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Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

61 Replies to “Reader’s Links for February 26th, 2023”

  1. – SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – FUNNY and TRUE.

    Woody Harrelson hosted Saturday Night Live and used his opening monologue to criticize Big Pharma’s response to COVID-19:

    “The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes, and people can only come out if they take the cartel’s drugs and keep taking them over and over.”

    Short clip: https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1629724451234549761?s=20

    • The Fed fights inflation and tanks the economy. The Fed doesn’t fight inflation and the high inflation tanks the economy.

      The lefts Keynesian economics has finally succeeded in destroying the world’s economy. The coming collapse is going to fuel food and water wars. These wars are going to last a long time and be fought in all nations. Yes this includes the US and Canada. Our treasonous leaders have allowed our foreign enemies to infiltrate fighters/saboteurs into our nations. These groups will be hard to identify and remove.

      The civil wars over food are what will determine the future of freedom. Our job is to fight to keep the ideas of Individual Rights and The Rule of Law alive. We can rebuild our civilization as long as we believe in Individual rights and the rule of law.

  2. Note: The next Plandemic is on the horizon. If the snippets of info one finds on fringe sites have any credibility (questionable, but…), Monday the 27th of February is when the USA stops being a sovereign nation by signing a treaty with the WHO which gives the unelected UN agency full control of USA, its laws and their application/enforcement whenever the WHO choses to exercise it. (Canada and most of The West is included…)

    Keep in mind that ‘Dr. Butros’ is loudly and proudly unvaxxed – for political reasons. As all Congressional staffers and employees of the NIH and CDC are also exempt from the vaxx mandates they have been enforcing on the rest of us.

    Eggs used to be the cheapest, most accessible (even to poor people) protein and healthy food. Yes, it had been under attack (cholesterol craze) but that had been thoroughly debunked…

    Now, due to fires and ‘infections’ and all kinds of other pre-texts, egg prices are skyrocketing.

    Growing up behind the Iron Curtain, eggs were not a ‘luxury good’ one had to pay for in somehow ill-gotten foreign currency, but 1 egg cost the same amount of money as a ride on the public transport. As a result, eggs were reserved for ‘special occasions’ and not consumed as, say, a routine breakfast item or a popular source of protein and trace nutrients.

    Where I live now, the cost of a public transport single ride varies, but hovers at roughly 4-5 dollars per trip.

    I suspect the price of eggs will be artificially pushed to those levels, in order to deprive the poorest in our society of a good and affordable source of nutrition (stunting the development through proper nutrition limitation is a well understood phenomenon and was at least tangentially touched upon in ‘Brave New World’) because that was done behind The Iron Curtain to keep the people dumb, weak and spending all their energy on trying to survive with nothing left to pay attention to politics and the ruling class…

    Which makes the following story so important: WHO and eggs, all in one basket, being made more and more powerful and less and less controllable by, well, the people it rules over.

    It is a bloody trail: Avian flu has killed 15 million domestic birds and led to the culling of an unprecedented 193 million more since October 2021. The rampant virus has jumped from Europe and Asia to North America — spreading shortly afterwards to bird populations in South and Central America.

    And it is no longer restricted to birds. In the United States, the list of wild mammals either killed by or culled over avian influenza outbreaks is growing: grizzly bears in Nebraska and Montana, a red fox in Montana, six skunks and raccoons in Oregon, a Kodiak bear in Alaska and more.

    Then in January, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported avian influenza in a young girl in Ecuador, the first such case ever in Latin America.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2023/2/16/will-bird-flu-spark-the-next-pandemic

    Yes, one unverifiable ‘case’ in an unruly part of the world might now be enough for the UN to erase Nation States and impose its hegemony.

  3. JUST IN: Heartless EPA Orders A PAUSE To Cleanup In East Palestine Despite Residents’ Horrific Suffering
    By Cullen Linebarger Feb. 25, 2023 10:00 pm247 Comments

    The Biden regime not only does not care about the horrific suffering of residents in East Palestine, Ohio they seem to revel in it.

    Just remember, they refused outright assistance to the town for weeks.

    The Daily Mail reported Saturday night that the EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to pause the clean up of the toxic train derailment that happened on February 3. The EPA claims the stop will be “temporary.”

    The EPA had previously ordered Norfolk Southern to pay full the full costs associated with cleanup.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/just-in-heartless-epa-orders-a-stop-to-cleanup-in-east-palestine-despite-residents-horrific-suffering/

  4. Tulsi Gabbard: Biden and Democrats Now Share Same ‘Core Principles’ As Hitler and Nazis (VIDEO)
    By Mike LaChance Feb. 25, 2023 10:15 pm391 Comments

    During a recent appearance on the Jesse Watters show, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard said that Biden and Democrats now share the same core principles as Hitler and the Nazis.

    Gabbard was referring to the Biden administration’s obsession with identity politics, and the fact that they are now celebrating the fact that they hire certain people based on race and genetics.

    She suggested that this should sicken every American and pointed out that this is the opposite of what MLK envisioned.

    The Washington Examiner has details:

    Tulsi Gabbard says Biden and Democrats share same ‘core principles’ as Hitler

    Ex-Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard claimed on Friday that President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party share the same “core principles” of Adolf Hitler and Nazism.

    The Democratic Party’s “agenda of identity politics” is one of the main reasons Gabbard left, she told Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime. She argued that doing so undermined “the traditional democratic values” expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, that being United States residents should judge each other based off of character rather than race, the former Hawaii representative said on Fox News.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/tulsi-gabbard-biden-and-democrats-now-share-same-core-principles-as-hitler-and-nazis-video/

  5. Biden Regime Is Shooting Cows From Helicopters In New Mexico – Here’s What Ranchers Are Saying About the Move
    By Cullen Linebarger Feb. 26, 2023 8:45 am53 Comments

    The Biden regime will let a Chinese spy balloon traverse across the continental U.S. for a full week but does not hesitate to gun down helpless animals.

    A judge last Wednesday gave the U.S. Forest Service a green light to gun down approximately 150 “unauthorized” cattle from helicopters over a rugged forest in southwestern New Mexico known as the Gila Wilderness.

    The judge argued he did “not see a legal prohibition on the operation” and “it would be contrary to the public interest to stop the operation from proceeding.”

    Officials closed a large swath of the forest Monday and began the cow slaughter on Thursday. The killing will continue thru Sunday.

    Ranchers had sought a delay, pointing out that the culling violated federal regulations and amounted to animal cruelty. They also say the federal government is not telling the truth about the cattle in question.

    Townhall.com has more on the ranchers’ astute arguments against this barbarism and the Regime’s deception.

    But the U.S. Forest Service’s description of its chopper hunt taking place between Thursday and Sunday is questioned by some cattle growers, such as the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA), New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, Humane Farming Association, and Spur Lake Cattle Company.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/biden-regime-is-shooting-cows-from-helicopters-in-new-mexico-heres-what-ranchers-are-saying-about-the-barbaric-move/

    • How many if the carcasses are laying in streams and water holes? This will poison the water in the until the carcass rots away in the streams and the water holes for my h longer. This will deprive the other animals drinking water.

  6. Is Russia Closing the Cauldron Around Bakhmut?
    By Larry

    Here are a couple of big picture maps showing the current position of Russian and Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut and the surrounding area. As you can see the Russians (i.e., the Wagner Group) are making rapid advances after months of slow progress and appear to be on the verge of a tactical encirclement of the Ukrainian units.

    It is important to understand the terrain of the Bakhmut area. The photos below show a landscape that reminds me of the state I grew up in — Missouri. Rolling hills, farmland and light forest that surround small cities. The first photo is looking north and shows the positions of the Russian and Ukrainian forces in the area. This area is not easily traversed by tanks. This is why artillery is the preferred weapon for dislodging units dug in on ridges and along the roads.

    What makes the situation so desperate for Ukrainian forces at the moment is that they have been forced from their fortified entrenchments and are seeking shelter in temporary fox holes and tree lines.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/is-russia-closing-the-cauldron-around-bakhmut/

    • Johnny, thanks for planting that song in my head for day. I shall find one for you for tomorrow.

      My dog likes to dance with me, and every time I screech out “Everybody dance now, she comes running, wiggling her tail.

  7. RUMBLINGS: Democrats Are Hiding Seriousness of John Fetterman’s Condition to Avoid Special Election
    By Jordan Conradson Feb. 26, 2023 8:15 am155 Comments

    Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is rumored to be “brain dead” while reportedly hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.

    This wouldn’t be the first time Fetterman and the Democrats have hidden his health problems from the public. In May 2022, The Gateway Pundit reported Fetterman suffered a major stroke that almost took his life just months before the mid-term elections. Democrats hid the seriousness of his condition and pushed him to campaign when he was not even capable of holding a conversation.

    Fetterman did not come clean on his health for years regarding his heart disease or how damaging last year’s stroke was. He now has a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted, and it was only recently reported that he has “serious mental health challenges” from the stroke that have taken a “psychological toll” on him.

    The Gateway Pundit reported yesterday that Fetterman is much worse than he, his wife, and staff are telling the public after checking into the hospital for clinical depression on February 15.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/rumblings-democrats-are-hiding-seriousness-of-john-fettermans-condition-to-avoid-special-election/

    • I almost didn’t post this article, I was going to follow the Bongino rule of wait 24 hours to see if the report is correct. I decided to post it on part because of the way his wife grabbed the families passports and ran to Canada when he was admitted to the hospital.

      Why did she run to Canada instead of his bedside?

      Does she know something that makes her think that their lives are at risk?

      Is she worried about legal problems because of the way she helped keep him as the Dem candidate when there was a good chance this would kill him?

  8. Democrat Bill in California Would Eventually Ban ALL Tobacco Sales, but Not Marijuana
    By Mike LaChance Feb. 25, 2023 10:45 pm286 Comments

    new Democrat-authored bill making its way through the legislature in California would eventually ban the sale of all tobacco products.

    The bill would not affect marijuana, however.

    This is typical of Democrats. They claim to be all about choice but it’s a lie. They don’t want people to be able to make their own choices. They have already banned menthol cigarettes in some places.

    The Washington Times reports:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/democrat-bill-in-california-would-eventually-ban-all-tobacco-sales-but-not-marijuana/

  9. zero hedge Watch: Polish Media Accidentally Captures Zelensky’s Body Double On Camera

    Six months ago Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky suggested to western media outlets that Vladimir Putin “might be dead” or that he was fighting health problems, and that the Russian government was using a body double to fool the public.

    Ironically, it is Zelensky that appears to have been caught using a body double on camera by the Polish media during Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine.

    The footage seems to have been accidental, but it does reinforce the old adage – When the establishment accuses you of doing something, it’s actually a confession of what they are doing.

    Now, if only someone can capture evidence that Biden is being controlled remotely by ChatGPT, the “Russian bot” narrative can come full circle…

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    twitter @ArthurM40330824

    Polish media accidently recorded Zelensky’s double when they covered Biden’s visit to Kiev
    Awkward

    + 3 sec video

    PIC :

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp0hxdjXsAEZNzV?format=jpg&name=large

    https://twitter.com/ArthurM40330824/status/1629495776928841728

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    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-polish-media-accidentally-captures-zelenskys-body-double-camera

    • Associated Press – Putin says Russia cannot ignore NATO nuclear capability

      Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated in an interview set to be broadcast Sunday that Russia suspended its participation in the New START treaty not only because of U.S. nuclear capabilities but those of other NATO countries.

      As he has done repeatedly during the Ukraine war, also Putin claimed in excerpts carried by Russian news agencies that Russia faces an existential threat because, in his view, NATO members are seeking his country’s “strategic defeat.”

      Putin announced Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the 2010 treaty’s nuclear warhead and missile inspections. In the interview scheduled to air on state TV channel Russia 1 following Friday’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he said his declaration stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia.

      “When all the leading NATO countries have declared their main goal as inflicting a strategic defeat on us … how can we ignore their nuclear capabilities in these conditions?” Putin asked, according to the excerpts.

      Putin argued a year ago that his overarching goal in invading Ukraine was to reduce what he perceived as threats to Russia’s security. At times during the conflict, he has cited those alleged threats as justification for potentially using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

      As he has done repeatedly during the Ukraine war, also Putin claimed in excerpts carried by Russian news agencies that Russia faces an existential threat because, in his view, NATO members are seeking his country’s “strategic defeat.”

      Putin announced Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the 2010 treaty’s nuclear warhead and missile inspections. In the interview scheduled to air on state TV channel Russia 1 following Friday’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he said his declaration stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia.

      “When all the leading NATO countries have declared their main goal as inflicting a strategic defeat on us … how can we ignore their nuclear capabilities in these conditions?” Putin asked, according to the excerpts.

      Putin argued a year ago that his overarching goal in invading Ukraine was to reduce what he perceived as threats to Russia’s security. At times during the conflict, he has cited those alleged threats as justification for potentially using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

      CIA Director William Burns said Sunday that the real issue behind the invasion is Putin’s loss of control over Ukraine and the country’s rise as an independent, democratic state aligned with the West.

      “He’s seen that as a direct threat to the ambition that cuts to the core of his view as a Russian leader, and I think that’s the backdrop to the horrific aggression that he’s launched,” Burns said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

      New START is the last remaining arms control agreement between Moscow and Washington. In suspending his country’s participation, Putin said Russia can’t accept U.S. inspections of its nuclear sites under the pact while Washington and its NATO allies seek Russia’s defeat in Ukraine.

      The Russian president emphasized that Moscow was not withdrawing from the pact, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said the country would respect the treaty’s caps on nuclear weapons and continue notifying the U.S. about test launches of ballistic missiles.

      In the interview with Russia 1, Putin said that while NATO countries are not party to the New START treaty, they engaged in “discussions on the issue.”

      Putin alleged the West wants to eliminate Russia, a notion that he has repeatedly used to justify Russian aggression in Ukraine. “They have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part — the Russian Federation,” Putin said.

      Appealing to his citizenry’s nationalistic sentiments, Putin predicted that if the West succeeds in destroying Russia and establishing control, ethnic Russians may not survive as a distinct people.

      “There will be Muscovites, Uralians and others,” he said of Russia’s possible fragmentation into regional groupings. The West could only partly accept Russia into the so-called “family of civilized peoples,” breaking the country into separate pieces, he theorized.

      Claiming threats to Russians’ survival is a favorite Putin theme, and Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted in a recent interview with The Associated Press that “for him, it’s all about protection, and he believes that the Russian world has been attacked from the West, and Ukrainians are a part of this Russian world.”

      Claiming the West and and not Russia provoked the war in Ukraine is also a favorite Putin theme that many Russians buy into, said Fiona Hill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served in the past three U.S. presidential administrations.

      “They think that this is a war of them yet again defending their territory, as it has been since time immemorial, since the Mongol invasion of having to deal with invaders when they are the ones that are doing the invading,” Hill said in a recent AP interview.

      In a speech Tuesday, the Russian leader alleged that a NATO statement on New START had raised the issue of the nuclear weapons of Britain and France, which are part of the alliance’s nuclear capability but aren’t included in the U.S.-Russian pact.

      Putin’s frequent references to nuclear weapons fit a pattern that Hill has identified.

      “He’s kind of menacing the world on every nuclear frontier because he knows that that’s the ultimate psychological weapon,” Hill said. “Nuclear weapons are pretty effective politically.”

      U.S. President Joe Biden countered some of Putin’s claims in a speech in Poland’s capital, Warsaw, on Tuesday.

      “The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today,” Biden said. “And millions of Russian citizens who only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy.”

      https://apnews.com/article/putin-nato-politics-russia-government-united-states-0bffecbd258654bed617653ee078ff35

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      twitter @AZgeopolitics

      Putin talks about the participation of the US and NATO in the war with Russia and about START III Treaty

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      https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1629829291511775235

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    • USA TODAY – US has spent billions on Ukraine war aid. But is that money landing in corrupt pockets?

      WASHINGTON – With more than $100 billion in U.S. weaponry and financial aid flowing to Ukraine in less than a year — and more on the way to counter Russia’s invasion — concerns about arms falling into terrorists’ hands and dollars into corrupt officials’ pockets are mounting.

      The special inspector general who has overseen aid to Afghanistan since 2012, and some House Republicans, warn of the need for closer oversight of the military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The scale of the effort is massive. The $113 billion appropriated by Congress in 2022 approaches the $146 billion spent in 20 years for military and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, though the cost of sending U.S. troops there was far higher.

      “When you spend so much money so quickly, with so little oversight, you’re going to have fraud, waste and abuse,” John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said in an interview. “Massive amounts.”

      The Pentagon rejects that narrative, saying safeguards have been put in place to ensure that U.S. weapons are accounted for by the Ukrainian forces after they are transferred.

      “The department takes our commitment to Ukraine seriously, which is why we implemented strong measures to track the capabilities we are providing to equip Ukraine,” said Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary.

      Among the American public and on Capitol Hill,support for Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s unprovoked invasion remains strong. But it is softening. An Associated Press poll taken in late January showed that 48% of U.S. adults say they favor the U.S. providing weapons to Ukraine, with 29% opposed and 22% saying they’re neither in favor nor opposed. That’s a drop from May 2022, when 60% of U.S. adults said they were in favor of sending Ukraine weapons.

      Support could erode further among Americans and Ukrainians, according to members of Congress and Sopko, without greater transparency and accountability for the tens of billions spent. The costs to American taxpayers can be expected to increase as the Biden administration sends increasingly sophisticated and expensive arms to Ukraine, including Abrams battle tanks.

      Assuring the aid ends up in the right hands, they say, demands greater oversight.

      The Pentagon spent $62.3 billion in 2022 on Ukraine for weapons, ammunition, training, logistics, supplies, salaries and stipends, according to the Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Ukraine Response report. Inspectors general for several agencies released the report in January.

      The State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development spent $46 billion for activities ranging from border security to funds for basic government services such as utilities, hospitals, schools and firefighting. Other government agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, spent another $5 billion.

      The report noted the difficulty U.S. agencies had accounting for the billions spent.

      The Pentagon, for example, was “unable to provide end-use monitoring in accordance with DoD policy” in Ukraine, according to a report by the Pentagon’s Inspector General. “End-use monitoring” includes tracking serial numbers of weapons and ammunition to ensure they’re used as intended.

      In Afghanistan, the Pentagon had troops on the ground to monitor military aid with 100,000 service members there at the peak of U.S. involvement. It was also far more costly: Overall U.S. spending for the war and reconstruction in Afghanistan is estimated to be $899 billion, according to a Pentagon report. In Ukraine, the U.S. involvement is mostly limited to embassy staff. In Ukraine, there are no U.S. combat troops on the ground, and President Joe Biden has pledged to keep them out of the fighting.

      Among the thousands of weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition, the Pentagon has sent more than 1,600 portable Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. Without adequate safeguards, they could fall into the wrong hands, said Sopko, who supports the U.S. effort to help Ukraine with its war with Russia.

      “If those things get diverted, who knows what could happen?” he said.

      With few U.S. troops or State Department personnel in Ukraine, keeping inventories is difficult, the report said. Moreover, the vast amount of money complicates the effort. The report notes the danger of corrupt officials siphoning it off.

      “State is overseeing unprecedented levels of security assistance in Ukraine, presenting significant risk of misuse and diversion given the volume and speed of assistance and the wartime operating environment,” according to the report.

      Singh, the Pentagon spokeswoman, said monitoring of U.S. weapons is being accomplished with the help of Ukraine.

      “Through our dedicated personnel, we make comprehensive records of U.S. weapons donations at our distribution nodes immediately prior to transfer to Ukraine and then once in country, the Ukrainians log and track U.S.-items and provide expenditure and damage reports,” Singh said.

      That’s not enough, said Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., a member of the House Armed Services Committee. The Pentagon needs more inspectors on the ground in Ukraine to ensure the weapons are used properly.

      “That kind of eyes-on versus the kind of self-reporting that’s going on from the Ukrainians is incredibly important,” he said.

      Lack of Ukraine oversight draws parallels to Afghanistan corruption

      Ukraine has a history of corruption, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made stamping it out a priority.

      Ukraine ranks 116 out of 180 nations on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. On Feb. 14, the defense minister named new deputies after news reports showed officials in the defense ministry had bought food for troops at inflated prices.

      Corruption corrodes the public’s faith in government, said Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan. Elites in Afghanistan skimmed U.S. aid money, and the obvious corruption alienated Afghans.

      The Taliban took Kabulalmost without a fight because Afghans had little faith in their government.

      He warned the same thing could happen in Ukraine without a watchdog.

      ‘Need truth tellers’: Republicans demand more oversight

      Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., drafted a letter to the White House requesting an expansion to a congressionally-mandated report on the amount of security assistance sent to Ukraine. The lawmakers called for more details on how much money has been sent to Ukraine and how it’s used.

      “The American people deserve to know exactly where their money is going,” Bishop said in a statement. “A detailed, transparent accounting is an absolute necessity.”

      James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability., said Congress must conduct oversight of taxpayer dollars sent overseas. The committee will work to determine if there was waste or misuse.

      “We owe it to the American taxpayer to account for how their money is spent,” Comer said in a statement to USA TODAY.

      Biden administration officials— including from the U.S. Agency for International Development, offices of Inspector General for the Department of Defense, Department of State and the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine— visited Kyi/v last month in an effort to provide more oversight of Ukraine’s response efforts, according to a release from the USAID.

      Sopko supports a new office of special inspector focused solely on aid to Ukraine. Inspectors general for the Defense and State Departments are already spread too thin, he said.

      “Somebody who is independent who could speak truth to power and isn’t worried about upsetting his boss in Washington,” Sopko said. “That’s what you need. You need truth tellers.”

      https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/19/oversight-ukraine-russia-military-aid/11271555002/

    • the hill – By the numbers: US military aid to Ukraine

      Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched just a year ago, has resulted in a stunning amount of U.S. military assistance for the war-torn country.

      It’s set off a deep political debate over how much support the U.S. should offer, though so far there’s been more agreement than disagreement about offering aid to Ukraine.

      Here’s a look at the numbers behind the spending that shows what U.S. dollars are being used for and how it compares to other federal spending.

      MORE :

      https://thehill.com/homenews/3871459-by-the-numbers-u-s-military-aid-to-ukraine/

    • global news – Disinformation is clouding Canadians’ views of Ukraine war: Prime Minister’s Office

      When it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one factor influencing Canadians’ attitudes toward the conflict is the ability to get reliable information.

      In the age of social media and online misinformation, this is easier said than done.

      As David Akin reports, Global News has obtained internal federal polling, showing the Prime Minister’s Office is taking interest in how disinformation campaigns are impacting views of the war.

  10. Insider Science – Can Lab-Grown Dairy Give Us A Cow-Free Future?

    Plant-based dairy alternatives have been around for decades.

    Now, one California company has figured out how to make a milk that’s completely animal-free.

    But can this lab-grown alternative make a dent in the massive dairy industry?

    + comments on the YT page : This is the future of ethical food,

  11. Obama’s Former White House Doctor Warns Biden’s Cognitive Decline is Bringing US Closer to an ‘All-Out War,’ and ‘Going to Get People KILLED’
    By Cassandra MacDonald Feb. 26, 2023 10:00 am52 Comments

    Barack Obama’s former White House doctor has warned that Joe Biden’s cognitive decline is bringing the US closer to an “all-out war” with China and Russia.
    The physician, Rep. Ronny Jackson, said it is “terrifying” that Biden is the commander-in-chief.

    Jackson was a White House Physician during the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald J. Trump.

    “It’s TERRIFYING for our country that Biden is our commander-in-chief. He doesn’t know where he’s at half the time, and every day he brings us closer to an all-out war with Russia & China,” Jackson stated, according to a report from Breitbart News.

    “His cognitive decline is going to get people KILLED!!” he continued.

    Biden did not undergo cognitive screening during his physical last year.

    In 2018, following calls from Democrats and the mainstream media, Jackson gave President Donald Trump a cognitive test and set the precedent for it to be done.

    This is not the first time that Jackson has warned that Biden needs to be checked out.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/obamas-former-white-house-doctor-warns-bidens-cognitive-decline-is-bringing-us-closer-to-an-all-out-war-and-going-to-get-people-killed/

  12. A 13 year old healthy Canadian boy died suddenly while on holiday with his family in Mexico

    Since 84.1% of Canadian kids ages 12-17 have taken >1 dose of mRNA which is causing internal organ damage, any role mRNA played must be examined
    Dr. William Makis MD – February 25, 2023
    https://gettr.com/post/p29q5t0d1c2

    • Is it any wonder the WHO / WEF / Gates CYA madmen are predicting another pandemic that is apparently going to be oh so deadly to children.

      Adults are now talking about brain bleeds going around. Send in the clowns – don’t bother they’re here.q

  13. #ARRESTKATIEHOBBS Trending On Twitter Following EXPLOSIVE Claims That Sinaloa Cartel Uses Money Laundering, Bribes To Control Katie Hobbs And Others
    By Jordan Conradson Feb. 26, 2023 10:45 am0 Comments

    “#ArrestKatieHobbs” is trending on Twitter following bombshell allegations made last week about a phony mortgage and real estate transaction scam used by the Sinaloa Cartel to bribe elected officials and control the state of Arizona.

    The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the Arizona Senate and House Elections Committees held a joint special meeting on Thursday and heard an explosive presentation by forensic investigator Jacqueline Breger. If her account is accurate, it exposed information regarding massive corruption and collusion between American politicians, appointed government officials, and the Sinaloa Cartels.

    Breger identifies herself as a longtime Arizona resident and a forensic investigator with attorney John Thaler’s Harris/Thaler Law Corporation, investigating multi-state racketeering and corruption. She stated that she holds a master’s degree in marketing and honors degrees in Finance, Financial Accounting, Business, statistics, economics, and business strategy

    The Gateway Pundit later reported that John Thaler joined Brannon Howse with former Arizona State Representative Mark Finchem Friday night on Lindell TV to explain the alleged bribery scam used by the Sinaloa Cartel to control the state of Arizona and its elections.

    Watch the full interview here.

    People mentioned in this alleged fraud scheme include Katie Hobbs, Adrian Fontes, Mesa Mayor John Giles, Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, and Runbeck COO Jeff Ellington. Thaler also states that at least three Maricopa County Supervisors “have problems” relating to trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering.

    The Gateway Pundit cannot confirm or deny these charges at this time.

    One hour later, the hashtag was trending at number 10.

    However, Katie Hobbs has not refuted or denied these claims. She has remained completely silent regarding these explosive accusations on social media.

    Following the allegations, Katie Hobbs began trending on Twitter. Arizona Sun Times reporter Rachel Alexander tweeted a photo of #ArrestKatieHobbs trending at number 12 on the platform and credited @DecentFiJC for starting the trend.

    Tweets calling for the arrest of Katie Hobbs continued to climb and made it to number six on the list of trending topics, with over 21,400 tweets by 1:46 am MST.

    At 4:22 am MST, “Hobbs” was trending in the “For you” section of Twitter’s explore page, with over 140k tweets mentioning her name. However, Katie Hobbs and #ArrestKatieHobbs were no longer found in the “Trending” section.

    It appears Twitter may be censoring this hashtag on behalf of Katie Hobbs. Phrases with far fewer tweets were found in the trending section.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/arrestkatiehobbs-trending-on-twitter-following-explosive-claims-that-sinaloa-cartel-uses-money-laundering-bribes-to-control-katie-hobbs-and-others/

  14. europravda – Macron says it is the end of ‘water abundance’ as he opens French Agricultural Show

  15. Following Recent Scott Adams Controversy – Elon Musk Jumps in and Claims Media Is Racist Against Asians and Whites
    By Jim Hoft Feb. 26, 2023 9:30 am225 Comments

    As Cassandra Fairbanks posted earlier – USA Today and its affiliates will no longer run the Dilbert comic strip over online commentary about race relations by its creator, Scott Adams.

    Scott announced last week that he was giving up on race relations.

    Adams said during one of his livestreams that all of the viral videos of black people beating up white people had led him to believe that the two races cannot live together peacefully.

    Here is what Scott Adams told his audience from the Twitter video below.

    Scott Adams: So if nearly half of all blacks are not okay with white people, according to this poll not according to me. According to this poll, that’s a hate group. That’s a hate group, and I don’t want to have anything to do with them. And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away. Away from black people.

    Just get the fuck away. Wherever you have to go, just get away, because there’s no fixing this. This can’t be fixed. This can’t be fixed. You just have to escape.

    So that’s what I did. I went to a neighborhood where I have a very low black population, because, unfortunately, there’s a high correlation between the density and this is according to Don Lemon, by the way. So here I’m just quoting Don Lemon when he notes that when he lived in a mostly black neighborhood, there were a bunch of problems that he didn’t see in white neighborhoods. So even Don Lemon sees a big difference in your own quality of living based on where you live and who’s there. So I think it makes no sense whatsoever as a white citizen of America to try to help black citizens anymore.

    It doesn’t make sense. It’s no longer a rational impulse. And so I’m going to back off from being helpful to black America, because it doesn’t seem like it pays off. Like, I’ve been doing it all my life, and the only outcome is I get called a racist. That’s the only outcome.

    It makes no sense to help black Americans if you’re white. It’s over. Don’t don’t even think it’s worth trying. Totally not trying. And there we go.

    You didn’t expect that today, did you?

    But those who don’t want to focus on education, you just need to get away from them. Just get as much distance as you can. That’s my recommendation. And I’m also really sick of seeing video after video of black Americans beating up non black citizens. I’m you know, I realize it’s anecdotal and, you know, it doesn’t give me a full picture of what’s happening, but every damn day, I look on social media, and there’s some black person beating the shit out of some white person.

    I’m kind of over it. I’m over it, right? So I quit.

    The comic book creator also said that white people should stop trying to help black people and cited a poll that found only 53 percent of black people agree with the phrase “it’s okay to be white.”

    And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people,” Adams said. “Just get the f-ck away.”

    “Wherever you have to go — just get away. Because there’s no fixing this. This cant be fixed, right? This can’t be fixed. You just have to escape,” he stated.

    Adams also said he moved to an area with a “very low black population.”

    “It helps no sense to help black Americans if you’re white,” he said.

    USA Today and Gannett’s public relations Twitter account tweeted that they “lead with inclusion and strive to maintain a respectful and equitable environment for the diverse communities we serve nationwide.”

    In response to USA banning Dilbert from its pages Twitter user pointed out that Scott Adams was only responding to a recent poll of black Americans.

    Elon Musk then joined in saying, “The media is racist.”

    Then Elon noted how the media transformed and now is racist against Asians and whites.

    It’s hard to argue with Elon’s assessment.

    This ought to make a few headlines. Or maybe the racist media will ignore it? Does the media REALLY want an open discussion on race relations in America today?

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/following-recent-scott-adams-controversy-elon-musk-jumps-in-and-claims-media-is-racist-against-asians-and-whites/

  16. “Audio gasp: The View’s Joy Behar implies Trump’s-voting Ohioans to blame for toxic train spill” New York Post – February 24, 2023

    • Millie Weaver retweeted this:
      “EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower has provided us with a photo of CCTV from a location in Columbiana Co, OH.
      In it, the Norfolk Southern train appears to be on FIRE at 8:13:48, at least *41 minutes* before the derailment reported at 8:54pm by NTSB.
      How did hotbox detectors not pick this up? Was the crew alerted to this?? Told to ignore it?? Why didn’t they stop the train?”
      CanCon – February 23, 2023
      https://twitter.com/CannConActual/status/1628801591024267264

      The Truth About The Ohio Train Derailment
      Millennial Millie – February 14, 2023

    • VICE NEWS – ‘I Don’t Feel Safe’: Ohio’s Derailed Train Left a Cloud of Distrust

      ( 12 min 25 )

    • I have never watched the view. Who would? How long is a segment? Now I am even more concerned about the number of people that their mommas dropped them on their little heads.

      Why is this trash on TV?

  17. reuters – Not enough data to support multiple annual COVID boosters, U.S. CDC advisers say

    There is not sufficient evidence to recommend more than one COVID-19 booster shot a year for older people and those with weakened immune systems, an expert advisory group to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.

    The COVID-19 working group of the CDC’s Advisory Committee For Immunization Practices (ACIP) supported an annual booster campaign, likely in the fall, especially for populations considered at high risk, Dr. Sara Oliver, a CDC official who heads the group, said during a meeting of the agency’s outside advisers.

    The agency currently recommends older and immunocompromised people receive COVID booster shots more frequently since vaccine effectiveness usually wanes faster for those populations compared to younger people with robust immune systems.

    In the spring of 2022, the CDC recommended immunocompromised and people over age 50 receive an additional shot if they had received their first booster at least four months earlier.

    But ACIP advised showing flexibility in recommendations for those with compromised or weakened immune systems to allow more frequent doses for those most vulnerable to severe COVID.

    Both the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are working on how to best update COVID vaccines to target circulating variants annually, similar to flu vaccine campaigns.

    About 53.3 million people in the United States – around 16% of the U.S. population – have received a COVID-19 booster shot since updated versions of the vaccines were authorized in September.

    That compares with 230 million people, around 70% of the population, that received an initial two-dose series of the COVID vaccines .

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/not-enough-data-support-multiple-annual-covid-boosters-us-cdc-advisers-say-2023-02-24/

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    FEB 25 2023 – FDA authorizes combination flu-COVID test for home use

    The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease.

    • FEB 08 2023 – ‘Unfortunate When Science Is Not Taken Seriously’: Nanette Barragán Slams Misinformation About COVID

    • FEB 08 2023 – ‘I Did My Research, I Got It, I Didn’t Die’: Debbie Dingell Discusses COVID Vaccines

    • FEB 08 2023 – Lori Trahan Praises Biden Admin For Running The Largest Free Vaccination Program In US History

    • FEB 08 2023 – ‘I Declared Racism A Serious Public Health Threat’: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

    • FEB 26 2023 – W.H.O. What’s the difference between Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and pandemic?

  18. Joe Biden Blames the Media When Asked Why So Many Americans Say They’re “Worse Off” Financially Than When He Was Elected (VIDEO)
    By Cristina Laila Feb. 26, 2023 1:53

    Joe Biden on Friday sat down for a one-on-one softball interview with ABC’s David Muir to discuss Russia, China, Ukraine, the impending nuclear war and scandals plaguing his adminsistration.

    Biden was asked why so many Americans say they are much worse off financially than when he was elected.

    According to a left-leaning ABC/WaPo poll, 41% of Americans feel worse off financially under the Biden Administration.

    It’s much worse than what the left-leaning polls say.

    Inflation rates are at 40-year highs.

    30-year fixed mortgage rates are over 7.00%.

    Inflation is outpacing wages.

    Americans are suffering because of Joe Biden’s tax-and-spend policies.

    But he says it’s the media’s fault for reporting on negative news.

    “4 in 10 Americans say they’re worse off than when you were elected — only 16% said they’re better off. Why?” David Muir asked Biden.

    Biden blamed the doom and gloom headlines.
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/joe-biden-blames-the-media-when-asked-why-so-many-americans-say-theyre-worse-off-financially-than-when-he-was-elected-video/

  19. Oklahoma Senate Moves To Ensure Only U.S. Citizens Are Voting In State Elections
    BY: SHAWN FLEETWOOD
    FEBRUARY 23, 2023
    3 MIN READ

    The Oklahoma Senate scored a major win for election integrity on Wednesday after the upper chamber passed legislation making it more difficult for illegal aliens to vote in state elections.

    Under SB 377, county court clerks would be permitted to compile a monthly list of individuals “excused from jury duty for not being a citizen of the United States and provide the list to the secretary of the county election board.” Once acquired, the local election board secretary is then mandated to “cancel the registration of each registered voter included on the list” and “report the person or persons to the district attorney and the United States attorney for the county.”

    Notably, seven of the Senate’s eight Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in supporting the measure (45-1).

    According to bill sponsor and Republican Sen. Brent Howard, the concept for the legislation was originally conceived by Oklahoma’s secretary of the state election board, who “had discussions with … county officials [who] were concerned that someone would claim (either true or falsely) that they could not serve on a jury because they were not a citizen of the United States.”

    “We have other requirements for our court clerks to report to the election secretaries if a person makes a claim that would otherwise disqualify them from being a registered voter (like a convicted felon or moved from the jurisdiction), so we all felt this was a logical step to ensure voter roll integrity,” Howard told The Federalist. “We feel the significance [of this bill] is that if someone will self

    https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/23/oklahoma-senate-moves-to-ensure-only-u-s-citizens-are-voting-in-state-elections/

  20. Scoop: House GOP plans Ohio derailment hearings

    Mike Allen
    Mike Allen
    , Multiple House committees are gaming out aggressive hearings 0n the Biden administration’s response to the toxic train wreck in Ohio — including how the government supervises giant rail companies, Axios has learned.

    Why it matters: The Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine left residents increasingly fearful about the air and water — and ignited a political storm over the treatment of the rural, Republican residents.

    House Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-Ky). sent a letter demanding documents from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday — the same day Buttigieg was visiting the wreck for the first time, Axios’ Andrew Solender writes.

    Former President Trump had visited the site the day before.
    Buttigieg last week called for a list of reforms by the freight rail industry.
    What we’re hearing: Probes are being considered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and House Energy

    https://www.axios.com/2023/02/26/house-gop-plans-ohio-derailment-hearings

  21. Historical Note :

    During the Cold War the KGB started and funded several separatist movements around the world. The idea was to damage the West by creating internal descension.

    Now that the left has temporary control of the US the opposition to the effort to turn the US full Communist is being divided by a movement to split the Red States from the Blue States and form a new nation.

    This is an I’ll advised effort that ignores the beliefs of both our internal and external enemies.

    Our internal enemies will never allow people to leave and set up a nation that rejects the lefts desire for total control of our actions.

    Our external enemies will take advantage of our weakness and invade our foreign allies. Then they will invade the new free nation and then the pale copy of the Communist nations.

    Our strength is in our solidarity not our diversity. The people seeking a national divorce of the states are working to accomplish what our external enemies have never been able to achieve. Namely the destruction of the United States.