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SCOTT RITTER: On a Highway to Hell
Link: https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/01/scott-ritter-on-a-highway-to-hell/
Nuclear weapons offer an illusion of security. By allowing the U.S. nuclear posture to shift from deterrence to employment, there will be a scenario where the U.S. will use nuclear weapons. And then it’s lights out. Successive U.S. administrations have eschewed arms control in favor of maintaining American strategic advantage over real and/or imagined adversaries. This is accomplished by embracing nuclear weapons employment strategies that deviate from simple deterrence into war-fighting at every level of conflict, including scenarios that don’t involve a nuclear threat.
Brazil bans X
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/603328-brazil-ban-x-musk-censorship/
Brazilians using a VPN to access the app could be fined $8,874 a day, the Supreme Court has said. Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Court of Brazil has ordered the operations of X (formerly Twitter) to be “immediately suspended” and threatened draconian fines against anyone trying to sidestep the ban. De Moraes demanded that X censor several accounts that “spread disinformation” by criticizing him, but the platform’s owner Elon Musk refused.
WATCH Russian missiles wipe out Ukrainian armored column – reports
Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/603348-russian-strike-sumy-reinforcements/
Footage reportedly shows over a dozen combat vehicles targeted by Iskander and rocket artillery strikes in Ukraine’s Sumy Region. Russian forces have conducted a coordinated strike against a large gathering of Ukrainian reserve forces across the border from Russia’s Kursk Region, according to new video shared on social media by military bloggers. Hostilities have been ongoing in the border areas of Russia’s Kursk since Kiev launched a major incursion earlier this month. While Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to push deeper into Russian territory, Moscow has sought to push them back while striking rear targets in Ukraine's adjacent Sumy Region.
US in ‘fast lane’ to bankruptcy – Musk
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/603366-us-musk-bankruptcy-inflation/
Government overspending is to blame for inflation in America, the tech billionaire has argued. The US is rapidly moving towards bankruptcy because the government in Washington is spending too much money, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has warned. On Thursday, Musk shared a post on his X (formerly Twitter) platform by another user, who cited a forecast from the US government budget for fiscal year 2025 that said that the budget deficit could increase from the current $1.8
Russia says relations with US at all-time low
Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/603361-peskov-russia-us-relations-lowest/
Dmitry Peskov indicated there are no foreseeable prospects for a recovery in ties between the nations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia-US relations are at a historic low, dismissing the idea that the two sides could gradually improve them in the foreseeable future. In an interview with national broadcaster, Russia 1, the top official emphasized that Washington has been consistently trampling on Moscow's interests and exerting pressure for several decades.
France stoops to hostage-taking of Telegram’s Pavel Durov
Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2024/09/01/france-stoops-to-hostage-taking#more31280
At a time when the U.S.-led NATO proxy war in Ukraine against Russia has entered a disastrous phase of defeat, the Western elite must shut down all and every critical media. Absurd charges of complicity in crimes are a cover for closing down free speech and information critical of Western regimes. It’s as simple and as tyrannical as that. Telegram owner Pavel Durov could be held in France for years while an investigation is carried out. If found guilty, he then faces 10 years in jail. There are sinister echoes of the persecution of Julian Assange in this case. Telegram founder and owner, Pavel Durov (39) was arrested on August 24 by French police officers as he stepped off his private jet that had landed in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. He had flown from Azerbaijan.
Serbia’s French Warplane Deal Discredits Vucic’s Earlier Color Revolution Claim
Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/2024/09/02/serbia-s-french-warplane-deal#more31288
He wouldn’t have gone through with this $3 billion deal if he really thought that the West was trying to overthrow him like he claimed less than a month ago. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic surprised observers when he announced during a meeting with his French counterpart in Belgrade last week that he agreed to a $3 billion deal to buy 12 Rafale warplanes. The reason why this was so unexpected is that his government had recently accused the West of orchestrating an ultimately failed Color Revolution against him in early August that he claimed Russia had also warned him about right beforehand.
The National Security State Is Killing Free Speech - Governments and institutions are using lawfare to shut down independent voices
Link: https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/the-national-security-state-is-killing-free-speech/
It is interesting to hear President Joe Biden claim that democracy is at stake in the upcoming national election when he and his Democratic Party colleagues have done so much to hinder the free discussion of issues that should be considered important by the electorate. Joe has operated by fiat in his opening of America’s southern border to mass invasion by illegal immigrants and has committed the US to participation in two wars without any declaration of war or credible justification for entering the conflicts in terms of the security of the United States. More to the point, in terms of how it affects every American, Biden and company have run electoral campaigns based on the premise that his opponents were being assisted by the interference of unfriendly governments in the process. In reality, if outside interference in one’s election is a real problem, it is a crime that is more true of Joe’s best friend Israel rather than anything coming from Russia, China or Iran.
Pope Francis: ‘To repel migrants … is a grave sin’
Link: https://thehill.com/latino/4853707-pope-francis-migration/
Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced those who willingly work to repel migrants as sinners, calling out restrictive immigration laws, border militarization and rejection as tools that endanger migrants.
Russia says France better come up with strong evidence against Telegram CEO
Link: https://www.politico.eu/article/kremlin-france-come-up-strong-evidence-pavel-durov-telegram/
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has a warning for France: You better have a good case against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. “The accusations are very serious indeed, and they require an equally serious basis of evidence,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at his press briefing Tuesday according to news agency Interfax. “Otherwise, this is a direct attempt to restrict freedom of communication and, one could even say, to directly intimidate the head of a large company.
Christian churches that advocate for Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians are serving SATAN, not Christ
oday, we see numerous churches with all variety of pastors -- some wildly animated and fast-talking -- claiming that since the Zionists claim their Old Testament God gave them the monopoly right to murder human beings and take their land, therefore Christ must have also endorsed such a practice in New Testament times. This bizarre reasoning is enough, they say, to justify Christians today applauding the mass genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, where quite a few Christians, Catholics, Mormons and Jews still struggle to survive, by the way (they're not all Muslims).
Russia, Trade Partners Build Alternative Payments Systems Circumventing US Dollar
Russia and various trade partners are working to strengthen alternative currencies and payments systems, reducing global reliance on the US dollar and Western-based financial networks. Russia and various trade partners are working to strengthen alternative currencies and payments systems, reducing global reliance on the US dollar and Western-based financial networks.
Scott Ritter: Ukrainian Conflict Escalation Can Lead to ‘Global-Ending’ Nuclear War
Ukraine attacking Russia using long-range weapons provided by the US “might be interpreted by Russia as a direct attack by the US, by NATO, on Russian territory,” former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter tells Sputnik. Such an attack, Ritter explains, might be regarded as a prelude to a “larger military incursion” meant to accomplish the US’ ultimate goal, “the strategic defeat of Russia.”
Eastern Allies Issue Warnings To The West: WWIII Is On The Horizon (Video)
Pressure is mounting in the East as the People’s Republic of China continues aggressively to engage with surrounding nations. Attempts by the U.S. to calm the situation have been met with several stern warnings of war. Pressure is mounting in the East as the People’s Republic of China continues aggressively to engage with surrounding nations. Attempts by the U.S. to calm the situation have been met with several stern warnings of war.
Subliminal Message from Beijing to Washington amidst the War Drums
Anger is a pyromaniac. Under its influence, we tend to provoke a reaction from our adversary, which serves as fuel to fan the flames, thus increasing the legitimacy of the angry inferno. The method is convenient for practicing accusatory inversion and making the one reacting to aggression the instigator of hell. Today, Washington is angry. The object of this anger is China’s spectacular rise to power, which is increasingly shaking the foundations and legitimacy of US domination of the world. This American anger desperately needs pretexts to both justify and intensify hostilities against Beijing. The United States is therefore seeking to provoke a violent reaction from its main geopolitical rival: China.
Russia Believes the US Is About to Begin Direct War with Russia
Link: https://www.independentsentinel.com/russia-believes-the-us-is-about-to-begin-direct-war-with-russia/
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Washington is about to lift its ban on Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia with US weapons. Putin warned that it was the last red line and that his retaliation wouldn’t only be in Europe. By the way, our borders are still open. Last week, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that US “policy does allow for Ukraine to conduct counter fires to defend itself from Russian attacks coming over that border region,” including the Kursk Region, where an incursion by Kiev’s forces has been ongoing since early August.
Jeffrey Sachs Warns of Nuclear War
Link: https://www.independentsentinel.com/jeffrey-sachs-warns-of-nuclear-war/
I definitely don’t agree with everything Jeffrey Sachs says here, but he is worth listening to. Sachs liked the horrendous nuclear deal with Iran that Iran refused to abide by. However, his fear of nuclear war is worthy of note. Read with a healthy dose of skepticism. Jeffrey Sachs said he believes that Russia is winning the war with Ukraine because if they weren’t, we’d be in a nuclear war now. He said we are “extraordinarily close to nuclear war,” and some military authorities have called for nuclear war in history.
RS: There is only one war that the US can wage simultaneously with Russia and China
Last week, President Joe Biden was reported to have approved a secret nuclear strategy that refocuses it on countering Chinese and Russian nuclear forces, Responsible Starecraft reported. According to the article, the new nuclear guidelines "reorient America's deterrence strategy" toward "the need to simultaneously deter Russia, China, and North Korea," transforming it into a preemptive strike concept. As RS writes, Biden's approval of this strategy is nothing more than a tacit recognition of two decades of the strategy that has already been implemented in the US technical program that was not just a “minor upgrade” to weapons components, but a dramatic step toward the ability to fight and win nuclear wars with both China and Russia.
Ukrainian strike obliterates civilian car in Belgorod (VIDEOS)
Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/603330-belgorod-missile-strike-vehicle/
Dashcam footage has captured the moment a suspected cluster munition hit a passenger vehicle. The deadly Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday was recorded in multiple videos, with one disturbing dashcam clip showing the exact moment a projectile struck a civilian car, ripping it apart. Belgorod and its suburbs were hit by missile strikes using cluster munitions on Friday evening, killing at least five people and injuring over three dozen, according to officials. The devastating attack was captured on a dashboard camera as a passing car came under direct fire. The driver was killed instantly, while the passenger reportedly managed to survive with severe burns.
‘Getting along with Russia is good’ – Trump
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/603342-trump-russia-getting-along/
Engaging positively with such countries as Russia and North Korea is a “smart” thing to do, the former US president says. Engaging with Russia and North Korea, and “getting along” with them, would be a “good thing,” former US President Donald Trump has argued. Speaking at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Friday, the Republican nominee touted his diplomatic efforts to fix Washington’s ties with Pyongyang, referring to his 2019 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas.
