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M9.6 solar flare erupts from Active Region 2975 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A strong solar flare measuring M9.6 erupted from Active Region 2975 at 18:35 UTC on March 31, 2022. The event started at 18:17 UTC and ended at 18:45. A Type II Radio Emission with an estimated velocity of 1 627 km/s was registered at 18:34 UTC. Type II emissions...... Read more
Strong M7.0 earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A very strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.0 hit southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia at 05:44 UTC on March 31, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The quake...... Read more
Major X1.3 solar flare erupts from Active Region 2975 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A major solar flare measuring X1.3 erupted from Active Region 2975 at 17:37 UTC on March 30, 2022. The event started at 17:21 UTC and ended at 17:46. The region is located in an area that favors Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs). A Type II Radio Emission...... Read more
Two CMEs heading toward Earth, G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm watch in effect "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Active Region 2975 produced multiple C- and M-class solar flares since M4.0 at 11:29 UTC on March 28, 2022, as well as 2 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - both toward Earth. As a result, a G3 - Strong geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for March 31. Solar activity...... Read more
Heavy rains trigger deadly landslide, leave more than 250 000 without drinking water in Cuenca, Ecuador "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Heavy rainfall affecting southern Ecuador, particularly the province of Azuay, over the past 48 hours caused numerous landslides resulting in casualties and damage. On March 28, the Servicio Nacional de Gestin de Riesgos reported 4 fatalities, 4 injured...... Read more
New eruption at underwater Funka Asane vent near Kita-Ioto volcano, Japan "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A new eruption has started at the underwater Funka Asane vent near Kita-Ioto volcano, Japan on Sunday, March 27, 2022. The last confirmed eruption at this volcano lasted from 1930 to 1945 (VEI 2). The eruption started at around 09:00 UTC on March 27, with ash rising...... Read more
Moderately strong M4.0 solar flare erupts from geoeffective Region 2975 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A moderately-strong solar flare measuring M4.0 erupted from geoeffective Active Region 2975 at 11:29 UTC on March 28, 2022. The event started at 10:58 UTC and ended at 11:45. The event was associated with a Type II Radio Emission at 11:23 UTC, with an estimated...... Read more
Strong tremor and Crater Lake heating at Ruapehu, Aviation Color Code raised to Yellow, New Zealand "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A strong volcanic tremor and new heating cycle started at Mt. Ruapehu's Crater Lake two weeks ago. On March 28, 2022, GeoNet raised the Aviation Color Code to Yellow. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 2 since March 21. Ruapehus Crater Lake (Te Wai...... Read more
Phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal volcano, Alert Level raised to 3, Philippines "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLS) has raised the alert status of Taal volcano from Alert Level 2 (increasing unrest) to Alert Level 3 (magmatic unrest) after a phreatomagmatic eruption at 23:22 UTC on March 25, 2022 (07:22 LT, March...... Read more
Moderately strong M1.4 solar flare erupts from AR 2974 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A moderately strong solar flare measuring M1.4 at its peak erupted from Active Region 2974 at 05:26 UTC on March 25, 2022. The event started at 05:02 and ended at 05:50 UTC. The eruption was associated with a Type II Radio emission at 05:14 UTC, with an estimated...... Read more
Eruption at Anak Krakatau, Indonesia "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano started erupting again early March 24, 2022, ejecting ash up to 1 157 m (3 800 feet) above sea level at 04:10 UTC. The observed ash column was white to gray with thick intensity towards the south. The country's Center for...... Read more
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report: March 16 - 22, 2022 "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
New activity/unrest was reported for 4 volcanoes from March 16 to 22, 2022. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 20 volcanoes. New activity/unrest: Bezymianny, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Lonquimay, Central Chile | Manam, Northeast of New...... Read more
Increased seismicity under Lonquimay volcano, alert level raised, Chile "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Increased seismicity detected under Chile's Lonquimay volcano since March 9, 2022, prompted SERNAGEOMIN to raise the Alert Level for the volcano from Green to Yellow on March 21, 2022. The last eruptive episode of this volcano lasted from 1988 to 1990 (VEI 3)....... Read more
Large tornado hits New Orleans, causing extensive damage, Louisiana "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A destructive wedge tornado ripped through parts of New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday night, March 22, 2022, causing extensive damage, killing at least one person, and leaving several others injured. This raised the number of fatalities related to the severe weather...... Read more
Intense earthquake swarm continues at So Jorge, Azores "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Seismic activity at Manadas volcanic fissure system in the NW part of So Jorge Island, Azores, Portugal continues at a high level for the fourth day in a row. The Civil Protection of Azores is preparing preventive measures in case of a strong earthquake or...... Read more
Very strong and shallow M6.6 earthquake hits near the coast of Taiwan "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit near the eastern coast of Taiwan at 17:41 UTC on March 22, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting it as M6.7 at a depth of 30 km (18 miles). The epicenter was located...... Read more
Destructive tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma, U.S. "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
Several destructive tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma on March 21 and 22, 2022, during a violent severe weather outbreak that's now shifting east. One person was killed and more than a dozen injured. The Storm Prediction Center has so far...... Read more
Shallow M6.7 earthquake hits northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
A very strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.7 hit northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 16:35 UTC on March 22, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 10 km. The epicenter was located about 1 173 km (730...... Read more
Einen herzlichen Gru an die Bildredaktion der Tagesschau: ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Einen herzlichen Gru an die Bildredaktion der Tagesschau: Krupp-Stiftung lsst NS-Vergangenheit aufarbeiten.
NS-Vergangenheit? Welche NS-Vergangenheit! Warte mal, das Typ da in der Mitte auf dem Foto, der kommt mir irgendwie bekannt vor ... *wieher*
Die Nationale Stelle zur Verhtung von Folter hat ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Die Nationale Stelle zur Verhtung von Folter hat ihren Jahresbericht 2022 vorgelegt. Mit einem geradezu lcherlichen Budget von 640.000 Euro im Jahr hat die Erstaunliches geleistet:
hat die Nationale Stelle im Berichtszeitraum 66 Einrichtungen besucht und vier Abschiebungen begleitet.Da scheinen Idealisten zu arbeiten. Sehr schn!
Haha, diese Spaparteien immer!Die AfD wolle die Auflsung ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Haha, diese Spaparteien immer!
Die AfD wolle die Auflsung der EU, heit es im Leitantrag der Partei. Nach Informationen des ARD-Hauptstadtstudios soll die radikale Forderung nun wieder zurckgenommen werden. Der Beschluss sei "ein Versehen" gewesen.Hey, Cheffe, was hatten wir noch so gefordert, was wir gar nicht meinten? Auslnder raus wollten wir schon noch, oder? Nicht?
Das beantwortet sehr schn die Frage, ob die jemand aus inhaltlichen Grnden whlt.
Ist ja komisch. Nach Covid und Homeoffice brechen Bro-Vermietungen ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Ist ja komisch. Nach Covid und Homeoffice brechen Bro-Vermietungen ein: Im ersten Halbjahr um 40%.
Fr viele Stdte wirft das Fragen auf.Nur scheint es die eine naheliegende Frage nicht aufzuwerfen: Wieso wandeln wir das nicht einfach alles in bezahlbaren Wohnraum um?
Kennt ihr das, wenn ihr zu einer Nachrichten-Webseite ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Kennt ihr das, wenn ihr zu einer Nachrichten-Webseite klickt, und die euch so einen fetten Banner ins Gesicht drcken, wo sie euch ein "Pur-Abo" o.. reindrcken wollen?
Man hat die "Wahl" zwischen alle Cookies und der Datenverarbeitung durch Partner und im Ausland zustimmen, oder Abo zahlen.
Das kann doch nicht DSGVO-konform sein, habt ihr euch vielleicht gedacht. Stellt sich raus: Max Schrems und der Landesdatenschutzbeauftragte von Niedersachsen sehen das auch so.
Heise hat ihr Banner schon berarbeitet.
Nicht nur die EU reguliert an "KI" herum: Die FTC mchte ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Nicht nur die EU reguliert an "KI" herum: Die FTC mchte von OpenAI wissen, wie sie ble Nachrede durch ChatGPT verhindern wollen.
Kennt ihr das, wenn euch Youtube ein Video vorschlgt, ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"
Kennt ihr das, wenn euch Youtube ein Video vorschlgt, und ihr die ganze Zeit ein breites Grinsen im Gesicht habt beim Gucken, weil das so faszinierend ist?
So ging mir das gerade mit diesem Video, wo jemand seine D&D-Manuals in Leder bindet und dann Muster in das Leder tut und Metall-Verzierungen anbringt. Sehr nerdiges Video und faszinierend, was es da alles fr Arbeitsschritte und Werkzeuge gibt.
Update: Das ist Teil 4 von 4. Los geht es hier (die Teile sind alle in der Videobeschreibung verlinkt).
Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 15, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"
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The post Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On July 15, 2023 (Map Update) appeared first on South Front.
Linux Could be 3% of Global Desktops. What Happened to Windows? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
According to one measurement by one firm, Linux reached 3.07 percent market share of global desktop operating systems in June 2023. It's a notable first for the more than 30-year-old operating system, though other numbers in Statcounter's chart open it up to many more interpretations. It's either the year of the Linux desktop or a notable asteriskyour call.
As Statcounter explains, its numbers come from tracking code installed on more than 1.5 million websites across the globe, capturing roughly 5 billion page views per month. Statcounter says it does not collate, weigh, or otherwise adjust its data aside from correcting for bots and Google Chrome's prerendering. Laptops are included in "desktop" because there is no easy way to separate them. And they're subject to revision for up to 45 days after publication.
[...]
Because we couldn't help ourselves, we asked GPT-4 to graph out when, assuming a similar growth pattern from 1991 to 2023, Linux would reach 100 percent desktop market share. GPT-4 told us that, assuming linear growth, "which is a significant simplification and not likely accurate for the real world," it could see the existing 0.096 percent-per-year growth rate average reaching 100 percent in the year 3033.It's worth noting that two other prompts resulted in answers of "January 2121" and "2002." The Year of the Linux Desktop is in the past; it's in the future; it's at 3% or 7.2% or neither; it's global or local; it's impossible and inevitable. It never stops being fascinating [to nerds].
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Winnipeg: Canada's Systematic Genocide at the Brady Landfill: Police Expected at Barricade "IndyWatch Feed War"
Native defenders stood firm after an injunction was delivered at the Brady landfill barricade on Friday evening, refusing to leave until the City of Winnipeg searches landfills for murdered Indigenous women.Image: Censored News screenshot, CTV News liveA Long Plains First Nations bus is parked to block the main road to Brady Landfill July 14, 2023, remaining there after two visits earlier in
Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Trade Unionists from Africa and Arab Regions Call for Solidarity
By GNA
July 15, 2023
Unionists from Africa and Arab regions has reiterated the importance of union solidarity and collaboration to uphold workers rights, fight xenophobia, hate crimes, racism, and other attacks against migrants.
They said union solidarity and collaboration will ensure fair recruitment practices for migrant workers, particularly dire situation faced by women migrant workers, especially, domestic workers, and migrants in an irregular situation.
They affirmed the urgency to contribute to reversing conditions that push people to migrate out of necessity rather than choice and expose them to human and labour rights violations.
Alongside decent work gaps in origin countries, inequalities, and poverty, the unionists highlighted the role of climate change and conflict as push factors and reiterated the importance of tripartite social dialogue to overcome these challenges.
A joint communique by the International Trade Union Confederation-Africa (ITUC-Africa) and Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) at the just-ended meeting in Algiers, Algeria, called for continuous campaign to overcome adverse drivers of migration, including advocacy for deepening, and expanding democratic spaces and for universal social protection as well as advocacy to end conflicts.
The International Trade Union Confederation and the Just Transition Centre supported the meetinghosted by the General Union of Algerian Workers.
The meeting discussed ways in which unions could contribute to the achievement of rights-based migration governance that protects and fulfils migrant workers rights and contributes to sustainable development goals in both origin and destination countries.
Unionists from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco, North Africa, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Middle East, and Algiers attended the two-day meeting.
The communique also makes the case for organising migrant workers into unions both in countries of...
Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Zambia Marks 47th Anniversary of Commissioning of TAZARA Railway
By Xinhua
July 15, 2023
Zambia on Friday held a ceremony to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the commissioning of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) railway, a bi-national railway linking Zambia and Tanzania.
Held at the TAZARA railway station terminal in Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia, the ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohui, Zambias Minister of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali, as well as officials from TAZARA, the railway firm.
In his remarks, the Chinese ambassador said his government will shoulder the due responsibility of working together with Zambia and Tanzania on the revitalization of the railway line.
He has since proposed the setting up of a tripartite working group whose responsibility will be to promote the reactivation of the railway line.
According to him, it was the responsibility of the current generation to transform TAZARA into a road to development, prosperity and new modern high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
While acknowledging that the railway line was built as an immortal monument of the China-Zambia all-weather friendship and spirit of China-Africa friendly cooperation, the Chinese envoy noted that it should not just be a monument.
He pointed out that the railway line needed to be more efficient and be integrated into Zambias transportation system and be able to meet the potential transportation demand.
The Zambian minister said the railway line needed to evolve, innovate and adapt to the changing dynamics of the global transportation industry by remaining competitive, customer-focused and environmentally sustainable.
He said there was a need for the three countries to expedite discussions on how TAZARA will be revitalized and recapitalized. We would like TAZARA to evolve into a modern, efficient and reliable transportation system, contributing significantly to the economic growth and development of our respective countries including paying their operational costs...
TWO EXCELLENT UKRAINE CHATS "IndyWatch Feed War"
https://sonar21.com/two-excellent-round-table-chats-on-ukraine/
I have had an interesting two days. Yesterday I was part of a Roundtable (please keep Gonzalo Lira in your prayers if youre a believer) with Andrei Martyanov and Ray McGovern that was hosted by Polit Wera (a lovely Russian lady with a nationally popular podcast). Andreis mastery of English and Russian is remarkable he translated everything that Ray and I said. That is very difficult work and he was flawless.
...Tinubu and the Buhari Error "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Whether you voted for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Mr Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) in the recent presidential election. Or have spent your political life fighting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If you are Yoruba by ethnic affiliation, you are likely to be made to
For Many, a Lawyer Is a Luxury Out of Reach "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Sixty years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the promise of legal representation for everyone is largely unrealized.
Somalia: Puntlands Mideeye Political Association Denounces Constitution Amendment "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Garowe, Somalia The Mideeye Political Association in the state of Puntland, Somalia, has strongly criticized recent attempts by the regional parliament to amend the constitution in the wake of the local elections held in May.
On June 20, the Puntland Parliamentary Assembly voted in favor of changing the constitution, shortly after the Puntland Electoral Commission oversaw the local council voting. The elections involved 7 major political parties and were conducted in accordance with the existing constitutional rules and electoral laws.
In a statement released in Garowe, the Mideeye Political Organization argued that the election results cannot be used as a justification for altering the constitution. They emphasized that the law dictates that the constitution in force during an electoral process remains valid for the future.
Mideeye placed blame on Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni, accusing him of impeding democracy and manipulating the situation to prolong his stay in power. They expressed concern over the Supreme Courts delay in announcing the official results of the local elections held on May 25.
Advocating for dialogue and consultation, the Mideeye party stated, President Deni has governed Puntland through dictatorial policies without seeking input from others. This approach has resulted in insecurity, economic difficulties, social issues, and armed conflicts in the region.
Mideeye condemned the recent clashes in Garowe between Puntland forces, which they claimed had led to unnecessary loss of life, injuries, and displacement of civilians.
Mideeye Party asserted that the push to amend Puntlands constitution only serves the interests of President Denis political party and its allies. They accused officials of disregarding the potential consequences for the stability and future of the state.
The Mideeye Political Association called on regional authorities to engage in discussions with all parties involved to address the political tensions in Puntland and find a resolution.
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Btrfs Deprecating Its Integrity Checker Tool "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Btrfs has long provided a built-in integrity checker tool into the file-system driver. However, slated for Linux 6.6 is deprecating of this integrity checker...
Implosion Titan Oceangate How it Happened | Submersible Submarine Parts #3D "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
New Video Nuclear Powered Submarine Link https://youtu.be/J0lb46Zi5-s.
What is Implosion?
Implosion is a process of destruction by collapsing inwards the object itself.
Where explosion expands, implosion contracts.
In the case of the Titan Submergible. the Implosion was caused due to very high hydrostatic pressure of the surrounding water, which happen within a fraction of a millisecond, as shown in the animation.
At the depth the Titanic rests, there is around 5,600 pounds per square inch of pressure.
The Fine-Tuning Argument is often seen as the best argument for
the existence of God. Here we have assembled some of the worlds top
physicists and philosophers to offer a reply. Not every critic of
the argument comes from the same perspective. Some doubt there is a
problem to be solved whilst others agree it is a genuine problem
but think there are better solutions than the God hypothesis. Some
like the multiverse and anthropics other dont. We have tried to
represent these different approaches and so it should be taken as
given, that not all of the talking heads agree with each other.
Nevertheless, they all share the view that the fine-tuning argument
for God does not work. Nor are all the objectors atheist, Hans
Halvorson offers what we think is a strong theological objection to
the argument. This film does not try to argue that God doesnt exist
only that the fine-tuning argument is not a good reason to believe
in God. Most of the footage was filmed exclusively for this film
with some clips being re-used from our Before the Big Bang series,
which can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_pILPr7B8&list=PLJ4zAUPI-q4hnojoCR4m
All of the critics of the fine tuning argument that appear were
sent a draft of the film more than a month before release and asked
for any objections either to their appearance, the narration or any
other aspect of the film. No objections were raised, and many
replies were extremely positive and encouraging. A timeline of the
subjects covered is below:
(We define God as a perfect Omni immaterial mind as for example
modern Christians and Muslims advocate, there are other conceptions
of God which our video does not address).
Just to be clear, this is a polemical film arguing against the fine
tuning argument.
Timecodes.
0:00 Introduction.
4:11 The universe as a roll of the dice.
6:15 what is probability?
7:28 probability problems.
9:25 measure problem.
15:45 deceptive probabilities.
20:23 the flatness problem.
22:14 counterfactuals versus p...
The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
The Akosombo Dam in the Volta River, inaugurated in 1965 during Kwame Nkrumahs presidency.
In June, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). From 2015 to 2019, the network wrote, the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already vastly insufficient to achieve the goals. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 and other simultaneous crises, SDG progress has stalled globally. This development agenda was adopted in 2015, with targets intended to be met by 2030. However, halfway to this deadline, the report noted that all of the SDGs are seriously off track. Why are the UN member states unable to meet their SDG commitments? At their core, the network said, the SDGs are an investment age...
More soul-retrieval: Trees in the silo "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
We hear the sweet songs of birds / We feel the soft petal of a flower / That has erupted like a steel lance through concrete
Weaponised Antisemitism Crushed the Political Left: Now its the Cultural Lefts Turn "IndyWatch Feed War"
What does it mean to be antisemitic in modern Britain? The answer seems ever more confusing.
We have reached the seemingly absurd point that a political leader famed for his anti-racism, a rock star whose most celebrated work focuses on the dangers of racism and fascism, and a renowned film maker committed to socially progressive causes are all now characterised as antisemites.
And in a further irony, those behind the accusations do not appear to have made a priority of anti-racism themselves not, at least, until it proved an effective means of defeating their political enemies.
And yet, the list of those supposedly exposed as antisemites often only by association keeps widening to include ever more unlikely targets.
That is especially true in the Labour Party, where even the vaguest ties with any of the three iconic left-wing figures noted above Jeremy Corbyn, Roger Waters and Ken Loach can be grounds for disciplinary action.
One of the Labour Partys most successful politicians, Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne mayor, was barred last month from standing for re-election after he shared a platform with Loach to talk about the Norths place in the directors films.
Not coincidentally, Driscoll has been described as the UKs most powerful Corbynista or supporter of Corbyns left-wing policies. The nadir in this process may have been reached at the Glastonbury Festival.
Back in 2017, Corbyn, then-Labour leader, was given top billing as he set out a new, inspirational vision for Britain. Six years on and organisers cancelled the screening of a film, Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie, highlighting the sustained campaign to smear Corbyn as an antisemite and snuff out his left-wing agenda.
The decision was taken after pro-Israel pressure groups launched a campaign to smear the film as antisemitic. The festival decided showing it would cause division.
So what is going on?
To understand how we arrived at this dark moment, one in which seemingly anyone or anything can be cancelled as antisemitic, it is necessary to grapple with the terms constantly mutating meaning and the political uses this confusion is...
The War in Ukraine Is Much Worse Than the War on Terror "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
SOMEWHERE IN THE DONBAS, Ukraine From his position on the Humvee, manning his 50-caliber machine gun, Paul Smith was firing steadily at the Russian positions when a ball of light appeared on the horizon. It was like a flashlight.
A strong light staring at him through the darkness.
Smith, who had his night vision on, felt that the light was frozen on the horizon.
For me, it didnt look like it was moving. It looked like somebody was shining a light on me. I decided to bend my head. I started shouting to warn others, says Paul Smith about the incident this winter at the front line in Ukraine. About seven seconds later, it hit.
The shockwave pushed Smith down in the Humvee. A piece of shrapnel got stuck in his hand between his knuckles, and it felt like bones were breaking in his face due to the pressure of the Russian missile. He later found out that his left eye socket was fractured.
The medic on the team was also injured.
A selfie that Smith took after the attack this past winter. Photo credit: Courtesy of Paul Smith via Instagram
Everybody was worried about me and wondering if I was going to come back [after recovery] because it was horrible, explained Smith to WhoWhatWhy, as we spoke near the front line. But I had to come back.
This war is more intense than the Gulf War, the Iraq War, the Afghan War, the war on terror. It is much different here in Ukraine, he said. I have survived three cruise missile strikes in Ukraine.
Smith fully recovered after the injuries and returned to his unit.
I remember I joked with the others under the first cruise missile attack. That it might be how the Iraqis felt when the US attacked, Smith added. An American from San Diego, CA, the 37-year-old served in Afghanistan in the US Army.
...
This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
On the site of a former U.S. Army Reserve base near Boston, an unusual structure is rising from the rolling hills. Brandon Sorbom, the scientific director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), leads me toward the center of the buildings cross-shaped footprint, weaving among scaffolding, forklifts, and teams of welders and painters. Descending a stairway to a deep basement walled with 2.5-meter-thick concrete, he gestures toward a large, circular hole at the center of the rooms high ceiling, its edges supported by four stout columns.
Within a few months, if we stick to schedule, thats where the Sparc tokamak will nest, Sorbom says. Surrounding a doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber, a 3-meter-tall stack of high-temperature superconducting magnets will create a powerful magnetic field to squeeze and corral a swirling, superheated mass of hydrogen plasma. Mimicking the process that fuels the sun, the hydrogen ionsisotopes called deuterium and tritiumwill accelerate and collide with such force that they fuse into helium and release highly energetic neutrons.
Commonwealth Fusion
Systems says this spool of high-temperature superconducting tape is
key to the startups smaller, cheaper tokamak design. The tape is
made up of yttrium barium copper oxide deposited on a steel
substrate.Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma
Science and Fusion Center
CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment. Fusion-energy companies have now raised more than US $5 billion, the majority of it since 2021, according to...
Military Situation In Ukraine On July 15, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"
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CVE-2023-26512: Apache EventMesh RabbitMQ-Connector plugin allows RCE through deserialization of untrusted data "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Posted by Xue Weiming on Jul 15
Severity: criticalZionism and India: an old alliance of bigotry and colonialism "IndyWatch Feed War"
Azad Essa's new book uncovers Israel and India's joint
history, as well as the affinities between the toxic ideologies
ungirding their national projects.
More Than 50 Heads of State Met in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
By Derrick Broze Despite a blackout by the American media, the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact brought more than 50 world leaders to...
More Than 50 Heads of State Met in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
How to make the medical establishment very angry "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Just publish the truth about their history.
During the mid-nineteenth century, medical schools embraced a white supremacist belief in black inferiority and subhumanness. Racism was a social sport upper-class men played to solidify a professional identity rooted in whiteness (figure 1). These heinous educational activities included torturing enslaved black people with experiments, graverobbing their bodies from cemeteries and attempting to detect whether they were faking illness while torturing them as treatment (Willoughby 2016). This white supremacy persisted long after legalised slavery ended. The 1910 Flexner Report closed five of the seven black medical schools, preventing 35 000 black physicians from graduating in subsequent decades, amidst deadly blackwhite health inequities (Campbell et al. 2020). The American Medical Association (AMA) sanctioned this disregard for humanity, banning black physicians from local AMA chapters through the 1960s, thereby denying licensing, board certification and hospital privileges (Baker et al. 2008). This anti-black racism was nothing new. During the early twentieth century, organised medicine cultivated a symbiotic relationship with the Ku Klux Klan, promoting its white supremacist conceptions of race, gender, and sexuality and their related violence (Antonovich 2021). White psychiatrists diagnosed black men protesting during the Civil Rights movement with a dangerous protest psychosis. Pathologising black peoples resistance to oppression while normalising white peoples violently oppressive behaviour is a long historical arc. It is reflected in diagnoses like drapetomania from the mid-nineteenth century and the overdiagnosis of conduct disorder in racially minoritised children today (Metzl 2010).
That photo is genuinely horrible and shameful. The account is true, every word, and damning. Yet the article that was from triggered outrage from medical institutions. It shouldnt. I like this comment from Dr Brandy Schillace, about how they should respond:
Thats how we build. Thats how we have real conversation and community. There is amazing relief, Grace, growth, in admitting we are wrong AND acknowledging that the wrong has deeply hurt others. Then both apology and amendment will be genuine, and accepted as such.
New Design: Robert F. Williams + Frederick Douglass Quotes "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Best Frederick Douglass Quotes The soul that is within me no man can degrade. Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. A gentleman...
AP Obfuscates The Real Black Sea Grain Deal Numbers "IndyWatch Feed War"
Just two days ago I wrote about Grain Deal Shenanigans and summarized: The grain deal had two parts. One was the access of ships to Ukrainian harbors. The other was the normal export of grain and fertilizer from Russia. While...
stan van houcke: Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: f... "IndyWatch Feed War"
stan van houcke: Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: f...: Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat Former Ukrainian diplomat and political insider Andrii Telizhe...
Why No One Will Win the Proxy War in Ukraine and Why It Must and Will End by a Negotiated Solution "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
One indicator: 78% of Ukraines people have close relatives or friends who were injured or killed due to the Russian invasion Prologue NATOs Summit in Vilnius broke the promise made to Ukraine 15 years ago that it would join NATO. The media wont tell you that it never will and that non-NATO Ukraine shall
Gemini Links 15/07/2023: Gemkerkerkruip (New Game for Gemini) and Immutable Linux Systems "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Nyck de Vries hasnt been doing well at AlphaTauri. Hes been dropped without making it through half his first season. Ouch.
Back comes Daniel Ricciardo, whos had an interesting career. After Vettel won four championships with Red Bull, Ricciardo was his new team mate and beat him. Promising start. He beat Verstappen in the first two seasons they were team mates. Then he didnt beat him, and chose to leave Red Bull.
In this tutorial I walk-through how I set up void linux on an old 2013 Raspberry Pi 1B, then installed a GUI and configured it with i3 window manager, and the basic software I use. A follow-up post will be on my experience using this set-up for the Old Computer Challenge V3. I had originally started using a Chip computer but I rendered it unworkable earlier in the week so pulled out this old Pi I had.
I did not set up wifi or a wifi card but instead just plugged the device directly into ethernet, which simplified my setup a bit. Note: Im not an expert, just an ambitious coder-tinkerer. Directions may not work for everyone nor in all situations. Youll likely need ingenuity to solve challenges, and things could diverge from what I describe here. Follow at your own risk.
If you reach this page, you may be interested into this new category of Linux distributions labeled immutable.
In this category, one can find by age (oldest youngest) NixOS, Guix, Endless OS, Fedora Silverblue, OpenSUSE MicroOS, Vanilla OS and many new to come.
I will give examples of immutability implementation, t...
Sweet Hacks "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
While talking about a solar powered portable Bluetooth speaker project on the podcast, I realized that I have a new category of favorite hacks: daily-use hacks.
If you read Hackaday long enough, youll start to categorize everything. There are the purely technical hacks, beautiful hacks, minimalist hacks, maximalist hacks, and then the straight-up oddball hacks. Sometimes what strikes us is the beauty of the execution. Sometimes its clever choice of parts that were designed to do exactly the right thing, and simply watching them do their job well is satisfying, and other times we like to see parts fooled into doing something they have no right to.
The Potency of Conscious, Connected Breathwork and Shamanic Practice Free Online Event "IndyWatch Feed World"
If youve found yourself bound by stress, anxiety, or patterns of self-sabotage, youre not alone. These challenges, which are often the result of our lived trauma and are deeply ingrained in our nervous system, can rob us of our capacity for sustained wellness. Yet, what if you could release trauma, dissolve blocks, and foster healing []
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Top Sweetener Officially Declared A Carcinogen "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
The World Health Organization has finally gotten around to declaring the popular artificial sweetener aspartame a potential carcinogen The ruling comes from sources with WHOs International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), who said aspartame will be listed as possibly carcinogenic to humans in July 2023 Ive been warning about aspartames cancer-causing potential since 2010,
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West Bank: Outrage after Palestinian Authority forces arrest journalist "IndyWatch Feed War"
West Bank: Outrage after Palestinian Authority forces arrest journalist
Anger has spread across the occupied Palestinian territories following the arrest of a prominent journalist by the Palestinian Authority's security forces.
Aqil Awawdeh's family said that forces from the Palestinian Preventive Security Service raided his workplace in Ramallah on Thursday afternoon, arrested him and transferred him to an unknown destination.
The arrest came after he published a short video disputing a claim made by the spokesperson of the Palestinian security services that there were no political detainees in their prisons.
Hours after his arrest, the Lawyers for Justice group announced that Awawdeh's detention had been extended to Sunday.
The head of the group, lawyer Muhannad Karaja, told Middle East Eye that he was able to visit Awawdeh for a few minutes to obtain his approval to appoint a defence lawyer to follow up the judicial procedures.
According to Karaja, the journalist is being held by the Public Prosecution Office on charges of "inciting racial strife" on the basis of posts on social med...
Even a cult leaders death does not kill the cult "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Two years ago I wrote about a particularly bizarre cult surrounding John F. Kennedy Jr. that believes that he faked his own death and would be returning as serial sex abuser Donald Trumps (SSAT) running mate for 2024. A large crowd of believers of this cult congregated at Dealey Plaza (where JFK was assassinated) in November 2021 on the 58th anniversary of his death thinking that both father and son would appear there. Spoiler alert: They did not appear.
The leader of this particular QAnon subcult was
someone named Michael Protzman who also went by the label
Negative48.
Protzman seems to believe that JFK and Jackie Kennedy were the second physical incarnations of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and direct descendants in a genealogy so bizarre not even Dan Brown would touch it, with JFK Jr. as the Archangel Michael and Donald Trump as the Holy Spirit.
The Negative48 cult is tearing families apart, as Vices David Gilbert recently reported. Katy Garner, a nurse from Arkansas, told Gilbert that she had essentially lost her sister to Protzmans cult in the months since the November 2020 election.
She left her children for this and doesnt even care. She is missing birthdays and holidays for this. She truly believes this is all real and we are the crazy ones for trying to get her to come home. But she wont, Garner said. I dont believe she will ever come back from this. We are in mourning.
Garner said that, under Protzmans direction, her sister now is required to drink a hydrogen peroxide solution and take bio pellets to ward off COVID-19, and her phone calls are monitored. She also has handed over about $200,000 to the cult.
Protzman had told his followers that they should become comfortable with dying because only then will they know the truth, evoking ominous comparisons to the Jim Jones cult. He himself may now know the truth because he died on June 30th after he lost control of his dirt bike on a motorcross track. But that seems to have only strengthened the beliefs of his supporters.
After his accident two weeks ago, details about Protzmans condition were tightly controlled by his inner circle of half a dozen followers. While they initially told followers in an online chat that Protzman had a potential brain injury and told them to pray for him, the inner circle has refused to answer any follow up questions about his condition.
Shelly Mullinax, who was one of Protzmans earliest...
Somalia: UN Envoy Visits Galmudug, Commends Progress on State-building and Security "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Dhusamareb, Somalia The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Catriona Laing, visited the state of Galmudug earlier Saturday for meetings with regional President Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor. During her visit, Laing praised Galmudugs progress on preparations for local elections and reclaiming territory from Al-Shabaab militants.
In a press appearance with President Qoorqoor, Laing thanked him for the warm welcome extended to her delegation. She said she was pleased to finally make the trip after a previously scheduled visit in June was postponed.
Laing reported having fruitful discussions with Qoorqoor on several key issues. She commended him for his commitment to an inclusive national dialogue on the National Consultative Council process. Laing said it was vital that the Somali people, including opposition groups, civil society, elders, women and youth are involved in this state-building effort.
The UN envoy also applauded Galmudugs advances in local democracy, noting preparations are well underway for district-level one-person-one-vote elections. She reaffirmed the UNs support for assisting the regional government in carrying out the polls.
On security, Laing congratulated Qoorqoor on reclaiming territory from Al-Shabaab militants. However, she emphasized the importance of stabilizing those areas after military operations, including deploying police units and providing basic services so residents can rebuild their lives. She was pleased to learn 400 local police have been established and pledged UN help with further stabilization programs.
Finally, Laing said progress was being made on opening a UN office in Galmudugs capital Dhusamareb to strengthen the partnership between the world body and regional authorities. She agreed to fast-track the process to establish the office as soon as possible.
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WormGPT The Malicious ChatGPT Alternative Empowering Cybercriminals "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
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Malicious AI Unleashed: WormGPT Raises Concerns in Cybersecurity!
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Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people "IndyWatch Feed World"
Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a new law banning gender reassignment surgery, in the latest attack on LGBT rights in the country. The State Duma approved the bill, which will also ban people changing their genders on state documents, on Friday. It now needs approval from the upper house and President Vladimir Putin, moves normally seen as formalities.
Ken Ham is a disingenuous fraud on climate change "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Im sorry, I feel stupider for having read this: its Ken Ham talking about climate change. He reports the headlines:
Shortly after the Fourth of July weekend here in the US, headlines proclaimed: For the third day in a row, Earths average temperature breaks record highs. Last week on July 5, 2023, the average global temperature (according to one universitys Climate Reanalyzer, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the worlds condition) was a record 62.8 degrees Fahrenheit (or 17.18 C), beating the record set on Monday. But is this really a record?
Yes.
But Ol Ken questions it.
was last week really a record? Well, it might have beenbut we dont really know! Humans have only been recording climate data since the 1880s, and weve only had robust data since satellite data collection began in the 1970s. So we have no idea how warm the warmest day on earth was in all of the earths history! (But we do know, based on the fossil record, that the earths climate was much warmer before the flood!)
You idiot. We have over a century of robust climate records, and this was the highest temperature on record, therefore, yes, it was a record high temperature. Words mean things, you know. They werent saying this was the hottest the planet had ever been that probably occurred about 4 billion years ago, when the planet was a molten ball of rock but the hottest since we humans have been carefully tracking the climate. OK, you fucking stupid charlatan?
But he goes on to top that disingenuous word game. He claims that he believes in climate change.
Not only do I believe in climate change, but Im a climate change alarmist, and I do believe humans have caused climate change!
Exceptjust not the way scientists do, with their measurements and data and records. No, he believes in a coming Biblical catastrophe.
Well, Im not referring to a supposed slight global temperature increase allegedly caused by humans burning fossil fuels. Im referring to the ultimate catastrophic climate change everyone should be aware of when one day in the future, Jesus will return, and the earth (and the whole universe) will be judged with fire, and God will make a new heavens and earth.
He then goes on to say that...
Software creates entirely new views from existing video "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Filmmakers may soon be able to stabilize shaky video, change viewpoints and create freeze-frame, zoom and slow-motion effects without shooting any new footage thanks to an algorithm developed by researchers at Cornell University and Google Research.
The software, called DynIBar, synthesizes new views using pixel information from the original video, and even works with moving objects and unstable camerawork. The work is a major advance over previous efforts, which yielded only a few seconds of video, and often rendered moving subjects as blurry or glitchy.
The code for this research effort is freely available, though the project is at an early stage and not yet integrated into commercial video editing tools.
Shrink the Worlds Population: Secret 2009 Meeting of Billionaires Good Club "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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NATO Lies, Jabs & Fries, Child Traffickers Rise, and a Man Steals a Womans Prize "IndyWatch Feed War"
As most compare Putin to Hitler, turn a blind eye to the U.S. sending cluster bombs to Zelenskyy the grifter, and witness the latest madness about Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), please remember:
During the 1990 discussions to re-unify East and West Germany, the Western parties sought to defuse Moscows fears that a reunified state in the heart of Europe would present a threat to the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev only accepted German reunification over which the Soviet Union had a legal right to veto because he received assurances that NATO would not expand after he withdrew his forces from Eastern Europe.
These assurances came from folks like President George H.W. Bush, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the CIA Director Robert Gates, French President Francois Mitterrand, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister John Major, and NATO secretary-general Manfred Woerner.
...The life and dentistry of a 17th-century French aristocrat "IndyWatch Feed World"
Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: She was using gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out. The body of Anne d'Alegre, who died in 1619, was discovered during an archaeological excavation at the Chateau de Laval in northwestern France in 1988. Embalmed in a lead coffin, her skeleton - and teeth - were remarkably well preserved. At the time, the archaeologists noticed that she had a dental prosthetic, but they did not have advanced scanning tools to find out more.
Microsoft RHEL "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Yesterdays featured (sole) blog post:
Novell, is that you?
Summary: Red Hat got tired of opensource.com, but not of Microsofts proprietary software that does not even run on GNU/Linux natively!
Converting to Christianity, Islam: Does It Prove Anything? "IndyWatch Feed War"
Religious conversions later in life are generally
greeted as evidence that something terrible must have happened to
the converter. The Onion published a satire in 2016,
ridiculing Paul DAmatol, who took up a life of Christian piety in
late middle age. It must be drugs or maybe he killed someone in a
car accident. Something super messed up.
No room in satire for something good as the cause. Interestingly, its not Protestant evangelical born-again-ism but the Catholic bells-and-smells and Islamic mysticism that attract those interested in spiritual growth as they approach the end, despite (because of?) Romes/ Islams hard teachings on divorce, homosexuality, the ordination of women. Catholics and Muslims take their religion seriously.
From Fire, By Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith, a memoir by Iranian American Sohrab Ahmari, is provocative, to say the least.
Such conversions are rare and never casually broadcast. Muslims do not look kindly on such apostates. You can interpret that as you like, but I figure it is a good indication that they take their beliefs seriously, something that we cant say about most of the Christianities or Judaisms on offer. Yes, schisms abound; even the monolithic Catholic church struggles to keep the faith in this truly godless age of anything goes.
But good for Ahmari. His own life has been charmed, from a bohemian childhood in post-revolutionary Iran to Wall Street Journal London correspondent and still in his mid-30s. He remembers his grandparents being pro-revolution, as Iranians generally are bitter about foreign meddling, with good reason. But many of the urban, educated young look to the West. The taste of western living under the Shah, the open culture, comedy, the arts, racey theatre, the high life all suddenly gone. His uncle went to the US right away. Ahmari and his mother emigrated in 1993.
His religious training in Tehran was actually stimulating and entertaining. His first instructor was clearly from the wild tribal lands, hair disheveled, shirt half tucked in, a rube from the hicks thrust into downtown Tehran. His acting out of the Battle of Karbala transfixed little Ahmed. He learned that Hussein stuck by his friend unto death. Stood for the Truth.
...Guardian: Climate Activists can Overcome Greed by Shouting Louder "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
"... If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell"?
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Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Botswana Looks to Develop Value Chains to Spur its Africas GDP Contribution
By Xinhua
July 14, 2023
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has said that as a leading producer of diamonds by value, it is imperative that Botswana should develop value chains for raw materials to allow for greater value addition.
He made the remarks Wednesday when opening the ongoing four-day U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2023 in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.
With 0.2 percent of the population of Africa, Botswana contributes about 1 percent of Africas GDP, said Masisi, adding the country aims to further increase the contribution to the continental gross domestic product (GDP).
Masisi said Botswana needs more private sector involvement to drive value chain development in major industries ranging from mining, tourism, agriculture and education.
Botswanas efforts alone, however, will be an exercise in futility if we are not fully integrated into the global economic system, he said.
Meanwhile, he said that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a free trade area encompassing most of Africa, once fully operational, will build and strengthen regional integration as well as boost intra-Africa trade.
The summit, co-hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa of the U.S. and the government of Botswana, gathered about 1,000 entrepreneurs, international investors, top government officials, and multilateral stakeholders.
The event, which began Tuesday, provided a rare chance for local companies to connect with high-level African government delegations, including heads of state and government, senior U.S. government officials, chief executive officers and senior executives of American and African enterprises.
Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Angolas Consumer Prices Up in June
By Xinhua
July 14, 2023
The national consumer price index (IPCN) of Angola, a main gauge of inflation, rose 11.25 percent year on year in June, and 1.41 percent on a monthly basis, according to a report released by the countrys National Institute of Statistics (INE) Wednesday.
The IPCN report, which tracks price fluctuations of goods and services in Angola, indicated that the 1.41 percent monthly increase in June is the highest since April 2022. Throughout the past year, the monthly IPCN variation rates have remained below 1 percent.
Among the expenditure categories examined in the report, transportation experienced the largest price increase, with a monthly rise of 2.71 percent.
Other significant increases were observed in healthcare, clothing and footwear, and food and non-alcoholic beverages, which saw respective increases of 2.08 percent, 1.53 percent, and 1.46 percent, respectively.
Luanda, the capital of Angola, showed the highest monthly IPCN variation.
On June 1, Angola announced an 87.5 percent increase in gasoline prices and revealed plans to gradually phase out fuel subsidies.
US wants neither peace nor dialogue: some voices call for disintegration of Russia "IndyWatch Feed War"
By Uriel Araujo | July 15, 2023
The US-led West is not interested in peace or in any kind of compromise to put an end to the current conflict in Ukraine. According to University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer, Western leaders have additional goals, which include regime change in Moscow, putting Putin on trial as a war criminal, and possibly breaking up Russia into smaller states. Journalist Anchal Vohra, writing for Foreign Policy, tells us that Western analysts and Russian dissidents have been publicly calling for the decolonization of Russia itself
Take, for example, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (an independent US. government agency): already in 2022, Vohra reminds us, it published a report called Decolonizing Russia, which declared that such decolonizing should be a moral and strategic objective.
This extreme stance is not a reaction to the escalation of the ongoing conflict (but rather one of its external causes); in fact, such views are nothing new at all. Take, for instance, the late Zbigniew Brzezinski, the influential diplomat and foreign policy expert who served as a national advisor to former US President Jimmy Carter: he openly called for the further fragmentation of Russia (after the collapse of the Soviet state). In his 1997 Foreign Affairs piece, he called for a loosely confederated Russia composed of a European Russia, a Siberian Republic and a Far Eastern Republic. Brzezinski advocated all this while also speaking about Americas global primacy extending all the way over to the Eurasiatic landmass too, of course. According to him, the US should perpetuate the prevailing geopolitical pluralism on the map of Eurasia, so as to prevent even the remote possibility of any one state seeking to challenge Americas primacy. To put it simply, for the American establishment, Russian simply cannot be.
This attitude, distorted as it is, makes some sense, from a certain American perspective, focused on global supremacy and the pursuit and maintenance of unipolarity. This has been shaped by the geopolitical thinking of Sir Halford John Mackinder and his concept of the struggle for the Heartland, and also by US Navy captain Alfred Thayer Mahan (and his 1890 The Atlantic article The United Sta......
Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Kenyas Tax Revenue Surges to US$15.3 Billion in 2022/23 Fiscal Year
By Xinhua
July 15, 2023
Kenya recorded a 6.7 percent revenue growth in the fiscal year 2022/2023 as tax collection sustained an upward trajectory to hit 2.17 trillion shillings (about 15.3 billion U.S. dollars), from 14.36 billion dollars the previous year, the tax collector said on Friday.
Rispah Simiyu, the acting commission general of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), said tax collection has progressively increased in the last five years, from 11.2 billion dollars in the 2018/2019 financial year to 15.3 billion dollars.
Simiyu said in a statement issued in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that the growth was recorded despite an economic slowdown occasioned by an unfavorable global fiscal environment.
The revenue performance was affected by the slowed domestic economic growth in 2022, which went down to 4.8 percent from 7.6 percent in 2021.
The decelerated domestic economic growth was due to the adverse impact of multiple shocks that affected the economy, including a prolonged drought and international conflicts that disrupted the supply chain among others, Simiyu said, adding that this is the second year in a row that the KRA had surpassed the 14.1 billion dollars mark.
She said domestic taxes registered a revenue growth of 8.5 percent after collecting 9.97 billion dollars.
Customs taxes, on the other hand, recorded a performance rate of 95.6 percent, with a collection of 5.3 billion dollars.
Despite overall import values increasing by 15.3 percent, customs taxes performance was in part affected by higher exemptions and remissions, which grew by 39.7 percent, driven by special exemptions accorded to rice, maize, sugar, and cooking oil, Simiyu said.
The special exemptions were part of the governments strategies to mitigate against adverse effects of drought and to reduce the cost of living.
The agency collected 37.4 million dollars from digital platforms, with Simiyu observing that the taxes have brought inclusivity in payment, especially from non-residents...
Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Researcher Sues Speaker of Parliament over Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
By News Desk
July 15, 2023
Speaker Of The Ghanaian Parliament Alban Bagbin
Dr. Amanda Odoi, a researcher, has taken legal action by filing a lawsuit at the Supreme Court, requesting sanctions against Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament.
This legal action is in response to the Speaker allowing the House to proceed with the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, despite the existence of ongoing legal proceedings.
In her lawsuit, Dr. Odoi argues that the Speaker has demonstrated contempt and disregard for the court processes.
The court documents explicitly state that Alban Bagbin has repeatedly violated and displayed complete disregard for both the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and the court process.
The court documents further emphasize that the Speakers consistent and deliberate violation of the court process warrants sanctions for contempt in the public interest and to uphold the dignity of the Court.
The Speakers actions, such as directing or enabling Parliament to proceed with the second reading of the Bill, despite being fully aware of the pending lawsuit and related interlocutory injunction application, are viewed as a disregard and disrespect for the authority of the Court.
This disregard for the court process interferes with the ongoing litigation, undermines the integrity of the justice system, and erodes public confidence in it.
Dr. Odoi is one of two citizens who have jointly sued the Speaker of Parliament and the Attorney General regarding the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
LONG READ: An Irish Republican revisits the Glorious Twelfth of July "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"
Paddy McMenamin is a native of Belfast, a former internee and IRA prisoner and even a one time fan of Glentoran football club. He lives in Galway these days but recently received an invitation he never expected to receive and could not refuse.
I was about eight years of age and living in the Annadale estate in south Belfast, we had moved there from Mountcoyller in Tigers Bay down the Shore Road, my parents being Catholic from Tyrone and Donegal werent great at the old geography at national school! There were four blocks of flats at Annandale and it was 90% protestant with just a few catholic families, but back in 1962 it didnt really matter a lot especially to my young friends who were all protestant and I, we just had fun on the streets as you could in those far off days, for the adults well maybe Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space, or the Yanks fiasco at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba; the latest IRA Border campaign coming to an end; Chubby Checker, Neil Sedaka and the gyrating sensation Elvis were top of the charts; in sport Brazil were in the middle of two World Cups with a 17 year old genius Pele; Down were the first northern team to bring Sam Maguire across the border in 60 & 61, not that there was any talk of that in our house as my Dad wasnt a football man and Annandale wouldnt be a hotbed for the GAA!
Those innocent days of youth were filled with street games; kick the tin, rounders, tag, hide and seek, Batman and Superman comics, but in my last summer in Annadale we went up to the bonfire that had been built nearby on waste ground, as I approached the giant pile of wood of all description I was met by a big lad of about 15, fuci off you fenian bastxxd! My wee friends said to just slip away quietly and as I walked down the hill I couldnt help thinking to myself, whats a fenian bastxxd? That was my only experience of sectarian bigotry at that stage; our family then moved across the city to West Belfast and the new catholic estate of Turf Lodge, it was the reverse of Annadale with only a few protestant families. The next few years were spent with new little friends but interestingly around 65 we started going across the city to the Oval to follow Glentoran and for the next few years there we were about a dozen fenian bastxxds in the midst of a 90% protestant fanbase but not once did we ever have a problem except ironically when we would join in the occasional battle with rival Linfield fans, sure we couldnt support the Blues?
August 69 and the beginning of conflict marked a change for everyone in our society, the Falls burning, British troops on our streets, Curfew, Internment, Bloody Sunday, Bloody Friday, our lives would never be the same again. Leaving school prematurely in 69 at 15 wasnt the greatest idea I ever had but it led to working in a trendy city centre bar. On the 12th July 70 I was walking past the City Hall to get to work and the Orange parade was p......
Report: Top Democrats know Biden is NOT running for 2nd term "IndyWatch Feed World"
"Multiple big donors aren't locking in." According to a CNN report (make of that what you will) leading Democrats have begun reaching out to "possible replacements" for Joe Biden because they know that the 80 year old president will not run for a second term.
Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part 1: A surfeit of colons "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
I saw this dogs breakfast of a movie last night. Hated it.
There is a fight scene on top of a runaway train. Of course there is.
Ving Rhames is the stereotypical movie hacker. He doesnt do anything but make portentous statements and announce that hes going to hack a computer. He wiggles his fingers magically. Dont worry, no one involved in writing this movie understands computers or hacking or AI.
Oh my god, the writing. Its terrible. For instance, theres a scene where a room full of intelligence bureaucrats who are reciting a summary of the problem. The thing is, its a series of sentences, and the individuals go around the room with each one saying one sentence in turn. People dont talk that way. There are multiple scenes where the dialog is clumsy and unrealistic.
There is a stupid scene where Simon Pegg is sent on a side-quest to neutralize a tiny nuclear bomb. It turns out to be a puzzle game, with riddles. Its like something youd find in a video game. And then it turns out to be a fake bomb. The whole scene could have been cut without affecting the movie at all, except that they needed to give Pegg something to do.
The masks. I hate the fucking stupid masks, and the obligatory scene where a character pulls off a thick rubbery latex mask to reveal that he was some other character. Masks cant do that, theyll fool no one, but its a thing in these movies.
Tom Cruise, running. Running, running, running. He never arrives at a fight out of breath, though.
There are stunts done for the sake of being stunts. The stupid mask machine burnt out, so Tom Cruise cant just disguise himself...
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): The Weaponization of Money? WHOs Health Tyranny: Towards a Totalitarian World Government? No Way! "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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New research shines a light on Sri Lanka fireflies "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
COLOMBO Fireflies, with their bioluminescent rears, are fascinating species that appeal to peoples imaginations, especially those of children. In Sri Lanka, the first systematic study of fireflies was carried out by British naturalists in the 18th century, but afterward, there was a loss of interest in studying these fascinating creatures. Shedding new light on Sri Lankas firefly fauna, researchers and at least one enthusiastic amateur continue to study them today, resulting in several discoveries. Sri Lanka is home to 16 firefly species, while Abscondita perplexa and Asymmetricata humeralis are more common and show a countrywide distribution. In 2022, research on A. humeralis conducted by Dammika Wijekoon and Hemantha Wegiriya of the University of Ruhuna showed that male A. humeralis can look different in color and pattern, highlighting that there can be more secrets in the world of fireflies to be investigated. Luciola nicolleri was recorded after a lapse of 100 years since its initial description in 1922 by a British naturalist. Image courtesy of Dhammika Wijekoon. Wijekoon and Wegiriya initiated their study on fireflies in 2009 and have already made several significant discoveries. In 2010, the researchers recorded Curtos costipennis for the first time in Sri Lanka, making it the first firefly member of the genus Curtos found in Sri Lanka. Their study in 2022 re-recorded Luciola nicolleri after a lapse of 100 years. The species was first described in 1922. L. nicolleri has not been recorded since its discovery, a highly significant finding as it was considered possiblyThis article was originally published on Mongabay
FREUDIAN SLIP? Kamala argues for REDUCING POPULATION in creepy climate change speech "IndyWatch Feed World"
Vice President Kamala Harris further tarnished her image this week. During a speech on climate change at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, Harris appeared to call for a reduction in population as a means to achieve cleaner air and drinking water. Kamala stated, "When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water." The Vice President's comment, made in the context of discussing the Inflation Reduction Act, immediately raised eyebrows due to its alarming implications.
Calls for violence in the trans debate only come from one side "IndyWatch Feed World"
An activist advocated punching feminists at a rally this weekend On Saturday, a convicted criminal got up in front of a cheering crowd in central London and publicly incited violence against women. "If you see a terf, punch them in the fucking face," he declared to whoops of approval from his audience at Hyde Park Corner. (Terf is a slur used against feminists who support women's rights.) The trans activist, who now call himself Sarah Jane Baker, served thirty years in prison for a series of violent offences including kidnapping, torture and attempted murder. Since he was released in 2019, he has been a regular attendee of trans events, including a demonstration outside Parliament in January when the UK Government blocked the SNP's gender reform bill. On that occasion, he was photographed with three Labour MPs who later claimed not to know who he was. After Baker called for assaults on women at Saturday's London Trans Pride event, the organisers defended him. They insisted they did...
The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 Victim Nations Since World War II "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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Nuclear War. 90 Seconds to Midnight: The Pentagons 1945 Doomsday Blueprint to Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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A New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Their Users for Drugs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
A New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Their Users for Drugs:
The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.
Internet drug sales have skyrocketed in recent years, allowing powerful narcotics to be peddled to American teenagers and adolescents. It's a trend that's led to an epidemic of overdoses and left countless young people dead. Now, a bill scheduled for a congressional vote seeks to tackle the problem, but it comes with a major catch. Critics worry that the legislative effort to crack down on the drug trade could convert large parts of the internet into a federal spying apparatus.
The Cooper Davis Act [...] has been under consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee for weeks. Named after a 16-year-old Kansas boy who died of a fentanyl overdose two years ago, the bipartisan bill, which the committee is scheduled to vote on Thursday, has spurred intense debate. Proponents say it could help address a spiraling public health crisis; critics, meanwhile, see it as a gateway to broad and indiscriminate internet surveillance.
Gizmodo spoke with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundationtwo organizations involved in the policy discussions surrounding the bill. Both groups expressed concern over the impact the proposed law could have on internet privacy. "There are some very real problems with this billboth in how it's written and how it's conceptualized," said India McKinney, an analyst with the EFF.
Critics argue that, at its worst, the bill would effectively "deputize" internet platforms as informants for the DEA, creating an unwieldy surveillance apparatus that may have unintended consequences down the line.
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Mike Pence squirms as Tucker Carlson dismantles Neocon talking points on Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed World"
Tucker Carlson utterly dismantled the necon talking points of Trump's former Vice President Mike Pence, during an on-stage interview before a large audience of the FAMiLY Leadership Summit in Iowa on Friday. Rather than respond to Carlson's criticisms about why tens of billions of taxpayer dollars are being spent on far-away Ukraine (which Carlson note is a country "most people can't find on a map") rather than focusing on protecting and restoring American cities in decline, a visibly irritated Pence instead vaguely said he could "do both". Watch Pence squirm below, as the crowd loudly cheered Carlson's question...
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Carries Out Deadly Attack in Mogadishu "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
A deadly attack attributed to the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab rocked the Somali capital of Mogadishu last night. The attack targeted a checkpoint near the Deyniile district headquarters, resulting in heavy casualties.
According to local reports, the attack occurred in the Barwaqo neighborhood. The militants engaged in a firefight with security forces manning the checkpoint using various weapons. At least five soldiers and civilians were killed in the clashes, with a number of others injured.
Witnesses say the attackers managed to seize the weapons of soldiers and take control of the checkpoint following the firefight.
The incident came just hours after al-Shabaab assassinated the Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Finance in Marka district at a restaurant in Mogadishus Hodan district.
Security in the capital has deteriorated in recent times, with the al-Qaeda-linked group carrying out frequent direct attacks and bombings across Mogadishu.
Local authorities have condemned the latest act of violence and vowed to improve security and apprehend those responsible. However, al-Shabaab remains a potent threat, undermining peace and stability in Somalia.
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Heres How The End Of The US Dollars Global Dominance Will Play Out "IndyWatch Feed War"
Much of the world now supports de-dollarization. It will happen, but not as a big bang
Explosion at Louisiana chemical plant kills 1, injures 73 "IndyWatch Feed World"
An explosion and fire killed one person and injured 73 at the Williams Olefins WMB.N chemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, on Thursday, unsettling an industrial town where authorities ordered people to remain indoors for hours to avoid the billowing smoke. The blast at 8:37 a.m. (1337 GMT) sent a huge fireball and column of smoke into the air. The plant along the Mississippi River, about 60 miles (100 km) from New Orleans, is one of 12 chemical plants along a 10-mile (16-km) stretch of the river. The fire, fueled by the petrochemical propylene, burned for more than three hours, though government monitors had yet to detect dangerous levels of emissions, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told a news conference near the scene.
South Korea landslides, floods kill more than 20, over 4,000 evacuated "IndyWatch Feed World"
Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of Saturday, according to ministry data, as a third day of torrential rains caused landslides and the overflow of a dam. As of 6 p.m. (0900 GMT), 4,763 people had been evacuated nationwide, according to the Ministry of Interior and Safety, as water overtopped the dam in North Chungcheong province on Saturday morning. Local governments' evacuation orders covered more than 7,000 people at various times, according to provincial authorities. The tally is expected to rise as more heavy rain is expected on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, the Korea Meteorological Administration forecasted.
Robert F Kennedy jnr. accuses Biden of preparing for war with Russia "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
The US leader should acknowledge his failure in Ukraine and focus on domestic issues, the presidential candidate has said. By ordering the deployment of 3,000 more reservists to Europe, US President Joe Biden is preparing to fight Russian forces on the ground in Ukraine, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said. Biden has
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Russian lawmakers unanimously pass bill outlawing gender reassignment "IndyWatch Feed World"
Russian politicians have adopted a bill outlawing gender-reassignment procedures amid the Kremlin's push to protect what it views as the country's "traditional values". The toughened and final reading in Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma. The bill bans any "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person," as well as changing one's gender in official documents and public records.
Macron booed during Bastille Day parade "IndyWatch Feed World"
France is burning under President Emmanuel Macron. On Friday, as he drove through the Champs-Elyses in the Bastille Day parade, representatives of the "yellow vests" protest movement expressed their dissatisfaction with his failed leadership and booed him mercilessly as the crowd chanted, "Macron, go away!" France has faced months of unrest under Macron. Comment: The Yellow Vest protests began back in 2018, and had the backing of well over half of the country. After the officer-involved death of a 17-year-old driver, riots left 1,000 buildings burnt, 5,600 vehicles destroyed, and 3,300 arrests across France. Earlier in the year, massive protests have plagued the country including the annual May Day rally in support of workers' rights.
Tennessee surgeon shot to death by patient who had allegedly threatened staff for a week "IndyWatch Feed World"
A Tennessee surgeon was shot to death Tuesday by a patient who lay in wait at the clinic for "several hours" before carrying out the targeted attack, police said. Dr. Benjamin Mauck was killed in an exam room by an unidentified gunman at the crowded Campbell Clinic Orthopedics in Collierville, a town roughly 30 miles east of Memphis. "This appears to be a one-on-one interaction," Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said at a press conference, adding that the gunman spared the "many" patients and employees who were in the clinic.
COVID-19 Vaccines: Proof of Lethality. Over One Thousand Scientific Studies "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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These Fake Nixie Tubes Have a Bootup Screen "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
[IMSAI Guy] bought a fake Nixie clock, and luckily for all of us has filmed a very close look and demonstration. Using OLED displays as the fake Nixie elements might seem like cheating to some, the effect is really very well done.
The silent crisis crippling Britain's public finances "IndyWatch Feed World"
Forgone tax receipts and increased welfare spending weigh heavily of state coffers. Lockdown wreaked havoc across the economy, devastating children's education, hammering the public finances and piling pressure on a health service already struggling with the ageing population. But among its more pernicious and long-term consequences appears to be a steep and sustained rise in the numbers of people of working age who have left the jobs market because of ill health.
Ground deformation continues at Askja volcano in central Iceland, uplift of 30cm in just 1 year "IndyWatch Feed World"
Ground deformation instruments continue to detect the caldera floor to be inflated. According to the latest KAUST recordings, the ground has been uplifted by approx. 30 cm between September 2022 and July 2023.
Linux kCFI/FineIBT Weaknesses Addressed By Rewriting Some Assembly In C "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Ahead of the Linux 6.5-rc2 release tomorrow there was a set of x86/x86_64 kernel changes merged overnight to deal with some weaknesses in the kernel's Control Flow Integrity (kCFI) / FineIBT (Indirect Branch Tracking) code...
OpenSSL Security Advisory "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
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OpenSSL Security Advisory [14th July 2023]WormGPT: New AI Tool Allows Cybercriminals to Launch Sophisticated Cyber Attacks "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
With generative artificial intelligence (AI) becoming all the rage these days, it's perhaps not surprising that the technology has been repurposed by malicious actors to their own advantage, enabling avenues for accelerated cybercrime. According to findings from SlashNext, a new generative AI cybercrime tool called WormGPT has been advertised on underground forums as a way for adversaries to
Scientists who denounced Covid lab leak theory as a conspiracy secretly believed it was 'highly likely', leaked messages show "IndyWatch Feed World"
A renowned scientist who led the condemnation of the Covid lab leak theory privately believed it was 'highly likely', leaked messages show. Dr Kristian Andersen, a Danish evolutionary biologist, co-authored a now-notorious research paper published in March 2020 that denounced the origin scenario as a conspiracy theory and xenophobic. Yet Slack messages obtained by DailyMail.com show how just weeks before the publication of that paper, Dr Andersen told colleagues the idea of a lab leak was 'not some fringe theory' and was, in fact, 'highly likely' the genesis of the pandemic.
Lock Him Up Top Republican Tries to Torpedo Hunter Bidens Plea Deal "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
You have to give Republicans credit: They no longer just like to fantasize about locking up their political opponents or, in this case, one of their kids; they are working overtime to make that happen.
The latest example is House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) firing off a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and US Attorney David Weiss in an effort to torpedo Hunter Bidens plea deal for tax offenses and a gun charge.
Under the agreement, Hunter Biden would avoid jail in return for admitting to committing two minor tax crimes and lying about his drug use on an application to purchase a gun.
Instead, he will do some counseling and get two years of probation. Depending on how you spin the facts and whom you ask, thats a pretty normal deal especially for a well-connected, wealthy white man.
In addition, considering all we know about the presidents son, its a big ask of Hunter Biden to not run afoul of any laws in a given 24-month period, so he might end up in jail in any case.
But thats not enough for the GOP, which is why Smith sent that letter.
Specifically, he wanted Garland and Weiss, the prosecutor overseeing the case, to ensure that the judge who has to sign off on the deal has the relevant information. In this case, that means being aware of allegations two IRS whistleblowers have made regarding the investigation and prosecution of Hunter Biden.
Therefore, helpful as ever, Smith provided a bunch of documents that he wants to be included in the record, including stories of how past judges have rejected plea deals.
That way, just in case the judge doesnt watch Fox News or follow any House Republican on Twitter, where this information is made freely available around the clock, she will have access to these pertinent facts.
Placing the attached materials into the record is critical because the testimony provided by the two IRS whistleblowers brings new and compelling facts to light, and because it is essential for the Judge in this matter to have relevant information before her when evaluating the plea agreement, he wrote.
Thats...
CentOS Project Promotes They Are "Open To All" "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
With all the news in recent weeks following Red Hat's decision to limit access to RHEL sources that in turn lead to changes for AlmaLinux, finding new ways to obtain sources at Rocky Linux, interesting statements from Oracle, and even SUSE forking RHEL. The public RHEL sources now will basically be the upstream CentOS Stream code for which future Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions are ultimately based. The CentOS Project issued a new statement on Friday...
Americas Perpetual War: Six Questions "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
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Targeted for tyranny: We're all suspects under the government's precrime program "IndyWatch Feed World"
"There is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America." James Bamford, journalist We're all being targeted now. We're all guilty until proven innocent now. And thanks to the 24/7 surveillance being carried out by the government's spy network of fusion centers, we are all now sitting ducks, just waiting to be tagged, flagged, targeted, monitored, manipulated, investigated, interrogated, heckled and generally harassed by agents of the American police state. Although these precrime programs are popping up all across the country, in small towns and big cities, they are not making us any safer but they are endangering individual freedoms. Nationwide, there are upwards of 123 real-time crime centers (a.k.a. fusion centers), which allow local police agencies to upload and share massive amounts of surveillance data and intelligence with state and federal agencies culled from surveillance cameras, facial recognition technology, gunshot sensors, social media monitoring, drones and...
systemd 254-rc2 Brings A Few More Changes "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Earlier this month brought the release of systemd 254-rc1 with a new soft-reboot mechanism, officially deprecating System V scripts, a new systemd-battery-check process that runs at boot to check any system battery level status, and various other changes. On Friday systemd 254-rc2 was released with a few more changes...
Meteor fireball over Mississippi and adjacent states on July 14 "IndyWatch Feed World"
We received 45 reports about a fireball seen over AL, FL, GA, LA, MS and TX on Friday, July 14th 2023 around 09:31 UT. For this event, we received 6 videos and 3 photos.
Biden nibbles on frightened young girl during trip to Finland, grossing out Twitter users "IndyWatch Feed World"
President Biden appeared to nibble at the shoulder of a startled little girl during his departure from Helsinki on Thursday. A video of the incident, which took place as the president greeted embassy staff members and their families before he boarded Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport, shows Biden leaning into a young girl and placing his mouth on her shoulder as he nibbled lightly. Comment: There is no "appeared to". That's exactly what he was doing. Didn't look all that 'lightly' either... The little girl who appeared frightened during the experience later turned her head when Biden, who will turn 81 in November, tried to give her a peck on the head. Footage from the incident quickly made the rounds on social media, where several users blasted the president for his peculiar conduct. "This has got to be Biden's creepiest moment yet with a child," Caleb Hull, a conservative operative, said of the footage. "All Biden has to do is not do this and he can't,"...
Iranians lash out at Russia after Moscow wades into Gulf territorial row "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Iranians lash out at Russia after Moscow wades into Gulf territorial row
Russia has waded into a territorial dispute in the Gulf this week, provoking a rare outpouring of criticism from its regional partner Iran.
On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a joint statement in support of the United Arab Emirates' claim on three islands in the Gulf that Tehran argues are Iranian. The move echoed a similar statement issued by China last year.
After over a decade of growing ties and partnership between Tehran and Moscow, this latest statement has pushed former government officials and prominent figures in Iran to question the effectiveness of the Islamic Republic's "Look to the East" policy.
The Gulf and the disputed islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa are matters of significant national pride for Iran, making the public highly sensitive to any positions taken on this issue.
The territorial disputes between Iran and the UAE over these islands have persisted for decades, with Abu Dhabi consistently asserting its claims.
Virginia Governor Continues to Oppose RGGI Climate Action "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
There is an increasing awareness that GHG must be controlled, . hence RGGI
From an Article by Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury, July 13, 2023
Virginia is closer to withdrawing from a regional carbon market at the end of the year following Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkins completion of a review of new regulations aimed at removing the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Youngkin finished his review July 7 and submitted the proposed regulation to the Virginia Register this week, meaning it will become effective at the end of August pending no other changes or holdups.
The regulation was proposed by Youngkins administration in the fall and approved by the State Air Pollution Control Board June 7. It will be published in the Register on July 31, triggering a 30-day public comment period before it becomes effective on Aug. 30. The regulation calls for Virginia to leave the market Dec. 31, which is the end of the states current three-year contract to participate in it.
The 12-state market, known as RGGI, requires electricity producers to buy allowances to emit carbon. In Virginia, utilities are allowed to recover the cost of those allowances. For Dominion, that meant residential customers paid an average monthly fee of $2.39 as part of their electric bills to cover participation costs. Following Youngkins initial announcement that he planned to withdraw Virginia from RGGI, Dominion suspended the fee, but it has since sought to reinstate it. The utilitys regulators, the State Corporation Commission, are recommending approval of a
Youngkin has sought Virginias withdrawal from RGGI since his election, calling the fee that customers pay a hidden tax.
Democrats and environmental groups, however, have argued that RGGI is a key part of Virginias efforts to reduce carbon emissions linked to climate change and have lauded the over $500 million that the state has received from allowance revenues. Under state law passed by Democrats during two years of control of state government, those proceeds are funneled into state flood resilie...
Welcome to the Weekend! "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Bullet Points: ** The Secret Service is closing its investigation into cocaine found in the White House without naming a suspect, officials told lawmakers. Who could have predicted that outcome? ** Trigger Warning The University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland) has added a trigger warning to Hemingways The Old Man And []
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TIDBITS: THIS WEEKS HONOURABLE MENTIONS "IndyWatch Feed War"
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Untold Story of Climates Holocene Gift to Humanity "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"
The development and maintenance of life on Earth have been greatly aided by the Holocene sometimes called the age of man.
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IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 14, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
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005 Artificial Intelligence, Thought and Thinking "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
This episode is on Cartesian Theatre, Socrates Elenchus, GAN and tokens, alcohol and the Divine Masculine. Bit of a ramble really.
How artificial intelligence And human intelligence converge. Or
do not. I wanted to start to tackle artificial intelligence,
thought and thinking. We humans are not convinced we understand how
we think and have spent philosophical lifetimes debating and
cogitating. (Rene Descartes Cogito ergo sum, or Dennetts draft mode
or quantum consciousness?)
While AI may one day move from a sequential process to a concurrent
one, the Divine Masculine will lurch toward a prompt-output
approach while the Divine Feminine swims in deep waters. Both
exist, both can be right.
GAN (adversarial networks) are similar to Socrates Elenchus only by
debating what we know and understand do we truly KNOW. The GAN
approach will try and fool the AI into thinking the image is not AI
generated. It will build muscle by going back to the drawing board
and trying again. A Pros and Cons list.
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Camus and Baudelaire,
Aldous Huxley, Carlos Castaneda and others took the view that
Bacchanalia, Dionysian that alcohol can clarify thinking. Or at
least mean a good time while philosophising!
Resources on my website laurelpapworth.com/alchemy as well as my AI
Is My CoPilot course (in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and
Virtual) please go to the Australian Institute of Management
website if interested
This is a stream of consciousness recording. It has errors as my
brain attempts to compete with generative AI and suffers
catastrophic failures (not enough tokens) and hallucinations
(outside of ingested dataset) Hey ho.
Cover art by Dall-e for a change. (steampunk clock).
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2023 07 14 Alchemy of Innovation. So Ive been thinking about the
nature of thinking. And because you jump down a rabbit hole when
you start to think about thinking, we end up in all sorts of
problems, well, I did. So Im going to take you through my process.
Were going to go on a journey together and see what we think about
thinking. Oh, yes. And chatGPT will come along as our
companion.
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So one of the questions I have, and I have many, because questions
are tho...
Hezbollah tents: Israeli deterrence decaying on the Northern front "IndyWatch Feed War"
14 Jul 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen The Israeli governments dealing with the tents planted outside the Shebaa Farms has been hysterical as the political and military command fails to make a decisive move. By Ali Halawi The Israeli government has gone into a frenzy after the Lebanese Resistance, Hezbollah, planted reconnaissance tents in the Bistara []
Ex-Pentagon official & Jacques Valle suggest higher-dimensional beings crossing Into our world "IndyWatch Feed World"
In a recent interview with journalist Ross Coulthart on NewsNation, Pentagon UFO whistleblower David Grusch dropped bombshell statements on UFO phenomena or UAPs, claiming that the United States and other world governments have retrieved intact and partially intact crafts of Non-Human Intelligence (NHI). The origin and reason behind these crashes is still unknown, but Grusch postulated that certain NHI, commonly associated with UFO sightings, might originate from higher-dimensional planes of existence. Grusch made a sensational claim by stating that in 1945, the United States intercepted a mysterious craft that was initially recovered by Mussolini's forces in Italy back in 1933. As evidence of this extraordinary event, Grusch presented a handwritten Italian memo containing small drawings at the bottom. What made this revelation even more intriguing was the implication of the Vatican's involvement, suggesting the religious institution was not only aware of the existence of NHI but...
UN Security Council Urged to Address Most Silenced and Least Condemned Crime "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
(UN News)* The international community must act now to protect future generations from the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence, the UNs advocate on the issue, Pramila Patten, told the Security Council on Friday [
More Than Half of Child Trafficking Victims are Trafficked Within Their Own Countries: IOM-Harvard Report "IndyWatch Feed War"
Geneva/ Washington, 5 July 2023 (IOM)* More than half of child trafficking victims are trafficked within their own country according to new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Franois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (FXB).
The report further reveals that in cases of international trafficking children are mostly trafficked to neighbouring, wealthier countries.
Despite significant efforts, the number of children who continue to fall victim to traffickers remains high, largely due to inequitable social, economic, environmental, and political factors that foster exploitative and discriminatory practices.
...Planar Speaker Build Uses Hard Drive Magnets "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
We like to see people building things that are a little unusual, and we really like it when said unusual thing uses salvaged parts. This project from [JGJMatt] ticks all our boxes the build creates a planar speaker that uses salvaged magnets from a hard drive.
A planar speaker, according to the post, uses wires and magnets to manipulate a flat film that acts as the transducer. The speaker housing is 3D printed and looks great but is otherwise unremarkable. The fun starts when a Dremel with a diamond disk cuts the magnets in half. Cutting neodymium poses several challenges. For example, if you heat the material up too much while cutting, it can lose its magnetism.
With the proper magnets, you can move to the tedious method of creating the coils. The post shows three different methods. But the part we really liked was using a resin 3D printer as a UV source to expose a resist mask which transfers to a copper or aluminum foil that will be the sound-generating film. [JGJMatt] used a similar technique to put resist on PC board blanks, too. Unfortunately, there were some issues so the finished speakers didnt use the foil prepared using this method. Instead, a quick modification to the resin printer allowed a thin film of resin to rest on the foil, which was then exposed.
Once you have the pieces, there isnt much left to do but put them together. Honestly, this is one of those things you probably won’...
If You Were A Sheep During Covid, Admit You Were Wrong And Do Better Next Time "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Those
who were Covid cowards need to stand up against tyranny in the
future. It's the least they can do.
Somebody Tell Planned Parenthood Summer Camp Is For Good Clean Fun, Not Sex Ed "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"
Planned
Parenthood encourages children to live sexually promiscuous and
confused lifestyles so they 'need' the products that the nations
No. 1 abortion vendor sells.
Ojo por ojo, hambre por hambre, fro por fro "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"
Hablan y hablan de cosas que no han vivido. Ni hambre, ni fro, ni implacables intemperies. Explican cmo resolver los problemas de los otros y otras, pero no los padecen. Ni los entienden. Creen que el hambre es un porcentaje, es ganas de comer, es soar con un mega bacon, pero el hambre es un cuchillo en las tripas.
El cdigo de Hammurabi se escribi sobre columnas de piedra de dos metros de altura. Aproximadamente 1700 aos antes de la era cristiana. Consta de un prlogo, 282 leyes y un eplogo, donde se regula la vida social y econmica en todos sus aspectos, estableciendo un riguroso e implacable sistema penal, basado por lo general en la conocida Ley del Talin, o lo que es lo mismo ojo por ojo, diente por diente.
En contrario a la versin que siempre ha difundido la cultura represora, tenda a limitar la justicia por mano propia. Cabe aclarar que muchos que cuestionan la justicia por mano propia garantizan la injusticia por mano ajena. O sea: la impunidad. Quien cometa un delito, se le aplicaba un castigo similar. O sea: se mantena el llamado principio general de equivalencia. Este principio es quiz la regla ms antigua en la humanidad y lo que permiti el pasaje de la horda, ltimo colectivo natural, a la alianza de humanos y humanas, primer colectivo cultural.
Cuando digo alianza, digo un dispositivo donde todos y todas sus integrantes, estn en condiciones anlogas entre s. No hay hijos y entenados. Cuando los hay, y penosamente siempre los hay, se rompe la alianza y se pasa a un equipamiento llamado pacto perverso. Pero la trampa de la cultura represora es que a ese pacto perverso lo sigue llamando alianza. O consenso. O Unidad. O Juntos. Toda la parafernalia del encubrimiento.
Los pactos perversos a veces se denominan crculo rojo o mesa chica. Se les otorga una dignidad de la cual carecen desde el origen. A pesar de las primarias abiertas, los pactos perversos estn a la orden del da y mucho ms a la orden de la noche. Una de las razones, no la nica, pero quiz la fundante, de esta democracia en primeros, segundos y terceros auxilios, es el pasaje de la supuesta alianza a una multiplicidad de pactos perversos. El paso de tragedia del precandidato que no fue (parafraseando a Bonasso) es la penltima muestra, ya que la ltima est por verse y quiz por hacerse.
Un espacio donde los pactos perversos son lo cotidiano, es el Estado.
Desde la divisin de poderes, que en realidad es una multiplicacin de pactos perversos. En los viejos tiempos se llamaba fragotear. Hay pocas sesiones porque todo es off shore. El peor de todos. Los parasos democrticos de restaurants, spa, retiros espirituales, avances no tan espirituales, viajes internacionales, reemplazan el trabajo en comisiones, sesiones ordinarias, extraordinarias, ms ordinarias y...
Tesla unveils V4 Supercharger with credit card reader, subsidy measure? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Tesla has unveiled its V4 Supercharger station, and it now includes a credit card reader for the first time which might open doors for state subsidies.
When Tesla first launched the Supercharger network in 2012, it was a free service to Tesla owners.
Later, the automaker started charging some Tesla owners for charging at the Supercharger stations, but it was only for Tesla owners, and therefore, the company handled all payments and activation of charging sessions through an automatic handshake between the cars and charging stations and through its mobile app.
No More NUC: Intels Weirdly Named Mini PCs Seem to be Going Away "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Intel has exited several side businesses as it tries to stop losing money:
Since 2012, Intel has designed and sold its own lineup of mini PCs. The Next Unit of Computing series (NUCrhymes with yuck) always most closely resembled Mac mini-like desktops, but over the years, it grew to encompass compact workstations and gaming systems as well as mini servers with multiple Ethernet ports.
But Intel is apparently throwing in the towel on the NUC, according to a statement given to The Verge earlier today.
[...] The NUC was an effort to bring the speed, size, and low power usage of an ultrabook into the desktop realm, replacing boxy, ugly office desktops with something you could hold in the palm of your hand. NUC-style mini PCs didn't take over the desktop market in the same way that ultrabooks came to dominate the laptop market, but the NUC is still survived by a large ecosystem of similarly tiny PCs, many of which are ultimately cheaper and easier to buy than most NUCs were. Models include but are not limited to Dell's Optiplex Micro, Lenovo's ThinkCentre Tiny, HP's ProDesk and EliteDesk Mini systems, Gigabyte's Brix systems, a number of models from PC motherboard-makers like Asus and ASRock, and Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio.
The end of the NUC is due at least in part to Intel's recent financial strugglesthe company has had a few rough quarters since the end of the pandemic-era PC boom, losing billions of dollars as its consumer, workstation, and server businesses al...
Asesinato de bilogo estadounidense en Sonora se suma a la violencia contra cientficos en Mxico "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"
Gabriel Trujillo era imparable cuando de explorar la naturaleza se trataba. La botnica, su pasin, lo llev a explorar numerosos territorios para descifrar a las plantas y su comportamiento. En junio de 2023, esa bsqueda cientfica lo llev a viajar en su camioneta desde California, Estados Unidos, hasta la zona serrana de Sonora, en el noroeste de Mxico, para localizar ejemplares de Cephalanthus occidentalis, un arbusto crucial para sus investigaciones. Ese viaje cientfico termin con su muerte violenta.
El jueves 22 de junio, el cuerpo de Trujillo, con varios impactos de bala, fue encontrado en un barranco del tramo carretero que dirige de la localidad de San Nicols a Tepoca, en el municipio de Ycora. El cientfico de 31 aos y races mexicanas haba sido asesinado al menos tres das antes, el 19 de junio, fecha en que su familia lo report como desaparecido en esa regin que colinda con el estado de Chihuahua.
Desde que sus cercanos perdieron comunicacin con el investigador y estudiante de doctorado de la Universidad de Berkeley, los bilogos en Sonora y California comenzaron a buscarlo. Hicieron llamadas, se organizaron va WhatsApp, viajaron a la zona donde se le vio por ltima vez, se entrevistaron con gente que saba de su estancia en Sonora. No se detuvieron hasta encontrarlo. Esta bsqueda les cost amenazas.
Un bilogo mexicano que particip en la bsqueda de Trujillo, y que por seguridad se omite su nombre, narr que despus de que hicieron la denuncia por la desaparicin de su colega, comenzaron a recibir amenazas de muerte.
Ocho das despus del hallazgo de Trujillo, el 30 de junio, la Fiscala de Sonora inform a travs de un comunicado que se encuentra en el proceso de recolectar evidencias y datos de prueba para esclarecer los hechos y autora del homicidio, en coordinacin con instituciones de los tres niveles de gobierno.
El asesinato de Trujillo se sum a otros ataqu...
Israeli forces blind Palestinian child with stun grenade "IndyWatch Feed War"
Defence for Children Palestine | July 13, 2023
16-year-old Omar was hiding in a school when Israeli forces threw a stun grenade inside, which exploded in his face and blinded him in his right eye.
Safi Ahmad Mohammad Jawabra, 11, was shot by Israeli forces in the head above his left eye with a rubber-coated metal bullet around 10 a.m. on May 29, 2022 at the entrance to Al-Arroub refugee camp, near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International Palestine. Safi was walking home from school after completing his final exam in math when an Israeli soldier shot him in the head unexpectedly and without warning. While running away, another group of Israeli soldiers around 50 meters (164 feet) away fired tear gas canisters in front of Safi.
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Creating a World of Distrust "IndyWatch Feed War"
Todd Hayen I remember a time when people were left to their own devices when determining what to pay attention to and what to ignore. Remember Bat Boy? A strange Weekly World News (sister tabloid to the National Enquirer) creation set to terrorize and dismay. Did anyone really believe this? I doubt if many did.
Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on Earth? "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
New AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets inst "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Paper on Post-Vax Autopsies Swiftly Removed "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
These four U.S. nuclear plants will start producing clean hydrogen "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
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Microsoft Bug Allowed Hackers to Breach Over Two Dozen Organizations via Forged Azure AD Tokens "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Microsoft on Friday said a validation error in its source code allowed for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tokens to be forged by a malicious actor known as Storm-0558 using a Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key to breach two dozen organizations. "Storm-0558 acquired an inactive MSA consumer signing key and used it to forge authentication tokens for Azure AD enterprise and MSA
Reflecting on Irelands National Day of Commemoration "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"
Irelands National Day of Commemoration was first held in 1986 at the Garden of Remembrance in central Dublin, but later moved to the Royal Hospital, in Kilmainham in the citys western suburbs.
This year, for the first time, it moved out of the capital and was held at Collins Barracks in Cork. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that it may move to other regional centres.
The event is held annually on the Sunday nearest July 11, the date of the Anglo-Irish Truce during the War of Independence. The introduction of the annual ceremony followed years of controversy over how the State should remember those from Ireland who served in the British forces.
In 1983, the Defence Forces were represented at the Royal British Legions Remembrance Sunday service in Dublins St Patricks Cathedral, but this was criticised by retired generals and the Fianna Fil opposition. An all-party committee recommended the introduction of the Day of Commemoration, to remember both those who fought for Irish independence and those who served on the British side, as well as those from Ireland who fought in foreign wars, such as with the American army.
The initial event was boycotted by both the Fianna Fil leader, Charlie Haughey, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Bertie Ahern, but once the event was transferred to Kilmainham, it ceased to be controversial.
Each year, the President lays a wreath at the request of the taoiseach, and the event is attended by senior politicians, judges, members of the Council of State, diplomats, representatives of local authorities and of course relatives of those being honoured.
Veterans groups, such as the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women, and the Royal British Legion, attend each year, and in some years there are representatives present from Northern Ireland.
A religious ceremony forms an important part of the event, with music from the Defence Forces, and the changing nature of the ceremony reflects the increased diversity of Ireland. In its early days, the prayers and readings were delivered by the Catholic and Church of Ireland Archbishops of Dublin or their representatives, the Presbyterian Moderator and Methodist President or their representatives, along with a rabbi and on occasions a Baptist representative.
In 1994, for the first time, a Muslim representative joined the ceremony, there was a gap of one year before this resumed in 1996 and every year since has seen Muslim involvement. Some years later, the Orthodox Christians began to be involved, with participants varying between Greek, Russian, Romanian and Coptic Orthodox.
For close on a quarter century, then, the format was five Christian denominations Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian, Methodist and Orthodox, who joined with each other in giving a joint blessing along with the Jewish and Muslim representatives.
However, there have been further changes in recent years. In 2018, for the f...
How Kaiyo is building a circular market for furniture "IndyWatch Feed World"
By providing a full-service option for resellers, the decade-old company has found new homes for nearly 3000 tons of furniture that might otherwise have headed into landfills.
As much as I would like to participate in furniture re-commerce for the fun of finding something serendipitously while supporting the circular economy, the logistics defeat me.
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A Q&A with U.S. Womens National Team cocaptain Lindsey Horan "IndyWatch Feed World"
As her team heads into the World Cup, the soccer star reflects on how the sports landscape has changed during the decade shes been in the limelight.
Lindsey Horan has never been one for the status quo. Named a cocaptain with Alex Morgan of the U.S. womens national team as the squad heads into the 2023 World Cup, Horan didnt even play high school soccer. Instead she chose to play for her local club team in Golden, Colorado. But that didnt keep Parade magazine from naming Horan to its All-America High School Soccer Team in 2012. That same year, she turned down a scholarship to play at the University of North Carolinaone of the nations premier programsopting to join French professional club Paris-St. Germain FC right out of high school.
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Mixed Reactions Trail Iboris Visits To President Tinubu "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
LAGOS JULY 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The viral picture of
former Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori with President
Tinubu has continued to spark debate among Nigerians on social
media.
The African Examiner recalls that a few days back,
President Tinubu hosted ex-governors who governed their states from
May 1999. The former governors were on a solidarity visit to
Tinubu, who was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to
2007.
However, what got many people talking were the pictures of
Ibori and President Tinubu who many argued is not lovely for optics
as Ibori was a former ex-convict who was sentenced in 2012 for
money laundering in a court in the United Kingdom. He was handed a
13 years sentence.
He, however, served only four years out of the 13-year sentence handed by the UK court and was thereafter released from jail in 2016.
Ibori was said to have stolen more than $78.5m of public funds
and he was reported to have partly funded the election of Umaru
YarAdua as President of Nigeria in 2007.
Also, in 2021, former Justice Minister, Malami Abubakar,
acknowledged that Nigeria has received the naira equivalent of the
4.2 million of Iboris loot from the UK.
It is these past atrocities of the former Delta State governor that has made many question the integrity of the new administration of President Tinubu. The African Examiner gathers some of their views below as they took to Twitter to express their thoughts concerning the development.
@OInnocxnt writes: For those of you who dont remember, Ibori was sentenced to 13 years at a UK prison for embezzling 50m of Delta State funds as a sitting Governor. Here he is, hand in hand with his colleague at Aso Rock- the highest seat of power in Nigeria. APC is a crime scene.
@CallMeJossy writes: Its a Nigerian thing bro. We love and celebrate crime. Today in Delta state, Ibori is still the most celebrated leader. Man that was making state-wide decisions right from UK prison?
@MallamFunky writes: This is the Presidents personal residence, he can Recieve whom ever he pleases. You will do this for 8 years InshaAllah. Ibori had paid the price for whatever crime he was convicted of, there is restitution after f...
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The Federal Debt Trap: Issues and Possible Solutions "IndyWatch Feed War"
Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy, wrote the New York Times Editorial Board in a July 7 opinion piece, the government is paying the wealthy to borrow their money.
Titled America Is Living on Borrowed Money, the editorial observes that over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), annual federal budget deficits will average around $2 trillion per year. By 2029, just the interest on the debt is projected to exceed the national defense budget, which currently eats up over half of the federal discretionary budget. In 2029, net interest on the debt is projected to total $1.07 trillion, while defense spending is projected at $1.04 trillion. By 2033, says the CBO, interest payments will reach a sum equal to 3.6 percent of the nations economic output.
The debt ceiling compromise did little to alleviate that situation. Before the deal, the CBO projected the federal debt would reach roughly $46.7 trillion in 2033. After the deal, it projected the total at $45.2 trillion, only slightly less and still equal to 115% of the nations annual economic output, the highest level on record.
Acknowledging that the legislation achieved little, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said after the vote that he intended to form a bipartisan commission so we can find the waste and we can make the real decisions to really take care of this debt. The NYT Editorial Board concluded:
Any substantive deal will eventually require a combination of increased revenue and reduced spending . Both parties will have to compromise: Republicans must accept the necessity of collecting what the government is owed and of imposing taxes on the wealthy. Democrats must recognize that changes to Social Security and Medicare, the major drivers of expected federal spending growth, should be on the table. Anything less will prove fiscally unsustainable.
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India moon mission rocket blasts into space BBC News "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
India has launched its third Moon mission and is hoping to become to the first to land near its south pole which has rarely been explored.
If successful, the Chandrayaan-3s orbiter, lander and a rover are due to touch down on the Moons surface on 23 or 24 August.
The rocket set off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre space centre just after 09:05 GMT (10:05 BST; 14:35 local time).
The launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is the countrys first major mission since Prime Minister Narendra Modis government announced policies to spur investment in the space industry.
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Pentagon Dragging Its Feet Over F-16 Gifts To Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed War"
Pushed by the weapon industry the U.S. Defense Department is dragging its feet over the delivery of F-16 airplanes to Ukraine:
Pentagon: Ukraine battlefield situation currently not ideal for F-16 deployment
The battlefield conditions in Ukraine are currently not ideal for the employment of F-16 fighter jets, said Lieutenant General Douglas Sims, the director of operations of the Joint Staff, on July 13.
The conditions right now for the employment of the F-16s are probably not theyre probably not ideal, the general said at a press briefing.
I mean, the Russians still possess some air defense capability. They have air capability. And the number of F-16s that would be provided may not be perfect for whats going on right now, he clarified.
Lockheed-Martin, which still builds and sells the F-16 to various countries, is obviously not happy that the markets will soon learn that the F-16 have no fu**ing chance against modern Russian fighter planes and air-defenses.
Their coming destruction will scream Buy Russian! to the world and several countries will probably switch their provider and do so.
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Hungarian expert: MIGRATION is the major reason for France riots "IndyWatch Feed Africa"
Migration is the major reason for the ongoing riots in France, according to a Hungarian expert.
Viktor Marsai, executive director of the Hungarian Migration Research Institute (MRI), made the comment on July 2. He told the Hungarian channel M1 News that the riots taking place on French streets demonstrate the multitude of problems associated with mass migration.
In France, in recent decades, there have been several street riots like the current one, said Marsai. He continued that the riots mostly involve young people from immigrant backgrounds who are not integrated into society, do not go to school, have no job, and seek their rights via street demonstrations.
The MRI executive director also pointed out that integrating second- and third-generation immigrants is a difficult endeavor. He also expressed the belief that recently arriving migrants pose an even greater challenge.
Marsai was also asked about what the European Commissions proposed mandatory migrant quota would entail. If the plan is implemented, the number of refugee applications and procedures at the European Unions external borders will increase sharply, he replied.
According to Remix News, over 250,000 illegal entry attempts involving more than 100,000 illegal migrants were reported at Hungarys southern border. Marsai told M1 News that member states of the EU are not capable of processing that many asylum applications.
The rioting in France was triggered by the June 27 shooting of Nahel M., a 17-year-old of North African descent, for noncompliance with police officers at a traffic stop and speeding away. Per reports from the French Ministry of the Interior, rioters attacked police stations and gendarmerie barracks on June 30 alone leaving 79 police officers and gendarmes wounded. The rioters also burned down and vandalized about 1,350 vehicles and 266 buildings, including 26 town halls and 24 schools. (Related: French polices fatal shooting of a teenager triggers VIOLENT RIOTS across Paris and beyond.)
Big League Politics Jose Nino pointed out: Indeed, mass migration is taking its toll on France. There are massive costs associated with multiple decades of mass migration from countries with cultures totally alien from France.
Mike Stone Crocodile Tears for Entitled Hollywood Traitors "IndyWatch Feed War"
(Jane Fonda)
Like academia, movies have transformed from a venue for creative freedom to a dreary instrument of Communist indoctrination and social engineering.
So dont expect any sympathy for strikers or producers. Were happy to see Hollywood self-immolate and dance around the pyre.
Hello, kind sir. Could you please spare $100 for the poor striking actors?
So, are you crying tears of sadness over the joint Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strike?
Fran Drescher, president of the 160,000-member Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), says performers are victims after their demands for higher wages and protection from AI were rejected and they voted to strike.
The Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers had offered guild performers the highest percentage pay increase in 35 years, but nope, the actors turned it down. They now join members of the Writers Guild, who have been on strike since May 2, essentially shutting down the entire movie and television industry.
If you live in Los Angeles, like I do, you can see these clowns, parading up and down the street with their picket signs. Hanoi Jane even showed up at one demonstration, looking a hundred years old, and doing her best Norma Rae impersonation. I say all this as a former SAG member myself.
Russian Lawmakers Approve Ban on Gender Reassignment "IndyWatch Feed War"
Lawmakers from the Russian parliaments lower-house State Duma on Friday approved a ban on legal and surgical sex changes.
The bill was passed in its third and final reading, banning medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person and the state registration of a change of gender without an operation.
According to the legislation, medical commissions will determine a list of allowed interventions related to the treatment of congenital anomalies, genetic and endocrine diseases associated with the impaired formation of the genital organs in children.
This decision will protect our citizens and our children, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on the Telegram messaging app.
He described gender reassignment as the path leading to the degeneration of the nation, adding that this is unacceptable for Russia.
Human rights activists warn that banning gender reassignment will lead to the emergence of an underground market for surgeries and an increase in the number of suicides among transgender people.
The new legislation must now pass a single reading in the upper-house Federation Council before it can be signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin, steps seen as formalities.
Once passed, the bill will prohibit child adoption by those who have had a sex change, while also allowing for the annulment of marriages where one of the partners has undergone gender reassignment.
Russian officials have frequently cast Western liberal values, particularly gender and sexual freedoms, as a foreign ideology that threatens Russias so-called traditional and spiritual values.
Last year, Russia imposed a law banning the propaganda of LGBT relationships and lifestyles toward all ages, effectively outlawing public displays and media portrayals of non-heterosexual identities.
Senate Republicans: Biden created largest child trafficking ring in US history "IndyWatch Feed War"
U.S. Senate Republicans launched a video on Wednesday claiming that President Joe Biden has created the largest child trafficking ring in U.S. history.
The video quotes Republican senators at hearings expressing concern about the extraordinary number of unaccompanied minors being trafficked to and through the U.S. southern border. In one clip, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says Biden does not care about the 300,000-plus unaccompanied children that have been placed with sponsors since he became president.
In another, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says, The Biden administration has utterly failed to secure the border and has encouraged parents to send their minor alien children on dangerous trips to the United States unaccompanied. Its failed to protect these children after theyve been let into the United States.
The video points to reports that reveal at least 85,000 children have gone missing because the federal agencies tasked with caring for them cant account for where they are. After the children were smuggled into the U.S., the Biden administration released them to sponsors under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement.
The Biden administration says the children are coming to live with family members. But reports show many werent placed with family members or anyone else they knew.
Initial reports indicated more than 45,000 children, in just a few months evaluated in an Axios investigation, were missing by early 2022. Since then, that number has more than doubled. Unaccompanied minors using falsified papers have been working in meat processing plants, prompting federal investigations over alleged child labor law violations. Theyve also been involved in encouraging others to participate in organized crime at a public school by soliciting funds to pay their human smuggler, or coyote, who helped them illegally enter the U.S.
Last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called for an investigation and asked the Florida Supreme Court to empanel a grand jury to investigate trafficking of children into Florida. It did, and the grand jury found the federal governments management of unaccompanied childrens release and transport resulted in facilitating the forced migration, sale, and abuse of foreign children.
The process exposes children to horrifying health conditions, constant criminal threat, labor and sex trafficking, robbery, rape and other experiences not done justice by mere words, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said when announcing the findings in April. She also called on Congress to investigate and take action.
Since then, Congress has held several hearings, and clips from those hearings are highlighted in the Senate GOP video. The video also highlights information from New....
Climate Poison Pills in Congress "IndyWatch Feed War"
Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are unabashedly pro-global warming: Bring it on! Weve got air conditioners in our cars, offices, and homes no sweat! Not one Republican in Congress voted for the nations most inclusive climate bill of all time, the Inflation Reduction Act, not one Republican vote.
Meanwhile, here we go again, this coming fall, with Congress in another deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. They must pass several spending bills by September 30th when current funding expires or face another ugly quasi-default situation. Leading up to this white-knuckle drop-dead deadline, Republican lawmakers have armed themselves with a plethora of climate poison pills inserted into spending proposals. They hope to trim the budget by hammering climate funding.
They want to stop Bidens Inflation Reduction Act dead in its tracks, and climate change is a prime target for massive cuts, to hell with global warming. They dont buy into the climate change/global warming song and dance routine, as they like to reference it.
According to the Clean Budget Coalition, a watchdog group of advocacy nonprofits, at least seventeen (17) poison pill amendments have been issued to block clean energy funding. A poison pill is an amendment that weakens a legislative bills effectiveness and/or destroys its chances of passing.
This brings into focus a Republican Party that purportedly represents the interests of its constituents by torpedoing bills that mitigate global warming, consequently, eliminating green jobs in red states funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. There are lots of them. 1
Accordingly, red states will receive $337B in investments for large solar, wind, and storage projects, Democratic states $183B (Bloomberg News), making revenue assumptions more inclusive and beyond the Inflation Reduction Act of $375B as the act multiplies private initiatives.
An analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute, extending beyond renewable projects within the Inflation Reduction Act, red states will receive investments of $623B compared to $354B for blue states between now and 2030, assuming companies and consumers adopt clean technologies to meet national targets.
However, a new amendment proposal prohibits the federal government from buying electric vehicles. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) explains it, as follows: The military is no place to experiment with untested technology The combat readiness and training of soldiers and equipment is jeopardized by the compelled use of electric vehicles....
July 14 Putin is Chabad Boy Toy "IndyWatch Feed War"
(Putin with his Chabad handler, Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar)
Putins dismissal of a top Russian official for criticizing Chabad Satanism has made me change my mind about Putin and the Russian war. But the clincher is that Putin and Medvedev always refer to the West as Anglo Saxons when they know perfectly well that anglo saxons are getting their bums paddled in the West which is totally controlled by Satanist Jews (Chabad) and Freemasons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Alexei Pavlov, the official who labeled Chabad as a neo-pagan cult, from his position as the assistant secretary of Russias security council. The Russian state TASS news agency reported that the Kremlin published its decision on Friday.
The Russian news agency reports that Pavlov will now be moving on to another job after having served as the Assistant Secretary of the Security Council since 2009.
The reasons for Pavlovs dismissal were unstated by the document announcing the move.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-729243
Russian chief rabbi, Berel Lazar, who is part of Chabad, called the column, posted last November, a piece of vulgar antisemitism. His top deputy warned that the column heralded a new era in Russias relations with Jews.
In the column, Aleksey Pavlov, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, a government committee of experts, spoke of the need to perform desalinization in Ukraine, which Pavlov claimed had hundreds of neo-pagan cults. He included the Chabad-Lubavitch sect, as he called it, on a list of various religious groups that he said proved his point.
Loathsome Amiability: Why Watching Utopia Hurts "IndyWatch Feed War"
Lets be frank: watching Utopia hurts. It involves stinging your eyeballs, tearing your hair, and taking yourself to the ledge of a skyscraper to call the whole thing off. The fact that the characters are meant to be faux pleasing is no excuse not to loathe them.
This Australian satire on bureaucracy, specifically featuring the bureaucracy of infrastructure development, displays buffoonery, stupidity, and workplace retardation of hideous scale. It is a micro snapshot of the public service and its poisonous symbiosis with the political class, an insight into virtually any modern organisation in retreat from its principles. In it, we see the same recipe repeated across government departments, corporations, the modern failed university, and its managers.
From 2014, Utopia had two focal points: infrastructure projects of the National Building Authority, and the employees who, in various ways, advance, retreat, and then diminish the allocated task. Ideas struggle to be born. In their infancy, smothering is a must. If such ideas eventually develop legs, they will be shackled and bound.
How this is manifested varies. It could come in the form of a feasibility study. The outcome of that feasibility study is bound to lead to other studies, and so forth, suggesting a law of false productivity. If changes do take place, they never progress beyond tinkering with fences or redesigning logos. The rest is just enactment and illusion. The projects that do eventually get realised in all their horror are the cockups, the bungles, the budget nightmares.
The office dimension is salient in Utopia, a universe where kindly failure is celebrated. It is the site of constipated endeavours, where the only possible momentum takes place via catering choices and the watercooler. Where work is not actually done (there is a preference for work about work), and progress painfully slow, distractions in language and communications offer solace and salvation. Human Resource freaks take centre stage and parade; legal advisors intervene and meddle in priestly instruction. There is a focus on professional development, a spotlight on diet, protocols of behaviour.
There is, however, a conscious departure in the series from brute workplace aggression and manic bullying in the manner of The Thick of It. It is precisely this recipe that gives Utopia its self-harming appeal. You are meant to find the characters amiable, even mildly likable. Banish the thought.
Rob Sitch, the director of the series who also plays the frustrated Tony Woodford, head of the NBA, puts it like this: Utopia came along at a time when the idea of someone yelling at people in the workplace went out years ago. So, it is all these quiet, passive-a...
Trebuchet Sends Eggs Flying "IndyWatch Feed Tech"
Without any sort of restrictions on designs for trebuchets, these medieval siege weapons are known to send 90 kilogram projectiles over 300 meters. The egg-launching trebuchet contest that [AndysMachines] is entering, on the other hand, has a few limitations that dramatically decreased the size of the machines involved. The weight of the entire device is limited to no more than 3 kg, with any physical dimension no more than 300 mm, but thats more than enough to send an egg flying across a yard with the proper design and tuning for maximum distance.
Trebuchets distinguish themselves amongst other siege weapons by using a falling weight to launch the projectile. The rules of this contest allow for the use of springs, so [AndysMachines] is adding a spring in between the trebuchet arm and the weight in order to more efficiently deliver the energy from the falling weight. More fine tuning of the trebuchet was needed before the competition, though, specifically regarding the stall point for the trebuchet. This is the point where the forces acting on the arm from the projectile and the weight are balanced, and moving this point to allow the projectile to release at a 45-degree angle was needed for maximum distance.
The video goes into a lot of detail about other fine-tuning of...
Justin Trudeaus Political Prisoners "IndyWatch Feed War"
Its been 18 months since Canadas Freedom Convoy rocked the world, when truckers from all corners of Canada descended on Ottawa to protest Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus vindictive and punishing vaccine mandates. The three-week long protest was a joyous expression of human solidarity in the face of two years of ginned up moral panic and psychological warfare perpetrated against Canadians by their own government, and the shockwaves were felt throughout the worldboth from the power of the protest and the vicious response to it by Trudeau.
While the Convoy was still hundreds of kilometers from Ottawa, Trudeaus Public Safety Minister, Marco Mendocino, was planning a media campaign deploying a similar message to the one used in response to the Jan. 6 attacks in Washington, D.C. which would emphasize the more extreme elements of the protestors. Trudeau memed himself into believing that a January 6 type insurrection was about to storm Parliament Hill, and promptly vacated the city to hide at a chalet in rural Quebec, where he remained for several days.
The Freedom Convoy did not deliver on any of these manufactured concerns. In the three weeks of the protest, not a single violent act was committed. The protesters cleaned the streets of Ottawa and fed the homeless, and the weekends were raucous and joyful, with techno dance parties in the streets lasting into the wee hours.
Against such revelry, Trudeau invoked The Emergencies Act, which allows the Canadian government to suspend civil liberties in the face of a so-called state of emergency. The invocation brought an end to the protests and launched a Kafkaesque nightmare for many who were involved. Bank accounts were seized and funds confiscated. Tamara Lich was arrested, and still faces charges of counseling mischief for her role organizing the protest. And four othersChris Lysak, Chris Carbert, Anthony (Tony) Olienick, and Jerry Morinhave been held without a trial and without bail for charges related to conspiracy to commit murder against Canadian police officers at the Coutts, Alberta border crossing.
These are serious charges, which should imply serious evidence presented at an expeditious trial; yet at time of writing, it has been 515 days since these men were arrested, and no trial has yet taken place.
Worse, the evidence on off...
The real reason you cant find a place to sleep in an airport "IndyWatch Feed World"
Airport designers explain why terminals are so uncomfortable.
Storms, heat, and a busy holiday weekend all combined into a worst-case-scenario for many air travelers in the U.S. earlier this month. People traveling for the Fourth of July holiday faced thousands of flight delays and cancellations, and many ended up spending much of their extended weekend inside the walls of an airport terminal.
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Noble Scientist says Climate Change is a Hoax "IndyWatch Feed World"
Dr. John Clauser, the co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Physics prize has come out and said the whole nonsense of Climate Change caused exclusively by CO2 is an absolute HOAX. Anyone who has ever studied physics cannot possibly conclude otherwise. There is absolutely NOTHING that can ever be reduced to a single cause and effect in anything. It is always a complex dynamic.
Here is Bill Gates who I would not trust to walk my dog admitting that blaming CO2 is not without dispute. There is just nothing, even in market movements, that can be reduced to a single cause and effect PERIOD! Perhaps he should have paid attention in physics class, assuming he took it.
One of our clients was one of the top 5 Australian mining companies. Their CFO lost more than $50 million in the currency. They ordered him to meet with me. He knew my track record and said perhaps it was just a coincidence. Finally, I asked him what his background was. He hesitated and said physics. I said GREAT! Now look at the market through the Second Law of Thermodynamics. His jaw dropped and said OMG, there has to be a cycle. I said you got it.
Heat always moves from hotter objects to colder objects (or “...
Se violan tratados internacionales; SRE se pronuncia por muro flotante en Ro Bravo "IndyWatch Feed Noramerica"
El gobierno de Texas inform que se comenz la instalacin de un muro flotante de boyas en el Ro Bravo, para impedir la entrada de []
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DEA Can Now Confiscate the White House As Crack House "IndyWatch Feed World"
Civil asset forfeiture is a controversial policy that empowers law enforcement officers and representatives to seize personal property cash, cars, homes, boats, jewelry, and clothing from anyone, even if the property owner is not suspected of criminal activity. If you rent your house out and the renter engages in drugs, kiss your property goodbye. This is the THIRD Trime the White House has been used as a drug den since this is the third time the Secret Service has discovered drugs in the White House. Anyone else would have lost their home on the first offense. Perhaps the DEA will follow the law and not yield to special interests to look the other way.
Endgame: US Federal Debt Interest Payments About To Hit $1 Trillion "IndyWatch Feed World"
There was a shocking number in today's latest monthly US Budget Deficit report. No, it wasn't that US government outlays unexpectedly soared 15% to $646 billion in June, up almost $100 billion from a year ago...
FDA confirms Graphene Oxide is in the mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines after being forced to publish Confidential Pfizer Documents by order of the US Federal Court "IndyWatch Feed World"
The Covid-19 vaccines have been at the centre of a heated debate since their introduction, with many questions and concerns raised about their safety and effectiveness. Speculation has also been rife that the Covid-19 injections may contain traces of Graphene Oxide, a highly toxic and conductive substance.
Globalists Suggest 'Finance Shock' And Climate Controls To Launch Their Great Reset - Alt-Market.us "IndyWatch Feed World"
At the end of June government leaders and think-tank power brokers from around the world met at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris. Participants include United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President Ajay Banga.
More Than 50 Heads Of State Met In Paris For The Summit For A New Global Financing Pact "IndyWatch Feed World"
Despite a media blackout by the American media, the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact brought more than 50 world leaders to Paris for a meeting which is sure to have far reaching consequences for the world. On June 22 and 23, President Emmanuel Macron welcomed 50 heads of state, representatives of NGOs and civil society organizations to Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact. Although the summit received little to no reporting from the American media, it was the latest effort to reset the international financial system as part of the continued push towards the 2030 Agenda and Net Zero goals.
Every outdoor ad may soon look like Times Square and Las Vegas "IndyWatch Feed World"
The viral Maybelline campaign and the debut of the Sphere in Las Vegas point to a landscape dominated by immersive, interactive digital advertising.
The double-decker bus is a London icon, so when one of them appears to be putting on makeup, well, people are going to pay attention.
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Erdogan's deal with the devil: Biden offered Trkiye IMF 'loan' to ratify Sweden's NATO bid "IndyWatch Feed World"
Ankara this week rolled back its opposition to Stockholm joining the US-led bloc Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh claimed on Thursday that US President Joe Biden offered his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan more than $11 billion in IMF assistance to ratify Sweden's bid to join the NATO bloc. In an article posted to his Substack account, Hersh wrote that he had been informed by an anonymous source that "Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit" would be established for Trkiye by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was to be in return, Hersh suggested, for Erdogan removing Ankara's objection to Stockholm joining the US-led military bloc ahead of the NATO summit that took place this week in Lithuania.
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