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Nvidia CEO slams Biden, warns escalating chip war with China will lead to "enormous damage"

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 24 May 2023 11:00 UTC
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© COA/The Federalist/NYT/KJNUS President Joe Biden
The CEO of Nvidia, the world's most valuable semiconductor company and which has been at the forefront of the AI revolution, warned that the US tech industry is at risk of "enormous damage" from the escalating battle over chips between Washington and Beijing.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Jensen Huang, who is preparing for NVDA's earnings call after the close today, said US export controls introduced by the Biden administration to slow Chinese semiconductor manufacturing had left the Silicon Valley group with "our hands tied behind our back" and unable to sell advanced chips in one of the company's biggest markets.

At the same time, he added, out of necessity Chinese companies have no choice but to start building their own chips to rival Nvidia's market-leading processors for gaming, graphics and artificial intelligence.
"If [China] can't buy from . . . the United States, they'll just build it themselves. So the US has to be careful. China is a very important market for the technology industry."
Biden's efforts to prevent China buying or developing advanced chips has become the most aggressive front in a new cold war between the two powers. Ironically, this comes at a time when the confused, senile president is talking about a "thaw" with China, something even the socialist New York Times was making fun of.

Comment: Biden lost his chips long ago. Unrepairable damage is his thing.

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British warmongering is driving Europe towards catastrophe in Ukraine

Jonathan Cook
Declassified UK
Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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© Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing StreetRishi Sunak • Volodymyr Zelensky • 8 February 2023
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unexpected trip to Britain last week on a whistle-stop tour of European capitals, pleading for more powerful and longer-range weapons to use in his war against Russia.

What was hard to ignore once again was the extent to which the UK is playing an outsize role in Ukraine.

Last year, shortly after the start of the war, the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, hurried to Kyiv - presumably on Washington's instructions - apparently to warn Zelensky off fledgling peace talks with Moscow.

At around the same time, the Biden administration made clear it favoured an escalation in fighting, not an end to it, as an opportunity to "weaken" Russia, a geo-strategic rival along with China.

Since then, the UK has been at the forefront of European efforts to entrench the conflict, helping to lobby for the supply of weapons, training and military intelligence to Ukrainian forces.

Comment: Ukraine's future couldn't be bleaker...but have no doubts, the US and UK will find a way.

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House votes to cancel Biden's $400B student loan handout

Peter Kasperowicz
Fox News
Wed, 24 May 2023 05:16 UTC
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The House voted Wednesday to repeal President Biden's plan to forgo more than $400 billion in federally backed student loan debt.

Lawmakers approved a resolution disapproving of Biden's student loan forgiveness plan that was announced last year and is now stalled because of an ongoing legal challenge. The Supreme Court is expected to consider the legality of Biden's plan later this summer.

On Wednesday, lawmakers voted 218-203 in an attempt to speed up the process and end Biden's plan through legislation. Every Republican present voted to pass the resolution, along with just two Democrats.

During floor debate, Democrats argued that voting to end Biden's plan would hurt the roughly 13% of Americans who are likely to qualify for loan forgiveness.


Comment: It is clear that The Big Guy's spending spree with America's money has exceeded critical mass.

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Ukrainian intelligence says it's trying to kill Putin

Kyle Anzalone
Antiwar.com
Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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Vadym Skibitsky, Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
The Ukrainian intelligence service says it's attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. A high-ranking official admitted to actively plotting the Russian leader's assassination after a recent drone attack on the Kremlin.

"Putin is noticing that we are getting closer and closer to him," Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, told Welt in an interview. He added, Putin is number one on the kill list "because he coordinates and decides what happens."

The Ukrainian intelligence official claimed his agency had failed to kill Putin because he "stays holed up." Skibitsky suggested another attempt could be made soon as the Russian leader "is now beginning to stick his head out."

Ukrainian officials have admitted to previously attempting to kill Putin. Last year, Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda claimed, "There was an attempt to assassinate Putin...[It was an] Absolutely unsuccessful attempt, but it really happened... It was about [March 2022]."

Comment: See also: Assassinating Vladimir Putin?

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Clown Prince Zelensky's Saudi and Japanese slime trail

Declan Hayes
Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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The way forward for Japan, as well as Taiwan and Korea, is to emulate Saudi Arabia and to tiptoe away as gingerly as they can from their American lords and masters.

Fresh from defiling Western Europe, Clown Prince Zelensky's slug show next hit Saudi Arabia and Japan, two countries where protocol and presentation are paramount. Zelensky's insistence on showing up in both countries in his GI Joe regalia did whatever self-serving cause he was propounding immense and irreparable harm.

First off was Saudi Arabia where Syria's President Assad, and the world's other Arab leaders, showed how things are done in their neck of the woods, much as they are done in Japan. You dress the part, play by the rules and business gets done.

Indeed, when you fly into Tokyo's Narita Airport, you first see a huge sign: Welcome to Japan. Obey the Rules. One such rule is that, when in Rome, one does as the Romans or, in their case, the Japanese do. It is essential because, as any Japanese will tell you, the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. No square pegs in round holes there; in Japan, as in Saudi Arabia, it is strictly horses for courses and no GI Joe, unless you are into teenage cosplay.
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160-plus retired military brass urge Congress to root out DOD's poisonous 'diversity' and 'equity' programs

Samuel Boehlke
The Federalist
Wed, 24 May 2023 00:01 UTC
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More than 160 retired generals and admirals recently signed a letter calling on Congress to remove so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from the Department of Defense and remove funding for such programs from the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

"As our Nation faces looming threats from 'foreign' adversaries/enemies, our military is under assault from a culture war stemming from 'domestic' ideologically inspired political policies and practices. ... Our military must be laser focused on one mission — readiness, undiminished by the culture war engulfing our country," Flag Officers 4 America wrote in the letter addressed to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Armed Services Subcommittee Chairman Mike Rogers, and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert.

Comment: See also:

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Death of Russia's education minister on return from Cuba is latest suspicious death of high profile Russian citizen

Ivana Kottasová
CNN
Thu, 25 May 2023 21:43 UTC
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© Russian Ministry of Science and Higher EducationRussia's Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Pyotr Kucherenko died while returning from Cuba.
A Russian politician died of - as of yet - unknown causes after falling ill on a plane on Saturday, the latest in a string of mysterious deaths among Russian elites.

Russia's Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education, Pyotr Kucherenko, 46, died while returning from a trip to Cuba on Saturday, according to the ministry.

"Kucherenko was feeling ill while on a plane with a Russian delegation that was returning from a business trip to Cuba. The plane landed in the city of Mineralnye Vody, where doctors tried to assist," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website, adding that the minister could not be saved.

Comment: It looks like the CIA has assassinated another member of the 'Russian elite', this time a government minister.

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Microsoft claims critical US infrastructure targeted by Chinese hackers

Kurt Schlosser
Geek Wire
Wed, 24 May 2023 13:32 UTC
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Microsoft warned on Wednesday that it has uncovered "stealthy and targeted malicious activity" by a state-sponsored actor in China aimed at disrupting "critical infrastructure organizations" in the United States.

The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant said in a security blog post that the "Volt Typhoon" campaign has been active since mid-2021. Targeted organizations in Guam and elsewhere in the U.S. include communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors.

Microsoft said Volt Typhoon "could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region during future crises." The company added that behavior it has observed suggests hackers intend to perform espionage and maintain access without being detected for as long as possible.

Comment: The hackers behind these operations aren't usually easily identified, nor is it likely the US knows that they're 'state sponsored', and so it seems most likely that, whilst surely China would be capable of such a feat, this is more likely to be the US hyping up - or even making up - an issue in their ongoing, and sadly successful (at least at home), demonisation of China campaign: Record-low 15% of Americans view China favorably

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Poland's ex-army chief claims it must prepare to support insurrection in Belarus

Jo Harper
Anadolu Agency
Wed, 24 May 2023 12:00 UTC
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Poland must prepare for an uprising in Belarus "because it will happen," according to a former Polish army chief.

"We must be ready to support the divisions that will lead the operation against (Belarusian President Alexander) Lukashenko," Waldemar Skrzypczak told Polsat News on Wednesday.

"If the Ukrainian counter-offensive ends successfully, those Belarusians who are part of Ukraine's military potential will not hand over their weapons," Skrzypczak said. "They will go to Belarus. I hope this causes an insurrection. Lukashenko is afraid of it."


Comment: Skrzypczak should be careful what he wishes for: Protesters in Poland urge end to support for Ukraine war and 'Ukranization' of country


Warsaw, he went on to say, needs to be ready to support such units.

Comment: In a September 2022 poll, Putin received a 78% confidence rating, could Poland's government claim similar confidence amongst its people? Notably, few European governments could.

Regardless, whilst recent reports have shown Poland's current and former leadership to be particularly pathological, this statement that they should encourage and support an armed coup in Belarus is one of the worst, albeit revealing, yet:

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SOTT Focus: 'Covid-19 an Act of Biological Warfare', US 'Intentionally Released Virus in Wuhan', EU Parliament Summit Told


The Standard, HK
Wed, 24 May 2023 21:06 UTC
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The Covid-19 coronavirus was "intentionally released" by the United States in Wuhan, China, with the target to trigger a global pandemic to raise public acceptance of vaccines, a US businessman specializing in patent auditing said.

David Martin, the founding chairman of M Cam asset management company, said at an International Covid Summit organized by the European Parliament in Brussels earlier this month that the US was responsible for the making of both coronaviruses causing the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome - or SARS - in 2003 and the Covid-19 pandemic in the past three years.

The third edition of the summit featured speakers from anti-lockdown advocates to medical academia to discuss the global pandemic response. The speakers shed light on the possibility that the coronavirus which caused the pandemic was man-made, instead of naturally occurring.

In his speech, Martin said: "The pandemic that we alleged to have happened in the last few years did not happen overnight. In fact, the very specific pandemic using the coronavirus began at a different time."


Comment: As we've been saying since... oh, April 2020.

Nevertheless, given the draconian levels of censorship that have been instituted since then, it's surprising to see the truth about C-19 aired in Brussels.

Western media, of course, is dutifully ignoring this summit's findings. The above report on it is from an English-language Hong Kong daily...

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