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Russia uses Iran-made 'kamikaze drones' near Kyiv, military barracks ablaze


Euronews
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:42 UTC
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© TwitterRussain drones struck the 72nd Mechanized Brigade barracks in Bila Tserkva.
Share this article Iran-made "kamikaze drones" have bombarded a city near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, leaving one person injured, according to a regional governor.


Comment: Russia 'bombarded a city' and injured just one person? Ukraine's shelling of residential streets in what is now Russian territory regularly results in much worse casualities.

Russia hasn't sacrificed its own men to preserve Ukrainian civilian life to suddenly turn around and have flagrant disregard for human life with US-style merciless carpet bombing. Instead, it's more likely, as seen in the picture below, that Russian strikes have been as precise as possible, and Rusisa continues in its attempt to shield civilians from its special operation in Ukraine:


Comment: See also: Unpacking the Ukraine 'Game Change': Is a major conflict inevitable?

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Common sense prevails: Customers deserting 'Beyond Meat' brand fake meat

Rick Moran
PJ Media
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:26 UTC
fake meat left on empty grocery shelves
© Davey /@baldrowdy/Twitter"No matter how empty the shelves are of real meat people still won't eat the fake cr*p." - January 17, 2022
Beyond Meat, the company that makes "meat substitutes," is in trouble. According to Bloomberg, the company's stock has lost 77% of its value over the last year. In fact, all plant-based meat substitutes are losing customer share. Sales of refrigerated meat alternatives at retailers are down 10.5% by volume for the 52 weeks that ended Sept. 4, according to Information Resources, Inc.

One reason for this is their price. With food prices going through the roof, a lot fewer customers are willing to pay a premium for fake meat when the real thing isn't that much more expensive.

Comment: Science backing up common sense. GM Watch reports (footnotes available at link):
The Impossible Burger is a plant-based burger, the key ingredient of which is a protein called soy leghemoglobin (SLH for short), derived from genetically modified (GM) yeast.

[T]he results of a rat feeding study commissioned by Impossible Foods and carried out with SLH suggest that the burger may not be safe to eat.

SLH is the substance that gives the burger its meaty taste and makes it appear to bleed like meat when cut. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initially refused to sign off on the safety of SLH when first approached by the company. The rat feeding study results suggest that the agency's concerns were justified. Rats fed the GM yeast-derived SLH developed unexplained changes in weight gain, changes in the blood that can indicate the onset of inflammation or kidney disease, and possible signs of anaemia.

Potentially adverse effects in SLH-fed rats

In light of these limitations, it is remarkable that the SLH-fed rats did show a large number of statistically significant potentially adverse effects, compared with the control group - for example:
  • unexplained transient decrease in body weight gain
  • increase in food consumption without weight gain
  • changes in blood chemistry
  • decreased reticulocyte (immature red blood cell) count (this can be a sign of anemia and/or damage to the bone marrow where red blood cells are produced)
  • decreased blood clotting ability
  • decreased blood levels of alkaline phosphatase (can indicate malnutrition and/or celiac disease)
  • increased blood albumin (can indicate acute infection or damage to tissues) and potassium values (can indicate kidney disease)
  • decreased blood glucose (low blood sugar) and chloride (can indicate kidney problems)
  • increased blood globulin values (common in inflammatory disease and cancer).[3]
The fact that these changes were seen in spite of the statistical weaknesses of the study (stemming from the short duration and low number of animals in each group) gives particular reason for concern.

Reproductive changes in SLH-fed females?

In the study, apparent disruptions in the reproductive cycle were found in some groups of females fed SLH. In normal healthy rats, the uterus fills up with fluid during the proestrus phase of the cycle, in the run-up to the fertile and sexually receptive phase (estrus). In the SLH-fed rats, significantly fewer "fluid filled" uteri were seen. This correlated with decreased uterus weight, as might be expected.[3]

[...]

In 2019 Impossible Foods introduced a new recipe for its Impossible Burger. In addition to GMO-derived SLH, the burger now contains another GMO ingredient: protein from herbicide-tolerant soy.[6] The company introduced soy protein to replace wheat protein in order to improve the texture and to avoid gluten, the protein in wheat that some people cannot tolerate.[7]

As a result, Impossible Burger Version 2.0 can contain residues of the "probable carcinogen" glyphosate,[8] the main ingredient of the herbicide used on GM soy.

Testing by Health Research Institute Laboratories, commissioned by the advocacy group Moms Across America, found glyphosate at a level of 11.3 ppb. The level was 11 times higher than the Beyond Meat burger, another plant-based burger that is made from non-GMO ingredients.[9] (However, Beyond Meat's crashing stock suggests that the hype over any fake meat product is misplaced.)


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Delusional US sets free over 300,000 illegal migrants, expects tracking devices will actually work


RT
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:56 UTC
migrants board bus el paso texas
© Getty Images / Joe RaedleMigrants from Venezuela are shown making their way to a Greyhound Bus Station last month in El Paso, Texas, for transportation further into the US interior.
Biden administration has reportedly more than tripled the number of migrants released in the US with cell-phone and GPS monitoring

President Joe Biden's administration has reportedly vastly expanded use of a program that sets loose illegal aliens into the US, who are then monitored via phones and tracking devices while their immigration applications are being processed.

There were 316,700 migrants enrolled in the government's so-called Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program as of September 24, up 266% from when Biden took office in January 2021, according to US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data. The figures, which were obtained by a data-gathering group at Syracuse University and first reported by the Daily Caller, showed that the number of aliens enrolled in the ATD program had never before exceeded 300,000 until last month and had never topped 200,000 until last March.

Comment: And why have the Democrats allowed this? but . . . . So much for the will of the people.

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Ukraine shells hotel - Kherson officials


RT
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:12 UTC
Kherson, hotel bombing, Ukraine
© Telegram/mchskherson
Ukrainian forces have carried out an overnight attack on a hotel in the center of Kherson, local civil defense and emergency services wrote on their joint Telegram channel on Wednesday.

At least one person was killed in the shelling, and a number of residential buildings as well as a hotel, sustained damage, a local law enforcement officer told RIA Novosti news agency.

He added that the attack on the city was supposedly carried out using three HIMARS rockets, but the consequences of the shelling are still being clarified by Russia's Investigative Committee. Emergency services continue working at the scene to clear the rubble.

Ukrainian forces have also continued to carry out attacks on other residential areas in Russia. The Mayor of Donetsk, Alexei Kulemzin, reported on Wednesday that at least three civilians had been killed in strikes on the city over the past two days.
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Bulgaria sees 'no real benefit' in supporting Ukraine's NATO drive


RT
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:05 UTC
Nikolay Milkov
© AFP / Bryan R. SmithBulgaria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov addresses the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2022.
A joint statement issued by the leaders of several eastern and central European countries in support of Ukraine's NATO bid carries no actual weight and provides "no real benefit," Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov said Wednesday. The remarks come as the country refused to join the pro-Ukraine declaration.

"We can support this declaration, from which nothing would follow, because it does not mean fast-track accession [to NATO membership for Ukraine] and, if we do not support it, nothing would happen either," Milkov said, as quoted by state-owned news agency BTA. "This is a political statement by a group of countries."

The remark echoed the stance of the country's President Rumen Radev, who explained his refusal to join the declaration by the drastic changes in the "security environment" that have occurred since the time when Ukraine first announced its aspirations to join the US-led bloc. He stressed that a "decision on Ukraine's accession to NATO should be made only after the development of clear parameters for the peaceful settlement of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine," which would last and be acceptable to both sides.
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Iranian protests broaden as Raisi calls for national unity

Ardeshir Tayebi
RFE/RL
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 18:34 UTC
hijab, headscarves, Iranian students, Iran, protests, Mahsa Amini
Iranian students remove their headscarves in support of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Iranians have taken to the streets for a 17th consecutive day in anti-government protests triggered by the death in custody of a young woman as President Ebrahim Raisi appealed for unity.

Universities and high schools joined the protests on October 4, highlighting the broadening of demonstrations that have followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in custody for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab.

Videos posted on social media showed unrest in the cities of Tehran, Karaj, Shiraz, and Isfahan, with demonstrators shouting slogans such as "Death to the dictator."

During a session of parliament, Raisi acknowledged "weaknesses and shortcomings" in the country.

"Today the country's determination is aimed at cooperation to reduce people's problems," he told the session. "Unity and national integrity are necessities that render our enemy hopeless."

At the same time he echoed other officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in blaming the United States and Israel for inciting the unrest.

Comment: See also:

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Wolf

Will French officials' turtlenecks save the country from crisis?

Rachel Marsden
RT
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:54 UTC
Emmanuel Macron
© Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron.
Has anyone else noticed the number of Western officials who have gone out of their way lately to model for - or lecture to - their constituents on how to not be a selfish, irresponsible jerk amid various crises that these same officials had a role in promoting or exacerbating?

Here in France, as Paris Fashion Week was in full-swing last week, top French officials were modeling the new Fall/Winter 2022 Virtue-Signaling Collection. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire showed up indoors amid 20C weather in a turtleneck. "You will no longer see me wearing a tie, I'll wear a turtleneck instead," Le Maire said. "And I think that will be very good, it will allow us to save energy, to show proof of sobriety." If someone showed up at work in ski attire amid summertime weather claiming definitive proof of "sobriety" - energy-related or otherwise - it might be time for an intervention.

Not to be outdone, French President Emmanuel Macron subsequently donned a turtleneck for a public address. French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne and Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher also showed up at yet another indoor event wearing down jackets.

Western leaders seem more focused on coercing and cajoling their citizens into austerity than on fixing what they've broken. The latter would require courage - specifically, opting out of what Brussels' brand of self-harming "solidarity".
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International Boxing Association votes to overturn ban on boxers from Russia and Belarus


RT
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:58 UTC
russia boxer
© Harry Murphy / Sportsfile via Getty Images
The International Boxing Association (IBA) has voted to overturn a ban imposed on boxers from Russia and Belarus, the organization has announced.

The IBA, which governs amateur boxing, joined numerous international sporting federations in imposing sanctions on sportspeople from both Russia and Belarus following the beginning of Russia's military operation Ukraine earlier this year.

However, the IBA stated on Wednesday that it has reversed the suspension, adding that it believed politics and sport should not be mixed.

It also stated that boxers from both countries will be fully entitled to compete under their own national flags and anthems.
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Question

Is nationalism returning to Europe?

Winston Smith
Escaping Mass Psychosis
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:33 UTC
nationalism europe resurgence
The past few weeks have proven rather interesting for European geopolitics. This comes following the success of various Italian conservative politicians, the increased rhetoric surrounding Russia, and the outrage surrounding the supposed US involvement in the destruction of a Nord Stream pipeline (supposedly under Germany's control). Both are not isolated incidents, but rather play into the growing agitation among average Europeans who are beginning to see the fruit of globalism, neo-Marxism, and foreign interference, which, up until this point, had little impact on everyday life. Now with all of that changing, people across the continent are beginning to change the way that they think, vote, and live.

Anti-nationalism

Let me start by saying that the precursor to much of what is happening right now is the push towards globalism and away from national concerns. This has been happening in Europe for the better part of 30 years. During the initial decade (throughout the 1990s) globalism proved somewhat beneficial to the first world in an era of naive optimism. With the fall of the Soviet Union, no major threats were on the horizon, and with China growing as a manufacturing power there was ample benefit to being interconnected on a global scale. Since then, these ideas have indeed been proven naive at best, and wilfully destructive at worst. The past decade has proven that globalism fails on the economic front thanks to cultural differences, and fails on the societal front for the exact same reason. Now, looking forward, it appears as if Europe is on the verge of major change in the face of these same issues.
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Lockdowns have left more than a third of young people feeling their life is spiralling out of control, study finds

Will Jones
The Daily Sceptic
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:00 UTC
youth stressed mental health covid
© Tero Vesalainen/Alamy
More than a third of young people feel their life is spiralling out of control following the pandemic, according to findings released to the Guardian ahead of a nationwide campaign that highlights the impact of years of restrictions on the younger generation. Here's an excerpt from the newspaper's report - though it being the Guardian, it's always "Covid" or "the pandemic" that is to blame rather than lockdowns or restrictions.
The Prince's Trust Class of Covid research also found that more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds said they were scared about their generation's future, having lived through a pandemic only to face a cost-of-living crisis. One in three think their job prospects will never recover from the pandemic...

There is also evidence of widespread "retarded development" among young people as a result of missing developmental milestones during the pandemic, according to findings from the Savanta State of the Youth Nation report.

Comment: See also:

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