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Oscar-winning Ukrainian documentary called out for 'misleading' images

Screenshot from a 2015 music video by Artyom Grishanov
© YouTube / Artyom GrishanovScreenshot from a 2015 music video by Artyom Grishanov
At least one of the images featured in the Oscar-winning Ukrainian documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' was in fact filmed years prior to the fighting in the city, it has emerged. In particular, one clip featured the aftermath of attacks by Kiev's forces on Donbass, leading to accusations that filmmakers misled viewers.

Released last year, the documentary purports to depict the battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces for Mariupol, a large coastal city in the Donetsk People's Republic liberated by Moscow's troops in May 2022.

Ukrainian director Mstislav Chernov was on the ground covering the events for the Associated Press, and the film's narrative aligns with that of Kiev and its Western backers, by accusing Russian soldiers of war crimes.

Comment: In the YouTube video, the image is from minute 4:29 of 8:12 Viewing is restricted by YouTube to protect viewers of all ages from what the Western powers have helped along. If the video does not show up, try looking for the title: "Артём Гришанов - Игрушки / Toys for Poroshenko / War in Ukraine (English subtitles)"

On the topic of the children of Ukraine, there is this artice Is the Olena Zelenska Foundation covering for sex trafficking?

Mariupol has witnessed much history:
SOTT articles: in title, 50+ articles; in summary, 210+ articles While the film is drawing eyes from the watchers are they being drawn to Ukraine and Mariupol, are they, even conveniently being drawn from Gaza and Israel? There are differences in the approach:
Scott Ritter: Russia, Israel and the law of war regarding civilians which ends:
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israel Defense Force Northern Commander Gadi Eisenkot implemented a military strategy that sought to target and destroy entire civilian areas rather than engage in difficult and dangerous ground combat necessary to capture them. The goal of this strategy was more than simply trying to reduce Israeli casualties — the stated purpose of this new approach was to hold the entire civilian population accountable for the actions of Hezbollah fighters. Eisenkot did away with the requirement under international law to distinguish between military and civilian targets. This new doctrine was first used on the West Beirut Dahiya neighborhood, and the doctrine took its name from this location — the "Dahiya" Doctrine.

The "Dahiya Doctrine" specifically calls for the deliberate targeting of civilian populations and civilian infrastructure for the specific purpose of causing suffering and severe distress throughout the targeted population. The goal was to simultaneously destroy any enemy in the targeted area, to intimidate the targeted population into turning on the militants (in the case Hezbollah), and to deter other population centers from supporting Hezbollah. The "Dahiya Doctrine" was used extensively against Gaza since 2008, killing thousands of civilians. In its definition and through its execution, the "Dahiya Doctrine" amounts to nothing less than state terrorism, which means that the Israeli military, through its implementation of this policy, has become a state sponsor of terrorism.

As the facts emerge about the performance of the Russian military during the battle for Mariupol, it becomes crystal clear that the Russian soldiers behaved in an exemplary fashion, putting themselves at risk to ensure that the principles of distinction and military necessity were applied liberally and well within the spirit and letter of international law.

One cannot make a similar claim about the Israeli Defense Force and Gaza, where the "Dahiya Doctrine" is being executed with a vengeance.



Bizarro Earth

Denmark becomes latest European country to conscript women into military

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© Ritzau Scanpix/Mikkel Berg Pedersen via ReutersThe country scaled back its military capabilities after the Cold War ended but is reassessing the situation in a changed security climate. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen meets male conscripts in Jutland last week
Denmark will call up women as well as men as it expands conscription to respond to Europe's changing security climate.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the revised policy was designed to increase the number of young people doing military service.

Conscripts will also be expected to serve more time in the military - 11 months, compared with four months at the moment.

"We are not rearming because we want war, destruction, or suffering. We are rearming right now to avoid war and in a world where the international order is being challenged," Frederiksen told reporters on Wednesday, indirectly referring to Russia's military moves in recent years and months.


Comment: The 'international order' is not only being challenged from the outside, but it's fracturing from the inside too: Orban: EU leadership should 'start trembling, Brussels is not the first empire that has set its eyes on Hungary. It's time to rise up!'


Comment: This seems to reflect not only the desperation felt by the Western establishment, but also the utter disdain they have for the native peoples, and their future: Schools should prep students for 'natural disasters and war', says Germany's education minister


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Schools should prep students for 'natural disasters and war', says Germany's education minister

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© Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesGerman pupils must be prepared to deal with different types of crises and build "resilience," Stark-Watzinger says
Germany's education minister said students should be taught what to do in the case of wars, natural catastrophes or pandemics. She also said it was important they know how the army contributes to Germany's security.

Students in Germany must be better prepared to face all kinds of potential crises and catastrophes, German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger said.

A member of the business-focused Free Democrats (FDP), she stressed the importance of civil defense in comments to the Funke Media Group of local and regional newspapers on Saturday.

Comment: Indeed they are valuable skills, but is it a coincidence that, just as Germany involves itself in yet another genocide, and yet another immoral war against Russia, that this is now a priority?

Perhaps German politicians should concern themselves with taking a few history lessons, first?


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Evidence of foreign nationals accessing dominion voting machines leaked to public

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© APA worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location.
'The remote access by these foreign nationals occurred while the states were still counting votes, determining a final tally, and prior to certification of the results...'

A defamation lawsuit between Dominion Voting Systems and former Overstock.com CEO and Donald Trump supporter Patrick Byrne has descended into chaos after one of Byrne's attorneys leaked evidence that foreign nationals remotely accessed voting machines used in Michigan in the 2020 elections.

The leaked evidence has been floating around social media for about the last week. The evidence includes emails between Dominion workers about voting machines being accessed remotely from people in Kosovo and elsewhere.

Comment: It seems the typical reaction to whistleblowers leaking information of criminal activity has the same predictable reaction: ignore the criminal evidence and focus all attention on the whistleblower and how what they did was wrong. It seems like such an obvious ploy, but apparently it's an effective way of glossing over the evidence released.


Shopping Bag

Los Angeles 'Burglary Tourist' gangs flying in on Visas to rob mansions

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© Mario Tama/Getty ImagesPolice officers in Hollywood, Calif., on March 10, 2024.
A total of 94 burglaries were attributed to residents of Chile, Ecuador, Columbia, and Peru in just one part of L.A. in 2023, according to LAPD officials.

Gangs of "burglary tourists" from South America are increasingly exploiting U.S. temporary visas that don't require background checks to fly into Los Angeles and rob mansions, then flee back to their home countries with the valuables, police officials in the Los Angeles Police Department said.

A total of 94 burglaries were attributed to residents of Chile, Ecuador, Columbia, and Peru in just one part of L.A. in 2023, according to LAPD officials.

Comment: As if the criminals pouring across the southern border weren't enough, now the US also has to contend with criminals on tourist Visas. The lawlessness in the US is truly reaching a fever pitch, and people in any part of the country are at risk.

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Three outspoken evangelists of the mRNA clot shot have had their vaccine ministries come to sudden and sad ends

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Dr. Vicky Jennings, a trauma surgeon in South Africa, used to post content online mocking people who questioned the safety of the mRNA injections.

For example, she posted a photo of herself encircled by the words:

Disinformation is Deadly
Vaccines Save Lives

Nice of her to weave a prime example of disinformation — "Vaccines Save Lives" — directly into her meme.

She even poked fun at the irrefutable reality of vaccine side-effects by saying that she was "waiting to grow my unicorn horn now" after submitting to the poison shot. Referring to the conspiracy theory that the injections contain self-assembling microchips, she added, "Bill Gates can start tracking my fascinating life."

Dr. Jennings, however, has stopped posting these public disservice announcements... because her "fascinating life" has come to a sudden end at the age of 43.

Earthquake

Economic earthquake ahead? The cracks are spreading fast

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One of my favorite false narratives floating around corporate media platforms has been the argument that the American people "just don't seem to understand how good the economy really is right now." If only they would look at the stats, they would realize that we are in the middle of a financial renaissance, right? It must be that people have been brainwashed by negative press from conservative sources...

I have to laugh at this notion because it's a very common one throughout history - it's an assertion made by almost every single political regime right before a major collapse. These people always say the same things, and when you study economics as long as I have you can't help but throw up your hands and marvel at their dedication to the propaganda.

One example that comes to mind immediately is the delusional optimism of the "roaring" 1920s and the lead up to the Great Depression. At the time around 60% of the U.S. population was living in poverty conditions (according to the metrics of the decade) earning less than $2000 a year. However, in the years after WWI ravaged Europe, America's economic power was considered unrivaled.

Bizarro Earth

What is happening in Haiti could happen in the US

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The kind of rampant civil unrest that has thrown Haiti into turmoil will happen in the United States and other wealthy western nations too. At this point, it is just a matter of time. Here in the United States, we have been adding millions upon millions of extremely desperate people on top of the millions upon millions of extremely desperate people that we already had. Politicians in major cities such as New York and Chicago openly admit that they can't possibly take any more migrants because the social services available for them have been completely overwhelmed, but more migrants just keep coming anyway. We are creating an extremely explosive environment, and the pressure that is coming in 2024 and beyond could push things over the edge.

If you want an idea of what is coming, just look at what is happening in Haiti right now. Following years of disastrous policies, the entire nation has descended into a state of chaos...

Star of David

War on Gaza: Israel's leftists quickly lost their compassion for Palestinians

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© Alberto Pizzoli/AFPIsraeli protesters demonstrate near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv, on 16 December 2023
Liberal Israeli sympathy for Palestinians was based on the colonial mindset that the subjugated are inferior and should be grateful for their support

The Hamas attack of 7 October and the war that Israel launched thereafter introduced a new conceptual category of persons to the Hebrew-Israeli vocabulary: the "disillusioned" - meaning, the folks who have now "sobered up".

These people insist that, until 7 October, they were humanistic seekers of peace for whom the Hamas attack changed everything: in its wake, they moulted their former selves and now passionately supported the genocide that Israel is perpetrating in Gaza.

For more than five months, they have continued to flog one another for the sin of their earlier left-wing innocence. After suitable ritual absolution, they enter into the bosom of the tribe and are showered with forgiveness in the name of the people and the nation.

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Republicans going all out to ban diversity, equity, inclusion mandates in medical schools

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© SUZANNE DECHILLO/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX
GOP lawmakers proposed legislation Tuesday banning race-based mandates at medical schools and accrediting institutions.

The Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education Act was introduced by North Carolina Rep. Greg Murphy, a urologist who is the only actively practicing physician in Congress.

"American medical schools are the best in the world and no place for discrimination," said Mr. Murphy. The EDUCATE Act compels medical schools and accrediting agencies to uphold colorblind admissions processes and prohibits the coercion of students who hold certain political opinions.

Comment: The bill can't be passed too soon. Plus the schools themselves need to be purged of the pernicious doctrine of DEI. It produces dangerous nonsense like this: Some are fighting back: