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Decoding Davos: The Global Endgame

Jesse Smith
Truth Unmuted
Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC
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Our first video is now live for viewing! This in-depth documentary will take you on a journey of Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum's bid for total control of the planet.

Decoding Davos: The Global Endgame

George Orwell's chilling line about "a boot stomping on your face forever" from his book 1984 is very close to its ultimate fulfillment. You see, the people who boldly announced that "by 2030 you'll own nothing and be happy" and that you'll merely "rent whatever you need" met during the week of Jan. 25, 2021 to discuss plans for a total reshaping of the planet. That's right, I'm talking about the World Economic Forum also known as, the Davos Class.

The conference kicked off with remarks from Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum who claimed 2021 is "a pivotal and crucial year" for our future.

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National Guard commanding general reveals 'unusual' directive before Capitol riots

Kyle Becker
Becker News
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:00 UTC
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Major General William J. Walker
The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard blew a gigantic hole in the narrative that the Capitol building security was merely 'unprepared' for the riots of January 6th.

The security was inadequate because the Commander of the National Guard was told not to authorize additional troops, including a "quick reaction" team, without the express approval of a civil authority. That would include Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Sergeant at Arms.

The explosive testimony of Maj. Gen. William J. Walker came at a Congressional hearing to determine the origins of the Capitol building attack. Senator Rob Portman's interrogation of Walker gives Americans a precise rundown of what happened.

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ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories

Peter Beaumont
The Guardian
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:51 UTC
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ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
The international criminal court has launched an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, including the period covered by the 2014 Gaza war, potentially placing hundreds of Israelis - including soldiers and senior political figures - at risk of prosecution.

The long-awaited inquiry, which has been fiercely resisted by Israel, follows years of deliberations over whether the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate and is expected to investigate alleged crimes committed by both Israelis and Palestinians.

Announcing the investigation, the chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said the court would look into "crimes within the jurisdiction of the court that are alleged to have been committed" since 13 June 2014.

Comment: Tag teamer Benny Gantz voiced similar indignation:
Last month, the ICC ruled that it had jurisdiction to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.

Israel will shield hundreds who are being targeted by the International Criminal Court from a possible war crimes investigation and arrest after a major ruling last month, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said.

When asked how many Israelis, including himself, might expect to be arrested if a probe leads to a criminal investigation, Gantz told Reuters:
"I guess several hundred, but we will take care of everybody," adding that his figure was "an estimate". "I was never afraid to go across enemy lines, I will continue to stand wherever I have to."
He also said that Israel would provide legal assistance to any implicated Israelis and give them legal warnings regarding travel if necessary, adding that he himself has made no changes to his travel plans "so far".

The Defence Minister also called the ruling a "negative development". "We have our own teams working in different [places] to try to influence [the ICC]."
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Novichok? What Novichok? New US sanctions urge Russia to destroy chemical weapons stockpile, but Kremlin insists it already has


RT
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:18 UTC
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Chemical weapon destruction at Kizner facility, Udmurtia.
Russian officials are puzzled by demands from Washington to scrap their country's chemical weapons program, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has said, arguing that the country has already disposed of all such substances.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Dmitry Peskov slammed America's warning that Moscow must register and eliminate stores of nerve agents, toxic gases and other poisons, or else face sanctions.
"Russia declared and verified the destruction of all chemical weapons on its territory many years ago and fully complied with international conventions. Russia has no chemical weapons.

"By the way, we expect that our counterparts will also comply with these conventions."
In 1991, then-US President George H.W. Bush committed his country to destroying all chemical weapons. However, the process has not been straightforward and works to decommission the US Army's Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado are still underway. The facility had originally hosted more than 780,000 munitions, including mustard gas shells. The process is expected to be complete by 2023.

Comment: The US knows attack is the best defense when it comes to obscuring its own culpabilities.

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Terrorism is a serious business and attributing the label wantonly to any act of violence makes a mockery of the term

Frank Furedi
RT
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:28 UTC
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Shreds of Society
I wince when I read when someone wants to promiscuously brand any group they don't like 'terrorists'. The recent calls to expand it to include the misogynist 'incel' movement are a perfect example of the term's devaluation.

Incels, are 'involuntary celibates' who blame feminists and women for their sad, sexless predicament. Some have lashed out against their lack of sexual and cultural status, while others have murdered women in Canada and the United States.

This week, Alek Minassian, a self-described incel, was convicted of killing 10 people and injuring 16 others in his 2018 van attack in Toronto. Minassian's depraved act of violence was motivated by his hatred of women, but does that mean that this mass murderer is a terrorist?

Law enforcement agencies in Canada are certainly leaning in this direction. Last year they announced terrorism charges against a 17-year-old boy from Toronto for the murder of a woman at a massage parlour. The police claim that the boy was motivated by incel extremism. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police justified this decision on the grounds that incels are an 'ideologically motivated violent extremist' movement.

Acts of murderous violence against women have been perpetrated throughout the ages. But it is only now that some wish to rebrand these criminal acts as 'terrorism'. It is not just violent acts committed by incels that are interpreted through this prism now. In the United States and the UK, there is a growing tendency to apply the recently invented term of 'domestic terrorism' to acts of violence.

Comment: Method to the madness: Expand the definition of terrorism; increase the programmed fear factor; exercise new levels of societal control.

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Fed probe into Hunter Biden's 'tax affairs' reportedly 'discreetly' moving ahead

Mark Moore
New York Post
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:05 UTC
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Melissa Cohen (from left), Hunter Biden and their son, Beau Biden, on the day of Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021
​The federal probe into Hunter Biden's "tax affairs" is plowing ahead without any interference from President Biden's White House, according to a report Wednesday.

Prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office in Delaware are "treating it seriously" and they have "not heard from the White House" or Judge Merrick Garland, the president's nominee to run the Justice Department, Fox News reported.

Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a confirmation hearing last week that he hadn't discussed the Hunter Biden investigation with the president.

Comment: Are Hunter Biden's financial and personal indiscretions being quietly held as yet another means to weaken his father's credibility as president?

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German bank closes RT-affiliated accounts 1 month after German channel announced


RT
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:51 UTC
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(L) RT Deutsche; (R) Ruptly
The company behind RT's video agency Ruptly and RT DE Productions GmbH, which runs the German-language website, received a notice about their accounts being closed by Commerzbank.

Ruptly GmbH and RT DE Productions GmbH have been informed by Commerzbank that it will no longer offer them its services, with the decision set to come into force on May 31.

RT believes this to be part of a wider campaign to obstruct its work in Germany. Last November, Commerzbank inexplicably made its terms of service much less financially favorable for RT, starting an ongoing legal dispute. RT has been trying to find a replacement for Commerzbank, but several financial institutions, including Helaba, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, BNP Paribas, ING, HSBC, UBS, and HypoVereinsbank, have either ignored RT's inquiries or refused to open accounts on its behalf.

Comment: Obviously Germany, as with many other Western countries under the sway of factions of the deep state, is keen to suppress any voices that may expose holes in the government narrative. But it's notable that this occurs at the same time Germany is edging towards completion of Nord Stream II with Russia as a significant supplier of its energy; much to the chagrin of the US. It also occurs alongside other moves such as the lockdowns with their infringement on citizen freedoms and the suppression of protests against them; its admission that it's continuing to surveil its far-right AFD party; as well as the recent raids on extremist groups.

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Mother, may I? Seemingly confused Biden asks 'Nance' permission to take questions, mic and feed immediately cut

Kyle Becker
Becker News
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:28 UTC
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Joe Biden
President Joe Biden hasn't taken a formal press briefing in 43 days. He has also not scheduled a State of the Union Address, although every president since Carter has given one by March in their first term.

So, when he gave America a scripted 'update' on his administration's efforts on Wednesday, a moment of awkwardness ensued when the President of the United States asked for permission to take questions.

Comment: It's becoming more difficult to hide Biden's cognitive deficits. Will Kamala be 25th Amendment-ed into office soon?

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Continued Israeli airstrikes on Syria are testing Moscow's patience, Jerusalem would do well not to poke the Russian bear

Scott Ritter
RT
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:30 UTC
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Israeli air force pilots are seen inside the cockpit of a F15 aircraft during "Blue Flag", an aerial exercise hosted by Israel.
How Russia responds to Israel's attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria could make all the difference as to whether the region boils over into full-scale war or continues to simmer at its current, already dangerous, level.

In an official statement last week, the special envoy of the president of Russia to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, indicated that Moscow was rapidly losing patience with Israel over airstrikes against alleged Iranian targets on Syria soil. "Sooner or later, the cup of patience, including the Syrian government, may be overflowing, and a retaliatory strike will follow, which will accordingly lead to a new round of tension. These attacks must be stopped, they are counterproductive. We hope that the Israeli side will hear our concerns, including concerns about the possible escalation of violence in Syria."

The language, though diplomatic, leaves little room for misinterpretation. By using the term "including" about the Syrian government losing patience, Lavrentiev left no doubt that the other "inclusive" party was Russia. This linkage carries over into the not-so-veiled threat of a "retaliatory strike" and "possible escalation of violence." In short, Lavrentiev's warning was as blunt a threat against Israel that could be made short of stating the obvious - if Israel continues to bomb Syria, Russia will have no choice but to shoot down their planes.
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AOC calls minimum wage debate 'embarrassing,' touts Danish McDonald's wages

Jacob Jarvis
Newsweek
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:23 UTC
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks outside of the Democratic National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called the debate surrounding raising the federal minimum wage to $15-an-hour "utterly embarrassing" and compared the figure against higher hourly pay for McDonald's workers in Denmark.

President Joe Biden has backed increasing the minimum wage $15, but plans to push it through with COVID-19 relief measures via budget reconciliation have stalled after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that it should not be passed using this process.

Progressive Democrats have urged Vice President Kamala Harris to overrule the parliamentarian, though the White House has indicated she will not do so.

Comment: Further from RT:

The argument about well-compensated McDonald's workers in the European nation has been around for years and has been regularly used by progressive politicians in the US. The Danish branch of the international company prides itself on being among the best employers in the country.


Ironically, Denmark has no government-mandated minimum wage. The substantial pay rates and privileges enjoyed by working-class folks employed by McDonald's there are a result of collective bargaining on their behalf by a union. One could argue that this solution is inapplicable for US union-busting realities.

But direct wage comparisons are somewhat tricky considering the vastly different approaches to taxation and public services in the US and in Denmark — and obviously things like prices and unemployment rates should be factored in to tell how much the lot of European burger-servers and cashiers is better compared to their American counterparts.


A battle over such intricacies and whether they were relevant to force a vote on minimum wage in the Congress raged in AOC's comments, pushing Denmark's name to trend on Twitter. Some of her critics found a different line of attack, however. If the New York City representative is such a fan of Danish policies, wouldn't she endorse those on immigration, they pointed out.



This week Denmark became the first European country to strip residency permits from dozens of Syrian refugees and tell them to go back to their home country. The government argued it was safe to return to a government-controlled area surrounding Damascus.

The ruling Social Democratic Party has an anti-immigration stance and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen even pledged to work toward having "zero" applications for asylum in the country during a parliament session in January.


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