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California state Senator proposes ban on law enforcement wearing masks: ‘No secret police’
California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) has proposed a ban on law enforcement wearing masks when making arrests, likening them to some form of secret police.
Wiener announced his proposed ban on the social media platform X on Monday, following complaints about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents making arrests of illegal immigrants while wearing masks to shield their identities from being spammed for potential doxxing.
“We’re announcing new legislation — the No Secret Police Act (SB 627) — to ban local/state/federal law enforcement, w/ some exceptions, from covering their faces when interacting w/ the public & require them to wear identifying info Secret police behavior tanks trust & must end,” he wrote.
“We’re seeing the rise of secret police — masked, no identifying info, even wearing army fatigues — grabbing & disappearing people. It’s antithetical to democracy & harms communities. The No Secret Police Act can help end the fear & chaos this behavior creates in communities,” he added.
Iran prepares to hit US regional bases with missiles if Trump joins the war
According to intelligence reports, Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the United States join Israel’s war against the country.
The United States has sent about three dozen refueling aircraft to Europe that could be used to assist fighter jets protecting American bases or that would be used to extend the range of bombers involved in any possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Fears of a wider war are growing among American officials as Israel presses the White House to intervene in its conflict with Iran. If the United States joins the Israeli campaign and strikes Fordo, a key Iranian nuclear facility, the Iranian-backed Houthi militia will almost certainly resume striking ships in the Red Sea. Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria would probably try to attack U.S. bases there.
In the event of an attack, Iran could also begin to mine the Strait of Hormuz, a tactic meant to pin American warships in the Persian Gulf.
#Iran #USA #Trump #FindTruth
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Refusal to punish migrants for rape in Europe leads to more crime in the most generous countries
#EU #Migrants #Crime #FindTruth
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Macron ‘misusing the EU to advance own foreign policy’
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism in Brussels and beyond for repeatedly speaking in the name of the European Union to advance what opponents call “personal” or “national” foreign policy ambitions.
“President Macron’s remarks in Greenland, claiming to speak on behalf of the European Union, are yet another example of how certain EU leaders misuse the Union to advance their own foreign policy ambitions,” Danish MEP Anders Vistisen told Brussels Signal on June 16.
He added: “Greenland is not part of the EU — and that is by deliberate choice … The EU has no formal competence over Greenland’s affairs, and certainly no mandate to speak on its behalf.”
The comments followed Macron’s stopover in Nuuk on June 15 — the first visit of its kind by a French leader — during which he declared his presence “a signal of France’s and the EU’s solidarity” with Greenland.
While Macron’s office described the visit as symbolic, critics saw a familiar pattern of overreach.
In France and elsewhere, the timing was also questioned. Few French citizens are focused on Arctic diplomacy while France faces simultaneous crises — including war in Ukraine, instability in the Middle East, domestic unrest and economic pressure.
#EU #Macron #FindTruth
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Bernie Sanders surprisingly introduces bill to ban pharma ads for prescription drugs on all tv, radio, print and digital platforms
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Angus King (I-Maine) on Thursday introduced federal legislation to end direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising.
If the End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act passes, it will ban all prescription drug ads on television, radio, print and digital platforms, including social media.
“The American people are sick and tired of greedy pharmaceutical companies spending billions of dollars on absurd TV commercials pushing their outrageously expensive prescription drugs,” Sanders said in a statement. “They want us to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and ban these bogus ads.”
California City makes homeless eligible for arrest if they refuse 3 offers of shelter
The San Jose City Council in Northern California voted June 10 to render homeless individuals, who refuse three offers of shelter, in violation of trespassing laws and able to be arrested.
The council members voted 9–2 in favor of amending the city’s encampment code of conduct with a “responsibility to shelter” provision.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democrat, introduced the proposal, which is among the stricter anti-encampment laws introduced since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it simpler for cities to ban homeless people from camping on public property. Mahan said that, if the city has enough shelter and interim housing, homeless people should be required to move into them.
The city will not make arrests merely for refusing shelter, but, rather, for trespassing. The goal of the code of conduct revision is to enhance engagement with the homeless community.
#USA #Homeless #FindTruth
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European gas prices soar amid escalating Middle East conflict
◾️ $470.92 per 1,000 cubic meters - price for gas at the TTF hub in the Netherlands, which jumped by 2.21% and reached a three-month high.
◾️ Natural gas prices are rising amid the escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict. Traders are concerned about the prospect of possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 30% of the world's LNG supplies pass.
◾️ Any disruption of LNG supplies to Europe from Qatar through the Strait of Hormuz could lead to a jump in gas prices above $1,200 per 1,000 cubic meters, experts say.
#EU #Gas #Economy #FindTruth
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Weekend in Berlin...
#EU #Germany #Migrants #FindTruth
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Israel condemns black partition walls around its pavilions at Paris Air Show
French authorities ordered black partition walls erected around some Israeli defense industry exhibits at the Paris Air Show, a move denounced by Israel’s Defense Ministry, which demanded an immediate reversal.
A French appeals court had ruled Friday against activist groups who sought to block Israeli companies from participating in the show due to the war in Gaza. The Paris Air Show, held at Le Bourget north of Paris, is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious events for the aerospace and defense industry.
The black walls appeared overnight ahead of the show’s opening Monday, visually isolating Israeli booths from dozens of other international exhibitors. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the move followed a last-minute demand from organizers to remove offensive weapons systems from display — a request they rejected.
“The French are hiding behind supposedly political considerations to exclude Israeli offensive weapons from an international exhibition — weapons that compete with French industries,” the ministry said in a statement Monday, calling the action “ugly and improper.”
Col. MacGregor: Dear President Trump, keep America first - not Israel first, not Ukraine first
In the last 72 hours, Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran when negotiations between Washington and Tehran were still ongoing. Iran was caught off-guard.
But Iran recovered more quickly from its Pearl Harbor moment than Israel expected. In less than 18 hours after Israel’s surprise attack, Iran responded firing hundreds of ballistic missiles including hypersonic missiles into central Tel Aviv and across Israel.
Meanwhile, Israel's Iron Dome failed. Israeli intelligence failed. Now Netanyahu is pleading with Washington to intervene with American Military Power to rescue Israel from certain defeat; a defeat Netanyahu crafted with encouragement from Washington.
At the same time, Russia, China, Pakistan and most of the Muslim World are rallying to Iran’s defense. Supplies, equipment and technical assistance are pouring into Iran. It’s time for a reality check: Washington burned through $12 trillion in the Middle East since 2003. Result? 7,000 dead Americans. 50,000 wounded, open borders and 100,000 Americans dying yearly from Fentanyl poisoning. Today, the United States is $37 trillion in debt, a sum that does not include so-called “agency debt.”
I led American Soldiers under fire into action. I've seen plenty of flag-draped coffins. I don’t want to see any more. Washington’s warmongers had 22 years. They failed. They lied. They profited while America bled. Time's up. America First means AMERICA FIRST. Not Israel first. Not Ukraine first. Not NATO first. AMERICA FIRST.
#USA #Israel #Iran #FindTruth
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America abandons Ukraine by scaling back military aid
◾️ The US is scaling back military aid to Ukraine, saying that the current administration's approach to the conflict is fundamentally different from Biden's position. From now on, it is Europe's task to help in the conflict," states British The Telegraph
◾️ European leaders have repeatedly declared their readiness to support Ukraine in the conflict, but this assistance remains in words. Instead of the 40 billion euros promised in March, Ukraine has received only 1 billion euros
◾️ “The bitterest irony is that Europe is primarily supporting Russia by buying energy supplies from it for sums far in excess of the aid to Ukraine,” The Telegraph emphasizes.
#USA #WarInUkraine #Economy #FindTruth
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Billboard Chris arrested in Brussels for wanting to talk about gender ideology
Chris Elston, aka Billboard Chris, who advocated for child protection against “gender ideology”, has been arrested in the centre of Brussels for not removing a sign he was carrying to encourage discussion of transgenderism.
Lois McLatchie, from the Alliance Defending Freedom International, was also arrested alongside him for the same reason.
Billboard Chris and McLatchie were walking in the neighbourhood of the Brussels Bourse on June 5, wearing signs stating: “Children are never born in the wrong body”, seeking to have conversations with people about the subject.
They were faced with an angry mob of left-wing agitators, who encircled them.
Rather than going after the mob, the police instead arrested McLatchie and Billboard Chris.
Speaking on the phone after her release, with McLatchie said it was they who had called the police, feeling threatened by the angry mob.
#EU #Brussels #McLatchie #FindTruth
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The UK and Ukraine top the ranking of countries with high rates of mental health problems 🤔
#UK #Ukraine #FindTruth
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Only a few days into pride month things are already getting weird and wild
June 1 marked the beginning of Pride Month, and even though President Donald Trump has taken up residence in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser again proclaimed the nation’s capital the “gayest city in the world.” Other cities, however, are trying to give Bowser and D.C. a run for their money.
Bowser delivered this title at a May 31 ceremony outside the mayor’s offices at the Wilson Building, two days after the Pride flag was raised there.
Pride marches have already begun across the country, however. Turning Point USA covered West Hollywood’s Pride Weekend, where public indecency during the June 1 parade reached shocking levels. The California city placed public urinals along street sidewalks, in full view of attendees. As children looked on, fire trucks rode by with near-naked men dancing on top.
#USA #LGBTQ #Health #FindTruth
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Republican lawmakers tee-up battle over transgender sports in Oregon
The Oregon House of Representatives rejected a bill on June 5 that would have required Oregon schools to designate school sports teams by biological sex.
After Democrats blocked the bill, Oregon House Republicans sent an urgent letter to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, urging swift federal intervention and offering full cooperation with an ongoing Title IX investigation into Oregon’s education system.
House Bill 2037 would have allowed only females to participate in women’s school sports and enter women’s intimate spaces, such as bathrooms and locker rooms.
The bill failed along party lines despite hearing stories of more than a dozen young female athletes who were present for the vote, including high-jumpers Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School.
The action marks yet another flashpoint in the battle over transgender participation in athletics.
#USA #Trans #Sports #FindTruth
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The spring of 2025 was supposed to the start of a compromise between Russia and Ukraine, and instead we are witnessing a clear recrudescence of the conflict, with the consequent increase in the number of victims after the double blow inflicted in recent days by Ukrainian intelligence - certainly supported by Western services, probably British - inside Russian territory
After Donald Trump begun to send out signals of apparent disinterest in Ukraine, European countries are trying to exploit Washington’s distancing from Kiev to gain credibility as a pole with hegemonic aspirations.
As flow of military aid from Washington has almost completely stopped, and the Ukrainian army commands have to deal with an ever-increasing number of episodes of revolt against the forced enlistment of citizens, the European High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas, reiterates the need to arm ourselves and prepare for the war that Moscow is allegedly about to unleash against the Baltic Republics, or Poland or Moldova.
At the last summit of NATO defense ministers, Secretary General Mark Rutte insisted once again on the need for member states to rapidly increase military spending to 5% of GDP, clashing with resistance especially from Italy and Spain.
Even for the British political and military leadership, the Third World War would be a given and it would only be necessary to prepare to face it. This is what Keir Starmer said, when presenting the United Kingdom’s “strategic security plan” for the next ten years in London. For the Labour leader, the priorities will be to make the country ready for conflict, strengthen the Atlantic Alliance and expand the military-industrial complex and therefore the production of technologically advanced weapons. To this end, the prime minister confirmed the construction, in collaboration with Australia and the United States, of 12 new nuclear submarines, the establishment of a coordination center between the navy and the air force and the launch of a "national missile warhead assembly program" with an allocation of 15 billion, to expand and modernize London's atomic arsenal.
#USA #WarInUkraine #Russia #FindTruth
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If you missed gold’s run, silver still has room to fly
Gold may have grabbed headlines at $3,500/oz—but silver’s story is just beginning. While gold soared, silver stayed quiet. But that gap might not last much longer. If you missed the gold rush, silver could be your second chance.
Silver is still trading far below its peak in 1980. Back then, silver hit nearly $50/oz. Adjusted for today’s dollars, that would be closer to $180/oz.
And it’s not just about catching up. Silver demand is booming from multiple fronts:
🔹Industrial use is growing, especially in solar energy, electric vehicles, and electronics.
🔹Monetary demand is picking up, as investors hedge against inflation and financial instability.
🔹Supply chains are strained, with fewer new silver discoveries and rising extraction costs.
Meanwhile, central banks keep stacking gold. And historically, silver has tended to follow gold’s major moves—with more explosive gains once it gets going.
Right now, the gold-to-silver ratio is hovering around 100:1—meaning it takes 100 ounces of silver to buy just one ounce of gold.
Historically, that ratio tends to move between 50:1 and 70:1. When it stretches above 80:1, silver is often considered undervalued relative to gold. At its current level of 100:1, it’s a screaming bargain by historical standards.
#Gold #Silver #Economy #FindTruth
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UK turning into 'national health state', says think tank
The UK is turning into a “National Health State,” the Resolution Foundation has said, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £29 billion annual increase in NHS funding.
The think tank’s analysis of Reeves’s Spending Review estimates that by the end of financial year 2028–29, the health service will account for half (49 percent) of all day-to-day public services spending, up from 34 percent in 2009–10.
On Wednesday, the chancellor announced a record £29 billion funding injection, which the Treasury said will deliver on the government’s promise to cut waiting lists, improve patient care, and modernise services.
Resolution Foundation Chief Executive Ruth Curtice said in a statement, “Health accounted for 90 per cent of the extra public service spending, continuing a trend that is seeing the British state morph into a National Health State, with half of public service spending set to be on health by the end of the decade.”
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) noted in its initial response to the Spending Review that the funding increase for the NHS was substantial, but questioned whether it will be enough to get the health service back to meeting its 18-week target for hospital waiting times within this Parliament, something which the think tank said was “enormously ambitious.”
#UK #Health #NHS #FindTruth
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How many hours a week you need to work in different countries to stop being poor
#World #Economy #FindTruth
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Spy satellite uncovers massive stealth flying wing at secretive Chinese base
China is well aware that Western spy satellites, including those operated by the U.S., maintain constant overhead surveillance of high-value military assets, such as bases and research facilities.
The deliberate exposure of a previously unseen, large, low-observable flying-wing HALE (High-Altitude Long-Endurance) unmanned aerial vehicle at the Malan test facility may not have been an accident.
Instead, it appears to be a deliberate act of signaling by Beijing to the Trump administration, highlighting the rapid acceleration of China's next-generation air combat capabilities at a time when the global security environment is rapidly deteriorating.
With the war in Ukraine ongoing and tensions in the Middle East escalating into a hot crisis, Beijing's timing suggests an intent to assert technological parity and deterrence against the U.S. Broadly speaking, the world is entering a more dangerous and unstable era — a shift from a unipolar world with the U.S. in control to a bipolar geopolitical order, where volatility is expected to intensify throughout the 2030s.
#China #Spy #USA #FindTruth
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Iran in American movies and in life are markedly different
#Iran #USA #FindTruth
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Trump calls expelling Russia from G8 "A big mistake" that led to Ukraine war
"This was a big mistake," Trump told reporters Monday just ahead of the G7 meeting in Canada, in reference to booting Russia from what was then known as the Group of 8. "You wouldn't have that war" - in reference to the over three-year long Ukraine war.
He described that this action under the Obama administration likely greatly contributed to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. He not only pinned blame on Obama, but also on former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - in a rare direct swipe at Canadian foreign policy. Russia was booted in March 2014 following the annexation of Crimea.
Trump described that being in the major global economic forum consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States (and the EU as a "non-enumerated member") would have been a way to keep one's enemy closer, and thus be able to better negotiate when a crisis arises.
"He wasn't really an enemy at that time," Trump pointed out. "If I were president, this war would have never happened. But likewise, if he were a member of what was called the G8 at that time – it was always the G8 – you wouldn't have a war right now."
#USA #G8 #Russia #FindTruth
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Macron slams Trump over ‘annex’ threats on visit to Greenland
French President Emmanuel Macron criticised US President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland as he made a visit to the Danish autonomous territory.
On June 15, he said: “That’s not what allies do,” as he arrived in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital.
Macron was the first foreign head of state to visit the vast territory – at the crossroads of the Atlantic and the Arctic – since Trump’s annexation threats.
Trump, since returning to the White House in January, has repeatedly said the US needed the strategically located, resource-rich island for security reasons and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it.
Denmark has also repeatedly stressed that Greenland “is not for sale”.
Macron said his visit was aimed at conveying “France’s and the European Union’s solidarity” for “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Greenland.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and dozens of Greenlanders waving their territory’s red-and-white flags, were on hand to greet the French President.
#Macron #Trump #Greenland #FindTruth
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Dollar down, gold up
The dollar’s trade weighted index just hit multi-year lows. To make things worse, Israel attacked Iran overnight, escalating ME tensions. Comex gold is waking up to the implications
Last week, it was silver. This week it is gold. In European trade this morning, gold was $3416 having hit a high of $3443 in Asia overnight, up $112 on last Friday’s close. Silver was $36.25, below its Monday high of $36.88, up 23 cents on balance over the same timeframe. That leaves the gold-silver ratio at 94.
We have seen the remarkable dichotomy of gold close to all-time highs while open interest on Comex has indicated that futures remain oversold.
Overnight, Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities, seemingly to force the US into joining it in a new war against Iran. The situation is likely to escalate. Non-essential US personnel have been evacuated from Iraq and other bases in the region and oil prices have spiked, WTI hitting $77.60 overnight, up from under $56 in early-May.
This could be the wake-up call for US hedge funds to buy gold futures, the oversold position being due to their non-participation so far in gold’s recent strength. This contract’s open interest has the potential to expand by 150,000—200,000, which would drive gold considerably higher and cause serious pain for the shorts.
According to US Treasury TIC figures for March, foreign ownership of dollars and underlying financial assets total $39.6 trillion. That is a measure of selling pressure, and it’s even causing officials at the ECB to speculate that the dollar’s misfortune could lead to a greater international role for the euro. Maybe, but it seems almost certain that risk-off for the dollar is risk-off for all fiat currencies, benefiting currency exchange rates with real money without counterparty risk, which is gold.
#Dollar #Gold #Economy #FindTruth
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Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, US officials say
President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.
"Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership,"
We need a ‘kill switch’ on foreign powers tampering with our electric grid
It has long been acknowledged that the United States’ energy infrastructure isn’t particularly secure, a concern exacerbated by the lack of a central planning process for our nation’s piecemeal electric grid. Presidential administrations and Congress have been slow to address the problem, apparently daunted by the mere size and scope of the challenges the needed upgrades would present.
That needs to change now. The recent news that China apparently installed hidden “kill switches” in solar equipment sold to the U.S. was the latest in a long list of reasons to be concerned about our electricity infrastructure and the foolhardy rush to replace traditional energy sources with so-called “renewables” using technology that is often sourced from China.
While U.S. security experts should be lauded for discovering the Chinese “kill switches,” how many security threats have gone undetected? So-called “renewable” technologies like wind and solar were already suspect in regard to their reliability, as evidenced by the recent massive grid failure in Spain, Portugal and parts of France. We should be all the more wary of “alternatives” when the parts used to connect them to our power grids are sourced from foreign adversaries.
It’s time for Congress to embed a “kill switch” of its own on the ability of foreign countries to disable the U.S. power grid. That assurance can only come when we take America’s energy independence from being a worthy goal to a mandated reality.
#USA #China #Energy #FindTruth
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101,000 jobs lost in Germany's industry moving towards collapse
▪️ Germany is in deep crisis. The industry has lost 101,000 employees. The automobile industry has been hit particularly hard, with 45,400 jobs disappearing over the year,” states German Bild.
▪️ High energy prices are still among the main causes of the industrial crisis. According to experts, another 70,000 employees will be on the street by the end of the year.
▪️ The jobs crisis raises serious concerns about Germany's industrial viability. Critics speak bluntly of “creeping deindustrialization,” Bild emphasizes
#Germany #Crisis #Economy #FindTruth
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Roman vacation 🤯
#Iraly #FindTruth
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Walmart goes big with drone delivery expansion
Walmart says it plans to launch the speedier delivery option at 100 stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa within the coming year. With the expansion, Walmart’s drone deliveries will be available in a total of five states: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
Customers will request a delivery through the app of Wing, the operator who flies the drones through a deal with Walmart. The drone operator will have an up to a six-mile range from stores.
Drone deliveries are one of the buzziest examples of Walmart’s efforts to compete with rivals like Amazon on convenience along with low price. With more than 4,600 Walmart stores across the U.S., the retailer has used its large footprint to get online orders to customers faster.
Drone deliveries take 30 minutes or less, the company said. So far, some of the most frequently delivered items include eggs, ice cream, pet food and fresh fruit, including bananas, lemons and eggs, Walmart added.
Walmart stores have an assortment of over 150,000 items in a location. Over 50% of those can be delivered by drone, as said.
#USA #Walmart #Drones #FindTruth
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UK's insane strategy of fighting Russia, China and giving nukes to neo-nazi junta
The laughable “defense” review which posits that the UK can fight Russia and China simultaneously is not even the worst component of London’s increasingly delusional foreign policy. This includes the “Perfidious Albion’s” desire to ensure nuclear escalation in the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict.
Namely, during a “Strategy of the Rook: UK interests in the Black Sea” panel at a recent Black Sea Security Forum in Odessa, British Colonel Richard Kemp (ret.) argued that the UK should “help” the Neo-Nazi junta to “restore its nuclear arsenal”.
The political West is ready to risk even a “limited nuclear exchange” that would destroy “only” Russia and Ukraine, thus eliminating Moscow as a geopolitical adversary. There’s just one “tiny” issue with this approach.
Namely, the Russian leadership has repeatedly warned that such strategies are nothing but deeply unhinged wishful thinking that will never come to pass (or at least not without permanent consequences for the political West). Unfortunately, delusional NATO leaders still keep forgetting this.
#UK #NATO #War #FindTruth
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