WAGNER GROUP ATTEMPTED MILITARY COUP IN RUSSIA
June 23rd, 2023Update: Wagner Mercenary Leader Prigozhin Defends ‘March on Moscow’
Will Prigozhin have milk with his polonium tea?
Via: Al Jazeera:
More: Prigozhin Remains Defiant In First Audio Message Explaining Mutiny
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Al Jazeera Live:
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Reuters: Rebel Russian Mercenaries Will Turn Back to Avoid Bloodshed, Leader Says:
Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on Saturday, in a de-escalation of what had become a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
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Russia Today: Wagner Agrees to End ‘Insurrection’ – Lukashenko:
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Saturday that he had arranged a deal whereby Wagner Group leader Evgeny Prigozhin will abandon his mutiny in exchange for “security guarantees” for his fighters.
“Evgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal of President Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of armed men of Wagner in Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tension,” read a statement from Lukashenko’s office.
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ZeroHedge: Russia Destroying Roads to Slow Wagner Advance on Moscow:
Along with roadblocks of construction trucks and 18-wheelers, there are reports suggesting roads are being destroyed to block the insurrectionists’ progress.
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Daily Mail: Russian Military Deploys Around Moscow, Wagner Forces Hours Away:
Moscow is preparing for war and battening down the hatches as soldiers build outposts and military vehicles flood the streets ahead of the expected arrival of Russia’s Wagner militia forces within hours.
Wagner chief Yevgney Prigozhin initiated a military coup against Putin overnight, which has seen the group take key cities and threaten the President, who called them ‘traitors’.
Putin addressed the Russian people on Saturday, warning that the military leader had ‘stabbed him in the back’, as Moscow prepares to enter into lockdown, with troops digging in in preparation to defend the city.
Prigozhin and his feared 25,000-strong Wagner militia took control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, saying they are ‘ready to die’ for their ‘march of justice’, and have been heading north in a hundreds-strong convoy of armoured vehicles.
The unit passed through the halfway city of Voronezh and have reached as far north as Yelets as they advance on Moscow, seeing negligible resistance.
A message posted on the Wagner Telegram channel on Saturday said: ‘Putin made the wrong choice. All the worse for him. Soon we will have a new president.’
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AFP: Statements by Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin:
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Russian state controlled media also claims that it’s happening: Wagner PMC ‘Armed Coup’ Attempt in Russia:
There is some turmoil in Russia after Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group private military company, was accused by the government of staging an armed insurrection.
The charges were brought late Friday night after Prigozhin accused Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov, the chair of the Russian general staff, of serious crimes.
Prigozhin claimed to have ordered troops loyal to him to move towards Rostov-on-Don, a major city in southern Russia. Security measures were also reportedly beefed up in Moscow.
Via: Daily Mail:
Fears of an attempted coup in Russia were growing on Saturday as troops from the Wagner militia were marching on the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, led by the furious mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin set on revenge for Moscow killing some of his men.
Prigozhin issued a new message at about 2am on Saturday, Moscow time (2300 GMT), saying his forces had crossed the border from Ukraine, and were in Rostov.
Residents have been told to stay in their homes by government officials, but some were seen out observing what was happening, even live-streaming the action on their cell phones.
Prigozhin, who was once a confidant of Vladimir Putin before declaring war on Moscow’s military leadership, claimed his forces marched on the city ‘unopposed’.
Burning Iron
June 23rd, 2023This requires hydrogen to recycle the iron oxide waste product back into iron.
I can’t imaging that this will go anywhere, but it’s interesting anyway.
Via: IEEE Spectrum:
The high melting points of metals make them useful components for machinery, electronics, and furnaces. But even metals can burn if you grind them into fine powders. What’s more, metals can burn without emitting toxic or planet-warming emissions, making them a potentially attractive fuel for producing clean power—one that can be easily stored and transported.
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Iron is one of the most abundant metals on Earth, and the most produced. It has an energy density of about 11.3 kilowatt-hours per liter—better than gasoline. Burning iron powder produces heat that can be used directly or converted into electricity by a steam turbine, leaving behind iron oxide, or rust. This can later be reduced—that is, the oxygen can be stripped away—back into iron powder. “You can think of iron fuel as a clean, recyclable coal,” says Bergthorson.
Amazon Accuses Customer of Racism & Shuts Down Their Smart Home
June 23rd, 2023Via: Louis Rossmann:
After that video, Amazon terminated Rossmann’s affiliate account:
Bobby Kennedy Is Winning
June 23rd, 2023Via: Tucker Carlson:
Ep. 6 Bobby Kennedy is winning pic.twitter.com/jW51PYahLV
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 22, 2023
China’s Escalators to Nowhere
June 22nd, 2023With regard to the Chinese government destroying the banned food crops, see: Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikötter
Via: laowhy86:
Rise of the ‘Furries’: Children Identifying as Cats Are Wearing ‘Tails and Ears’ in Class
June 21st, 2023Do they scratch around in a litter box and catch mice?
Via: Daily Mail:
Children identifying as cats are wearing ‘tails and ears’ in class, Britain’s toughest headteacher has warned.
Katharine Birbalsingh cautioned that adult authority ‘is long gone’ as more children are being allowed to identify as animals in school.
Jeffrey Epstein Got $300 Million in US Virgin Islands Tax Incentives, JPMorgan Says
June 21st, 2023Via: Reuters:
JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. Virgin Islands gave Jeffrey Epstein more than $300 million in tax incentives and waived sex offender monitoring requirements, shielding the disgraced late financier as he gave cash and gifts to top officials.
In a Tuesday night court filing, the largest U.S. bank described how Epstein allegedly paid law enforcement entities such as the Virgin Islands Police Department.
JPMorgan also alleged in the filings that Epstein had ties to U.S. Virgin Islands officials, including former first lady Cecile de Jongh, who the bank said were aware of Epstein’s crimes.
How Scientists Are Hacking the Genetic Code to Give Proteins New Powers
June 20th, 2023Via: Nature:
By modifying the blueprint of life, researchers are endowing proteins with chemistries they’ve never had before.
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Making this system accept unnatural, or ‘non-canonical’, amino acids in a test tube required several key tweaks.
BlackRock Recruiter Serge Varlay
June 20th, 2023Via: O’Keefe Media Group:
BREAKING: BlackRock Recruiter Who ‘Decides People’s Fate’ Says ‘War is Good for Business’ While Spilling Info on Asset Giant #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/CUTnrMzkeJ
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) June 20, 2023
UN’s Automated Fact-Checking System Called “iVerify” to Crack Down On “Misinformation”
June 20th, 2023
Via: End Of The American Dream:
The United Nations has unveiled an “automated” fact-checking service to counter so-called disinformation and hate speech on the internet in a project partnered with Big-Tech and Soros-funded organisations.
In response to what they brand as “online information pollution”, which they claim is a “global challenge”, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its iVerify platform to counter alleged disinformation and hate speech online.
