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US state dept claims to want strategic stability with Russia, begins by making a variety of unfounded allegations

Morgan Artyukhina
Sputnik
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:30 UTC
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© US Department of Defense//Scott HoweWorld
Moscow's deputy foreign minister for non-proliferation and arms control, Sergei Ryabkov, recently said Russia may be able to return to some of the many treaties shredded by the Trump administration - but not all of them.

"We'll look at other ways to advance strategic stability with Russia, even as we're very clear about the actions that they're taking ... But we have to be able to work on both fronts," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told US National Public Radio in a Tuesday interview.
Just weeks ago, the administration of US President Joe Biden reached an agreement with Moscow to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by five years. The nuclear weapons-limiting agreement was set to expire on February 5, 2021, and the outgoing Trump administration showed essentially no interest in saving it.

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Absolute Apartheid: Israel plans to operate a 'Covid green pass system', preventing non-vaccinated from returning to normal life


The Times of Israel
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:49 UTC

Comment: Apartheid, a policy begun in South Africa in 1948, means literally, in Afrikaans, "separateness," from Dutch "apart." Many of us in Western countries are currently living under a regime of Absolute Apartheid, a regime of government-enforced separateness between all individuals, and specifically between family members, neighbors and friends within the same social and cultural milieu.

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, given its recent history of applying Apartheid racially, Israel is leading the way in Absolute Apartheid...


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© AP Photo/Ariel SchalitAn employee at a digital task force to counter "fake news" on the Internet works on a computer with a banner that reads in part: "wake up, the vaccination," in the Health Ministry office near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.
Many activities will only be available to those vaccinated or with negative virus tests; app and certificates with barcodes are intended to ensure only the authorized gain access.

As country begins to reopen stores, gyms, hotels, and other venues starting next week, Israelis will need to show proof that they have been vaccinated against, or recovered from, COVID-19 before being allowed to enter some events and places.

Street-front shops, malls, markets, museums, and libraries will be open to all Israelis. But only those who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 will be able to use gyms, and enter sporting and culture events, hotels, and swimming pools, showing "green pass" proof to gain access.

The coronavirus czar, Nachman Ash, said Monday that Israelis will have to use an app as proof, or print out barcoded certificates to prove their status.

Comment: Here they come. Covid-19 passports were allegedly just a part of the conspiracy theory in some people's minds, and now it looks like they are becoming reality, perhaps starting with Israel.

It looks to be that history is repeating in a drive in some quarters to implement closer monitoring of citizens.

How far will this go? Will people accept it? And either way, how far SHOULD things go?

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Fawning over 'America's Dad': The media's corrupt love affair with Joe Biden

Tucker Carlson
Fox News
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:00 UTC
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© ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesJoe Biden
The most dishonest institution in America sinks to a new low

We at Tucker Carlson Tonight spend a lot of time trying to explain what is happening to our country. This is usually a depressing exercise because the answer is always the same.

America is not rotten, the people who run it are rotten. That's why things are so volatile. What you're looking at is a crisis of our institutions, all of which are corrupt and some of which are collapsing.

However, not all of our institutions are the same. Some of them are bad, some of them are awful. But looming above the rest is our most corrupt institution: The mainstream news media.

Comment: It seems that the mainstream media has received its marching orders regarding the Biden administration. Tucker's monologue is a rare aberration from the chorus of approval.

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Lockdown surrender? Sweden warns of more restrictions, gears up to close restaurants & gyms


RT
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:11 UTC
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© Jessica Gow / TT News Agency / ReutersCommuters wear masks at an underground railway station in Stockholm, Sweden, January 2021.
The Swedish government, which was previously reluctant to impose tough Covid-19 restrictions, has now proposed vastly expanding its lockdown powers, as the country warns of a third wave of infections.

"It could become necessary to close down parts of Swedish society," Health Minister Lena Hallengren said at a press briefing, adding that there is "a tangible risk of a third wave of infection."


Comment: "Necessary." Wasn't it equally necessary before the first and second waves? What has changed?


"A third wave is underway in Europe. We have to be vigilant," she said.

The statement came a day after Karin Tegmark Wisell, a senior official at the nation's Public Health Agency, warned of a "very high number" of Covid-19 cases in Sweden.

More than 19,600 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the latest weekly report, published by the Swedish government on February 12.

The government already has powers to close down shopping malls. Officials now want to be able to close down all retailers, restaurants, gyms, hair salons, and swimming pools, and restrict the operations of amusement parks, zoos, museums, and art galleries. Under the plan, local authorities would be given powers to limit activities in public parks and bathhouses.

Comment: Up to date excess mortality for Sweden, compared to Spain, from EURMOMO:
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'No legal basis': Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew - UPDATE: Not so fast!


Reuters
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:32 UTC
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A protester, blown away by the police's water cannons, during the riots. The Netherlands, a unique country where freedom is the most important lifestyle among all other countries in the EU, is now losing its freedom and culture due to the Corona crisis which resulted in the making of an unprecedented police state.
A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, ruling that it lacks any proper legal basis.

The curfew, the first in the Netherlands since World War Two, sparked several days of riots by anti-lockdown protesters when it was initially introduced on Jan. 23.

The curfew is currently set to be lifted on March 3.

Comment: Let's see how much impact the ruling actually has because courts and regional leaders all over Europe have tried to push back against the nefarious lockdown agenda but have been no match for the force influencing national governments: And check out SOTT radio's: UPDATE (Feb. 17): That didn't last long.
A Dutch appeals court has revived the country's Covid-19 curfew just moments before it came into effect, overturning a ruling handed down hours earlier ordering the government to lift the "illegitimate" measure immediately.

A three-judge appellate panel granted an emergency injunction following a request from the Dutch government on Tuesday, agreeing to vacate the earlier order from a lower court to end the nightly curfew, DW reported. The decision came just moments before the 9pm curfew was set to take effect, with the judges scheduling a full hearing on its legality for Friday.

The appeals judges argued that they wanted to avoid what they called a "yo-yo effect," referring to public confusion around whether the curfew was still in force, adding that "in this case, the state's interests weigh more than that of Virus Truth's," the activist group that brought the initial complaint against the curfews to court - also known by its Dutch name, Viruswaarheid.
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While the Dutch Justice Ministry noted it was reviewing the decision after it was handed down, Prime Minister Mark Rutte continued to insist the curfew would be enforced regardless, urging citizens to "keep respecting the curfew" even if the government's appeal failed. Later on Tuesday night, Rutte tweeted: "Curfew applies, even tonight. The coronavirus is not yet under control. It remains important to stay at home, meet as few people as possible, and adhere to all measures, such as curfews."

The successful appeal prompted a harsh rebuke from the founder of Virus Truth, Willem Engel, who has helped to organize a string of protests against lockdown policies in the Netherlands.

"You are making a big mistake," Engel told the appellate judges. "This is unacceptable. You have to explain yourself before a judge."
A similar thing happened in the Czech Republic just a few days ago:

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Shocking video by daughter of Dubai's ruler confirms he's an evil tyrant and it's time the world turned its back on him and Dubai

Chris Sweeney
RT
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:54 UTC
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© Youtube(L) Vincenzo Pinto/AFP; (R) Official #FreeLatifa Campaign
A shocking new documentary has shown how Sheikha Latifa is being imprisoned by her father, the ruler of Dubai. This has to be a turning point for an international community that has turned a blind eye to his conduct for too long.

There comes a point when you can no longer ignore the truth. We've reached that juncture with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He's the ruler of Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates, and is credited with transforming a desert town into a modern metropolis.

Tourists and social media influencers flock to the Las Vegas-style city to sample its range of attractions; cavernous shopping malls, indoor ski slopes and seven-star hotels.
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Damning UN report urges the UK to unfreeze Venezuelan gold

John McEvoy
The Canary
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Douhan
© Jordan FloresUN special rapporteur Alena Douhan
Alena Douhan is the United Nations' special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights. Douhan visited Venezuela on 1 February "to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions on the enjoyment of human rights by people living in Venezuela and any other affected people".

On 12 February, Douhan published her preliminary findings based on "extensive consultations with a wide range of interlocutors". The UN independent expert recognised the negative impact of coercive sanctions on human rights and urged European banks to "unfreeze assets of the Venezuela Central Bank". She also noted how the push for regime change "violates the principle of sovereign equality of states".

Sanctions

Since the Barack Obama administration declared Venezuela "an unusual and extraordinary threat to national security" in March 2015, the South American country has come under one of the world's harshest sanctions regimes. These sanctions have targeted Venezuela's oil industry, cutting off the country's main source of income.

A report conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) estimated that US sanctions had killed 40,000 Venezuelans between 2017 and 2018.
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Russian Air Force experts publish plan to neutralize NATO forces in all-out war with bombing strikes against key military targets


RT
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:10 UTC
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© Sputnik/Ministry of Defense of the Russian FederationLong-range Tu-22M3 bomber strikes targets of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria.
A war between Moscow and the West might start on the ground, but it would be settled in the air. That's the verdict of two top Russian military strategists, published in a new analysis of how a putative conflict might play out.

Writing in a new edition of the Air and Space Forces Journal, two associate professors at Russia's pilot-training academy set out how any invasion launched against the country by NATO allies would depend on a massive aerial bombardment with warplanes and missiles. Vladilen Stuchinsky and Mikhail Korolkov say, however, that the approach isn't foolproof.

In order to disrupt the bombardment and frustrate ground-based operations, the analysts say, Russia should launch a colossal counter or pre-emptive strike to wipe out enemy hardware. This could be achieved, they argue, with the combined use of drones, missiles, cyber warfare and new weaponry, destroying Western equipment before it can even get airborne.
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Ice Age Farmer Report: THE WOKE FAMINE: Boycotting Food to "Save the Planet"


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:44 UTC
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The Guardian is pushing a boycott of JBS, which would cut out 20% of the US meat supply overnight. Given their funding from the Gates Foundation, who seeks to end animal agriculture altogether, this is unsurprising! Christian breaks down this latest propaganda hit piece in the bid to engineer a WOKE FAMINE and push us all on fake, lab-grown meat and a food system controlled by billionaires.


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Comment: Read also: Bill Gates goes full Captain Planet, wants to change 'every aspect of economy' while we dine on fake meat

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Ice Age Farmer Report: UK: 2 Years Prison for Selling Food - No Vax, No Food (part 2)


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:24 UTC
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The UK is ready to throw you in jail for selling food, and issuing warnings about food being dirty and dangerous! This complements the news yesterday about potentially requiring proof of COVID vaccination just to enter a grocery stores. Access to food is rapidly being restricted, and you must start to grow and save your own food immediately.


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Comment: View also: Ice Age Farmer Report: No Vax, No Food? UK Supermarkets may Require Vax Passport

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