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Link: https://anti-empire.com/poland-says-norways-gas-profits-are-gigantic-and-not-fair-should-be-shared/
Norway should share the “gigantic” profits it’s recently made as a result of higher oil and gas prices, especially with Ukraine, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. should we be paying Norway gigantic money for gas — four or five times more than we paid a year ago? . “They should share these excess profits. It’s not normal, it’s unjust. This is an indirect preying on the war started by Putin.” Poland will later this year complete a gas pipeline from Norway t to help it replace the supply of the fuel from Russia — cut last month following Poland’s refusal to pay in rubles
Link: https://www.infowars.com/posts/firearm-stocks-soar-over-fears-of-new-gun-control-laws/
Shares of gun and ammunition companies jumped Wednesday over speculation of new gun control laws in the wake of Tuesday’s horrific mass shooting that killed at least 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.. Smith & Wesson Inc. up around 10% Investors anticipate increased sales ahead of calls for stricter gun laws by Democrats. Gun makers’ shares typically rise when Democrats call for stricter gun control measures after mass shootings because people buy on the fear more rules could make owning a gun harder or costlier.
A miniature robotic crab tinier than a flea has become the smallest-ever remote-controlled robot. Measuring just a half-millimeter wide, it can walk, bend, twist, turn, and jump.The researchers also produced a winged microchip last year that was the smallest-ever human-made flying structure.
194 WHO member countries are to vote on major amendments of International Health Regulations that would strip all power away from sovereign countries and turn it over to WHO’s global health board in the event of a pandemic If the ratifications are agreed to the WHO would be granted sole authority over what constitutes a pandemic. Plan for new universal system is to issue a QR code digital ID to every single person on the planet. WHO is an international, unelected, and unaccountable body
Deputies from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's party have proposed a new law to allow commanders to KILL their soldiers in order to stop mass surrender by Ukrainian troops and flight from their positions;. listed as deserters and missing in action in the official lists,, Ukraine does not have to pay the family any death benefits or pensions.
According to the recent aid to Ukraine legislation signed by President Joe Biden, 35% of the $40 billion is going to finance the US Armed Forces, he explained. Meanwhile, 45.2% of that amount is set to be spent on other countries, not Ukraine, while another 4.8% will be earmarked to support refugees, and restore the US diplomatic mission in Ukraine. "Ukraine will only receive 15% of the allotted sum,"
Link: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/05/24/china-ready-cash-in-monkeypox-test-kits-vaccines/
Chinese companies already prepared to cash in on monkeypox panic with test kits and vaccines. China has not reported any monkeypox infections in the current outbreak, Monkeypox is a variant of smallpox, and can generally be treated with existing smallpox vaccines. World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has 31 million doses of smallpox vaccine in storage, but some of the doses are decades old.
Power grids worldwide won’t produce enough electricity to meet soaring demand, threatening one billion people with rolling blackouts. Grids are stretched thin by fossil fuel shortages, drought and heatwaves, commodity disruptions and soaring prices due to the war in Ukraine, and the failed green energy transition where grid operators retired too many fossil fuel generation plants. if major blackouts spread across the world this summer, “that could trigger humanitarian crisis with food and energy shortages
Link: https://alethonews.com/2022/05/24/russian-oil-shipments-hit-record-high/
62 million barrels of Russia’s flagship Urals crude oil, a record amount, are currently in tankers at sea,,traders reportedly struggling to find buyers for some of the cargo. The number of Urals cargoes at sea with no set destination constitutes 15% of the total, also a new high,
David Beasley, executive director at the UN World Food Programme, warned of the world’s food security conditions Ukraine normally feeds 400 million people and sideline that … it’s devastating to global food security, socio-economic instabilities developing in Sir Lanka, Indonesia, Peru, and Pakistan, concern that will result in famine, destabilization, and mass migration
NY City Council officially expanded and increased the funding for its “drag queen story hour” program, which will now be offered at public middle schools in addition to libraries and other outdoor areas like parks. Men dress up in hyper-sexualized outfits with over-applied makeup and read books to young kids The drag “performers” will assist and teach young kids how to put on drag queen makeup.
Tesla vehicles continue to be associated with accidents, fires, high costs, high levels of harmful radiation emissions, federal investigations and violations, lawsuits, mechanical issues, security issues, recalls, and other problems;. The driver of a Tesla operating on autopilot must stand trial for a crash that killed two people in a Los Angeles suburb,. believed to be the first felony prosecution in the U.S. against a driver using a partially automated driving system
State Farm, the household-name insurance company, abandoned its program to distribute LGBTQ-themed books to teachers, community centers, and libraries, explicitly targeting children as young as kindergartners, after a media exposé based on a whistleblower email caught the company by surprise; announced cancellation of its collaboration with GenderCool, an organization that promotes LGBTQ teaching via speaking events, mentorship programs, DEI/HR consulting, and advising for parents of transgender children.
Link: https://anti-empire.com/russia-offering-massive-salary-for-3-month-stints-in-ukraine/
Russia is courting ex-servicemembers (ex-pros and ex-conscripts alike) to return to the military for stints as short as 3 months,; paid a staggering 300 thousand rubles per month. At the prewar exchange level that would be 3750 US dollars and is massive money for the Russian province; much higher than the normal salary of a contract soldier of $1000. . Before Ukraine shortest contract the Russian military would enter into was for 2 years of service.
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/555679-grain-crisis-russia-sanctions/
Wheat price surged to record highs, caused by conflict between Russia and Ukraine; major producers Russia, Kazakhstan and India scrapped exports to protect their domestic markets,. sparked fears of food insecurity and hunger around the world. Grain crisis felt across the globe, most acutely in Africa, which relies on exports from Black Sea region UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned a fifth of humanity at risk of poverty and hunger due to the current situation in the wheat market,. countries are unlikely to share their grain with those in need, prioritizing their own food security.
Link: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bees-worlds-food-crops-pollinators/
Between 25,000 and 30,000 different species of bees . 75% of world’s food crops depend on these and other pollinators, University of New Hampshire warn a dramatic decline of 14 wild bee species needed for pollination of apples, blueberries, cranberries and other crops in the Northwest. Researchers warn the pesticide Sivanto (flupyradifurone), which its maker, Bayer CropScience, claims is completely safe for bees, in fact, harms foraging bees, triggering abnormal activity, motor coordination deficits and increased death rates.in the past 50 years;, 300% increase in the volume of crops produced that are dependent on pollination. U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, , warns biodiversity is dwindling across the globe, threatening global food production and human survival.
Fitness trackers are extremely privacy invasive, numerous problems reported have led to lawsuits and recalls Nevertheless, insurance companies are offering them to clients for free or at discounted prices because, they want their personal health data to analyze and perhaps sell to 3rd parties. A fitness tracker, such as a Fitbit or an Apple Watch, makes it easy to monitor many aspects of your health. You can count steps, watch your heart rate and check your sleep habits, among other things.
Several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department became the subject of a federal lawsuit after they were caught pulling over vehicles from an armored car company and robbing them of their cash. The stops were completely baseless as no crime had been committed and the cash inside the armored cars was from legal businesses. “Civil forfeiture enabled law enforcement to seize over a million dollars in legal business proceeds; creates an incentive for cops to steal money from innocent people This legalized robbery is extremely lucrative as most o do not have the means to hire an attorney to get back their stolen property
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) told Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” on Monday she had visited the border after agents sent her pictures of baby formula being stockpiled there during the nationwide shortage, and reported that there were “multiple stocked warehouses” of formula and added, “there’s more en route.” Camack also contended the entire situation shows just “how out of touch” the Biden administration is.
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555760-bush-iraq-slip-slamming-putin/
Former US President George W. Bush made an embarrassing gaffe, perhaps a Freudian slip, when speaking on the importance of democracy and threats to democracy from abroad, and taking aim specifically at Russia. “Russian elections are rigged,” he said. “Political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated from participating in the electoral process. The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.”Then Bush brushed the mistake aside and said, “Iraq, too,” insinuating that Russia was somehow involved in Iraq
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