Re: #75 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Abacus]

(July 20, 2021) Israeli — not Chinese — firm caught exporting its ‘authoritarian model’
Politicians and pundits in Washington have long warned that China is seeking to erode global democracy
and “export its authoritarian model,” but the culprit behind explosive spy revelations
this week appears to be America’s closest military ally in the Middle East.

Reports by The Guardian and Washington Post, among others, said that NSO Group, a private Israeli firm
with links to the state, developed and sold governments licenses for hacking software called “Pegasus.”
The tool is capable of penetrating smartphones, granting access to their most sensitive data,
and remotely activating features such as cameras and microphones.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense closely regulates NSO and individually signs off on new export licenses
for its surveillance technology – making it likely that the program was well-known if not endorsed at the highest levels of the Israeli government.
Less than 24 hours after this bombshell dropped, the United States joined the European Union, NATO, Japan and its “Five Eyes” allies
in a Monday morning media blitz accusing China of orchestrating a global cyber hacking campaign,
including a large attack on Microsoft first disclosed in March.
responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/07/20/israeli-not-chinese-firm-caught-exporting-its-authoritarian-model/

[KneelB4Zod!]

Some hours ago...:

NOW - Paris: Fire near the Matignon Palace, the residence of the French Prime Minister. Media outlets reporting it is the building of the Italian embassy that is ablaze. pic.twitter.com/0DSnWpW81j

— Italia (@italia_patriot) July 20, 2021

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Ignatius J. Reilly
@YoureAllDunces (July 19, 2021)

I was just permanently banned on @PayPal
for no stated reason other than an undefined gesture toward its "Acceptable Use Policy" I can no longer see.
This is an account that ONLY takes incoming donations. So how exactly did I violate anything?
#Censorship thelastamericanvagabond.com

twitter.com/YoureAllDunces/status/1417212580830056452

Welcome to the club.  They did similar to me in January because I supported Donald Trump and reported on election fraud.  They described that as "Risky."

Paypal cut me off from subscription payments from over a THOUSAND customers.  Almost destroyed me.

Thankfully, I had established a relationship with STRIPE before that took place, so getting people switched from Paypal to STRIPE became the big project.   And it took a LOT of work.  Lost a lot of customers in the changeover.

Now I find that STRIPE is no prize either; they cut very large players off in a heartbeat.  Thankfully, not me yet.

These financial companies are misusing their service to impact what OTHER PEOPLE can think and say. If you don't tow their belief system, they cut off your money even though it is not THEIR MONEY. They're cutting off access to OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.   It is tyranny.

Afair >10 years ago I had read a sci-fi novel where all people had an ID card to which all data, but also all access authorisations were stored. Access to authorities, medical care, all kinds of things, but it was also the only means of payment. The hero of the story then found out one day that his identity/existence had been "switched off".

It is irrelevant whether this would happen intentionally or by accident. With the excellent technology on which all this is based, I have no confidence whatsoever. A "small" catastrophe with extensive power cuts or the like, and you're standing there with your trousers down. As you can easily see from examples, especially in "high-tech countries" you haven't heard of redundant systems. That would be too expensive.

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[刘汉]

Israeli media: Estimates of the occupation's security services indicate that firing missiles from Lebanon last night, had Hezbollah's approval. If launching missiles continues, the area of the Israeli response will expand to reach Lebanese cities.#NewPress_en

— NewPress (@NewPress_en) July 20, 2021

[Abacus]

Kim Dotcom
@KimDotcom (July 20, 2021)

The so called Five Eyes spying alliance (US, UK, Canada, AUS & NZ)
have over 20 small eyes spying agreements with other nations (including those utilizing Pegasus).
Together they are the largest criminal conspiracy in human history committing criminal mass spying on a epic scale.

twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1417252776040570892

[刘汉]

(July 20, 2021) Israeli — not Chinese — firm caught exporting its ‘authoritarian model’
Politicians and pundits in Washington have long warned that China is seeking to erode global democracy
and “export its authoritarian model,” but the culprit behind explosive spy revelations
this week appears to be America’s closest military ally in the Middle East.

Reports by The Guardian and Washington Post, among others, said that NSO Group, a private Israeli firm
with links to the state, developed and sold governments licenses for hacking software called “Pegasus.”
The tool is capable of penetrating smartphones, granting access to their most sensitive data,
and remotely activating features such as cameras and microphones.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense closely regulates NSO and individually signs off on new export licenses
for its surveillance technology – making it likely that the program was well-known if not endorsed at the highest levels of the Israeli government.
Less than 24 hours after this bombshell dropped, the United States joined the European Union, NATO, Japan and its “Five Eyes” allies
in a Monday morning media blitz accusing China of orchestrating a global cyber hacking campaign,
including a large attack on Microsoft first disclosed in March.
responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/07/20/israeli-not-chinese-firm-caught-exporting-its-authoritarian-model/

Saudi crown prince used Israeli spyware Pegasus to spy on Lebanese, Hezbollah officials: Report https://t.co/gWOaBhpO6n

— Lailah muktar (@Lailah_mukthar) July 20, 2021

[Abacus]

Kim Dotcom
@KimDotcom (July 20, 2021)

The end result is this: Politicians are puppets. The media is under deep state control. The courts are compromised.
All spy targets have one thing in common: Their dirty secrets and mistakes are owned by those who run the world now,
those who own the dirt. Democracy is dead.

twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1417252777382748163

[刘汉]

As well as President @General_Aoun and former premier @saadhariri, #Hezbollah figures and even #Saudi-aligned Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea were selected for #Pegasus #spyware efforts. #Lebanon #NSOhttps://t.co/g5xPLldIDf

— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) July 20, 2021

[刘汉]

Iraq: PM Kadhimi has announced he has ordered the detention of the Federal Police commander responsible for the Sadr area of today’s suicide attack? Politics. No militia commanders ever get detained after rockets fired, etc. The PM heads to Washington next week.

— The Cavell Group (@TCG_CrisisRisks) July 19, 2021

[刘汉]

Logic of US actions in Afghanistan incomprehensible — Russian diplomat - Russian Politics & Diplomacy - TASS

It’s a sad thing when reading BBC, Russian TASS and Chinas news gives us more information on our Country than 99.9% of USA Democrat run News Media https://t.co/RrzmEemmQa

— Jim Crow was a Democrat (@DontFactsMatter) July 20, 2021

[刘汉]

Watch the rocket attack during Afghanistan's presidential Eid prayers.#CGTNAmerica https://t.co/LtW1JiaCTQ

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) July 20, 2021

[刘汉]

#BREAKING: In a phone conversation with UK PM, #Egypt’s president discusses dispute over #Ethiopia’s Nile dam, assures Cairo’s adherence to historical rights to Nile waters. #UK PM stresses importance of resuming GERD negotiations to reach a solution. pic.twitter.com/wHSZ7ana0G

— Somaliguardian (@SomaliGuardian) July 20, 2021

[Abacus]

Declassified UK
@declassifiedUK (July 20, 2021)

ICYMI -- Sajid Javid, who as home secretary approved the US request for the UK to extradite Julian Assange,
attended six secretive meetings organised by a US institute
which has published calls for Assange to be assassinated or taken down.

twitter.com/declassifiedUK/status/1417474526401765378
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-02-22-uk-minister-who-approved-trumps-request-to-extradite-assange-spoke-at-secretive-us-conferences-with-people-calling-for-him-to-be-neutralized/

[刘汉]

twitter is full of tweets like this now:

NEW: Some reports say at least 4 people have been killed in protests over lack of water in #Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province. But the govt says only 2 dead, while one key editorial blamed "terrorist groups" which have supposedly infiltrated the protests.https://t.co/oc2PATOkuY

— Mohammad Ali Shabani (@mashabani) July 19, 2021

Maybe they want to exaggerate this like in Havanna or Baghdad.

[Abacus]

Alec Zeck
@Alec_Zeck (July 20, 2021)

2 years ago If I’d told you everything that you’d be conditioned to accept
as normal in 2021, you’d call me a crazy conspiracy theorist.

In 2021, now that I don’t accept all of the things you’ve been conditioned to accept,
you call me a crazy conspiracy theorist.

twitter.com/Alec_Zeck/status/1417464580821983234

[刘汉]

Syria warns of ‘serious repercussions’ after Israel launches airstrike on Aleppo https://t.co/BOxzHpXgUV

— Joe Catron #FreeKhalidaJarrar #SaveSilwan (@jncatron) July 20, 2021

Please, don't talk, do it.

[shachalnur]

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https://vidmax.com/video/205844-human-rights-attorney-gives-3-min-of-vax-covid-jaw-dropping-truth

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[boris]

[Böhse Tante]

Dunno if we already had this. Interesting for Germany, from 4:25 there is a e-mail list and Christian Drosten is second on it. He was already involved in some expensive swine flu or bird flu BS.

Time to get rid of these criminals.

[刘汉]

Update: More than 4 million Chinese netizens have signed an online open letter as of Wed morning, demanding the @WHO investigate the #US’ Fort Detrick lab on #COVID19 origins, and the number is still fast increasing. https://t.co/oK0tqsmykW

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) July 21, 2021

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202107/1228963.shtml

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/half-million-chinese-sign-letter-demanding-who-probe-us-fort-detrick-lab

[Mr Badger]

[KneelB4Zod!]

ASB News / MILITARYPart
@ASBMilitary
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36m
UK Journalists can receive sentences of up to 14 years in prison for stories that “embarrass the Government” under Britain’s plans to reform the Official Secrets Act

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Russian Market
@Russian_market
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6m
MERKEL SPOKE ON PHONE WITH PUTIN ABOUT NORD STREAM 2

- asking for a future job?

[KneelB4Zod!]

Actual Footage of Jeff Bezos Flight to Space… pic.twitter.com/T5u4nXXv64

— FinTwit (@fintwitnow) July 21, 2021

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syrseal
@syrseal44
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1m
Lavrov meets UN Secretary General's envoy to Syria tomorrow - Russian Foreign Ministry

[Abacus]

Ben Norton
@BenjaminNorton (July 21, 2021)

Dystopian $200-billionaire sci-fi villain mega-oligarch Jeff Bezos
accidentally acknowledges the surplus value of labor, laughing
that the wealth he ruthlessly extracted from Amazon employees paid
for him to take his pointless ego trip to space

twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1417854276651692038

[刘汉]

INTERVIEW Turkey should send engineers not troops to Afghanistan, Taliban spokesperson says https://t.co/8lQFDp95cR

— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) July 21, 2021

[刘汉]

Ties between #Turkey and Taliban are strained after the NATO member wanted to keep its military forces in #Afghanistan in Kabul airport, tensions worsened after Erdogan criticized the group for "not behaving as Muslims" and for “occupying” their homelandhttps://t.co/Iu6V9n5crq

— The Eurasianist (@Russ_Warrior) July 21, 2021

[Abacus]

Lee Camp [Redacted]
@LeeCamp (July 11, 2021)

Is the U.S. a totalitarian state?
- You don't have freedom.
- Armed thugs patrol the streets.
- Largest prison state in the world.
- The ruling elite maintain control no matter election outcomes.
- Most media just repeat state propaganda.

twitter.com/LeeCamp/status/1414285074279845895