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Biden eyes tougher vaccine rules without provoking backlash

Zeke Miller
ABC News
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:44 UTC
Biden
© AP/Evan VucciUS President Joe Biden East Room press conference
When the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. first began to slow, President Joe Biden backed incentives like million-dollar cash lotteries if that's what it took to get shots in arms. But as new coronavirus infections soar, he's testing a tougher approach.

In just the past two weeks, Biden has forced millions of federal workers to attest to their vaccination status or face onerous new requirements. He's met with business leaders at the White House to press them to do the same.

Meanwhile, the administration has taken steps toward mandating shots for people traveling into the U.S. from overseas. And the White House is weighing options to be more assertive at the state and local level, including potential support for school districts imposing rules to prevent spread of the virus over the objection of Republican leaders. Biden said Thursday:
"To the mayors, school superintendents, educators, local leaders, who are standing up to the governors politicizing mask protection for our kids: thank you. Thank God that we have heroes like you, and I stand with you all, and America should as well."
But even as Biden becomes more aggressive, he has refrained from using all his powers to pressure Americans to get vaccinated.

Comment: We the People, are being played on a national scale for all it's worth, which would be just about everything considering the scope and depth of this operation. Given that the above is the game plan Biden is benevolently sharing with the public, the one they really want must be many times worse.

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A day in the death of British justice

John Pilger
MintPress News
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
Assange sign crowd
© AP/Matt DunhamCrowd outside the courthouse of first hearing in the Julian Assange extradition appeal.
High Court in London • August 11, 2021
I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange's partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, her name was uttered in court by a barrister and a judge, forgettable people were it not for the power of their endowed privilege.

The barrister, Clair Dobbin, is in the pay of the regime in Washington, first Trump's then Biden's. She is America's hired gun, or "silk", as she would prefer. Her target is Julian Assange, who has committed no crime and has performed an historic public service by exposing the criminal actions and secrets on which governments, especially those claiming to be democracies, base their authority.
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Better Earth

You need to understand that the US is the most tyrannical regime on earth

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.substack.com
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
US military jets
© US NavyUS Military Jets
You get a lot of moral clarity when you realize that the US government is the most despotic and corrupt regime on the entire planet by a very wide margin. This clarity informs your perspective in a way that helps you see through a lot of the propaganda narratives that are laid over the public's vision about what's going on in our world.

Whenever I say the US is the most tyrannical regime on earth I get a lot of objections from people, and these are always people who simply haven't thought very hard about the horrific realities of US foreign policy. Sure you can name some governments who are more brutal and oppressive toward their own citizenry than Washington, but you can't name any who are more brutal and oppressive overall when you zoom out and look at the big picture.

The United States is currently circling the planet with hundreds of military bases and waging wars which have killed millions and displaced tens of millions just since the turn of this century. Its sanctions and blockades are starving people to death en masse every single day. It works to destroy any nation which disobeys its dictates by toppling their governments via CIA coups, proxy armies, partial and full-scale invasions, and the most egregious number of election interferences in the entire world.
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Briefcase

Evidence presented to grand jury in Durham's Russia probe

Eric Tucker
AP
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
Durham
© US Department of Justice/APFederal prosecutor John Durham
John Durham, the federal prosecutor tapped to investigate the origins of the Russia investigation, has been presenting evidence before a grand jury as part of his probe, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.

The development is a potential sign that Durham may be mulling additional criminal charges beyond the one he brought last year against a former FBI lawyer who admitted altering an email about a Trump campaign aide who'd been under FBI surveillance. Durham is also expected to complete a report at some point.

A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Friday that Durham was presenting evidence to a grand jury and contemplating possible charges against some FBI employees and others outside government. A person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed Durham's use of the grand jury to The Associated Press.

Comment: Apparently the probe is still ongoing, taking its time.

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Attention

'Graveyard of Empires' claims another victim

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:17 UTC
Graveyard of Empires
© Corbett Report
The war in Afghanistan is over! Long live the war in Afghanistan!

Yes, in case you haven't heard, the US Armed Forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan at the end of the month and NATO's "Resolute Support" mission — which took over from the NATO combat mission that ended in 2014 — will wind up at the same time. And now, exactly as predicted, everything is chaos. And by "everything," I mean everything.

The Taliban is quickly taking over the country. This story is developing by the hour so it will doubtless have moved on by the time you read this, but as of press time the Taliban have already seized half of Afghanistan's provincial capitals — including Kandahar and Herat, the second and third largest cities in the country respectively — and are on their way (inevitably, we are told) to capturing Kabul itself. The US military has given up defending the country and is now launching "over-the-horizon" strikes from Qatar and the Persian Gulf and using drone strikes to destroy its own artillery and armoured vehicles, which are increasingly falling into Taliban hands.

In response, everyone is getting the hell out of Dodge. Denmark is evacuating Afghan citizens who worked at their embassy. Canada is deploying its special forces to evacuate its own embassy staff. The US military is doing likewise and begging the Taliban to pretty please don't hurt us as we run away. (No word yet on whether people will be hanging from helicopters as they make their last minute escape.)

And, oh yeah, by the way, Al CIAda is regrouping.

Are you scared yet? Well, you should be. Not because the scary turbaned bogeymen are coming to get you again, of course, but because the government-media-military-industrial-technological complex want you to be scared, meaning that they doubtless have something up their sleeve.

So what's really happening in Afghanistan?

The simplest answer to that question might be: Nothing unexpected. After all, the country is called "The Graveyard of Empires" for a reason.
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MIB

Russian hypersonic weapons company chief detained by security services in Moscow on suspicion of passing secrets abroad


RT
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:23 UTC
Alexander Kuranov
© Hypersonic Systems Research InstituteAlexander Kuranov
The director of an aerospace firm that works on contracts from the Russian government has been detained by the country's top security service, the FSB, after reportedly sharing sensitive information relating to its high-tech work.

In a statement to TASS on Thursday, an unnamed official confirmed that Alexander Kuranov, the boss of engineering firm NIGS, is being held by authorities. The press service of the Lefortovo Court in the capital later confirmed that prosecutors are seeking to keep him behind bars initially for two months while a case is being prepared against him for alleged treason.

Comment: It would appear that the 'hostage diplomacy' wars are heating up; although, at least Russia and China's charges seem to have some validity, whereas, as usual, the West's borders farcical:

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Pharoah

Us and Them: UN globalists arriving in UK for climate summit won't face COVID restrictions imposed on British citizens

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
United Nations Climate Summit 2014
United Nations Climate Summit 2014
While British holidaymakers continue to face uncertainty and headaches over returning from foreign vacations, UN globalists arriving for a climate conference in Scotland won't face the same COVID-19 restrictions.

For months, Brits have been hesitant to travel due to onerous quarantine rules which enforce self-isolation upon return from different destinations.

This was exacerbated by the government constantly changing which countries were on the green, amber, amber-plus and red lists - leaving many holidaymakers in limbo stranded abroad.

UK citizens returning home from red list countries, many of which are located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, have to undergo a brutally enforced quarantine in specially designated prison-like hotels at their own expense.

The 10 day quarantine applies even if the individual is vaccinated, while those returning from amber countries have to perform the same self-isolation at home, with local authorities and police routinely checking up on them.

However, the same rules won't apply to globalist environmentalist alarmists visiting Scotland for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November.

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Sheriff

Russia-China joint military exercise 'complete success', US-Israel perform 'first of its kind' military aerial operation in Southern Israel

Jonny Tickle
RT
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:28 UTC
Russia china military exercise
Russia's joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a "complete success" and demonstrated a "high level" of cooperation.

That's according to Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, who spoke on Friday following a week of war games.

"These drills have great significance," Wei said. "These are the first joint drills organized in China since the outbreak of the epidemic. And these are the first-ever Chinese operational and strategic maneuvers with the participation of Russian troops."

Comment: Journalist Samuel Ramani comments that Russia is also seeking to improve military relations with India:


Meanwhile the US and Israel have also been engaged in a 'first of its kind, historic' aerial military exercise over southern Israel; which certainly makes a change from the US executing these exercises near Russia's border:
"The aircrews practiced various operational scenarios in the air, including joint exercises against ground, aerial and combined threats while striking designated targets," said the Israel Defense Forces. U.S. and Israeli air forces hold joint aerial exercises over southern Israel, August 2021.

The Israeli Air Force and U.S. Air Force Central Command announced on Tuesday the completion of the Desert Eagle joint exercise at Uvda Air Force Base in southern Israel.

The exercise marked the first joint drill between the IAF and AFCENT, noted the IDF, describing the cooperation as "historic" and "another example of the long-standing alliance and strategic cooperation between Israel and the United States."

During the drill, Israeli F-15 fighter jets from the 133rd Squadron flew alongside USAF F-15s from the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.

The IAF's 115th Squadron of F-16 jets simulated enemy forces during the drill.

In June, IAF F-35 jets joined counterparts from the United States, Italy and Britain for a joint exercise in Italy.
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Attention

From Monsanto to Pfizer it's the same old playbook

Colin Todhunter
Off-Guardian
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 01:27 UTC
The "settled science" behind GMOs can teach us valuable lessons about the rollout of Covid19 "vaccines".
Monsanto & Pfizer
© Off-Guardian
Why are numerous 'independent alternative' media outlets and writers not questioning the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? If anything, they are promoting it without even considering the serious concerns being voiced by top scientists.

When there are experts like cardiologist and epidemiologist Professor Peter McCullough, Dr Robert Malone (credited with inventing mRNA vaccine technology), former vice president of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Dr Michael Yeadon, vaccine researcher and immunologist Dr Byram Bridle, world-renowned microbiologist Dr Sucharit Bhakti and hundreds of other respected scientists, immunologists and virologists expressing serious concerns or even calling for a halt to the rollout, surely their views must be given space.

However, from the outset, these self-proclaimed 'anti-establishment' platforms and journalists threw their hand in with the official COVID-19 narrative.

They are now supporting the vaccine rollouts and by implication the entities pushing the vaccines - governments, mainstream media, the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, Big Pharma and Silicon Valley and its bedfellow, the US military.

In effect, the full weight of the establishment has been brought to bear on pushing the COVID narrative and the vaccines. The very establishment that these 'independent' media outlets have previously challenged over the devastating 'humanitarian' conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria.

To show such contempt for human life (civilian 'collateral damage') via geopolitical and resource-grabbing wars sold under the thin veneer of 'the war on terror' or 'humanitarian intervention' but then feel a need to save humanity from the 'deadly' virus must make some of those supporters of the official line on COVID just a little suspicious of the motives.

As critical care physician Dr Pascal Sacre recently wrote:
If people want trustworthy rulers, honest politicians, they should always judge rulers, financial elites and politicians by their actions rather than by their words."
By not giving space to top scientists in the field of vaccine technology, immunology or virology who express deep concerns, these outlets are in fact engaging in censorship as much as the mainstream media, Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube.

Science involves open debate and transparency, not censorship.
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Bizarro Earth

Taliban announces total conquest of Kandahar as Afghan officials confirm fall of 2nd-largest city


RT
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 20:25 UTC
Kandahar
© REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiHumvees that belong to Afghan Special Forces are seen destroyed during heavy clashes with Taliban during the rescue mission of a police officer besieged at a check post, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2021.
The Taliban has claimed complete control over Kandahar following fierce fighting, as officials confirm that government forces have retreated from the second-largest city.

A spokesperson for the militant group posted a statement on Friday announcing that Afghanistan's most important provinces - Kandahar, Helmand, Herat and Badghis - had been completely conquered.

The Taliban said it had seized hundreds of weapons and vehicles, as well as large amounts of ammunition, following the successful military operation.

An Afghan member of parliament who spoke with CNN confirmed the city was no longer under the control of the Kabul government.

"Many (government) soldiers surrendered and the rest fled," Gul Ahmad Kamin told the outlet, adding that some Afghan forces were still waiting to be evacuated from the city.

A local government official quoted by Reuters said the Taliban seized the city following "heavy clashes" that lasted late into the night.

Comment: The UK defence secretary thinks a civil war is coming to the country. Denmark and Norway shut their embassies in Kabul, and Germany has cut its staff to a bare minimum. The U.S. embassy has been instructed to destroy sensitive documents and computers.
US negotiators have asked the Taliban not to attack the embassy, threatening the loss of foreign aid, the Times said. But state-backed NPR said the future of the embassy's many Afghan workers "was not immediately clear." The embassy memo indicated that a small consular staff will remain in Kabul, though it's not clear how that would be feasible if the capital is captured by the Taliban.

Biden has insisted that the fears of a Vietnam-like exit are unfounded. When asked by a reporter last month about possible parallels to the Saigon evacuation, he said, "None whatsoever. Zero. What you had is, you had entire brigades breaking through the gates of our embassy, six, if I'm not mistaken. The Taliban is not the south — the North Vietnamese army. They're not, they're not remotely comparable in terms of capability."
There's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable.
Not everyone is convinced. US Representative Mike Rogers (R-Alabama), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said American lives have been put at risk by Biden's "haphazard" withdrawal from Afghanistan. As a result, he added, the turmoil in Afghanistan is unsurprising, and "the worst is yet to come."

"Weeks ago, President Biden promised the American people that we would not have a Saigon moment in Afghanistan," Rogers said in a statement on Thursday. "Now, we are watching President Biden's Saigon moment unfold before us." The congressman predicted on Friday that the withdrawal deadline will be missed as more troops are sent to the central Asian country.

In addition to the 3,000 troops who have already been dispatched to Afghanistan, 4,500 to 5,000 others are being moved to bases in Kuwait and Qatar, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Friday. About 3,500 to 4,000 are from the 82nd Airborne Division and will be put on stand-by in Kuwait, "in case we need even more than the 3,000 going to Kabul," Kirby said.
The U.S. previously estimated it could fall to the Taliban in 90 days. According to some reports, the Taliban could take it over in a matter of days (or hours).
According to ground reports, Kabul is ready for its takeover by Taliban, as the terrorist group continue its offensive against Afghan forces and blitz of cities, sources told CNN-News18.

Police stations are empty, and officers have run away with arms and ammunition for personal safety, the sources said. It is only a matter of time by when the Taliban reach Kabul - either by late night or tomorrow morning, they said, adding that however, the terrorist group will not attack the Presidential Palace.

Sources said the Taliban will honour international commitments and it is possible the Kabul administration will shift to the Kabul airport in the next few hours.
Eighteen of 34 provinces are now in Taliban hands:
  • August 6 - Zaranji (Nimruz)
  • August 7 - Sheberghan (Jowzjan)
  • August 8 - Kunduz (Kunduz)
  • August 8 - Sar-e Pol (Sar-e Pol)
  • August 8 - Talquan (Takhar)
  • August 9 - Aybak (Samangan)
  • August 10 - Farah (Farah)
  • August 10 - Pul-i Khumri (Baghlan)
  • August 11 - Faizabad (Badakhshan)
  • August 12 - Ghazni (Ghazni)
  • August 12 - Kandahar (Kandahar)
  • August 12 - Herat (Herat)
  • August 12 - Qala-e-Naw (Badghis)
  • August 13 - Lashkar Gah (Helmand)
  • August 13 - Tirin kot (Uruzgan)
  • August 13 - Chaghcharan (Ghor)
  • August 13 - Pul-e Alim (Logar)
  • August 13 - Qalat (Zabul)


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