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Uganda's president defends anti-gay propaganda law


RT
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:58 UTC
uganda gay
Uganda's Yoweri Museveni insists the legislation is a done deal, and has urged cabinet members to be "ready for a war"
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has rebuffed international calls to repeal the country's recent anti-LGBTQ legislation, insisting that no amount of intimidation will persuade his government to do so.

"The signing is finished, nobody will move us... I said you people should be ready for a war. And you cannot fight a war when you are a pleasure seeker, if you like a soft life," Museveni said in a statement after a meeting with members of his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party on Wednesday.

Kampala has attracted widespread criticism and received threats of sanctions from Western nations and human rights organizations following the president's signing of what activists call one of the most severe anti-LGBTQ laws in the world.

Comment: The substance of the bill actually outlaws RAPE, which is referred to therein as "aggravated homosexuality."

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Arrow Up

Schrodinger's Offensive

Julian MacFarlane
News Forensics / Substack
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:47 UTC
The Quantum War?
Ukraine is mounting Schrodinger's Offensivoe. If it succeeds, it has already started. If it fails, then it hasn't even begun. Clint Ehrlich.
Schrodinger's Cat

Schrodinger's famous paradox as applied to the SMO in Ukraine seems to be popular. Besides Ehrlich, Brad Pierce on the Wayward Drabbler which you definitely need to read, uses it:
"...this is what I like to call "Schrodinger's War Effort," in that we're meant to believe that Ukraine is simultaneously easily winning and also desperately needs gear because it's on the brink of catastrophic collapse; similarly, Russia is simultaneously comically weak and incompetent and able to conquer Europe if they are not stopped in Ukraine."
Schrodinger was not of course trying to explain physics, he was commenting on the human capacity for absurdity, which finds fertile ground in quantum theory. We have big brain but they are not really designed for science.
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Putin predicts fate of F-16 in Ukraine


RT
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:15 UTC
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© Flickr/Lockheed MartinF-16 fighter jets
Western jet fighters "will burn" just like the Leopard tanks, the Russian president has said

Any F-16 fighters the West sends to Kiev will be destroyed just like the tanks they have already delivered, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. In case they are based outside of Ukraine, that may lead to open war with NATO, he added.

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Putin described how the much-heralded Ukrainian offensive, using Western heavy equipment delivered for the purpose, was actually going.

"Tanks are burning. Among them are the Leopards. They burn. So will the F-16s. There is no doubt," the Russian president said.
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Footprints

Ex-Border Patrol Rodney Scott: Letting migrants into US was 'the only agenda' of Biden-appointed DHS head Alejandro Mayorkas


Conservative Roof
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:49 UTC
Rodney Scott DHS migrants border
(Center) Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott testifies at a Congressional hearing
Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott testified on Wednesday that when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took office under President Biden's administration, his focus was allowing more migrants to cross the border into the U.S.

Scott gave his statement while being questioned by the House Homeland Security Committee during a hearing that specifically addressed the alleged "dereliction of duty" by Mayorkas. The former federal official testified that Mayorkas is "not incompetent" and was well aware of what effect his policies would have.

"Do you know firsthand if Customs and Border Patrol agents actually advised Mr. Mayorkas and said, 'Hey you need to reverse these policies to stop this tidal wave that's coming into the United States'?" Rep. Carlos Gimenez asked.

"He was informed verbally. He was informed in writing," Scott said.

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Dollars

GOP asks: Where did Joe Biden's $10 million windfall in 2017 actually come from?

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:30 UTC
President Joe Biden reported earning $15.6 million in 2017, of which more than $10 million was listed as income from Joe's memoir, and $3 million listed as income from Jill Biden's book.

In light of recent revelations from whistleblowers, including the fact that the FBI hid evidence that the owner of Burisma made 17 blackmail tapes of the Bidens, who were allegedly paid $10 million ($5 mil to Hunter, $5 mil to Joe), Republican lawmakers want to take a closer look at Biden's tax return, according to Breitbart.
Before the 2020 election, USA Today published a "fact check" article that tried to support the claims that the Bidens earned "$15.6 million ... from speaking fees and book deals" from 2017 to 2019, and that "more than $10 million of that total income was profits from Biden's memoir 'Promise Me, Dad' and $3 million in profits from Jill Biden's book."
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Bullseye

Lavrov: London and Washington control collective West


RT
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:05 UTC
biden
© Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP
London and Washington run the show in the "rules-based world order," trying to dictate policy to their own allies as well as countries outside the West, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT on Friday.

Russia fully understands that building relations with other countries needs to be based on mutual benefits and equal partnerships, Lavrov said in an interview with RT at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

"This is not what we see in the West these days. The Anglo-Saxons are basically running the show, controlling the rest of the collective West. They are using the current situation, which they created through Ukraine - this war against Russia - to remove competition," Lavrov elaborated.

"They see us as a competitor, they see China as a competitor. Their doctrinal documents clearly state that. But they are also removing their competition in continental Europe. It's obvious. The economic and social processes in Germany are grim. Other countries are not much better off," the Russian foreign minister added.
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Zakharova: West pressured countries to skip SPIEF


RT
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:01 UTC
Zakharova
© Sputnik / Alexander VilfRussia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
The US and its allies threatened countries with consequences if they decided to send delegations to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

Speaking to TASS news agency on the sidelines of the forum in Russia's second-largest city on Saturday, Zakharova was asked whether the West had tried to pressure nations that intended to participate in the event.

"There was immense pressure," she replied, adding that "literally every country" was approached. "They wrote letters. Threats were made during the meetings," she claimed.

Washington was the "leader" of these efforts, and was helped by other "NATO-centric countries," the spokeswoman said.
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Putin orders creation of psychiatric center focusing on behavior of LGBTQ people and issues surrounding gender roles and identity


RT
Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:40 UTC
pride
© Getty Images / David Silverman
Russia is set to create a new psychiatric institute dedicated to studying, among other things, the behavior of LGBTQ people as well as issues dealing with gender roles and identity, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko revealed during a discussion in the State Duma on Thursday.

Amid a lower parliament discussion of a bill that would ban sex change operations in Russia, Murashko was asked by Deputy Anatoly Wasserman to what extent the Health Ministry was paying attention to studies on psychological and, if need be, psychiatric methods of bringing misconceptions about gender back in line with reality.

The minister responded by pointing out that there are several medical research centers in Russia that are already studying this issue. He added that President Vladimir Putin has also ordered the creation of "an additional institute on the basis of our federal center of psychiatry to study not only these, but also a number of behavioral areas, including social behavior."
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Bad Guys

"Infantry pours blood in liters": Arestovich breaks all Ukrainian propaganda (VIDEO)


rusvesna
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:59 UTC
injured ukrainian soldier
Former adviser to the head of the Zelensky administration Alexey Arestovich in an interview with Yulia Latynina* voiced extremely unpleasant prospects for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Kiev regime. And we are not even talking about the fact that Arestovich is talking about "liters of blood" poured by the Ukrainian infantry, but that no one seems to believe in the success of the current "counteroffensive".
"I now speak directly on international forums, on the sidelines, from the stands, and when everyone nervously asks me about the counteroffensive: according to your military doctrine, a counteroffensive against a prepared defense can be successful only on the conditions of AI superiority.

Comment: See also:

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Footprints

Right-wingers boycott Zelensky's Swiss parliament speech


swissinfo.ch
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:42 UTC
zelensky swiss parliament speech
© swissinfo.chAn address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Swiss Parliament, June 15, 2023
Rightwing members of the Swiss parliament boycotted an address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that called for war materiel export restrictions to be eased.

Members of the Swiss People's Party were absent from the parliamentary chamber in protest against perceived interference of Swiss affairs.

Zelensky has in the past urged Switzerland to beef up sanctions against Russian oligarchs and now wants Swiss-manufactured weapons to be sent to Ukraine.

"I know there is a discussion in Switzerland about the exportation of war materiel to protect and defend Ukraine. That would be vital," Zelensky said during his video-link address on Thursday. "We need weapons so we can restore peace in Ukraine."

"Hundreds of Ukrainian families are suffering from Russian attacks, many Russian drones are being sent against our people every night."

Comment: The fact that Zelensky is even given a hearing in its highest government body, is enough to put paid to Switzerland's claim to neutrality:

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