Oriental Review Editorial

The failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and the prospects for a peaceful resolution of the conflict further boost the activities of arms smuggling participants at all levels.

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released a report admitting that the Pentagon was unable to trace the fate of weapons delivered to Ukraine costing more than USD 1 bn.

The 'lost' weapons listed in the document included not only small arms but also man-portable air defense systems, guided anti-tank missiles, and even medium-range AIM-9X missiles.

A large number of weapons offered for sale are available in the Ukrainian segment of the Darknet. The goods may be picked up at a designated place once they are paid for in cryptocurrency. Such a scheme rules out personal contact between the buyer and the seller, the ability to track the transaction, and identify parties to the transaction in the future. The weapons are sold by corrupt officials and commanders of the Ukrainian army. Arguments that Ukrainians are unable to use high-tech weapons due to the lack of appropriate training among Ukrainian soldiers are raised in explanation of the sale.

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By Adil Aboobakar

U.S. Treasuries or War Bonds?

When U.S. taxpayers protest the use of their tax dollars to continually fund wars, the assumption is only 67% correct, as of the first Fiscal Semester 2024 [1].

The assumption is that the U.S. government is only funded by tax dollars. Yet, no.

The U.S. government borrows. And it can borrow very easily, from both Americans and the whole world. The latter is often very enthusiastic in lending.

In fact, there are reasons why a government might prefer to borrow to fund wars rather than increase taxes. It is cheaper, quicker, and puts less stress on the voters’ pockets. And if the government can borrow from other countries, far from home, that is even better. We have seen this during the Iraq War, and during the Gaza War. Swap shoes for a second, it makes political sense.

U.S. Treasuries are debt securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT), the national treasury and finance department of the federal government. The purpose of these debt securities is to finance the federal government’s borrowing needs, including to fund wars.

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Cargo and small passenger ship of the 2024
Gaza Flotilla. FFC Coalition photo

By Colonel Ann Wright

While I am in Istanbul, Turkiye with hundreds of international participants from 40 countries who are attempting to sail in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to break the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza and bring food and medicine to starving Palestinians in Gaza, the survivors of the Israeli / U.S. genocide of Gaza, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is brazeningly attempting to divert world attention from U.S. complicity in the genocide of Gaza to China’s human rights issues.

Hundreds of thousands of university students in the United States are defying the Biden administration’s blatant attempt to divert eyes away from Gaza by their remarkable stand for Palestine in their camps on college campuses across the country.

Biden and his band of politicos in the White House and in Congress are seriously misjudging the mood of citizens around the world who can see with their own eyes the slaughter Israel and the U.S. are doing to those in Gaza . . . and the West Bank.

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Bee population decline, honeybee health, pollinator decline, pesticide impact on bees, bee colony collapse, neonicotinoid toxicity, bee health crisis, saving pollinators, protecting bees, beekeeping sustainability

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) was first noted by a Pennsylvania beekeeper named Dave Hackenberg in November 2006. Hackenberg, who owned a beekeeping business in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, reported a sudden and significant loss of bees in his colonies, sparking concern among experts about the emergence of CCD. Three-fourths of the world's flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world's food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. That's one out of every three bites of food you eat. More than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields.

Neonicotinoids are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically like nicotine. They act on the central nervous system of insects, leading to paralysis and death. These pesticides are widely used in agriculture to protect crops from pests, as they are effective against a broad range of insects.

However, neonicotinoids have been implicated in the decline of bee populations worldwide. Bees are essential pollinators for many crops, including fruits, vegetables, and nuts. When bees encounter neonicotinoids through contaminated pollen and nectar, it can harm their health and behavior.

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Tracy Turner

The Mediterranean and Japanese diets have long been linked to longevity and brain health. These dietary patterns emphasize the consumption of whole, nutrient-dense foods and share several key components that contribute to their health benefits. We will explore the similarities and differences between these two diets, the role of teas, culinary herbs, vitamins, herbal supplements, superfoods, and the importance of seafood and omega-3 fatty acids in promoting longevity and brain health.

Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional eating habits of people living near the Mediterranean Sea, particularly those from Greece, Italy, and Spain. This dietary pattern emphasizes consuming fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds while including moderate amounts of fish, poultry, dairy, and eggs. It limits the intake of red meat, processed foods, and added sugars. The Mediterranean diet also encourages the use of healthy fats, such as olive oil, as the primary source of fat in the diet. Cook with Olive Oil and eat Greek Yogurt, both at least twice a week.

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Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the May 2, 2014 Odessa Trade Unions Building massacre, in which 48 anti-Maidan activists were burned alive by neo-Nazi thugs. The violence, coming soon after Kyiv kicked off its ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the Donbas, demonstrated the new regime’s readiness to drown Ukraine in blood to cling to power. | The US and EU-sponsored insurrection in the Ukrainian capital, which culminated in the ouster of the democratically elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych and his replacement by radical pro-US and ultra-nationalist forces seeking to scupper relations with Russia in favor of closer ties with the West, was met with anger by many residents in Ukraine’s southeast. Holding dear the centuries of common historical, cultural, linguistic, family, economic, and other bonds with Russia, residents of southeastern regions favored Ukraine’s entry into the Eurasian Union, and expressed opposition to the pro-EU, pro-NATO course of the new authorities in Kyiv. ● Odessa, Ukraine’s third-largest city after Kiev and Kharkov, was a crown jewel in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, bearing witness to almost all of the dramatic events of the 20th century. Odessa’s residents were involved in the 1905 Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. The city became a key center of resistance to the Nazis during the opening months of the Great Patriotic War, heroically holding out against numerically superior Axis forces for 73 days until mid-October 1941, and liberated in April 1944 after over two-and-a-half years of grueling occupation.

👉 Ukrainian politician names those behind Odessa tragedy in interview with TASS (TASS)
■ Ukraine’s neo-Nazis should face tribunal – Russia’s top senator (RT.com)

■ Ukraine's Whitewashed Odessa Massacre Report (Stephen Lendman)
■ The West on the Tragic Events in Ukraine: Lies and an Information Blockade (Nikolai Bobkin)
■ West bent on reviving fascism in Europe: Western cover-up of Odessa massacre (Finian Cunningham)
■ West bent on reviving fascism in Europe: Western cover-up of Odessa massacre (Finian Cunningham)
■ Washington, Ukrainian puppet regime prepare new fascist slaughter in Odessa (Alex Lantier)
■ Right Sector Thugs Attack Odessa Activists (Stephen Lendman)
■ The U.S. Elite Run a Ukrainian Genocide - Americans Are Ignorant of It (Eric Zuesse)
■ How Odessa residents were killed in the House of Trade Unions - details from the scene (+ PHOTOS)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that F-16s could be carriers of nuclear weapons, and Moscow would take this into account in its combat operations. | "It’s not only the airplanes, but also the training of the pilots, training of the maintenance and also making sure we have the weapon systems to go with it," US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles Brown said. "That is the dialogue that we are having to not only just get to the airplanes but get to a full capability," he said. Kyiv [also] mentioned in early April that five groups of Ukrainian pilots were being trained in flying US F-16 fighter jets in the UK, Denmark, the US, and France. At the end of August 2023, the Netherlands said it would transfer 42 F-16s to Ukraine, while Copenhagen promised Kyiv 19 such machines.

■ NATO's Glaring Weakness On-Display in Moscow; Tanks and Armor Captured in Ukraine (HT)
■ Western Weapons From Ukraine On Darknet Marketplaces (Oriental Review)

Brown University reached an agreement on Tuesday with students protesting the “Israeli” aggression on Gaza that would see them remove their encampment from school grounds in exchange for the institution considering divesting from “Israel”. | The move represents the first major concession from an elite American university amid the continuous student protests that have paralyzed campuses across the country. ● In a statement, Brown president Christina Paxson said students had agreed to end their protests and clear their camp by 5 p.m. local time Tuesday and “refrain from further actions that would violate Brown’s conduct code through the end of the academic year.” ● In turn, “five students will be invited to meet with five members of the Corporation of Brown University in May to present their arguments to divest Brown’s endowment from ‘companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza.'” The board will vote on the proposal in October.

■ Student Protests Among ‘Most Important Things’ to Happen in US in Decades (Scott Ritter)
■ Russia Calls for Independent International Investigation of Mass Graves in Gaza (Sputnik)

As the student movement for Gaza persists across US universities, police have been taking extreme measures to try and disintegrate pro-Palestine protests. | On Wednesday, police raided and tore down a student encampment on the campus of the University of Texas, leading to the arrests of dozens of students protesting "Israel's" genocide in the Gaza Strip and their universities' complicit role. ● At Fordham University, several students were arrested at a campus encampment following a police crackdown. Law enforcement was also deployed on standby near Columbia University following an earlier round of arrests against students. ● Following a warning from the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology threatening protesting students with disciplinary measures should they fail to shut down their on-campus encampment, protesters dug in, blocking an avenue in center-campus during rush hour. ● At the University of California, Los Angeles, police patrolled the vicinity after pro-"Israel" mobs attacked a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment.

■ US Police Attack, Arrest Pro Palestine Protesters at Columbia University (Alahed News)

The Russian military shot down six Ukrainian operational-tactical US-made long-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles over the previous 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

💬 "Air defense means shot down ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and two French Hammer guided aerial bombs during the day," the Defense Ministry said in a summary.

Earlier, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik that US President Joe Biden quietly directed his national security team to provide the ATACMS to Ukraine as part of the security assistance package announced in March, and that these munitions arrived in April. ● The United States kept the ATACMS delivery secret at the time in order to maintain Ukraine's operational security, the spokesman said.

■ Poland Officially Requests U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS (05/01/24)
■ NATO begins deploying troops to Ukraine and Russia is racing to win (05/01/24)

White House staffers have corrected the US president’s public statements nearly 150 times so far this year, the Daily Caller says | US President Joe Biden has made so many mistakes in his public statements this year alone that his aides have been forced to correct him at least 148 times, an analysis of White House transcripts has shown. ● The review, conducted by conservative news website the Daily Caller and released on Monday, found that Biden has averaged more than one gaffe (1.3) per day in 2024. The analysis spanned 118 statements, speeches, and press encounters for which White House transcripts were issued and subsequently corrected by staff. ● Revisions have ranged from correcting Biden’s factual errors to adding words that he should have included, to changing the meaning of his comments entirely, the Daily Caller said.

Only two hours after the encampment began in the University of Utah, state Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement warning protesters of what is Constitutionally protected free speech and what is not. | In another scene of college protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, hundreds gathered at the University of Utah in the state of Utah, as protestors called on the university to divest of its ties to "Israel". ● However, only two hours after the encampment began, state Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement warning protesters to mind what he said was constitutionally protected free speech and what was not. ● A message from the University of Utah then followed through a loudspeaker to demonstrators, "Students, faculty, staff, and community members, you have the right to express your viewpoint and we have heard you. You do not, however, have the right to set up structures or camp overnight. You are violating Utah state law and the University of Utah free speech policy". It continued to outline the resulting consequences.

■ Brown U. considers divesting from 'Israel' for encampment removal (Al Mayadeen)
■ LIVE: US university protests spread amid growing calls to end Gaza war (Al Jazeera)
■ Large police force invades Columbia University, seals off campus (Al Mayadeen)

Injury-riddled Milwaukee Bucks score a 115-92 win over Indiana Pacers, while Philadelphia 76ers beat NY Knicks 112-106. | Tyrese Maxey scored 46 points and Kelly Oubre Jr hit a tiebreaking layup in overtime as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination with a 112-106 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. ● Game 6 of the Eastern Conference series is on Thursday in Philadelphia, and if the 76ers can continue to stay alive, the teams will play a seventh game on Saturday in New York. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 40 points.

In a shocking statement, Christine Anderson, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Germany, has condemned the global mass COVID mRNA vaccination campaign as “the biggest crime to ever have been committed on mankind.” | Anderson made this explosive remark during an interview with reporter Anita Krishna. ● She believes that the global rollout of mRNA COVID injections will go down in history as the biggest medical scandal ever. ● Anderson’s comments come after she had her microphone cut off for calling EU President Ursula von der Leyen “corrupt” during a passionate speech in Parliament, where she demanded transparency regarding von der Leyen’s deal with Pfizer.

According to Axios, US lawmakers from both parties are threatening the ICC with retaliatory action if it carries out its duties against Israeli officials. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked United States President Joe Biden to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials responsible for war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Axios said citing two Israeli officials. ● Reportedly, the names of Netanyahu, Security Minister Yoav Gallant, and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi have been circled as suspects of war crimes that the ICC will look to prosecute. [...] The ICC has been looking into war crimes committed back in 2014 in the Gaza Strip, however, it has produced no punitive decisions against individuals.

■ US Congress reportedly warns ICC over arrest warrants for Israeli officials (TRT World)
■ Israel fears ICC may order Netanyahu's arrest (rediff.com)
■ What is the International Criminal Court and why it has Israeli officials worried (AP News)
■ Russia says United States is being hypocritical over ICC and Israel (Investing.com)

Israel is setting up 'complex network' of checkpoints to prevent 'military age' men from fleeing Rafah assault, senior western official tells MEE | Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity. ● The checkpoints are designed to allow some women and children to leave Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli offensive, but unarmed, civilian Palestinian men will likely be separated from their families and remain trapped in Rafah during an expected Israeli assault. ● The previously unreported disclosure of Israel’s construction of a ring of checkpoints around Rafah underscores how Israel is pushing ahead with plans to attack the city where over one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents and makeshift camps. ● The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war. The rounding up of Palestinian males in Gaza and photographing them stripped to their underwear drew condemnation in December, with the US calling the images “deeply disturbing”.

■ 'Israel' has no 'Intl' credit' to invade Rafah: Ex-Israeli General (Al Mayadeen)
■ Live blog: Israeli army 'ready' to invade Gaza's Rafah in 72 hours (TRT World)
■ Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian officials say (Spectrum News)
■ 7 more Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes across Gaza (aNews)

President Biden pretends to want to get more aid into the Strip. | President Biden ordered the military to construct the pier "for aid deliveries" [They're building a pier to carry out the genocide, let's face it.] instead of pressuring Israel to open more land border crossings, which is by far the most efficient way to get more aid into the Strip. Israel will impose a strict inspection regime on aid shipments coming through the pier, requiring inspections before they’re shipped from Cyprus and again when the aid reaches the shore of Gaza. ● According to a report from The Jerusalem Post, the idea to build the pier came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who proposed it to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in October. A reporter for Israel’s Kan news said last month that during a meeting of the Knessett’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu suggested using the pier to remove Palestinians from Gaza. [It'll probably be Cyprus first, and then into the rest of Europe later.] ■ Temporary aid pier off Gaza to be operational in May: Pentagon (aNews)

🔴 LIVE DAY 207 #Israel #Palestine

- ICJ to give orders on Nicaragua v. Germany
- Columbia University suspends student protesters
- US and UK urge Hamas to accept ceasefire deal

Follow our live coverage ⤵️https://t.co/1aIfFq6dcV

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 30, 2024

■ Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world (Al Jazeera)
■ San Francisco State University begins encampment for Palestine (Anadolu)
■ Group of pro-Palestinian students enters Hamilton Hall building at Columbia University (Anadolu)
■ Pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Texas university (VIDEOS) (RT.com)
■ Columbia suspends encampment protesters; movement unfazed (Al Mayadeen)

Hunter Fielding | The unelected United Nations (UN) is planning to declare a “planetary emergency” that would allow globalists to seize control of sovereign countries. | The UN is scheduled to meet in September for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, as well as the highly-anticipated “Summit of the Future” where nations will sign the so-called “Pact for the Future.” The Pact is expected to call for declaring a “planetary emergency.” ■ What do this agreement and its policies mean for the future of individual and national sovereignty? By the end of September, the United Nations member states may vote to radically alter the UN itself, what some are calling UN 2.0, and the very nature of how nation-states make decisions regarding the future of the planet. The organization is expected to push to establish itself as an unelected single-world government with authority over individual governments.

Critical race theory, critical legal theory the George Soros prosecutors the politicization of the election, getting the presidential nominee off the ballot, two standards of justice one for Biden and another for Donald Trump, the Jack Smith investigation. The destruction of our downtowns in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Washington. The soaring crime rate that nobody wants to talk about, the open border, and 8 million illegal aliens invited into the country. It's a civilization in free fall. Paraphrasing the proem to Livy's "Monumental History of Rome", he said: "When you know the problem and you know what has to be done but you can't take those measures because of the social disdain, the odium or the impediments, then that society collapses." We know we have to close the border we know we have to tell people who came here illegally to go back where they came from and apply for entry legally. But we know that would be a monumental task, we know we have to put people in jail who assault people, steal, and carjack, but we know that our prisons would fill up again and we know what that would be like as far as the democrat left's loss of support.

“The Bioweapon is the Shot” | “There are all kinds of things in the vaccine toolbox to kill or control you.” “I think it’s hard to overstate the evil of this vaccine program,” claims Diana West in an exclusive interview for RAIR Foundation USA. “We are governed by people of dark criminality.” ● West, a widely syndicated columnist, former CNN contributor, best-selling author, and Yale graduate, believes that the COVID-19 vaccine campaign was just one cog in a giant wheel, accelerating us towards a total loss of our freedoms as we have known them to date. “I don’t think there’s been a time in history when there have been so many dark forces pressing in on our existence, even at a microscopic level. It has been a huge education for me. I’ve been forced to learn so much about biology. Now I’m trying to proselytize the fact that the vaccine is going to kill you. It’s one thing to have an enemy try to kill you; it’s another to have people standing next to you who won’t even notice it or raise the issue and ask if there’s a problem.” ● While data has shown a huge leap in excess deaths across Europe in 2022, West refers to Edward Dowd, a BlackRock whistleblower who published an analysis on deaths in the U.S. for the latter part of 2021. Dowd discovered that in the millennial cohort, those aged 25 to 45, there were 68,000 more deaths than expected. For the boomers, those over 65, that figure was 300,000. “This was a Vietnam War event for the millennial generation over those ten months,” says West. “And for the boomers, this was a WW11-sized event.”

Evil beyond anything in the recorded history of humanity is now among us. Most, if not all the world's leaders are controlled by it and willing participants in it. It is eugenocide, the culling of humanity on a world scale. It makes the combined murders of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao look insignificant. It appears to be the work of the antichrist. After you are exposed to the information in this video, your world view will forever be altered, and your eyes opened. The American people will know that their usurper puppet leader is a soulless mass murderer who takes pleasure in their extermination. It is a simple unembellished statement of fact to say that he is the epitome of a traitor, and his actions define the meaning of treason. This video will probably be removed from YouTube, so watch it while you can.

Link on Bitchute; https://www.bitchute.com/video/C9mauVRe003e/

America will be destroyed this way and the American Biden voting shit eaters want it.
■ “Explain to me why we have no right to exist?” – Eva Vlaardingerbroek warns whites about massive demographic changes in their native countries

They reject woke, corrupt, homosexual, pedophile democrat America. They didn't want their children exposed to transvestitism and transgenderism in the democrat run educational system. They didn't want their children to be indoctrinated and sexually mutilated by the democrats. Because they are Christians they were labeled as terrorists by the woke democrat Biden government. They fled the country before their children could be taken from them by democrats and their lives destroyed. They are very happy now in Russia enjoying traditional family values and the hope for a new safe and secure life. When a country destroys its children it has no future. America has become a giant democrat Jonestown, inviting tens of millions of illegal alliins to their destruction.