Link: https://www.rt.com/business/555551-ukraine-economy-russia-conflict/

Ukrainian government will take “painful” measures if military conflict in the country lasts another three according to the country’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko. He said drastic steps may include a sharp increase of taxes, spending cuts as well as nationalization .He highlighted the salaries of the military is “a huge burden;;country’s monthly losses amount to $5 billion. The conflict poses significant challenges for exporting wheat, barley, sunflower seeds warning the EU may face food shortages

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555642-german-minister-confiscate-russian-assets/

Western nations should seize foreign assets of the Russian Central Bank, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner believes. Some proposals are already on the table in the EU and G7, he told media outlets The group includes the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan. Potential confiscation is already being discussed within the group, the German finance minister confirmed, adding similar discussions are being held within the EU. “I am politically open to the idea of confiscating foreign assets of the Central Bank of Russia,” Lindner said, adding that the goal is to “isolate Russia politically, financially and economically.”maintains that it is “Russia’s war against Ukraine [that] is responsible for the economic consequences, not the sanctions.”

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/austin-texas-voters-decriminalize-marijuana-and-ban-no-knock-warrants.html

Austin voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure ending local enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and banning no-knock warrants. Austin police “shall not issue citations or make arrests for Class A or Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana offenses.” the measure decriminalizes possession of fewer than 4 ounces of cannabis. The new policy will allow police to confiscate marijuana. They can also pursue criminal charges if they can establish “a felony-level narcotics case

Link: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/05/15/ukrainian-govt-demands-germans-accept-deprivation-to-back-war-effort-against-russia/

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has told the German people that they should be willing to put themselves in a position of deprivation in order to help his nation’s war effort against Russia. In an interview with the German publication Bild, Minister Kuleba said that Germans should be willing to go through hardship for the sake of his country, saying that it was in Germany’s interest. “Give us everything we need and we will contain Russia and defeat it in Ukraine so that they never come knocking on your door,” he continued, claiming the arrangement was a fair deal for Germany.

Link: https://www.blabber.buzz/national-local-news/1038243-not-in-my-backyard-d-c-liberals-fuming-that-abbott-has-sent-this-many-migrants-to-their-city?utm_source=c-alrt&utm_medium=c-alrt-email&utm_term=c-alrt-GI&utm_content=8JjVrojghbDpQZgkYhw7DE7DYCpIAO9W_48a

In the month since Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) pledged to bring the border crisis to President Joe Biden’s doorstep, his state has sent 32 buses of migrants to the country’s capital, and it has no plans of stopping. But, DC liberals are calling Abbott's policy racist as they try to fight back against the wickedly smart policy, allowing them to feel what the rest of America does.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/555578-global-wheat-prices-record-high/

Wheat prices surged to a new record high on Monday after India decided to prohibit exports of the commodity as a heatwave hit production. The price climbed to €435 ($453) per ton as the European market opened. Soft red winter wheat for July delivery rose 4.2%. New Delhi said this weekend it was curbing exports as the country, the world’s second-largest wheat producer, saw its hottest March on record. Authorities expressed worries about food security of the nation’s own 1.4 billion people amid lower production and sharply higher global prices. Export deals agreed before the directive issued on May 13 could still be honored but future shipments will need government approval, New Delhi said.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/now-we-are-being-told-to-expect-food-and-diesel-shortages-for-the-foreseeable-future.html

Supermarket chain to post armed guards in their stores Hy-Vee deploys a new retail security team in its stores The West Des Moines-based supermarket chain introducing its own security force “as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the health and safety of both its customers and employees,” the company announced. Security teams already present in some stores eventually we will see armed guards in supermarkets and on food delivery trucks all over the nation. Wheat-producing regions are experiencing adverse weather that could threaten production..

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/govt-steals-paraplegic-blind-womans-home-leaves-her-homeless-for-taxes-she-already-paid.html

Barbara Ryan, 57, paid off her $650,000 home in South Charlotte and paid the state their share so they wouldn’t steal her home. But thanks to an “error” in the Mecklenburg County accounting system, armed agents of the state showed up to her home and threw this paraplegic, legally blind woman out on the street. Deputies refused to allow her to grab clothes, a phone, money, credit cards, and shoes before kicking her out — she had nothing. She would roll herself into an elevator in a parking garage to sleep for nearly two weeks as she tried every day to talk to someone to fix this mess.She couldn’t go back home because the couple who bought the house from the county had already moved in. .Two different courts have since ruled that Ryan paid what the county said she owed days before her house went on the auction block , a payment that, under North Carolina law, should have kept the house in her hands. .Ryan is now renting a place and saving money to pay legal fees totaling well into six figures so she can sue the county for restitution knowing that all of her possessions, including her parents’ ashes will never be returned.

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63089

Three students at Kiel Middle School have been placed under investigation for "sexual harassment" for not referring to another student using "they/them" pronouns.

Link: https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-shooting-17-injured-water-street

Milwaukee police said 17 people injured and 10 people were arrested in a shooting near Water and Juneau late Friday, May 13.It happened shortly after 11 p.m. All victims are between the ages of 15 and 47. They are all expected to survive. There were three separate shooting incidents downtown in a matter of two hours Friday night.Police said nine guns were recovered in the shootings.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/worlds-first-vertiport-flying-taxis-opens-uk

The world's first vertiport for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, such as flying taxis and cargo drones, opened in the U.K., providing the public a glimpse of the future of air mobility. Future vertiports will be mini airports, with a passenger lounge, café, retail pop-up, and cargo logistics hub. The facilities will also have an eVTOL hanger and a circular final approach and take-off platform

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555506-germany-speed-limit-fuel-use/

Germany should introduce a motorway speed limit, regional environment ministers decided in a reportedly unanimous vote during a conference on Friday. to save energy and reduce Germany’s dependence on oil and gas imports amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, they argued. The move would also help reduce greenhouse gas effects, air and noise pollution, it added;. unlimited racing no longer fits in with the times,” said Lower Saxony Environment Minister Olaf Lies

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555522-five-reportedly-killed-protests/

Unrest sweeps Iran over the government’s decision to slash food subsidies, causing a spike in costs The scrapping of subsidies has resulted in dramatic – up to 300% – increases in prices of everyday goods, such as cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk. Iran’s government pledged to protect low-income citizens from the inflationary shock with monthly cash hand-outs, but the situation has left consumers struggling to buy basic items, with long lines appearing in front of food stores across the country.

Link: https://anti-empire.com/hungary-holds-up-eu-russian-oil-embargo/

Hungary’s foreign minister said his government can’t support the EU’s oil embargo, the centerpiece of the bloc’s latest sanctions package against Russia, “as long as it does not provide a solution for Hungary’s concerns., ”Hungary receives two-thirds of its oil from Russia

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63090

The law, signed by Alabama governor Kay Ivey in April, designates the prescribing of puberty blockers or hormones treatments to minors as a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/555481-lavrov-west-state-piracy/

The West has declared a “total hybrid war” against Russia, resorting to open “robbery” and “state piracy,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Everyone “without exception” is set to feel the impact of this conflict, the top diplomat warned.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/texas-power-grid-warns-record-demand-amid-back-back-triple-digit-heatwave

Texas' electricity grid operator asked customers Friday to conserve power this weekend after half a dozen generation plants were knocked offline amid another round of unseasonably hot weather. Friday afternoon, six power generation facilities tripped offline, resulting in the loss of approximately 2,900 MW of electricity; enough to power about 580,000 hoes. A heatwave would send electricity demand to record levels. With 2,900 MW of electricity removed from the grid as energy demand increases, this could strain the state's power system.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/growing-number-covid-19-deaths-among-vaccinated-people-federal-data

In August of 2021, roughly 18.9 percent of COVID-19 deaths happened among vaccinated individuals. Six months later in February 2022, that figure had risen to over 40 percent as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant made its way across the globe. Some experts believe the increase in deaths among fully vaccinated people or “breakthrough infections” in those who have received all their shots is not overly concerning, saying it is because while more people become fully vaccinated, new variants emerge and vaccine protection begins to wane as fewer people continue to get booster shots.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/wheat-farmland-under-threat-worldwide-usda-reveals-dismal-grain-outlook

Across the world, top wheat-producing regions are experiencing adverse weather conditions that could threaten production. Ukraine, military invasion by Russia has slashed production significantly. All of this suggests the world is on the cusp of a food crisis. Droughts, floods, and heatwaves have plagued farmland in the U.S., Europe, India, and China. As for Ukraine, the world's largest wheat producer, the war could slash production by upwards of a third. There's one exception: Russia, is expected to have a bumper crop as wheat prices soar.

Link: https://thepoliticalinsider.com/squad-member-cori-bush-wants-to-know-why-there-isnt-any-sperm-regulation-legislation-for-men/?utm_campaign=TPI05132022PMLB&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&source=TPICI

Representative Cori Bush made an attempt to equate abortion restrictions to something similar for men, openly wondering why there is no “sperm regulation legislation” in Congress. ‘Squad’ member Bush (D-MO) made the comments in an interview with , MSNBC’s Joy Reid. Representative Bush claimed opposition to abortion isn’t really about the life of the baby, “It’s just about control.”