Several seemingly disparate events in the past week come together to once again demonstrate the use of raw power by Israel and its supporters to force silence about their oppression of Palestinians from the river to the sea.
Draconian tactics are the only defense Israel has left
US officials have ruled out pushing Ukraine to negotiate with Russia even though they don’t think either side can win the war “outright,” The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
US Officials Have Ruled Out Pushing Ukraine to Negotiate With Russia
Speaking to DW, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she believed that a Russia weakened by the Ukraine war offers pro-democracy Belarusians an opportunity – as long as the international community does not abandon them.Belarus’ opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled to Lithuania after Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a disputed 2020 election that was viewed in the West as fraudulent, and which many thought she won.
Belarus opposition leader says her people ‘are ready to fight for our country’
Related:
Belarus Targeted for Regime Change…Again
US Writes Belarus into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script
How U.S. and UK Information-Warfare Fronts Ignited Anti-Government Protests in Belarus
United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus = parallel government. – #198 from Gene Sharp’s “198 METHODS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION”
Woman dies by suicide at UPS Worldport late Wednesday
Free help is available around the clock for those who are at risk of self harm. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
UPS is trying to silence this story by threatening their employees with termination. The woman was working two jobs.
The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House. And one thing Republicans will do with this power, in all probability, will be to try to provoke a crisis in order to extort Democrats into accepting spending cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
How family friendly!? Just throw Granny to the street! /s
Machine-translated by Google Translate. H/T: Alfred de Zayas’ Human Rights Corner.
“There is nothing more democratic than referendums” (original in German)
Read More »“NATO does not want to allow self-determination of the Russians”
Interview with Prof. Dr. iur. et phil. Alfred de Zayas, international law expert and former UN mandate holder
Current affairs in focus: Were the elections in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaparozhye and Kherson oblasts in accordance with international law?
Prof. Dr. Alfred de Zaya: Referenda are fundamentally a human rights-compliant method of “taking the temperature” and determining the will of a population. Art. 1 of the UN pact on civil and political rights stipulates the right of self-determination for all peoples – including the people of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaparozhye and Kherson – and of course the people of Crimea.
Article 19 of the Covenant stipulates the right of all people to freedom of expression. There is nothing more democratic than referendums. However, the UN has failed here. The UN has held self-determination referendums in Sudan, Timor-Leste and Ethiopia/Eritrea. But only after tens of thousands of people had been killed. The UN should have intervened earlier and held preventive referenda.¹
Are referendums irrelevant if they are not conducted by the UN?
Of course, popular referendums are important, even if international bodies ignore them. Of course, there are referendums all over the world, which unfortunately are not organized and carried out by the UN, but solely by the affected population themselves, for example the 1962 referendum in Algeria, which led to independence.²
At this point, it seems exceptionally likely that Elon Musk will own Twitter within a few weeks. Because nothing is predictable in this saga, you never know, but the odds are that by Halloween Twitter will be Muskville. We’ll have plenty of time to talk about what that means, but in our post about Musk’s abrupt about-face, we joked that the takeover might come just in time for the Supreme Court to hold Twitter liable for any terrorist organizations who use the site and then go kill people in terrorist attacks.
If Musk Completes His Twitter Takeover, His Fans Might Want To Start Supporting Section 230
Warnings? Not threats? Of course Russia didn’t threaten. And did in fact warn…
Threats are general. Warnings are specific
Russia warned if nukes were used against the nation, that is if Russia were attacked and not the other way around their would be a response.
Russia warned. So what does NATO opt to do?
NATO to hold nuclear exercise despite warnings from Russia
False flag?!
Related:
PRE-9/11 HIJACK DRILLS REVEALED
United States government operations and exercises on September 11, 2001
The White House said on Tuesday that it has many options to counteract OPEC+’s looming production cuts, including the release of even more crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
White House Leaves Door Open For Additional SPR Releases
Related:
The Implications Of U.S. SPR Withdrawals
Implications of OPEC-+ Production Cut
I think OPEC has not learned from its past mistakes, as it is not a good time to cut oil production by 2 million bpd in November 2022, especially at a time when global economies are under pressure. While higher oil prices at this juncture may bring much needed oil revenues to (national) oil companies and OPEC members, this will come at the cost of accelerating a global recession, bringing more misery to consumers. Consequently, it will weaken global oil demand and oil prices. Oil prices in the range of $70-$80/bbls at this difficult time could be a win-win situation for both producers and consumers, and shield global economies from collapsing. Consequently, the U.S. should take its own measures to enhance its domestic oil production, encourage EVs and halt further releases of the SPR. Running down the SPR will allow OPEC+ more flexibility to play around with production.
Meanwhile:
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (BNA): Japanese Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Sunday that the Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project in Russia is very important for Tokyo to ensure its diversified crude oil procurement.
Sakhalin 1 important for Japan oil procurement
Related:
Published: 10-11-2022
Russian authorities have temporarily re-nationalised the foreign-led Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project in the country’s far east, as pressure grows to resume production from the development.
Russia takes control of Sakhalin 1 oil and gas project
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