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Best of the Web: Putin blasts World Economic Forum honchos at Davos gabfest

Mike Whitney
Unz Review
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
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Comment: Yes dear reader, we have covered this story here before, but the insights provided by both Russia's President Putin and the author of the article merit the read. And for those of you who have not yet heard about the following - enjoy...


Why is Vladimir Putin standing up to the richest and most powerful men in the world? Why is he bad-mouthing their "pet project" Globalization and trash-talking their "Great Reset"? Does he really think these corporate mandarins and "silver spoon" elites are going to listen to what he has to say or does he realize that they're just going to hate him more than ever? Why is he doing this?

Here's what's going on: At the end of January, Putin was given the opportunity to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland (online). The WEF is a prestigious assembly of political leaders, corporatists and billionaire elites many of who are directly involved in the massive global restructuring project that is currently underway behind the smokescreen of the Covid-19 pandemic. Powerful members of the WEF decided that the Coronavirus presented the perfect opportunity to implement their dystopian strategy which includes a hasty transition to green energy, A.I., robotics, transhumanism, universal vaccination and a comprehensive surveillance matrix that detects the location and activities of every human being on the planet. The proponents of this universal police state breezily refer to it as "The Great Reset" which is the latest make-over of the more familiar, "New World Order". There's not a hairsbreadth difference between the Reset and one-world government which has preoccupied billionaire activists for more than a century. This is the group to which Putin made the following remarks:

Comment: For more on Putin's speech of the ages - and to the Great Resetters themselves no less - see:

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Best of the Web: 10 years on from Christchurch disaster, powerful earthquakes strike off New Zealand (UPDATES)


The Guardian
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:03 UTC

Comment: This keeps happening. In the last couple of years, strong quakes have been occurring on or very close to significant anniversaries (from the point of view of the afflicted country)...


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Quake centred at 10km depth, about 178km from town of Gisborne, where people felt shaking

Authorities in New Zealand have issued a tsunami warning after a shallow, powerful earthquake struck off the country's north-eastern coast in the early hours of Friday.

The quake measured a preliminary 6.9 magnitude and was centered at a depth of 10km (six miles) approximately 178km north-east of the city of Gisborne, the US Geological Survey said. Residents of Gisborne reported light to moderate shaking, it said.

There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties, but the New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency warned people who had felt a powerful tremor to move to higher ground, writing in a tweet:

Comment:

UPDATE 2100 CET

An other, even bigger, quake has struck off NZ. This one has been recorded at 8.0M, and thankfully it struck much further to the north, near the Kermadec Islands. Tsunami warnings have sounded across North Island's northern coastline.

Last month, Fukushima, Japan, felt its strongest quake since the March 2011 disaster. In September 2017, Mexico City felt its strongest since the horrendous 1985 quake struck there - on the same day, 32 years earlier.

Now, we're not saying that anthropocentric dating is the key factor here, but these recent examples of 'resonating dates' do suggest some kind of role for mass consciousness in natural, otherwise 'random' events.

Human-cosmic connection, anyone? Is some 'mass mind effect' involved (sometimes) in the timing/release of certain planetary/cosmic energies?

UPDATE 6 March 2021

A second strong quake has struck off New Zealand's northeast, this one a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, 140km east of Te Araroa, off the North Island, at a depth of 33km at around 1.14pm on Saturday.

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Bad Guys

Best of the Web: Seven years after the Maidan coup divided Ukraine, shelling of Donbass intensifies with a deafening silence from Western media

Eva Bartlett
RT
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:32 UTC
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© RIA
While much of the world is focused on Covid-related issues, Ukraine's seven-year war on the people of Donbass continues. In recent weeks, Kiev's shelling of civilians has intensified, met by the predictable Western media silence.

Ostensibly, following the Minsk agreements, there was a ceasefire. In reality, Donbass residents in villages bordering peace lines are incessantly subject to Ukrainian shelling.

Ukraine uses heavy weapons in violation of the agreement, including 82mm and 120mm mortar shells, routinely shelling at night when Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers are not patrolling the area.
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Bullseye

Best of the Web: Texas Governor Abbot announces end of mask mandate, state to be '100% open' March 10

Aaron Barker and Amanda Cochran
Click2Houston
Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:33 UTC
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The governor agrees
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he is lifting business capacity limits and the state's mask mandate starting next week.

Abbott made the announcement at a news conference in Lubbock.

"Every business that wants to open should be open," Abbott said.

Abbott said that county judges can institute coronavirus-mitigation measures in their counties if the hospitalization rate rises above 15% for seven consecutive days. However, he said no one can be jailed for failing to follow those protocols or be penalized for not wearing a mask.

Comment: Less than an hour later, the governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, announced similarly for his state.
"Starting tomorrow, we are lifting all of our county mask mandates and businesses will be able to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules," Reeves said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Our hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!
The governor said he signed "what I expect will be one of my last executive orders regarding Covid-19" on Tuesday, which will replace the restrictions currently in place with "recommendations" starting Wednesday, with the exception of a rule limiting indoor arenas to 50-percent capacity, as well as restrictions on K-12 schools.

Reeves nonetheless urged Mississippians to practice social distancing, wear masks and follow other health guidelines amid the pandemic, while State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said the health department is still "strongly recommending" that those aged 65 and older avoid social gatherings until they receive a vaccine.
Divergent realities! Mississippi has quickly followed Texas in fully reopening. Smells like coordination! Though not literal secession, there's a world of difference between life in, say, Florida vs California - effectively splitting the USA into two.

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Best of the Web: Cosmic climate change: 'Space plasma hurricane' observed in ionosphere above North Pole!

Stacy Liberatore
Daily Mail
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:09 UTC
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Scientists have confirmed the existence of space hurricanes following observations of electrons raining down in Earth's upper atmosphere
Scientists have confirmed the existence of space hurricanes following observations of electrons raining down in Earth's upper atmosphere.

A team led by Shandong University in China made the announcement after analyzing a 621-mile wide swirling mass of plasma spotted hundreds of miles above the North Pole.

Observations show a large cyclone-shaped auroral spot with a nearly zero-flow center and strong circular horizontal plasma flow and shears, all of which are found in hurricanes in the lower atmosphere - but instead of raining water, it rained electrons.

The space hurricane moved in an anti-clockwise rotation and lasted about eight hours before breaking down.

Comment: This actually happened in 2014. It sure took a while for it to 'leak out'. They obviously don't want people to be spooked by dramatic signs of solar-system-wide 'climate' shift.

See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Best of the Web: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speech at CPAC: 'Fauci is wrong a lot'

Joseph Curl
The Daily Wire
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:32 UTC
Kristi Noem
© Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesSouth Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the CPAC 2021 gathering in Orlando, Florida
Contrast South Dakota's response to COVID-19 pandemic to New York's

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem says her state did a good job dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and said the nation's lead immunologist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, "is wrong a lot."

"In South Dakota, I provided all of the information that we had to our people, and then I trusted them to make the best decisions for themselves [on how to prevent the spread of the virus] for their families and in turn their communities," she said.

"We never focused on case numbers. Instead, we kept our eye on hospital capacity. Dr. Fauci told me that I would have 10,000 COVID patients in the hospital on our worst day. On our worst day, we had a little over 600. I don't know if you agree but, Fauci is wrong a lot," Noem said.


Comment: Noem has consistently been against lockdowns, against government overreach, and against tyranny. This is a politician worthy of respect and support.

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Snakes in Suits

Best of the Web: Salmond inquiry: Scotland's former First Minister details 'malicious plan' launched against him by current FM's husband & former SNP allies

Daniel Sanderson
The Telegraph
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:20 UTC
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Former First Minister uses six-hour evidence session to detail claims that there was a 'malicious plan' against him
Alex Salmond had not spoken publicly for almost a year, since the day he was acquitted of all 13 sex assault charges last March.

Keeping quiet, the former First Minister acknowledged in his opening remarks, had not "hitherto been my normal policy". "I said nothing... today, that changes," he said.

Over the next six hours, he set out a series of remarkable claims about what he described as a "malicious plan" against him, which he alleges was launched by his former SNP allies.

SNP messages

Comment: See also: Former British Ambassador, historian, and human rights activist Craig Murray has been covering the ongoing scandal:



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Best of the Web: Blazing meteor fireball observed across UK - Update: Sonic boom reported

Lorna Hughes and Jonathon Manning
Wales Online
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:21 UTC
A large fireball was seen over the UK on Sunday night
© UK Meteor NetworkA large fireball was seen over the UK on Sunday night.
People across the UK have reported sightings of a spectacular "fireball" meteor.

The huge space object was spotted lighting up the night sky at just before 10pm on Sunday.

The UK Meteor Network, which monitors meteor sightings in Britain, said it had received hundreds of reports - with many people taking to social media to share their videos.

It said in a post on Twitter: "The reports are flooding in, 120 so far and counting. From the two videos we saw it was a slow moving meteor with clearly visible fragmentation."

Sightings of the meteor falling from the sky were reported in London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Bath, Liverpool and Devon and Cornwall.


Comment: The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received 766 reports of the event, the most widely reported in the UK since event 5538-2017 on December 31st 2017.

Update: On 2nd March BBC News reports:
The hunt is on for meteorite fragments that are likely to have fallen to Earth over England on Sunday night.

Many people across Northern Europe saw a fireball in the sky shortly before 22:00 GMT, and the streak of light was also caught on special cameras.

Scientists think some pieces will have survived the intense heat of atmospheric entry and hit the ground.

A computer model that analysed the camera data suggests the probable site of impact is just north of Cheltenham.

UK meteorite zone
The camera data indicates a favourable fall zone
"We can track the fireball really well, but the 'black magic' starts when it goes dark - when the light goes out and it still has another 10-20km to reach the ground," explained Dr Ashley King from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll) and London's Natural History Museum (NHM).

"Strong winds can blow the object off course of where you think it's going to land, and that's what we're working on now. But, yes, somewhere north of Cheltenham, out towards Stow-on-the-Wold," he told BBC News.

The fireball produced a sonic boom as it hurtled across the southern England sky. Eyewitness accounts describe the object breaking up into several defined streaks just before going dark.

Any fragments that made it to the ground will be small, smaller than an orange, say, and are likely to be dark and shiny.

Anyone who finds what they think might be a meteorite is asked to photograph it in situ, noting the GPS co-ordinates from a phone, if that's possible.

Rest of article here.
The American Meteor Society (AMS) has now received 1066 reports, which makes it the most widely reported event in the UK since their modern database system began in 1980.



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Best of the Web: 'Without parallel in democratic world': Israel slammed by watchdog over total border closure amidst lockdown


RT
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:09 UTC
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© Reuters / Ronen ZvulunRare passengers at Ben Gurion international airport near Tal Aviv during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Israel is the only democracy in the world to prohibit its citizens from returning home during the pandemic, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) said, urging authorities to relax an entry ban that, it says, violates human rights.

All entry points into Israel by land, sea and air remain shut tight since January 25 as part of the Benjamin Netanyahu government's measures to prevent the new coronavirus variants from getting into the country. No one may come or go, except the few who have received a special permission from the Exceptions Committee.

The harsh restrictions that resulted in thousands of Israelis being stranded abroad are "extremely problematic from a constitutional perspective and are without parallel in the democratic world," IDI experts said, in a paper submitted to Israel's Deputy Attorney General, Raz Nizri, on Sunday.

Australia, France, Germany, UK, Russia, the US and other nations have tried different approaches in tackling the virus, but all of them have allowed their citizens to return, the institute pointed out.


Comment: For now they have...


Comment: See also: UK, US & Singapore push for vaccine passports and yearly Covid-19 vaccinations



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Best of the Web: Police baton-charge freedom protesters in Dublin - Ireland under strictest and longest lockdown in Western world


RT
Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:33 UTC
protest dublin lockdown
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Dublin to protest Ireland's restrictive lockdown policies. But the Saturday gathering soon turned violent, as police were pelted with bottles, cans, and even fireworks.


Comment: Fact-check: many thousands of people were in attendance.


Ireland's first national lockdown in 2020 was the longest in Europe, and the nationwide restrictions currently in place have been ranked the fourth-toughest in the world - and the toughest in Europe - by researchers at Oxford University. With the highest level of restrictions set to remain in place until early April at the earliest, hundreds of protesters gathered in Dublin on Saturday to protest the measures.


After symbolically assembling at the General Post Office, where Irish revolutionaries declared independence from Britain more than a century ago, the hundreds-strong crowd marched to St. Stephen's Green, a park that had been closed by police in anticipation of the protest.

The demonstration devolved into violence along the way. Police officers blocking the route to the park were heckled and shouted at by the protesters. Video footage then showed one protester shooting a firework into an officer's face at point-blank range.


Comment: And there are no doubt many more major protests to come - globally - throughout 2021.

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