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Best of the Web: Organ trafficking, paedophile networks - The hell of children abducted by Ukraine's 'White Angels'

Christelle Néant
Donbass Insider
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:00 UTC
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'Ukraine abducts children to sell them to pedophile rings'
When I began investigating the kidnapping of children in Artiomovsk by Ukraine, I had no idea of the extent to which I would uncover trafficking on an international scale and the sordid methods used to supply children to paedophile networks and organ traffickers.

Flashback. In April 2023, I interviewed a refugee from Artiomovsk, Yulia, who told me that as well as having mined and blown up their building, Ukrainian units called "Phoenix" and "White Angels" were kidnapping children in the town. This information immediately caught my attention, and I decided to investigate further to find out why Kiev was taking children away from their parents in this way.

On the very day I was conducting this interview, Russian colleagues were interviewing a little girl from Artiomovsk, whom the "White Angels" had tried to kidnap from her grandparents, claiming that her mother was dead, and that they were to take her to Germany. It was clear to me that these children kidnapped by Ukraine in Donbass were then sent abroad for all sorts of sordid trafficking, from organ trafficking to paedophile rings. Because the inhabitants of Donbass have never been able to assert their rights in the face of the war crimes committed against them by Ukraine since 2014 within the international justice bodies, Kiev enjoys total immunity at the ICC and the ECHR with regard to the crimes it may commit against the children of the region.

Comment: Ukraine is also the global capital of surrogacy, which was rather damning in itself, however, in light of the above report, one does wonder how many of these births are for reasons other than surrogacy: The following video is extremely disturbing testimony regarding the organ harvesting in Ukraine:



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Best of the Web: Crisis update: Maui land grab explains the Great Reset


Money Circus
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:41 UTC
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Lahaina coastline in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires
Fourth in a series on depopulation

Officials are shrugging their shoulders at the fires on Hawaii's central island of Maui — implying it was an oopsie.

Two damning pieces of information tell otherwise.

1. Drivers trying to escape Lahaina during the fires were trapped on the coastal road. A resident walked to find the obstruction. There was none, except for a policeman halting traffic at Canoe restaurant, a longstanding Lahaini landmark, formerly called Chart House. It is at the north end of Front Street, No 1450, the junction with the Honoapiilani Highway.

The officer told him, "I am under orders to keep them here."[1]

By about 4 p.m a video shows cars stuck bumper-to-bumper. Shortly after confronting the policeman, the resident said people began screaming as cars exploded.
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Best of the Web: The collapse will be mental

L.P. Koch
LucTalks
Sat, 19 Aug 2023 14:39 UTC
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And so will be our way out

When looking at history to understand its lessons and discern where we are coming from, there are, broadly speaking, two competing schools of thought: one sees history as the product of mind, that is, what people thought and were up to. This is called idealism, and it is decisively out of fashion.

The other sees history as the result of material pressures, such as economic developments or natural and other external conditions. It is called materialism, and it is what we are all conditioned to believe in these days.

To claim that material conditions play no role in human affairs — and therefore history — would be absurd, obviously. But ever since sociology, Marx, and the so-called "social sciences" came on the scene in the 19th century, we have forgotten that at the end of the day, humans do stuff because, well, they think about doing it first; they find reasons to do so based on their world views, priorities, and ways of thinking.
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Best of the Web: Maui wildfires death toll climbs to 480 locals claim, as Hawaii morgue workers run out of body bags

Ruth Styles
Daily Mail
Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:11 UTC
Maui residents say the actual wildfire death toll so far is likely closer to 480 and reveal the MPD's morgue office (pictured) ran out of body bags in the early days of the ongoing search and recovery operation in Lahaina
Maui residents say the actual wildfire death toll so far is likely closer to 480 and reveal the MPD's morgue office (pictured) ran out of body bags in the early days of the ongoing search and recovery operation in Lahaina
Maui authorities are dramatically underplaying the number of people known to have died in the inferno that ripped through Lahaina last week - with locals telling DailyMail.com that the actual death toll is at least 480 and that morgues had run out of body bags.

The figure is quadruple that of the official number of 111 - and some of the relatives of the victims have been left to uncover the remains of their loved ones themselves due to the glacial progress of the search and recovery operation.

On Tuesday, Maui mayor Richard Bissen said just 25 per cent of the stricken town had been searched, although he expected that figure to increase to 85 per cent by Saturday.

But DailyMail.com photos taken on Wednesday showed hundreds of cars and vehicles still unsearched - with just a handful marked with an orange X to show they'd been looked at.

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Best of the Web: At least 71 dead as floods, landslides hit India's Himalayan region - Himachal Pradesh state sees the worst rains in 50 years (UPDATE)


Al Jazeera
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:20 UTC
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Heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods and landslides in India's Himalayan region, killing at least 41 people and trapping many others.

Days of downpours have washed away vehicles, demolished buildings and destroyed bridges in the northern Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, while killing at least 33 and eight in each state, respectively.

A cloudburst in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday night killed nine people, and 12 people died in two landslides in Shimla, the state's capital, authorities told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.

At least a dozen others were killed as heavy rains battered the state, sparking flash floods and more landslides.


Comment: Update August 17

ucanews.com reports:
At least 71 people have died following landslides and heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, where Church officials fear the death toll may rise.

"I am afraid the number of causalities may rise once the rescue teams reach far-flung areas as they are facing challenges due to the rain," Bishop Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas of Shimla-Chandigarh told UCA News on Aug. 17.

Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, bordering China.


Bishop Mascarenhas said Church officials have met with the Shimla district collector, the district's top administrative officer, and "assured him of help."

They also donated some money collected from Catholics, he said.

Onkar Chand Sharma, principal secretary of the Disaster Management Department, said at least 71 people have died so far due to the incessant rainfall from Aug. 13 to 15.

Himachal Pradesh, one of the 13 mountain states in India, is characterized by an extreme landscape, featuring several peaks and extensive river systems.

The rainfall recorded in the state this July broke all records in the last 50 years, leading to the most devastating natural calamity in recent times.

"The situation in the area is very bad and it will take years to rebuild. I have asked all our people in the diocese to come forward and contribute in whatever way they can, like dry rations, food packets, clothes and money," Bishop Mascarenhas said.

He said a Chruch-run school in the Sholan area has been damaged due to rains and flooding.

He said that when the state was reeling under heavy rains in July, Church-run institutions and medical centers provided lodging, food, and medicines.

Tanuja Raghunath, the program associate of the New Delhi-based Caritas India, the Catholic Church's social service arm, told UCA News on Aug. 17 that their people are assessing the situation.

"We have distributed money among several houses in Kullu district and also have offered support to the administration," she said.

The state witnessed a massive landslide on Aug. 14 following which rescue operations were launched under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Naseef Khan, NDRF inspector, said that "rescue operations have been underway for four days."

Bishop Mascarenhas said that "people were shocked after hearing the news of landslides. We are praying for the bereaved families."

In Shimla, several buildings are facing landslide threats, while in Kangra district 1,731 people have been rescued following the release of water from the Pong dam.

A monetary loss of around 75 billion rupees (some US$ 937 million) has been reported so far, Sharma from the Disaster Management Department added.

Low-lying, neighboring Punjab state was submerged after Bhakra and Pong dams in Himachal Pradesh overflowed.

Civil society organizations have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the situation in Himachal Pradesh a national disaster.


Related: Heavy rains lash Himachal Pradesh, India causing landslides at many places - over 300 roads closed

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Best of the Web: 'Crash coming this year', Big Short investor who called 2008 crisis

Lauren Almeida
The Telegraph
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:28 UTC
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© Jim Spellman/WireImageHedge fund manager Michael Burry stakes 90pc of portfolio with $1.6bn bet against Wall Street. At the The Big Short's 2015 New York premiere.
The 'Big Short' investor who called the 2008 stock market has made a $1.6bn (£1.3bn) bet on a second crisis by the end of this year.

Michael Burry, the Wall Street trader who predicted America's subprime mortgage crisis in the 2000s, the spark which ignited a global financial meltdown, has made a bet against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 stock indices, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the American financial regulator.

Mr Burry's firm, Scion Asset Management, has bought $866m in "put options" against a fund that tracks the S&P 500, the American benchmark index. These give investors the right to sell shares at a fixed price in the future and means that he could make a profit if shares fall.

Comment: Whilst it is indeed clear a crash is on the cards - both by looking at economies themselves, as well as moves and meetings in the political sphere - there are also immensely powerful forces engaged in rigging markets - which Burry, and Buffett, may not fully be aware of, or may even be working in league with.

And so when markets do crash, it's possible that these same forces may, yet again, revive these zombie economies with taxpayer bailouts, even if this works only temporarily:

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Best of the Web: Russia says US is PLOTTING to create 'new pandemic' using virus mutations as bioweapon, poses 'global threat'

Burc Eruygur
Anadolu Agency
Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:00 UTC
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FILE PHOTO: US military-biological activity poses ‘security threat to many states of the world,’ says head of radiation, chemical, biological protection troops
Russia on Wednesday claimed the US has begun preparations for a "new pandemic" by searching for virus mutations through the newly-established Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR).

"Despite the fact that the stated goals of US programs are to monitor disease incidence and provide assistance to developing countries ... we see the Pentagon conducting uncontrolled dual-use research in circumvention of international obligations," Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's radiation, chemical, biological protection troops, told a briefing in Moscow.

Arguing that US military projects are primarily aimed at studying "potential agents of biological weapons," Kirillov claimed US military-biological activity poses "a security threat to many nations around the world."

Comment: Russia government news outlet TASS confirms the
US is plotting another pandemic — Russian Defense Ministry

[...]
"The United States' next step, aimed at pushing ahead with its strategic plans for establishing global control over the biological situation, was the creation of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. This new agency is expected to be responsible for charting a course and coordinating actions to combat known and unknown biological challenges, including pathogens that might trigger another global emergency," he said.

[...]

Kirillov also added that the Office's priorities included work to create vaccines and drugs to stop viruses and their genetically altered variants, as well as to introduce advanced bioproduction technologies.

"The Office will be headed by the special assistant to the US president and senior director for global health security and biodefense at the National Security Council, retired Air Force Major-General Paul Friedrichs," Kirillov concluded.
This is not the first time that Russia, as well as China, have tried to sound the alarm on US bioweapon research, the threat it poses to the planet, as well the (delusional) attempts to create such weapons that will try to target specific ethnicities/genetics (see links below).

However, with Ukraine fast losing the West's proxy war against Russia, and, in turn, the US increasing its provocations against China, it seems that some factions in the US are becoming ever more desperate and are therefore likely to take greater risks in an attempt to achieve their nefarious objectives.

The following is a news report on the situation from Russia's RT:

Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Interview with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva: Pentagon Biological Warfare And Arms Trafficking to Terrorists




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Best of the Web: Retired US colonel says Ukraine 'will lose' in conflict against Russia, 'NATO will fall apart in 18 months'

Kiranpreet Kaur
The Eastern Herald
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:42 UTC
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
FILE PHOTO: Former National Security Advisor, Assistant Secretary of State and retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson provides a sobering analysis of Ukraine's conflict with Russia, highlighting the inevitability of defeat, the tragedy of misguided support, and the profiteering motives behind the scenes

Washington, D.C., United States (TEH) - In a candid and unfiltered interview, retired US Army Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former chief of staff to the head of the US State Department Colin Powell, has laid bare the grim reality of Ukraine's conflict with Russia. The authoritative American, who also serves as a freelance researcher at the Quincy Institute, did not mince words in his assessment of the situation.

"It was a disaster from the start. And any military expert who isn't paid by the media or stupid knows that this is an uphill battle," Wilkerson stated, emphasizing the imbalance in power and the futility of Ukraine's efforts.

A Losing Proposition

Comment: From 2015: U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson: "U.S. Republic Sinking Under Weight of Interminable Global War for Empire"

It seems the above commentary came from the following interview with Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson:



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Best of the Web: At least 55 killed with 1,000 people still missing as fire devastates Lahaina town in Hawaii (UPDATE)

Oliver Holmes, Edward Helmore
Guardian
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:25 UTC
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At least 36 people have died in wildfires that have ravaged the historic town of Lahaina in Hawaii, local authorities have said, adding that the fires remained active.

Wildfires, fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, have destroyed homes and businesses in Lahaina, a beachfront town on the island of Maui that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii. Dozens more people have been injured, and there have been 13 evacuations for three fires in the area.

Flames roared throughout the night and day, forcing adults and children to dive into the ocean for safety.

"As the firefighting efforts continue, 36 total fatalities have been discovered today amid the active Lahaina fire," a Maui county statement said. "No other details are available at this time."


Comment: Update August 11

The Independent (UK) reports:
The death toll from the devastating wildfires on the island of Maui, Hawaii, has now climbed to 55 - as officials warned that the loss of life is expected to rise further.

Another 17 fatalities were confirmed on Thursday, taking the toll to 53 victims. By Thursday night, another two people had been found dead, Maui County confirmed.

Hawaii Governor Josh Green said on Thursday evening that around 1,000 people are still unaccounted for, as he said that the Aloha State is headed for its deadliest disaster in state history.



Mr Green said that those unaccounted for are not presumed dead but that hundreds have been left without communications and so their safety is unclear.

"Here's the challenge: there's no power, no internet, no phone, no radio. You compound some of that. So when we're speaking to our officers, we need them to get a sat phone," he said.

The wildfires continue to devastate Lahaina, with more than 1,700 buildings and billions of dollars in property destroyed.

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said that the historic town has been totally wiped out.

"It's all gone. None of it's there. It's all burnt to the ground," he said.


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Best of the Web: Summary execution? FBI fatally shoots Utah man who posted threats against Biden, Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg

Andrew Blankstein, Tom Winter, Phil McCausland and Antonio Planas
NBC News
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:38 UTC
Craig Deleeuw Robertson
Agents were attempting to serve a search warrant at the Provo home of the suspect when he was shot and killed.

The FBI on Wednesday shot and killed a Utah man who allegedly made online threats to kill President Joe Biden and New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg while serving a warrant at his Provo home, officials said.

The suspect was identified in charging documents obtained by NBC News as Craig Deleeuw Robertson.

Robertson allegedly made a threat Monday that referenced the president's trip to Utah this week, saying he needed to prepare his camouflage and sniper rifle.

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