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Musician Sting warns of threats to democracy during Warsaw concert

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Sting performs on the main stage during the 45th edition of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland, 20 July 2022. The Paleo is the largest open-air music festival in the western part of Switzerland with 230,000 spectators in six days, and takes place from 19-24 July. Paleo Festival 2022, Nyon, Switzerland - 20 Jul 2022
Sting shared an urgent political message during a concert in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday.

The singer stopped his show to appeal to the crowd regarding the war in Ukraine and the growing threats to democracy.

Calling the country's invasion at the hands of Russian forces "an absurdity based upon a lie," the statement was expressed through Polish actor Maciej Stuhr, who Sting invited on stage to act as a translator, as reported by the Associated Press.

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"I have a chance to kill some Russians." Interviews with foreign volunteers in Ukraine

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Foreign volunteers test a drone in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
On February 27, Ukrainian President Zelensky announced the formation of the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine and invited foreign nationals to come to Ukraine and join the fight against Russia. Foreign nationals, many with no prior military experience or training, heeded Zelensky's call and poured into Ukraine. Months of reports of heavy casualties among the undertrained and often underarmed International Legion volunteers followed.

On July 1, the International Legion issued a statement on their social media accounts:
"Going forward, media enquires and requests for interviews regarding the Legion and with legionnaires must go through the Legion's Communications Director, "Mockingjay" on Signal or Telegram only. We also remind all journalists that interviews and any communication with legionnaires are only legitimate if they are approved by the Legion's press office, and that legionnaires are under strict orders not to talk to the press."
The true number of foreign volunteers fighting in Ukraine is unknown. In March, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed more than 20,000 came from 52 countries, but many of the volunteers who came have already left. The total number of volunteer groups, both officially registered with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and operating unofficially, is also unknown.

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Julian Assange's extradition: An open letter

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© Elizabeth CookJulian Assange appearing in Old Bailey in London
Iain Overton writes to Jane Hartley, US Ambassador to the UK, after Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to America:

In February 2011, a British Lieutenant Colonel in Afghanistan, in receipt of daily military Situation Reports from UK special forces, wrote of something he described as "quite incredible". His surprise was regarding the number of Afghan detainees that UK SAS units had sent "back into a building", only for those prisoners to grab a gun or grenade and to then be swiftly killed by their British captors. The Lt Col's superior, the Operations Chief of Staff, replied that such suspicious deaths constituted "a massive failure of leadership". Indeed, they did.

This month it was revealed - in part by Action on Armed Violence (the charity I head up) - that such leadership failed to prevent a killing spree that saw as many as 56 extra-judicial killings by the SAS over a six-month period alone. Hundreds more murders could have occurred. The Chief of Staff wrote:
"If we don't believe this, then no one else will. And when the next WikiLeaks occurs then we will be dragged down with them."
Truth, he felt, had a habit of getting out sooner or later. That at least was true.

What is not true is that the exposé of UK Special Forces would come from WikiLeaks. In part, this might be because Julian Assange today lies in a British jail, his extradition to your country approved by the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. It seems that a very effective way to stop someone exposing British or American death squads is to lock them up.

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Spam locked up in some New York stores amid soaring thefts

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© William C. Lopez/NYPOSTSPAM is locked up in a Duane Reade at Port Authority.
Inflation and crime have gotten so bad in Gotham that even cheap meat like Spam has to be locked up.

At Duane Reade's store in the Port Authority bus depot, the shelf-stable product — only $3.99 a can — is now being stocked in plastic, anti-theft cases.

"I've never seen that before!" one cashier laughed while using a magnet to remove a can of Spam from its cage.

The cashier was among the employees, tourists and store regulars stunned that the iconic blue-and-yellow cans are now being kept under lock-and-key — some even poking fun at the sight as "a sort of Jeff Koons homage," per one viral tweet.

Comment: This rise in crime is likely due to a convergence of issues, including soaring inflation, worsening poverty, and a police force that is overstretched, apathetic, corrupt, and hindered from doing its job; and this last point is particularly evident in those liberal cities where petty thefts are no longer consider worthy of a police investigation: Los Angeles cargo trains repeatedly looted, tracks littered with Amazon packages


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To take back our culture we need to build our own media army

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I have been writing about the concept of decentralization since around 2006, well before the threat of the woke takeover and the culture war became obvious. The idea is a rather simple one (most ideas that work are simple):

If the corrupt system does not or will not provide what the public needs or wants then the public should provide those necessities for themselves. If they are successful then the system has two choices - It can fade away quietly as the decentralized economy takes over, or, it can try and STOP the public from building their own production using force. If the system uses force, then it exposes its true nature as authoritarian and it encourages rebellion. One way or another, the corrupt system will be eliminated.

We have already seen this with the alternative media over the past decade. When I started my first website (Neithercorp) 16 years ago, there were very few of us out there presenting the truth to the public and the mainstream media was still very much in control of the narrative. Today there is an endless array of alternative news websites and YouTube channels and the MSM is utterly dying (except maybe Fox News). Their audience numbers are crumbling while our audience numbers are rising. We are winning the news war because we offer something they don't - The facts.

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Terrorist ringleader 'backed by Sweden' pleads guilty to 2018 attack against Iranians

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Habib Farajollah Chaab, ringleader of the Harkat al-Nazal terror outfit
The ringleader of a terrorist group responsible for a 2018 attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran, confesses to masterminding the atrocity as well as many other acts of terror targeting the Iranian nation.

The defendant, identified as Habib Farajollah Chaab, ringleader of the Harkat al-Nazal terror outfit, attended the first court hearing into the case in Tehran on Sunday.

"I have acknowledged all of my actions in writing and plead guilty to all of them," Chaab said.

Comment: Iran has been catching and outing a number of spy and terrorist groups recently: Iranian intelligence busts Mossad spy network in southeast of country




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Israel closes roads near Gaza following capture of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader

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© Photo credit: AP Photo/Adel HanaMembers of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, march during a rally in Gaza, 4 October, 2018.
As a "precautionary step" against possible retaliation from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Israeli troops closed off several main highways along the besieged Gaza Strip on 2 August, hours after the arrest of a senior leader.

Late on Monday, occupation troops arrested PIJ official Bassam al-Saadi during a raid in the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank.

During the raid, the Israeli soldiers also killed 17-year-old Derar Riyad al-Kafrini.

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J6 defendant receives harshest sentence yet after son testifies against him at trial

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A federal judge on Monday handed down the heaviest sentence yet to a defendant who was at the Capital riot — seven years to a Texas man who never entered the building.

A Washington, D.C., jury convicted Guy Reffitt, 49, of five felonies in March, including carrying a gun on U.S. Capitol grounds and threatening his children against reporting him to law enforcement. Reffitt was also convicted of two counts of civil disorder, and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.

U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich declined a Department of Justice request to sentence Reffitt as a domestic terrorist, stating it would create an "unwarranted sentencing disparity," according to Politico. Treating Reffitt's crimes as terrorism would have substantially increased Reffitt's potential sentence; prosecutors had asked for a 15-year term.

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Jack Posobiec burns Jon Stewart after uninformed 'meltdown' over Senate Veterans bill UPDATE: They're now working together to get the bill passed

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When the Senate GOP declined to pass the PACT Act this week, comedian and pundit Jon Stewart blasted for what he termed voting against veterans. But as Human Events Daily's Jack Posobiec pointed out, the senators weren't voting against veterans, they were voting against a random $400 billion that had been snuck into the bill.

Posobiec took a look at the bill, which was passed in June, but then required to be put up for a revote after the House made a change to the legislation. The change in the bill up for a vote before the Senate, according to the Congressional Budget Office, was to the tune of $400 billion in completely unrelated spending.


Comment: UPDATE from the Post Millennial:
After Jack Posobiec called out comedian Jon Stewart for lying about a Senate bill meant to provide funding for veterans suffering the ill effects of burn pits, Posobiec and Stewart had a confrontation in Washington, DC.

While it began contentiously, the two men eventually came to terms. "Jon Stewart and I have decided to come to an agreement, have we not, Jon?" Posobiec asked.

"Yes sir," said Stewart, chagrined.

"I lost my temper a little bit, I felt like I was being trolled, and I realized the important thing is just got to get this done for these guys, and get them over the finish line to get them the health care they need," Stewart said.

"We're at 98 percent, let's get it over the 2 percent," Posobiec said.

The bill that is being stalled in the Senate over egregious extra spending pushed into the bill by Democrats is meant to give resources to veterans who suffered exposure to toxic chemicals in burn pits. "A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment," the bill states.

This practice was undertaken in Iraq, Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, and other locations across Asia and the Middle East.

Most of the Senate understands the importance of passing this act, and of getting veterans the health care they need. However, it has been held up in Congressional red-tape, essentially.

It was originally passed in June, but then was required to be put up for a revote after the House made a change to the legislation. The change in the bill up for a vote before the Senate, according to the Congressional Budget Office, was to the tune of $400 billion in completely unrelated spending.

Posobiec looked into these changes, and brought the receipts to Stewart on Twitter. This after Stewart freaked out at the GOP, saying that the GOP senators didn't care about vets.

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When Posobiec spoke to Stewart in DC, Stewart had initially screamed in his face as well.

"These people have suffered for 15 years," the comedian told the Navy veteran, pointing in his face, and when Posobiec asked why Stewart was calling him names, Stewart said "because you're a fucking troll."

Posobiec pointed out that he was "for the bill," which he also noted was true for Republicans in Congress. The only reason the bill was voted down last week is because Democrats had added a substantial amount of discretionary spending that had nothing to do with veterans or their health issues.

Stewart, instead of engaging in any kind of dialogue, continued screaming. However, a short time after the initial, unhinged encounter, the two men were seen in a much more congenial circumstance.



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Amber Heard's sister told boss actress did sever Johnny Depp's finger: unsealed court docs

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© POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesJennifer Howell, a former boss of Whitney Henriquez, Heard’s sister, said during a deposition that she heard in real time Henriquez get a message about the finger injury.
Amber Heard's sister told her employer that the "Aquaman" actress had "done it now" and cut off Johnny Depp's finger with a bottle, according to a deposition that came to light following the unsealing of more than 6,000 page of court documents over the weekend.

The newly unveiled legal filings detail efforts by Depp and Heard's attorneys to get certain claims and exhibits presented or excluded from their bombshell defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star testified in April that during a couple's quarrel in Australia in 2015, Heard hurled a bottle of vodka at him, which shattered and severed the tip of his finger.

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