release treated water to a coastal facility, where it will be diluted with seawater and then sent through an undersea tunnel with an outlet 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) away to minimize the impact on local fishing.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved the plan, but TEPCO would still need local consent before proceeding.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry said it will work to dilute the tritium-containing treated water to "far below the regulatory standards for safety," and ensure the "reliability and transparency of its handling."

Scientists claimed that impacts of long-term, low-dose exposure to tritium for the environment and humans are still unknown, but added that tritium could affect humans more when it is consumed in fish.
Tritium - like in night sights for firearms?
The contaminated water is being stored in about 1,000 tanks at the damaged plant. TEPCO aims to remove storage tanks and make room for facilities needed for the plant’s decommissioning.
Posted by: Bobby || 07/24/2022 07:26 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#2  My money's on Mothra...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 13:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Or the little singing twins
Posted by: Frank G || 07/24/2022 14:23 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2022 17:48 Comments || Top||


CCP Land Purchases + Huawei Equipment = ?
[Breitbart] An FBI investigation into Chinese land purchases near critical infrastructure as well as the Huawei equipment found on many American cell towers has found the Chinese company’s telecom gear capable of capturing and even disrupting U.S. military communications, including that of the U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees America’s nuclear arsenal, according to a report by CNN.
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/24/2022 05:45 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Universal Basic Income Experiment: UBI fails on all metrics
Andrew Yang hardest hit
[ZeroHedge] For a few weeks, people who received the extra money spent more than the control group -- $182 a week for the people who received $500, and $574 a week for the ones given $2,000.

...The handout recipients reported the same rate of overdraft fees, late-payment charges and cash advances as did those who didn't receive the extra money. And it was all downhill from there. The handout recipients reported:

  • Less earned income

  • Less job satisfaction

  • Lower work performance

  • More financial stress

  • Less liquidity

  • Worse sleep

  • Worse physical health

  • More anxiety

  • More loneliness
very expensive experiment - 2k people getting up to $2k (not sure if it was more than a one time deal)--- UBI proponents will say, 'well I bet it would work if we did it for 10 years
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/24/2022 08:27 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Biden Expects Bad Econ News This Week
[FoxBusiness] The Biden administration is trying to get ahead of another potentially brutal economic report that comes out next week, which is expected to show the U.S. economy shrank again in the spring; potentially signaling a recession.

The Commerce Department is set to release the highly
anticipated second-quarter gross domestic product reading Thursday morning, which is expected to show that growth fell 1.6% in the period.
Tuesday the consumer confidence report comes out; likely to be bad. Tuesday or Wednesday the Fed announces their interest rate move; likely to be 75 basis points. Thursday the 1st official GDP estimate for Q2 comes out; likely to be negative. Of course Biden's team will try to spin this as all the work of evil Republican demons but they've done this several times and its getting old
Fed policymakers approved a 75-basis point interest rate hike in June; the first since 1994h; pushing the federal funds target range to 1.5%-1.75%. Another hike of that magnitude is on the table in July amid signs of stubbornly high inflation, Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters after the meeting, prompting investors to reassess the economic outlook.

Mortgage rates are already approaching 6%, the highest since 2008, while some credit card issuers have ratcheted up their rates to 20%. March to May.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yeah right - like it's just 'Biden' expecting bad economic news this week...
Posted by: Raj || 07/24/2022 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Choke the energy market underlying your economy and you can expect 'bad luck' to continue. Self inflicted wound. That they fail to understand that or that they do and continue to pursue those policies are basis in a true representative republic for the government to be removed in any legitimate election.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/24/2022 5:53 Comments || Top||

#3 
Biden Handlers figured out how to steal the election. At the least they could have done, would have been to people with half a brain in key positions.

Or was it their part of their overall agenda plan to hose the USA economy to begin with?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/24/2022 6:24 Comments || Top||

#4  I think everyone already knows how the administration will respond: "The beatings will continue until morale improves..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 07/24/2022 7:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Week, month, year....all according to the plan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 7:13 Comments || Top||

#6  You will own nothing and be happy
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/24/2022 10:10 Comments || Top||

#7  "Consumer confidence numbers (which currently stink) hit on Tuesday. A Federal Reserve meeting and decision on interest rates, coupled with a press conference from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, follows up on Wednesday.

The first reading on second quarter economic growth drops on Thursday. And the latest numbers on our vexing run of historically high consumer price inflation close out the monster run of data on Friday. In a note to clients today, analysts at Deutsche Bank suggested the flood of information will “leave you breathless.” "

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/07/23/biden-administration-bracing-for-a-tsunami-of-bad-economic-news-next-week-n1615339
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/24/2022 12:23 Comments || Top||

#8  Swiss shrinkflation.

Posted by: Besoeker || 07/24/2022 12:31 Comments || Top||

#9  Kind of like KC Royals blaming their season on Slugger.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/24/2022 13:25 Comments || Top||

#10  Sec of Treasury Yellen on Meet The Press started to spin the 'its not a recession, recession' line today.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/07/24/yellen-u-s-economy-is-not-in-a-recession/

Since people can see their bank accounts on line and look at grocery and gasoline bills in real time, this spinning isn't so effective as Yellen thinks.

Btw, what a disgrace she has turned out to be. A respectable academic and scholar, now an unprincipled hack.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/24/2022 15:13 Comments || Top||

#11  RE #9: this Royals fan lol!
Posted by: borgboy || 07/24/2022 16:15 Comments || Top||

#12  Hope the news breaks him.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 19:15 Comments || Top||

#13  "Jill tells me the price of pudding is up a bit, lately."
Posted by: KBK || 07/24/2022 19:23 Comments || Top||


Profits of the pandemic: Moderna gives Boston's property market a shot in the arm after executives splashed out millions on luxury homes near pharma giant's HQ after COVID vaccine sent profits soaring
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Moderna's executives and staff are hoovering up premium real estate close to the company's headquarters in Boston and beyond

  • This comes on the back of the company's rapid growth during the Covid-19 pandemic which saw Moderna's employee count go from a few hundred to over 3,000 in two years

  • One scientist spent over $11 million on property less than 12 months after joining the company

  • Shares of the company are up from $28 in early 2020 to $166 at the time of writing. The stock peaked at nearly $500 in August 2021
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm fine with this shit - thanks for supporting my home value!

On a more serious note - I went into work in the Financial District on Wednesday (and Friday). Overall activity businesswise seems to be almost back to normal (parking garage availability & traffic levels). Unlike other cities that had mass rioting a few years ago, we only got hit with two nights of that bullshit, light damage compared to Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis and some others. It looks to me like the rebound occurred one year earlier than I expected it to. There's still a problem with empty / unrented commercial office space in a number of areas, so maybe I can't see everything just by watching.
Posted by: Raj || 07/24/2022 0:30 Comments || Top||

#2  #1 Assassinations needed in here.

You know better than that, Joe.
Posted by: badanov || 07/24/2022 0:39 Comments || Top||

#3  I lived in Boston for two years. It really is a wonderful city when it's not under 3 feet of snow.
Posted by: Tom || 07/24/2022 7:23 Comments || Top||


Europe
Fourth Tour de France Protest - Fans Dragged Their Asses Off The Course
Your feel good story of the day!
[Daily Mail UK] - Tour de France fans took matters into their own hands yesterday as they angrily removed a gang of eco-protesters threatening to disrupt the historic bike race by sitting in the middle of the road to block oncoming riders.

Eight climate activists from French campaign group Dernière Rénovation (Last Renovation) sporting T-shirts emblazoned with the message 'we have 978 days left' to tackle environmental decline tried to stop the race during the 20th stage between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadouron on Saturday.

But their attempts to wreak havoc at the stage were thwarted by spectators, who stormed onto the road and dragged them out of the path of the oncoming bikes even before the police arrived on the scene to make arrests.
Posted by: Raj || 07/24/2022 14:51 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I suspect that an examination of the protesters’ history would reveal membership in a number of Black Bloc organizations, each ostensibly grassroots responses to a variety of shockingly different issues.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/24/2022 17:01 Comments || Top||

#2  where I'm from you call them idiots and beat the shit out of them.
Posted by: Chris || 07/24/2022 17:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, they gave up quickly. Oh. Right. French.
Posted by: Knuckles Angomort6922 || 07/24/2022 18:17 Comments || Top||


Troll Energy: Poland Offers to Lease Germany's Nuclear Plants to Keep Them From Closing
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 10:23 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Antidepressants do work, insist top doctors as they hit back at bombshell study which found there was no 'convincing evidence' of a link between low serotonin and mental illness
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Responding to this story from a few days ago.
  • University College London disproved a theory liking depression and serotonin

  • Prof Joanna Moncrieff and her team reviewed decades of world-wide research

  • The link between serotonin and depression was made by doctors in the 1960s
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/24/2022 08:11 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ^ Very true.

pharmaceutical companies, who embraced this pop-psych explanation as a marketing assist, and with doctors who don't spend the time on a better explanation.

Sums it up nicely.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 07/24/2022 16:28 Comments || Top||



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