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Dutch journalist to RT: Germany is now 'total dictatorship'


RT
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:01 UTC
German protest against internet censorship
© unknownGerman protest against internet censorship
Western nations have used the Ukraine conflict as a pretext to destroy what was left of the freedom of speech, Sonja van den Ende says

The EU is reportedly planning to target Russian media channels with the upcoming ninth sanctions package, freezing the assets of ANO TV-Novosti, RT's parent company, and revoking licenses from those few outlets which still hold them within the bloc.

RT spoke on the new planned broadside against Russian media with Sonja van den Ende, a Dutch journalist, who believes the ongoing crisis has become a pretext to intensify the years-long crackdown on freedom of speech in the West.

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ECB to hike rates in bid to push Europe-wide recession in battle against soaring inflation

Jenni Reid
CNBC
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:36 UTC
Christine Lagarde
© Thierry Monasse / Getty ImagesFILE PHOTO: President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde attends a hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament on November 28, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. The burden will ultimately be shared between firms and workers, the head of the European Central Bank warns.
The European Central Bank opted for a smaller rate hike at its Thursday meeting, taking its key rate from 1.5% to 2%, but said it would need to raise rates "significantly" further to tame inflation.

It also said that from the beginning of March 2023 it would begin to reduce its balance sheet by 15 billion euros ($16 billion) per month on average until the end of the second quarter of 2023.

It said it would announce more details about the reduction of its asset purchase program (APP) holdings in February, and that it would regularly reassess the pace of decline to ensure it was consistent with its monetary policy strategy.

Comment: According to one analyst, put simply: Lagarde is announcing that in order to stem soaring inflation the ECB intends for Europe to go into a 'serious' recession:
"The ECB has woken up to the risks of inflation becoming anchored, and they will now be very serious about tightening monetary policy.

[...]

Despite a bunch of rate hikes, the ECB thinks core inflation will be still at more than double (!) its target in 1 year from today."



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Arrow Up

How suppressed scientists fought back against COVID censorship

Peter Biles
Evolution News
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 06:44 UTC
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Last month, the peer-reviewed journal Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning, and Policy published an important article on COVID-related censorship. I've written about it already here and here. We've seen how government, media, and even the medical establishment bullied and censored medical professionals, doctors, and scientists for deviating from the "consensus" on COVID. The study concluded by discussing how the respondents, interviewed by the researchers, reacted to the censorship, and the "counter-tactics" they employed to expose the censorship.

The researchers found, not surprisingly, that the respondents reacted first with shock and disbelief. For most of them, it was the first time they had experienced such ostracism from the scientific or medical community. Some of the quotes in the report show just how taken off guard they were, and how much the suppression and exclusion damaged their lives. One respondent said:
"I was speechless. ... I did not imagine [this could happen]. It was terribly threatening to me, all those attacks ... it took me a month to recover from the understanding that this is the country we live in... I was in shock... I was surprised... My heartbeat I think was 200 per minute.... As someone who has been an integral part of the [healthcare] system, ... the rift I feel is very heavy."
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Footprints

Thousands of migrants breach US border


RT
Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:06 UTC
migrants
© AFP/Joe RaedleVenezuelan migrants along US border fence • El Paso, Texas
Agents in El Paso arrested nearly 2,400 illegals in 24 hours, and will release all of them into America

Some 2,400 illegal immigrants crossed the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, on Sunday night. Fox News alleged that Mexican police and NGOs helped many enter the US, where they will not be detained by authorities.

Video footage shot by the channel's reporter Bill Melugin showed "over 1,000 people" crossing the Rio Grande into El Paso, with Melugin describing the mass as "the largest single group we have ever seen."

Figures released by El Paso authorities on Monday state that at this crossing point alone, 2,399 migrants were encountered by Customs and Border Protection agents in the preceding 24 hours, while 5,105 were in custody in the Texan city as of Monday, and 1,178 were released into the US that day.
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Fire

Hotel attacked in Afghan capital


RT
Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:53 UTC
Hotel attack
© Screenshot/Twitter/@salihyamKabul hotel attack
A hotel in northwestern Kabul came under attack on Monday, a security official has confirmed. Loud explosions and gunfire were heard at the scene, according to witnesses and footage. The fighting reportedly broke out at a guest house, which is said to be popular among foreigners, including Chinese entrepreneurs visiting Afghanistan.

According to TOLO News, security forces arrived at the scene and cordoned off the part of the Shahr-e Naw neighborhood where the attack took place. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Afghan capital's Police Command, confirmed that an operation to stop the assailants was underway.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban government, stated later in the day that the situation was resolved with the death of the three attackers. He reported that no guests were killed, but two foreign citizens were injured when they jumped out of windows during the attack.

Police spokesman Zadran described the gunmen as "devils," but did not say if their affiliation was known. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

In footage purportedly showing the incident and shared on social media, apparent gunshots can be heard in the background. Some videos show a tall building with flames visible in some windows and smoke coming from under the roof.
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Eye 1

Tucker Carlson calls on Elon Musk to release docs he says will show Twitter acted as 'an arm of government intel agencies'

Michael Luciano
Mediaite
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:38 UTC
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that Twitter has been functioning as a ward of the deep state because it employs people who previously worked at certain U.S. government agencies.

On Tuesday, Carlson even called on new Twitter CEO Elon Musk to release information related to these employees' actions at the company that he alleged will prove his claim.

"Let's say you're trying to staff a social media site," he began. "How many spies would you hire? Well, probably none. Spies have nothing to do with the mission of a social media company. They would not be needed and you wouldn't hire any opera singers either. Yet for some reason, Twitter seemed to need a lot of spies."

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Eye 1

Former CNN producer John Griffin pleads guilty in pedo scandal

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 14 Dec 2022 04:25 UTC
John Griffin cnn
Former CNN producer John Griffin, who worked 'shoulder to shoulder' with Chris Cuomo, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice and coerce a 9-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity as his Vermont ski house.

This is a different CNN pedophile than Jake Tapper's former producer, Rick Saleeby, who resigned after it emerged that he solicited sexually explicit photos of an underage girl.

Griffin admitted to meeting the girl's mother on a website during the summer of 2020, after which he persuaded her to bring the 9-year-old child to his Ludlow, Vermont ski home for illegal sexual activity, AP reports.

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NPC

The Racial Industrial Complex: Universities, fake degrees, & woke racism


therabbithole84.substack.com
Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:00 UTC
racism chart
"Racial Industrial Complex" refers to an industry that has monetized racial discourse. Entities have recognized that Americans, and human beings in general, respond strongly to perceived incidents of racial injustice. Universities have entire departments dedicated to the studying of racial grievances funded by hefty tuition fees paid by students, authors are able to secure mainstream prominence by publishingbooks that appeal to white guilt, and Legacy Media (the term in this context referring to major news outlets such as CNN and Washington Post) platforms are able to maintain their ratings by pumping out news stories creating a 24/7 discourse about race.

This phenomenon, the commodification of racial grievances, has gained prominence in the past decade. Out of the many key players, this article will focus on covering examples of how the American University system serves as a key pillar of the Racial Industrial Complex through the coddling of young minds that should be challenged, discriminatory practices on campuses, and the distribution of degrees in the critical theories that form the intellectual backbone of the Racial Industrial Complex.

Despite Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) being the branding used by universities and activists in promoting the Racial Industrial Complex, campuses can be more accurately described as groupthink echo chambers where similar thoughts are parroted. There exists a generally large imbalance in academia in terms of staff political leanings with the number of moderate (46.1 percent) and liberal (44.1 percent) professors greatly outnumbering Conservative professors (9.2 percent). A more recent study indicated that from a sample size of 7,243 professors:
  • 3,623 to be registered Democratic
  • 314 to be registered Republican
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Shoe

Boy killed in Montpellier amid clashes between France and Morocco fans


Sky News
Thu, 15 Dec 2022 05:34 UTC
world cup fans paris cops
Police officers in riot gear are pictured as France fans celebrate on the Champs-Elysees.
Video shared on social media showed crowds in the street and a car being driven erratically. Rival fans had also clashed in Paris following the World Cup semi-final.

A boy has been killed in Montpellier amid clashes between France and Morocco fans following the World Cup semi-final.

A statement issued by the local government office said the boy was "violently hit" by a car in the city, in the south of France, on Wednesday.

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Fire

Massive blaze at NYPD auto impound leaves evidence 'burning down' in Brooklyn, and three firefighters 'seriously injured'

Ruth Bashinsky
Daily Mail
Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:57 UTC
brooklyn fire impound lot
Vehicles that are evidence in crime investigations, such as cars that victims were shot inside, are housed at the site, including illegal dirt bikes and ATVs cops have seized from city streets.
Three firefighters were seriously injured when a massive blaze engulfed the NYPD's auto impound in Brooklyn Tuesday morning destroying a litany of cars, many considered to be evidence in crimes.

Fire officials said eight people - three fire fighters, three EMS and two civilians - were hurt in the three-alarm fire but the Fire Chief John Hodgens said they are all expected to be 'OK.'

The fire started around 10:37am at the Erie Basin Auto Pound on Columbia Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Comment: Accident or destruction of evidence?

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