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Best of the Web: Explosive Secret French Military Report Makes Shocking Admissions: "Ukraine Can't Win!"

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It's come to light that according to sources from the French Marianne paper, Macron's entire recent mental manqué resulted from a secret series of 'assessments' by the French military that not only provided an absolutely disastrous picture of the actual realities on the ground in Ukraine, but in no uncertain terms even concluded quite frankly that:
Marianne magazine
"Ukraine cannot win this war militarily."
"Ukraine cannot win this war militarily," concludes the first report, written in the fall of 2023, following Kiev's disastrous ground offensive. It praises the Russian forces as the new "tactical and technical" standard of how to run defensive operations and debunks the media myth of "meat assaults."

Comment: Good to know that some behind the political class are able to access things a little more realistically. The French military must have choked on their morning croissant, when they heard their president talking about sending French troops to fight Russia.

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Bad Guys

Best of the Web: Michael Brenner: The West's Reckoning?

Joe Biden, Usa, Israel, Ukraine
The West has set itself on a path of collective suicide — both moral and economic.

Western leaders are experiencing two stunning events: defeat in Ukraine, genocide in Palestine. The first is humiliating, the other shameful. Yet, they feel no humiliation or shame. Their actions show vividly that those sentiments are alien to them - unable to penetrate the entrenched barriers of dogma, arrogance and deep-seated insecurities. The last are personal as well as political. Therein lies a puzzle. For, as a consequence, the West has set itself on a path of collective suicide. Moral suicide in Gaza; diplomatic suicide - the foundations laid in Europe, the Middle East and across Eurasia; economic suicide - the dollar-based global financial system jeopardized, Europe deindustrializing. It is not a pretty picture. Astoundingly, this self-destruction is occurring in the absence of any major trauma - external or internal. Therein lies another, related puzzle.

Some clues for these abnormalities are provided by their most recent responses as deteriorating conditions tighten the vise - on emotions, on prevailing policies, on domestic political worries, on ginger egos. Those responses fall under the category of panic behavior. Deep down, they are scared, fearful and agitated. Biden et al in Washington, Macron, Schulz, Sunak, Stoltenberg, von der Leyen. They lack the courage of their stated convictions or the courage to face reality squarely. The blunt truth is that they have contrived to get themselves, and their countries, in a quandary from which there is no escape conforming to their current self-defined interests and emotional engagement. Hence, we observe an array of reactions that are feckless, grotesque and dangerous.

Comment: If we consider that the upper echelons of the so-called "elite" consist of individuals resembling humans but exhibiting psychopathic traits, wielding influence and control over key positions in the West, it sheds light on the current state of affairs and their motivations.

Psychopaths lack a conscience and compassion, being driven solely by wishful thinking, power, control, and greed. Unfortunately, neither Europe nor the USA boasts genuine state leaders or politicians willing to dissent and engage in critical thinking.

Currently, Russia stands as the sole country within modern civilization that upholds respect for humanity and actively opposes the encroachment of pure psychopathic malevolence seeking to dominate our planet.


Cult

Best of the Web: Pathocracy: Belgian opposition politician JAILED for 'racist memes', barred from running for office

Dries Van Langenhove
Dries Van Langenhove
Dries Van Langenhove, the founder of the far-right movement Schild & Vrienden, has been sentenced to a one-year effective prison term for violations of the racism and negationism law.

The Ghent correctional court announced its sentence for Van Langenhove, a former MP for the Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang, on Tuesday.


Comment: That's Belgium's leading opposition party, by the way.


He has been given up to one year of effective imprisonment for violations of the racism and negationism law, including denying the Holocaust.

He also has to pay a €16,000 fine and loses ten years of his civil rights, taking away his right to vote, but also the right to be elected or hold public office. He was also handed down ten months of suspended imprisonment for violations of the weapons law. Van Langenhove was again not present at the hearing.

The final sentence is more lenient than what was initially requested by the prosecution (a two-year prison sentence and a fine of €24,000). However, the Ghent court judge used strong language in the sentencing, stating that the accused was "an instigator of racism and negationism."

Comment:


The memes that landed him fines and prison time.


Gingerbread

Best of the Web: Macron fires back for first time at claims wife, 70, was born a man

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French President Emmanuel Macron has angrily hit back at longstanding conspiracy theories that his 70-year-old wife Brigitte was born a man and is transgender, calling them "false and fabricated."

Macron, 46, was unusually candid and emotional about the ongoing speculation in certain right-wing circles about Brigitte Macron, whom he married in 2007.

"The worst thing is the false information and fabricated scenarios," Macron said at an International Women's Day event in Paris Friday after he guaranteed the right to abortion in France's Constitution.

"People eventually believe them and disturb you, even in your intimacy."

Brigitte's lookalike daughter, attorney Tiphaine Auzaine, 40, who rarely gives interviews, also addressed the painful rumors in an interview late last month in Paris Match.

Comment: Here's the complete original research into Brigitte Macron's murky background:

From Jean-Michel to Brigitte Trogneux, Lies at The Elysée


Star of David

Best of the Web: Israel's ultra-orthodox threaten to 'go abroad' if drafted, Sephardic Chief rejects conscription for Haredim

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef
© Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a ceremony in Jerusalem on September 22, 2022.
The army says it needs additional manpower to prosecute the genocide in Gaza and drafting religious students is necessary

Speaking on 9 March, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef declared that Haredi (ultra-orthodox) religious students must not be drafted "under any circumstances, no matter what" and that if they are forcibly enlisted, the Haredim would "go abroad."

"Without the Torah, without the kollels, without the yeshivas, the army will have no success," he declared.

Comment: For such an allegedly patriotic and eschatologically enthusiastic people, Israeli officials, citizens, and settlers, have been rather quick to abandon ship:


Galaxy

Best of the Web: Earth's interactions with Mars may drive deep-sea circulation, 'surprising' new study suggests

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© The University of SydneyLead author Dr. Adriana Dutkiewicz from the EarthByte Group in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney.
Scientists from the Universities of Sydney and Sorbonne University have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover a connection between the orbits of Earth and Mars, past global warming patterns and the speeding up of deep ocean circulation.

They discovered a surprising 2.4-million-year cycle where deep currents wax and wane, which in turn is linked to periods of increased solar energy and a warmer climate.

The study, published in Nature Communications, tackles the questions of how geological-timescale climate change affects ocean circulation and how this could help scientists model future climate outcomes. The researchers sought to find whether ocean-bottom currents become more vigorous or more sluggish in a warmer climate.

Comment: And so the scientists admit that these processes could have a significant impact on our climate; aren't they essentially admitting that the (readily debunked) models much touted by global warmists are missing a significant piece of data?

Could it be that it's not Mars that's impacting the deep-ocean dynamics and, instead, it's that both Mars and the Earth are being impacted by the same, greater force? Such as the influence of the Sun?

Either way, it's a timely, and fascinating, finding: Also check out SOTT radio's:





Airplane

Best of the Web: Boeing whistleblower found dead in carpark ahead of legal deposition against corporation's corrupt practices

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© John BarnettJohn Barnett was a former quality control manager at Boeing.
A former Boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firm's production standards has been found dead in the US.

John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Comment: While the controversy around Boeing's lax production standards is being spun as a diversity issue, it seems there's little in Barnett's complaints about diversity-hires being the root of the problem. It more appears that the age-old issue of penny-pinching and corner-cutting.

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Yoda

Best of the Web: Why the US is trying to imprison Assange: Report from inside the Court

julian assange
© Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by A. MakkiThe prospect of the United States- a foreign government- imposing its laws on British soil to snatch a foreign journalist should scare anyone who is serious about press freedoms
Richard Medhurst is a British journalist who has covered Julian Assange's extradition case from inside the court since 2020. In this article, he explains what took place in the latest hearings, why the United States is trying to extradite the WikiLeaks founder, and why everyone should care.

Julian Assange is an Australian journalist in the United Kingdom, and the founder of WikiLeaks. He published documents that were given to him by a US soldier called Chelsea Manning, which showed US war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and much more.

The United States want to extradite Assange from the UK to America, and put him on trial for publishing these classified documents. They are threatening him with 175 years in prison.

The reason this case is so serious is because it essentially makes journalism illegal.

Bullseye

Best of the Web: Malaysian PM slams West's hypocrisy over Israel's 'murderous rampage'

Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
© Getty Images / Annice Lyn / StringerPrime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Western leaders of selectively applying international law when they condemn Russia's military operation in Ukraine but don't stand up for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

Addressing the Australian National University in Canberra on Thursday, Anwar said that, for six decades, the West has given "carte blanche" to Israel to continue its "murderous rampage on the Palestinians."

"Unfortunately, the gut-wrenching tragedy that continues to unfold in the Gaza Strip has laid bare the self-serving nature of much valued, the much-vaunted rules-based order," the PM argued.

The differing and inconsistent responses by the West towards the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts "defied reasoning," he stressed. It was a "fool's errand" to believe that other countries, including in the Indo-Pacific, would not notice inconsistencies in the application of international law.

Bad Guys

Best of the Web: Europe is wargaming a food crisis - Bloomberg

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© Centre for Systems SolutionsSlides of fictitious events from simulation videos shown to officials, food security experts and industry representatives at the 'Food Alert' event in Brussels on Feb. 1. A group of people came together last month to tackle the worst-case scenario for one of the best-fed regions in the world.
The combined forces of El Niño and La Niña have crippled Latin American soy output. Ukrainian and Russian grain farmers have gone to war. Indonesia has banned shipments of palm oil to Europe, while China is hungry for crops. The Mediterranean region is getting more like a desert.

The year is 2024. "Food shortage in Europe? The only question is when, but they don't listen," says an unidentified voice in a video broadcast. The audience sits quietly — listening.

The dramatic collision of events, of course, hasn't yet come to pass. But over two days in central Brussels last month, some 60 European Union and government officials, food security experts, industry representatives and a few journalists gathered to confront the possibility of something barely on the radar a few years ago: a full-blown food crisis.

Comment: Bearing in mind that there is sufficient evidence that a food crisis is upon us, and officials from across the planet have been warning the public of its approach for at least the last few years. Furthermore, there's also reason to believe that factions within the establishment have been actively working to ensure that the crisis is particularly dire; recall the spike in fires and explosions at energy and food suppliers.

And so, taken together, as revealed in the wargame, it's not a question of 'if' it's going to happen, but when; and what follows threatens to be unfathomably dire for anyone not prepared: