RTWed, 02 Dec 2020 19:52 UTC
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Beetroot soup is a secret Russian weapon!
Beware! While grilled meat, potato pancakes and beetroot soup might sound like a harmless festive spread, in the wrong hands they could actually be secret weapons in Russia's cultural war on the West.
That's according to the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group (HWAG), a well-funded Ukrainian organization dedicated to "countering disinformation and propaganda." On Tuesday, it published a list of "culinary deceptions," dishes claimed by Russia but supposedly originating elsewhere, "because food can be an instrument of hybrid warfare as well."
Among the items listed are summer favorites kholodnik, a chilled soup with chopped egg, and shashlik, meat roasted over hot coals, as well as potato pancakes and stuffed vine leaves. The dish that has Russians seeing red, however, is borsht - or beetroot soup. A beloved staple across Eastern Europe, its origins are notoriously murky, with every grandmother in the region perfecting her own variation.
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Gabriel Sterling
In November Gateway Pundit reported on an almost $11 million grant award to the Georgia Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger and his accomplice Gabe Sterling. Attorney Lin Wood wondered who this Sterling guy was and why did he use a gmail address for state business?
Lin Wood zeroed in on an anomaly related to the Secretary of State's Office and the almost $11 million transaction with the state of Georgia. Wood's bombshell tweet referred to an April 15, 2020 letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) from Secretary of State Raffensperger, who is also Georgia's Chief Election Official.
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Despite Smartmatic insisting its employees are "prohibited from making political donations," Federal Election Commission records reveal
employees from the company have sent hundreds of dollars to political campaigns - nearly 86% to Democrats, The National Pulse can reveal. In addition to labeling itself a
competitor and insisting it never
worked with Dominion Vote Systems,
the unearthed donations serve as another blow to Smartmatic's credibility.
The company's recently added "fact check" webpage - which exists to exonerate the company from bias claims -
states clearly:
"Smartmatic's founders and employees adhere to a strict ethics code that, among other things, prohibits them from making political donations."
The claim, which falls under the "Smartmatic's
Credibility is Our Most Important Asset" heading, is easily disproven by Federal Election Commission (FEC) records.
In addition to Joe Biden, failed presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg along with congressional candidate Adam Schiff were recipients of Smartmatic employee money.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers a Thanksgiving address at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 25, 2020.
's secretary of state on Monday certified the state's presidential election results.
"This was a historic election for several reasons. Preparing for any election is an immense undertaking, even in normal circumstances. The complexity this year has been compounded by the pandemic. In spite of this, we had an extremely well-run election and saw historically high voter participation," Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, said in a press conference.
"Despite the many challenges, Arizonians showed up for our democracy. Every Arizona voter has my thanks, and should know that they can stand proud that this election was conducted with transparency, accuracy, and fairness, in accordance with Arizona's laws and elections procedures despite numerous unfounded claims to the contrary."
Hobbs challenged claims of election fraud, saying all voting machines are certified by a federal commission and reviewed by state officials, that credentialed poll observers witnessed all ballot tabulating, and cameras were in ballot tabulation centers with live streams able to be viewed over the Internet.
Few people were present at the certification meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Doug Ducey, Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court Robert Brutinel were present.
Ducey, a Republican, said people suggested not having in-person voting because of the pandemic but he fought to keep the system in place.
Comment: What a complete and utter farce.
Arizona officially had a record-setting
79.7% turnout, the highest in the country, and in its own history. As one of the witnesses in the hearing pointed, that might be because while population has only grown around 1% annually in AZ, the voting population has grown around 7% annually. Do the math.
Here's Governor Ducey lying his face off:
That's not what the poll watchers say. Multiple observers either were blocked for watching signature verification, or directly observed fraud during the process when allowed to see it conducted on duplicate ballots.
State Rep. Mark Finchem, during the
hearing,
issued a call for the state legislature to withhold Arizona's Electoral College votes on the basis of the evidence for fraud.
"We are clawing our electoral college votes back, we will not release them. That's what I'm calling our colleagues in both the House and the Senate to do," added Finchem. "Exercise our plenary authority under the U.S. Constitution."
He added, "There is a legal brief out there that says we are not tethered to state statue. When it comes to this one question, a simple majority can call the House and Senate back, and in a day pass a resolution, and cause those electors to basically be held. And it is binding. I'll see you all in court."
Standing nearby was Sonny Borrelli, the Republican Senate Majority Whip, indicating Finchem's plan may already be receiving support among the Arizona Republican Party's leadership.
Among the evidence presented at the hearing: the Maricopa County GOP chairwoman observed Trump ballots being
switched for Biden, among other gross violations of election law and procedure. Cybersecurity expert Phil Waldron revealed that Dominion's machines
were connected to the internet, with traffic going to overseas servers. He also
revealed an anonymous email sent to the DOG and state officials alleging that counts were preloaded for all Democratic candidates in Pima County, numbers that match the observable data from the running count on election night.
The same day, a judge
granted the AZ GOP leader's request for a partial sample review of ballots to look for irregularities. But he capped the number ridiculously low, at 200, saying it should be enough to know if there's a red flag.
Warner issued the order from the bench after an hour-long preliminary hearing Monday that occurred as state officials were certifying the election. It was the first major proceeding in an election contest pursued by Ward, who's attempting to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win in Arizona by having a judge void the results.
Her challenge, which could not formally be filed until after certification,relies on a state law that allows voters to dispute election results if they suspect misconduct by election officials, illegal votes or an inaccurate count. Without evidence, Ward's lawsuit questions the signature verification process used to authenticate mail-in ballots, as well as the duplication process election officials use to count ballots that tabulation machines couldn't read.
Regarding mailed early ballots, Ward contends election officials did not have appropriate safeguards in place to ensure signatures on voters' envelopes matched the signatures on file for those voters. Though observers appointed by Arizona political parties were present as signatures were verified, she claims they had to watch the process from 10 to 12 feet away, making it impossible to see clearly even with binoculars.
"Many of our observers were unable to actually observe in any meaningful way," Ward said in a video posted to Twitter before Monday's hearing. "We need to examine those signatures on those envelopes that ballots came in, so that we can make sure that real people voted in this election."
Regarding the duplication process for damaged ballots — in which a bipartisan team of county workers interprets votes on the original ballot and fills in a new one that can be run through a tabulator — Ward alleges observers were not invited to be present for the full process.
She also claims election officials used software that was "highly inaccurate" to read the damaged ballots, "leaving it up to county workers or on-site observers" to catch mistakes. And she has cited an "unusually high number of duplicate ballots" from a Queen Creek vote center — at most, 104 ballots, according to election officials.
"Things are way too close to just let things go," she said Monday, referring to the 10,457-vote margin between Biden and President Donald Trump in Arizona.
During the preliminary hearing, Warner said he would allow Ward's lawyers to compare signatures on 100 random early ballot envelopes with the signatures on file for those voters, instead of the thousands of ballots Ward's team initially sought to review.
He said he would let the team inspect 100 ballots election officials worked to duplicate after tabulators failed to read them as well.
"From a statistical standpoint, I don't think you need a huge sample to know whether there are irregularities or misconduct," he said.
UPDATE: The AZ GOP has given an update about the above lawsuit. They were allowed to audit 100 duplicate ballots. The found 1 vote from Trump was counted as Biden, and another vote for Trump was simply not counted for him. That's 2%.
Neil Clarke
RTWed, 02 Dec 2020 15:46 UTC
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Members of staff attach a closing down sign in a window of Debenhams store, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain, December 2, 2020
Yet the well-off 'experts' continue to champion ruinous lockdowns, oblivious to the devastation they are wreaking on people's lives.
It was more than just a shop. Debenhams was part of British life. Part of the national fabric. It was a Clark who started it. William Clark (no relation, or at least not that I am aware of), began trading as a draper's store in 1778. Thirty-five years later, Mr. Debenham became a partner and the name changed to Clark & Debenham.
Now,
Debenhams is no more. Or rather it will be no more once its fire sale is over.
RTWed, 02 Dec 2020 16:12 UTC
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iPhone hacking
A Google hacker was able to
weaponize the iPhone's remote network to gain total access to the device, not only reading its contents but snooping through the camera and mic - six months ago. Users are only now finding out.
Ian Beer, a member of Google's Project Zero hacking team,
revealed on Monday that
iPhones and other Apple devices could be remotely hijacked and turned into surveillance tools until May, when he said Apple patched the vulnerability. The hacker not only
didn't have to touch the device, but need not ever even see it.
Using the iPhone's
Apple Wireless Direct Link, an Apple-exclusive protocol that enables iOS devices to talk to each other in features like
AirDrop and Sidecar, Beer was able to remotely hijack the iPhone. From a distance, he was able to read messages, page through photos, download data, and even watch and listen to the user by activating the phone's microphone and camera. Even if the user turned AWDL off, he was able to turn it back on.
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Portland shooting suspect Antifa activist Michael Reinoehl
Anarchists are planning a "week of action" across the US to take revenge for what they called a "presidential assassination of a comrade" - the September shooting of Michael Reinoehl by federal agents.
A Twitter account called "The Base" posted a message on Monday night showing a poster that the group created to promote its "call to action." The message invited followers to request a PDF version of the poster and to display it in their towns and cities to "help highlight" President Donald Trump's "assassination" of Reinoehl. The poster reads, "Rest in Power Michael Reinoehl. Every revolution needs people who are willing and ready to fight."
OANTue, 01 Dec 2020 01:34 UTC
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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in Gettysburg, Pa.
Poll watchers are coming forward with their stories of witnessing fraud as the President's campaign continues to try and bring legitimacy to the 2020 election.
Monday's hearing was lead by the President's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who was met with a strong round of applause when he reiterated the importance of maintaining election integrity. "Your political career is worth losing if you can save the right to vote in America," he firmly stated.
Giuliani urged state lawmakers to bring up evidence of election fraud on the floor of the Arizona state legislature.
Comment: Michigan hearing has its priceless moments, thanks to a forthcoming
Dominion-trained IT contractor:
The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee on Tuesday held a hearing in Lansing on election fraud and irregularities. A Dominion-trained IT contractor named Melissa Carone absolutely blew up the Michigan hearing on Tuesday.
Melissa Carone dropped many truth bombs, blew the whistle on Dominion workers and revealed ballots were being tabulated in the Department of Elections which is completely illegal. She stunned the Michigan state lawmakers when she revealed there were tabulation machines at the Department of Elections.
Carone also revealed that batches of ballots were being scanned 8-10 ten times.
Ballots are supposed to drop into a sealed box after being scanned through the tabulating machine, however Melissa Carone said the ballots were accessible to the election worker after being scanned through the machine. She said the boxes that were supposed to receive the scanned ballots were moved to another part of the room and used to block poll observers.
Melissa Carone also said one of the Dominion workers disappeared to a "warehouse" for several hours right before a big data dump for Joe Biden.
Her compelling testimony stunned the lawmakers sitting on the panel.
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A Georgia Congressman sounds the alarm on very suspicious behavior by a Fulton County employee. Rep. Barry Loudermilk represents Georgia's 11th Congressional District, including all of Bartow and Cherokee counties and portions of Cobb and Fulton. His concern comes after he learned of an incident in Fulton County:
The Gateway Pundit reports that during an interview with Newsmax today, Rep. Loudermilk dropped a doozy.
"A county employee and A judge have, as you reported, basically impounded certain voting machines to make sure they don't wipe the data. Then we find out Fulton County effectively wiped its data because an IT technician who appears to be a county employee used the wrong server for the recount after Dominion told him not to use that server. And just in case there was a problem, they backed up the data, but they backed it up on the same server that crashed. Now we're looking at do we even have the data on the Fulton County servers. We don't know."
Comment: There are a lot of data showing that the 2020 US elections were a fraud:
Daria Bedenko
SputnikMon, 30 Nov 2020 20:00 UTC
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According to newly-published research, malware that can hack into a bio-engineer's computer and replace a sub-string in the DNA structure could result in the unintentional creation of dangerous toxins.
A group of cyber-researchers with Israel's Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in the Negev has discovered an "end-to-end" cyber-biological attack that can trick scientists into unintentionally creating
toxins or viruses in their laboratories, according to a paper published in
Nature Biotechnology.
The research suggests that, despite the belief that a criminal needs to be in physical contact with a dangerous substance to produce and deliver it,
the malware could sneak into a bio-engineer's computer and substitute a short sub-string in the DNA structure there so that a sequence could be unintentionally created, launching the production of a toxin.
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