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01 Sep 2024 20:07

War on Christianity ✝️

Gaza church preserved for centuries under Christians and Muslims gets bоmbed by Israel
https://x.com/narrative_hole/status/1829943253010977269?s=46

Orwellian Dystopia

31 Aug 2024 00:01

Chinese banks are shutting down transactions with Russia "en masse," with delays in payments intensifying during August, Reuters reported on Aug. 30, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The U.S. unveiled a new set of sanctions against Chinese and Russian companies over their support for Moscow's aggression last week. Despite efforts to avoid or mitigate the impact of the trade restrictions, Chinese institutions have begun scaling back their business dealings with Russia.

Specifically, a number of major Chinese banks have begun blocking transactions for electronics out of fear of secondary sanctions.

Transactions worth tens of billions of yuan are currently stuck in limbo, a source told Reuters.

It's just the latest case of mounting obstacles in Russian-Chinese economic relations amid the growing pressure of U.S. sanctions imposed over Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

https://kyivindependent.com/chinese-banks-stopping-transactions-with-russia-en-masse-reuters-reports/

Orwellian Dystopia

30 Aug 2024 22:00

Ukraine has urged Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his visit to the country next week, his first to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state since the body issued a warrant for his arrest.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e852r50x7o

Orwellian Dystopia

30 Aug 2024 20:43

A think tank has blamed "woeful budgeting" at the Home Office for repeated overspending on asylum support.

Over the last three years, the department's initial estimated budgets for asylum, border, visa and passport operations amounted to £320m.

But the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said it had ended up spending £7.9bn over the period, £7.6bn more than forecast.

The IFS also warned the department had submitted figures it "knows to be insufficient" for this year.

The think tank said the higher spending reflected an increase in the number of people seeking asylum and the cost of housing people in accommodation like hotels.

It said there was also increased spending on special visa and resettlement schemes, most notably for Afghanistan and Ukraine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2npgpz048o

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 20:09

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been released on €5,000,000 bail but is forbidden from leaving France. He’s also required to check in at a police station twice a week.

Durov is facing six charges due to his "refusal to communicate, at the request of competent authorities, information or documents necessary for carrying out and operating interceptions allowed by law."

Here’s a snippet from his interview with 60 Minutes.

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 16:34

German cops launch investigation after politician called ‘fat’ online

Amid a new wave of violent street crime in Europe, German police may have stumbled across the number-one career-making case: (shock horror) an MP was called fat online.

According to Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) filings, officers are looking into a Gab user who allegedly “attacked the honor” of Ricarda Lang, one of the Green Party leaders currently serving in the Bundestag.

Gab founder Andrew Torba published the BKA letter, in which officials request all available information on the “offending” user. The platform refused to comply, Torba said.

source: RT

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 08:57

Pavel Durov officially released from custody and is out on €5,000,000 bail.

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 07:03

Thousands of Moroccan migrants are heading toward the Spanish border.

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29 Aug 2024 04:03

Trump on debate with Kamala Harris:

“We agreed to the same rules. I don't know. It doesn't matter to me. I'd rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. In that case, it was muted. I didn't like it the last time, but it worked out fine. I mean, ask Biden how it worked out. It was fine, and I think it should be the same. We agreed to the same rules, same rules, and same specifications, and I think that's probably what it should be, but they're trying to change it. The truth is they're trying to get out of it because she doesn't want to debate. She's not a good debater. She's not a smart person. She doesn't want to debate.”

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 02:01

Carl Higbie criticizes the restrictions on our freedom of speech and questions the limitations being imposed on our First Amendment rights.

"Who gets to define what is safe and secure?"

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 00:02

Rep. Warren Davidson: The government is clearly being weaponized against ordinary citizens

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28 Aug 2024 23:02

"Kamala [Harris'] advisors know she's incapable of really sitting down with truly hostile interviewers and tough networks."

— Karoline Leavitt, Trump 2024 national press secretary, on the upcoming Harris-Walz joint interview on CNN

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 21:01

While the former US president’s statements are “alarmist,” they should be taken seriously, Dmitry Peskov has said

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has escalated tensions “to the limit,” and former US President Donald Trump is correct to warn that the situation could spiral into “World War III,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

In a speech at the National Guard Association’s annual conference in Detroit on Monday, Trump claimed that the US has never “been closer to World War III than we are now.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/603209-trump-peskov-kursk-war/

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 20:28

When Pavel Durov was arrested, he informed the French police that Emmanuel Macron had invited him to dinner.

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28 Aug 2024 17:40

Irina Bolgar, who claims to be the mother of Pavel Durov’s three children, has filed a criminal lawsuit against the Telegram founder in Switzerland.

According to Forbes, Pavel Durov is accused of physical abuse against their child. The lawsuit was filed in Geneva in March 2023 after Durov stopped paying monthly child support of 150,000 euros.

Initially, the Geneva court dismissed the lawsuit, deeming it filed too late. However, after an appeal in May 2023, the case was reopened. Bolgar accuses Durov of abusing their son, resulting in injuries.

Additionally, she was granted sole custody of the children, and this decision was upheld in February 2024. Durov did not contest the ruling.

https://en.tengrinews.kz/internet/pavel-durov-sued-in-switzerland-for-child-abuse-263930/

Orwellian Dystopia

31 Aug 2024 21:33

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that "The only one interested in a major war in the Middle East is Israel."

He added, "Iran categorically does not want to give in to provocations, does not want to be drawn into large-scale hostilities, but they are trying to provoke it."

Orwellian Dystopia

30 Aug 2024 23:01

As more and more schools across the world move towards banning addictive and disruptive smartphones in school, Hungary is joining the trend, with a nationwide ban going into effect in September.

Hungary is following in the footsteps of a number of countries, including England, France, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Greece, and the Netherlands, which have all introduced bans in a relatively short period of time — most in the last year.

In an interview with Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet, the rector of the Nemeskürty István Faculty of Teacher Training at the National University of Public Service (NKE), Mihály Nánay, stated that the ban is extremely welcome and that schoolwork, studying, and the social atmosphere in schools will improve dramatically.

https://rmx.news/education/hungary-bans-smartphones-in-all-public-schools/

Orwellian Dystopia

30 Aug 2024 21:00

British health insurance provider Bupa has launched a new subscription-based GP service as the healthcare industry increasingly shifts towards on-demand services.

For under £20 a month, subscribers gain access to same-day GP appointments, prescription deliveries and round-the-clock support through a dedicated ‘healthline’.

https://www.cityam.com/bupa-launches-netflix-style-private-gp-subscription-service/

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 21:09

Bill Gates is pushing for vaccinating cows to curb their farts (methane emissions) and help fight climate change.

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29 Aug 2024 20:01

British police have just arrested an 11 year old over his "mean tweets" posted on social media.

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-riots-child-11-arrested-over-middlesbrough-disorder-police-say-13204570

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 10:04

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has said that someone was allegedly advising him to turn away from Russia and side with Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

Quote from Lukashenko at the Republican Pedagogical Council: "We are now being advised, getting [proposals] from all sides (this is all a downpour on me): ‘Back off here, liberate there’. This and more: ‘Give up on Russia, turn your back on Russia. Fight with Ukraine against Russia. Let’s bring NATO troops to the border near Smolensk [Russian town not far from the Belarusian border – ed.].’ That’s how far [this advice] goes. Today, I am receiving proposals from all sides that we cannot accept 99% of the time."

"We are living in extremely difficult times. I am not talking about the fact that we have a war in the south. I'm talking about what these madmen in the West are preparing against us. We have to keep this in mind. What we need in this situation is to turn this country, this huge machine (small Belarus – it's not so small when you have to run it), from the West to the East. We need to ensure that we are accepted in the East. Thank God, we are succeeding, but it is hard work," Lukashenko concluded.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/27/7472111/

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 08:03

Three Americans Face Death Penalty for Alleged Role in Congo Coup Attempt

In a shocking development, Congolese prosecutors have requested the death penalty for 50 individuals, including three Americans, accused of attempting a coup earlier this year. The three American citizens, Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr., and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, are among the 50 defendants facing charges that carry the death penalty.

According to prosecutors, the defendants, whose trial opened in June, are accused of multiple crimes, including terrorism, murder, and criminal association. The charges stem from a botched coup attempt led by opposition figure Christian Malanga, which resulted in the deaths of six people. Malanga was fatally shot while resisting arrest and had live-streamed the attack on social media.

https://mediatalkafrica.com/180042/americans-facing-death-penalty-in-congo-for-botched-coup-attempt/

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 06:03

A DOJ lawyer admitted that the FDA's crackdown on Ivermectin was a mistake and an abuse of authority after doctors won a lawsuit against the government.

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 03:00

CNN's Jennings: It's Weak Sauce For Kamala To Bring Walz To Her Interview

Scott Jennings: "I think it's incredibly weak, weak sauce to show up with your running mate. The fact that they don't have enough confidence in her to let her sit herself... Show a troubling lack of confidence in her political ability."

Orwellian Dystopia

29 Aug 2024 01:00

Police arrested workers at several Los Angeles recycling centers as part of a broader crackdown on metal thieves who have been wreaking havoc across the city.

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 23:30

An American-Israeli settler claimed that colonization is "good" if the local population has a "bad ideology."

In a heated exchange with Channel 4, the female extremist suggested that Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated to other countries to make room for settlers.

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 22:01

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, along with the US administration’s encouragement of it, bear “the hallmark of dictatorship."

In an interview with Tucker Carlson on Monday (Aug. 26), Kennedy said the First Amendment to the US Constitution, which protects the right to freedom of expression from government interference, should also protect “misinformation,” as well as information that “no one wants to hear.”

Carlson replied that the administration of US President Joe Biden currently views anything that criticizes the “job that they’re doing” as misinformation.

“With that in mind, you see the Biden administration encouraging France, Macron to arrest the owner and founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, who is, as of now, in a French prison,” Carlson said, adding: “that’s the hallmark of dictatorship.”

“We’ve lost Europe,” Kennedy replied. “Europe now does not have free speech.”

He went on to draw a comparison between Durov and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk, blasting the Democratic Party for its lack of actual democratic values.

“Elon Musk should be the hero of the Democratic Party,” Kennedy said. “He was actually the only one that would allow free speech on his platform, and he’s now become a villain because of it.”

https://www.rt.com/news/603122-durov-arrest-hallmark-dictatorship-carlson/

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 20:30

Disagreement with the agreement with the CIA could be the reason for the arrest of Pavel Durov in France. American intelligence wanted to have access to the messenger's information, former US Marine Corps and police officer and independent journalist John Dugan said on the "Open Broadcast" program on Zvezda

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 19:57

Pavel Durov was brought to court after two cars with flashing lights departed from the anti-fraud office on the outskirts of Paris, where the Telegram CEO might have been detained, and headed straight to the courthouse.

Orwellian Dystopia

28 Aug 2024 17:35

"We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists," says CEO of OpenSea.

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue an enforcement action, the company disclosed on Wednesday.

"OpenSea has received a Wells notice from the SEC threatening to sue us because they believe NFTs on our platform are securities," OpenSea's CEO Devin Finzer wrote on social media platform X.

"We're shocked the SEC would make such a sweeping move against creators and artists. But we're ready to stand up and fight," he added.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/28/opensea-gets-wells-notice-from-sec-calling-nfts-sold-on-platform-securities/