Former United Nations weapon inspector Scott Ritter says the timing of congressman Mike Turner’s headline-grabbing announcement is not a coincidence.

Ohio Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) made waves this week when he warned of an alleged “serious national security threat” to the United States. The supposed risk was soon revealed to be Russian in nature, with a media cycle quickly emerging over the danger of alleged “space nukes” the country could detonate to disable US satellite communications.

Wednesday, February 14, turned out to be an unanticipated Happy Valentine’s Day for Julian Assange supporters. The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion introduced by Tasmanian Independent, Andrew Wilkie on behalf of the Parliamentary Friends of Julian Assange, urging the US and the UK to bring their prosecution of Julian Assange to a close, and allow him to return to his family and home in Australia.

The vote was Yes, 86 (ALP, Greens and Independents), No, 42 (mostly Liberal and National).

Russia isn’t the top security concern for residents of the countries in the G7 club of the top Western economies anymore, a study by the Munich Security Conference (MSC), one of the world’s leading forums on security issues, has revealed.

Moscow, which had been viewed as the main threat by the citizens of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US in 2022, dropped to fourth place in the list last year, according to the Munich Security Index, which was published on Monday.

Russia’s military operation against Ukraine “marked a Zeitenwende [turning point] across G7 countries. But two years on, there are signs that its impact on risk perceptions is tempering,” the paper stressed.

Дорогой Владимир,
В нескольких интервью, которые вы дали в последнее время, вы упомянули Джулиана Ассанжа и Эвана Гершковича. Джулиан Ассанж — герой, разоблачающий проделки Американской Империи через собственные документы Империи. По мнению американцев, Эван Гершкович не виновен в шпионаже, как его обвиняют в России.
Одна из трагедий наших человеческих слабостей — это интерпретация вины в обоих случаях, к которой не следует относиться с садизмом, как в случае с Джулианом. Он томится в английской тюрьме, и, судя по всему, ему дается только один час в день вне своей голой камеры. Я считаю, что российская система правосудия не столь жестока, в то время как британцы сохраняют желание нанести Ассанжу максимальный вред — от имени американцев.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the U.S. House will not feel “rushed” to pass the $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, signaling a further stall over sending military hardware and munitions Kyiv badly needs to fight Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cyWBxCTqq0

Water, water everywhere but not a clean drop to drink. Killing Gaza, bombing tents. And Britain’s acquiescent Labour Party, outsourced to Israel

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Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Wednesday that X host Tucker Carlson caught him by surprise during their interview last week.

The final interview was two hours long and has been seen by hundreds of millions of people. Before it, Carlson was criticized for speaking to Putin at all – and afterwards, for not asking the Russian president certain things.

“I think your Carlson – I say yours, since he’s a member of your profession – is a dangerous man,” Putin told journalist Pavel Zarubin on the sidelines of the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow.

“I thought he would be aggressive, ask me sharp questions. I was not just ready for that, I wanted that, so I could give equally sharp answers,” Putin explained. “But he chose a different tactic.”

Is it a typo? Australia’s monopoly of tollroad monopolies, Transurban, has broken hard with hallowed tradition and actually paid tax. A little bit, at least that’s what its interim profit release to the ASX shows.

Given payouts to shareholders were up 13%, free cash up almost 19%; and given the thwacking $2b in toll revenue just for the half year alone, the tax payable of $21m was a drop in the ocean. But what’s the scam here? Transurban usually pays nothing.

The scam is they are a complicated ‘stapled trust’ security. Crudely, costs and losses go into the company, while profits and cash go into the trust, and trusts don’t pay tax.

Am I in the middle of a bad dream

In which the President of the US is a complete has-been

A round arsehole who never was honest — always hustling

Deceitful like a devil trying his luck as a human being

A declining demented old crazy lunatic psychotic loony

With a memory so bad it’s got him out of responsibility

But dares to still run the shitty most deceitful entity

Namely the United States of moronic America

With an incoherent dummy side-kick called Kamala

Who has not invented gun powder, nor artificial intelligence

And keeps laughing like a dumb kid lalala

Nor shows any vital signs of due diligence

Do I still remember John Kennedy

That the people still call J-F-K

Replaced by declining intellectual gnomes

Clowns like Trump with no one in their homes

Bombardiers like Barak Obama the black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0_0SOEVqjA

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

EASY.

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

There is “no way in hell” that Russia will suffer defeat in its conflict with Ukraine, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said.

Musk, one of the world’s richest men, made the comment on Monday during a discussion about a Senate bill aimed at providing additional US aid to Kiev on X Spaces – part of his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter).

He was joined by a number of other people opposed to further funding for Ukraine, including Republican lawmakers Ron Johnson, JD Vance and Mike Lee, former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and entrepreneur David Sacks.

”This spending doesn’t help Ukraine. Prolonging the war doesn’t help Ukraine,” the Tesla and SpaceX chief said, as quoted by Bloomberg.

Useless idiot for the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Paul Barry lets it rip on his show Media Watch…

In some ways, Barry and the ABC are like that couple of French pig farmers who have lost their little mirror… to look at themselves when they f**k… But fear not, despite expecting more from Paul Barry, we got the usual pap telling us that Hillarious Clitoris is right in calling Tucker Carlson a “useful Idiot”. Paul, You are the fuc…ing “USELESS IDIOT”… for not understanding anything about Yuckraine… But we digress....

Paul Barry is full of his own pig shit when he wanders outside his sandbox... and from time to time he hits something regular like a speeeeeed bump called Andrew Bolt…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OoOmXp9UhI

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

EASY.

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

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The hottest January ever recorded in human history has passed, with barely a nod from governments worldwide and international media. For a full year, the Earth has now exceeded the +1.5 degrees danger level set by the Paris Agreement in 2015. And 2024 may be hotter still, US scientists are warning.

Ukrainian Army Announced Forced Evacuation In Chasiv Yar Amid The Approach Of Russian Paratroopers

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Meanwhile, while the new commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Ukraine, General Syrsky, is trying to transfer the remaining reserves to Avdiivka, trying to delay the inevitable surrender of this city, Russian paratroopers managed to break through to the city of Chasiv Yar in the Bakhmut direction of the front. At the moment, the Russian paratroopers are 1.5 km from the outskirts of the city of Chasiv Yar. Against this background, the Ukrainian high military command announced the forced evacuation of the population in the Chasiv Yar itself..................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFM1qCpO3_k