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US, Israel join forces to 'fight ransomware attacks' (which mostly come from their own countries)


Haaretz
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:33 UTC
Wally Adeyemo
© OLIVIER DOULIERY - AFPDeputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo speaks during a news conference over ransomware cyberattacks, at the Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C. last week.
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Sunday it entered a partnership with Israel to combat ransomware.

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo met with Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Director General of the National Cyber Directorate Yigal Unna in Israel on Sunday to establish a bilateral partnership, the department said in a statement

The announcement follows a virtual meeting aimed at tackling ransomware, which was held at the White House in October with the European Union and more than 30 countries, including Israel.

Comment: What this likely means is that the U.S. will be working more closely with the Israelis in the development of each country's respective CBDC. Which makes the ransomware attacks highly convenient for these countries, and others, who've needed a justifiable pretext for rolling out a technology that will give central bankers absolute control over people's money and, by extension, the people themselves.

RT reports:
The Israeli government has recently attempted to distance itself from the country's NSO Group, which was found to be providing spy technology to foreign state customers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and India, among others. Spyware created by the group has been detected on the devices of journalists and human rights activists around the world, and was even reportedly used to spy on French President Emmanuel Macron.

Earlier this month, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid argued in a press conference that NSO Group was "a private company" and "not a governmental project," and therefore had "nothing to do with the policies of the Israeli government."

The company, however, was given permission by the Israeli government to sell its services to customers in Saudi Arabia.

NSO Group and another Israeli spyware company, Candiru, were added to a US trade blacklist this month, with the US government ruling that such firms' technology was used "maliciously" to target "government officials, journalists, businesspeople, artists, activists, academics, and embassy workers."
Putin has been calling for real, multi-lateral cyber-security cooperation for a decade now, but he's ignored while these two, thick as thieves in holding companies and countries to ransom, continue their plundering ways. Expect more critical systems to 'mysteriously go offline' in the coming weeks and months...

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Green agenda: Now the organized takedown of global fertilizer supply by misled governments?

F. William Engdahl
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC
barren countryside
The global energy shortages which have driven prices for coal, oil and natural gas to explosive highs in the last months are a predictable consequence of the mad pursuit of "Zero Carbon" economic policies that have seen foolish governments subsidize a growing share of electricity from unreliable solar and wind generation. One consequence has been a five-fold rise in the price of natural gas or methane across the globe. That extends from China to the EU, USA and beyond. A follow-on consequence of that natural gas shortage and price explosion is a growing crisis in world agriculture fertilizer production. This may all be no accident. It fits the WEF Great Reset Agenda of UN 2030.

Ammonia-based fertilizers made from nitrogen (most of our air, so never in shortage) and natural gas or methane (CH4) make up almost 70% of all fertilizers used to support major agriculture crops such as wheat, corn, rice and even coffee. As natural gas prices have soared by anywhere from 300% to 500% over the past months, this has had a devastating impact on world fertilizer production where some 80% of the cost of making ammonia fertilizers is due to natural gas.
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Dollar

Biden makes energy wildly expensive while trying to sell 'green' alternatives

Larry Behrens
Daily Caller
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:58 UTC
Biden Gas prices
© Mike Blake/Reuters/RT/KJNGas prices to increase
The Biden administration's energy bait and switch is as devious as it is simple, and American families need to be on guard. It works like this: First, undermine America's domestic and affordable energy supply, which then drives up prices all across the country. Step two is forcing a total reliance on solar and wind that somehow is magically "less" expensive.

Call it the Biden two-step plan to greener failure.

For years, extreme environmentalists have been peddling falsehoods that their "green" solutions of wind and solar are more affordable. Yet, just like their apocalyptic predictions about the environment, they are constantly proven wrong. California is the poster child for adopting the green agenda, but families there are paying the highest electric rates in the continental United States. In order to pay higher electric rates than the Golden State, you have to live on islands more than 2,000 miles in the Pacific. The plan that produced those prices is a mirror image for what Joe Biden wants for the rest of the country.

Comment: Biden promises an epic disaster for America.

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Lukashenko isn't Putin's hybrid war puppet

Andrew Korybko
One World Press
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC
Luka and Putin
© UnknownFILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko • Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader also proposed to instruct Russian and Belarusian defense ministers and chiefs of staff to work through all the details related to this issue.
The Western Mainstream Media is lying when it claims that Belarusian President Lukashenko is his Russian counterpart's "hybrid warfare" puppet. This information warfare narrative is being propagated for the purpose of implicating President Putin in Lukashenko's unsavory policies by virtue of their political association through the "Union State". The Russian leader explicitly clarified that he was caught off guard by Lukashenko's recent threat to cut off gas supplies to Europe. In his words:
"To be honest, this is the first time I hear about it because I spoke with Mr Lukashenko twice recently and he never told me about that, not even a hint. But he can probably do that. Although there is nothing good about it and I will certainly talk to him about this issue, unless he just said it in the heat of the moment...Of course, theoretically, Lukashenko, as president of a transit country, can issue an order to cut off our deliveries to Europe even though it will violate our transit contract. I hope it will not come to that."
This isn't "5D chess" or some so-called "cunning plan", but one of Putin's typically candid remarks about sensitive issues. He's genuinely concerned about what his counterpart said, especially since he wasn't informed of it in advance despite having recently spoken with Lukashenko twice. Putin is implying that the Belarusian leader either said something that he didn't mean due to his characteristic impulsiveness or might even be trying to pressure Russia into taking his side against Poland and the EU.

Comment: Manipulation is rarely a good strategy and draws the opposite of the attention it seeks.

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Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma to invest in agricultural innovation, follows warnings about food security from Chinese govt

Lianhe Zaobao
ThinkChina.sg
Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:38 UTC
Jack Ma
© REUTERSAlibaba founder Jack Ma seems to be switching focus from the virtual online world to farming.
E-commerce titan, Internet technology mogul, business magnate - these are all labels that have been used on Alibaba founder Jack Ma. But in the past few months, these labels seem to be gradually fading as Mr Ma appears to be switching focus from the virtual online world to farming.

After Mr Ma criticised China's regulatory framework at the Bund Summit in Shanghai in October last year, his business empire quickly came under close inspection by the regulators, and the US$37 billion (S$50 billion) initial public offering of Ant Group, an affiliate firm of Alibaba, was halted.


Comment: Alibaba's value plummets by over $340B as China cracks down on tech monopolies


For a while, the usually high-profile Mr Ma faded from the public eye, and some people even speculated that he had been "hidden". But in mid-January, after "disappearing" for over two months, Mr Ma finally reappeared in public for a good cause, giving a video speech to 100 rural Chinese teachers.

Comment: In recent years China has shown particular foresight in its prioritization of food security and farming: For more, check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Is The Government Hyping Shortages? And is 'Vaccination Shedding' Really a Thing?



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As an ex-British Army officer, I can see the UK's new mission to bring 'freedom' to Eastern Europe will end in disaster

Paul Robinson
RT
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:42 UTC
military parade
© Belinda Jiao/SOPA Images/Sputnik/Russian Foreign MinistryMembers of the army on parade • Alexander Lukashenko
As tensions rise on the Polish-Belarusian border, the UK is pointing the finger at Russia, sounding the alarm over a potential war and threatening to send troops to Ukraine. It's impossible not to wonder who is destabilizing whom.

One of the more amusing features of the last few years has been the sound of British pundits accusing Russians of failing to get over the loss of their empire. The words 'pot', 'kettle' and 'black' keep coming to mind. Churchillian delusions of Britain standing alone against the forces of evil continue to drive the United Kingdom's perception of itself as a great power whose military might is all that stands between the world and chaos. Add to this some post-Brexit fantasies of 'Global Britain', and a distinct lack of ability to engage in critical self-reflection, and you have rather a dangerous cocktail on the world stage.
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Attention

Putin warns Belarus of major fallout if it cuts off gas to EU


RT
Sat, 13 Nov 2021 12:03 UTC
gas pipeline
© Ivan Rudnev/SputnikYamal-Europe gas pipeline facility near Minsk, Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to support a dramatic threat by his embattled Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko to shut down the flow of natural gas from Russia to the European Union.

Putin said he was blindsided by Lukashenko's suggestion to disrupt exports through Belarusian territory if Brussels hits Minsk with more sanctions.

"Nothing good will come out of it," the Russian leader told Moscow's Rossiya-1 TV channel on Saturday. He added that Lukashenko had not brought up the idea of shutting down gas transit earlier this month, when the two leaders spoke over the phone and participated in an event together via video link.
"It will be a violation of our transit agreement, and I hope it will not come to that. It will cause great damage to Europe's energy sector, and not help in the development of our relations with Belarus as a transit country."
Putin promised to discuss the threats to gas supply with Lukashenko if necessary.
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India may face US sanctions as it takes delivery of S-400 missile systems from Russia


RT
Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:21 UTC
S-400
© Alexey Malgavko/SputnikS-400 Russian air defense missile system
Russia has begun supplying India with state-of-the-art S-400 mobile air defense missile systems under the terms of a contract signed in 2018. Moscow has already delivered the top-of-the-range weaponry to China and Turkey.

"The deliveries of the S-400 equipment for India have started, and are proceeding according to schedule," the head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), Dmitry Shugayev, told RIA Novosti.

The value of the exports amounts to $5.4 billion.

The deal could potentially make India liable for penalties owing to the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) law. The 2017 legislation imposed sanctions on Russia in response to alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Iran and North Korea were also targeted, for different stated reasons.
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Black Magic

UK govt ordered to release Covid lockdown impact assessment after it refused FOIA claiming it was 'not in the public interest'

Lizzie Dearden
Indepdent
Sun, 14 Nov 2021 11:47 UTC
uk lockdown stay home save lives
© PAInformation commissioner has rejected government’s arguments documents should remain secret
The government has been ordered to publish its assessments on the impact of national lockdowns and Covid restrictions after resisting making them public, The Independent can reveal.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) officials drew up documents predicting how changing coronavirus rules would affect different groups but they have so far been kept secret.

The Liberty human rights group requested the equality impact assessments under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, but was refused and told releasing them would "not be in the public interest".

Comment: It's rather telling that governments with the most draconian lockdowns are also those most keen to keep their discussions a secret: Australian gov't wants SECRECY protections for Covid cabinet meetings

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: The Terrible Toll of Lockdowns



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Pentagon responds to Oklahoma National Guard's rejections of vaccine mandate


Team Tucker Carlson
Sun, 14 Nov 2021 23:06 UTC
national guard vaccine
The Department of Defense (DOD) has indicated that it will respond to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt after his state's National Guard suggested that it would reject a Pentagon COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all service members.


Comment: See: National Guard general defies Pentagon's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for soldiers


"We are aware of the memo issued by the Oklahoma Adjutant General regarding COVID vaccination for Guardsmen and the governor's letter requesting exemption. We will respond to the governor appropriately," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement to media outlets on Nov. 13.

Without elaborating on how the DOD would respond, Kirby said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "believes that a vaccinated force is a more ready force" and that it's "why he has ordered mandatory vaccines for the total force, and that includes our National Guard, who contribute significantly to national missions at home and abroad."

Comment: See also:

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