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World Economic Forum: Volodymyr Zelensky's opening speech; money, weapons advisors, and a stupid standing ovation

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The Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) opened officially its 51st Forum today, 23 May 2022. Klaus Schwab invited Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky to give the opening speech. The Key Note for the WEF, so to speak. Zelenskyy spoke on video from somewhere in Ukraine, in his traditional military green brown shirt. He spoke with his by now well-known demanding, rather than asking, in rather shrewd language.

First, the west received a little-bit of Zelensky's praise for supporting Ukraine with money, weapons and NATO advisors to fight Russia, in most everybody's Davos-mind, the aggressor. But that's not enough. Then came the hammer, Zelenskyy asked for more. For much more, money, weapons - sophisticated weapons - billions and billions more. To fight Russia.


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US trying to create a "second front" against Russia in Syria

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Without even bothering to mask its Russophobic positions in the conflict in Ukraine and experiencing a failure in its actions there, Washington is strenuously seeking to unleash a "second front" against Russia in any zone sensitive to Moscow. The United States is actively trying to destabilize the situation in the Central Asian region, to worsen relations between Russia and the European Union, to create a conflict with Japan and in the South China Sea as a whole.

The US has recently begun to take the most significant steps in this regard in Syria, where, with the use of Israel, air strikes on Syrian territory have become more frequent. Despite repeated statements by the Syrian authorities at the UN, Israeli aircraft regularly strike at various targets, including civilian objects in Syria. Israeli aviation does this quite often without entering the airspace of the Arab Republic, acting mainly from Lebanese airspace, which is a violation of international norms, or from the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2013 the IDF has carried out hundreds of such air strikes.

Another such air strike was carried out by Israel on May 12 against the Syrian city of Masyaf, which, according to Al Arabiya, citing a source in the Syrian Defense Ministry, killed five people and injured seven. The Syrian agency SANA clarified that there was a child among those wounded. According to the agency, Syrian missile defense forces managed to shoot down most of the projectiles.

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Twitter pile-on: Obama slammed for invoking George Floyd after school tragedy

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Former Democrat President Barack Obama faced backlash online Wednesday afternoon after he invoked George Floyd following the school shootings that happened on Tuesday in Texas.

Obama's remarks come after an 18-year-old Latino male stormed Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and opened fire on students, killing at least 19 children, before a nearby U.S. Border Patrol agent rushed into the building and killed the suspect.


"As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer," Obama tweeted. "His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him."

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The WHO treaty is tied to a global digital passport and ID system

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The WHO recently announced plans for an international pandemic treaty tied to a digital passport and digital ID system. Meeting in December 2021 in a special session for only the second time since the WHO's founding in 1948, the Health Assembly of the WHO adopted a single decision titled, "The World Together."

The WHO plans to finalize the treaty by 2024. It will aim to shift governing authority now reserved to sovereign states to the WHO during a pandemic by legally binding member states to the WHO's revised International Health Regulations.

In January of 2022 the United States submitted proposed amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations, which bind all 194 UN member states, which the WHO director general accepted and forwarded to other member states. In contrast to amendments to our own constitution, these amendments will not require a two-thirds vote of our Senate, but a simple majority of the member states.

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio accuses Google of censoring campaign emails

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© Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesSen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., walks to the Senate subway after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
Sen. Marco Rubio said his campaign is in 'Google purgatory,' alleging the tech giant sends a significant percentage of his campaign emails to spam.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is accusing Google of censoring his campaign emails, stating that his campaign is in "Google purgatory."

Rubio tweeted on Saturday morning that 66% of his campaign emails to "registered supporters" with a Gmail address have been sent to a spam inbox since a "Pelosi Puppet" announced she is running against him.
"Marco Rubio for Senate is in @Google purgatory Since a Pelosi puppet announced she was running against me they have sent 66% of my emails to REGIS
TERED SUPPORTERS with @gmail to spam," Rubio tweeted. "And during the final weeks of finance quarters it climbs to over 90%"

Rubio and Rep. Val Demmings, D-Fla., are running for the U.S. Senate in the Sunshine State.

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Iran blames Israel, vows revenge for brazen motorcycle assassination of IRGC colonel

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© EPAScene of Col. Sayad Khodai's killing
Iran is vowing to avenge what it's describing as a brazen assassination of a Revolutionary Guard colonel conducted by a foreign intelligence service. Col. Sayad Khodai was reportedly a commander in the elite Quds Force, which is the foreign intelligence wing of the IRGC. Israeli media is claiming that he had "planned attacks on Jews and Israelis worldwide."

The Sunday killing took place in Tehran when the IRGC colonel was approach by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle who shot him in the head. "I have agreed for our security forces to seriously follow up on this matter and I have no doubt that revenge for the pure blood of our martyr will be taken," the country's President Ibrahim Raisi said in a speech.

The military is blaming Israeli intelligence for the killing, with semi-official ISNA news agency claiming that the Guards subsequently uncovered and arrested spies backed by Israeli intelligence. Israel has not commented on the fresh accusations.

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US officials visit Saudi Arabia for Israel normalisation talks, request oil production increase

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© AFPAxios reports that visit by senior advisors comes just weeks before US President Joe Biden is expected to head to the kingdom
Two of US President Joe Biden's senior advisors have reportedly visited Saudi Arabia for talks to increase oil production and the possible normalisation of ties with Israel, Axios reported.

White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk and State Department energy envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly met with senior Saudi officials on Tuesday, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing three current and former US officials.

Earlier this week, Axios reported that the Biden administration had been quietly mediating between Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt on the transfer of two strategic islands which, if successful, could be the first step on the road to the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Bad Guys

Best of the Web: Ukraine: How and why the war was manufactured

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Without worrying about the terrible human costs of the war, which the Western powers now denounce with crocodile tears, they closed all options to Russia.
Before being elected President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first Commander of NATO. In February 1951, a few months after taking office, he wrote the following, "If in 10 years all the American troops stationed in Europe for the purpose of ensuring national defense have not returned to the United States, then this project, NATO, will have failed." The troops did not return, actually, their presence in Europe did not cease to increase. Not only that, but once the Soviet Union disintegrated and contrary to the solemn and hollow promises of the main leaders of Western governments (Clinton, Bush, Obama, Helmut Kohl in Germany, Tony Blair in the United Kingdom... etc.) in the sense that "NATO would not move an inch to the East," as a matter of fact, this criminal organization transferred supplies and troops to the very borders of Russia. How come! Weren't the enemies of the West the Soviet Union and communism? No. The enemy was, and still is, Russia, an overly large and powerful country whose mere presence, whether under a communist or capitalist regime, is an obstacle to the United States' goal of world domination, as Noam Chomsky repeatedly observed.

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Indonesia summons Britain's envoy after causing furor by raising rainbow Pride flag

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© @ukinindonesia via InstagramThe rainbow flag was flown alongside the British flag at the country’s embassy in Jakarta on May 17.
Indonesia summoned Britain's ambassador on Monday to explain the raising of an LGBTQ Pride flag at its embassy and urged foreign missions to respect local "sensitivities" following a backlash among conservatives.

Barring the sharia-ruled province of Aceh, homosexuality is not illegal in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, although it is generally considered taboo.

The rainbow Pride flag was flown alongside the British flag at the country's embassy in Jakarta on May 17 to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, according to an Instagram post by the embassy.


Comment: Did Britain dare do the same in Saudi Arabia?


Oil Well

Bulgaria reconsidering ruble gas payments

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Bulgaria plans to discuss ruble payments for Russian gas with the European Commission, Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said in an interview with BTV channel on Sunday.

Sofia had earlier rejected Moscow's new settlement demand to countries that imposed sanctions on Russia.

Nikolov was asked what is the point of countries like Bulgaria, Poland and Finland not complying with the demand, when Germany and Italy have agreed to open ruble accounts.

Comment: Bulgaria raises an excellent point. Why should they be bullied into compliance with the sanctions, when with a wink and a nod, Germany and Italy de facto ignore them? There are no viable replacements for Russian gas. Sooner or later, all of Europe, EU member or not will acknowledge that fact.