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BRICS guarantees multipolar world - Russia's top MP


RT
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:10 UTC
Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.
© Sputnik / Russian State DumaRussian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin.
The State Duma chairman was commenting on Serbia's plans to join the group of emerging economies.

Countries in Europe are starting to realize that BRICS can ensure global multipolarity without blackmailing its members, unlike the US-led G7 or EU, State Duma Chair Vyacheslav Volodin has said.

The top Russian MP was commenting on Serbia's plans to explore the option of joining the group of emerging economies instead of the EU as announced by the country's deputy prime minister, Aleksandar Vulin, on Sunday.

Serbia applied to join the EU in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012. However, Brussels has been making increasingly stiff demands while offering no progress toward membership in return, according to Vulin. He explained that while Belgrade sees the EU as a partner, "we are not entirely sure that the EU sees us as a partner."

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Pentagon issues Federal Directive allowing military to use 'lethal force' against Americans, Kamala wants to weaponize DOJ


LeoHohmann.com
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC
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A video clip has resurfaced from May of 2019 in which Kamala Harris fantasizes about weaponizing the DOJ against speech the government doesn't like, and the platforms that allow it.

In the meantime, one month before a tense presidential election, the U.S. Department of Defense has authorized U.S. military "defense intelligence components" to use "lethal force" against American citizens if requested by state or local law enforcement in an emergency situation. More on this in a minute, but first let's get to the May 2019 video showing Kamala Harris unleashing her inner dictator.

Speaking at the annual NAACP 'Fight for Freedom Fund' dinner in Detroit, Harris threatened: "We will put the Department of Justice of the United States back in the business of justice. We will double the civil rights division, and direct Law Enforcement to counter this extremism."

She went on to say she would "hold Social Media Platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms, because they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our Democracy. If you don't police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable..."
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Chris Rufo refutes New York Times coverage on Kamala Harris plagiarism story: 'Lied by omission'

Lindsay Kornick
Fox News
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:57 UTC
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© (Left: (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images))Chris Rufo reported on more than two dozen instances of plagiarism in one of Vice President Kamala Harris' books.
Conservative activist Christopher Rufo accused the New York Times on Monday of undermining his exclusive story on Vice President Kamala Harris allegedly plagiarizing passages in her book "Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer."

Rufo first reported so-called "plagiarism hunter," Austrian professor Stefan Weber, finding 27 times that Harris and her co-author allegedly committed some form of plagiarism, writing, "24 fragments are plagiarism from other authors, [and] 3 fragments are self-plagiarism from a work written with a co-author."

"Taken in total, there is certainly a breach of standards here. Harris and her co-author duplicated long passages nearly verbatim without proper citation and without quotation marks, which is the textbook definition of plagiarism," Rufo wrote.

The New York Times, however, downplayed the impact of these instances, citing only five passages from Rufo. The story was headlined, "Conservative Activist Seizes on Passages From Harris Book," and has three credited authors.
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German opposition leader suggests 'mobilizing' private savings


RT
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:34 UTC
Friedrich Merz
Friedrich Merz, head of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) political party, is pictured on stage on day two of the CDU/CSU party congress on October 12, 2024 in Augsburg, Germany.
A senior German opposition figure has suggested "mobilizing" private savings to fund public infrastructure. Friedrich Merz, the nominee for chancellor from the conservative CDU/CSU coalition, argued that such a measure would help Berlin avoid accruing more debt.

Germany's Ministry for Economic Affairs last week released a forecast showing GDP declining by 0.2% in 2024, a sharp downgrade from the previously projected 0.3% expansion. This would mark the second straight year of recession for the EU's economic powerhouse.

Germany's prized industrial sector has been struggling over the past few years, owing to a combination of headwinds, such as weak demand in key export markets, a shortage of qualified workers, and the adverse effects of no longer receiving inexpensive Russian gas.

Addressing his fellow conservatives during a party convention in Augsburg last Saturday, Merz accused the current 'traffic-light' coalition government of amassing huge debts.


Comment: Mobilizing private savings, means 'borrowing' them or as some would say, stealing them.


Comment: Instead of raiding the savings accounts of the German people, a better idea would be to rectify the mistake of making an enemy out of Russia and of shutting down cheap gas via Nord Stream 2. Without cheap gas, the de-industrialisation of Germany will only continue. Merz is seen by some as a likely new chancellor after Scholz and if he doesn't listen to the electorate and solve the key causes of the problem, then nothing much is likely to change for the better in Germany.

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Germany dismisses Ukraine's demands for Taurus Missiles and NATO membership

Ahmed Adel
Global Research
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC
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© John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz • Ukraine leader Volodymry Zelensky
Berlin has spurned two key demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to "sell" during his European tour to promote his so-called Victory Plan: getting the green light for deep strikes into Russian territory (which would require German Taurus missiles, among others) and speeding up Ukraine's accession to NATO, German media reported.
According to Bild, Zelensky had a packed itinerary that included a whirlwind tour of the UK, France, Italy, and Germany in a bid to garner Western support for his "Victory Plan." However, the outlet emphasised that although German Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not give a categorical "no", he did not respond positively to the Ukrainian requests.

Moreover, Bild said the chancellor's talk about the promised "billions in aid for Ukraine" at a press conference with Zelensky was nothing more than a farce. This package does not include any new weapons since the amount and projects mentioned were, in fact, "already approved and financed last year."

The outlet said Kiev's hopes of obtaining more Leopard 2 tanks had been dashed despite the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) still having around 300 of the main battle tanks in its inventory. The same applies to infantry fighting vehicles and armoured howitzers. The decision comes as the German Defence Ministry does not believe that Kiev will be able to carry out a new counteroffensive in the near future, the sources told the newspaper.

Comment: Ukraine has become a loose end - more obligation than priority.

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"No kidding! No joke!" Liberals call on Biden to commit unconstitutional acts in his final days

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC
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© Tenth Amendment CenterStatue of Liberty
With the end of the Biden Administration in sight, liberal pundits seem to be striving to prove that the only difference between a lawbreaker and a law-abiding citizen is the ability to get away with the crime. Popular figures on the left from Michael Moore to Keith Olbermann are calling on President Joe Biden to commit overtly unlawful acts in his final 100 days in office, including targeting his political opponents. In one of the few statements of Moore with which I agree, he stated that this is "no joke." It certainly is not.

It is the same logic used by looters that they have a license for illegality. However, this constitutional looting would endanger not just the Constitution but the country as a whole if Biden were to heed this advice.

In a posting on Substack, Moore told Biden that it was time to yield to temptation and check off a liberal 13-item "bucket list" of demands, tossing aside questions of legality or constitutionality in the process.
"You're not done. You've still got 100 days left in office! And the Supreme Court has just granted you super powers — AND immunity! You don't answer to anyone. For the first time in over 50 years, you don't have to campaign for anything... You have full immunity! No kidding! No joke! That's not hyperbole! You can get away with anything! And what if anything means everything to the people?"

Comment: Biden's dilemma: So many illegalities to choose from, so little time!

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Ukraine's battlefield situation 'critical' - ex-Nato official


RT
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:48 UTC
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© Müller-Stauffenberg/ullstein bild/Getty ImagesHarald Kujat
The key Donbass stronghold of Pokrovsk will inevitably fall, Harald Kujat believes.

Ukraine will soon have to abandon the key Donbass city of Pokrovsk as its defenses slowly crumble under Russian attacks, General Harald Kujat, a former chief of staff of the German armed forces and chairman of the NATO Military Committee, believes.

In an interview with journalist and podcaster Flavio von Witzleben on Sunday, Kujat, who chaired the NATO Military Committee between 2002 and 2005, suggested that Ukraine's plan to divert Russian units away from Donbass via its Kursk incursion has failed because Russia has not had to curtail its offensive in the region.

Describing the Kursk offensive as an "all-in action", he said:
"Ukraine originally intended... that the Russians would pull combat troops back [to Kursk Region], but this has now turned out to be to its own detriment because the Russians are now tying up the urgently needed Ukrainian reserves that are now missing in Donbass."
As a result, Russia is slowly advancing in Donbass at a pace consistent with the desire to minimize losses, Kujat believes.
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No more German military hardware for Ukraine - Bild


RT
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:47 UTC
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Kiev does not have the resources to launch another counteroffensive anytime soon, officials in Berlin reportedly believe.

Germany has no more military hardware to offer Ukraine beyond what has already been pledged, even as Kiev remains hard-pressed by Russia on the front line, Bild reported on Saturday.

According to the outlet, the German Defense Ministry does not believe that Ukraine will be capable of launching "an offensive to liberate its own territory" in the near future.

The report also said, citing an internal document, that Berlin would no longer send "heavy weapons" to Ukraine, and that deliveries of this type of aid have been "completed." The term applies to tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled howitzers and similar hardware.

In addition, according to Bild, a supposedly new €1.4 billion ($1.53 billion) military aid package German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently pledged in fact refers to commitments promised and paid for last year.

Comment: War is a sinkhole - mentally, physically and financially, as in no euphoric gain without excruciating loss.

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If Tehran is turned into a parking lot, Israel will be soon to follow

Mike Whitney
Unz Review
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC
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Israel now has its greatest opportunity in 50 years, to change the face of the Middle East. We must act now to destroy Iran's nuclear program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this terrorist regime. We have the justification. We have the tools. Now that Hezbollah and Hamas are paralyzed, Iran stands exposed. Naftali Bennett, former Israeli Prime Minister
For Israel to achieve its regional ambitions, it must lure the US into a war with Iran. In order to accomplish that feat, Israel must strike Iran with enough force to provoke a violent and destructive retaliation. As soon as it looks like Israel is in trouble, the US will ride to the rescue with "guns blazing". But, first, Israel must initiate a provocation big enough to ensure the outcome that it seeks. In short, Israel's real target is the US because it is the US that must be hoodwinked into fighting Israel's war. Regrettably, duping America is what Israel does best.
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Talking to US like talking to Hitler - Medvedev


RT
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:23 UTC
Medvedev
© Sputnik / Ekaterina Shtukina
The idea of discussing nuclear stability with the US is ridiculous, given that Washington is essentially waging a war against Moscow, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.

In a statement on Sunday, US President Joe Biden argued that the world must continue making progress towards a complete nuclear disarmament. "The United States stands ready to engage in talks with Russia, China, and North Korea without preconditions to reduce the nuclear threat," he stressed. Biden also claimed there is no reason to forestall progress on reducing nuclear arsenals.

Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, dismissed the offer out of hand, suggesting that Biden "blurted out" the statement due to a desire "to help his brainless protégé," apparently referring to Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
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