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Ukraine set to lose key Donbass city - White House


RT
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:27 UTC
onguard
© Libkos/AP/FileUkrainian soldier in position in Avdeevka, Donetsk region • August 18, 2023
With Russia poised to capture Avdeevka, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has called on Congress to give Kiev more ammunition...

Russian forces are preparing to capture the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka after "particularly intense" fighting, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Thursday.

Situated just ten kilometers north of Donetsk, Avdeevka had been used by the Ukrainian military as a staging ground for attacks on the city since 2014, many of which targeted civilians. They constructed deep bunkers there, with Russian military bloggers comparing the town to a "fortress."

Kirby said at a press conference:
"Fighting around Avdeevka is "particularly intense. We're getting reports from the Ukrainians that the situation is critical, the Russians continuing to press Ukrainian positions every single day. Avdeevka is at risk of falling into Russian control."
It is unclear how many troops Kiev has lost attempting to hold Avdeevka.

Comment: Kirby's war advice: More bullets will save Avdeevka (from its liberators).

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Chess

George Soros fund poised to take control of nation's second-largest chain of radio stations: 'This is scary'

Josh Kosman, Ariel Zilber
New York Post
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:53 UTC
GSORos
© Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/GettyImagesGeorge Soros
George Soros is poised to take a massive stake in the nation's second-largest radio company, which owns more than 220 stations nationwide, according to court filings and sources close to the situation.

The left-leaning billionaire's Soros Fund Management has bought up $400 million of debt in Audacy — the No. 2 US radio broadcaster behind iHeartMedia with stations including New York's WFAN and 1010 WINS, as well as Los Angeles-based KROQ, according to bankruptcy filings.

One insider close to the situation, noting that he was a Republican, said he believed it was possible Soros was buying the stake to exert influence on public opinion in the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

"This is scary," the source said.

Sources told The Post that Soros's stake is equal to about 40% of the company's senior debt — a massive chunk which, although not a majority, could yield effective control of the media giant when it emerges from bankruptcy.

Soros scooped up the debt during the past few weeks at roughly 50 cents on the dollar from hedge fund HG Vora, according to a source close to the situation.

Audacy confimed the Soros' investment after reports of the deal surfaced.
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Ukraine in retreat: Avdeyevka cut in half by Russian forces, panicked Kiev sends in top Nazi Azov Battalion

Paul Serran
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:45 UTC
Avdeyevka russia ukraine
The situation in Avdeyevka, February 15, 2024
The heavily fortified frontline town of Avdiivka, split in two by Russian forces, witnesses some of the Ukrainian defenders begin to retreat of some areas to 'more favorable positions'.

The supply lines of the AFU in the southern sector are now under extreme pressure.

Besides the multi-pronged ground attack that is overextending the defenses, a reason for the rapid advance of the Russian forces in Avdiivka is the aerial support: a FAB guided munition drops almost immediately on any place where a concentration of Ukrainian military is spotted.

Telegram channel Ukraine Watch reported that in the first third of February alone, the Russian Aerospace Forces dropped about 460 aerial bombs on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This includes FAB-250/500/1500 and ODAB.

Comment: But Ukraine is winning . . . . send more money.

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Beer

Germany doing 'dramatically bad', economic minister admits

Jonathan Packroff
EURACTIV
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:00 UTC
Economy Minister Habeck
© EPA-EFE/ANDREAS GORA / POOLThe German government, which so far had projected a growth of 1.3% for the course of this year, will reduce this to 0.2%, Economy Minister Habeck (Greens) told the crafts trade fair. This was "dramatically bad," he added.
The German economy is performing "dramatically bad", the country's economy minister Robert Habeck (Greens) said at a trade fair in Leipzig on Wednesday (14 February), with the government now only expecting a 0.2% growth rate for 2024.

Last year, Germany posted the worst performance across all major global economies, with a GDP contraction of 0.3%, exacerbating concerns over the deteriorating health of Europe's largest economy.

While politicians and business leaders had hoped 2024 would bring a more positive outlook - with the German government until recently projecting a growth rate of 1.3% over the course of this year - Habeck's remarks, reported by FAZ earlier on Wednesday, point to a much bleaker scenario.

Comment: Germany is considered the 'powerhouse', and so the outlook for much of the rest of Europe will be equally dire, more so in the coming years considering it just used 50 billion Euros of taxpayers money to fund the failing proxy war in Ukraine, and many EU nations are now backing the US-Israel genocide in Gaza, and the US-UK destabilisation campaign in the Middle East.

Germany in particular appears to have seen its recent history as a trial run, rather than a heinous mistake not to be repeated:

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Attention

Neil Oliver: 'World domination & a terrifying 'what if'!!!

Neil Oliver
YouTube
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:55 UTC
Neil Oliver
Neil Oliver
'...as history and the present-day collide, once again we're under threat...'

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Recycle

NATO stooge Alexei Navalny dies in prison following brief illness


Sky news
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:42 UTC
Navalny
© ReutersAlexei Navalny was serving a long prison sentence.
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'losing consciousness' at maximum security prison

Prison authorities said Mr Navalny felt unwell following a walk on Friday and lost consciousness at the "Polar Wolf" penal colony - 1,200 miles northeast of Moscow and within the Arctic Circle. Efforts by medical staff to revive him failed.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny - a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin - has died, according to the country's prison service.

The jailed dissident, who had campaigned against official corruption and led major anti-Kremlin protests, was 47.


Comment: According to independent polls, Putin has an above 70% approval rating, and it has been relatively steady for years, but of course he, and the government he runs, have 'critics', but much less than Western governments that poll on average of about 25%; the protest's Navalny oversaw weren't that significant at all; finally, Navalny wasn't against corruption, he welcomed corruption that served him, and those of his masters in the West.


Mr Putin, who is running for re-election in a month, has been informed of his death, according to the state news agency TASS.


Comment: Note that significance of the timing; why would Putin, or anyone who supports his righteous cause, kill Navalny a month before his re-election? Unsurprisingly his death will primarily serve as propaganda for the West.


Comment: Navalny and the West are summed up well in the following commentary:
Navalny just died in Prison.

He is an opposition (2%) figure in Russia, Western sponsored puppet.

Now....Before they give him a fake "Nobel Peace Prize"

Here is a video of him comparing Chechens & Mulslims to cockroaches and advocating their eradication

So now you have a better idea about this man and why the collective West loves him.
What @McFaul says here is a joke. Navalny was a marginal opposition figure who polled at around 2%. Putin didn't fear him; it served Putin to have him seen in the West as his main opposition.

The Russian gov't meanwhile has just barred anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin. A Russian court has also issued a draconian prison sentence to anti-war sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky.


Each situation will be different, but, indeed, the government haven't been lenient with those fomenting dissent at such a critical period.


We don't hear about people like Nadezhdin and Kagarlitsky in the West nearly as much for one reason: unlike Navalny, they don't collaborate with Western governments. Navalny worked with NATO intel cutout Bellingcat and went through the "Yale World Fellow" program, a regime change training ground.

For this reason, we also don't hear that Navalny was an unrepentant xenophobe who compared Muslim immigrants to cockroaches and rotten teeth. (https://theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/amnesty-international-employee-sacked-alexei-navalny)

His death is a tragedy. He was undoubtedly mistreated. But because he served US interests, US state media will make him into someone he was not.

And just compare their fawning coverage to their silence on, or even support for, the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange.

Or their complete silence on the mistreatment and death of US citizen Gonzalo Lira in Ukrainian custody -- universally ignored in US media.


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Putin

Putin calls for global fight against 'Nazi propaganda'


RT
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 13:07 UTC
Putin
A notion which was originally at the root of the national socialist ideology has spread in the West, the Russian president has said.

Exceptionalism that has now become widespread in parts of the West was also the root of Nazism and a multinational approach is required to defeat it, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Speaking to journalist Pavel Zarubin on Wednesday, Putin touched on revelations in the German press that Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock's grandfather had been an ardent Nazi.

"I don't think the current generation of Germans has to bear the full political responsibility for everything Nazi Germany did," said Putin, calling it "unfair" to label all German people as such.

The far bigger problem, the Russian leader added, was that many countries have adopted the notion of being "chosen" or "exceptional," telling Zarubin that "this is how Nazism began."

"If this is so widespread, we should also think about building anti-fascist and anti-Nazi propaganda at a a global level," Putin said. Such an endeavor would be truly effective only if it comes from society, and not from the state - no matter which state, he added.

Comment: Putin is correct in seeing this as a global fight.

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Bad Guys

Biden disparages Netanyahu in private but hasn't significantly changed US policy toward Israel and Gaza

Carol E. Lee, Jonathan Allen, Peter Nicholas and Courtney Kube
NBC News
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:00 UTC
biden netanyahu hug
© Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden hugs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his arrival in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.
As the reported Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip reaches 28,000, the president continues to believe that unequivocally supporting Israel is the right policy.

President Joe Biden has been venting his frustration in recent private conversations, some of them with campaign donors, over his inability to persuade Israel to change its military tactics in the Gaza Strip, and he has named Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the primary obstacle, according to five people directly familiar with his comments.

Biden has said he is trying to get Israel to agree to a cease-fire, but Netanyahu is "giving him hell" and is impossible to deal with, said the people familiar with Biden's comments, who all asked not to be named.

Comment: Bibi doesn't want a deal for the Palestinians. He doesn't care about the safe return of hostages. By his actions, one can clearly see that he wants nothing less than the complete extermination of the Palestinian people. Anyone trying to work with him, including Biden, who don't understand that are going to be frustrated.

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Heart

Huma Abedin and George Soros' son Alex reveal relationship in Valentine's Day photo from Paris

Social Links for Allie Griffin
New York Post
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:52 UTC
Huma Abedin and Alex Soros
© X/@humaabedinHuma Abedin and Alex Soros both posted a photo of their Valentine’s Day date in Paris to Instagram.
Cupid trained his bow on a pair of political elites.

Huma Abedin, 47, and Alex Soros, the 38-year-old son of billionaire Democratic donor George Soros, have seemingly revealed that they are dating in a Valentine's Day post on social media.

The two apparent lovebirds with a nine-year age gap cozied up at a restaurant in Paris and smiled for a picture that the younger Soros shared on Instagram with a "Happy Valentine's Day" text sticker.

Comment: It's so sweet when two satanic elites find each other and fall in love. We look forward to seeing what kind of evil they will perpetuate together.

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Bad Guys

EU's top diplomat slams US for sending arms to Israel as Gaza deaths mount

Paula Andrés
Politico
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:02 UTC
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell
© Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty ImagesThe comments of EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell come after U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that Israel’s response to Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been “over the top"
Western leaders have decried Israel's planned Rafah invasion plan, but PM Netanyahu "doesn't listen to anyone," Josep Borrell says.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell on Monday called on the international community, and particularly the U.S., to stop providing arms to Israel in light of the growing number of civilians being killed in Gaza.
"Everybody goes to Tel Aviv begging please protect civilians, don't kill so many. How many is too many?" Borrell said during a meeting of EU ministers.
If the international community is worried about the death toll, "maybe they have to think about the provision of arms," he said. Borrell, the EU's top diplomat, also cited a Monday Dutch court ruling ordering the Netherlands government to halt shipments of components to Israel for F-35 fighter jets.

Comment: See also:

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