17 Mar, 2023 07:06

Date for Xi Jinping visit to Russia revealed

The Chinese president will arrive in Moscow next Monday and stay for three days, both sides have confirmed

President Xi Jinping of China will make a state visit to Russia next Monday, the Kremlin and the Chinese Foreign Ministry have revealed. The trip will last until Wednesday. Xi will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss “aspects of further development of comprehensive partnership,” according to a statement from the Kremlin.

There will also be a discussion of the international agenda and cooperation between the two nations in world affairs, the Kremlin added. Russian and Chinese officials are expected to sign a number of bilateral agreements.

Putin invited Xi to Russia during a phone call in late December, but the date of the trip was not previously announced. The two presidents have been in frequent contact after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine in early 2022, both in person at international events and via video link.

Last month, Beijing revealed an initiative for a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow said it would consider the proposal, but reiterated that Kiev’s refusal to acknowledge the new reality on the ground is a major obstacle to negotiations.

The Ukrainian government has stated that its goal is military victory over Russia and the expulsion of Russian troops from all territories that Kiev claims to be under its sovereignty. It has also prohibited any negotiations with Moscow as long as Putin remains in office.

https://www.rt.com/russia/573112-kremlin-reveals-date-xi-visit/

>>18523501

Does anyone have the picture of Xi making Biden walk up to him in 2022 compared to this with Putin

17 Mar, 2023 02:37

(Ingrate Whiny) Ukraine skeptical about NATO state's fighter jets

The Soviet-era planes are “unlikely to dramatically change” the situation on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said

Ukraine’s military has voiced doubts after Poland vowed to transfer some of its MiG-29 fighter jets, saying the aging aircraft is a welcome addition but will be of limited help, whiledemanding“modern” US-made planes instead.

Polish President Andrzej Duda announced the upcoming weapon transfer on Thursday, noting that Warsaw would send four “fully operational” MiG-29s sometime “in the coming days,” the first batch of around a dozen jets in total.

“These MiGs are still in service in Poland’s air force. They’re in their last years of operation but are still for the most part in full working order,” he said of the aircraft, the first variant of which entered service in the Soviet Union in 1983.

Though Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the deliveries could take up to six weeks at a press conference on Tuesday, the timetable appears to have shifted forward, with Duda stating that Poland is now “on the verge”of sending the jets to Ukraine. It remains unclear how the jets will be delivered across the border and when they will arrive.

Following the announcement, Kiev said that while it is “grateful” for the weapons,the Soviet aircraft would not be enough, with Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat noting that they are “unlikely to dramatically change the situation on the contact line.”

“MiGs will not solve the tasks; we need F-16s,”he told reporters, adding that while the MiGs would “help to strengthen our capabilities,”Ukraine requires “multi-purpose Western aircraft” to “gain an advantage over the enemy.”

Moscow has yet to comment on the MiG transfer, but has repeatedly urged against foreign arms shipments to Kiev, arguing they will only prolong the conflict and make a negotiated settlement impossible.

Despite Ukraine’s continued demands for American fighter jets, the White House has refused to take that step, with National Security Council spokesman John Kirby telling reporters that Poland’s decision “doesn't change our calculus with regards to F16s.”However, Washington drew similar red lines regarding other military hardware earlier in the conflict, such as the Patriot missile battery, but later reversed course and authorized shipments to Kiev.

Warsaw previously said it would only provide fighter jets as part of an international coalition, but appears to be moving ahead on the plan alone. While fellow NATO member Slovakia recently signaled that it may be willing to supply its own MiG-29s, no final decision has yet been made.

(Poland should withdraw the offer)

https://www.rt.com/russia/573109-poland-ukraine-mig29-jets/

17 Mar, 2023 09:01

Algeria cautions against Western oil price cap

The measure could cause supply disruptions, the country’s energy minister warns

The Western price ceiling on Russian oilwill spark uncertainty and disrupt global tradeflows, the Algerian energy minister warned on Wednesday.

The OPEC+ decision to cut output by 2 million barrels per day last November was designed to bring stability to global oil markets, Mohamed Arkab noted in an interview with information company Energy Intelligence. The official said unilateral actions by the West to limit the price of crude could undermine the efforts of the oil producers' alliance, and bring more uncertainty to the sector.

Western sanctions on Russian seaborne crude took effect last December. Theyban tankers that fly the flag of any EU member statefrom carrying crude originating in Russia, unless it is sold to the buyer at or under an agreed price of $60 per barrel.

A similar embargo accompanied by price caps was imposed on Russian refined petroleum products in February. In response, Moscow banned sales of its crude and petroleum products to nations supporting the scheme.

The Algerian minister’s remarks echoed a recent warning from Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.

“If a price cap were to be imposed on Saudi oil exports,we will not sell oil to any country that imposes a price cap on our supply, and we will reduce oil production, and I would not be surprised if others do the same,” bin Salman told Energy Intelligence on Tuesday.

In February, Russia announced plans to voluntarily reduce oil production in March by 500,000 barrels per day, as it halts sales to buyers that comply with the Western-imposed price ceiling.

A number of economists have repeatedly warned that Western sanctions on Russian crude will only further tighten global supplies.

Algeria has been an OPEC member since 1969. The North African country has the tenth-largest proven natural gas reserves globally, and is the world’s fourth-largest gas exporter, with major pipeline links to Europe. It also ranks 16th in proven oil reserves, and exports roughly 60% of its total production.

https://www.rt.com/africa/573069-algeria-western-oil-price-cap-russia/

>>18523518

=US evaluating Ukrainian pilots for possible F-16 training

Updated 5:20 PM EST, Mon March 6, 2023

…A US military official told reporters traveling with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to the Middle East that the Ukrainian pilots were in Tucson, Arizona, for “a familiarization event” that he described as a “routine activity as part of our military-to-military dialogue with Ukraine.”

“The pilots will not be flying any platforms during this event but they will be using a simulator during portions of their visit.”

The official added that “there are no updates to provide regarding F-16s to Ukraine” and there are no immediate plans to increase the number of Ukrainian pilots in the US.

Ukraine has been pushing for the US to provide fighter jets and top Ukrainian officials haveescalatedtheir public lobbying campaign in recent days, arguing that they need the planes to defend against Russian missile and drone attacks.

But that push has beenmet with skepticismby US and allied officials, who say the jets would be impractical because theyrequire considerable trainingand Russia hasextensive anti-aircraft systemsthat could easily shoot them down.

When previously asked if the US would be providing F-16s to Ukraine, President Joe Biden responded with a flat “no.”

Early on in the war, the US also believed that supplying Ukraine with new fighter jetswould risk an escalation between NATO and Russia.

In an interview with ABC News in February, Biden said that Ukraine “doesn’t need F-16s now,” despite repeated public pleas from Ukrainian officials and mounting pressure from congressional Republicans.

US and European officials have previously told CNN that F-16 fighter jets were impractical in this situation.

Germany last week ruled out fighter jet deliveries to Ukraine completely while UK government officials echoed the sentiment and said that they believed it was not practical to send jets into Ukraine.

Dutch and Polish leaders also appeared reluctant when asked about sending F-16 fighter jets.

On Tuesday, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl told the House Armed Services Committee that it wouldtake 18 months to trainUkrainian pilots to fly F-16s and argued training pilots for that amount of time would beprohibitively expensive.

“It’s just hard for me to tell any member of Congress or the American people that the best use of that dollar spent right now is on F-16s,” Kahl said in the hearing.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/world/us-ukraine-f16-pilots-intl-hnk/index.html

17 Mar, 2023 10:26

US ‘obviously’ blew up Nord Stream – French politician

Norway also had a profit motive to join the alleged American plot, Florian Philippot has said

French party leader Florian Philippot believes it has long been obvious that the United States was behind last year’s sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to deliver Russian natural gas to Western Europe.

“Even before the war in Ukraine, the US for years fought against Nord Stream, it was a permanent part of their policy,” he told RIA Novosti in an interview published on Friday.

“In early February 2022, [US President Joe] Biden said the Americans could make it so that the pipeline was no more. That’s what happened. And it was in the interest of the Americans,” according to Philippot, who heads the right-wing ‘The Patriots’ party in France.

Last month, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported that Biden personally ordered the bombing of the pipelines, and that Norway assisted in the sabotage. He cited an unnamed source and supported his case using some of the same arguments as Philippot.

Biden remarked that “there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2” during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in early February 2022. Hersh also claimed that Biden allowed US special services to classify the operation in a way that justified not informing the US Congress about it beforehand.

Nord Stream 2 is the name of the second, newer pipeline, which was meant to greatly expand the capacity of the original Nord Stream, but was never operational. Both were disabled by sabotage.

Philippot said he considered US culpability “obvious” even before Hersh’s revelations, but was not sure about Norway’s role. He reasoned that Oslo had a motive since it “competes with Russia in gas trade, and many European nations replaced the Russian gas with Norwegian.” Both the US and Norway have denied any responsibility.

Philippot alsourged France to leave NATO, saying the military alliance “needs to be disbanded becauseit has no reason to exist.”

“We have tostop this agenda of world war against Russia and China, it is absolutelyinsane,” he told the Russian news outlet, blaming the US for increasing global tensions.

He also called French President Emmanuel Macron a deceitful leader.His government “prioritizes the US, and not its own people,”Philippot stated.

He cited Macron’s decision to send billions of dollars worth of weapons and ammunition to Kiev, even as he is pushing through an unpopular pension reform, claiming a lack of money to fund social programs.

(The US, EU & UN blacked out the reporting of Kiev intentionally killing 14,000+ ethnic Russians in Donbass for eight full years and most people WW don’t know this today; they will never admit what they did with Nord Stream.)

https://www.rt.com/news/573116-us-nord-stream-philippot/

Kevin O’Leary Discusses How Small and Regional Banks Will Disappear With New Biden/Yellen Policy…

March 16, 2023 | Sundance |

Small to medium sized banks along with credit unions are the bestvehicle for Main Street USA small businesses. Somehow in all the conversations about banking customers, this little factoid is seemingly, perhaps purposefully, overlooked. WATCH

So the Treasury and the Fed knew these big banks would fail, allowed it because ultimately digital currency will not be accepted by regional banks. Too Big to Fail only applies to corrupt systems. This was their plan all along, they allowed this chaos, it was afeature not a bug, to push further into the NWO.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/16/kevin-oleary-discusses-how-small-and-regional-banks-will-disappear-with-new-biden-yellen-policy/

https://rumble.com/embed/v2avzzc/?pub=4

>>18523681

O’Leary thinks its great to have four to six behemoth banks, based on Silicon bank being a regional bank. He neglects to consider all the well run regional banks and credit unions that do not take the risks of the current banks. Welcome to the NWO of Nationalizing banks and they will be our only choice. So if you are in a non preferred group, sorry no money for you.

Senator Bill Cassidy Confronts Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Biden Tax Proposal, “That’s a Lie”

March 16, 2023 | Sundance | 227 Comments

During today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) questioned Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen about Social Security and the immediate cuts that take place in nine years if the current plan goes bankrupt. The confrontation was professional, but also very focused. WATCH:

Excellent questioning by Cassidy, Yellen lies like Bidan lies, like his whole Admin lies, its in the Snakes nature to lie, just like when Obama did it constantly. They do it now, because the know they won’t be around when the people suffer the consequences.

The most outrageous lie by Yellen that is she repeatsthe President Cares Very Much! No one believes that!

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/16/senator-bill-cassidy-confronts-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-on-biden-tax-proposal-thats-a-lie/

https://youtu.be/2qiGvVe3-Nw

Published: Mar 16, 2023

Comer Reveals Biden Family Members Receiving Payments from Chinese Energy Company

WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability issued a memorandum revealing new evidence resulting from the investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling and business schemes. Subpoenaed financial records show thatfrom 2015 to 2017, Biden family members – Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, and an unknown “Biden” – and their companies collectively received $1.3 million in payments from accounts related to Rob Walker, a Biden family associate.

Notably, on March 1, 2017, less than two months after Vice President Joe Biden left public office, State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to Rob Walker’s company. The next day, the company wired $1,065,000 to a company associated with James Gilliar, another Biden family associate. Afterwards, the Biden family received approximately $1,065,000 in payments over a three-month period in different bank accounts. From the bank records, it appears that the Biden family received approximately one-third of the money obtained from the China wire.

Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on this new evidence of the Biden family’s suspicious business transactions:

“Democrats described our subpoena as providing nothing more than records for Papa John’s and Starbucks, but they failed to mention the records we’ve received documenting the Biden family’s business schemes. Over the course of several years, members of the Biden family and their companies received over $1.3 million in payments from accounts related to their associate, Rob Walker. Most of this money came as a result of a wire from a Chinese energy company and went not only to Hunter and James Biden, but also to Hallie Biden and an unknown ‘Biden.’It is unclear what services were provided to obtain this exorbitant amount of money.

“The Oversight Committee is concerned about the national security implications resulting from President Biden’s family receiving millions of dollars from foreign nationals. We will continue to follow the money trail and facts to determine if President Biden is compromised by his family’s business schemes and if there is a national security threat.”

(Thats only two years, what about the 12-16 years before?)

Read the full memorandum here.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-biden-family-members-receiving-payments-from-chinese-energy-company%ef%bf%bc/

Link to memorandum

https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bank-Records-Memo-3.16.23.pdf

Published: Mar 13, 2023

Comer: Hunter’s Art Dealer Hiding Information and Obstructing Congressional Oversight

Once again calls on Georges Bergès to appear for a transcribed interview and provide all information related to the anonymous purchasers of Hunter Biden’s art

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is again pressing Georges Bergès, owner of the Georges Bergès Gallery, to provide information related to Hunter Biden’s anonymous, high-dollar art transactions. Mr. Bergès has refused to provide any information to date about who is buying Hunter Biden’s art. In a letter Mr. Bergès’s attorney, Chairman Comer renews his request for Mr. Bergès to provide information and appear for a transcribed interview.

“Mr. Bergès has refused to provide any information regarding who is buying Mr. Biden’s art,” wrote Chairman Comer. “He has chosen to obstruct in an apparent effort to shield Mr. Biden and/or the purchasers’ of Mr. Biden’s art from congressional oversight. The Committee seeks information about the unidentified purchasers of Mr. Biden’s artwork and the non-public agreement with the White House concerning the same, among other items. This information will inform our legislation on matters that are within the jurisdiction of this Committee. For instance, the prices of the artwork—reportedly ranging between $75,000 and $500,000— even caused the Obama-era head of the Office of Government Ethics, Mr. Walter Shaub, to raise these ethics issues publicly. Mr. Shaub stated the White House has ‘basically outsourced government ethics to a private art dealer and they’re depending on unknown art purchasers to help keep the secret.’ The Committee shares these concerns.”

In February 2022, the Treasury Department studied the use of high-end art as a means to launder money along with other potential illicit financial transactions and issued a final report encouraging the creation of specific policies to enhance transparency. Instead of fostering transparency, Mr. Bergès and Hunter Biden struck an opaque arrangement, and he continues to mischaracterize the purpose of the Committee’s investigation.

“The facts belie any claim by Mr. Bergès that the Committee has no legitimate legislative purpose,” continued Chairman Comer. “The Committee is reviewing legislative solutions thataddress the ethics and money laundering issues raised by certain high-end art deals, and your information is critical to our investigation… Notwithstanding his tenuous legal arguments, Mr. Bergès mischaracterizes the purpose of our investigation and fails to acknowledge that the Committee’s requests are ‘related to, and in furtherance of, a legitimate task of the Congress.’Although your client has refused to produce anydocuments, the Committee will extend another opportunity for Mr. Bergès and the Georges Bergès Galleries LLC to adequately respond to our request.”

The letter to William Pittard can be read here.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-hunters-art-dealer-hiding-information-and-obstructing-congressional-oversight-%ef%bf%bc/

When Eric Holder was not held accountable by Congress for contempt, with Fast and Furious, they allowed this pattern of individuals and gov agents to feel they are not required to answer Congress’s requests. Now they willingly break the law. And no one can do anything about it, without extensive effort.

Published: Mar 10, 2023

Wenstrup, McClain, Select Subcommittee Republicans Press for Information, Transcribed Interviews on Political Interference in Vaccine & Booster Approvals

WASHINGTON—Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio.), Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Select Subcommittee Republicans are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents and communications related to the FDA’s COVID-19 vaccine approval, as well as any coordination between the Biden Administration and the FDA related to administering guidance to the American people on booster shots. The lawmakers are also requesting transcribed interviews from top officials at the FDA related to vaccine research and review.

“According to new internal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communications, it appears the Biden Administration may havebypassed, compressed, and possibly compromised the longstanding process for awarding a full biologics approval to a vaccine. This effort may not have been to save lives, but concernedlyto provide coverfor implementing and enforcing vaccine mandates across the country,” wrote the lawmakers.

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is conducting oversight of COVID-19 vaccine development and investigating potential political influence the Biden Administration wielded over the COVID-19 vaccine approval process. The Select Subcommittee is concerned the Biden Administration may havesidelined experts and irresponsibly fast-tracked the approval of vaccines. According to internal FDA communications, Dr. Marion Gruber, the former Director of the FDA’s Office of Vaccines Research and Review (OVRR), expressed concern about the Biden Administration wanting to cut corners to fast-track the vaccine approval, but was sidelined by political leadership.

“The Biden Administration’s political interference in the impartial vaccine approval process is a recurring theme. Last Congress, Select Subcommittee Republicans wrote to the FDA requesting information about potential political interference with the FDA’s booster shot approval process. In that letter, we inquired into President Biden’s announcement that booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine would be available to Americans starting September 20, 2021, prior to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or FDA concluding their independent reviews of the data. It was reported at the time that, this political push by Biden’s White House contributed to the decision of two top career scientists, Dr. Gruber and Dr. Krause to leave the FDA,” the lawmakers continued.

Read the letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf here.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/wenstrup-mcclain-select-subcommittee-republicans-press-for-information-transcribed-interviews-on-political-interference-in-vaccine-booster-approvals%ef%bf%bc/

Project Veritas going down, spreading conspiracy theories to denounce prior whistleblowers…it won’t be long now.

When insiders at PV start whistleblowing on PV saboteurs, its a real expose!

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1636539087044616194?s=20

I can’t believe James who primarily raised $20 million+ for PV had to walk away with nothing.

>>18523884

I just realized this Pamela opened up PV to a lawsuit on the case Debbie was involved in. If they call her a false insider then the company can sue them for releasing the video since they knew it. Badmouthing your assets will never lead to good things