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Degenerate art in New Normal Germany

CJ Hopkins
cjhopkins.substack.com
Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:26 UTC
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One of the first things totalitarians do when they set about transforming a democratic society into whatever type of strictly-regulated, utterly soul-deadening totalitarian dystopia they are trying to transform it into is radically overhaul and remake its culture. You can't impose your new official ideology on a formerly democratic society with a bunch of artists running around loose, making fun of you and your propaganda. No, you need to get the culture business under control, and dictate what is and isn't "art," and what types of art are "harmful to society," and demonize them, and the artists who created them, and censor them, or otherwise erase them.

The Nazis went about this process in their characteristically ham-fisted fashion ...
"In September 1933, the Nazis created the Reich Chamber of Culture. The Chamber oversaw the production of art, music, film, theater, radio, and writing in Germany. The Nazis sought to shape and control every aspect of German society. They believed that art played a critical role in defining a society's values. In addition, the Nazis believed art could influence a nation's development. Several top leaders became involved in official efforts on art. They sought to identify and attack 'dangerous' artworks as they struggled to define what 'truly German' art looked like." — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Cattle-tracking provision could limit beef supply has passed in omnibus bill

Matthew Lysiak
ZeroHedge
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 20:13 UTC
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© Susan Mortimer/The Epoch TimesCows and sheep grazing in a paddock near Albany, Western Australia, on Nov. 24, 2023.
A controversial measure to include $15 million for the electronic tracking of livestock has made it through Congress via the recently passed omnibus bill, raising fears among critics that the new system could be weaponized by the government to limit beef consumption.

American cattle rancher Shad Sullivan told The Epoch Times that he fears that the electronic tags will be the end of the small rancher.

"They are going to use it as a taxing mechanism to eventually control the livestock," Mr. Sullivan said. "In the European Union, they used these measures under the guise of climate change lies to limit the cattle supply, and if they do that here, it will destroy our industry.

"If the tag mandate is implemented it will be the key to open the door to the gas chamber for independent ranching."
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Barge slams into bridge in Oklahoma; cruise ship crashes into wall in Austria


New York Post
Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:14 UTC
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© APA barge in Oklahoma struck a bridge over the the Arkansas River on Saturday, forcing the police to close the highway down.
The Oklahoma State Patrol said Saturday that it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over the Arkansas River.

Troopers closed South US Highway 59 about 1:25 p.m. after receiving word of the incident and diverted traffic from the area, state patrol spokesperson Sarah Stewart said.

The bridge, which crosses the Arkansas River where it enters the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, will remain closed until it can be inspected, she said.

Comment: The Independent reports:
At least 17 passengers hurt as cruise ship crashes into wall in River Danube
cruise crash
© (APA/AFP via Getty Images)
A Bulgarian cruise ship carrying over a hundred passengers has crashed into a concrete wall in a sluice on the River Danube in Austria.

The incident occurred overnight in the northern Austrian town of Aschach an der Donau, local police said on Saturday morning.

Eleven people were injured and taken to hospital as a result of the crash. Local media said another six people suffered less serious injuries that did not require hospital treatment.

Some 160 passengers were aboard the ship travelling from Bavaria in Germany to the Austrian city of Linz, a spokesperson for police in the nearby town of Eferding said.

The ship was able to continue onwards after the accident, the spokesperson said.

It was not immediately clear how serious the injuries were, the spokesperson added.

It was also unclear what led to the accident.

The River Danube is one of Europe's most significant and iconic rivers, winding its way through multiple countries and cultures. Cruise ships over the river attract thousands of tourists every year.

Earlier in 2023, a Ukrainian captain of a cruise liner was sentenced to five years in prison in Hungary for his role in a 2019 accident when his boat hit and sank a smaller boat on the River Danube, killing 25 South Korean tourists and two crew.
Obviously accidents, incompetence, and even sabotage, happens; it just remains to be seen which is which:

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Europeans increasingly concerned over food and water security

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:40 UTC
food water europe shortages
You will find more infographics at Statista

Spain's northeast Catalonia region is currently suffering its worst drought on record.

And, as Statista's Anna Fleck reports, it's not just Spain afflicted with this problem: The EU Commission's Joint Research Center sounded the alarm earlier this year over how prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years already and northern Africa for as many as six, which is "causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth."


Comment: Indeed extreme weather is having a catastrophic impact on food supplies; it's just an issue that is sorely underreported. However, as just one example, in the UK, due to increasing incompetence and corruption, there's been no significant investment in water infrastructure over the past 30 years, which means that despite receiving up to double the amount of rainfall at various other times throughout the year, the government is enforcing water restrictions come summertime.


Comment: And people are right to be concerned: Europe is wargaming a food crisis - Bloomberg

Moreover, the situation is much the same across the Western world, however at the moment it seems that it's the price of goods - and 'skimplflation' - that's, ultimately, causing their health to suffer:


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4 UN observers injured by Israeli airstrike whilst on mission in Lebanon


The Palestine Chronicle
Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:58 UTC
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© WikipediaFILE: A UNIFIL vehicle in Lebanon. A UNIFIL helicopter reportedly arrived at the site of the attack and transported the wounded peacekeepers.
An Israeli aircraft targeted on Saturday morning a military vehicle belonging to the United Nations Interim Force near the southern Lebanese village of Rmeish, leaving at least four injured, Lebanese media reported on Saturday.

According to Al-Manar TV channel, the vehicle carried three UN observers, from Australia, Norway and Chile, and a Lebanese translator.

A UNIFIL helicopter reportedly arrived at the site of the attack and transported the wounded peacekeepers.

Reuters news agency reported that two security sources confirmed that "the observers were wounded in an Israeli strike".

Comment: By this point it's pretty clear that the Israel will not really be held to task, but the losses it's suffering - for bombing Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria - are rising: Israeli military suffers dozens of casualties in 'unusual incident' in Gaza, raising total to 3,757

As noted in this video, the IDF is more than capable of precision strikes, and so one might suppose that this was intentional.

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Moscow terror attack planned and paid for by Kiev - MEP


RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:18 UTC
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© Sputnik/Kirill KallinikovWomen stand near a makeshift memorial near the Crocus City Hall in memory of the victims of a terrorist attack on the concert venue near Moscow, Russia.
Ukraine was involved in the Crocus City Hall massacre, Marcel de Graaff has said.

The terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall venue last week, which claimed the lives of more than 140 people, was planned and paid for by Ukraine, Marcel de Graaff, a member of the European Parliament from the Dutch right-wing Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, has claimed.

According to the politician, it is due to Kiev's involvement that the "legend of propaganda paid for by Russia" has emerged again.

Comment: He's basically saying what we all already knew. And if Ukraine is involved, so are their masters.

See also:

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Foreign fighter in Ukraine confirms mercenary deaths


RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 02:51 UTC
Piotr Mitkiewicz, Polish mercenary
© YouTube/RMF FMPiotr Mitkiewicz, March 29. 2024
At least 20 Polish nationals fighting for Kiev have been killed in battle, according to one soldier of Ukraine's foreign legion, who spoke to Polish radio on Friday.

Piotr Mitkiewicz joined the 'International Territorial Defense Legion of Ukraine' in May 2022 and has frequently spoken to Polish media about his experiences. His latest testimonial was on Krakow-based RMF radio's Morning Talk.

"There are not many," he said when asked how many Poles were fighting for Ukraine. "I have been there the longest and I know most of those who are there. But I will say this: Up to 20 of us have died."

Mitkiewicz's estimate is far lower than official Russian accounts, however. Earlier this month, the Russian Defense Ministry put the number of Polish mercenaries killed since the start of the conflict at 1,497 - more than half of the 2,960 that have enlisted for Ukraine's cause.

The Polish mercenary also gave a harrowing account of what it's like to be on the battlefield.
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Ukrainian army gripped by gambling addiction - MP


RT
Sat, 30 Mar 2024 02:18 UTC
slot machine, gambling, casino
© Getty Images / audioundwerbungFILE PHOTO.
The Ukrainian army has a huge gambling problem, Aleksey Goncharenko, a senior Ukrainian MP, wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday. The lawmaker said 90% of soldiers are wasting money in online casinos and on sports betting platforms, instead of saving it for the future.

"This is not just a problem. It's crazy. 9 out of 10 soldiers on the front lines have a casino or gambling problem. Money is lost. Then they take loans. And so it goes in a circle," he complained.

According to Goncharenko, the problem is severe not only because it is "destroying the military morale" on the frontlines, but because soldiers who lose their earnings will become "perfect targets" for the criminal world once they return home penniless.

"Right now, we are simply laundering money out of our country's budget. But we are also creating a problem for the future," he warned.

The lawmaker suggested that the situation should be dealt with by the government. He proposed monitoring online gambling platforms and banning military personnel from accessing them. He also offered to reform the local eOselya program, a government initiative that provides affordable housing loans for soldiers, to make it more appealing for them as an investment.
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Share of 'patriotic' Russians reaches all-time high


RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 02:14 UTC
RUSSIAN FLAG KREMLIN
© Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP
Some 94% of Russians describe themselves as patriots, more than at any point since surveys first began, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) said on Friday.

The increase was driven mainly by a ten percentage point surge in "unconditional" patriotism since last year, which now stands at 62%, VTSIOM revealed. Back in 2005, when the survey first started, it was just 47%.

"Today, the feeling of patriotism is shared approximately equally by men and women (93% and 95%, respectively), the young and the old (87% in the 18-24 category and 94% among those 60+), and residents of cities and the countryside (94% and 95% respectively)," said the pollster.

The recent surge in unconditional patriotism is higher than the eight-point increase in 2022, after the military operation in Ukraine began.

The percentage of Russians who described themselves as "not very" patriotic was the highest in March 2014, prior to the reunification with Crimea. It stood at 13% at the time but has shrunk to just 2% today. Only 1% of Russians have openly declared they don't feel patriotic at all.

Comment: The plan to split Russia apart from within is proceeding as planned ... right?

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Ruled by criminals: When dissidents become enemies of the state

John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:47 UTC
Julian Assange arrest Ecuadorian Embassy
Wikileaks publisher, Julian Assange, being dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in April 2019.
"In these days of worldwide confusion, there is a dire need for men and women who will courageously do battle for truth." — Martin Luther King Jr.
When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.

In the current governmental climate, obeying one's conscience and speaking truth to the power of the police state can easily render you an "enemy of the state."

The government's list of so-called "enemies of the state" is growing by the day.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is merely one of the most visible victims of the police state's war on dissidents and whistleblowers.

Five years ago, on April 11, 2019, police arrested Assange for daring to access and disclose military documents that portray the U.S. government and its endless wars abroad as reckless, irresponsible, immoral and responsible for thousands of civilian deaths.

Comment: While not all adhere to the historicity of Jesus as presented in the New Testament, and instead propose a composite figure, the qualities ascribed to that figure are certainly admirable and worthy of imitation. For further reading, be sure check out From Paul to Mark on Red Pill Press or Amazon.

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