Year of the Rabbit (2023 Chinese Zodiac)
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/rabbit.htm
Ukraine Rejects Putin's Christmas Truce Proposal As "Hypocrisy" & "A Trap"
Update (1109ET): Within a mere hour after President Putin declared there would be a 36-hour ceasefire for all Russian forces along the line of contact in observation of Orthodox Christmas, Zelensky's office has issued a firm rejection, calling it "hypocrisy" and demanding that all Russian troops must leave occupied territory immediately.
Zelensky advisor Mykhailo Podolyak announced on Twitter, that Russian forces…
must leave the occupied territories - only then will it have a "temporary truce". Keep hypocrisy to yourself.
He had earlier responded to Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill by calling the proposed Christmas ceasefire "a trap".
Ukrainian officials are also calling this a ploy for Russian forces to regroup and to take the momentum out of the Ukrainian army counteroffensive, which has been making some gains of late.
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Update (1015ET): Shortly after Erdogan spoke with Putin this morning, the Russian leader has ordered a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine Friday and Saturday to mark Orthodox Christmas.
The statement from the Kremlin cites earlier appeal from Patriarch Kirill for ceasefire over the holiday. Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill had previously said in a statement posted to the church's official website:
"I, Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and of all Rus, appeal to all parties involved in the internecine conflict with a call to cease fire and establish a Christmas truce from 12:00 on January 6 to 00:00 on January 7 so that Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and on the day of the Nativity of Christ."
There’s been no response so far from Ukrainian officials.
KREMLIN: RUSSIA TO ANNOUNCE TRUCE IN UKRAINE FROM 1200 JAN.6 TO 2400 JAN.7 - IFX
KREMLIN: RUSSIA CALLS ON UKRAINIAN SIDE TO DECLARE A CEASEFIRE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO ATTEND SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS EVE, AS WELL AS ON CHRISTMAS DAY - IFX
Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7th, and is a major holiday just as in the West during December (the Orthodox Church's Julian calendar December 25 falls on January 7 on the West's Gregorian calendar).
Bloomberg has meanwhile hinted at a negative response from Ukrainian leaders, given their initial reaction to Patriarch Kirill's Christmas truce call:
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to cease fighting in Ukraine for 36 hours starting Friday at noon, Moscow time, in what appeared to be a rare sign of conciliation in an invasion that’s heading for its second year.
The Kremlin said Putin gave the order Thursday for Russian Orthodox Christmas. It follows an appeal by the patriarch of that church, which has close ties to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials denounced that as a trap. Kyiv has demanded Russia remove its troops from Ukraine as a condition for any ceasefire.
This was the reaction of a Zelensky advisor to Patriarch Kirill's ceasefire call, in reference to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC):
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russias-patriarch-kirill-calls-both-sides-implement-truce-orthodox-christmas
Civilians killed in Ukrainian HIMARS missile attack – officials
Six people lost their lives when Kiev’s troops shelled the city of Vasilyevka, local authorities have said
Ukrainian troops have shelled a residential area in the city of Vasilyevka in Russia’s newly incorporated Zaporozhye Region, killing six people and injuring 37, the acting governor, Yevgeny Balitsky, said on Wednesday. He added that three first responders were among the wounded, one of whom is in critical condition.
“The situation in Vasilyevka is tense. The shelling does not stop. All emergency services are working to help people,” Balitsky wrote on his Telegram channel. He also shared photos of destroyed buildings and damaged vehicles on the city’s streets.
Vladimir Rogov, a senior regional official, said that Ukrainian forces had hit an apartment block near a building that houses the city’s military administration. He explained that locals were lining up outside the building to receive documents for their cars when the strike hit.
Rogov claimed on Telegram that Kiev had used a US-supplied M142 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher to carry out the attack.
Natalya Romanichenko, the mayor of Vasilyevka, a city of roughly 13,000 people, urged residents to stay off the streets and seek shelter.
The latest news comes after local authorities reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a hospital in the city of Tokmak on Tuesday. Moscow has repeatedly accused Ukraine of using HIMARS and other Western-made weapons to target civilians.
The Zaporozhye Region, together with three other former Ukrainian territories, became part of Russia after holding a referendum on the matter in September.
https://www.rt.com/russia/569425-ukraine-zaporozhye-shelling-himars/
THE UNIPARTY RUNS DEEP: FOX and Friends Hosts Call 20 Rebel Republicans “Insurrectionists” and “Saboteurs”
On Tuesday, Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy failed three times to win the vote for US Speaker of the House. It was the first time in 100 years that Speakership was not decided in the first vote.
Kevin McCarthy lost the third vote for House Speaker on Tuesday afternoon, with 20 Republicans voting for Rep. Jim Jordan.
The winning Republican can only afford to lose four votes! He must reach 218 votes to win the Speakership. And the GOP holds a narrow 222 to 212 majority in the chamber.
On Wednesday morning McCarthy lost a 4th time! Then a fifth time. And then in the afternoon Kevin McCarthy lost a sixth time.
This was despite the fact that President Trump endorsed Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday morning and urged Republicans to vote for McCarthy.
The actions of these principled conservatives who refuse to support Kevin McCarthy is infuriating to party insiders, the Uniparty, lobbyists, and GOP elites.
On Wednesday, Dan Crenshaw called the 20 Republican holdouts “terrorists.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/uniparty-runs-deep-fox-friends-hosts-call-20-rebel-republicans-insurrectionists-saboteurs-video/
Colonial Pipeline Shuts Critical Conduit Supplying Fuel To Northeast After Spill
A critical conduit supplying fuel to the US Northeast was halted on Wednesday, when the Colonial Pipeline temporarily shut operations after a spill, the latest disruption to energy flows following an outage to the Keystone oil pipeline last month.
As Bloomberg first reported, some product was released at Colonial’s Witt delivery station near Danville, Virginia, prompting the shutdown of its Line 3, spokeswoman Meredith Stone said in an email. The company is planning a restart at around 12 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, according to a notice shared with users of the pipeline.
Colonial’s Line 3 transports refined products such as distillates and gasoline to the New York Harbor market from Greensboro, North Carolina, and is part of a broader system that supplies fuels to the eastern US. The system’s key gasoline conduit was shut for nearly a week in 2021 after a cyberattack.
Colonial's vast product system which includes Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 are a vital source of fuels for the eastern US. Lines 1 and 2 extend from the Houston area and meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, to form Line 3 into New York Harbor.
The incident follows the outage to TC Energy Corp’s Keystone pipeline after the biggest onshore oil spill since 2010. The conduit, which can deliver as much as 600,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude into the US Midwest, only fully returned to service last week.
Colonial didn’t provide the cause of the leak or the volume that was discharged from Line 3, although it did say the impact had been contained within its property.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/colonial-pipeline-shuts-critical-conduit-supplying-fuel-northeast-after-spill
CNN Hires RINO Adam Kinzinger as New Senior Political Commentator
Newly retired lawmaker Rep. Adam Kinzinger was just hired by CNN to be the network’s new senior political commentator.
Kinzinger, who is referred to as a RINO in many republican circles, has been one of President Trump’s biggest critics so it makes sense he would run to CNN shortly after leaving Congress.
Previously, Kinzinger voted to impeach Trump and was part of Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th Committee.
“Happy to join the team CNN!” Kinzinger reported.
To be honest, Kinzinger may not have been a great Congressman but he is a good actor.
Check him out crying during a January 6th Committee hearing:
Rep. Kinzinger, who served as a US representative from Illinois, served just six years in Congress.
His time at Capitol Hill was short-lived after the Illinois House of Representatives approved a new congressional district map that got rid of Kinzinger’s seat.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kinzinger made his first appearance on CNN, check him out:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/cnn-hires-rino-adam-kinzinger/
Communist Chinese Scientists Explore Using MOSQUITOS to Distribute VACCINES, Could Create Dangerous MUTANT Insects Instead
Designing a killer virus evidently was just a little test run for the Chicoms. Now they might unleash mankind’s most notorious insect to supposedly “vaccinate” wildlife and reduce viral infections.
Hard to imagine any unintended consequences will occur. It’s not like mosquitos spread nasty infections like Yellow Fever, Malaria, West Nile, and Dengue Fever to humans.
The South China Morning Post reported Wednesday that Chinese scientists claim they found a way to turn the disease-carrying nuisance into an indispensable ally of all humanity. Of course, this required them to create a few genetically modified insects.
Here are their findings. No question they applied this trial with the same rigor and caution as their other gain of function research projects:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3205463/bite-club-chinese-researchers-buzzing-over-study-mosquito-vaccinators
Hobbs “Had All The Facts, And She Withheld This From The Court” – Abe Hamadeh Speaks About Pinal County Recount Errors And His ‘Motion for New Trial’
Abe Hamadeh joined the Charle Kirk show on Tuesday to share his thoughts on the recount of ballots in Pinal County that discovered hundreds of new votes for Hamadeh and discuss the next steps in his election challenge.
The Gateway Pundit reported that Abe Hamadeh filed a ‘Motion for New Trial’ in the Mohave County Superior Court on Tuesday after a recount in rural Pinal County brought the margin of victory down to 280 votes.
This information was leaked to the media the day before a state judge announced Democrat Kris Mayes beat Republican Abe Hamadeh by 280 votes in the race for Arizona’s Attorney General.
Katie Hobbs knew about this discrepancy in Pinal County but withheld the information in court. The Gateway Pundit reported that Hobbs’ lawyers asked to delay the recount results from being presented before the lawsuit was dismissed. Abe said on Tuesday, “She had all the facts, she withheld this from the court, and she withheld this from me. So, we weren’t able to present any of this evidence.”
According to Abe Hamadeh and President Trump, this discrepancy must be investigated across the state, and all Counties must do a full recount. “It’s simple, if the judge allows us to inspect and count the ballots – we win,” said Abe.
President Trump recently called for Republicans in Arizona to demand a statewide hand recount, “and Abe will WIN,” he said.
On Election Day in Maricopa County, over 50% of tabulators and printers failed the moment that polls opened, causing voters to be turned away from the polls and creating long wait times of four hours or more. According to cybersecurity expert Clay Parikh’s testimony, this was an intentional act aimed at disenfranchising Republican voters who turned out 3:1 for Trump-Endorsed candidates. Many of the thousands of voters disenfranchised by this catastrophe were forced to vote provisionally.
The Gateway Pundit reported on testimony in Kari Lake’s election trial by County Elections Director Scott Jarrett, where he potentially perjures himself and admits to the intentional printer setting change that caused this failure.
Abe told Charlie Kirk, “there’s 50,000+ under votes in Maricopa County. Those are people who supposedly skipped the Attorney General race, but what we just discovered in Pinal County was there were about 65 ballots there that were counted as under votes that actually went my way. And that’s what we’re talking about, these tabulation machines are not reading it correctly.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/video-hobbs-facts-withheld-court-abe-hamadeh-speaks-pinal-county-recount-errors-motion-new-trial/
Twitter data breach: Hacker put 200M users’ private information up for grabs
The hacker had demanded $200,000 to return the breached data back in December but warned that if their conditions are not fulfilled, they will release the data for free.
200 million Twitter users’ private information, including their email addresses, was put for sale after a breach exposed 400 million users’ private information in the last week of December 2022.
The hacker behind the December breach had earlier demanded $200,000 from Twitter in a bid to return the stolen data and warned if the demand is not fulfilled, the data will be released for free. The latest set of data posted on the hacker forum has been traced back to the same breach from December 2022.
Researchers at Privacy Affairs confirmed that the leaked data set on the hacker forum is the same from December. The 200 million number, in this case, resulted from the removal of duplicates. The released data set doesn’t contain phone numbers. The researchers warned that these data sets could be used to initiate social engineering or “doxing” campaigns.
The data set was originally 63GB, but after removing duplicates and compressing the files, the size of the latest data set was reduced to 4GB and free to download.
The hacker also noted that the analysis of original file dates and account creation dates “strongly suggest” that this was collected from early November 2021 through December 14, 2021.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/twitter-data-breach-hacker-put-200m-users-private-information-up-for-grabs
Cyber Polygon
9 more failed votes then Trump gets nominated and wins the 17th vote?
Jordan Peterson ordered to enter 're-education' program in Canada over his comments, speech that 'may cause harm.' He's refusing to comply.
Jordan Peterson has been ordered by a Canadian psychology governing body to enter what Peterson called a "re-education" program reportedly over his past comments and speechs that "may cause harm."
Not surprisingly, Peterson said Wednesday he "formally indicated" his "refusal to comply" with the demands of the College of Psychologists of Ontario.
What are the details?
Peterson posted to Twitter parts of a document from the College of Psychologists of Ontario that outlined its concern over his "public statements made on social media and during a January 25, 2022, podcast appearance" that "may have lacked professionalism."
The document indicates that Peterson is to work with another professional to “review, reflect on, and ameliorate [his] professionalism in public statements" and complete a "Coaching Program."
Peterson's stated refusal to comply could result in discipline for professional misconduct, according the document's language.
What's the background?
According to a Wall Street Journal op-ed, the College of Psychologists of Ontario last March appointed an investigator to examine complaints about Peterson’s Twitter comments as well as things he said on a Joe Rogan podcast.
The Journal — citing images provided by Peterson — said the College’s panel in November ruled that "the comments at issue appear to undermine the public trust in the profession as a whole, and raise questions about your ability to carry out your responsibilities as a psychologist.”
More from the Journal:
What are these comments? Calling Elliot Page, the transgender actor, by his former name, “Ellen,” and the pronoun “her,” on Twitter. Calling an adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “prik.” A sarcastic crack at antigrowth environmentalists for not caring that their energy policies lead to more deaths of poor Third World children.
Calling a former client “vindictive.” Objecting to a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover of a plus-size model: “Sorry. Not Beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.” In Canada even offenses begin with “sorry.”
The Journal added that the panel found “the impact risk in this case is significant" since Peterson's comments “may cause harm" — and decided that coaching Peterson would help “mitigate any risks to the public.”
The College of Psychologists of Ontario declined to comment on the case, citing confidentiality, the Journal reported.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jordan-peterson-ordered-to-enter-re-education-program-in-canada-over-his-comments-speech-that-may-cause-harm-hes-refusing-to-comply
King Charles made ‘sadistic’ jokes about Prince Harry’s ‘real’ dad: memoir
King Charles made “sadistic” jibes about Prince Harry’s “real” father, the prince reveals in his new memoir.
Harry, 38, grew up amid public speculation that his true father was Princess Diana’s former lover Major James Hewitt.
The prince writes in his new book, “Spare,” out Tuesday, how Charles seemingly enjoyed making hurtful comments about his parentage.
In one segment, seen by Page Six, Harry writes: “Pa liked telling stories, and this was one of the best in his repertoire. He’d always end with a burst of philosophizing … Who knows if I’m really the Prince of Wales? Who knows if I’m even your real father?
“He’d laugh and laugh, though it was a remarkably unfunny joke, given the rumor circulating just then that my actual father was one of Mummy’s former lovers: Major James Hewitt. One cause of this rumor was Major Hewitt’s flaming ginger hair, but another cause was sadism.”
According to the book, Charles never spoke to Harry about the Hewitt rumors directly.
Harry said that tabloid readers loved the idea that his dad was not really Charles. “Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laugh-able. Never mind that my mother didn’t meet Major Hewitt until long after I was born,” he adds.
https://pagesix.com/2023/01/05/king-charles-made-jokes-about-prince-harrys-real-dad/
You Don't Have To Be A Conspiracy Theorist To Be Worried About The World Economic Forum
…not because they are the puppeteers controlling politicians across the West, but because their ideas permeate the upper echelons of the global elite…
Samuel Greg, a Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy at the American Institute for Economic Research and author, most recently, of The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World, has written a good piece for the Spectator about the WEF on the eve of Davos 2023.
He argues that if you care about liberty, democracy and national self-determination, it’s perfectly rational to be concerned about the influence of Klaus Schwab and his followers. Not because they are the puppeteers controlling politicians across the West, but because their ideas permeate the upper echelons of the global elite. In particular, Schwab’s belief in the top-down, technocratic form of government exemplified by the EU.
It wields no formal political power and can’t make anyone do anything. Nonetheless, since its founding in 1971, the WEF has become an organisation which embodies supreme confidence in the imperative of a particular type of person running the world from the top-down. In his famous 2004 essay entitled ‘Dead Souls’, the political scientist Samuel P. Huntington called this prototype ‘Davos Man’.
A clever moniker that neither Schwab nor the WEF have ever succeeded in shaking off, Davos Man was Huntington’s short-hand description of “academics, international civil servants and executives in global companies, as well as successful high-technology entrepreneurs” who thought alike and tended to view national loyalties and boundaries “as residues from the past”. Davos Man also looked with undisguised disdain, Huntington suggested, upon those who weren’t getting with the programme – whatever the content of the programme happened to be.
Therein lies the deepest problem with the WEF. It’s one thing for people to come together in international settings to discuss problems, share insights, and network. Business leaders, politicians, and NGO-types do this all the time.
It’s another thing for an outfit such as the WEF to decide that the time has come to rearrange the world from the top-down and remake the planet in a corporatist image. The ideal for which Schwab is aiming, judging from his speeches and writings, is something akin to a globalised EU, with its supranational and ingrained bureaucratic ways being transposed to an international level, and the levers of power vested in the hands of reliable Davos men and women.
In short, it’s easy to caricature the WEF and Schwab as something akin to Ian Fleming’s fictious Spectre and its criminal-mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Yet the agenda now being pursued at settings such as Davos is sufficiently alarming that anyone who believes in preserving things like liberty, sovereignty, and the decentralisation of power should be concerned.
Worth reading in full…
Robert Malone has a saltier take on the WEF’s current agenda on his Substack, particularly no. 4 on the WEF’s list of priorities: “Preparing for the next pandemic requires ending health disparities.”
That’s uncomfortably reminiscent of the toxic new ideology I discussed yesterday, which combines extreme risk aversion – to pandemics, climate change, hate speech, etc. – with ‘equity’, meaning a commitment to protecting ‘vulnerable’ groups, e.g. ethnic minorities and the LGBTQ+ community.
So the argument for, say, keeping mask mandates in place forever would run something like this: airborne viral diseases have a disproportionately negative effect on marginalised people because they have less access to healthcare, therefore governments have a moral duty to impose masks mandates.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/be-the-change/you-dont-have-to-be-a-conspiracy-theorist-to-be-worried-about-the-world-economic-forum
BOOM! Matt Gaetz Votes for DONALD JOHN TRUMP for Speaker at the House
Kevin McCarthy just lost the vote for House Speaker for the SEVENTH TIME.
And Rep. Matt Gaetz just voted for DONALD JOHN TRUMP for House Speaker.
Thank you, Rep. Gaetz!
Liberal heads are about to explode in 3… 2… 1…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/boom-matt-gaetz-votes-donald-john-trump-speaker-house/
Swiss organization to provide people with SAFE blood transfusions from UNVAXXED purebloods
An organization in Switzerland called Safe Blood Donation has been set up to provide people all over the world with safe blood transfusions exclusively from people who remain unvaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).
The organization was founded in late 2022 by Swiss naturopath George Della Pietra. According to the group’s website, the group’s goal is to provide people all over the world with a way to receive life-saving blood transfusions while refusing to take the vaccines developed against COVID-19.
“Be it an emergency, a scheduled operation or because you need regular transfusions for other medical reasons. This is where Safe Blood Donation comes into play as an intermediary,” reads a statement on the organization’s website.
The group will essentially act as a middleman to connect people all over the world with medical partners who are willing to accept blood donations and provide blood transfusions to people with health needs, but are hesitant to go to hospitals where they will almost certainly receive blood from vaccinated individuals.
Della Pietra created his organization due to the release of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines causing disputes all over the world over blood treatments and transfusions. Specifically, people who are skeptical of the benefits that come with taking the experimental vaccines and doesn’t want their body tainted by the unsafe products.
In Dec. 2022, a baby less than a year old was taken by the government of New Zealand from his parents due to their refusal to allow blood tainted by the COVID-19 vaccines to be used during a life-saving surgery to repair the infant’s heart defect.
Mainstream medical establishment refusing to provide unvaccinated with clean blood transfusions
Della Pietra has contacted hundreds of clinics all over Europe, all of which still don’t allow people “the human right of free blood choice.” Furthermore, dozens of clinics he contacted have all refused to become a partner of the new organization. Some of these clinics are sympathetic, but claimed they do not want to be mentioned for fear of reprisals from the mainstream medical community.
The founder further noted that his main goal is not to run Safe Blood Donation as a blood bank, noting that “this is not possible at the moment” due to legal concerns, but to act as a quick referral service “to match blood donors and recipients” who are then sent to a medical partner’s clinic where the safe, unvaccinated blood transfusion will be handled.
In return for providing people with this service, members are also urged to “make themselves available as blood donors” for other people looking for unvaccinated blood transfusions.
There is no blood bank with mRNA-free blood yet, but Safe Blood Donation declared that “we will not give up until we can offer a worldwide network of such clinics.”
http://www.stationgossip.com/2023/01/swiss-organization-to-provide-people.html
War-Crazed Former CIA Head Wants U.S. Troops In Ukraine
Former CIA Interim Director Mike Morell recently appeared on Face the Nation where he discussed the question of whether an invasion of Crimea might be a “red line” for Russia in the Ukraine War. Morell, however, was more interested in discussing red lines NATO might impose on Russia and how the U.S. should be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine and threaten Russia with nuclear annihilation if Putin and company consider deploying nukes of their own in Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/ySeZtz26Lxs
Israel: MP says time to 'subdue Palestinians once and for all' in the 'last war'
Lawmaker Zvika Fogel told Channel 12 that going to war with Gaza every two or three years was not enough
An Israeli MP in the governing coalition has called for a "final war" against the Palestinians to "subdue them once and for all", following international condemnation of security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.
Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza, threatened retaliation on Tuesday after Ben-Gvir marched across Al-Aqsa in defiance of longstanding agreements preventing unsanctioned visits to the site by non-Muslims.
On Wednesday, Zvika Fogel - an MP with Ben-Gvir's ultra-nationalist Jewish Power party - hit out at Hamas, saying in an interview on Channel 12 that Israel's policy of going to war with Palestinians "every two or three years" was not enough and that it should "subdue them once and for all".
"It would be worth it because this will be the final war, and after that we can sit and raise doves and all the other beautiful birds that exist," he said, according to Haaretz.
Thousands of Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli assaults on Gaza since the strip was put under siege in 2007.
'We are too merciful'
The Jewish Power party, who have become kingmakers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, espouses an openly racist Jewish supremacist ideology based on the teachings of the late far-right Rabbi Meir Kahane.
In December, Fogel told the UK's Channel 4 News that he wants to end any form of proportionality when dealing with Palestinians, whom he claimed Israel has been "too merciful" towards.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-far-right-mp-calls-subdue-last-war
Hillary Clinton has a new official job
Two-time failed presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will become a faculty member of Columbia University next month as a Professor of Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Presidential Fellow at Columbia World Projects (CWP).
According to an email obtained by The Daily Caller, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger announced the news on Thursday morning, writing that Clinton will work on a “variety of major initiatives, especially those focusing on global politics and policy and on supporting female leaders in those arenas.”
Additionally, Clinton “will work with Executive Vice President for Columbia Global and CWPDirector Wafaa El-Sadr and CWP Deputy Director Ira Katznelson to support programming related to renewing democracy and advancing efforts for effective engagement of women and youth in this country and around the world.”
(READ MORE: Hillary Clinton, DNC fined by FEC over Trump-Russia collusion hoax)
Bollinger said he has “had the great pleasure of knowing Hillary personally” for 30 years, dating back to when she was First Lady to former President Bill Clinton.
“Her public service has expanded since then, most notably in her remarkably successful tenure as United States Senator for the State of New York, in her impressive role as Secretary of State, and in her two historic and record-breaking presidential campaigns,” Bollinger continued.
“Given her extraordinary talents and capacities together with her singular life experiences, Hillary Clinton is unique, and, most importantly, exceptional in what she can bring to the University’s missions of research and teaching, along with public service and engagement for the public good,” he added. “It is, therefore, with great delight and pride that I make this announcement that Secretary Clinton will be bringing her capacities, experience, and wisdom to this institution. I expect us all to benefit immeasurably from working with her in the months and years ahead.”
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/01/hillary-clinton-has-a-new-official-job/
European Parliament Suspends Quincy Author Over Unregistered Work for Qatar and Morocco
Eldar Mamedov used think tank perch to push policies important to Qatar
A contributor to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s flagship website was suspended in late December from an advisory role at the European Parliament amid allegations he was working as an unregistered operative for Qatar and Morocco.
Eldar Mamedov, who has authored more than 50 op-eds for the isolationist think tank bankrolled by billionaires George Soros and Charles Koch, was referred to Belgian authorities as part of an investigation into foreign influence peddling, according to Politico. Mamedov’s suspected role in the operation is raising questions about how he used his perch at Quincy to advocate in favor of increased ties with Iran—one of Qatar’s closest regional allies.
But the allegations against Mamedov could explain why he used his perch at Quincy to push for increased relations with Tehran. While he hasn't written there about Morocco or Qatar specifically, he has used his position to press issues important to the latter. Mamedov’s writing focused on opening relations with Iran and reentering the 2015 nuclear accord, which also is a chief priority for the Quincy Institute. In October, for instance, Mamedov argued the anti-regime protests erupting across Iran "make restoring the [nuclear deal] more urgent than ever." In August, he advocated the United States take "a more nuanced view of Iran." A new nuclear deal with Iran would boost Qatar’s clout in the region and enable it to continue doing business with the country’s hardline regime.
While the Quincy Institute bills itself as immune to the whims of a "narrow elite in Washington," it has struggled to beat back accusations that some of its scholars are doing the bidding of America’s adversaries. Quincy executive vice president Trita Parsi, for instance, has long been dogged by accusations he served as an unregistered lobbyist for the Iranian regime. And Quincy Institute fellow Amir Handjani, formerly a registered foreign agent for Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Public Investment Fund, is alleged to have played a central role in a hack-and-leak operation funded by a wealthy kingdom in the United Arab Emirates.
"It's bad enough that Quincy peddles dictator-friendly ideas. But it's even worse that it does so with people who appear to be mired in conflicts of interest, commercial ties with tyrannical regimes, and in one case alleged to be connected to a major bribery scandal," Kaveh Shahrooz, an Iranian dissident and Toronto-based senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, told the Washington Free Beacon. "This think tank and its views ought to be ignored by every decent person."
Quincy, in its policy mission, decries the "influence of the ‘military industrial complex’" and says that America’s foreign policy positions "should not be driven by the preferences of a narrow elite in Washington." It routinely positions itself as a voice untouched by the foreign money campaigns that plague many Washington, D.C., institutes.
The Quincy Institute did not respond to a Free Beacon request for comment.
The Mamedov scandal has increased scrutiny on the think tank and its associates.
In addition to housing Parsi and Handjani, the Quincy Institute recently brought aboard Blaise Malley, the son of U.S. Iran envoy Robert Malley, who is leading negotiations with Iran surrounding a revamped nuclear deal.
Blaise Malley lists himself as a reporter for the Quincy Institute as of December 2022 and now works under Parsi—one of the most vocal supporters of a new nuclear deal. Malley has already written about Middle Eastern issues that intersect with his father’s work. This has drawn further accusations of ethical impropriety at the think tank.
"Rob Malley’s son Blaise writes for Quincy to promote Rob’s policy," wrote Xiyue Wang, a former U.S. hostage in Iran who now works on Capitol Hill. "Is it ethical for a senior [U.S. government] official to have his direct relative work in a think tank promoting his policy??"
A State Department official told the Free Beacon it has no issue with the younger Malley’s work, saying, "Private citizens are entitled to their own beliefs and their own views on U.S. policy."
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/european-parliament-suspends-quincy-author-over-unregistered-work-for-qatar-and-morocco/
Rock Attack Hit Syria’s Greater Idlib Just Day After Russian Warning Of False-Flag Plot
A heavy rocket attack targeted the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib just a day after a Russian warning of a false-flag plot by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
A salvo of heavy rockets hit the outskirts of the towns of al-Fu’ah and Kafriya in the eastern countryside of Idlib on January 5. The two towns, which were once strongholds of government supporters in Idlib, are now populated by refugees and foreign jihadists.
Five people were allegedly wounded in the rocket attack, which also caused some material losses. The rockets used in the attack have not been identified, yet. Still, news sources based in Greater Idlib blamed the attack on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).
Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria, warned on January 4 that HTS is planning to stage a false-flag operation in order to trigger return fire on a refugee camp in Greater Idlib and then to pin the blame on the SAA and its allies for the indiscriminate use of arms.
The Russian commander said that HTS militants are planning to open fire on the SAA near the towns of al-Atarib and Kafr Jum in the western Aleppo countryside in order to cause retaliatory fire on the nearby Kafr Dian refugee camp.
“The militants intend to circulate videos on the social networks showing alleged civilian casualties to blame the Russian and Syrian armed forces for the unwarranted use of fire means,” Maj. Gen. Yegorov said.
Despite the difference in location, the rocket attack on al-Fu’ah and Kafriya fit the plot that was described by the Maj. Gen. Yegorov.
The attack may have been a part of a false-flag operation by HTS, or a response to its plot. The terrorist group stepped up its attacks on the SAA and its allies in the last few weeks in what appears to be an attempt to sabotage Russia’s ongoing efforts to restore ties between Damascus and Ankara, who could soon pull its troops out from Greater Idlib to facilitate a new Syrian military operation there.
https://southfront.org/rock-attack-hit-syrias-greater-idlib-just-day-after-russian-warning-of-false-flag-plot-photos/
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