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Excellent question: Iran asks why Israel gets preferential treatment with IAEA despite its arsenal of nukes

Ilya Tsukanov
Sputnik
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:17 UTC
israel nuclear weapon nukes
© CC BY-SA 3.0Shavit 3rd stage of nuclear missle
Tel Aviv adheres to a policy of "nuclear ambiguity," meaning that it neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons. At the same time, the country reserves itself the right to bomb, sabotage or otherwise act to stop activities of any Middle Eastern power it believes could lead to the development of a nuclear weapon.

Israel's suspected nuclear arsenal poses a threat to the Middle East and the world, and Tehran is concerned by the country's apparent preferential treatment with the International Atomic Energy Agency despite its status as a non-signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's ambassador to international organisations in Vienna, has said.

"Since all [countries] in the Middle East region, except the Israeli regime, are parties to the NPT and have undertaken to accept the Agency's comprehensive safeguards, development of a clandestine nuclear weapons programme by this regime poses a continuing serious threat not only to the security and stability of the region and the world, but also to the effectiveness and efficiency of the NPT and the Agency's safeguards regime," Gharibabadi said, speaking at the meeting of the IAEA border of governors meeting this week.
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Will They? YouTube says Trump ban will be lifted when risk of violence drops

Nihal Krishan
The Washington Examiner
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Donald Trump
© AP Photo/John RaouxFormer United States president Donald Trump
YouTube's ban of former President Donald Trump will be lifted once the risk of political violence recedes, CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday.

"I do want to confirm that we will lift the suspension of the channel ... when we determine that the risk of violence has decreased," Wojcicki said at an event hosted by Atlantic Council, a think tank.

She added that Trump's ban won't be lifted soon due to new concerns regarding violence around the U.S. Capitol. "It's pretty clear right now," she said, "that there is still an elevated risk of violence."

Comment: See also:

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Quenelle

How the fight over American freedom will probably escalate

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
we will not comply
Three months ago in December I published an article titled 'Is The Globalist Reset Failing? The Elites May Have Overplayed Their Hand'. I was specifically interested in the development of the pandemic "crisis", the lockdown mandates of governments worldwide, the bizarre vaccination campaign for the new and under-tested mRNA cocktail which was rushed out to the public in the span of six months, the World Economic Forum's open statements that they hoped to exploit the pandemic as a springboard for their globalist agenda, and the public's reaction to it all.

I have to say, I continue to see a divergence in what the elites clearly wanted to happen vs. what has actually happened. If the Event 201 pandemic war game on a coronavirus outbreak, held two months before the actual outbreak occurred in China, is any indication, then the globalists greatly overestimated the fear effect of Covid.

They predicted at least 65 million deaths from a coronavirus outbreak, but over a year has passed since the pandemic went international and the official death count stands at 2.5 million, with over 40% of deaths in the US attributed to nursing home patients that were ALREADY dying from preexisting conditions. Removing suspect nursing home deaths from the equation, the death count is probably closer to 1.5 million, again, if we adhere to official estimates.
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Lockdown without end? UK's September furlough extension suggests no return to normal in June

Neil Clark
RT
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:45 UTC
Sunak
© ReutersBritain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak presents the budget box in London
Judging by what's gone on before, the announcement by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the government's furlough scheme would last until at least 30 September doesn't bode well for those who want Covid restrictions to end soon.

Consider the following: When the 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme' (to give it its official title) was first announced by the UK government on 20 March 2020, it was supposed to last until 31 May. Why did it need to be so long, some people asked, if we were only going to lock down for three weeks to 'flatten the curve'?

Since then we've seen the same pattern, repeatedly. The extension of furlough, beyond the dates when politicians and talking heads have told us restrictions would be due to end, has been an excellent guide to what really is going to happen.

Comment: It's rather suspect that numerous countries in the West are dragging their citizens into a future that looks dreadfully totalitarian, meanwhile others, such as Russia, state that the world will have reached herd immunity by summer:

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Book banning in the Age of Amazon

Abigail Shrier
The Truth Fairy - Substack
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
LogoAmazon/book on fire
© Amazon/Substack.com/KJN
If you wanted to eliminate disfavored ideas from a society, you'd begin by aggregating most of the world's books onto a single platform. You'd hope to create a global network of gargantuan warehouses, automated to allow next-day fulfillment of customer desires. If you were wildly successful, your company might one day control five sixths of U.S. book sales and generate a market capitalization that rivals the GDP of Canada.

If you also delivered groceries, clothing, and hardware during a pandemic, and hosted businesses' websites, too — you might become so integral to people's lives, they would be hard-pressed to quit you. Customers spoiled by the miracle of having milk and toilet paper delivered same-day to their door would be disinclined to protest as you began eliminating books, especially if it was just a few at a time. You'd have become the hand that feeds them; they'd be smart enough not to bite.

Writers themselves might object. But their agents would fall silent; they'd have other clients to think of. Publishers — whose continued viability depends on this central pipeline — would be loath to offer more than token resistance. A momentary stifling of conscience would seem small sacrifice to ensure their other books were spared. Forget the "firemen" from Fahrenheit 451: You needn't burn forbidden books if people can't buy them in the first place.

Comment: The mandatory lockdown has increased Amazon's market share and further engrained its already massive distribution process to deliver goods to our door. This magnitude of clout was not accidental nor just a byproduct of the times. We have been forced into artificial dependency and now find ourselves at its mercy for what we can or cannot have.

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Attention

Who really imperils the Republic?

Patrick J. Buchanan
Intellectual Takeout
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
Christopher Wray
© FBI/FlickrFBI Director Christopher Wray
"That attack, that siege" of the Capitol, FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress, "was criminal behavior, plain and simple, and it was behavior we at the FBI view as domestic terrorism." "Domestic terrorism," said Wray, echoing his boss.

For what had been President-elect Joe Biden's reaction to the Capitol riot? "Don't dare call them protesters. They were a riotous mob. Insurrectionists. Domestic terrorists. It's that basic. It's that simple," said Biden.

Yet, the phrase domestic terrorism conjures up events from our past far graver than a four-hours occupation of the Capitol. Nat Turner's rebellion. John Brown's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry. Timothy McVeigh and Oklahoma City. The near assassination of Harry Truman at Blair House by Puerto Rican nationalists, Nov.1, 1950. The shooting and wounding of five congressmen from the House gallery on March 1, 1954. The 1974 bombing of New York's Fraunces Tavern — where Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers — also the work of Puerto Ricans demanding independence. Four died there and 50 were injured.

Yet, in the "domestic terrorism" at the Capitol, no protester set off a bomb, toppled a statue, or fired a weapon.

Comment: See also: FBI director Wray says Jan. 6 Capitol attack was domestic terrorism

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Arrow Down

Biden reportedly called off second Syrian strike after woman, children seen nearby

Emily Jacobs
New York Post
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:49 UTC
Biden
© Alex Brandon/APUS President Joe Biden discusses airstrike in Syria.
President Biden originally ordered two airstrikes in Syria last week, but called one off after learning just 30 minutes before the bombs were scheduled to drop that a woman and children were nearby, according to a report.

The 46th commander-in-chief, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, had directed the Pentagon to scrap the second of two targets after an aide urgently warned him of the presence of a woman and children in the area.

Reached for comment by The Post, National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said in a lengthy statement that the administration was reviewing, under orders from the president, the "extant authorizations and delegations of Presidential authority with respect to these matters," without addressing the specific story.

News of the second strike was not previously known prior to the Journal's reporting.
buildings destroyed
© Maxar Technologies/APBuildings that were destroyed by a US airstrike in Syria on Feb. 25, 2021.
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Target

US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for 'undermining democratic processes' in country


RT
Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:38 UTC
Kolomoisky/Zelenskiy
© Sputnik/Stringer/Mykhailo MarkivIgor Kolomoisky • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Washington has introduced a package of measures against a billionaire Ukrainian businessman and long-time supporter of the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The US claims he has used his political links for personal gain.

On Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken designated Igor Kolomoisky under rules that will allow the US to target him and his family with punitive measures, including a travel ban. He said that the move came in response to allegations the "oligarch and former Ukrainian public official" was involved "in significant corruption."

Blinken argued:
"In his official capacity as a Governor of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 2014 to 2015, Kolomoisky was involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public's faith in their government's democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit."
As a result, Kolomoisky, his wife and son will be barred from entry to the US.
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Star of David

Notorious Israel spyware under renewed US investigation


MEMO
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:51 UTC
NSO Group
© Greg Otto/Scoop News Group
The notorious Israeli NSO Group, whose invasive Pegasus spyware is alleged to have been used to target human rights defenders and journalists around the world, is under renewed investigation by the US.

American attention over the spyware's use was raised two months ago when the Israeli firm was labelled "powerful and dangerous" in a joint legal filing. Calls were made for the company to be held liable to US anti-hacking laws.

Concerns over the NSO Group were such that the FBI launched an investigation in early 2020 only for it to be stalled. But the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is said to be showing renewed interest in the case.

DoJ lawyers recently approached the messaging app WhatsApp with technical questions about the alleged targeting of 1,400 of its users by NSO Group's government clients in 2019, reported the Guardian citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

It is not clear, however, which suspected hacking targets DoJ investigators are examining or what phase the investigation is in. The Jerusalem Post suggested that the renewed efforts could be part of the Biden administration's agenda to increase its emphasis on human rights and crackdown on the Saudis.
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Bandaid

Omar disappointed that 'we're sending money to less people than the Trump administration'

Jordan Williams
The Hill
Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:34 UTC
ilhan Omar
© Greg NashRep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) called it "disappointing" that Democrats are "sending money to less people" than former President Trump's administration with its coronavirus relief bill.

While the current $1.9 trillion proposal includes $1,400 stimulus checks — higher than the $600 and $1,200 approved in previous stimulus bills last year — it also includes tighter caps on who would receive a partial check.

Individuals making up to $75,000 would be eligible for the full stimulus check, while those making between $80,000 and $100,000 — or couples making double that - will get no money, despite getting partial checks in previous bills.

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