31 Jan, 2023 12:25

UK nuclear sub reactor repaired with super glue – media

The botched job reportedly sparked an urgent investigation as defense chiefs demanded assurances about future work

UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace has reportedly called for an urgent investigation after The Sun revealed that a routine inspection of one of Britain’s Trident nuclear submarines found evidence of bizarrely botched repair work.

According to a detailed report by the outlet, workers allegedly used super glue to fix a number of broken bolt heads used to hold together cooling pipes in the nuclear reactor of the HMS Vanguard.

Engineers from defense contractor Babcock appear to have originally damaged the bolts, but instead of replacing the them, they simply glued the heads back on.

The Sun details that at least seven bolts, all of which heldinsulation in place on coolant pipes which prevent reactor meltdown, were treated this way.

The potentially catastrophic repairs were only noticed earlier this month when one of thebolts fell apart during a routine checkahead of a scheduled first firing of the reactor at maximum power.

The incident reportedly sparked outrage among defense officials. Wallace has demanded a meeting and “assurances about future work,” The Sun reported.

A Navy source told the outlet that he was furious that Babcock had failed to inform defense officials about the botched repairs. “It’s a disgrace. You can’t cut corners with nuclear. Standards are standards. Nuclear standards are never compromised,” he told The Sun.

Repair work aboard the HMS Vanguard is being done as part of dry dock refurbishment at HMNB Devonport in Plymouth, which is alreadyfour years behind schedule and around £300 million ($370 million) over budget.

(Super glue is good for everything except nuclear subs, this is really outrageous)

https://www.rt.com/news/570752-uk-nuclear-submarine-glue/

31 Jan, 2023 14:36

China lashes out at NATO country’s newly elected leader

Beijing has accused the next Czech president, Petr Pavel, of meddling in its affairs after his Taiwan phone call

Beijing has slammed Czech President-elect and former NATO general Petr Pavel for a phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning stated on Tuesday that the conversation was “a serious interference in China’s internal affairs.”

“This is a blatant violation of the Czech Republic’s political commitment to the one-China principle and sends a wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces,”Mao said at a regular press briefing. She added that Prague held the call on Monday “despite China’s repeated dissuasion.”

“We urge the Czech Republic to take immediate and effective measures…to undo the negative impact of this incident and credibly abide by the one-China principle,” the spokeswoman said.

Beijing views Taiwan, which has been ruled by a separate government since the late 1940s, as its territory, and strongly opposes any form of recognition of the Taipei authorities. The majority of countries, including the Czech Republic, do not maintain formal diplomatic relations with the island.

A retired army general, Pavel won the election on Saturday, defeating former Prime Minister Andrej Babis. From 2015 to 2018,Pavel served as chair of the NATO Military Committee, a body that participates in the US-led bloc’s strategic planning.

Pavel wrote on Twitter on Monday that he and Tsai had “agreed on strengthening our partnership.” He also said he hoped to meet the Taiwanese leader in person in the future.

Taiwanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Jeff Liu said in a statement that the island’s government “will do its utmost” to deepen bilateral ties with Prague.

Last year, Beijing protested the visit of former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island. She was the highest-ranking US official to make such a trip since the 1990s. Beijing responded to the incident by holding large-scale snap military drills around Taiwan.

The Pavel-Tsai call took place amid heightened tensions between China and NATO. The alliance has accused Beijing of coercing its neighbors in the region and “threatening” Taiwan. Beijing, meanwhile, has rejected the portrayal of China as a threat and urged the US to abandon its “Cold War mentality.”

(EU idiots goading two major Super Power Nations)

https://www.rt.com/news/570756-petr-pavel-taiwan-call/

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Sex, lies and videotapes: Yet another scandal involving Western mercenaries engulfs Ukraine

A lawsuit alleges that the American founder of the ‘Mozart’ group is a sex pest and conman

A lawsuit filed by a former member of the mercenary Mozart Group has raised serious questions about the controversial outfit, including its founder – former US marine Andy Milburn. It’s just the latest example of how grift in the Ukraine conflict has led to very serious consequences.

What is ‘Mozart Group’?

Founded in mid-March 2022, the organization was designed to make a major impact in the Ukraine conflict, in every way. Its name was attention seeking, a provocative pun on Wagner, the Russian private military company that in recent weeks has been steadily liberating Ukraine-occupied territory in the Donbass. The media-savvy, combat-experienced Milburn was highly effective at inserting himself into the coverage, being widely quoted by Western news outlets.

“Driven by the same pro-Ukrainian spirit that has put yellow and blue flags flying across the Western world, Mr. Milburn feels strongly that this is a just war,” theNew York Times oozed in October 2022. “But there are other forces operating on him — boredom, guilt, his own sorrows and a quest for redemption.”

Mozart’s representatives publicly sought to characterize themselves not as an army-for-hire, but a team of seasoned veterans who don't personally carry guns, but provide vital military training to the Ukrainian army, and extract civilians from the frontline. While Milburn made much of his three decades of service, including deployments in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia, he also claimed staff would be fired on the spot if they engaged in direct combat with Russian forces.

The entire Western media bought the line that Mozart wasn’t in Ukraine for belligerent purposes.The idea that a bunch of battle-hardened marines would simply show up in a combat zone to help – but disavow violence while they were there – was always a farceand recent comments by Milburn make this clear. Speaking to RT on 28 January, he said his primary goal was to “kill Russians”:

“Why do we train guys? It isn’t simply to defend themselves, it’s to kill the enemy. Everything we’re doing is exactly within the parameters of NATO policy. The West is providing Ukraine with lethal weapons that kill Russians…When we train soldiers that is their goal. It’s why we teach them how to operate their weapons.”

Despite Milburn’s boasts that Mozart Group “is filling a niche no one is filling,” and his consequent belief that sizable Western government funding should be “an absolute no-brainer,”neither sponsorship nor corresponding richeshave been forthcoming. The organization has, to his immense disappointment, only received relatively small sums from unnamed US-based financiers with Ukrainian ancestry, and from a humanitarian organization for the purpose of evacuations.

Why was the leader of Mozart sued?

A lawsuit taken by Andy Bain, Mozart’s former chief financial officer, against Milburn, and “defendants John Doe 1 through 10,” who are “individuals or entities who have acted together with, or under the direction of”Milburn, might offer a clue as to why Washington and its international lackeys have been so reticent to stump up any cash for the effort.

Bain’s suit paints a shockingpicture of an utterly chaotic, corrupt, criminal organization, in which “on multiple occasions” Milburn “has taken actions which have and will continue to cause harm to the company.” A 26-point list, running from a-to-z, outlines the alleged behavior. This bombshell rap sheet has been completely ignored by the Western media since its publication.

They include “threatening and harassing a private business owner who volunteered a newly refurbished apartment for Mozart Group,” a residence where Milburn held “numerous late night parties,” and kept “a stray untrained dog…which defecated and urinated freely.” When the owner evicted the company due to this conduct, Milburn is said to have bombarded them with “hostile messages,”including one in which he warned “you have no idea who you are dealing with” and “will not escape unscathed.”

Milburn also “unilaterally” hired a Ukrainian woman he met on a dating app - “and with whom he had a prior personal relationship” - as his personal assistant,paying her an annual salary of $90,000, “which is at least four times more than the usual compensation rate for a Ukrainian based employee in such position.”..

https://www.rt.com/news/570708-sexual-harassment-threats-corruption/

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Milburn purportedly made “unwanted sexual advances and propositions to a female office manager” too, and when these were rejected, he “preemptively labeled her as a liar”to Bain and possibly others, “in the event she would not keep silent about his actions.”

Bain further charges thatMilburn embezzled donations and enriched himself through a number of scams. For example, he is said to have secretly meddled with donation links on Mozart’s website, so money intended for the organization was actually redirected to another company he set up. Yet another business entity with an almost identical name to Mozart Group’s is also apparently being established “to confuse donors and continue to facilitate the diversion of funds.”

It could be the case that certain donors knew their money would be spent on highly dubious, if not outright criminal activities. Milburn allegedly solicited cash from private companies, “promising to use those funds to pay bribes to senior military leaders to make military decisions favorable to safeguarding specific private assets, irrespective of damage such decisions may have to Ukraine’s military position,” therefore “forcing the Ukrainian government to divert badly needed Ukrainian counter-intelligence resources to track his illegal activities.”

Bain claims to have received “numerous threatening texts”from Milburn when he left the company, including promises “to tell the media about non-existent compromising information,”should he go public with what he knew.

If Mozart’s chief financial officer is to be believed - and the nature of his accusations suggest he may have incriminating evidence to support them - senior Ukrainian military officers called Milburn the “Crazy American”, and wished he’d “go home and stop saving our country.”

Other areas of the filing imply Milburn’s public declarations that Mozart did not and never would engage in military activities were lies, and the company is an active mercenary outfit with plans to expand its operations. Bain also claims Milburn failed to acquire the necessary approvals to comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR):

“Outside the scope of original business interest in Ukraine, sought commercial contracts for military training in Armenia which would divert resources from Ukraine, having done so knowingly and deliberately without United States Department of State registration or approval in violation of ITAR.”

A day after Bain’s lawsuit was filed, Milburn responded with an enormous number of counter-accusations via various social media platforms, posts which he later deleted, claiming Bain was a “disgruntled” former employee who himself had been accused of financial and sexual misconduct.

Milburn even said Bain at one point attempted to sell Mozart to the Taliban. A wild charge, but believable, given the eagerness of foreigners to line their pockets off the back of the Ukraine conflict. As RT has repeatedly documented,the International Legion - including its celebrity fraudster spokeswoman - is a hotbed of embezzlement.

There are clear signs that Ukrainian military personnel, and the country's civilian authorities, aren’t above profiteering from the conflict, and engaging in crime in the process. A drunken Andy Milburn testified to this on a December podcast, where he said it was a “corrupt, f*d-up society,” run by “plenty of f*d up people.” Comically, this is referenced in Bain’s lawsuit. He says Milburn was “significantly intoxicated and making unfounded accusations and derogatory comments against the government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military.”

31 Jan, 2023 11:54

Trump sues legendary journalist over audiobook

The former US president has accused Bob Woodward of “systematic manipulation”

Former US President Donald Trump filed a nearly $50-million lawsuit against journalist and author Bob Woodward on Monday, accusing him of including taped interviews in a recent audiobook without permission. In the complaint, Trump accuses Woodward of “systematic usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation” of the recordings, which he says were “protected” under copyright and license laws.

Publishing house Simon & Schuster and its parent company, Paramount, are listed as co-defendants.

Woodward recorded a series of phone interviews with Trump during his time in office. The conversations formed the basis of the book ‘Rage,’ released in September 2020.

The journalist then reused the recordings for the audiobook titled ‘The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump,’ released last October. It contains more than eight hours of raw interviews Woodward conducted with Trump between 2016 and 2020, as well as author’s commentary.

Trump alleges that he had consented to being interviewed for the book, but not the subsequent audiobook. “Faced with the reality that Ragewas a complete and total failure(kek), Woodward decided to exploit, usurp, and capitalize upon President Trump’s voice,” the lawsuit claims.

The 45th president further claims Woodward and his publisher took “extensive and unacceptable liberties” whenediting the interviews and “selectively omitted” parts of Trump’s responses.

In a joint statement to the media, Woodward and Simon & Schuster rejected the allegations. “All these interviews were on the record and recorded with President Trump’s knowledge and agreement,” the statement said. “Moreover, it is in the public interest to have this historical record in Trump’s own words. We are confident that the facts and the law are in our favor.”

The audiobook was released against the backdrop of the US House Select Committee’s investigation of Trump’s role in the storming of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

In November, Trump announced that he would seek another presidential term in the 2024 election. He held his first official campaign event on Saturday.

Woodward first rose to prominence in 1972, as one of the investigative reporters who first broke the story on what later became known as the Watergate scandal. The controversy led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon two years later.

(Boris said on Bannon last night the contract signed by both parties, that Woodward could only use the tapes for his written book)

https://www.rt.com/news/570747-trump-sues-bob-woodward/

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Woodward and S&S should remember Trump’s attorneys are experts in contract law and he has filed 1,000s of lawsuit and won quite a few. I’m pretty sure the law is not in their favor, nor will PDJT ever back down! FAFO Woodward!

“In a joint statement to the media, Woodward and Simon & Schuster rejected the allegations. “All these interviews were on the record and recorded with President Trump’s knowledge and agreement,” the statement said. “Moreover, it is in the public interest to have this historical record in Trump’s own words.We are confident that the facts and the law are in our favor.”

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UK protecting abortionistGodless Nation

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Peter McIlvenna On House Of Lords Outlawing Prayers Over Abortion Clinics With “Safe Space” Law

https://rumble.com/embed/v258u64/?pub=4

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She was praying in her head across from an abortion clinic and got arrested. The MPs in UK approved a rule to go into law you have to be 150 meters (2 football fields away) from am abortion clinic or face unlimited fines.

UK has gone full Godless and those who oppose abortion are destroyed, the gov is full of cowards, Sir Thomas More is rolling over in his grave!

Listen to his whole story on how this went down.

We are quickly becoming a Godless Nation.We won’t let that happen!

Mark Houck Recounts Story Of The FBI’s TerrorismOf His Family For Defending Pro-Life Values

He said it gets even worse when he got to the federal building. Second bideo

https://rumble.com/embed/v258vrg/?pub=4

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Mark Houck Tells Story Of Spiritual Journey While Held Hostage By FBI

Second Interview:

“The Most Intimate Prayer Experience Of My Life”: Mark Houck Tells Story Of Spiritual Journey While Held Hostage By FBI

He tells how he was treated at the FBI and by US Marshalls for just praying outside of an abortion clinic with a man harassing his son. Mark just pushed the guy away

Bannon says the FBI, US Marshalls, and State Troopers are just like in Roman days when Jesus was crucified. These law enforcement will say they are just doing your job, go back and look at the Nuremberg trials, that excuse will not cut it.

More than 340,000,000 Christians are being persecuted today a lot more than during history at Jesus’s time!

https://rumble.com/embed/v258xz2/?pub=4

31 Jan, 2023 17:56

Ukrainian army maimed own civilians with banned mines – NGO

Kiev’s forces scattered thousands of antipersonnel landmines in the city of Izium, Human Rights Watch has said

The Ukrainian military injured scores of civilians when it fired thousands of illegal mines across the city of Izium last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged. The mines, similar to those allegedly used by Ukraine against civilians in Donetsk, werefound near schools and kindergartens.

The mines were fired into the city by rocket while it was occupied by Russian forces between April and September of last year, the NGO said in a report published on Tuesday. Dispersed hundreds at a time, the Soviet-era PFM mines are distinctively butterfly- or petal-shaped devices and are designed to main rather than kill those unfortunate enough to step on them or pick them up.

The HRW team entered the city following Russia’s withdrawal in mid-September and found the mines innine locations, including a school, and kindergarten, and a hospital.

Healthcare workers said thatmore than 50 civilians, including at least five children, were wounded by the mines. Around half of the injuries led to amputations of the foot or lower leg. At least one death was recorded, that of an elderly man who picked up one of the devices in his yard. However, investigators could not rule out other factors in the man’s death.

Some of the mines were fitted with timed fuses, and would explode without warning up to three days after being dispersed.

According to more than 100 residents, Russian forces attempted to warn locals of the danger posed by the Ukrainian mines, cleared some of the explosives, and transported victims to Russia for treatment. Once the Russians left Izium, demining duties were reportedly carried out by Ukrainian troops.

Use of such antipersonnel mines isprohibited under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, to which Ukraine is a signatory. The US and Russia are not parties to the treaty.

Questioned by HRW, the Ukrainian government insisted that it abides by all of its international obligations, but refused to comment on the type of munitions it used in and around Izium.

“Any use of antipersonnel landmines is unlawful, and Ukraine should thoroughly investigate what happened and ensure its forces do not use them,” HRW arms division director Steve Goose stated in the report. Speaking to US news outlet NPR, Goose said that while HRW believes that Russia has also used these mines, Ukraine's "moral high ground has been compromised" by the latest findings.

Ukraine also used PFM mines in the cities of Kharkov and Donetsk last year, according to officials in both locations, though Kiev denied the claims. The mines were also found strewn across Russia’s Belgorod Region in large numbers after a Ukrainian bombardment last summer.

https://www.rt.com/russia/570773-ukraine-banned-landmines-civilians/

31 Jan, 2023 16:13

US oil giant posts monster profit

Exxon’s 2022 earnings set a historic high for the Western oil industry

US oil major ExxonMobilearned $55.7 billionin profits last year, the company disclosed on Tuesday. The figure was a new high for Exxon, whose previous record was $45.2 billion in 2008, when a barrel of oil cost close to $150 – some 30% higher on average than in 2022.

According to company CEO Darren Woods, profits soared on the back of recovering post-Covid-19 demand amid energy supply constraints.

“While our results clearly benefited from a favorable market, the counter-cyclical investments we made before and during the pandemic provided the energy and products people needed as economies began recovering and supplies became tight. We leaned in when others leaned out,” Woods said.

The company’s output also grew by about 100,000 barrels of oil and gas equivalent per day (bpd) against 2021, rising to 3.8 million bpd. (With less for US than WW)

Exxon’s earnings are believed to be a record high for the Western oil industry, although fellow majors BP, Chevron, Shell, and TotalEnergies have yet to post their 2022 results. According to a recent calculation by Refinitiv analysts, the five supermajors are expected to report a combined profit of nearly $200 billion for 2022 following last year’s spikes in energy prices.

However, the bumper figures have fed the debate on whether governments should further hike taxes on windfall profits for the sector as consumers suffer high energy prices. Shell recently said its extra tax from windfall levies in Europe and the UK for 2022 is estimated at around $2.4 billion. TotalEnergies reported earlier this month that windfall taxes cost the company at least $2 billion in the fourth quarter.

Exxon said its fourth-quarter earnings fell short by $1.3 billion due to the EU’s windfall tax and asset impairments. The company is suing the bloc in a bid to scrap the levy, arguing that Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing it.

https://www.rt.com/business/570758-us-oil-giant-exxon-profit/

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Joe Allen:Peter Thiel Warns of Global Antichrist, Pushes for AI Acceleration

Good, I was concerned Thiel was on board with AI, and he’s not. “They” will not protect humanity from AI research! What he’s talking about is pure evil.

https://rumble.com/embed/v2595rm/?pub=4

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Yes it will! I hope Thiel has some plan to limit this technology. I think the DOD is going full bore on AI, and pushing Palantir to produce more. Even though he may be involved, its hopefully a good sign he is involved based on his faith and his loyalty to America and Trump.

I’d like to see a self destruct features programmed in these machines!