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Putin

Putin tells Ukraine how to end Donbass war


RT
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:08 UTC
Putin
© Sputnik/Aleksey NikolskyiRussian President Vladimir Putin speaking to the Board of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry via teleconference call, in Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine must begin talks with the two breakaway regions in the country's war-torn east to put an end to fierce fighting that has escalated in recent days.

Speaking following talks with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, Putin said that Kiev needs to sit down with representatives from the self-declared Donbass republics to secure a permanent ceasefire.
"The guarantee that peace can be restored comes with the implementation of the Minsk agreements. All Kiev needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of the Donbass and agree on political, military, economic and humanitarian measures to end this conflict. The sooner this happens, the better."
Just moments after Putin's comments, leaders in the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk announced that they were instructing civilians to evacuate across the border with Russia, citing claims that Ukrainian government troops are set to launch an offensive.

Comment: The 'war' has to be fought at the table, not the battlefield. We have progressed to the level of savages.

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Briefcase

The system fights back as Trudeau faces legal challenges

Anthony Furey
Toronto Sun
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00 UTC
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© UnknownCanadian PM Justin Trudeau and cabinet members
If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thought the legal community was just going to roll over and accept it when he decided to invoke the Emergencies Act without proper justification, he's now been proven wrong.

The PM faces at least two major legal challenges as well as a potential investigation from the federal privacy commissioner — and there could be more to come.

First, there was the announcement from the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) that they would be commencing an urgent application for judicial review at the Federal Court. CCF litigation director Christine Van Geyn explained:
"Trudeau has set a dangerous precedent by invoking the never before used federal Emergencies Act to address the current situation. The high threshold for declaring a public order emergency in the Emergencies Act has not been met. This is illegal and violates the rules of law, and that's why we are challenging the government in court."
The Emergencies Act is done via order in council and such orders can be challenged by federal court, so the court can rule against Trudeau's use of this extraordinary measures.
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Arrow Up

Devin Nunes renews calls for an investigation into Mueller after Durham revealed bombshell findings

Laura Ramirez
RSBN
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00 UTC
Mueller
© SIPA USA/PA ImagesSpecial Council Robert Muller giving testimony at a House hearing July, 2014
Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes called for an investigation into Robert Mueller's probe after a filing by Special Counsel John Durham revealed that Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign spied on Trump.

Nunes, Wednesday on "America's Newsroom," said:
"When I asked Mueller directly when he was presenting to the United States Congress what he knew about Christopher Steele and the dossier he didn't remember. I don't know if he had cognitive issues at that time, but the whole Mueller investigation should be investigated, and I hope that Durham is looking at that because you had all kinds of Clinton campaign operatives and dirty cops who were in that Mueller probe."

Nunes' comments come after Durham's filing alleged Clinton's campaign hired a technology firm to "infiltrate" Trump Tower and White House servers in an effort to push the Russian collusion hoax.

According to the filing, Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman made an "alleged false statement" to federal investigators, after vowing not to be working for "any client" while holding a meeting to reveal a "covert communications channel" among the Trump Organization and a Moscow-based bank with ties to the Russian government, Alfa Bank.

Durham's findings reveal Sussman was collaborating with the Clinton campaign on the Trump-Russia narrative.

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Bullseye

America's ruling regime doesn't fear disinformation. It fears truth

Ben Weingarten
Newsweek
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:30 UTC
Biden/Rogan
© Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images /DeepState.news/KJNU.S. President Joe Biden • Joe Rogan
In Joe Biden's America, attempting to cancel Joe Rogan is just counter-terror policy.

This is because our ruling class — in the name of "defending democracy" — classifies those who question the regime on any matter of consequence as a threat to the homeland, and pledges to pursue them accordingly. Our ruling elites have engaged in an overt war on wrongthink masquerading as a domestic counter-terror mission since at least January 6, 2021.

As part of this effort, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a speech-chilling National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin. It claims the United States is in:
"a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis- dis- and mal-information."
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Briefcase

Texas sues Biden administration over transportation mask mandate

Mychael Schnell
The Hill
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:41 UTC
AG Paxton
© AP/Houston Public MediaTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton
The state of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Wednesday seeking to block the federal mask mandate for airplanes, trains, buses and associated facilities.

The lawsuit argues that the transportation mask mandate, which has existed for almost a year, was not issued properly. The plaintiffs said the mandate did not go through a notice or comment period.

The suit also questions the effectiveness of the mandate in stopping the spread of COVID-19, writing that the policy "provides no findings that show masks have limited the interstate spread of COVID-19 through conveyances and transportation hubs."

Additionally, the plaintiffs argue that federal authorities did not have the authority to enact such a measure. They specifically said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not have the power to make or enforce "blanket preventative measures against people that may or may not carry infectious disease."
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Cult

Trudeau ignores actual violent terrorism: 20 eco-terrorists with axes surround Gaslink pipeline workers in British Columbia


The Daily Mail
Sat, 19 Feb 2022 18:33 UTC
eco terrorists damage heavy equipment Canada
© Coastal Gas LinkMillions of dollars in equipment was damaged during a 'highly planned and dangerous unprovoked assault' on the Coastal Gaslink pipeline in British Columbia
Ax-wielding eco-terrorists attacked a British Columbia gas pipeline Thursday, shooting flare guns at frightened workers and causing millions in damage, but the focus of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still seems to be on the Freedom Convoy truckers in Ottawa.

About 20 attackers, wearing camouflage and masks, surrounded Costal Gaslink workers in the early morning hours of February 17 in what the company called a 'highly planned and dangerous unprovoked assault.'

No injuries were reported, but Gaslink reported that the eco-warriors came from several directions and threatened the lives of several workers.
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Pirates

Credit Suisse ignored reports of murders linked to Bulgarian druglord whose drug money they allegedly laundered


Swissinfo.ch
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:29 UTC
Credit Suisse
© Keystone / Michael BuholzerFILE PHOTO
The former Credit Suisse banker told a Swiss court that she had informed her managers of two murders mentioned in the local press that were attributed to Banev. Her concerns were allegedly dismissed and the bank went on to do business with Banev.

In the first criminal trial of a major bank in Switzerland, Credit Suisse and the former banker face charges of allowing an alleged Bulgarian cocaine trafficking gang to launder millions of euros.

Prosecutors say a drug ring, headed by the former Bulgarian wrestler Banev, laundered CHF146 million ($158 million) through Credit Suisse, including large sums of cash in suitcases, between 2004 and 2008. Two alleged members of the cocaine-smuggling ring and two former bankers, from Credit Suisse and Julius Bär, are in the dock for the four-week trial at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, canton Ticino.

Comment: Interestingly, a similar crime by a UK bank hit the headlines back in December: UK bank NatWest fined £265m after bin bags of cash laundered, first ever conviction of bank by FCA

This is particularly notable because these crimes pale in comparison to the institutionalized corruption and criminality occurring at the world's financial centres: UK gov't pressured anti-fraud Lord to drop efforts to tackle financial crime

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Broom

Mali's ruling junta tells France to withdraw troops 'without delay'


France24
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:16 UTC
france army jet air force
© Florent Vergnes, AFPFrench soldiers board a C-130 after the handover ceremony of the Barkhane military base to the Malian army in Timbuktu, on December 14, 2021.
Mali's army-led government asked France on Friday to withdraw its troops from the Sahel state "without delay", calling into question Paris' plans to pull out over several months.

A government spokesman added in a statement announced on public television that the results of France's nine-year military engagement in conflict-torn Mali were "not satisfactory".

France's troops will leave Mali "in orderly fashion," President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, in response to the demand from Bamako's ruling junta to leave immediately.

Comment: Macron feigning concern for Mali is highly dubious because we know that Western forces have fostered African dictators, initiated coups, and backed terrorist groups in the region. As recently as March 2021 the UN declared France guilty of an airstrike against a wedding in Mali that killed 19 civilians, and later in June four French executives were indicted over their complicity in spying and torture:

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Magnify

Why Israel strikes on Syria may be more about targeting Hezbollah


RT
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:04 UTC
Israel Defense Forces military
© IDF via Getty ImagesIn this handout photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) helicopters and tanks are mobilized as the Israeli army takes part in a military manoeuvre to conquer a Syrian outpost.
Israeli airstrikes reportedly targeted southern Damascus on Wednesday, causing material damage and reflecting a larger trend of what Syria considers "Israeli aggression" against it. But what does Israel seek to achieve with these strikes?

At around 11:35pm (local time) Israel launched surface-to-surface missiles "from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the vicinity of Zakiya town," according to Syrian state media. Syrian opposition media then claimed that a Syrian military base used by pro-Iran militias was struck.

It was the third Israeli strike within the past month, with the previous attack occurring just last week. On January 31, Israeli airstrikes near Damascus reportedly targeted weapons belonging to Lebanese Hezbollah.

Comment: The (relatively) low level warfare against Syria by Israel shares similarities with the US' tactic against Russia in Ukraine: relentless low level hybrid warfare by the West and its allies, because they can't beat them fairly, and in the knowledge that a hot war would be devastating for all parties involved; in addition to the 'enemy out there' distracting citizens at home from the very real problems their own country is facing: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: As Freedom Convoy Goes Global, Empire Contrives War With Russia



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NPC

The Washington Post ascribes 'thinking of white conservatives' to Clarence Thomas

Isaac Schorr
National Review
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:33 UTC
Justice Clarence Thomas
© Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty ImagesJustice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021.
The following is from a piece in the Washington Post on House majority whip Jim Clyburn's role in picking Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer's replacement. The included quotes come from Congressional Black Caucus member Bennie G. Thompson:
"Nobody that I'm aware of feels that opposing Clyburn's nomination would be the wise thing to do," he said. "If you know that a person has been vetted by Jim Clyburn, you know that person won't go to the court and end up being a Clarence Thomas," referring to the Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.
Casual attributions of "white" and "black" ways of thinking to people and accusations that brilliant black conservatives have their wires crossed — we're just inches away from pulling out the "Uncle Tom" slur here — have made their way out of junk columns on fringe websites and into straight news reporting at the Post.

Comment: The power of ideological possession allows one to accuse black people of being white-supremacists without even a hint of irony. Clearly the black perspective only counts when it aligns with leftist thinking.

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