Church Drops Drag Queen After Learning He Was Involved in a Plot to Shoot up a School

Kevin Downey Jr.

As if a man in a dress shaking his a** in the face of children is not enough to get fired.

A Texas church dropped a “goth” drag queen from an all-ages “drag bingo” night after learning he was convicted in a 2004 plot to blaze up a school when he was 17 years old.

Jaysen Kettl, aka “Tisha Flowers” was scheduled to “perform” at a sold-out, all-ages fandango for the First Christian Church, which is part of the Disciples of Christ, the lefty faction of the non-denominational-but-sort-of-a-denomination Christian Church. Then adults got involved.

Kevin Whitt, Founder of Culture Warriors of America, did a little digging and learned that Kettl has a creepy, sinister past.

Kettl was the “mastermind” of a plot to torture and shoot people at his school. The plot was foiled, and he was arrested. Kettl was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit capital murder. Prosecutors found a notebook with 12 pages of detailed, gruesome tortures that he and a 16-year-old female friend were planning for people at his school.

FACT-O-RAMA! If Kettl didn’t accept the plea deal, he would have also been charged with conspiracy to commit murder (which is a different charge from conspiracy to commit capital murder) and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. If found guilty, he could have gotten life in prison.

“They described how they were going to torture some people. Nailing their hands to the table, chaining them to trees, before they killed certain people,” Assistant District Attorney Troy Johnson reported.

School officials learned of the plot and called the police. Investigators searched his home and found a backpack with hammers, nails, chains, and knives.

Kettl was quietly dropped from the September 24 “drag bingo” extravaganza when the church learned he plotted to kill roughly 20 people.

YOU OWE ME ONE-O-RAMA! Kettl’s social media is full of pictures of him wearing makeup or nothing at all. I cannot “unsee” it. I will not post the links. You’re welcome!

This is not the first trouble with drag queens and kids. Boise, Idaho recently canceled its “Drag Kids performance” on September 11 (of all days) after threats of protests and alleged violence.

Another drag queen was busted stealing hundreds of dollars from a woman’s purse during a drag brunch show in Las Vegas. Yet another drag queen who “performed” for kids was charged with 25 counts of child pornography. A judge who sponsored “Drag Queen Story Hour” for children was also busted with child porn.

What have we learned? Keep your kids away from men in dresses.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2022/09/22/church-drops-drag-queen-after-learning-he-was-involved-in-a-plot-to-shoot-up-a-school-n1631467

Why are freaking Christian Churches even allowing this? God is going yo have to destroy a lot of fake Christian churches soon.

Sen. Marco Rubio Turns the Tables on the Mainstream Media Regarding Democrats' Views on Abortion

Mark Tapscott September 22, 2022

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) did something recently that is long overdue and that other conservative Republicans in Congress and elsewhere should adopt as standard procedure: he asked reporters some simple probing questions.

The occasion for those questions was a presser with a gaggle of congressional reporters who challenged Rubio’s remarks on abortion and whether he supports any restrictions on the lethal procedure.

They weren’t satisfied when the Florida Republican reminded them that he’s “always been pro-life,” so Rubio challenged the assembled journalists to do the rest of their jobs: “You need to be asking Democrats what restrictions they support. Democrats won’t vote for any restriction of any kind on abortion.”

But rather than simply leaving it there, Rubio, knowing none of the reporters were likely to take up his challenge, directed his staff to fire off some questions of their own for a bunch of journalists, according to a September 20 statement.

The Rubio staffers “emailed 55 different reporters from 40 major news outlets — including the largest newspapers in Florida and 20 largest in the nation — to find out if they or their colleagues had ever asked federally elected Democrats real questions about abortion,” according to the statement.

I’m betting you can guess how the reporters responded. Right: very few of them did, according to the statement, and those who did got an attitude about it all:

• One reporter responded to the survey within minutes, writing, “I have asked those questions.” When asked for links to include in the report, the same reporter went silent.

• Another reporter asked, “Why does a public official think it’s ok to ask questions to news organizations on this issue?” and proceeded to exchange multiple emails without answering any questions.

• Business Insider went so far as to write a 370-word article about the “combative” inquiry but steadfastly refused to address any of the questions.

Frankly, the only element of those responses and non-responses that surprises me is that Rubio’s staffers didn’t receive more outraged protests along the line of, “How dare you think you have the right to challenge us about how we do our jobs?”

Rubio then cited the responses as evidence of two critical problems with the national media:

“This highlights two major problems we have in this country. First, reporters believe no one is allowed to ask them questions. They take offense at the idea that you, me, or anyone else should dare to question the sanctity of their reporting. That arrogant, dismissive attitude is exactly why there is a crisis of confidence in our nation’s news outlets. They truly think they are better than everyone else.

“Second, Democrats get away with murder, literally. They are never pushed to answer specific questions about where they stand on the taking of human life. The truth is that every single Democrat supports taxpayer-funded abortion without any restrictions up until the moment a child is born. That is the truth, but Democrats never have to explain their radical position, because the press is all too willing to cover for them.”

Rubio is right in his assessment of journalists’ vanished credibility, and his direction to his staff to turn the tables is exactly the right precedent. Speaking as a journalist who has covered Congress, the White House, and the national political and public policy scenes for more than three decades, I wonder if Rubio didn’t go far enough.

For decades, presidents and members of Congress rarely publicly challenged how they were being covered by journalists. Sure, back in the office talking to staffers or to colleagues elsewhere, they let loose. But, generally speaking, a respectful public attitude about the institution of the news media was maintained that minimized the unavoidable friction.

https://pjmedia.com/culture/marktapscott/2022/09/22/sen-marco-rubio-turns-the-tables-on-the-mainstream-media-regarding-democrats-views-on-abortion-n1631482

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Notable. Be careful if a mailman or mailtruck follow you, they are packing now

23 Sep, 2022 13:18

==Talks with Ukraine necessary – Kremlin•=

There are no prospects for dialogue now, however, since Kiev abandoned negotiations months ago, Dmitry Peskov has said

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are needed, but there are no signs that such a dialogue could resume in the near future, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. He also pointed out that Kiev backed out of talks with Moscow months ago.

Speaking to reporters, Peskov was asked whether Moscow believes that talks with the government in Kiev are warranted under the current conditions. The Kremlin spokesman signaled that dialogue is “of course needed.”

“And it is needed to achieve our goals. But, as we have already said, we do not see any prerequisites for the negotiation process,” he stated.

Peskov went on to say that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already explained that “Ukraine left the negotiations several months ago.” The Russian leader, he added, also offered the reminder that various Kiev officials had signaled that they “intend to solve their problems on the battlefield.”

“You know very well how our president reacted to this,” he said.

On Wednesday, Putin announced a partial mobilization in which 300,000 reservists will be called up to take part in the conflict with Ukraine. The move came a day after the two Donbass republics and the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions decided to hold referendums over September 23-27 on whether to unite with Russia.

Russia has repeatedly said that it is ready to talk with Ukraine, but insisted that it isn’t interested in “a meeting for the sake of the meeting.” Moreover, earlier this month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that Moscow had never dismissed the idea of peace talks, warning, however, that “the longer this process is delayed, the harder it will be to reach an agreement.”

Meanwhile, in late July Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said Kiev refused to negotiate with Moscow, claiming that Russia would not stop until it gets “smashed.”

The last time Russia and Ukraine sat down at the negotiating table was in late March. At that time, the two parties were discussing a draft peace agreement that would have made Ukraine a neutral state in exchange for security guarantees given by major world powers. Later, however, Kiev ended the talks after accusing Russian troops of having committed war crimes, an allegation that Moscow has vehemently denied.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563401-talks-ukraine-russia-necessary/

23 Sep, 2022 05:11

Donbass republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions kick off vote on joining Russia

Voters have five days to have their say

Referendums on officially becoming Russian territories have begun in the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and the Russian-controlled parts of southern Ukraine.

The votes will take place from today until Tuesday next week. Preliminary results are expected to be released by Wednesday.

The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) broke away from Ukraine shortly after the 2014 coup in Kiev. They are predominantly Russian-speaking and share a border with Russia. Moscow recognized them as independent states in February.

Russia currently controls Ukraine’s Kherson Region, as well as large parts of Zaporozhye Region, which were seized after Moscow launched its military operation in the neighboring country on February 24.

Kiev, which considers these areas to be under illegal Russian occupation, said it will not recognize the vote. The EU has already called the referendums a “sham.”

DPR head Denis Pushilin said on Thursday nightthere are “worrying signs” that Kiev could launch an attack on the republic “in the nearest future.”

The vote takes place two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of reservists. In a video address on Wednesday, Putin vowed to “do everything to ensure a secure environment during the referendums so that people can express their will.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/563370-donbass-republics-zaporozhye-kherson-vote-russia/

Pray for the people Ukraine will try to shell them for voting

23 Sep, 2022 05:11

Donbass republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions kick off vote on joining Russia

Voters have five days to have their say

Referendums on officially becoming Russian territories have begun in the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and the Russian-controlled parts of southern Ukraine.

The votes will take place from today until Tuesday next week. Preliminary results are expected to be released by Wednesday.

The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) broke away from Ukraine shortly after the 2014 coup in Kiev. They are predominantly Russian-speaking and share a border with Russia. Moscow recognized them as independent states in February.

Russia currently controls Ukraine’s Kherson Region, as well as large parts of Zaporozhye Region, which were seized after Moscow launched its military operation in the neighboring country on February 24.

Kiev, which considers these areas to be under illegal Russian occupation, said it will not recognize the vote. The EU has already called the referendums a “sham.”

DPR head Denis Pushilin said on Thursday nightthere are “worrying signs” that Kiev could launch an attack on the republic “in the nearest future.”

The vote takes place two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of reservists. In a video address on Wednesday, Putin vowed to “do everything to ensure a secure environment during the referendums so that people can express their will.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/563370-donbass-republics-zaporozhye-kherson-vote-russia/

Pray for the people Ukraine will try to shell them for voting

23 Sep, 2022 14:29

Prisoner requested by Putin freed in swap with Ukraine – Erdogan

Turkish president did not identify the individual, but media speculated he was speaking about Ukrainian opposition figure Viktor Medvedchuk

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Turkey to ensure the release of a particular person from Ukrainian custody, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, commenting on a Turkey-mediated prisoner exchange.

“One of the names was repeated many times by Mr. Putin. We have already sent this person to Russia,” the Turkish president said, speaking to journalists on Friday.

Turkey served as an intermediary for an exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine earlier this week. Some of the Ukrainian fighters released by Russia will stay in Turkey as what Erdogan described as his “guests.”

While the Turkish leader didn’t identify the person sent to Russia, whose fate he claimed was of particular interest to Putin, some media outlets speculated that he was referring to Viktor Medvedchuk – a Ukrainian opposition politician who was arrested by the Ukrainian government for alleged treason.

The Ukrainian politician was granted freedom by Kiev as part of the swap, according to officials in Kiev and the Russia-allied Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed that his country got 200 fighters for the man, whom he branded a “fan of Russia.” He also stated that five senior members of the Azov battalion, aunit in which some members espouse openly neo-Nazi ideology, will remain in Turkey.

DPR head Denis Pushilin credited Medvedchuk for negotiating multiple prisoner exchanges between DPR militia and Kiev in the past, explaining why the Ukrainian national was part of this week’s swap.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday declined to comment on Medvedchuk’s whereabouts and urged journalists to check the official statement from the Defense Ministry on the prisoner swap, which didn’t mention the politician.

Medvedchuk was the leader of an opposition party called ‘Opposition Platform – For Life’ (OPZZh), which had the second-largest faction in the Ukrainian parliament after Zelensky’s political force, ‘Servant of the People’. He advocated for reconciling with Russia, arguing that the escalating confrontation would be disastrous to his country.

The Ukrainian government arrested Medvedchuk last year on treason charges just after his party surpassed the president’s in popularity. Kiev has since outlawed OPZZh, using the conflict with Russia as a justification for escalating the crackdown on politicians and media critical of Zelensky.

https://www.rt.com/news/563402-putin-erdogan-prisoner-exchange/

23 Sep, 2022 10:47

Hungary explains ‘red line’ on Russia sanctions

Budapest doesn’t want its people to pay a price for a conflict they have ”nothing to do with,” foreign minister says

Hungary is against imposing new sanctions on Moscow, especially in the energy sector, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday after meeting his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. According to the minister, energy sanctions are “a clear red line” for Hungary as Europe is grappling with soaring gas prices.

"Our position is very clear. We see no reasonable reasons to discuss a new package of sanctions, especially when it comes to energy,” Szijjarto said on Friday, RIA Novosti reports. The pair met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

According to the Hungarian outlet Index, he added that “this is a clear red line for us. We do not want the Hungarian people to pay a price for a war they have nothing to do with,” referring to the ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Szijjarto signaled that Hungary doesn’t plan to shun any debate on the new sanctions package, but it “wouldn’t consent to anything that is contrary to our national interests.”

The minister also addressed the criticism he may face for holding talks with Lavrov, highlighting the fact that peace “will not come without dialogue.” If there are no negotiations, “the world will face even more serious consequences”, he said.

Szijjarto warned that the European economy is heading into recession. In recent months, Europe has been plagued by an energy crisis, which was largely caused by skyrocketing natural gas prices due to sanctions the EU has imposed on Russia.

Hungary is heavily dependent on Moscow for energy and gets around 80% of its gas from Russian energy giant Gazprom. While Russia has cut off gas supplies to a number of countries, Hungary signed a deal with Moscow in late August for additional deliveries on top of already agreed volumes.

On Wednesday, following Moscow’s bid to support referendums in the two Donbass republics and Russian-controlled Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions on joining Russia, EU foreign policy chiefJosep Borrell said that the bloc had made a “political” decision to slap new sanctions on Moscow. The exact nature of the restrictions, however, is so far unclear

https://www.rt.com/news/563383-hungary-sanctions-energy-russia/

23 Sep, 2022 08:54

Western media continues to ignore how Ukraine is using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in the Donbass

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The civilian death toll keeps growing as some EU citizens rise up against their governments’ support for Kiev

On Monday, Ukraine slaughtered 16 civilians, including two children, with 155mm NATO shells, according to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin. The projectiles hit two adjacent neighborhoods, decimating residential and commercial areas – including a market that had previously suffered fatal attacks.

Scenes of death are nothing new for residents and reporters here in Donetsk, which is intermittently the target of Ukrainian attacks, like the one that hit its central region on August 4, killing six people, including an 11-year-old ballerina, her grandmother, and her ballet teacher.

But the carnage on Monday was worse than anything I’ve seen in my months of reporting here. Chunks of flesh littered the street – part of a hand, a foot, an ear. Someone had put a dead man’s phone on his stomach. It was ringing, the cheery ringtone incongruous with his lifeless body and the scenes and stench of death around him.

For most people, the concept of war is a distant one, and deaths are normalized by media reporting the numbers of victims and destroyed buildings – so most who hear of civilians being killed don’t really understand what a scene like this looks or smells like.

For the locals, it is also normalized, in its own way, after over eight years of Ukrainian attacks – a tragically grotesque kind of normality, where the post-bombing routine starts soon after the last explosions die down.

When I arrived at the scene, locals were already sweeping up glass shards and boarding windows, preparing to reopen their shops. Inspectors from the Russian Investigative Committee were on site collecting shrapnel and measuring the shell’s impact point, to determine the nature of the armament. When asked about what happened, they were careful to state that they could not say anything until the conclusion of their investigation.

An emergency vehicle arrived and workers began loading the bodies, or body parts, onto stretchers, clearing them away.

About 100 meters away, there was a gaping hole in the side of an apartment building. The shell had struck right where writing on the wall indicated the direction to the nearest basement, which was to be used as a bomb shelter. Doors to such stairways are generally permanently left open, so that anyone caught up in shelling might have a chance to survive, if they can make it to the door and basement in time.

Victims of another Ukrainian assault, which took place on Saturday, didn’t have that option. The center of Donetsk was hit by at around ten bombs over the course of 30 minutes around noon. At least four civilians were killed, one of whom I saw still on the ground. Some minutes later, her body was taken away. One of the shells hit a car driving along Artema Street, setting it ablaze and killing two civilians. By the time I reached that site, the vehicle had burned out, the dead taken away. Workers were already repaving the roads, sweeping debris and glass from sidewalks.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/

23 Sep, 2022 08:54

Western media continues to ignore how Ukraine is using NATO weapons to kill innocent civilians in the Donbass

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The civilian death toll keeps growing as some EU citizens rise up against their governments’ support for Kiev

On Monday, Ukraine slaughtered 16 civilians, including two children, with 155mm NATO shells, according to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin. The projectiles hit two adjacent neighborhoods, decimating residential and commercial areas – including a market that had previously suffered fatal attacks.

Scenes of death are nothing new for residents and reporters here in Donetsk, which is intermittently the target of Ukrainian attacks, like the one that hit its central region on August 4, killing six people, including an 11-year-old ballerina, her grandmother, and her ballet teacher.

But the carnage on Monday was worse than anything I’ve seen in my months of reporting here. Chunks of flesh littered the street – part of a hand, a foot, an ear. Someone had put a dead man’s phone on his stomach. It was ringing, the cheery ringtone incongruous with his lifeless body and the scenes and stench of death around him.

For most people, the concept of war is a distant one, and deaths are normalized by media reporting the numbers of victims and destroyed buildings – so most who hear of civilians being killed don’t really understand what a scene like this looks or smells like.

For the locals, it is also normalized, in its own way, after over eight years of Ukrainian attacks – a tragically grotesque kind of normality, where the post-bombing routine starts soon after the last explosions die down.

When I arrived at the scene, locals were already sweeping up glass shards and boarding windows, preparing to reopen their shops. Inspectors from the Russian Investigative Committee were on site collecting shrapnel and measuring the shell’s impact point, to determine the nature of the armament. When asked about what happened, they were careful to state that they could not say anything until the conclusion of their investigation.

An emergency vehicle arrived and workers began loading the bodies, or body parts, onto stretchers, clearing them away.

About 100 meters away, there was a gaping hole in the side of an apartment building. The shell had struck right where writing on the wall indicated the direction to the nearest basement, which was to be used as a bomb shelter. Doors to such stairways are generally permanently left open, so that anyone caught up in shelling might have a chance to survive, if they can make it to the door and basement in time.

Victims of another Ukrainian assault, which took place on Saturday, didn’t have that option. The center of Donetsk was hit by at around ten bombs over the course of 30 minutes around noon. At least four civilians were killed, one of whom I saw still on the ground. Some minutes later, her body was taken away. One of the shells hit a car driving along Artema Street, setting it ablaze and killing two civilians. By the time I reached that site, the vehicle had burned out, the dead taken away. Workers were already repaving the roads, sweeping debris and glass from sidewalks.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/

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Western weapons killing Donbass civilians

When Russian and Donbass voices state that Ukraine is killing Donbass civilians with Western weapons, the reply is silence, derision, or inversion of reality: claims that Russia is bombing Donbass – which any ordinary resident here would disprove easily, having been under Ukraine’s shelling for over eight years.

War correspondent, Christelle Neant, wrote ofSaturday’s bombings:

“After submitting the photos of the shrapnel I found on the spot to Adrien Bocquet, who is now a NATO weapons expert for the DPR’s representation in the JCCC (Joint Monitoring and Co-ordination Center on Ukraine’s War Crimes), he confirmed that they were American 155mm shells, some fired from Caesar guns and others from TRF1 guns.

The famous TRF1 guns that can fire (banned) 155mm cluster munitions, which I had mentioned in June, and which the Western press had assured that France had not supplied to Ukraine! Before learning at the beginning of September that Paris had indeed sold them to Kiev!”

Europeans in Germany, France and Italy recently held “#StopKillingDonbass” actions, denouncing the sale of Western weapons to Ukraine, and calling for it to end. It was rather fitting that the actions occurred the day after Ukraine bombed central Donetsk again.

These actions were followed by the release of a petition against arms supplies to Ukraine, which stated:

“Today, contrary to the fundamental principles set forth in Article 2 of the UN Charter, in particular, the principles of sovereign equality and the peaceful settlement of international disputes, our countries supply Ukraine with weapons that cause massive deaths and injuries of civilians in Donbass, including children.”

It concludes: “We demand an end to the financing of state terrorism and genocide against the people of Donbass, as well as the ongoing violations of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other acts of international humanitarian law since 2014.”

At this point, there is no safe region in Donetsk, nowhere is off-limits for Ukraine’s bombings, not maternity hospitals, nor busy markets. The issue does, however, appear to be off-limits for the reporting of Western corporate-owned media.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563180-kiev-shelling-donbass-civilians/

22 Sep, 2022 17:39

Ivan Timofeev: The EU’s von der Leyen is completely wrong about anti-Russia sanctions, and here’s why

The bloc’s joint figurehead claims Moscow is presiding over an economy in ‘tatters,’ but we have heard that before

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has, as could be expected, called for new sanctions against Russia in connection with the forthcoming referendums in Donbass and two regions of Ukraine. These concern the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics – which have been de-facto self-governing since 2014 – and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

In her opinion, the penalties already imposed on Russia are having an impact. “The sanctions have been very successful. If you look at the Russian economy, its industry is in tatters,” the politician asserted. (Not even the EU citizens could possibly believe this propaganda)

Let’s allow ourselves to argue a little with Ms. von der Leyen.

The key measure of the effectiveness of sanctions is whether they change the political course of the target country. This criterion has been well researched in both academic and applied literature and few people have any doubts about its veracity.

However, Russia has not changed its political course in Ukraine under the influence of the large-scale sanctions of the EU, US and other initiators. Moreover, its position is hardening, as evidenced by this week’s announcements of both a partial mobilization and the referendums.

Thus, we can say that the measures are actually having a negative effect in terms of what they are supposed to be doing.

Apparently, Ms. von der Leyen links effectiveness to the amount of pain inflicted. In other words, she believes that the greater it is, the better.

There are problems here, too. The damage is indeed large. But we are not just sitting still and feeling sorry for ourselves. We are adapting very energetically.

Now, you can criticize Russia’s domestic financial policy and question import substitution as much as you like. And they will not, of course, make ‘everything as it was.’ But it is clear that the economy is shrinking much less than expected, that inflation has, at least so far, been brought under control, and that adaptations in sourcing, helped by domestic production, are mitigating the effects of the sanctions.

The economy is simply becoming different. It is changing in terms of focus and quality. In a number of sectors it will 'run slower' or limp along.But Russia will continue to live.

Of course, we have already heard the words “the Russian economy is in tatters,” from US President Barack Obama. That was in 2015. Seven years ago.

The effectiveness of the measures can also be evaluated in terms of their impact on business behavior.

There are indeed effects here. Hundreds of Western companies have left Russia, incurring losses, for themselves, and losing their market share.

Does this mean that the niches they occupied will remain empty? No, it doesn't. They are already being actively exploited by Russian rivals, as well as Chinese, Iranian, Indian and other entrepreneurs and firms.

We ourselves, of course, can hardly be complacent. The problems we face are numerous, and, most of them have to be dealt with by fire-fighting.

Right now, we are waiting for a new package of sanctions from the EU and others Western actors.

Let’s see what they come up with.

https://www.rt.com/russia/563354-ivan-timofeev-eus-von-der/

The EU DS is as panicked by Putin-Russia and the US DS are panicked by Trump-MAGA. Funny to see really.

23 Sep, 2022 15:03

EU risks ‘wild west’ scenario – energy watchdog

IEA head Fatih Birol warns thatmember states could abandon solidarity to secure their own gas supplies

The worsening energy crisis may lead to EU nations casting aside solidarity for their own energy security, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, told the Financial Times.

In an interview with the news outlet, Birol said he was afraid that “a wild west scenario” is in the making among countries in the bloc, in which they might limit energy exports to their neighbors in order to protect their own domestic supplies.

“The implications will be very bad for energy, very bad for the economy, but extremely bad politically… If Europe fails this test in energy, it can go beyond energy implications,” Birol was cited as saying. He added that the EU faces “two scenarios,” and the future of the bloc depends on whether member states adhere to one of its founding principles – solidarity.

“EU and members will work in solidarity, supporting each other… or there is another scenario, if everybody is for himself… One of the founding values of the EU is solidarity,” and abandoning this “will negatively affect the EU’s weight across the world,” he said.

The EU has been grappling with an energy crisis, with natural gas prices surging 400% at their peak during 2022.

With Russian supplies dwindling amid sanctions on the country and Moscow’s counter-sanctions, member states have turned to alternative energy sources, including LNG from the US and Qatar. Brussels has also introduced policies aimed at reducing gas consumption, storing up supplies for the winter, and sharing among the countries in the bloc.

The latter measure will only work if member states establish bilateral pacts to share gas, analysts say. However, not all EU countries have these arrangements, andearlier this month, reports emerged that Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Poland had refused to engage in talks on gas-sharing deals.

https://www.rt.com/business/563397-eu-risks-wild-west-scenario/

All the EU and US had to do is listen to Russia when they’ve warned for the last 9 years that Ukraine was killing their people. But they ignored crimes against humanity. I hope it breaks apart completely.

23 Sep, 2022 14:44

Anti-doping chiefs cut Ukraine slack over ‘non-conformities’

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) cited 'force majeure' in justifying the step

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said previous “non-conformities” concerning theUkrainian anti-doping system would be “provisionally excused” because of the circumstances of the conflict with Russia.

WADA announced in October of last year that an extensive investigation into operations at the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine (NADC) had found irregularities concerning testing.

As part of the case, WADA’s Compliance Review Committee (CRC) initiated a procedure against the NADC in an effort to bring standards into line.

On Friday, WADA issued an update on the situation after a meeting of its Executive Committee (ExCo) in Sydney, suggesting that the conflict with Russia meant that any progress was in a state of limbo.

“The ExCo decided to provisionally excuse the previously communicated non-conformities of the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine (NADC) for reasons of force majeure,” read a statement.

The message added that the hostilities with Russia “continue to prevent NADC’s timely correction of its non-conformities.”

“WADA will continue to monitor the situation and the CRC will reassess the case once force majeure no longer applies,” it added.

“The ExCo was informed also that the individuals identified in WADA’s report outlining the non-conformities in Ukraine are no longer involved in the NADC.”

WADA’s CRC first suspended its recommendation of non-compliance for Ukraine following the onset of Moscow’s military campaign back in February, again describing the step as necessary due to “force majeure.”

Issues surrounding Ukrainian anti-doping procedures were highlighted in October 2021, when WADA’s independent Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Department published its report into allegations of malpractice.

Known as ‘Operation Hercules’, a lengthy investigation uncovered evidence suggesting that Ukrainian anti-doping officials had contravened WADA standards by providingadvance notice to athletes of testing – removing a fundamental element of an effective system.

It added that there was “compelling” evidence that in 2021 the NADC “knowingly reported at least six in-competition samples as out-of-competition samples, in contravention of various articles of the World Anti-Doping Code and the ISTI (International Standard for Testing and Investigations).”

“Operation Hercules has raised serious questions about the integrity of NADC’s testing practices and the competence of some staff,”said WADA I&I director Gunter Younger at the time.

“Moreover, the apparent longevity and brazenness of these practices suggests significant organizational failings within NADC,” he added.

https://www.rt.com/sport/563405-wada-ukraine-compliance-status/

So they are excusing years of cheating in sports competition even though it was found before the war started. Not unbelievable but a clear example of the double standards allowed for Ukraine and others.

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Please do this meme with “666” on his forehead

>>17567075

notableand true, why don’t the courts understand this?

>>17567075

This is interesting because I wonder if Nixon ever told Trump this

>>17567061

Why is the media coming out and admitting Trump did nothing wrong, do they realize the jeopardy of the current and future presidents by pushing the lie of the DOJ?

>>17567012

Their fragility is obvious even with Bidan threats to 80 million maga Americans is not working. They are losing their minds

>>17567002

I know and it pisses me off. It means every world leader and the UN ignoring mass killing of innocent people is only a political point when they need to use it for money or persuasion that they are good and holy. Its sick

23 Sep, 2022 15:28

EU member faces toilet paper shortage

Paper manufacturers in Germany say the energy crisis is leading to higher prices and limited supplies

Germany’s paper manufacturers, including leading personal care company Essity, say they are under intense pressure from the ongoing energy crisis. Other companies have already declared insolvency or cut production due to skyrocketing gas prices, as industry leaders call on the government to introduce price caps.

“From what we hear, this crisis is likely to be more severe for manufacturing industries than Covid was,” Carsten Rolle, the head of energy and climate policy at the BDI business association, told the Financial Times on Friday.

With mounting fears of power shortages and rising energy costs amid reduced gas deliveries from Russia, Essity – which owns brands such as Zewa, Libresse, and Lotus – says it has already had to raise prices by as much as 18% and is considering alternative sources of fuel.

Meanwhile, other toilet paper makers, such as the Dusseldorf-based Hakle, which has operated since 1928, have started declaring insolvency, claiming that soaring energy prices, high pulp costs, and transportation expenses have made their businesses financially unviable.

“In a very short time, electricity and gas prices have exploded to such an extent that of course they cannot be passed on to our customers so quickly,” Karen Jung, Hakle’s head of marketing, told Reuters.

According to the IWH economic institute, some 718 German entities became insolvent in August, a 26% jump over the previous year. That figure is expected to remain at around 25% in September and climb to 33% in October.

The German paper industry is now calling on the government of Olaf Scholz to enact an energy price cap, claiming it is the only thing that can stop the insolvencies. “I don’t think the wave of insolvencies can be stopped unless we have an [energy price] cap,” Volker Jung, managing director of Hakle told the FT.

Meanwhile, Paper Industry Association VP Martin Krengel said in a statement that the "top priority" was to "ensure that people are supplied with this important commodity."

Prices in Germany, as well as in much of the EU, have been skyrocketing for several months now. Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported this week that energy prices in the country had surged some 139% over the past 12 months, while the price of electricity shot up 174.9%.

Economists have been warning that the economy is headed for a recession as the German GDP is expected to decline by 0.7% next year.

https://www.rt.com/news/563413-germany-toilet-paper-shortages/

Pour on more panic for EU citizens, it worked in the US. Why choose TP when they can starve to death from their stupid decisions?

>>17567260

If 1,000s cane out and did what Friend did they would take it seriously. They should

23 Sep, 2022 16:26

Donbass referenda will become security game-changer – Moscow

Russia will respond to attacks on Donbass republics as assault on its territory if they decide to join, the Kremlin has said

Moscow would treat any potential attacks on Donbass as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions after the referenda on joining Russia as attacks on its own territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Voting in the two Donbass republics as well as the two southern Ukrainian Regions started earlier today.

When asked whether Moscow would treat attacks on these territories as attacks on Russia if their population supported joining Russia at the referenda, Peskov replied: “Definitely.” He also said that theRussian constitution would come into force in these territories as soon as they joined Russia.

Russia’s former president and the deputy head of the nation’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, warned that Russia would not hesitate to use “all means available” to defend its territory. “An encroachment on Russian territory is a crime,” Medvedev said earlier this week. He also stated that Donbass joining Russia would make the “geopolitical transformation [of] the world irreversible.”

The US, as well as its allies in Europe and elsewhere – including Germany – have already stated they would not recognize the results of the referenda that kicked off on Friday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also branded the polls “sham referendums” on Twitter. The voting is scheduled to be held between September 23 and 27.

Washington has also recently pledged more aid to Kiev to “strengthen” Ukraine. The developments come as Russia has announced partial mobilization. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated that the mobilization would involve calling to arms some 300,000 reservists, or just over 1% of Russia’s full mobilization potential.

The minister explained that additional troops were required to control the 1,000km-long contact line with Ukrainian forces and Russian-held areas.

In February 2022, Russia recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc.

Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev’s failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by Germany and France, were first signed in 2014. Former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko has since admitted that Kiev’s main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and “create powerful armed forces.” Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked

https://www.rt.com/russia/563417-donbass-referenda-security-game-changer/

Russia is warning Ukraine and the world, “fuck around and find out!”

>>17567272

Kek the irony is too funny, the DOJ opened a door they will regret for many years to come. Many, many years to come. The trials when they come will drag almost all of the Bidan into a decade of prosecutions and restoration of America!

>>17567251

Dont these people have anything else to do?

>>17567239

Remember Bidan doled out billions in the beginning of his term, we actually pay the journalists salaries

>>17566944

The creeps are embedded everywhere, how will Trump et al be able to clear them out of government once snd for all. The SEC did and are still doing the same thing to Musk. If someone wants to rid corruption they will try to destroy them