from Sputnik News:
Lavrov: Russia Will Not Allow West to Blow Up Any More Gas Pipelines
Twitter Files: Government Funding Created ‘Cottage Industry’ of ‘Disinformation Labs’
by Robert Kraychik, Breitbart:
Journalist and author Matt Taibbi noted the U.S. government’s role in creating a “new cottage industry” of “disinformation labs” ostensibly combatting fraudulent online propaganda in the interest of national security in his latest Twitter Files report published Thursday.
The “Twitter Files #17” thread focuses on the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a subsidiary of the State Department, and its claimed objective to “recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.”
US SOLDIER DEFECTS TO RUSSIA, EXPOSES UKRAINE SECRETS
from Chembuster:
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Ready Or Not Here It Comes: US Continues To “Explore” Digital Currency
by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The endgame for the ruling class is getting closure. The masters continue to “explore” a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in order to make sure the slave class stays as such.
Under Secretary of Treasury, Nellie Liang said in a speech Wednesday that a consortium of government agencies will meet regularly in the coming months to discuss whether to adopt a central bank digital currency or CBDC. The United States is currently studying options for adopting a retail or wholesale CBDC.
Pure Evil: US Tells Other Countries Not to Work with Syria’s Assad on Earthquake Relief as Death Toll Passes 50,000
by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:
The State Department on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to countries upgrading their ties with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even if it is an effort to aid Syria’s earthquake relief.
“Our position on the Assad regime has not changed. Now is not the time for normalization. Now is not the time to upgrade relations with the Assad regime,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in response to the news of Egypt’s foreign minister visiting Syria and Turkey.
JIM WILLIE: ‘THE FED WILL HIKE UNTIL SOMETHING BREAKS’
from Arcadia Economics:
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Interest rates: The silent killer
by Alasdair Macleod, GoldMoney:
This article is about why interest rates and bond yields are rising and why they will continue to rise, threatening to undermine the entire western banking system.
Rising bond yields are deferring the prospect of a central bank pivot away from fighting inflation to tackling a widely expected recession. Anyway, these expectations wrongly assume that price inflation will fall in a recession, leading to lower interest rates.
History tells us that monetary debasement, rising prices and a slump in business activity go together. Indeed, a slump in economic activity is almost certain, but interest rates will continue to rise reflecting declining purchasing powers for fiat currencies. There is nothing the monetary authorities can do to prevent it, and consequently a cyclical banking crisis, this time including both central and commercial banking systems, is bound to result.
What In The World Has Happened To Our Society?
by Michael Snyder, End Of The American Dream:
Things weren’t always this horrible. Once upon a time, America’s shiny new cities were the envy of the entire world. Our citizens dressed sharply, they treated one another with respect, and they worked incredibly hard. But now our country is teeming with extremely slothful degenerates that want everything handed to them on a silver platter. Rampant greed is everywhere that you look, crime is completely out of control, we are facing the worst drug crisis in the entire history of our nation, millions of our fellow citizens are absolutely seething with hatred for one another, and those that attempt to stand up for what is right are considered to be the problem. We should be deeply grieved by what has happened to our society, because it truly is a great tragedy.
HUGE Cracks in the Long-Planned Conspiracy to Collapse the American Republic (Video)
from State Of The Nation:
The Khazarian Cabal’s Highly Complex and Convoluted Conspiratorial Plot to Destroy the United States of America Exposes Itself During Prime Time
SOTN Editor’s Note: The following critical analysis of the video posted below was recently sent to this Alt Media platform for immediate publication. As follows:
This highly revealing video below portrays the primary reason why POTUS pretender Joe Biden was criminally installed by his Khazarian handlers. His Khazarian masters quite intentionally selected a highly degenerate, demented and drug-addled career criminal at this crucial point in U.S. history. They also chose a so-called Irish-American ‘Catholic’ to give the appearance of an avuncular and gaffe-committing occupant of the Oval Office when society would be utterly devastated by Khazarian-coordinated cultural marxists strategically planted everywhere.
I Tire Of Excuses
by Karl Denninger, Market Ticker:
Let’s look at something that is being poo-pooed the last few days — and shouldn’t be.
CNN (among many others) reported that erythritol, an artificial sweetener used as a “cutting agent” for other artificial sweeteners (because it has the texture and bulk of sugar, but is less sweet — thus its use with Stevia and others) may be linked to heart attacks and strokes, particularly occlusive strokes.
This was instantly poo-pooed by a whole lot of people who went after the study and its methodology. In general I would agree with them in the broad sense, but not in this case and this is where our so-called “pundit class” fails miserably.
Miss Car Payment? Future Ford Vehicles Could Repossess Themselves
by Patrick Wood, Activist Post:
Ford Motor Company filed a US patent application that shows autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles could potentially repossess themselves if their owners miss lease or loan payments.
The idea of self-driving cars repossessing themselves might sound dystopian, but it is not surprising that automakers are considering this technology to ensure payment. Repossession is a common practice, and as we’ve described recently, cracks are beginning to form in the subprime auto loan market (read: here & here).
The Woke Wrecking Machine
by Victor Davis Hanson, Townhall:
Almost everything that has followed from the woke mass hysteria gripping the nation since 2020 has proved disastrous.
Wokeism destroys meritocracy in favor of forced equality of result – history’s prescription for civilizational decline.
If we continue with the woke hiring of administrators, air traffic controllers, ground crews, pilots, and rail workers, there will be even more news of disasters and near-miss airline crashes.