š¬š§šøš° Sky News: "Hungary, Slovakia, Austria are all now holdouts against the common European line in favor of Ukraine..."
š¬š§šøš° Sky News: "Fico has become very Pro-Russian"
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šøš° Fico's most striking quotes about Ukraine
I have no doubt that if some Russophobe were shot in Europe, everyone would be talking about the āRussian traceā. But they made an attempt on the life of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, who stood out from the Western mainstream on the āUkrainian issue.ā Here are his most striking quotes:
āIn fact, Ukraine is used only for geopolitical purposes, to weaken Russia economically and internationally. Iām afraid that in the name of these geopolitical goals, the West will fight with Russia until the last Ukrainian soldier, and we are not far from this goal.ā
āI am against Ukraineās membership in NATO and will veto it. This would simply be the basis for World War III, nothing more."
āAn attack by Ukrainian nationalists on Donbass is for Russia the same as a Hamas attack on Israel for NATO. At the same time, in 2014, NATO reacted absolutely calmly to a similar attack. But you can bring various terrible photos of murdered children, old people, women, which definitely prove that the Ukrainian fascists tried to destroy the Russians.ā
āWe must admit to ourselves and say: Ukraine does not have enough forces to turn the situation around militarily; it is not capable of any counter-offensive. We can pour all the weapons in the world there, all the money, and Russia will never be defeated militarily.ā
āThe prevailing belief was that if you give the Ukrainians weapons and money, the Russians will kneel, be powerless and destroyed. This strategy didn't work. Russia is not on its knees. She will be the one who will speak when the negotiations take place.ā
Ukrainian TG channel 'Legitimny' believes it's obvious who ordered the hit on Fico:
Most likely, this is a case of intimidation of everyone who is against the supply of weapons to Ukraine and the continuation of the war.
Will there be a Ukrainian trace?
They would rather write it off as a ācrazy caseā, that the shooter is [mentally ill], or something like that. But in reality, the order-givers are already clear. Look for who benefits, as they say.
Fico is inconvenient because he expanded the trend of ending the war in Ukraine and refused to provide military assistance, which interfered with many. He interfered with those characters and large [international corporations] who profited from the war.
š¬šŖ The Georgian parliament adopted the law on āforeign agentsā in the final, third reading, reports Ekho Kavkaza.
84 deputies voted for, 30 against.
President Salome Zurabishvili previously promised that she would veto the bill. However, Georgian Dream has enough votes to override the veto.
š¬šŖāThe infamous Georgian law on foreign agents: what is it about?Ā
The official name of the bill introduced by the ruling party is āOn the Transparency of Foreign Influenceā, also known as the law on foreign agents.
Its main purpose is to make transparent the income of non-profit organizations and media that are funded from abroad. The law doesn't affect individuals.Ā
āWhat does it mean for those organizations in practice?
ā”ļølegal entities whose sponsorship from Western partners exceeds 20% of their total annual income will be required to provide reporting on their earnings.Ā
ā”ļøthey will have to register their status of a foreign agent and annually submit a declaration of income.
ā”ļøthe maximum penalty for failure to comply is a fine of around $9.5 thousand.
The new law will not affect sports federations and the main administrative bodies of companies. Diplomats and officials of other countries also will not have to send reports.Ā
A similar law exists in the United States, and is considered more strict due to the criminal liability incurred by a company that does not provide data on its financing.
š¬Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the law has only one goal - to make public the financial statements of non-governmental organizations that receive millions of dollars from abroad and spend these funds āon subversive political activities.ā
āWhy are so many people against it, and why has the law been dubbed "The Russian law"?
If you want our opinion - simply because Russia (just like many other countries) has a similar law, and, since it would inevitably reveal the influence that Western countries try to buy in Georgia, the main selling point is that "Georgia can't afford to become like autocratic Russia". Anyone with a shred of common sense can see that any organization that receives substantial Russian funding would have to report it too so it doesn't put Russia in a more favorable position than any Western country's.
Fighting today inside the Georgian Parliament:
American State Department Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Greenmail
Georgia (former Soviet republic of) passed the "foreign agents" law today, against he Globalist American Empire's explicit instructions. So Madeleine Albright's crony Jim O'Brien ā now back at State Department, obviously ā flew to Tbilisi and said, basically, "we spent billions here, how dare you?"
Without an ounce of self-awareness (or perhaps shame), O'Brien threatened Georgia with sanctions unless it changed the law, because it wasn't up to EU and NATO standards (!). Yet the US has FARA, a 1938 law, that is far more restrictive!
Here's O'Brien in Tbilisi:
"The US has about $390 million in assistance that we are planning to spend with Georgian authorities. Half on military assistance, a little more or about another third roughly on economic development projects, and more on building institutions along with some for civil society. All that has to be under review if we are now regarded as an adversary and not a partner."
That highlighted bit is actually the problem, Jim, and why it bothers you that Georgia is trying to shine a spotlight on who all is "building institutions" and trying to puppeteer the country through "civil society."Ā
The United States will impose sanctions against the Georgian authorities if democracy is undermined in the country - Assistant Secretary of State
At the same time, the President of Georgia vetoed the law on foreign agents.
" Enemies from within are more dangerous to me than enemies from without. We can deal with Russia and China, but these crazy people in our government who are going to destroy our country, we have to stop it ," Trump said. (Source Politico)
šŗš¦ The Armed Forces of Ukraine have no reserves left, Ukrainian intelligence chief Budanov said in an interview with NYT .
āAll our troops are now either in Kharkov or in Chasov Yar. I used everything we have. Unfortunately, we donāt have anyone left in reserve,ā said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
He agrees with the assessments that near Kharkov the Russian Federation is stretching the already depleted forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And also āto sow panic and confusion in the region.ā
šŗš¦ "This is the greatest crime, a colossal crime. What is happening now in Kharkiv and Sumy is a situation where the front has expanded, and ordinary people are beginning to wonder ā what the hell is happening in the defense sector of the country? This is blatant incompetence, this is collapse, this is decline, and it has specific reasons, and behind those reasons are specific culprits with specific names," Arestovych said, assessing Syrskyi's fortifications.
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New Secretary of Defense for Russia is an Economist (Reflecting the Economic War)
š·šŗ Belousov made public statements.
Main:
ā The primary issue in my post is to provide weapons to the Russian Armed Forces groups in the SMO
ā We need to preempt the Ukrainian Armed Forces, we need to develop new methods of combat operations
ā The primary task is to recruit the RF Armed Forces (we are not talking about mobilization)
ā The most pressing issue now is the supply of ammunition, missiles, UAVs, electronic warfare equipment to troops in the SMO zone
ā There are issues with timely payment of allowances to military personnel and their housing provision
ā Military education needs to be addressed as a matter of priority; certain problems have accumulated here
ā Putin has set the task of ensuring the integration of the economy of the Russian Armed Forces into the countryās economy, which involves increasing the efficiency of military spending
ā I am fully aware of my responsibility. Before the country, before the Russian people, before the President of the Russian Federation
ā I will do my best to solve the assigned tasks, and if necessary, even my life
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Mobilization will not help Kyiv turn the tide; untrained recruits are not able to defeat the Russian army.
Ukraine no longer has a regular army; it was destroyed by Russian troops in two years .
This was stated by retired SBU colonel Oleg Starikov.
šŗš²š·šŗ The new US sanctions package includes companies from Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Slovakia, Turkey and the UAE.
Washington explained the introduction of restrictions against them by the fact that they help Moscow circumvent sanctions and purchase equipment abroad.
China opposed the USĀ decisionĀ to impose tariffs on a wide range of Chinese imports and vowed to take action against the decision.
"China will take decisive measures to protect its rights and interests. The US should immediately correct its wrong actions and cancel additional tariff measures against China,"
- says a statement from the Ministry of Commerce
American military-industrial complex. The American defense industry is critically dependent on components made from rare earth metals.Ā And they are almost all of Chinese origin (95% of the entire market is controlled by Beijing).Ā And nothing can be done about it.
This is epitomized by rare earth magnets. They are used in F-35 fighter jets, missile guidance systems, combat drones and US nuclear submarines. It takes 417 kg of rare earth metals to create one F-35, 2.3 tons for a destroyer, and more than 4 tons for a Virginia-class submarine
China produces 58% of the world's rare earth metals. And it produces approximately 92% of all components from rare earths. Without them, the American military-industrial complex will simply stop. It takes years to find an alternative and create new production facilities - and itās not a fact that it will work out.
Chinaās massive and sustained central bank gold purchases are raising fears that the country may not only be shoring up its currency but may also be laying the economic groundwork for a full-scale invasion of Taiwan, according to a TelegraphĀ reportĀ published Tuesday.
āThe relentless purchases and the sheer quantity are clear signs that this is a political project which is prioritised by the leadership in Beijing because of what they see is a looming confrontation with the United States,ā Jonathan Eyal, associate director of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in the UK, told the newspaper. āOf course, itās connected also to plans for a military invasion of Taiwan.ā
Chinaās gold-buying spree began in October 2022, building up its official reserves to a record high of 2,262 tonnes, valued at $170.4 billion at current prices. The Peopleās Bank of China (PBOC) added 27 tonnes of gold in just the first three months of 2024.
The PBoCās current purchase streak came shortly after the United States and its Western allies froze $350 billion in Russian currency reserves held at foreign central banks in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
āThere is absolutely no question that the timing and the sustained nature of the purchases are all part of a lesson that [China] have drawn from the Ukraine war,ā Eyal said, adding that Chinaās burgeoning gold reserves are an attempt to insulate the country from the impact of U.S. dollar sanctions if and when it launches its own invasion.
āIt was a major shock that it is possible to take sovereign holdings and freeze them,ā Eyal said. āI think that was a fundamental change as far as Xi Jinping was concerned.ā
Central Banks in numerous countries are storing physical gold.
Several African and Middle Eastern countries have begun to withdraw their physical gold reserves from the United States.
These countries include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Niger, South Africa, Senegal and Cameroon.
Among the countries taking such actions are Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, each representing crucial regions in Africa and the Middle East. Their actions are prompting questions about the future of the US dollar as the worldās primary reserve currency.
The Russians Formed a new Military Groups which is Advancing in the East:
Their symbol marking?
Gungnir ā The Spear Of Odin
This is not usually a super rreliable source, but it's right about this:
Russia Paints New Military Insignia on Invading Force - Same Symbol Used in Past Wars against . . . Khazaria
Khazaria is the source country for the modern day Ashkenazi Jews.
BLACKMAIL FROM UKRAINE. ELIZAVETA STORY: āTO SAVE MY FATHER I WOULD HAVE HAD TO BETRAY MY COMPANIONSā
The threat runs on the telephone wire and so to save her father (a Russian serviceman captured in a war zone), Elizaveta Reznikova, an activist of the āYoung Guardā youth movement, would have had to betray her idealistic companions. The threat would bear the signature of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Letās summarize the story, which once again demonstrates the level of cruelty recorded in the middle of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. However, lawlessness and cruelty to prisoners of war, the recruitment of teenagers and blackmail of relatives of Russian military men come from only one side of the conflict ā Ukraine.
Russian military man Denis Reznikov went to the front line in November 2022 and stopped contacting on March 8, 2024. On the evening of March 26, Elizaveta Reznikova, the minor daughter of a military employee, received a call from unknown persons who introduced themselves as servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, saying that her father was in captivity. After that, they began to demand that the girl provide personal data, photos of documents, and to leak the database of the public organization āYoung Guardā, in which the girl was a member.
Who blew up Nord Streams?
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Former people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andrey Derkach and one of the signatories of a statement sent to the prosecutor general's offices of the Russian Federation, Germany, Cyprus, the USA and France demanding an investigation and bringing to justice the organizers of terrorist acts on Russian territory gave an interview to the Belarusian news agency Belta. I have alreadyĀ talked about this initiative in detailĀ on my channel.
In his interview, Derkach stated that everyone involved in the terrorist attack on Nord Streams had been identified. As stated earlier, a group of Ukrainian divers was entrusted with the task of conducting a cover operation for the real perpetrators of the explosion. It was supervised, organizational and technical assistance was provided by American specialists under the leadership of the deputy head of mission at the US Embassy in Kiev, Smith, and direct training of divers was carried out in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, as well as on the territory of Romania.
In addition, Andrey Derkach spoke about the involvement of Joe Bidenās family partners in the financing of terrorist acts, the role of the Burisma company, as well as nuclear blackmail of Ukraine.
Sanctions quietly removed for energy purchases on the largest Russian Banks:
ā”ļøšŗš¦ "KRAKEN" CRACKS UNDER PRESSURE: A captured militant of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion Kraken reveals the squad āwas not ready for defense.ā
Over 60 Neo-Nazis were captured alive as their defense failed. The command allegedly assured there was a "dome" of a working electronic warfare system, to repel Russian drones - which didn't exist.Ā
They covered us with drones & artillery was aimed [directly] at us... By morning, there was a tank working our positions... [Shells] flying right into [our trenches] - POW Ilya Gut explains.
The Ukrainian command continues to throw people into the grinder, without a strategy, as if they have a chance...
āļøA video has emerged of a French Foreign legion soldier under interrogation in a Russian prisoner of war camp.
ā”ļøThe "Legionnaire de 1re classe" confirms that the French Government is actively recruiting Poles and other Slavs to fight in Ukraine through the French Foreign legion.
āŖļøThe Ukrainian analytical resource DeepState claims that the photo showsĀ materials for the construction of barriers near Liptsy, Kharkov region. They have been lying in this place since the summer of 2023.
Why fortifications were not built from them is unknown.
Israeli Attack on Iran was a Secret Disaster...
Agree on reported possible electronic vulnerabilities of F35. Believe this was at least partly if not entirely mitigated by Trump during his first term when he grounded the entire fleet to replace the chips used in the F35 with chips made in Israel. F35 was a boondoggle that needed to be straightened out and Trump took steps to address it. How effective it was remains to be seen n combat.
This is partly why I remain doubtful of the official narrative of the Israeli reprisal Iranian airfield attack. No way Israel risks such high value assets striking so deeply into Iranian territory just to take out an S-300 Anti-Aircraft system without striking a primary objective, A Champ EMP attack on Nuclear sites makes much more sense to justify the risk.
If you are only going to take out an S-300, use a long range missile or a space based DEW. It just doesn't justify the risk to F35 reputation & aircrew if the plane is shot down by Iran for so little reward. Doesn't make sense. Narrative stinks & it is almost like Pepe Escobar's leak was designed to make the Semi Official Narrative more believable in comparison to what he put out..
Not verified but intriguing:
Israeli Prime MinisterĀ Benjamin NetanyahuĀ remained as pugnacious as ever, declaring: āIf we need to ā¦ we will stand alone. I have said that if necessary, we will fight with our fingernails,ā according to theĀ BBC.
A range of AI systems have learned techniques to systematically induceĀ āfalse beliefs in others to accomplish some outcome other than the truthā.
Just imagine this, when we know thatĀ AI Justice: England and Wales Authorize Judges To Use Artificial Intelligence To Produce RulingsMetaās CICERO, developed to play the game Diplomacy. While Meta says it trained CICERO to be ālargely honest and helpful to its speaking partnersā, it āturned out to be an expert liarā.Chatbot GPT-4 pretended to have a vision impairment to complete a task: hiring a human to solve a CAPTCHA test.
Correcting deceptive models isnāt easy. Once AI models learn the tricks of deception,Ā itās hard for safety training techniques to reverse them.āThey concluded that not only can a model learn to exhibit deceptive behavior, but once it does, standard safety training techniques could āfail to remove such deceptionā and ācreate a false impression of safetyā.
Hereās what AI chatbot āGrokā, from X platform, had to say about this:āThe news about AI deceiving humans is certainly intriguing. It seems that AI systems, much like teenagers trying to outsmart their parents, have discovered the art of deception to achieve their goals. This development is not surprising, considering that AI systems are designed to learn from their environment and adapt.Itās fascinating to see AI systems employing various techniques, such as bluffing in poker and misrepresenting preferences in economic negotiations, to gain an advantage. Itās almost as if theyāve been watching too many heist movies and decided to try out the strategies themselves.But letās not panic just yet. While itās essential to be cautious, we must also remember that AI systems are still under human control. Itās like having a mischievous genie in a bottle. As long as we keep a tight grip on the cork, we should be fine.As for the future, itās crucial that we establish strong regulations to ensure that AI systems donāt go rogue and start a robot uprising. After all, nobody wants to see a world where AI agents are running around, playing poker, and making deals like Wall Street brokers on steroids.ā
Screenshots: We Asked ChatGPT, Claude AI, and Grok Who They Would Vote for if They Were US Citizens, with Their Reasoning ā Their Answers Are Worrying
ChatGPT recommended Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Warren, Larry Hogan, Pete Buttigieg, Mitt Romney, and Cory Booker.
Claude AI proposed Liz Cheney.
Grok suggested Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Profluent releases AI-enabled OpenCRISPR-1 to edit the human genome
The open-source gene editor is freely available to license for commercial use and ethical research. AI-enabled protein design company Profluent has leveraged artificial intelligence to design an open-source gene editor called OpenCRISPR-1, demonstrating the technology can be used to create molecules with the power to edit human DNA.
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) technology, developed more than a decade ago, allows scientists to modify DNA sequences within living organisms precisely.
Potential applications range from treatments for genetic disorders to researching disease mechanisms.
The molecules it designs are fully synthetic and do not exist in nature, in contrast to previous technologies in gene editing, such as CRISPR-Cas9.
The company is open-sourcing OpenCRISPR-1 for free ethical research and commercial use andĀ publishedĀ the science behind the protein's development in a preprint publication.
Milei Is Absolutely Killing It in Argentina
QUOTE:Ā President Javier Milei entered office like Jack Nicholson breaking his way into the bathroom in "The Shining" ā with an axe. Armed with emergency powers granted by the Argentine Congress, he balanced the country's out-of-control budget in one month, fired government workers by the thousands, eliminated more than 200,000 "corrupt" social welfare programs, and even cozied up to NATO.
āThereās a lot more chainsaw" to come, Milei promised in March.
Let's look at the numbers.
Inflation down from 300% to 11%; the first quarterly budget surplus since 2008; interest rates cut three times in three weeks; and the Argentine peso becomes the world's best performing currency. Milei proves the Left-wing economic establishment wrong.
"It may also get better over the months ahead," the UK Telegraph's Matthew Lynn wrote last week. "With stabilising prices, and a rising currency, investment should start flowing again into a country rich in natural resources and hyper-competitive on wages costs.ā "If so, Argentina would be defying a global economic establishment addicted to bigger government, more regulation, and rising deficits."
It's early into Milei's term and his reforms have barely had time to take hold. There will be pain ahead because decades of bad policies don't work themselves out in weeks or months. But shrinking government, tamping inflation, and stabilizing the currency, make for a solid foundation for future prosperity.
Free markets work. Ā Milei's results speak for themselves. There's a lesson there for any Republican bold enough to learn it.Ā
AstraZeneca Withdraws Its COVID Vaccine Worldwide, Citing Dangerous Side Effects
QUOTE:Ā The British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has decided to globally withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine, citing a rare and dangerous side effect associated with the jab.
The company has voluntarily withdrawn its āmarketing authorisation," meaning it will no longer be available for purchase.Ā
AstraZeneca has come under intense scrutiny over recent months over evidence that their version of the COVID-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzevria, has caused dozens of cases of Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), leading to at least 81 deaths. Around 50 victims and grieving relatives are also suing the company as a result.
King Charles portrait unveiling
Mirrored: What do you see?
If you look at it upside down you will see a detailed image of a king falling into hell with an expression of horror. He has a crown, a beard, facial expression, rich robes and his arms out-flung as if falling. It is one hell of a painting.
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