>>20027124 (You) Ukraine and US trade blame for ‘failed counteroffensive’PN
The stupid aspect to this is, The west’s leadership and Military thought they could train the Ukraine Mafia in war tactics!They are terrorists they never stay to fight, they just kill and run
>>20027115 John Kerry: "This moment is alarming. It's without precedent. It is terrifying, some have said, and others will say we are in uncharted territory."PN
Oh Wow, this is at least the 1,000th time he’s said something like this, maybe we should listen. Granted his timing is off by millions of years or longer, but he seems sincere.
Hey did he get rid of his family’s jet yet?
Harvard’s Shocking Admission: Affirmative Action and Critical Race Theory Killed South Africa
November 29, 2023 (6 days ago)
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On those bleak corners of the Internet that fret about economic growth, social cohesion, and other boring stuff, there’s a common question: What the heck happened in 1971?
On one chart after another for the United States, there is a pattern of steady growth and improvement in life that suddenly goes haywire right around 1971. Wage growth stagnated for all but the richest Americans. Inequality explodes. Housing prices began a long upward march that has yet to level out. Fertility rates crashed while illegitimacy surged. And so on, and so on.
Many other nations have data that tells a similar story, around a similar time. But one nation has a very different year that marks a shift in fortunes. In South Africa, the question could well be, “What the heck happened in 1994?”
In that country, life expectancies grew until the early 1990s, when they suddenly went into reverse, driven heavily by an explosion of AIDS.
Really long but great article, that shows all these bullshit theories ruin civilization
https://revolver.news/2023/11/harvard-report-reluctantly-tells-the-truth-about-what-killed-south-africa/
New Zealand COVID data leak: the state is freaking out and arresting the whistleblower…
December 4, 2023 (a day ago)
Have you heard about the current situation in New Zealand? Chaos is erupting over an alleged data leak that reveals the real number of people who have passed away after receiving the COVID vaccine. And these numbers are truly jaw-dropping.
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As of now, nobody has confirmed or denied that the data is real, but the New Zealand government’s reaction speaks volumes. In fact, the situation is intensifying; the government has gone so far as to arrest the whistleblower.
Have you heard about the current situation in New Zealand? Chaos is erupting over an alleged data leak that reveals the real number of people who have passed away after receiving the COVID vaccine. And these numbers are truly jaw-dropping.
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As of now, nobody has confirmed or denied that the data is real, but the New Zealand government’s reaction speaks volumes. In fact, the situation is intensifying; the government has gone so far as to arrest the whistleblower.
Newshub New Zealand:
A 56-year-old man has been denied bail for now after appeared in court on Monday morning, accused of leaking large amounts of Te Whatu Ora vaccination data online.
Barry Young was arrested on Sunday and appeared before Wellington District Court judge Andrew Nicholls on Monday.
He faces one charge of dishonestly accessing Te Whatu Ora databases with the maximum penalty being up to seven years of imprisonment.
He has not entered a plea.
A public gallery full of supporters stood and clapped when Young entered the courtroom. Judge Nicholls told them off, saying “any more disruption and I’ll ask you to leave”.
Young has been denied bail on Monday and will be released on bail at 1pm on Tuesday.
The government is currently making frantic efforts to censor the data, but it’s already too late. It’s akin to attempting to put toothpaste back into the tube.
They’re so desperate to censor that data that they’ve even granted the public health agency, Te Whatu Ora, an injunction preventing anyone in the whole entire world (lol) from publishing the data, according to One News New Zealand. They’re also ominously accusing him of “spreading misinformation about Covid-19.” So much for freedom of expression and open debate.
One News New Zealand:
A health worker has been arrested and charged after allegedly misusing and disclosing vaccination data, while spreading misinformation about Covid-19, police told 1News this evening.
The 56-year-old man will appear in the Wellington District Court tomorrow charged with accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes, police said.
It comes after health officials today laid a police complaint against a staff member.
In addition, Te Whatu Ora has been granted an injunction that “prevents any publication of the data” by the Employment Relations Authority. However, authorities are still “working to confirm the full extent” of the man’s activities.
Health New Zealand chief executive Margie Apa said earlier today that the agency was urgently working to deal with the “unauthorised disclosure and misuse of data by one of its staff members”.
The man involved has allegedly spread misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine.
Apa said: “What this individual is trying to claim about vaccines is completely wrong and ill-informed and their comments demonstrate this. The person has no clinical background or expert vaccine knowledge and appears to be trying to spread misinformation.”
There is no evidence that vaccination is responsible for excess mortality in New Zealand.
Picture: Margie Apa
There is no evidence that vaccination is responsible for excess mortality, say the people who won’t release the data.
Source: Trust me, bro.
We’re still waiting for the George Soros network, which loves to boast about how they support “open societies,” to come to this whistleblower’s rescue.
COVID vaccine truth-teller Steve Kirsch, who worked closely with the whistleblower to bring transparency to the public, shared a dire warning from Liz Gunn about the developing situation in New Zealand.
Kirsch:
BREAKING: Emergency video from Liz Gunn about the situation in New Zealand. They are arresting the person who wants data transparency. They should be arresting the corrupt members of the New Zealand Ministry of Health who are refusing to look at the data and prove it is safe.
According to Kirsch, the whistleblower is only guilty of trying to ask the authorities whether or not their mystery juice shot is safe….
https://revolver.news/2023/12/new-zealand-covid-data-leak-the-state-is-freaking-out-arresting-whistleblowers/
Here we go, tit for tat
STALEMATE: UKRAINE’S FAILED COUNTEROFFENSIVE
Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine
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By Washington Post Staff
December 4, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST
On June 15, in a conference room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, flanked by top U.S. commanders, sat around a table with his Ukrainian counterpart, who was joined by aides from Kyiv. The room was heavy with an air of frustration.
Austin, in his deliberate baritone, asked Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov about Ukraine’s decision-making in the opening days of its long-awaited counteroffensive, pressing him on why his forces weren’t using Western-supplied mine-clearing equipment to enable a larger, mechanized assault, or using smoke to conceal their advances. Despite Russia’s thick defensive lines, Austin said, the Kremlin’s troops weren’t invincible.
Reznikov, a bald, bespectacled lawyer, said Ukraine’s military commanders were the ones making those decisions. But he noted that Ukraine’s armored vehicles were being destroyed by Russian helicopters, drones and artillery with every attempt to advance. Without air support, he said, the only option was to use artillery to shell Russian lines, dismount from the targeted vehicles and proceed on foot.
“We can’t maneuver because of the land-mine density and tank ambushes,” Reznikov said, according to an official who was present.
The meeting in Brussels, less than two weeks into the campaign, illustrates how a counteroffensive born in optimism has failed to deliver its expected punch, generating friction and second-guessing between Washington and Kyiv and raising deeper questions about Ukraine’s ability to retake decisive amounts of territory.
As winter approaches, and the front lines freeze into place, Ukraine’s most senior military officials acknowledge that the war has reached a stalemate.
This examination of the lead-up to Ukraine’s counteroffensive is based on interviews with more than 30 senior officials from Ukraine, the United States and European nations. It provides new insights and previously unreported details about America’s deep involvement in the military planning behind the counteroffensive and the factors that contributed to its disappointments. The second part of this two-part account examines how the battle unfolded on the ground over the summer and fall, and the widening fissures between Washington and Kyiv. Some of the officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations.
Key elements that shaped the counteroffensive and the initial outcome include:
● Ukrainian, U.S. and British military officers held eight major tabletop war games to build a campaign plan. But Washington miscalculated the extent to which Ukraine’s forces could be transformed into a Western-style fighting force in a short period — especially without giving Kyiv air power integral to modern militaries.
● U.S. and Ukrainian officials sharply disagreed at times over strategy, tactics and timing. The Pentagon wanted the assault to begin in mid-April to prevent Russia from continuing to strengthen its lines. The Ukrainians hesitated, insisting they weren’t ready without additional weapons and training.
● U.S. military officials were confident that a mechanized frontal attack on Russian lines was feasible with the troops and weapons that Ukraine had. The simulations concluded that Kyiv’s forces, in the best case, could reach the Sea of Azov and cut off Russian troops in the south in 60 to 90 days.
● The United States advocated a focused assault along that southern axis, but Ukraine’s leadership believed its forces had to attack at three distinct points along the 600-mile front, southward toward both Melitopol and Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov and east toward the embattled city of Bakhmut.
● The U.S. intelligence community had a more downbeat view than the U.S. military, assessing that the offensive had only a 50-50 chance of success given the stout, multilayered defenses Russia had built up over the winter and spring.
● Many in Ukraine and the West underestimated Russia’s ability to rebound from battlefield disasters and exploit its perennial strengths: manpower, mines and a willingness to sacrifice lives on a scale that few other countries can countenance.
● As the expected launch of the offensive approached, Ukrainian military officials feared they would suffer catastrophic losses — while American officials believed the toll would ultimately be higher without a decisive assault….
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Seriously anons you have to read this entire article of blame and excuses game.Milley is a total unstrategic asshole
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Scoop: Kushner, Jewish business leaders huddle with Qatari PM
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump organized a private meeting in New York last Wednesday with Qatar's prime minister and a bipartisan group mostly of Jewish businessmen and billionaires, three sources with direct knowledge of the meeting tell Axios.
Why it matters: Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has been a key player in mediating talks between Israel and Hamas during their ongoing war — especially negotiations over the talks over on the issue of release hostages held by the terrorist group in Gaza.
Zoom in: A source who attended the meeting said the Qatari prime minister spoke about his country's efforts to release the hostages in Gaza and answered several questions about Qatar's relationship with Hamas.
Sheikh Mohammed also was the leading point of contact for the Trump and Bidenadministrations on Afghanistan for several years when Qatar hosted a Taliban office.
Kushner and the Qatari prime minister became close during the Trump administration, when they led negotiations on ending a rift between Qatar and other Arab nations in the Persian Gulf. The agreement to end the crisis was signed two weeks before Donald Trump left the presidency.
Driving the news: The Qatari prime minister was in New York to speak at a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis in Gaza, alongside several other Arab foreign ministers.
He arrived there during the negotiations to extend the ceasefire in Gaza in return for Hamas agreeing to release more women and children it has held hostage since the terror group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
The big picture: Qatar has been under increasing pressure and scrutiny by members of Congress and Jewish organizations over the nation's relationship with Hamas.
While expressing appreciation for Qatar's role in mediating the deal to secure the release of more than 100 hostages so far, the Biden administration and the Israeli government are signaling they'll press Qatar on the issue after the war ends.
Qatar, meanwhile, is increasing its lobbying efforts in Washington, concerned that Hamas' attack on Israel from Gaza — an enclave Qatar has helped to support— could damage Qatar's standing with the U.S. and particularly with Congress.
Behind the scenes: Kushner organized Wednesday's lunch at Coco's, a members-only restaurant in the General Motors Building in Manhattan. Among the participants:
Bill Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund
Mark Rowan, founder of Apollo Global Management
Robert Kraft, owner of the NFL's New England Patriots
Marc Lasry, CEO of Avenue Capital Group and former co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks
Daniel Och, founder of Och-Ziff Capital Management hedge fund
Barry Sternlicht, chairperson of Starwood Capital Group
Dan Senor, author and former adviser to Mitt Romney during the 2012 presidential campaign
Josh Kopelman, founder of First Round Capital
Gary Ginsberg, lawyer, political operative, Netanyahu confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former VP at Softbank
Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp
Josh Kushner, Jared Kushner's brother, founder of Thrive Capital
Edmond Safra, a businessman and owner of Coco's
Lex Fridman, AI researcher from MIT who also has a podcast
Between the lines: Sheikh Mohammed told the group Qatar's close relations with Hamas and the hosting of the terror group in Doha started in 2006 with the support of the Bush administration, an attendee in the meeting said.
He added that the Obama and Trump administrations also encouraged Qatar to continue an open channel with Hamas to try to navigate the situation in Gaza.
According to the person who attended the meeting, the Qatari prime minister told the group that the billions of dollars Qatar has transferred to Gaza over the past five years to help pay for salaries, fuel and aid to poor people was coordinated with and approved by the Israeli government.
After leaving Trump's White House, Kushner established a private equity fund that raised money for investments in the Persian Gulf region.
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A Qatari company invested about $200 million in Kushner's fund, according to the New York Times.
What they're saying: "Many of us came in with a negative perception of Qatar based on what we have been reading, and came away with a more nuanced understanding of the role they have been playing in Gaza, both historically and currently," one participant in the meeting said.
"We were impressed by the prime minister's willingness to answer tough questions."
Another participant in the meeting said that "it was an intense conversation at times and there was some skepticism among some of us at the end of the meeting."
That participant said some of the business leaders still have questions about what Qatar will do about Hamas after the war — and whether its relationship with Hamas will change.
Biden got recurring $1,380 payment from Hunter’s firm starting in 2018
Story by Steven Nelson • 13h
WASHINGTON — President Biden received a recurring payment of $1,380 from his son Hunter’s law firm beginning in late 2018 shortly after a bank money laundering officer warned that the same account was receiving millions of dollars in Chinese government-linked funds without “any services rendered.”
A bank order shows that Owasco PC set up a “monthly” transfer to then-former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., with a voided check for the future president included in the documentation, which was released Monday by the House Oversight Committee.
A source told The Post that at least three recurring payments were made — on Sept. 17, Oct. 15 and Nov. 15, 2018 — totaling $4,140 to the elder Biden from Owasco PC as part of the order.
“President Biden and his family must be held accountable for this blatant corruption,” Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a video release.
“Today, the House Oversight Committee is releasing subpoenaed bank records that show Hunter Biden’s business entity, Owasco PC, made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden. This wasn’t a payment from Hunter Biden’s personal account but an account for his corporation that received payments from China and other shady corners of the world,” Comer said.
“At this moment, Hunter Biden is under an investigation by the Department of Justice for using Owasco PC for tax evasion and other serious crimes. And based on whistleblower testimony, we know the Justice Department made a concerted effort to prevent investigators from asking questions about Joe Biden. I wonder why?”
According to documents released by the House Oversight Committee, Joe Biden received monthly payments of $1,380 from his son Hunter’s law firm starting in 2018. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
The evidence emerged as House Republicans prepare to question first brother James Biden on Wednesday and Hunter next week about the president’s role in his family’s dealings in countries such as China and Ukraine — with a possible floor vote to authorize the ongoing impeachment inquiry this month.
The precise provenance of the funds and purpose of the payments to Joe Biden are unclear — and additional records show that Hunter Biden was knee-deep in two of his most controversial business relationships at the time, with Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings and CEFC China Energy.
While a presidential candidate, Joe Biden denied that he ever discussed business with his relatives, but evidence has since shown that he met with his relatives’ associates from both the Burisma and CEFC ventures.
Documents from the first son’s abandoned laptop show that Burisma board adviser Vadym Pozharskyi sought “bank reference” information on Sept. 14, 2018 — one day before the initial transfer to Joe Biden was sought. However, the transaction was not executed for another two days, apparently due to a later-than-expected form submission.
According to a source, documents show that Hunter Biden’s firm Owasco PC made at least three monthly payments to Joe Biden. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Joe Biden met Pozharskyi at an April 17, 2015, dinner at DC’s Café Milano. An unproven FBI informant tip said that Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky claimed in 2016 he was “coerced” into paying $10 million in bribes to the Bidens for their assistance in ousting prosecutor Viktor Shokin.
Hunter also was on the tail end of disbursing millions of dollars received from CEFC China Energy — one of two major Biden family dealings with Chinese government-linked firms.
On June 26, 2018 — less than three months before Joe Biden began to receive the monthly transfers — an internal Bank Secrecy Act expert warned colleagues that the institution should reconsider its relationship with Hunter as a result of Owasco PC seeming to receive Chinese funds without “any services rendered.”
CEFC transferred $5 million to another Biden family-linked entity, Hudson West III, in August 2017 after Hunter warned a China-based associate of his father’s wrath if a business deal was aborted. Much of the large transfer later went to Hunter’s Owasco PC.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(God Almighty Trump would have been in jail for a 1,000 years if any of this was found out about him!)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-got-recurring-1380-payment-from-hunter-s-firm-starting-in-2018/ar-AA1kZasG