Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/medvedev-a-collapse-apocalypse-until-the-rubble-ceases-to-emit-radiation

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated Monday his country's threat of nuclear war if the West's supply of arms to Ukraine continues. | The warning in an op-ed piece in the state-run newspaper Izvestiya was the second time in three weeks the key aide to President Vladimir Putin has invoked the nuclear option in an effort to deter the U.S.-led NATO alliance from arming Ukraine. Medvedev, who was president from 2008 to 2012 and currently serves as the deputy chairman of the powerful Security Council of Russia, dangled the prospect of talks while demanding shipments of arms to Ukraine be halted immediately. Echoing comments by Putin yesterday Medvedev wrote that 💬 any existential threat to Russia would not be decided on the front in Ukraine, but would spiral into an existential threat to human civilization, repeating the refrain "we don't need a world without Russia."

■ Dmitry Medvedev: The Point of No Return (02/27/23)
■ Presidential Address to Federal Assembly (February 21st, 2023)
■ Ukraine ‘will burn’ if it strikes Crimea, ex-Russian president warns (02/05/23)

Link: https://iz.ru/1475574/dmitrii-medvedev/tochki-nevozvrata

Dmitry Medvedev (Дмитрий Медведев) | The Point of No Return | (Extract) The point of no return can be considered to be two dates, actually. The first one was in the autumn of 2008 when the Western world supported the aggression of Georgia against the Ossetian people and praised a jerk, a drug addict and adventurer, who later was rejected not only by his own country but also by another one, which he cowardly ran away from. The aggressor was then rebuffed swiftly and firmly. ● The second turning point was the spring of 2014, when the people of Crimea expressed their will in a legal referendum, returning to their historic homeland forever. This provoked a frenzied, impotent hysteria in the Western world that lasts to this day. Their convulsions are fueled by caveman Russophobia and a desire to create a new Frankenstein in the form of Ukraine - a special "anti-Russia" that our president wrote about. What else is there to say? Only one thing: the wise forerunners of the present brainless western politicians spoke so: Deus quos vult perdere dementat prius - whom God wants to punish, He deprives of his mind first. It is this insane hysteria, the obsessive desire to tear our country apart, that eventually led to a special military operation.(MORE)(Translation: yandex.ru & DeepL.com)

■ Ex-Russian president warns of nuclear ‘apocalypse’ (RT.com)
■ West’s obsession with tearing Russia to pieces led to military operation — official (TASS)
■ Russia confronted with whole empire of diverse enemies, says Medvedev (02/25/23)
■ Fyodor Lukyanov: What Russia's suspension of the New START nuclear treaty means for the world

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2023/02/26/zelensky-says-ukraine-is-preparing-to-attack-crimea/

Victoria Nuland says the US supports attacks on the peninsula | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Ukraine is preparing to launch attacks to recapture Crimea by forming new military units and sending troops to train in other countries. 💬 “There are military steps, and we are preparing for them. We are ready mentally. We are preparing technically: with weapons, re-inforcements, the formation of brigades, in particular the assault brigades, of different categories and nature,” Zelensky said at a press conference, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. According to Ukrinform, Zelensky said Ukrainian troops were being sent to train in other countries to learn how to use new weapons. “We have to be ready. Then, there will be corresponding fair de-occupation steps and, God willing, they will be successful,” he added. ● Zelensky and other top Ukrainian officials have maintained that kicking Russia out of Crimea is one of their war goals, but Russia controls a good portion of territory to the north of Crimea in the Kherson Oblast. The Pentagon has also assessed it’s unlikely Ukraine can take the peninsula, which Russia has controlled since 2014.

■ Ukraine ‘will burn’ if it strikes Crimea, ex-Russian president warns (02/05/23)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/572084-train-derails-us-norfolk/

There is no danger to the public arising from hazardous materials, the railway operator says | A train derailed in Lexington, North Carolina, USA on Saturday, Norfolk Southern Railway has confirmed. The incident comes just weeks after another cargo train operated by the same railway company came off the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a major toxic spill. The incident in Lexington appears to be on a much smaller scale, with a Norfolk Southern spokesperson telling Fox News that only “one set of wheels” derailed on a single car out of 132 on the train.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/20230227/idaho-may-legalize-the-firing-squad-could-be-used-on-kohberger-1107828998.html

Three people have been killed by firing squad executions in the United States in the last 50 years, the last occurring in 2010 in Utah by a prisoner who picked that method. | Idaho state Representative Bruce Skaug, a Republican has introduced a bill to the state legislature that would once again legalize death by firing squad in the state. If the law passes, it could be used for Bryan Kohberger, the 28-year-old accused of murdering four University of Idaho students on November 13. Prosecutors say he was linked to the crime by DNA evidence and cell phone location data. ●  Prosecutors have not announced if they will seek the death penalty in the case. Kohberger is expected to enter a plea in June and prosecutors have until July to announce if they will seek the death penalty. Currently, lethal injection is the only legal method of execution in the state of Idaho. If Skaug’s bill passes it would allow the state to use a firing squad if the chemicals needed for the execution cannot be obtained by the state five days after the death warrant is signed.

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/us-swimming-champion-jamie-cail-dies-suddenly-42/

Former U.S. swimming champion Jamie Cail has died suddenly at just 42 years old, according to reports. Cail was reportedly found unresponsive at her home in St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. | The U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department has now launched an investigation into Cail’s sudden death. ● According to authorities, Cail’s boyfriend said he left a bar around midnight on Tuesday and returned to their shared residence. The boyfriend, who was not identified by police, found Cail unresponsive in their home. The boyfriend and a friend reportedly rushed Cail to the Myrah Keating-Smith Clinic in a private car. CPR was administered to Cail, but it was too late. Doctors pronounced the athlete dead on arrival.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/572132-us-taylor-green-national-divorce/

Marjorie Taylor Greene says “real Americans” feel disconnected from Washington | Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has doubled down on her recent statement that she believes red and blue states in the US are hurtling towards a “national divorce,” but says she doesn’t want disagreements in the political ecosystem to incite another civil war. ● Georgia Representative Taylor Greene, a key ally of Donald Trump in his ‘America First’ and ‘MAGA’ movements, proposed a separation of states by their political ideologies on February 20, which marked President’s Day. She complained that 💬 [she's fed up with] “the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s (sic) traitorous America Last policies. We are done.”

Link: https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/cdc-confirms-100-of-reported-covid

Last year this substack reported on “vaccine” lot batch allocations, and how conservative states were being targeted by the eugenics “pandemic” program | On October 31st we exclusively revealed how an investigation of the USA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) found extremely high numbers of adverse reactions and deaths have been reported against specific lot numbers of the Covid-19 vaccines numerous times, meaning deadly batches of the experimental injections have now been identified. ● That investigation also led to the discovery that 130 different lot numbers of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine distributed to more than 13 states, harmed on average 639 times more people, hospitalised on average 109 times more people, and killed on average 22 times more people than the 4,289 different lt number of Pfizer vaccine distributed to 12 states or less. ● However, the most shocking finding of the investigation was that 100% of Covid-19 vaccine deaths reported to VAERS with identified lot numbers had been caused by just 5% of the batches produced. But the deeply troubling findings don’t end there, because we decided to conduct further analysis of the VAERS data on the Covid-19 vaccines, and we’ve discovered that the majority of the deadliest batches were clearly sent to Republican controlled red states across the USA.

Link: https://americanwirenews.com/gisele-fetterman-facing-backlash-for-hopping-the-border-to-canada-as-husband-battles-depression/

Sen. John Fetterman’s wife, Gisele, is facing social media backlash for seemingly ditching her husband in his hour of need. In a Twitter thread published Friday, she revealed that after her husband checked into a hospital for clinical depression roughly a week ago, she’d packed up her things, grabbed her kids, and embarked on a vacation, sans Fetterman. | The decision to go on vacation while her husband was hospitalized just didn’t compute for many critics. Take Defense of Freedom Institute spokesperson Angela Morabito. 💬 “She abandoned her husband in the hospital, took her kids to another country, and wants you to believe she’s inspirational,” Morabito tweeted. “Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) wife brags about abandoning her husband in the hospital and fleeing the country on vacation while he battles severe depression,” Seattle-based conservative radio show host Jason Rantz added.

Link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/hard-evidence-in-new-study-brain-heart-damage-caused-by-mrna-vaccine_5074383.html

Scientists in Germany have found that mRNA vaccination, not COVID-19 infection itself, caused brain and heart damage in an older adult with underlying conditions. | This study was published in October 2022 in the journal Vaccines: “A Case Report: Multifocal Necrotizing Encephalitis and Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination against COVID-19.” It examined the situation of a 76-year-old German man with Parkinson’s disease. ● The patient died three weeks after receiving his third COVID-19 injection. The first vaccine he received in May of 2021 was the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. That was followed by two more injections in July and then December of the same year. His two subsequent vaccines were both made by Pfizer. ● After the second vaccine, the patient’s family noticed marked changes in his behavior. He started experiencing more anxiety, became more lethargic, and did not want to be touched. He became withdrawn, even from close family members, and the symptoms of his pre-existing Parkinson’s disease worsened considerably. ● Given the ambiguous clinical symptoms prior to his death, his family requested an autopsy. The unusual and fascinating results of the autopsy led to a published case report about what is now being claimed as a vaccine-induced death.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/20150202/1017649839.html

US President Barack Obama revealed the United States' involvement in the Ukrainian crisis from its outset and admitted that the United States “had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine.” | US President Barack Obama’s recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakiria reveals the United States' involvement in the Ukrainian crisis from its outset and that the country worked directly with Ukrainian right-wing fascist groups, experts told Sputnik. On Sunday, in his interview with CNN, Obama admitted that the United States 💬 “had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine.” “Obama’s statement is reiterating something that the world public opinion already knew — the US was involved in the coup of [ex-Ukrainian President] Viktor Yanukovych from the start. History shows us that the US has overthrown numerous governments in Latin America, Asia and Africa and replaced them with leaders that ruled with a fascist ideology that proved useful for Washington’s geopolitical interests,” independent researcher and writer Timothy Alexander Guzman told Sputnik. Yanukovych’s decision to not sign an association agreement with the European Union in late 2013 triggered a mass wave of protests across Ukraine, culminating in the February 2014 coup. Following the transition of power, Kiev forces launched military operation against those who refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new government. Following the transition of power, Kiev forces launched military operation against those who refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new government.

■ February 23, 2023 – Victoria Nuland: The Woman Behind the Wars (clintonfoundationtimeline.com)

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/zelensky-trashes-americans-concerned-too-much-taxpayer-cash-ukraine/

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has shot down Americans who “believe that the U.S. is giving too much support to Ukraine.” | Following the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week, Zelensky spoke with reporters about the war. During Democrat President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday, the White House pledged another $10 billion in taxpayer money for Ukraine’s war effort. To date, Americans have sent $200 billion to fund Ukraine’s war effort, with more likely to roll out in the coming months. But for Zelenksy, that’s just not enough.

■ Ukraine: U.S. Military Aid Exceeds Costs of Afghanistan (Martin Armstrong)

Link: https://tinyurl.com/kn64eaxf

In space, Russia and the U.S. are still friends (for now) | Early this week, while Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Biden traded less than flattering jabs at one another over the war in Ukraine — NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, were collaborating on a rescue mission for three crew members stranded aboard the International Space Station. U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev were originally scheduled to return to Earth in the same Russian Soyuz MS-22 capsule they rode up in five months ago. However, a microscopic leak in MS-22’s cooling system, believed to have been caused by a tiny meteorite impact, put the kibosh on those plans.

Link: https://tinyurl.com/2x3vkej7

An explosion tore through an Ohio metals plant on Monday, scattering molten metal and debris that rained down on neighboring buildings, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen others, officials, witnesses and a media report said. | The blast sent smoke billowing into the sky that could be seen for miles around the damaged factory about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Cleveland. The explosion of unknown origin at the I. Schumann & Co. metals plant in Bedford drew fire departments from throughout northeast Ohio. ● Oakwood Fire Department Captain Brian DiRocco addressed the media on scene earlier on Monday, saying 13 people were taken to hospital, many of them with burn wounds, and one more was being treated on site. At least one was in critical condition, and one was pulled from the debris, DiRocco had said. All of those injured were on site, the falling debris having spared those at neighboring businesses. A spokeswoman for Cuyahoga County confirmed later that a 46-year-old man had died, according to the New York Times.

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/news/2023/02/24/china-urges-russia-ukraine-ceasefire

A blueprint in good faith | On the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict, China restated its calls for political settlement of the Ukraine crisis with more specific plans that accommodate the concerns of both Russia and Ukraine, in a neutral and consistent manner. In a 12-point position paper dubbed "China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis," issued on Friday morning, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called for ceasing hostilities and resuming peace talks, stopping unilateral sanctions and abandoning the Cold War mentality. It also called for respecting the sovereignty of all countries and expressed opposition to the use of nuclear weapons. Chinese experts said the document should be viewed as a blueprint that has made China's principles clear for resolving the crisis and pointed out the basic path to achieve it constructively.

■ Time will prove the enormous value of China’s position paper: Global Times editorial

Comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, M.V.Zakharova, in connection with the publication of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's "China's position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis" | On February 24, a document entitled "China's position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis" was published on the official website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. ● We highly appreciate the sincere desire of Chinese friends to contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine by peaceful means. ● We share Beijing's considerations. We are committed to the principles of compliance with the UN Charter, the norms of international law, including humanitarian law, the indivisibility of security, according to which the security of one country should not be strengthened at the expense of the security of another, which applies to the security of individual groups of countries. Like our Chinese colleagues, we consider any restrictive measures unauthorized by the UN Security Council to be illegitimate. It is a crude instrument of unfair competition and economic warfare. ● It was these considerations that dictated our proposals, put forward at the end of 2021, to conclude an Agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on security Guarantees, as well as an Agreement on measures to ensure the Security of the Russian Federation and the Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. We regret that our constructive proposals were rejected by Western countries. ● As for the Ukrainian crisis, Russia is open to achieving its goals through political and diplomatic means. This implies the cessation of supplies of Western weapons and mercenaries to Ukraine, the end of hostilities, the return of Ukraine to a neutral non-aligned status, recognition of the new territorial realities that have developed as a result of the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as well as the elimination of all threats emanating from its territory. ● Citizens of Ukraine, including the Russian-speaking population and representatives of national minorities, should be guaranteed all inalienable rights, including the right to speak and study in their native language. All illegal restrictive measures should be abolished and politicized lawsuits in international courts should be withdrawn. ● We are confident that moving along this path will lead to a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace. ● The main obstacle to a peaceful settlement today is the "impossibility" of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the initiatives of the Ukrainian leader, which testify to the complete isolation of official Kiev from modern realities, including the demand for the withdrawal of Russian troops from our new territories – Donbass, Crimea, which was legislated by the Decree of V. Zelensky on September 30, 2022., Zaporozhye and Kherson region. At the same time, we would also like to remind you that it was Ukraine that in April 2022 stopped the peace talks initiated by it with Russia. (Trans. yandex.ru)

Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdf3r5ts

California is currently experiencing a rare winter storm event, with the National Weather Service reporting up to 8 feet of snow in higher elevations and 80-mph wind gusts. | On Friday, the weather agency issued a blizzard warning for Los Angeles and Ventura counties' mountain regions for the first time since 1989. The alert will remain in effect until Saturday late afternoon. Up north near the San Francisco Bay Area, residents in lower elevated areas reported seeing up to a foot of snow.

● California is experiencing a rare winter storm this week.
● Some areas of the Golden State have seen several feet of snow and wind gusts up to 80    mph.
● The weather has brought hazardous conditions, causing highway closures and power    outages.

■ Southern California braces for first blizzard warning in LA area since 1989 (USA Today)
■ IMAGES on Search Engine DuckDuckGo

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/572015-seymour-hersh-biden-nord-stream/

The US president has deceived the public about his country’s role in the pipeline attacks, the legendary journalist says | US President Joe Biden secretly ordered the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines so Germany would not back out of imposing sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine, legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said on Afshin Rattansi’s show ‘Going Underground.’ Hersh published a bombshell exposé on the incident earlier this month. ● In the report, Hersh claimed that the US and Norway were behind the September 2022 blasts that hit the dual pipelines, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany through the Baltic Sea. Washington denied any involvement in the blasts, calling the journalist’s claims “fiction.” Hersh stood by his words, however. Biden was “lying” and “not telling the truth about something he authorized,” he said. The journalist compared the alleged affair to the events leading up to Washington’s entry into the wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/kiss-death-florida-governor-ron-desantis-endorsed-george-soros/

Florida Governor DeSantis jut received the kiss of death. George Soros has endorsed DeSantis for 2024. | This could not be worse for DeSantis. When the devil likes you, you might be doing something wrong. George Soros famously admitted to helping the Nazis in World War II steal from Jews and take their booty. He said in a 60 minutes interview 20 years ago from Ukraine of all places, that if he didn’t do it then someone else would – shrugging it off. After this relationship with the Nazis, Soros was somehow given US citizenship and has been a huge funder of the Democrat Party. Soros is connected with a number of non-profits (which are supposed to be non-biased per US tax law). These non-profits are ruthless attack dogs.

Link: https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/23/professor-banned-for-calling-out-racism-at-christian-university-negotiates-his-return/

It’s been more than a year since Dr. Greg Schulz was suspended from Concordia University Wisconsin for publicly objecting to its board of regents inserting racial prejudices into its criteria for a new president. Interim president Dr. William Cario suspended the tenured philosophy professor on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, immediately banning Schulz from campus and his university email, according to legal documentation. 💬 “The issue is not my personality, it was not some clash with people and their feelings. This is a doctrinal issue,” Schulz said in a phone interview. Racial partiality is forbidden by the Bible and the theology of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), the denomination that appoints regents to Concordia’s 18-member board. “I think a lot of the wokeness depends on us being cowardly and inclined to be quiet for the sake of temporary peace,” Schulz said. ● Another key commitment, Schulz said, would be a public repudiation of racism tolerated in the name of buzzwords such as “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” and “anti-racism” that excuse giving preferences for a person’s skin color or ancestry. The denomination’s leader called for Concordia to do exactly that last May. It has yet to happen.

An activist shareholder has reached his limit with former Vice President Al Gore and is seeking to have him removed from his lucrative position on Apple Inc.’s board of directors. Gore is Apple’s longest-serving director. He was first elected to the board in 2003. | The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs when Gore was picked for the board, “Al brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having helped run the largest organization in the world – the United States government – as a Congressman, Senator and our 45th Vice President.? But ethics watchdog National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) says it is time for Gore to get the boot. The group filed an exempt solicitation with the Securities and Exchange Commission urging fellow Apple shareholders to vote against Gore as a director nominee at the tech giant’s annual meeting on March 10.