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Russia warns off Britain from Crimean waters - sailors at risk from 'might' of Russian forces

HMS Defender
© Reuters/Sergey Smolentsev
HMS Defender arrives at the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021.
Russia will continue to defend the country's territorial waters and may combat any violators with the "harshest methods," a high-ranking official revealed on Wednesday, warning foreign navies against crossing the country's border.

Speaking to the newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Mikhail Popov addressed last month's incident with the British warship HMS 'Defender', when it purposely violated Russia's territorial waters, crossing three kilometers over the sea border.

In Popov's opinion, the move was a "pre-planned provocation that was rightfully thwarted."

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Light Saber

Social engineering: EU withholds Hungary's Covid aid over banning LGBT topics in schools; Orban warns woke propaganda 'will ruin EU'

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© Marton Monus/Reuters
A protest in Budapest, Hungary, against a law that bans LGBT content in schools and children’s TV shows, held on June 2021
EU money intended to help member states recover from the Covid pandemic should not make Hungary a hostage by being withheld over Budapest's controversial LGBT law that was slammed by Brussels, a top official in Hungary has said.

The issue of EU funds should not be tied to the new Hungarian law that banned LGBT themes from school curriculums and children's TV shows, Hungary's Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyas, told reporters on Thursday.

"Such a connection will ruin the European Union. The Child Protection Act has nothing to do with the [EU] recovery fund," Gulyas said, adding that Hungary will continue to hold talks with Brussels.

Comment: Brussels's arrogance is on display as it demands legislatures override the will of their citizens. Orban is correct. Such high-handedness will contribute to the EU's eventual demise.


USA

President Trump: News from Georgia "beyond incredible - we will lose our country if this is allowed to stand"

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© Kristinn Taylor
President Trump speaks at Save America rally in Wellington, Ohio, June 26, 2021.
On Tuesday, Garland Favorito, the founder of the election integrity group VoterGA, provided proof that election fraud occurred in the November 2020 election.

Favorito made the announcement at a press conference on Tuesday morning and on the Bannon War Room.

The voter integrity group found that the Fulton County Georgia recount included a 60% error reporting rate.

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Snakes in Suits

England's MPs back mandatory vaccination for care home staff, despite having no risk assessment available

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Lockdown prevents family visiting nursing home resident
MPs have approved compulsory vaccinations for care home staff in England, but a number of Conservatives rebels voiced anger at the plans.

From October, anyone working in a Care Quality Commission-registered care home in England must have two vaccine doses unless they have a medical exemption.

The House of Commons approved the regulations by 319 votes to 246.

But Tory MPs criticised the government for not publishing an impact assessment of the policy before the vote.


Comment: If these unprecedented and draconian rules are enforced, the known side effects of the experimental vaccines and the predictable loss of staff will likely result in reduced care and increased mortality in care homes.


Comment: In France health and public transport workers were recently threatened with a similar scheme, and days later protests erupted across the country.

See also: And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Welcome to Pandemia: Viruses and Governments Run Wild!




Cult

Blackrock - one of the largest asset management firms - is buying up US homes like no tomorrow

Blackrock
Homeownership has long been considered an important tool for building financial security and wealth, but it's becoming more difficult for Americans to achieve. Younger generations are less likely to own a home than those from older generations, with millennials' homeownership rate 8% lower than that of generation X and baby boomers at the same age.

If the rate had remained steady, about 3.4 million more people would own homes in the U.S. today but, instead, younger adults are increasingly choosing to either rent or live with their parents. There are a number of reasons why homeownership has become less attainable than it was decades ago, from rising debt in younger generations to increased cost of living.

A report by the Urban Institute found half those aged 18 to 34 were spending upward of 30% of their income on rent, making them "rent-burdened." Meanwhile, median housing prices increased 28% in the last two years, pricing some out of the market. However, the shift is not all happenstance.

Comment: The media-fueled dividing lines of race, religion, past-colonization, gender and sexual orientation are meant to divide and distract the average person from the real sources of oppression and inequality in our world today - namely companies like Blackrock and Vanguard - who are seeking to eventually bring about a new form of feudalism where they own everything and the average person owns nothing. See also:






Yellow Vest

Macron announces vaccine passport restricting access to stores, healthcare, public transit on national holiday: Protests erupt across France

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French citizens react to President Macron's Covid announcements
France's President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 13th that a vaccine passport would be required to attend public events and non-essential activities.

Macron announced on July 13th that two island regions of France (Martinique and La Réunion) would return to the sanitary emergency status and adopt an 11 PM curfew.

The President also announced that starting July 21st, a vaccine passport would be required to partake in any non-essential activity with over 50 people (theatres, concert halls, festivals, etc.) This measure will apply to every citizen aged 12 years and older.

Starting mid-August, the vaccine passport will be required for any clients and employees of cafes, bars, restaurants.

Comment: Macron decides to announce restrictions the day before Frances biggest holiday, which celebrates its liberation from a tyrannical ancien regime. What better way to display his contempt for the French citizenry? But, there's a long way between announcement and implementation. Keep an eye on France.


Syringe

Covid-19 vaccination in Germany to remain voluntary, says Merkel

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© Reuters/Michael Kappeler
Germany is not planning to follow France and other European countries - Greece, Italy and the UK - in introducing compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for parts of the population, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

"We do not intend to go down this road," Merkel said in Berlin after visiting the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) public health agency.

"We are at the beginning of the phase in which we are still promoting (vaccination), where we have more vaccines than we have people who want to be vaccinated," she said.

After a slow start to its vaccination campaign earlier this year, Germany sped up its drive over the summer and had by Tuesday fully vaccinated 42.6 percent of adults, with 58.5 percent vaccinated at least once.

Putin

Putin's warning to the West: Moscow sees Ukraine as part of 'Russian world' & this is meant to be taken seriously by outsiders

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© Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the starting pistol on a new row with Kiev this week. The events in question, however, are not new - but very, very old, with Putin questioning the very basis of Ukrainian nationhood.

"I consider the wall that in recent years has gone up between Russia and Ukraine, between what are in essence two parts of a single historical and spiritual space, to be a great common misfortune, a tragedy." With these words, Putin laid out his version of Russian-Ukrainian history in a long article published on the Kremlin website earlier this week.

For Putin, those living across both nations are "one people," whose "spiritual, human, and civilisational links were formed over centuries." The president went on to say that "our kinship has been passed on from generation to generation. It's in our hearts... in the blood ties uniting millions of our families."

Light Sabers

Beijing blasts 'irresponsible' US provocation after Washington rejects China's 'unlawful' maritime claims in the South China Sea

Chinese coastguard
© REUTERS/Martin Petty/File Photo
Chinese coastguard ships give chase to Vietnamese coastguard vessels (not pictured) after they came within 10 nautical miles of the Haiyang Shiyou 981, known in Vietnam as HD-981, oil rig in the South China Sea
China has hit back immediately at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after he said Washington firmly stands with other southeast Asian nations and not China in ongoing disputes over territory in the contested South China Sea.

Speaking at a daily briefing on Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing that the US was extremely "irresponsible" for involving itself in disputes relating to the overlapping claims of multiple nations in the South China Sea.

"It is extremely irresponsible of the US to deliberately provoke controversy over territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea, [and to] sow discord among China and ASEAN countries," he stated.

Dollars

We found nearly $400M rotting in a forgotten taxpayer-funded government account

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© Getty Images/KJN
Collected taxpayer pool waits for Congress to decide its useage.
Holed away in a government account is a massive cash stash most anyone — from depleted federal programs to coronavirus-throttled charitable causes — would love to tap.

But it sits idle and untouched.

The intended beneficiaries of the taxpayer-fueled Presidential Election Campaign Fund — presidential candidates — don't want it, as they're soured by its restrictions on their election fundraising and spending. Other prospective recipients, meanwhile, can't have it.

Congress is what's preventing this.

Conservatives would prefer to disband the fund and repurpose its money. Many Democrats want the money to seed a reimagined public campaign-finance program contained within a broader "democracy-reform" agenda that's hamstrung on Capitol Hill. Neither side will budge.

Meanwhile, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund's pot had topped more than $396.4 million as of May 31 — a record amount during the fund's nearly 50-year history, according to US Treasury records reviewed by Insider.

If current trends continue, it'll soon surpass $400 million thanks to the financial heft generated by American taxpayers who check that little box on their annual tax return that directs $3 to the fund.