Telegraph Finally! Covid vaccines could be partly to blame for the rise in excess deaths since the pandemic, scientists have suggested. Researchers from The Netherlands analysed data from 47 Western countries and discovered there had been more than three million excess deaths since 2020, with the trend continuing despite the rollout of vaccines and containment […]
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Another Financial Times article via archive.ph As an organising principle for western foreign policy, the “rules-based international order” has long suffered from some disastrous flaws. It is a phrase that means nothing to a normal person. As a result, it is a deeply uninspiring concept. People might go to war to defend freedom or the […]
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Rafah: Not a “tragic mistake”
Not a mistake. An intended target with full knowledge that civilians had been directed to this alleged safe space by Israeli authorities. Targeting Rafah was going to result in massive civilian casualties- The Israeli government knew this for a fact as it had been stated repeatedly and they still went ahead with the onslaught. Not […]
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ICJ Rules Against Israel
I suspected this would be the ruling because top of the heap news was some gossip about Russia wanting a ceasefire- from 4 anonymous sources- originating with Reuters as an exclusive. Why? Russia has always been clear they would welcome a ceasefire should the right conditions be set for one. Didn’t seem to be newsworthy […]
Of course the perception managing media would have you believe something was awry or amiss. It doesn’t seem so. Putin appoints Sergei Shoigu as secretary of Russia’s national security council amid cabinet reshuffle Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Sergei Shoigu as defense minister and appointed him as secretary of Russia’s national security […]
Pretty sure everyone who reads here will have heard or read the news regarding a plot to assassinate Zelensky being foiled. Of course 5 eyes media is claiming it to be a Russian plot. Not in my opinion. Russian input is not necessary the Ukrainians have hundreds of thousands of reasons to want this detestable […]
Thanks to Dennis for directing this one my way Covert Geopolitics While the collective west is in the grips of an existential legitimacy crisis, the RIC is devising its own security order to protect the rest of the world from the ‘genocidals.’ The Hegemon has no idea what awaits the Exceptionalist mindset: China has started […]
I’d seen claims the original Reuters report was deleted. But, it wasn’t. The headline was changed and the body of the report was rewritten. Yes, the UK gave Ukraine the green light to use British weapons to hit inside Russia. Atlantic Council Ukraine can use British-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia, UK Foreign Secretary […]
Try as the 5 eyes media might- what happened is discernible via the reports Violence at UCLA as Gaza protest camp attacked by counter-demonstrators People wielding sticks and poles tried to tear down wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect pro-Palestinian protesters, some holding placards or umbrellas. At least one firework […]
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Ukraine, Israel and Gaza
Atlantic Council Millions of Ukrainians let out a collective sigh of relief on Saturday as the US House of Representatives finally passed a long-delayed $61 billion aid bill that will provide Ukraine with a crucial lifeline in the struggle against Russian aggression. The vote came following months of political deadlock in the United States that […]