Puppet Masters
Caught Red-Handed
Ukrainian lawmaker Andrei Derkach released audio recordings that he claims to have received from journalists which convincingly sound as though they're truly of former President Poroshenko's numerous conversations with former Vice President and current Democrat front-runner Biden.
The content of their chats concerns the latter's efforts to pressure the then-Ukrainian leader to remove General Prosecutor Shokin, which Trump and many of his surrogates have claimed was undertaken in an attempt to cover up his son Hunter's corruption at the Burisma gas company where he was employed and which was the subject of an investigation by Shokin.
The recordings are remarkably frank, with Poroshenko proudly pledging fealty to Biden and regularly updating him on the progress that he's made in keeping what he refers to as his "promises" to the former Vice President.

Joe Biden speaks at The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 10, 2020
In a bizarre and often contentious interview, Joe Biden sat down with 'The Breakfast Club' host Charlamagne Tha God to discuss all things African-American, including the rumor that he's considering choosing a black female running mate for this year's election.
Charlamagne grilled Biden from the outset. An outspoken supporter of Bernie Sanders, he has previously hounded Biden for "avoiding" a sit-down interview on his show, claiming in March that Biden "owes black people his political life," after a high-profile endorsement from Rep. Jim Clyburn pushed him to victory in the South Carolina primary.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei announced on Friday that the struggle to "liberate Palestine" was an obligation and an Islamic goal, adding "everyone must assist the Palestinian nation in this holy struggle".
"The struggle to liberate Palestine is Jihad in the way of God, and it is an obligation and an Islamic goal. Victory in this such a struggle has been guaranteed," said Khamenei.
- Military Times: "5 Iran tankers sailing to Venezuela amid US pressure tactics"
- Time: "5 Iranian Tankers Head to Venezuela Amid Heightened Tensions Between U.S. and Tehran"
- FoxNews: "Iran tankers sailing to Venezuela in effort to undermine US sanctions"
I don't think that this is a coincidence. Folks in the US military are much more in touch with reality than the flag-waving prostitutes which some people call "reporters" or "journalists".
Comment: AlJazeera confirms that the Venezuelan military will escort Iran's oil shipments:
Venezuela says its military will escort five Iranian tankers, bringing oil to ease severe shortages
A new standoff could be brewing between the United States, Iran and Venezuela over a shipment of millions of dollars of fuel.
Five Iranian oil tankers are just days away from arriving in Venezuela to help ease fuel shortages there.
Venezuela's own oil refining industry collapsed; critics say that was because of underinvestment and mismanagement.
"Did anyone take it upon themselves to pose any questions about Michael Flynn and unmasking to President Obama's spokesperson?" she asked.
One journalist stammers, "but buh but Flynn's name wasn't mas--"

In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is wheeled into Cobble Hill Health Center by emergency medical workers in the Brooklyn borough of New York. On Thursday, April 23, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that nursing homes in New York must immediately report how they have complied with regulations for resident care during the coronavirus, and non-compliant facilities could face hefty fines or lose their licenses.
AP compiled its own tally to find out how many COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals to nursing homes under the March 25 directive after New York's Health Department declined to release its internal survey conducted two weeks ago. It says it is still verifying data that was incomplete.
Whatever the full number, nursing home administrators, residents' advocates and relatives say it has added up to a big and indefensible problem for facilities that even Gov. Andrew Cuomo — the main proponent of the policy — called "the optimum feeding ground for this virus."
Comment: New York under Cuomo is rapidly turning into a dystopia: Cuomo offers up New Yorkers as GUINEA PIGS for coronavirus vaccine, mandates face masks in public

Law enforcement personnel on horseback keep protesters on sidewalk during coronavirus lockup protest.
As the mainstream media saturates the airwaves with a daily overdose of coronavirus fear porn, the majority of journalists have given their governments a free pass to enact any draconian measure they see fit. From the closure of public beaches to forbidding power boats on waterways, the insanity seems to have no limits or logic. And as the media would have us believe, it was the coronavirus that enacted these measures, as opposed to living, breathing, unthinking humans.
What dirty deeds does the new and improved villain of our times stand accused of? First and foremost, the coronavirus singlehandedly destroyed the global economy as only 'essential' businesses may continue to operate. Thus, thousands of small businesses have been ordered shuttered, de facto destroyed, while countless numbers of people around the world have been ordered to 'shelter-in-place' with dwindling financial reserves.
Again, this wanton destruction of a large swath of the economy is not due to bad government decision-making, at least according to the media, but Covid-19.
Because if there was ever a moment where someone with real star potential just went to war on our behalf, it is Joe Rogan signing a $100 million exclusive deal with Spotify.
Don't take my word for it. Take Alex Jones', Rogan's good friend, who was given the media exclusive to break this story and explain to all of us why he took that deal.
The short answer is he's going to war against Silicon Valley.
Comment: Alex Jones, in the video, says 'If you don't stand up for what you believe in you lose it all." In today's mental lockdown and morally devoid climate we first need to know exactly what is it we believe.
See also: Joe Rogan's $100M message to YouTube: 'Stop censoring us, Big Tech!'
"The Office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General made an entry in the unified register of prejudicial inquiry," the paper said, citing sources in the prosecutor general's office.
According to sources, the investigation was launched in line with the Ukrainian Criminal Code's articles on state treason and abuse of power or office.
Comment: Poroshenko is insisting the call was fabricated by Zelensky's office! He's not saying it's not his own voice or denying what he said, just that the recording was fabricated with "raw materials". If Poroshenko is indeed prosecuted, that will send a clear message of the obvious corruption involving Joe Biden. Of course, even clear messages are easily ignored by much of the media - that is pretty much their job.

A Yars fifth-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the premises the Novosibirsk Division of Strategic Missile Forces in Russia.
"We intend to establish a new arms control regime now, precisely to prevent a full-blown arms race," Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, special presidential envoy for arms control, said Thursday during a half-hour interview hosted by the Hudson Institute, a DC-based think tank.
In case there is an arms race, he added, US President Donald Trump "has made clear that we have a tried and true practice here. We know how to win these races and we know how to spend the adversary into oblivion."
This claim is based on the conventional wisdom in Washington that the US "won" the Cold War by pouring money into weapons and forcing the Soviet Union to do the same, eventually causing an economic crisis that triggered the collapse of the socialist system. It is not a standpoint widely accepted in Russia, however.










Comment: Maybe Creepy Joe should learn how to play an instrument?