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‘No one can sit out the coming storm’: Putin’s milestone Valdai speech
Western hegemony should be replaced with an actual order respectful of all, the Russian leader said
The world is entering a decade of tumult as the pursuit of a more just world order clashes with the arbitrary hegemony of the collective West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, addressing the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.
Putin’s speech ranged from biodiversity to “cancel culture,” the nature of what the West has to offer and Russia’s response, followed by hours of answering audience questions. Here are six key points from his opening remarks.
Russia’s move away from dollar ‘irreversible’ – leading banker
Andrei Kostin says the country’s foreign trade has shifted to settlement in national currencies
Russia is moving away from using the US dollar and euro in foreign trade, a process that is “irreversible,” claimed Andrei Kostin, the head of VTB Bank, one of Russia’s largest lenders.
“Quitting the US dollar and euro is already an irreversible process for Russia. Taking into account the current trend, our main foreign trade partners in the medium term will be China, the EAEU countries, Turkey, India, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Switching to national currencies in trade with this particular group of countries is the top priority for us,” Kostin said at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Baku on Thursday.
Biden questions Putin’s nuclear intentions
The US president claimed that his Russian counterpart keeps talking about using a “tactical nuclear weapon” in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden voiced skepticism over Moscow’s assurances against the use of nuclear weapons, just hours after the Russian leader argued that his country has no logical reason to take such a drastic step, and accused the West of shaping public opinion to blame Russia for a possible “nuclear incident” in Ukraine.
Asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments earlier on Thursday that Moscow has nothing to gain from deploying nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Biden answered with a question of his own, saying: “if he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it?”
In Stunning Strategy Reversal, Pentagon Will No Longer Rule Out Use Of Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear Threat
Well, we're finally there: stocks are officially trading off nuclear war headlines.
Moments ago, as part of his closely-watched speech, Vladimir Putin appeared to talk down the likelihood of a nuclear attack in Ukraine:
*PUTIN: NO POLITICAL, MILITARY REASON IN NUKE STRIKE IN UKRAINE
As Bloomberg just reported, the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy rejects limits on using nuclear weapons long championed by arms control advocates (and, in the not too distant past, by Joe Bide) citing burgeoning threats from Russia and China.
“By the 2030s the United States will, for the first time in its history face two major nuclear powers as strategic competitors and potential adversaries,” the Defense Department said in the long-awaited document issued Thursday. In response, the US will “maintain a very high bar for nuclear employment” without ruling out using the weapons in retaliation to a non-nuclear strategic threat to the homeland, US forces abroad or allies.
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles
The US and South Korea claim that a series of recent launches by Pyongyang were carried out in preparation for a nuclear test
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its coast on Friday, the latest in a series of launches since the start of this month, the South Korean military has said.
Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it “detected the launches from the Tongchon area in Kangwon Province.” The Tongchon range is located some 60 km (37 miles) from the inter-Korean border. It appears to be closer to South Korean territory than any other launch site used by Pyongyang this year.
Israel Attacks Syrian Capital For 3rd Time Since Friday After Zelensky Claims It's Soft On Terror
On Wednesday Israel launched yet another missile attack on Damascus, which notably marks the third one against Damascus since Friday. Significantly Friday's attack had been the first major strike in a month - though prior to this the aerial assaults had come semi-regularly.
"Four people collaborating with Hezbollah, including one Syrian fighter, were killed in an attack attributed to Israel on Damascus' outskirts on Wednesday overnight, in the third such strike in less than a week, according to a human rights group in Syria," Haaretz reports. However the Syrian government didn't confirm any casualties.
Ex-Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns against sending weapons to Ukraine
(Natural News) Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned against sending weapons to Ukraine as they could easily end up in the hands of the Iranians.
“On the question of weapons, there’s always a possibility, and this has happened time and again, that weapons that we supplied in one battlefield end up in Iranian hands used against us,” he said.
“In the Golan Heights, where we’re trying to prevent Iran from creating a second Lebanon front, a second terrorist front against us, we encounter Israeli-made weapons.” (Related: Ukraine-bound weapons shipments will end up in Iran’s hands, former Israeli PM Netanyahu warns.)
China remains top threat to US – Pentagon
Despite rising tensions with Russia over the Ukraine crisis, America’s generals have again pegged Beijing as their number one concern
China remains the top national security threat to the US, even as the Ukraine conflict escalates tensions between Washington and Moscow, the Pentagon has reported in its latest annual defense assessment.
“The most comprehensive and serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s (People’s Republic of China) coercive and increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region and the international system to suit its interests and authoritarian preferences,” the Pentagon said on Thursday in its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) report.
EU countries have reached a provisional agreement to ban new combustion-engine cars from 2035
Investment banks, CEOs predict recession happening soon as economic index declines further
(Natural News) All signs point to a recession happening soon in the United States.
Major investment banks are predicting a major economic decline, while CEOs of the country’s top companies are already bracing for a recession before the end of the year or early next year. (Related: Bloomberg model projection says recession is 100% certain in next 12 months.)
They know a recessionary period lurks around the corner after a key economic indicator dropped further in September.
Elon Musk is officially Twitter's new owner, and he's firing executives already
Elon Musk is now the owner of Twitter.
Thursday evening, Twitter and Musk formally closed on the billionaire's offer to take the company private by paying $54.20 per share, equal to about $44 billion, sources close to the deal told Insider. Musk made a U-turn on the offer in October, after spending months trying to back out of the agreement. The same evening, Musk also ousted CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal, the sources said. Chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde and general counsel Sean Edgett are out, too.
Amazon falls over 20% in after-hours on weak Q4 outlook.
Doctor Warns: Covid 'Vaccine' Designed to Infiltrate Every Part of Your Body, 'That's Why People Are Dying'
Insurance people and the mortuary professionals are saying we’ve had a death rate increase worldwide of 25 to 40 percent,” said Dr. Chris Alan Shoemaker.
Lawyers Prepare to Sue Any State That Requires COVID-19 Vaccination to Attend School
Any state that requires COVID-19 vaccination to attend school will face a lawsuit, lawyers said this week.
The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), run by TV host Del Bigtree, has pledged to finance up to 50 lawsuits, Aaron Siri, who frequently represents the group, said.
“ICAN has told us it will financially support a challenge against any state. So, if all 50 states require it to attend school, ICAN will support challenging the mandate in every single one of those states,” Siri told The Epoch Times.
Doctors find Graphene is shedding from the COVID Vaccinated to the Unvaccinated, forming Blood Clots & decimating Blood Cells
In his latest set of slides of blood samples taken from both “vaccinated” and unvaccinated people, Dr. Philippe van Welbergen demonstrated that the graphene being injected into people is organising and growing into larger fibres and structures, gaining magnetic properties or an electrical charge and the fibres are showing indications of more complex structures with striations.
He also demonstrated that “shards” of graphene are being transmitted from “vaccinated” to vaccine-free or unvaccinated people destroying their red blood cells and causing blood clots in the unvaccinated.
Wuhan plunged back into LOCKDOWN - nearly three years after pandemic began - as China continues its brutal 'zero-Covid' regime
The Chinese city at the heart of the Covid pandemic has been plunged back into lockdown.
More than 800,000 people in Wuhan have been told to stay at home until the end of the week. Authorities have reintroduced the draconian restriction — even though the city is only recording around 25 cases a day.
At least 200million people in 28 cities across China are living under lockdown curbs, such as stay-at-home orders, mass testing and shop closures.
China today logged 1,000 cases for the third day in a row — a tiny figure compared to standards in other countries.
Single Use and Reusable Face Masks Found to Contain Cancer-Causing Titanium Dioxide
In a study of 12 face masks, every mask contained titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles in at least one layer, at levels that “exceeded the acceptable exposure level.”
The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies titanium dioxide as a Group 2B carcinogen, which means it is “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by inhalation.
A meta-analysis called for a rethinking of nano-TiO2 safety, citing numerous toxic effects in humans and aquatic animals.
Masks take both a physical and psychological toll; the journal Paediatrics highlighted the emotional burden felt by parents, clinicians and patients due to wearing masks in paediatric cancer wards.
PayPal Has Quietly Reinstated Its $2,500 Fine For ‘Misinformation’
Payment giant PayPal has quietly reinstated its $2,500 fine for spreading so-called “misinformation” or “discrimination”, allowing the platform to pull thousands of dollars from the accounts of users who engage in wrongspeak.
Early this month, we reported that PayPal announced it would seize $2,500 from your account if you spread “misinformation” or “discrimination” of groups or individuals based on gender identity. The payment giant later backed down after a huge social media backlash and claimed the notice “went out in error” and will not seize funds from its customers for promoting “misinformation.”
Parents Outraged Over Philadelphia Schools Plan To Hold Drag Event For 6 Yr Olds
The popular Albert Greenfield public school in Philadelphia has sparked outrage after announcing that it plans to host a Drag Queen Story Hour for its first graders.
Parents of the six to seven year olds were furious after they were sent a notification about the forthcoming drag queen story hour with their child’s class.
In response to the parent’s concern, Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee State Sen. Doug Mastriano vowed, if elected, to appoint a secretary of education who would curb “woke nonsense” and focus instead on “preparing students for the real world.”
From The East Coast To The West Coast, The U.S. Continues To Be Hit By An Endless Series Of Disasters
Over the past several years, it has just been one thing after another. Just when we think that things are starting to settle down a little bit, another disaster suddenly strikes. In all my years, I have never seen anything like this. Month after month, bad things just keep happening from coast to coast, and this endless series of disasters has caused a tremendous amount of long-term damage.
Let me give you a few examples. Thanks to citrus greening disease, Florida was already on pace for the worst orange crop since World War II, but then Hurricane Ian made things much worse. As a result, it is now being projected that the upcoming orange crop in Florida will be a whopping 32 percent smaller than the previous one…
Hawaii residents are warned that world's largest volcano could ERUPT after recent earthquakes - lava would quickly reach homes on Big Island where Matthew McConaughey and Roseanne Barr have properties
Hawaii's civil defense agency is holding meetings across the island to educate residents about how to prepare for a possible emergency.
The Big Island is home to about 200,000 people, including comedian Roseanne Barr, who brought property in 2007 and has been living there in recent years. Oscar-winner actor Matthew McConaughey bought $7.85million home in 2021, but spends most of his time in his home state of Texas.
Harvard Professor Claims Galileo Project UFO/UAPs/Alien Data Will Be Public By 2023, No Secrets
On November 10, 2021, Dr. Loeb attended the Ignatius Forum at the Washington National Cathedral along with Jeff Bezos, Bill Nelson and Avril Haines, director of national intelligence. He had the opportunity to ask Haines about her thoughts on the nature of UAPs to which she responded without hesitation that she didn't know.
The Harvard professor is not satisfied with the government's work on the phenomenon and urges scientists to get involved in these activities. “Because the sky is not classified it is only the sensors that the government is using that are classified and that is why the data is classified. So Project Galileo will try to establish a data stream open to the public, the way science is done. Everyone will be able to access the data and it will be of high quality.”
Wow. Have been distracted in recent weeks, but it appears we're circling the drain quicker than ever.
Per the Chinese expression/curse, we certainly live in interesting times.
There is so much to unpack, but time is short and this one leapt out like a senile POTUS bounding after the icecream truck;
[Asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments earlier on Thursday that Moscow has nothing to gain from deploying nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Biden answered with a question of his own, saying: “if he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it?”]
Is anyone else weirded out that the US 'Government' is pulling the same 'grade-school-logic' 'blame the other guy for a false flag attack that you are yourself planning to execute'? And that the subject matter is a nuclear or radiological weapon? Bad enough when it was used at the start of the 'war' or over a pipeline, but rattling those sabers?
Russia is no threat to anyone. Except for the nuclear dimension. While this Kabuki-war has served many interests, and the Globalist Psychopath script requires a major shock to execute the final stage of controlled demolition, surely some adult in power is going to balk at formenting a nuclear exchange? With all of the unknowable variables and potential for a hideous butchers bill?
I guess it isn't just the CCP which has a 'No Limits' doctrine for asymmetric warfare.
Interesting Times, indeed!
Peace.
was looking for a citrus tree to purchase this past week and they are no longer available in Southern California due to the imported Asian Citrus Psyllid infestation - hosts the citrus greening disease (huanglongbing) …considering kiwi vines 🥝 as substitute
https://cisr.ucr.edu/invasive-species/asian-citrus-psyllid