[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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[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.
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Nothing to see here. It's not like he was choking on a pretzel or tripped on a stairway leading to an aircraft (oh, wait) It's certainly not like he can't pronounce the word nuclear.
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I did the same thing once when I was 8. Then I learned how to remove my foot from the pedal straps.
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Not the first time somebody got a sneaker stuck in the toe clip during the dismount. Would have been funnier if it was both feet and he went over like Artie Johnson on a tricycle and just lay there. Now *that* would be a photo op.
Personally, I give the old grifter credit for still being able to ride a bike.
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Hard to do in the 2020 "election", but the Left was all over Ronald Wilson Reagan and (gulp) John McCain for being too old.
But showing this clown on a bike ride [sic] is no better than Putin catching a big fish for finding an ancient relic while on a diving "expedition". Put Biden in some skates and a hockey uniform, and then I'll reconsider, lol.
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Microsoft Is Doinghas always done a Lousy Job of Protecting Customers
Yeah. That's more like it.
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Glancing at Microsoft's Azure Synapse web page, it appears to be a database in the cloud.
Having worked with both Microsoft and Oracle, I'd recommend Oracle over Microsoft.
And from what I can gather about this "cloud" thingy, it's customers accessing Microsoft's disk storage over the internet. So, IOW, you put your database on Microsoft's disks and access it over the internet.
I count at least two major vulnerabilities there: 1) the disks are owned and operated by Microsoft, 'nuff said, and 2) your data is flapping out on the internet like underwear drying on a clothes line. You never want your mission critical database directly exposed to the internet especially if you're relying on Microsoft to keep it secure.
I recently installed a one terabyte solid state hard drive on my computer. It was about the size of a baseball card. That's an obscene amount of storage. When I used to work for a mid-sized company we could have put four instances of our Oracle database on this one little disk without any need for striping over multiple old style spinning disks. Why then, would we ever need a cloud?
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I've found the Linux Mint OS to be very secure. And free.
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Most people today don't know any better so they spend their hard earned money on Windows or Mac. But Linux is a viable alternative and it's what they call Open Source so it doesn't cost anything. You don't necessarily have to be a nerd to use it either although, if your are a nerd, Linux is a helluva lot more fun. I never looked back after I put Linux on my computer.
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[Breitbart] Ten years ago, in 2012, former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program via executive order that has allowed nearly 800,000 illegal aliens to evade arrest and deportation.
Standards for the Obama program were set so low that tens of thousands of illegal aliens with prior arrest records for crimes like murder, rape, and kidnapping were able to secure DACA status.
In 2018, then-President Trump’s administration released comprehensive data on DACA, previously hidden by the Obama administration, that revealed the extent to which the program had successfully helped shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
From 2012 to 2018, about 53,792 illegal aliens were awarded DACA despite having prior arrest records. Meanwhile, nearly 8,000 illegal aliens awarded DACA were later arrested for crimes, the data shows.
[Breitbart] A new Border Patrol enforcement policy has been disseminated to agents warning them not to enforce immigration laws or attempt to arrest migrants near waterways, walls, canals, or other barriers. According to a CBP source, the policy most likely foreshadows pending administrative disciplinary charges against members of the agency’s Horse Patrol Unit lodged during the Haitian migrant crisis in Del Rio.
The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the document also warns against repatriating migrants without due process by encouraging them to return to Mexico. The memorandum from Tony L. Barker, Acting Chief of the Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Directorate, was disseminated on Friday.
[Jpost] A Sikh worshipper and a Taliban fighter were killed following a blast in a car loaded with explosives.
An attack on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least two people and injured seven on Saturday, following a blast in a car loaded with explosives, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Grey smoke billowed over the area in images aired by domestic broadcaster Tolo. A Taliban interior spokesman said attackers had laden a car with explosives but it had detonated before reaching its target.
Taliban authorities were securing the site, he added.
"There were around 30 people inside the temple," said a temple official, Gornam Singh. "We don't know how many of them are alive or how many dead."
Temple authorities did not know what to do, as the Taliban were not allowing them inside, Singh told Reuters.
A spokesman for Kabul's commander said his forces had taken control of the area and cleared it of attackers. One Sikh worshipper had been killed in the attack and one Taliban fighter killed during the clearing operation, he added.
AFGHAN SIKHS
Sikhs are a tiny religious minority in largely Muslim Afghanistan, comprising about 300 families before the country fell to the Taliban. But many left afterward, say members of the community and media.
Like other religious minorities, Sikhs have been a continual target of violence in Afghanistan. An attack at another temple in Kabul in 2020 that killed 25 was claimed by Islamic State.
Saturday's explosion follows a blast at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz the previous day that killed one person and injured two, according to authorities.
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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]
[TruthAboutGuns] A person with knowledge of the situation tells us that, more than just "considering" the move, Winchester, which operates the US Army’s Lake City ammunition plant, has been informed that it may no longer sell M855 and SS109 ammunition produced in excess of the military’s needs on the civilian market.
How would that affect the civilian supply of .223 and 5.56 ammunition? We understand that as much as 30% of the commercial market’s sales volume of .223/5.56 is produced by Lake City.
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M855 and SS109 are military grade. There are other sources for .223 and 5.56. M855 has a longer range than civilian .223. At the moment I don't see this as a big deal except it will deny civilian access to military grade ammo. The M855 comes in stripper clips in olive drab boxes of 30 rounds.
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So rather than letting the public subsidize excess capacity in the production plant they want to idle that capacity. Smart. Sheer Genius, even! It's not that wars suddenly occur...
[Townhall] Kicking off its public hearings on June 9 with a primetime event that failed to meet expectations, the House's select committee investigating the events of January 6 is trying its best to make former President Donald Trump a political pariah who faces criminal penalties or is at least seen as unelectable by Americans.
But, as a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted after the J6 committee's primetime hearing and during subsequent televised proceedings shows, Americans would still rather have Trump in office than current President Joe Biden.
The survey of more than 1,500 adults conducted June 10 through June 13 puts Joe Biden at the worst polling performance of his presidency — and shows how little the January 6 committee and its mainstream media advocates have been able to sour Americans on President Trump.
Most notably, despite a picture the mainstream media, Democrats, and squishy Republicans have painted of President Trump as the perpetrator of a coup attempt that sought to throw the United States into a constitutional crisis, Americans aren't buying it.
When asked who they'd vote for if a presidential election were held today, 44 percent said they'd vote for Donald Trump while 42 percent said they'd vote for Joe Biden.
Further refuting the claims of the January 6 committee and the breathless mainstream media coverage are Americans' opinions on the next presidential election in 2024. Only 21 percent of Americans think Biden should run for reelection. Among those who voted for Biden in 2020, a full 40 percent say he should not run again.
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One of the things that the committee has accomplished is making money for lawyers. Their subpoena cost Kash Patel hundreds of thousands of dollars. All of the costs for this clown show are bourn by the victims and us taxpayers.
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CBP this week released new data on people crossing southern border illegally
So far this fiscal year, 50 migrants on the terror watchlist have been caught
That is up from 15 in fiscal 2021 and single digits each of the prior four years
A record 239,416 migrants attempted to cross the border illegally in May
In December - which is part of the ongoing 2022 fiscal year - U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector busted a 21-year-old Saudi Arabian national with ties to a Yemeni terror group.
While the man's name was not released, the sector confirmed him 'as a positive match linked to several Yemeni subjects of interests.'
In an unusual twist, the suspect was wearing a volunteer paramedics jacket from an ambulance company in Central Oneida County, New York.
Homeland Security officials have said that border resources are exhausted when agents face 5,000 migrants per day. Last month, they saw nearly 8,000 per day.
Border agents say there were a higher-than-usual number of repeat crossings in May due to the fact that migrants expelled under Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction currently tied up in court, face no legal repercussions if they try to cross again.
The number of unique individuals attempted to cross in May was 177,793, and 25 percent of those stopped by agents had attempted to cross at least once before in the prior 12 months, according to CBP. The average re-encounter rate prior to Title 42 was 15 percent.
Most migrants attempting to cross in May were not families but single adults - 69 percent.
And unlike previous months, Title 42 is no longer the main authority under which migrants are expelled, only 42 percent of migrants were removed under the CDC's health order.
Most of the migrants expelled under Title 42 were single adults - only about one in six who came in families with children under 18 were subject to Title 42. Unaccompanied children are exempt from the rule.
Fifty-eight percent were expelled under Title 8. Under Title 8, a U.S. immigration policy used when migrants who try to cross unlawfully cannot establish any 'credible fear' basis for being in the country. DHS has said it will expand use of Title 8 once Title 42 is gone.
The Biden administration planned to end Title 42 on May 23 but a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the move three days before.
Migrants have been expelled more than 2 million times without a chance to seek asylum since the rule took effect in March 2020.
[Your News, h.t. Epoch Times Premium] Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was unable to commit to stop federal funding from going to Chinese scientific research, despite the U.S. intelligence community assessing the regime as America’s top adversary.
Fauci, laid up at home with the disease he tried to stop, made the remarks while appearing virtually at the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee hearing on June 16, during an exchange with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas).
"The NIH is still funding research in China, at least $8 million since 2020. In the Intelligence Community’s 2022 Annual Threat Assessment, the Chinese Communist Party is presented as one of the top threats to the United States, along with Russia, Iran, Syria, and North Korea. To my knowledge, only China is receiving U.S. research dollars," said the senator during the hearing. "When will you as director of NIAID stop funding research in China?"
Since 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a total of $8.3 million in grants to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and its division National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, along with five top public universities in mainland China and Hong Kong, according to the NIH website.
Although this amount doesn’t capture dollars later funneled to a Chinese institution through a U.S.-based organization, such as New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, which had partnered with the Wuhan Institute of Virology to perform coronavirus-related experiments that some experts said fit the definition of gain-of-function research, that is, experiments that increase the pathogenicity or transmissibility of a virus.
Fauci, in response to Marshall’s question, said that the U.S. federal agencies "had very productive peer-reviewed highly regarded research projects with our Chinese colleagues that have led to some major advances in biomedical research."
"So I don’t think I’d be able to tell you that we are going to stop funding Chinese," Fauci said.
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However, this one may have been a Freudian slip.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was unable to commit to stop federal funding from going to Chinese scientific research, despite the U.S. intelligence community assessing the regime as America’s top adversary.
What better method of intelligence collection on your "top adversary" than to fund and closely monitor their activities ?
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I think we are doing the funding part. Not sure about closely monitoring. Do you think we are closely monitoring our cash and money pouring into Ukraine? Monitoring would leave a paper trail. They don’t want records.
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Fauci, laid up at home with the disease he invented,
I kinda like that better.
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Fauci, in response to Marshall’s question, said that the U.S. federal agencies "had very productive peer-reviewed highly regarded research projects with our Chinese colleagues that have led to some major advances in biomedical research."
Yeah, like covid-19.
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[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.
[HOT AIR] "The video doesn’t do it justice. It was really bad," someone who was there told Axios’s Jonathan Swan.
Is this game over for the Senate gun bill, which was already encountering "serious doubts"?
Maybe not. For one thing, US Senator John Cornyn must have known what was coming when he decided to show up to a Texas Republican event in the middle of a gun-control negotiation. In fact, he’s apparently used to being booed at the convention. If boos were likely to change his mind, he would have quit the negotiations yesterday and arrived today as the uncompromising hero of gun owners everywhere.
He tried to reason with the crowd, explaining what is and isn’t in the bill:
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When you believe your peer group is more important than your constituents. You know, just like CEOs who believe their peer group is more important than the stockholders.
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Getting that from the people whose votes you need is a wakeup call.
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As many reasons as there are to dislike / distrust McConnell, he's played this masterfully again. Summer recess in a couple weeks and then nothing happens before the midterms. Then the message sent by the midterms blows it off the table completely.
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[ToloNews] The Kunduz Police Command said in a statement that one person was killed and seven others were maimed in a blast at the Alif-Birdi mosque in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz today.
According to the statement, the blast was caused by a mine planted in the mosque and detonated around 1:30 pm during Friday prayers.
The Kunduz Police Command said that security forces arrived at the scene and the injured were taken to the 50-bed Imam Sahib Hospital.
[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.
[AlAhram] Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development (ECHRD) issued a report on Thursday detailing a threefold increase in Israeli hate speech and incitement against Paleostinians on social media in 2021 over 2020 and describing its long term harms.
This, as is usual from these groups, completely ignores Palestinian anti-Israel/Jew hate speech that’s been consistently official — from the Palestinian government, television, school lessons — since the 1930s, not to mention anti-Jew violence throughout the same period. But according to their protectors the suffering Arabs are compelled by their emotions in this, while the Jews are held to a higher standard.
In a report titled "Hate Speech and Apartheid in the Occupied Paleostinian Territories" issued Thursday, the ECHRD stated that hate speech against Paleostinians is rooted in racist Israeli educational curriculum and news media that is responsible for implanting hatred since childhood on.
The report also stated that the expansionist settlement policy has resulted in the Paleostinians being subjected to discriminatory apartheid laws favouring Jewish settlers.
"Most of those who live in the settlements are from Death Eater Jewish groups that advocate the Jewishness of the state and play a role in provoking and inflaming the feelings of Paleostinians with open hate speech and incitement to violence against them," according to the report.
The report also referred to the increasing international recognition of the state of affairs in the occupied territories, which invites parallels to other historical cases of apartheid.
"In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in condemnation (within the international political discourse) of the apartheid regime, which was associated with the settlement regime in South Africa and ended in 1994... As a result of the control tools used by Israel in the occupied territories of 1967, there has been a political and geographical reality based on ethnic and hierarchical segregation in parallel with the ongoing Judaisation," the report stated.
The report mentioned the corrosive long-term harm of such a project, saying "The government does not care about the dangerous political and moral effects of the settlements project, nor the systematic violations of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. of the Paleostinians who have been under Israeli military rule for fifty years."
Moreover, the Israeli leadership is not interested in the presence of two judicial systems in the occupied territories, one for the Paleostinians and the other for Israelis. This trend has led to a flood of bills proposing direct or indirect annexation, culminating in the enactment of the 2016 settlements law.
The report concluded Israel cannot be considered a democratic country as it is enshrining racial segregation and discrimination in law. Instead, the government is consolidating a racist colonial legacy through ethnic cleansing and the deliberate denial of the rights of indigenous peoples on their historical land, including their their historical right to their land and property.
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Whataboutism is a propaganda technique first used by the Soviet Union, in its dealings with the Western world.[1] When Cold War criticisms were levelled at the Soviet Union, the response would be "What about..." followed by the naming of an event in the Western world.[2][3] It represents a case of tu quoque (appeal to hypocrisy),[4] a logical fallacy that attempts to discredit the opponent's position by asserting the opponent's failure to act consistently in accordance with that position, without directly refuting or disproving the opponent's initial argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
The report also stated that the expansionist settlement policy has resulted in the Paleostinians being subjected to discriminatory apartheid laws favouring Jewish settlers.
The UN came to the same conclusion.
The report concluded Israel cannot be considered a democratic country as it is enshrining racial segregation and discrimination in law.
Oh, it's democratic all right. The US used to have similar laws and we were a democracy. But we fought a civil war to get rid of them. What path will Israel take to get rid of its ugly racial laws?
According to the Pakistani media, Pakistan is sending a 13-member religious scholar delegation to Kabul to continue and accelerate the talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as, Pakistani Taliban. Read more at:https://t.co/PAcp09wmOa
The FSB Directorate for Kabardino-Balkaria reported on the investigation of a criminal case against a resident of Nalchik, who is suspected of promoting terrorism through a social network.
A criminal case under the article on public calls to carry out terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is being investigated against a 29-year-old resident of Nalchik.
She, "using an anonymous page, distributed in one of the social networks materials containing signs of public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or its propaganda," Interfax quoted the FSB department for Kabardino-Balkaria as saying today.
According to Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a public justification of terrorism committed with the use of the media or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, is punishable by imprisonment for up to seven years.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that a criminal case had been opened in Kabardino-Balkaria against a local resident who posted a video on video hosting justifying terrorist and separatist activities in the North Caucasus, investigators reported on June 14.
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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.
[SHAFAQ] A source in the Asayish forces reported that a comprehensive investigation has been launched into the Ottoman Turkish attack on Kalar, in the Kurdistan Region.
The source told Shafaq News agency that the Ottoman Turkish drone targeted a vehicle carrying six members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, who were on their way from al-Sulaymaniyah to Kalar.
The Counter-Terrorism department in the Kurdistan Region confirmed that a Ottoman Turkish drone targeted Kalar, the Kurdistan region, killing four members of the Kurdistan Workers Party.
In addition, the department noted that an injured PKK member was injured and hospitalized.
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[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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[AlAhram] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... -linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their presence with an unprecedented series of civilian massacres.
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.
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.
[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.
[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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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!
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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...
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If they had done this at the start of Woke culture it would have been stillborn. Instead the fed the flames.
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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.
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Think I saw something about 1% of the employees quit. 1% for 95% of the workplace problems?
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"He said, 'this isn't real maple syrup' and just opened up on the place," detective...
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Ciudad Juárez has been off limits to active military personnel for decades with Fort Bliss just across the border. Wonder why?
Certain families park their loved ones in El Paso. There is reason crime is relatively low in El Paso. Crimes committed are sometimes handled by vendetta rather than the local police. Due process and punishment not necessarily in accordance with Hoyle.
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What could go wrong?
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[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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The Global Coalition forces declared on Thursday the identity of the leader of ISIS, who was arrested in an airdrop operation, at dawn today, in the countryside of the city of Jarablus, which is controlled by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and its affiliated opposition SNA factions.
Coalition forces identified the senior ISIS leader detained during a June 16 counterterrorism operation in Aleppo, Syria, as Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi.
Al-Kurdi was also known as an "experienced bomb maker and operational controller" for Isis in Syria, according to the US-led coalition against the terror group.
Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, known as Salim, was responsible for coordinating terrorist activities across the region. He was instructing others on making bombs, supporting the construction of improvised bomb facilities, and facilitating attacks on U.S. and partner forces.
The successful mission avoided any harm to civilians or civilian infrastructure and resulted in no damage to Coalition aircraft or assets.
Coalition forces will continue to work with our partners, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi Security Forces, including the Peshmerga, to hunt the remnants of ISIS wherever they hide to ensure their enduring defeat, the statement said.
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[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.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least three children from one family were maimed in a landmine explosion left behind by the Saudi-led coalition forces near Airport street in al-Hawk district in Hodeidah province, western Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... The Executive Center for Mine Action has said that three children from one family in al-Hawk district were maimed by the earth-shattering kaboom of a mine left by the aggression forces.
The Center renewed its demand to provide mine detectors to save the lives of thousands of civilians in many Yemeni provinces, stressing that new victims are registered every day as a result of these remnants.
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[Garowe] Somalia's regional forces on Friday morning killed 16 al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... bandidosDeath Eaters in a foiled attack on Bahdo town in the central part of the country, officials said.
The military officials from Galmudug ...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth... State told Somali National Army (SNA) Radio that the regional forces backed by the local residents fought bravely and repulsed the attackers.
"The regional security forces of Somalia's Galmudug State and local residents have gallantly repulsed an attack by al-Shabaab on Bahdo town on Friday morning, killing 16 al-Shabaab terrorists," the SNA Radio reported.
The locals said the dead bodies of al-Shabaab bandidosDeath Eaters were scattered on the ground after the foiled attack.
Witnesses said al-Shabaab started their offensive by detonating multiple vehicle-borne improvised bombs targeting the village and security forces.
"But the troops later teamed up with local residents and local Sufi militia to put up a strong resistance and thwarted the attack," a local resident who declined to be named said on the phone.
The Somali government forces which have intensified security operations across the country since early this year have vowed to sustain the onslaught against the murderous Moslem group until their fighters are subdued.
However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the al-Shabaab terror group which still controls some parts of rural southern and central Somalia continues to carry out high-profile attacks in Mogadishu and elsewhere across the country.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The UAE-backed militias have raped six girls in Hodeidah province, western Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , local and human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... sources reported on Thursday.
According to the sources, members of Bassam al-Mihadhar brigade stationed in several areas in the district of Hays, raped six girls, including 2 sisters. Who do they think they are? UN Protection Forces?
Following the incident, the families of the girls, the citizens met and stormed the al-Sawehirrah School, which the UAE-backed militias have turned into a military barrack for al-Mihadhar Brigade and clashed with individuals.
These forces responded by carrying out raids on houses and arresting citizens, including the families of the girls.
The sources pointed out that dozen of girls have been raped in these areas when they go outside in search for firewood, grazing and fetching water.
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[BenarNews] The Philippine government has officially branded five suspected Moslemgunnies and six suspected members of the outlawed communist party as "terrorists," saying the move will allow authorities to freeze financial assets that could be used for funding attacks.
Among official resolutions made public on Wednesday and Thursday, the government’s Anti-Terrorism Council said it had added the names of five Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... Group gunnies to its list of designated terrorists.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Emirati company, Dixon Power has asked the citizens of Socotra Island, southern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , to pay their electricity bills in Emirati dirhams instead of in Yemeni currency.
A bill issued by the Emirates electricity company revealed that it demanded the Yemeni Electricity Corporation in Socotra to pay the consumption bill at a value of 501 dirhams, including 207 dirhams in previous arrears, warning it to cut off electricity from the corporation and impose a fine if they did not comply.
Through the so-called "Khalifa Foundation", the UAE has looted the generators of the Yemeni Electricity Corporation in Hadibo city, some of which were granted by the Sultanate of Oman, after its militias took control of the city in June 2019, and moved six other electric generators with cables feeding the generators from the old power station in Hadibo to the Dixam area.
The Emirati company, run by an Iraqi named Yasser al-Ani, imposed an amount of 100,000 Yemeni riyals as fees on the counters of shops and residential homes in 2020.
The company also replaced Yemeni meters with its own electronic ones, and imposed an amount of 225,000 Yemeni riyals per meter in August 2021 on the homes and shops of citizens.
The UAE ensured its military control over the Socotra archipelago, which is far removed from the military confrontations in mainland Yemen, in 2016, under the pretext of humanitarian actions by the Khalifa Foundation.
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[An Nahar] Iranian authorities have arrested a person accused of having a link to two French citizens being held on espionage charges, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported Thursday.
The report said the suspect was a Marxist who visited two French spies before the May 1 International Workers' Day, as part of a plot to "create unrest among workers."
It did not disclose the suspect's gender, but said the person was arrested by intelligence services while trying to leave the country through West Azerbaijan Province. TV also said the accused was tasked with rallying workers and teachers for street protests.
In May, Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... confirmed it has detained two French citizens, Cecile Kohler, 37, and Chuck Gay Paree, 69, saying they met with protesting teachers, took part in an anti-government rally, and were organizing a protest to create unrest in Iran.
La Belle France identified the two as a teachers' union official and her partner who were on vacation in Iran.
Teachers have held several strikes and protests in cities across Iran in recent weeks, walking out of their classrooms to press for better pay and working conditions.
[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.
[NPR] Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be joining the Biden administration, the White House announced Wednesday, after previously being considered to be President Biden's running mate in the 2020 presidential election. "Our Monkeypox Czar"
Bottoms will serve as the senior adviser for public engagement, "which works at the local, state, and national levels to ensure community leaders, diverse perspectives, and new voices have the opportunity to inform the work of the President in an inclusive, transparent and responsible way," the White House said.
Bottoms was considered for the role of vice president during Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, along with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others.
Bottoms, who was the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, did not run for reelection and has been a political commentator for CNN.
"Mayor Bottoms understands that democracy is about making government work for working families, for the people who are the backbone of this country," Biden said. "She led the city of Atlanta with strength through the pandemic, through a summer of protests and pain, and through the mass shooting that left Atlanta's Asian American community in fear. Keisha is bright, honorable, tough and has the integrity required to represent our Administration to the American public."
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I think Buttigieg was a better mayor than Bottoms was or maybe he just was in charge of a smaller dumpster fire. Anyway Bottoms is unlikely to make things better and is probably positioned to replace Harris. That would be an upgrade as she can probably utter a coherent statement and laugh at inappropriate stuff. They would have probably taken Abrams instead but she is busy, too smart for the offer or they couldn’t afford the snacks. Anyway Bottoms wasn’t doing anything constructive; she was on CNN.
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"The on-going process by which the world's multiple idiocies become one giant, useless force."
-- Blair's Law
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^Under other circumstances our current White House spokeswoman would be "okay." Not great; but okay. But it would be hard for the greatest spokesman in history to cover for the contradictions inherent in this system as it stands right now.
[Garowe] In yet another breathtaking interview, a top al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... commander has insisted the group is still "very strong" and determined to "take over" the country from the current leadership, arguing that "they have failed to show direction" to the people.
For over a decade, the al-Qaeda group which controls large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia has been struggling with the fragile UN-backed Somalia administration, which has struggled to stamp authority in the Horn of Africa nation.
Mahad Karate, the deputy leader of al-Shabaab who also controls the group's Intelligence wing known as Amniyat, told Channel 4 News' Jamal Osman that "we are not yet done and cannot be intimidated". This was one of the open interviews by the commander in as many months.
Although it's not clear where their interview was conducted, the surrounding suggests that it could be on a riverside on the outskirts of Jilib town located in Middle Jubba. The town, believed to be impenetrable, has been the capital of the group for years.
The al-Shabaab commander dismissed Somalia's government as "weak and inconsequential" and vowed to mobilize "liberation " soldiers to topple it. He also warned the "foreign troops" against "killing" civilians in the struggling Horn of Africa nation.
When he took over last week as 10th president of the federal republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud insisted that "my first task is to work with stakeholders to defeat al-Shabaab". The new president accused the group of extorting local farmers, some of who have since moved to IDP camps.
The president's announcement came shortly after Pentagon confirmed the redeployment of troops to Somalia as part of President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle... 's counterterrorism approach. The US is expected to deploy close to 500 soldiers, over a year after the troops were repositioned by the Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... administration.
Pentagon said, "our sole aim in Somalia is to support Somali National Army and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Transition Mission by training and equipping them". The role of US soldiers in Somalia has often been questioned due to casualties emanating from their frequent Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s.
Fundamentally, the US Africa Command is critical in training and equipping the Danab Special Forces, a contingent within the Somali National Army. The Danab troops with aerial assistance from the US troops have been instrumental in downing al-Shabaab murderous Moslems
Mahad Karate, the senior financial coordinator, has been on US radar for years now, with US troops missing him through airstrikes just like current leader Ahmed Diriye. The US placed a $5 million bounty on his head but efforts to trace him have been futile for a while.
A report published by the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... revealed that the al-Shabaab operatives with a budget of almost $100 million annually, most extortion from local businesses and foreign donations. Of this sum, close to $24 million is set aside for purchasing sophisticated weapons.
The group has persistently targeted security forces, government officials, and civilians within Somalia and across the borders. Kenya, which is one of the African Union Transition Mission [ATMIS] troops contributing nations, is one of the most affected countries by al-Shabaab raids.
Last month, the turbans attacked El-Baraf Forward Operating Base which is manned by Burundian troops, killing over 30 soldiers. The US promised the new administration that it will closely work with native troops to ensure al-Shabaab is significantly degraded.
Then, they've got, what, Somalia? Nothing but a boat anchor around their necks. And Somalians like living under Sharia. Remember when we came to help them from starving to death and they thanked us by opening fire?
[BenarNews] Two wanted Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... suspects accused of beheading foreign nationals surrendered to the military Friday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, a move authorities are calling a serious blow to the murderous Moslem group.
Suspected Abu Sayyaf sub-leaders Almujer Yadah, (also called Mujer), 55, and Ben Quirino, (also called Ben Tatto), 41, walked into the army’s Joint Task Force (JTF) Sulu headquarters in Jolo, Sulu’s capital town, surprising officials there.
They are considered among the "most notorious" of the group’s men, said the JTF commander in Sulu, Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio.
"They have many cases, with warrants of arrest, ranging from kidnapping for ransom and many others [against them]," Patrimonio said of the two murderous Moslems, who were known to operate from the jungles of Indanan and Patikul town in Sulu.
"They are involved in the abduction and beheading of foreign nationals."
The surrender of the two sub-leaders, which was facilitated by military and police units, has dealt "serious leadership and organization setbacks" to the Abu Sayyaf, said Lt. Col. Alaric delos Santos, JTF Sulu civil military operations officer.
The reason for the surrender? "Because they were always on the run, have no place to hide, [were] exhausted and often experienced starvation," he said.
"They also revealed that they no longer have the support of the community and were asked to stay away from the community," said delos Santos.
The suspects have seven standing arrest warrants against them, including for kidnapping with serious illegal detention, the complex crime of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder, and violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act, Sulu provincial police director Col. Jaime Mojica told news hounds.
Yadah and Quirino were key participants in the kidnapping and beheading of German Jurgen Kantner, he said.
The Abu Sayyaf reportedly seized Kantner and his wife, Sabine Merz, while the couple was on their yacht in Sabah in November 2016. The yacht was later found in Sulu, with the body of Merz who was shot by the perpetrators. Kantner was brought to Indanan where he was beheaded by his captors after three months, Mojica said.
Mojica said the two were also involved in the kidnapping and beheading of Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall.
Ridsdel, Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipina Marites Flor were taken from a posh resort on Samal Island in Davao del Norte in September 2015. Ridsdel and Hall ended up being beheaded months later while Sekkingstad and Flor were released.
Mojica said Yadah and Quirino were also involved in the kidnapping of 21 mostly European victims at a diving resort in Sipadan, Malaysia, in 2000. They were also said to be involved in the beheading of captured soldiers.
Mojica said Yadah and Quirino were also tied to the twin bombings in Jolo in August 2020 that left 15 people dead, including soldiers, and scores others injured.
Delos Santos said Yadah and Quirino will have to face the charges against them.
"They will undergo the legal process of the law and will pay for the crime they have committed," he said.
He said the two will be immediately sent to police custody for the legal process as they faced serious criminal charges.
The National Resistance Front (NRF) claimed it has shot down a Taliban helicopter in Panjshir province’s Arezoo valley. Read more at:https://t.co/cRFAU2N0PV
[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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.,
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^ "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."
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@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.
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/\ 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.
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^ 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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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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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).
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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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^ 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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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.
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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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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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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....
[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.
Or,
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.
[FoxBusiness] "It's a race," Schork told "Varney & Co.," Thursday. "Do we get to $6 before we hit the severe economic downturn? Because we are going into recession if we're not already here."
The oil analyst’s comments come on the heels of the White House shifting blame for rising fuel prices from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Big Oil companies.
White House Secretary Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called on Big Oil companies to "do the right thing" during a Wednesday press conference. "operate at a loss and build refineries we'll force you to close after the election"
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Ideal scenario: Only those who "voted for it" would "get it." Everyone else could go on as before.
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The ignorace of how the private sector actually works is stunning. But I guess that is what we should expect from a President and administration that have never spent a second working for the real economy but have spent their entire career in Washington.
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Need more reason for why Soviet Central Planning didn't work out? Donks - here hold my beer.
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[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."
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
[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.
[BenarNews] The ARSA rebel leader ordered the killing of Rohingya activist Muhib Ullah at a Bangladeshi refugee camp last year, police in the South Asian country said in recommending murder charges against 29 suspects, although the Death Eater group denied being involved.
Muhib Ullah was more popular than Ataullah Abu Ahmmar Jununi,
...born in Karachi, reared in Mecca, where he was imam to his fellow Rohingya expats until inspired to return to the home he never knew to lead what he claims is a non-jihadi nationalist revolt against the Burmese government. Burma claims he was trained in guerrilla warfare by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012...
the head of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army,
...the main Rohingya krazed killer group operating in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state that borders Bangladesh's southeast, and also in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar, though Bangladesh adamantly refuses to accept the idea that it’s there. It was ARSA’s attack on several police posts in Rakhine in 2017 that caused the Burmese Myanmar army to crack down, driving three quarters of a million Moslem Rohingya back to Bangladesh, from whence they had illegally migrated a century or two earlier...
and that displeased the ARSA chief, according to an investigation report that police submitted to a court in Cox’s Bazar district on Monday.
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[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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"It's grass soup and bark toast"
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[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. ."
Rome, Italy: Climate change protesters with Extinction Rebellion blocking the GRA motorway are dragged out of the way by angry drivers. pic.twitter.com/pC5pbf7BdE
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meanwhile causing many cars to sit with engines idling and then make it to their destination. Way to put more CO2 into the environment you NumbNuts!
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I can tell you all about motoring in California in one short paragraph:
You're running late. You're stuck in traffic. You're low on gas. You gotta pee...real bad. And when you finally get there you can't find a place to park.
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[NYPOST] The South Carolina Supreme Court ...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations... wants to revoke the law license of attorney Alex Murdaugh, saying there is overwhelming evidence he stole millions of dollars from his clients even though more than 70 criminal charges against the prominent lawyer have not been resolved.
Also still unresolved are the shooting deaths of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, more than a year ago. No one has been charged in their deaths, which have led to at least a half-dozen investigations into Murdaugh, his family and his finances that resulted in indictments that Murdaugh stole $8.5 million from people who hired him.
Murdaugh losing his law license permanently would be a sharp blow to a family that has dominated the legal scene in tiny Hampton County for nearly a century. Murdaugh’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were the elected prosecutors for 87 years straight.
Alex Murdaugh once worked for the family-founded law firm, which boasted of more than a dozen verdicts in civil cases of over $1 million. The firm said in September that Murdaugh was stealing money.
In its order Thursday, the state Supreme Court also cited charges against Murdaugh for filing a false police report and fraud when he claimed someone shot at him as he changed a tire on the side of a remote two-lane Hampton County road.
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I see, before the family and his own shooting, reports emerged that Murdaugh was pushed out of his law firm over "millions in missing funds."
On September 16, 2021, according to court Doc's he was arrested in connection to an insurance fraud scheme that court documents say involved him arranging for his own killing so his surviving son could collect the life insurance payout.
So he now is facing charges of insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report, according to a statement from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. (SCLED)
Most notability, he has a Mental Illness of donating to Democrats, including Joe B.
[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!
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At this time it isn't known if Schiif for Brains knew about this as it has been reported that some of his staff let them in. However it would not surprise me if he new,
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Put them in solitary and hold them for a year. Well, that the standard procedure isn't it? /rhet question
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[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.
But, as a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted after the J6 committee's primetime hearing and during subsequent televised proceedings shows, Americans would still rather have Trump in office than current President Joe Biden.
Fauci, 
[HOT AIR] "The video doesn’t do it justice. It was really bad," someone who was there told Axios’s Jonathan Swan.
[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. 
[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.
[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.
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
[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 personification of Somali state failure...
...The nation is noted for 
...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...
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences. So does Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
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.
A Utah thief desperate to get ever-pricier gas was caught on camera drilling into a truck’s tank — then partially bursting into flames.
...46th president of the U.S. 
...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...
... 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....
...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
