The watchdog for US spending on Afghanistan told Responsible Statecraft in an interview that he expects “pilferage” of US aid to Ukraine.
Afghanistan Watchdog Says ‘You’re Gonna See Pilferage’ of Ukraine Aid
As Ukraine’s LGBTQ soldiers fight on the front line, acceptance grows in the conservative country
“My fellow soldiers are really impressed with what I’ve done in Bakhmut, the massive scale of work that I did there, and after that they just don’t care about who I sleep with,” Honzyk, whose medical unit evacuates wounded soldiers and provides emergency first aid, said in a hip café in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, while on leave from the front line.
That doesn’t sound like what Ivan told the following publication, three days later:
Against Homophobia, For Women’s Rights: Ivan’s Lonely Struggle (original)
Ivan Honzyk came out as gay in March last year. His sexuality is a problem for others. In Russia, he keeps appearing on television for propaganda purposes. In Ukraine, many homosexuals have a hard time in the army. Many live in hiding, says Ivan Honzyk. Soldiers don’t want to meet him for fear of being mistaken for gay themselves.
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for April 12, 2023
Ukrainian Air Defenses Dwindling, West Scours World for Arms on Eve of “Spring Offensive” (Odysee) via The New Atlas
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The “October surprise” worked its way into the political jargon in 1980 to describe the Carter administration’s efforts to obtain the release of 52 American hostages in Iran. President Jimmy Carter didn’t know, however, that his opponent’s campaign was planning its own “October surprise”—to elect Ronald Reagan by ensuring that the hostages would be held until after the election.
The “October Surprise”: Throwing History Off Course
Taibbi said he would no longer use Twitter after it blocked Substack. Musk then unfollowed him.
Elon Musk apparently on the outs with Matt Taibbi over Twitter-Substack feud (archived)
Leila Khaled: “This Is Now An Intifada”
THE WESTERN MEDIA ARE CONTROLLED BY A MURDEROUS EMPIRE. IT’S A STRONG MEDIA, THEY JUST HIDE THE FACTS OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THIS REGION, ESPECIALLY IN PALESTINE.
Leila Khaled
On March 17, the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, introduced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Llova-Belova. The warrant, which accused Putin and Lolva-Belova of conducting the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children to a “network of camps” across the Russian Federation, inspired a wave of incendiary commentary in the West.
ICC’s Putin arrest warrant based on State Dept-funded report that debunked itself
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YouTube: The Grayzone exposes shoddy ICC warrant against Putin
Scott is joined by Ted Snider to talk about the real-time shift we are living through from a unipolar order dominated by Washington to a multipolar world where different blocs engage on more equal footing. They start with the war in Ukraine where western officials are doubling down on some of the choices that have thrown Eastern Europe into chaos in the first place. They then zoom out and examine how Washington’s recent foreign policy has driven Russia and China closer together. That leads finally to a discussion about the ramifications of this Chinese-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
3/24/23: Ted Snider on the Rapidly Changing World Order (YouTube)
Refusal to play by the “rules-based” script results in the murder of innocent civilians.
Lesson of 1999 Bombing of Serbia Ignored in the West
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