Re: #73 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Zambeezi]

Theater of the Absurd

NEW - Thousands of National Guard troops that have been stationed in DC since January 6 will finally be able to leave the capital. The move comes after the Department of Defense declined to extend the deployment of the remaining troops beyond today.

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 23, 2021

[刘汉]

#Palestine #PalestinianLivesMatter https://t.co/0xrL8Zyo42

— ASHRAF BHAT (@ashkul111) May 24, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

| Police violence against anti-lockdown demonstrators in #Germany's capital #Berlin.pic.twitter.com/Fwu9ISjJOb

— EHA News (@eha_news) May 23, 2021

[Böhse Tante]

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I could tell you several stories about German police since the 70s. Two times I had some luck to not be dead. No joke. One was even hours after a protest were they hunted every group of younger people all over the city. They tried to run over us with a water cannon as we were on the way to a park. Another was when we protested peaceful against a fascist party. Police were running against us, several people fell down and then the police trampled over our bodies. They had run over my back, my neck and head. One time I even saw them beating a pregnant women to the ground who walked far away from the demo and she had done nothing. That was the day Mr. Carter visited Frankfurt, afair 1978.

So such pics are absolutely nothing new to me.

[Zambeezi]

[Zambeezi]

Rand Paul Refusing to Get Vaccinated Because He Already Had COVID-19
https://archive.is/PW5sY
https://nypost.com/2021/05/23/rand-paul-wont-get-vaccinated-because-he-already-had-covid/

Sen. Rand Paul said he won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine because he has already had the coronavirus and believes he now has “natural immunity.”

Paul (R-Ky.), one of the first senators to test positive for the virus last March, told John Catsimatidis on his WABC 770 AM radio show that it’s a personal decision to opt-out of the vaccine.

An ophthalmologist, Paul said unless he sees evidence proving that the vaccine is more effective than having survived the virus, he won’t be getting the shot.

“Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers, or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that I’m not getting vaccinated because I’ve already had the disease and I have natural immunity,” Paul said in the interview that aired Sunday.

[Zambeezi]

Oil prices fell almost 3% last week after
►Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, said the United States was ready to lift sanctions on his country's oil, banking and shipping sectors.
However,
►over the weekend, speaker of Iran's parliament said Sunday a three-month monitoring deal between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog had expired
and that the country would block inspectors from accessing nuclear site images.
However,
►offsetting some of the tension, on Monday morning - and as expected - a one-month extension to the monitoring agreement has been announced.
And yet,
►the mood soured further after Secretary of State Blinken said that there was no sign yet that Iran is willing to comply with nuclear commitments needed to lift sanctions, when asked if a decision was made to lift sanctions on Iran.
"No sign yet Iran will take steps needed to remove sanctions" -U.S.'s Blinken
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/no-sign-yet-iran-will-take-steps-needed-remove-sanctions-uss-blinken-2021-05-23/

Lifting Trump's sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal & moral obligation. NOT negotiating leverage.

Didn’t work for Trump—won't work for you.

Release the Iranian people’s $Billions held hostage abroad due to US bullying

Trump's legacy is past its expiration date. Drop it, @POTUS

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

What a difference Rand Paul makes...
Fauci Finally Admits COVID-19 May Have Come From Wuhan Lab, 'Not Convinced' Of Natural Origin
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fauci-finally-admits-covid-19-may-have-come-wuhan-lab-not-convinced-natural-origin



still lying/covering up... fabricating a China!China!China! weaponizing scheme...
when in FACT... it was a Corporate 'Big Pharma' weaponizing scheme for crafting a pandemic for profit.
Not Nationalist China but Big Pharma.

but now....
watch the neo-cons (like HYPER NEO-CON Sen. Tom Cotton) twist this latest 'not natural' confession to accuse Fauci
of covering up for Chinese 'military' not Big Pharma (the real 'for profit' culprit):




how it started^^^^^
where it's going:

'We need to defend ourselves' | Asian Americans join fight against Biden's efforts to tighten gun laws

Follow us on Telegram https://t.co/4xzXvnOzWv pic.twitter.com/d6D5vgouI6

— RT (@RT_com) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

Belarusian regime-change operative Roman Protasevich, who was detained on a plane for trying to overthrow his government in collaboration with Western powers, worked for the propaganda arm of the US-backed neo-Nazi Ukrainian militia the Azov Battalion.

He is a literal fascist https://t.co/Nn4jEQUX9c

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 24, 2021

In addition to being a #CIA agent and an organizer of a failed coup in #Belarus, it turns out scumbag #Protasevich was also a volunteer in #Ukrainian neo-nazi #Azov battalion that fought in #Donbass.

Call him whatever you will, but a “journalist” he is not.

Tears are delicious. pic.twitter.com/AxYnOEG5g2

— Sergey Bobkov (@sbobkov) May 24, 2021

 

RFE/RL is a CIA cutout (originally named Radio Liberation from Bolshevism). All the people named here are US government-funded regime-change operatives involved in a well-funded Western-backed attempt to overthrow the government of Belarus and install a neoliberal client regime https://t.co/ybxJoIJxrE

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 24, 2021

 

Whatever measures the EU takes in Belarus from today will not be motivated by concerns about "democracy" or "free speech".

There were no sanctions against Saudi Arabia when it dismembered Khashoggi, Britain when it kidnapped Assange, or Israel when it decimated media offices.

— Paweł Wargan (@pawelwargan) May 24, 2021

hypocrisy of von der Leyen crocodile tears

If only Israel had briefly detained an airliner full of Palestinian children instead of slaughtering dozens of them in their beds with generations of their families. https://t.co/onmexJEXnN

— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

pre-emptive measures against NATO 'plans' to use more neo-ottoman proxies

Today Russia donated 30 T-72MS Tanks and 30 BRDM-2MS Armored reconnaissance vehicles to the Serbian Army pic.twitter.com/dqAdlnhi6F

— Based Serbia (@SerbiaBased) May 23, 2021

 

[Zambeezi]

Today

According to the ISWNews, the Iraqi Resistance groups used Falaq 1 rockets in this attack. The Falaq 1 rocket has a range of about 10 km and with a warhead of 50 kg, and its destructive radius is up to 100 meters.

— IWN (@A7_Mirza) May 24, 2021

Yday

#Iraq
Late on May 23, Iraqi resistance group targeted a US logistical convoy in the Basrah area with a roadside bomb.https://t.co/Pjh00vJzoh

— IWN (@A7_Mirza) May 24, 2021

[Mr Badger]

British government orders UK aircraft to avoid Belarus airspace, suspends operating permit of country's flag carrier Belavia https://t.co/q2YcfUgoW0 via @AFP

— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

no Hajj 4 U!

When it comes to vaccines, Saudi Arabia is choosing the stick instead of the carrothttps://t.co/4onFNkMmEt

— RT (@RT_com) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

"two-state is dead"

'The two-state solution is dead...that agenda has been destroyed by Israel'

-@DrHananAshrawi on Israel's aerial bombardment of #Gaza, the illegal occupation of #Palestine and much more

FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/8h9pVcxxlN pic.twitter.com/w9nxOy85dT

— Going Underground on RT (@Underground_RT) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

another. test. spit.

The test is likely to be the fastest in the world upon rollouthttps://t.co/rUYkiFyAcM

— RT (@RT_com) May 24, 2021

"yes sir... i'll need you to step out of line... and come with me."
bio-fascism.

[Zambeezi]

wow. there must be what? 50 people there??

Hundreds attend pro-Israel rally in #London

Follow us on Telegram https://t.co/4xzXvnOzWv pic.twitter.com/1sn2rM7vTf

— RT (@RT_com) May 24, 2021

[刘汉]

"two-state is dead"

'The two-state solution is dead...that agenda has been destroyed by Israel'

-@DrHananAshrawi on Israel's aerial bombardment of #Gaza, the illegal occupation of #Palestine and much more

FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/8h9pVcxxlN pic.twitter.com/w9nxOy85dT

— Going Underground on RT (@Underground_RT) May 24, 2021

 

China, who has chaired the UN security council session on this matter in a very neutral way and have exposed the position of US, still adhere to the two-state-solution. But as I have learned today, there seems to be a discussion going on in Chinese social media. Suddenly Chinese students come to me and ask me (they know, that I am from Germany) about the Jewish question. Chinese normally don't interfere into internal affaires of any state and are not interested in politics at all. But this new clash was an eye-opener for them.

[刘汉]

Good. Same should have been done to Hezbollah.
Zero tolerance. https://t.co/bDll5aLSqD

— Andreas Fagerbakke (@afagerbakke) May 24, 2021

[Mr Badger]

I can now confirm that a number of Russian Tu-22M bombers have landed in Khmeimim AB in Syria's Lattakia.

— Within Syria (@WithinSyriaBlog) May 24, 2021

[Mr Badger]

BREAKING: Belarus expels all Latvian diplomatic and administrative staff from embassy in Minsk. All must leave within 48 hours

— Conflict News (@Conflicts) May 24, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

https://t.co/0Z7Q5ClJbg pic.twitter.com/VejcPJqiy9

— The Empire Files (@EmpireFiles) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

Since the Magna Carta... a bedrock legal protection against any 'imprisonment for debt'
has been fundamental within western justice systems.
It's like 'Law course 101'. Apparently not anymore...

Alec Karakatsanis
@equalityAlec
Thread: This mothers day, I'm thinking about Cindy Rodriguez. She was a 51-year-old mother of two living with a physical disability. She was arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store. What happened next will shake you to the core, and inspire you. (1)
https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1391410329893183492

[Zambeezi]

.@BernieSanders is undermining the Palestinian cause. He cannot be a gatekeeper policing how Palestinians can talk about reality. Israel is an apartheid state. To deny that is to side with it. https://t.co/TyRrhZYujK

— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) May 23, 2021

[Zambeezi]

British government orders UK aircraft to avoid Belarus airspace, suspends operating permit of country's flag carrier Belavia https://t.co/q2YcfUgoW0 via @AFP

— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) May 24, 2021

Evo waiting for an apology from Europe for the time they downed his plane so as to help the US persecute a whistleblower. pic.twitter.com/QkQlmbxxsp

— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

[KneelB4Zod!]

Multiple Tu-22M3 bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces landed in Russia’s military base in Syria pic.twitter.com/JVtdj93Qgf

— ASB News / MILITARY (@ASBMilitary) May 24, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

Few hours later two Tu22M3 only 30km from Turkey https://t.co/CY21FQxbUj pic.twitter.com/1rlCMNSJl4

— ZOKA (@200_zoka) May 24, 2021

Polish President Duda after meeting with Turkish counterpart Erdogan in Ankara:

– Turkey is “strongest ally” of Poland in its region
– Turkish companies can invest in various sectors including railways in Poland

pic.twitter.com/7rlY974WT3

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) May 24, 2021

[Zambeezi]

finally. Ali Özkök & Ragıp Soylu shed their sheepskins.
go lick some gray wolf balls. spit.

[Talos]

Abby Martin
@AbbyMartin
Proud to announce that we have officially won our lawsuit against the state of Georgia’s anti-BDS law, which has been struck down as a result of our case!

https://mobile.twitter.com/AbbyMartin/status/1396869240913678338

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
@ThePCJF
BREAKING: Huge Victory in our BDS Free Speech case in Georgia on behalf of
@AbbyMartin
. Federal Court rules Georgia's anti-BDS law unconstitutional, violates Abby's First Amendment & Due Process rights by demanding she renounce support for BDS. Co-counsel are
@CAIRNational
& PCJF

https://mobile.twitter.com/ThePCJF/status/1396839072405102592

[Talos]

Good. Same should have been done to Hezbollah.
Zero tolerance. https://t.co/bDll5aLSqD

— Andreas Fagerbakke (@afagerbakke) May 24, 2021

Lol zero chance those cowards will attack Hezbollah