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BEST OF THE WEB: Leaked documents reveal British spies constructing secret terror army in Ukraine
Documents
obtained by The Grayzone reveal plans by a cell of British
military-intelligence figures to organize and train a covert Ukrainian
"partisan" army with explicit instructions to attack Russian targets in
Crimea. On October 28th, a Ukrainian drone attack damaged the Russian
Black Sea fleet's flagship vessel in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.
Moscow immediately blamed Britain for assisting a
The
lockdowns of 2020 were very real. And few opposed them. More than two
years since the lockdowns of 2020, the political mainstream,
particularly on the left, is just beginning to realize that the response
to Covid was an unprecedented catastrophe. But that realization hasn't
taken the form of a mea culpa. Far from it. On the contrary, in order to
see that reality is starting to dawn on the main
Become a better friend, family member, colleague, today. Meet Clay, a stunning address book and so much more.
One
person is dead after a significant storm brought heavy rain and
flooding to Southern California. The significant storm brought
widespread impacts to the Golden State Tuesday and is expected to
continue into Wednesday. Several inches of mountain snow and torrential
rains are forecast throughout California. Southern California saw record
rainfall for multiple sites across the region Tuesday. In
Nov 07
Comment:
Yes, such a thing actually has to be regulated!... Comment: More
accurate wording for this headline would be: Florida bans sterilization
and drugging of children with psychological issues and mental disorders,
however the original was kept for clarity - with the terminology used
in mainstream media discourse - and brevity. Fox News sports contributor
Clay Travis reacts to Florida Gov. Ron
We
received 103 reports about a fireball seen over CA, NV and OR on
Saturday, November 5th 2022 around 02:27 UT. For this event, we received
5 videos.
Nov 06
We
received 103 reports about a fireball seen over CA, NV and OR on
Saturday, November 5th 2022 around 02:27 UT. For this event, we received
5 videos.
Nov 05
The
Washington establishment is considering a risky and ill-defined
intervention in Europe. When Napoleon Bonaparte began his 1812 campaign
to conquer Russia, he led the largest "coalition of the willing" in
history. In addition to its French core, Bonaparte's army of more than
400,000 consisted of Italian, Dutch, German, and Polish soldiers. They
were at best unenthusiastic. Frankly, other than t
Nov 04
November
4 marks Unity Day in Russia, which is a fairly new holiday. It was
established in order to replace the old October Revolution Day, which
was celebrated in the USSR for over 70 years. Many generations grew up
loving this holiday; after communism collapsed, it was no longer
possible to keep it as a public holiday. Its replacement goes back to an
event that proved to have as much significanc
Nov 03
Brazil's
President Jair Bolsonaro has said the severity of the coronavirus
pandemic is exaggerated, urging his compatriots to stop being "sissies"
in the face of Covid-19 and pointing out that "all of us are going to
die one day." Speaking on Tuesday at a ceremony to mark the resumption
of tourism, Bolsonaro described the Covid-19 pandemic as having been
blown out of proportion. The nation's death
Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro — who sometimes has embraced the label "Trump
of the Tropics" — said Sunday he'll wait a little longer before
recognizing the U.S. election victory of Joe Biden. Speaking to
reporters while casting a ballot in municipal races, he also echoed
President Donald Trump's allegations of irregularities in the U.S. vote.
"I have my sources of information that there reall
YouTube
said on Wednesday it had removed videos from Brazilian President Jair
Bolsonaro's channel for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus
outbreak, becoming the latest tech giant to pull his pandemic
pronouncements. YouTube said in a press release the decision was taken
"after careful review" and without consideration for Bolsonaro's job or
political ideology. The far-right former army
Facebook
late on Sunday removed a video by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
from its platforms, in which the far-right leader made a false claim
that COVID-19 vaccines were linked with developing AIDS. "Our policies
don't allow claims that COVID-19 vaccines kill or seriously harm
people," a Facebook spokesperson said on Monday. According to the Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNA
You
are the good guy in a Western movie showdown. You stand in the dusty
street, facing your opponent, a black-clad gunslinger with a fearsome
reputation. You have seen signs he's lost his touch — he drinks too
much, and sometimes his hands shake and his eyes turn cloudy. But you
also know that he's killed dozens of men. As you hand slides toward your
gun, because it must, you wonder: which man do
Germany
has become an economic satellite of America's New Cold War with Russia,
China and the rest of Eurasia. Germany and other NATO countries have
been told to impose trade and investment sanctions upon themselves that
will outlast today's proxy war in Ukraine. U.S. President Biden and his
State Department spokesmen have explained that Ukraine is just the
opening arena in a much broader dynamic
Russian
President Vladimir Putin's keynote address at the Valdai Club last
Thursday appears to have put Russia on a collision course with the
U.S.-led "Rules Based International Order" (RBIO). The Biden
administration two weeks earlier released its 2022 National Security
Strategy (NSS), a full-throated defense of the RBIO which all-but
declares war on "autocrats" who are "working overtime to under
As
a theory of "political economy," Marxism isn't at all complicated. At
the very bottom, it is the belief that human beings are fundamentally
social beings whose true nature shapes and is shaped by their societies.
Off this, Marxism boils down to two essential beliefs about people and
society. Those are The Division of Society Through Private Property:
Some people illegitimately declared themselv
Nov 02
Australians
have woken up to an icy morning as the country is lashed by two jet
streams that have pooled cold air over the eastern seaboard. The cold
Antarctic air has been dragged north by a pend in the polar jetstream - a
band of wind that continuously flows about 8 to 15km above sea level.
Icy gusts are lashing the east coast and snow is dumping just outside of
Sydney and in south-eastern alpin
Nov 01
The
Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts to
curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept
has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained
via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents —
illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech
platforms. The work, much of which remains unknown to the
Oct 31
BEST OF THE WEB: 141 people dead after colonial-era bridge collapses in India's Gujarat state
Comment:
Update 31 October 2022 The death toll has risen to 141 people. At least
81 people were killed when a pedestrian bridge over a river in the
western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people
into the water, officials have said. Authorities said that more than 150
people were on the suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in the
city of Morbi at the time of the collaps
Oct 30
BEST OF THE WEB: United Nations GA vote declares Israel must get rid of its nuclear weapons
Israel
must dispose of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites
under the International Atomic Energy Agency's purview, the United
Nations General Assembly's First Committee stated in an initial 152-5
vote. The five nations that opposed Friday's resolution on the "risk of
nuclear proliferation in the Middle East" were: Canada, Israel,
Micronesia, Palau and the United States. Another 24
BEST OF THE WEB: 81 people dead after bridge collapses in India's Gujarat state
At
least 81 people were killed when a pedestrian bridge over a river in
the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of
people into the water, officials have said. Authorities said that more
than 150 people were on the suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in
the city of Morbi at the time of the collapse. TV footage showed dozens
of people clinging on to the cables and twis
BEST OF THE WEB: 120 dead after street stampede during Halloween celebrations in Seoul, South Korea
Comment:
Update 30 Oct 2022 Final death toll: 153 dead. A massive stampede has
left at least 120 people dead and hundreds more injured after a fatal
crush amongst a 100,000-strong crowd on a narrow street during Halloween
festivities in the South Korean capital Seoul. An official from the
National Fire Agency initially said around 100 people were injured
during the deadly crowd surge on Saturday n
Oct 29
BEST OF THE WEB: Meet the spooks, mercs and chickenhawk politicos enlisting as NAFO trolls
Read
part one of Alex Rubinstein's ongoing investigative series on NAFO,
"How the pro-Ukraine NAFO troll operation crowd-funds war criminals."
While fundraising for a notoriously brutal militia in Ukraine and
trolling critics of the proxy war, the membership roll of "North
Atlantic Fellas Organization" has filled up with NATO suits,
congressional chickenhawks, neocon operatives, mercenaries and in
Oct 26
BEST OF THE WEB: The dark origins of the Davos Great Reset
Important
to understand is that there is not one single new or original idea in
Klaus Schwab's so-called Great Reset agenda for the world. Nor is his
Fourth Industrial Revolution agenda his or his claim to having invented
the notion of Stakeholder Capitalism a product of Schwab. Klaus Schwab
is little more than a slick PR agent for a global technocratic agenda, a
corporatist unity of corporate pow
Oct 25
BEST OF THE WEB: Did West Africa's ebola outbreak of 2014 have a lab origin? - And the critical covid connections
Independent
Science News just published the in-depth investigative piece "Did West
Africa's Ebola Outbreak of 2014 Have a Lab Origin?" by virologist
Jonathan Latham, the editor of ISN, and myself. I believe the piece's
ramifications are profound and have a serious bearing on what has
transpired with the Covid pandemic. Synopsis: The Ebola outbreak of 2014
was a disaster for West Africa. Over 11,00
BEST OF THE WEB: Spineless 'progressive' Dems formally retract call for diplomacy as Ukraine war hawks silence dissent
That
didn't take long... the 30 Houses Progressive Democrats led by Rep.
Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,
has early Tuesday afternoon issued a complete retraction of their letter
sent to the Biden White House urging diplomacy on Ukraine, per an
official statement [emphasis ours]: "The Congressional Progressive
Caucus hereby withdraws its recent letter to the
Oct 24
BEST OF THE WEB: Major internet cable cut in South of France - THIRD such incident this month
A
major Internet cable in the South of France was severed yesterday at
20:30 UTC, impacting subsea cable connectivity to Europe, Asia, and the
United States and causing data packet losses and increased website
response latency. Cloud security company Zscaler reports that they made
routing adjustments to mitigate the impact. However, users still face
problems due to app and content providers routin
BEST OF THE WEB: Sabotage? Subsea cable CUT in Shetland, major incident declared
Islanders
on Shetland face being without landline telephones, mobile and internet
services until Saturday after a crucial subsea cable link with the
mainland was cut. Police on Shetland declared a major incident and were
patrolling the island to reassure residents after the cable link failed
on Thursday morning. It is thought the line was dredged up by a trawler.
Engineers are working to reroute s
BEST OF THE WEB: The EU's energy security now rests in Turkey's hands
"Geography
is the constant of history," is a quote attributed to the German
statesman Otto von Bismarck. Today, those words ring true as we witness
geography altering global politics, finance, and alliances. The
geostrategic importance of Turkey has rarely been as clear to European
politicians as it has been in recent months, as the continent grapples
with a burgeoning energy crisis this coming wi
BEST OF THE WEB: The spike protein is disrupting immunity in millions after Covid infection OR vaccination
Multiple
studies have shown that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is a highly toxic
and inflammatory protein, capable of causing pathologies in its hosts.
The presence of spike protein has been strongly linked with long COVID
and post-vaccine symptoms. Studies have shown that spike proteins are
often present in symptomatic patients, sometimes even months after
infections or vaccinations. The numbers o
Oct 22
BEST OF THE WEB: How the pro-Ukraine NAFO troll operation crowd-funds war criminals
Celebrated
in mainstream US media for its anti-Russian trolling, the Twitter
operation known as NAFO was founded by a Polish antisemite to raise
money for a militia that has hosted war criminals, white nationalists
and wanted murderers. Whether they know it or not, anyone who has
checked Twitter for recent coverage of the Ukraine proxy war has likely
encountered at least one of the thousands of tr
Oct 20
BEST
OF THE WEB: Temperature extremes: Tens of millions of people under
frost and freeze alerts as cold temperatures hit US Deep South
The
cold air that's led to snow and sub-freezing temperatures across the
Midwest and Great Lakes in the last few days is spreading across the
southern United States. Over 75 million Americans are under frost or
freeze alerts as the cold weather moves south. The temperature in
Jacksonville, Florida, reached 42 degrees on Wednesday, with a wind
chill that brought the temperature down to 37 degrees W
Oct 18
BEST OF THE WEB: Up to 16 inches of early snow, fierce gales, pounding surf slap northern Wisconsin, Michigan
Severe
wintry October storms dumps more than a foot of lake-effect snow The
season's first major lake-effect snow event has dumped more than a foot
of snow on Lake Superior's leeward shores. And up to another foot of
snow could fall in some spots. Parts of northwestern Wisconsin and
Michigan's Upper Peninsula picked up more than a foot of snow so far.
Marquette set a new daily snowfall record Mond
BEST OF THE WEB: Mad scientists: New Covid strain with 80% kill rate CREATED by Boston University
US
researchers have developed a new lethal Covid strain in a laboratory -
echoing the type of experiments many fear started the pandemic. The
mutant variant — which is a hybrid of Omicron and the original Wuhan
virus — killed 80 percent of mice infected with it at Boston University.
Comment: Indeed experiments on mice and in a laboratory do not
necessarily reflect the possibility virulence and mor
Oct 17
BEST OF THE WEB: Europe's descent into totalitarianism
On
7 October 2022, late in the evening, at around 11.30 pm, I was detained
at Gatwick Airport in London by anti-terrorism police. I was not
released until shortly before 1 A.M. and my computer was taken from me.
It has not yet been returned. My passport and all my personal belongings
- my wallet, my phone, my keys, everything - were removed. I was taken
to a room where I was questioned for an hour
BEST
OF THE WEB: A war Russia is set to win: The Europeans have been nicely
played by the Americans - Former ambassador for India
Two
massive terrorist strikes misfired spectacularly and a terrible beauty
is born in the Ukraine war. These two carefully planned attacks in quick
succession — on Nord Stream gas pipelines and Crimean Bridge — were
intended as a knockout blow to Russia. According to President Vladimir
Putin, people 'who want to finally sever ties between Russia and the EU,
weaken Europe' are behind the Nord Strea
BEST OF THE WEB: A war Russia set to win: The Europeans have been nicely played by the Americans - Former ambassador for India
Two
massive terrorist strikes misfired spectacularly and a terrible beauty
is born in the Ukraine war. These two carefully planned attacks in quick
succession — on Nord Stream gas pipelines and Crimean Bridge — were
intended as a knockout blow to Russia. According to President Vladimir
Putin, people 'who want to finally sever ties between Russia and the EU,
weaken Europe' are behind the Nord Strea
Oct 15
BEST OF THE WEB: Tulsi Gabbard dares to challenge Washington's war machine
The
former presidential candidate has shown that opposing regime-change
policies is the one taboo that the ruling class won't tolerate. Tulsi
Gabbard's rapid transformation from rising Democratic star to demonized
outcast - culminating this week with her decision to leave the party -
has exposed the one thing on which every powerful person in Washington
can agree: war is good. It's the one thing,
Oct 14
BEST OF THE WEB: Global finance vs global energy: who will come out on top?
On
6 October, when the European Union (EU) agreed to impose a Russian oil
price cap as part of a new package of sanctions against Moscow, 23 oil
ministers from the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries spoke out in
favor of a sharp cut in their joint production quota. Their collective
decision to decrease output by about two million barrels of oil per day
elicited strong reactions in the US in pa
Oct 13
BEST OF THE WEB: Terror on the Crimea Bridge forces Russia to unleash Shock 'n' Awe
The
western narrative of a 'losing Russia' has just been decimated by
Moscow's blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror
operations The terror attack on Krymskiy Most - the Crimea Bridge - was
the proverbial straw that broke the Eurasian camel's back. Russian
President Vladimir Putin neatly summarized it: "This is a terrorist
attack aimed at destroying the critical civilian infrastr
BEST
OF THE WEB: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Lays Out The Facts of
US/European Involvement in Ukraine During Interview With 60 Minutes
Question:
The main question worrying the whole world - will there be a nuclear
war? Sergey Lavrov: President of Russia Vladimir Putin has said
repeatedly that in our nuclear doctrine we envisage only response
measures designed to prevent the destruction of the Russian Federation
by direct nuclear strikes or strikes by other weapons that threaten the
very existence of the Russian state. This is an
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