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NATO member to fight 'pro-war propaganda' - official


RT
Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:49 UTC
FILE PHOTO: Head of Hungarian Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyas
© AFP / Attila KisbenedekFILE PHOTO: Head of Hungarian Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyas
Budapest wants media financing. to be "transparent" as part of its "anti-war action plan," said Gergely Gulyas

Hungary is set to introduce a new "anti-war action plan" which will include measures aimed at countering "war propaganda," Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office, announced at a press conference on Monday.

Under the plan, any political forces or media outlets accused of promoting belligerent policies would be required to reveal their funding sources. The goal is "full transparency," Gulyas said. The measure is primarily aimed at the media, the nation's news outlets reported, noting that political parties in Hungary are already legally barred from receiving funds from abroad.

Comment:
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"Hungary would like to be in contact with any country that can contribute to peace". That would not involve many countries in the Western sphere of influence.

2)
When asked if "foreign funding" included money coming from within the EU, Gulyas said that the measure would be focused on financing coming from outside the bloc. He argued, however, that the EU itself is dominated by "war propaganda" focused on the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow.
From outside the bloc could be countries like the US, and the UK.

3) The move from Hungary comes after the visits of Victor Orban. 4) On SOTT, there are many articles about propaganda. The numbers below are from 2022 but they give an idea.

Search: Propaganda
Title: 1538 articles
Summary: 3707 articles
Text: 11185 articles
Comment: 2611 articles
Title and summary: 536 articles
Title, summary, and text: 372 articles,
Two examples:
On Covid-19 and beyond, Western democracies are deploying military-grade propaganda to fight dissent In this case some Western democracies oppose dissent from the demanded support for more war efforts in Ukraine, increased military spending, and more US bases in Europe
Meta claims US military link to pro-US online propaganda on Facebook

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Yoda

UK: JK Rowling launches a fresh attack as Keir Starmer appoints TWO women and equalities ministers

Greg Heffer
The Daily Mail
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:40 UTC
Bridget Phillipson Anneliese Dodds
© Anadolu/Getty ; ReutersDowning Street revealed both Bridget Phillipson (L) and Anneliese Dodds (R) would hold the title of women and equalities minister in the new Government
One thinks trans women with penises can use female loos and another who said there are 'different legal definitions' for 'a woman'

JK Rowling launched a fresh attack on Labour as Sir Keir Starmer appointed two women and equalities ministers to sit around his Cabinet table.

In a surprise move, Downing Street revealed both Bridget Phillipson and Anneliese Dodds would hold the title in the new Government. It led to confusion about who would ultimately be in charge of fulfilling Labour's pre-election promise to 'simplify' the process for trans people to legally change gender.

Rowling this morning questioned the choice of Ms Dodds for the role, having previously clashed with Ms Phillipson over Labour's stance on transgender issues.

Comment: Heaven bless J.K. Rowling for continuing to defend women as women though over the years it has cost her and her family and friends dearly. Still she has her supporters and they are growing in number.

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Dollars

Sanctions will eventually end dollar dominance - Russian tycoon


RT
Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:14 UTC
Andrey
© Valeriy Levitin/SputnikAndrey Melnichenko
A new multipolar order is in the making, EuroChem founder Andrey Melnichenko told Tucker Carlson.

US sanctions policies will eventually result in the dollar losing its longstanding dominance in the global economy, the founder of fertilizer producer EuroChem, Andrey Melnichenko, has told American journalist Tucker Carlson.

In a nearly two-hour interview published on Carlson's YouTube channel on Wednesday, the two talked on a range of matters, including the Western sanctions imposed against the businessman over the Ukraine conflict.

Melnichenko, who founded EuroChem and coal-producing company SUEK two decades ago, was placed on the US and EU sanctions list in 2022, along with his wife. He was also blacklisted by other Western countries, including the UK and Switzerland.

Talking about the sanctions, Melnichenko said that he considers himself "collateral damage of the bigger conflict."


Comment: Melnichenko offers level-headed perspective to the range of Carlson's questions.

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Hiliter

Major Russia-Iran treaty remains on track - president-elect


RT
Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:37 UTC
Pezeshkian
© Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesMasoud Pezeshkian during a campaign rally.
The finalization of the cooperation agreement was paused due to death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last May.

Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a stalled comprehensive cooperation treaty between the two nations will soon be signed, according to local media.

The proposed deal was intended to bolster bilateral relations but progress was paused after Pezeshkian's predecessor, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash in May. The incoming leader of the Iranian government, who was elected last week, promised progress on Monday after Putin called to congratulate him on his victory.

The new government will follow up on the work done by Raisi's cabinet, the president-elect told Putin, as reported by ISNA news agency on Tuesday. He expects the finalized treaty to be signed on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which Russia will host in Kazan in October. BRICS is a group of non-Western economies that promote a new multipolar world order.
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Star of David

Israel approved killing its own soldiers - media


RT
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:34 UTC
troops
© Gil Cohen-Magen/APIsraeli troops gather near Ashkelon, Israel • October 15, 2023
A controversial protocol reportedly allows the Israeli military to prevent kidnapping by any means.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) authorized strikes on its own soldiers - and possibly civilians - to prevent them from being taken to Gaza by Hamas militants, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.

The allegations that the command had been issued, initially made months ago by journalist Max Blumenthal, were initially denied outright by West Jerusalem but have resurfaced following reporting from the Israeli outlet.

As Hamas militants raided military bases and settlements across southern Israel on the morning of October 7, the IDF's Gaza Division and Southern Command relayed the directive "Hannibal at Erez" to a nearby outpost, followed by an order to "dispatch a Zik," Haaretz reported on Sunday.

This order tasked the outpost with employing the so-called "Hannibal Directive," a secretive Israeli policy that permits soldiers to take the lives of their comrades in order to prevent their capture. A Zik is an attack drone capable of firing guided missiles at targets below.

The Hannibal Directive was given multiple times at Erez throughout the day, Haaretz reported, and at two other locations: Re'im army base, where the Gaza Division is headquartered, and an outpost near the Nahal Oz Kibbutz, from where around two dozen soldiers and civilians were taken hostage.
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Stop

Cuba claims it thwarted US-financed terror plot


RT
Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:41 UTC
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© Westend61/Getty Images
Nearly three dozen people have been detained over ties to a supposed criminal group operating out of neighboring Florida.

Cuban authorities have foiled a suspected terror plot involving weapons smuggled from the US, Victor Alvarez Valle, lead criminal investigator with Cuba's Interior Ministry, said on Monday.

The plot first came to light in December last year, when authorities said they detained a man who had illegally arrived on the island from the neighboring US state of Florida carrying guns, ammunition, and military gear. He was suspected of intending to "execute violent actions" in the Caribbean nation.

Alvarez identified the man as 40-year-old Ardenys Garcia, a Cuban residing in Florida, who had illegally emigrated to the US in 2014. According to investigators, the seven-month probe that followed Garcia's detention revealed a massive terror scheme which "was planned, organized, supported and financed by a group of Cuban terrorists based in the US" known as La Nueva Nacion Cubana.
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Tank

Wall Street Journal finally admits high-tech Western weapons 'useless' in Ukraine conflict


RT
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:59 UTC
ukraine artillery
© AFP / Roman PilipeyUkrainian soldiers fire a Swedish-made Archer 155mm howitzer at Russian positions in the Donetsk People's Republic, January 20, 2024
Satellite-guided shells are particularly vulnerable to Russian jamming technology, commanders in Kiev have told the newspaper

Russia's electronic warfare capabilities have rendered precision-guided Western munitions "useless" in the Ukraine conflict, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. With their guidance systems scrambled, some of these weapons have reportedly been retired within weeks of hitting the battlefield.

When the US announced the delivery of GPS-guided Excalibur artillery shells to Ukraine in 2022, pro-Kiev outlets predicted that the $100,000-per-shot projectiles would make "Ukrainian artillery a whole lot more accurate" and "cause Russia a world of pain."

However, the Russian military adapted within weeks, Ukrainian commanders told the Wall Street Journal. Russian signal-jamming equipment was used to feed false coordinates to the shells and interfere with their fuses, causing them to veer off course or fall to the ground as duds.

Comment: Russia has followed two tracks in its military development: cheap, mass-production of drones, armoured vehicles and tanks, and cutting-edge research in electronic warfare first deployed in Syria. The two combined make the outcome of the Ukraine conflict inevitable.

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Clipboard

Nikki Haley releases RNC delegates, urges support for Donald Trump at convention

Kerry Picket
The Washington Times
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:47 UTC
nikki haley delegates trump convention
© AP Photo/Cliff OwenFormer U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks in Washington, May 22, 2024. Haley is releasing the delegates she won during this year's Republican primary so that they're free to support Donald Trump at next week's convention. Haley on Tuesday, July 9, opted to release her 97 delegates won across a dozen primaries and caucuses earlier this year.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday released all of her 97 delegates to the Republican National Convention and encouraged them to nominate former President Donald Trump and the convention next week in Milwaukee.

"The nominating convention is a time for Republican unity. Joe Biden is not competent to serve a second term and Kamala Harris would be a disaster for America," Ms. Haley said in a statement.

"We need a president who will hold our enemies to account, secure our border, cut our debt, and get our economy back on track. I encourage my delegates to support Donald Trump next week in Milwaukee."

Comment: Besides conceding the inevitable, Haley is surely bucking for a position in the next Trump administration, should it come to pass. Considering her previous performance, one hopes Trump won't be swayed by his feelings of loyalty to those who support him. She was a disaster.

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Snakes in Suits

Karine Jean-Pierre admits giving false information about Biden neurology visit after outcry over health misdirection

Steven Nelson
NY Post
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:41 UTC
Karine Jean-Pierre
© REUTERSPress secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
President Biden was seen by neurologist Kevin Cannard, who specializes in Parkinson's disease, at the White House on Jan. 17, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre admitted late Tuesday — hours after telling reporters the opposite at her regular briefing.

The clarification came just a day after Jean-Pierre scolded a journalist who pressed her for details on Cannard's visit and pointed out she gave misleading information about whether Biden, 81, was medically evaluated after his catastrophic June 27 debate performance.

"Because the date was not mentioned in the question, I want to be clear that the Jan. 17 meeting between [presidential physician] Dr. [Kevin] O'Connor and Dr. Cannard was for the president's physical," Jean-Pierre told the Associated Press, whose reporter had asked Jean-Pierre about Cannard's meeting with O'Connor, which was first reported by The Post this past Saturday.

"It was one of the three times the president has seen Dr. Cannard, each time for his physical. The findings from each exam have been released to the public," Jean-Pierre said amid Democratic calls for Biden to end his campaign for a second term.
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Stormtrooper

How IMF bankers have Kenya held hostage


Great Game India
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:01 UTC
ruto
© Patrick Ngugi/APA priority for President William Ruto has been meeting the conditions on IMF loans
In Kenya, ongoing protests against tax hikes have put the spotlight on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its controversial role in the country's debt crisis. Demonstrators accuse the IMF of imposing harsh loan conditions that hurt the poor, while the government struggles with a massive debt inherited from previous administrations. As Kenya's President Ruto rolls back tax proposals amidst violent clashes, the IMF faces criticism for its influence on Kenya's economic policies, leaving many to question: is the IMF holding Kenya hostage?

Even though the protests have been ongoing for weeks, committed Kenyans continue to demonstrate against the administration.

However, when demonstrators first took to the streets in June to protest proposed tax hikes, President William Ruto and members of parliament were not the only ones targeted as reported by Al Jazeera.

Placards accusing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank of causing the crisis were raised during the protests, which later turned fatal. "IMF, World Bank, End Modern-Day Slavery," one poster read.

Comment: It seems that Kenya needs to get with the times and join the rest of Africa in kicking out the West and its tools of subversion:

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