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TIL Because tungsten and gold have almost identical weights, fake gold bars and coins made from tungsten cannot be identified by the usual method of density testing, and ultrasound has to be used instead.
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Forwarded from Scott Ritter
Several vignettes about my journey from being a weapons inspector to vocal opponent of US policy in the Middle East.

▫️ Prologue: The Making of an Activist, Ritter versus Powell—A Documentary Tale

I will start with a brief review of the documented record about my clash with then-Secretary of State Colin Powell over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the role of UN weapons inspectors in overseeing the disarmament of those weapons.

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▫️ The Making of an Activist, Part One: The Resignation Letter

In this second installment of the “Making of an Activist” series, the author explains the circumstances surrounding his resignation from the United Nations Special Commission, and the roots of his ongoing clash with the US government regarding US policy in Iraq and the Middle East.

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▫️ The Making of an Activist, Part Two: Kill the Messenger

In this second installment of the “Making of an Activist” series, the author describes the efforts undertaken by Joe Biden and the Clinton administration to attack his credibility in the aftermath of his resignation from UNSCOM in August 1998.

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▫️ The Making of an Activist, Final Chapter: [The] Butler Did It

In this fourth and final installment of the “Making of an Activist” series, the author describes the betrayal of the United Nations weapons inspection process by the US government and the weapons inspectors themselves.

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"“Prince Jim”—as some long-timers used to call him—repeatedly invoked a slur for longtime engineers and skilled machinists in the obligatory vanity “leadership” book he co-wrote. Those who cared too much about the integrity of the planes and not enough about the stock price were “phenomenally talented assholes,” and he encouraged his deputies to ostracize them into leaving the company. He initially refused to let nearly any of these talented assholes work on the 787 Dreamliner, instead outsourcing the vast majority of the development and engineering design of the brand-new, revolutionary wide-body jet to suppliers, many of which lacked engineering departments. The plan would save money while busting unions, a win-win, he promised investors. Instead, McNerney’s plan burned some $50 billion in excess of its budget and went three and a half years behind schedule."

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/
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JUST IN - Iran launches multiple drone swarms towards Israel.

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TIL out of the world's 2781 billionaires only 19 are black, 8 of them being Oprah, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Tiger Woods and Tyler Perry
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🇪🇺 🇨🇳 Borrell: The EU does not produce enough gunpowder to increase the production of ammunition needed for Ukraine due to its dependence on cotton imports from China
“The EU does not produce gunpowder, all gunpowder is made in China. Gunpowder requires cotton to make, but cotton is no longer produced in Europe because it was cheaper to produce elsewhere. The EU must restore the agricultural sector, which has completely disappeared."

The Financial Times is also worried that China is capable of instantly destroying the entire European military-industrial complex. Ukrainian shells have sucked up all the gunpowder in Europe, for which China is the main supplier of raw materials.

Europe receives more than 70% of the cotton linters it needs from China. And he fears that Beijing may soon turn off this tap. Therefore, they buy in advance and think about the need to build new production sites, and this can take from six months to two years.

Боррель: Евросоюз не производит достаточно пороха для наращивания выпуска необходимых для Украины боеприпасов из-за зависимости от импорта хлопка из Китая
«ЕС не производит порох, весь порох производится в Китае. Для производства пороха нужен хлопок, но хлопок больше не производится в Европе, поскольку его было дешевле производить в других местах. ЕС должен восстановить отрасль сельского хозяйства, которая полностью исчезла».


Financial Times тоже беспокоится о том, что Китай способен вмиг уничтожить весь европейский ВПК. Украинские снаряды высосвали весь порох в Европе, основным поставщиком сырья для которого является Китай.

Европа получает из Китая более 70% нужного ей хлопкового линта. И опасается, что Пекин в скором времени может перекрыть этот кран. Поэтому закупают впрок и задумываются над тем, что нужно строить новые производственные площадки, а на это может уйти от шести месяцев до двух лет.
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"So it was that the CIA and MI6 began supporting Sunni “nationalist jihadists” throughout West Asia. The next year, Bashar Assad rejected a Qatari proposal to route Doha’s vast gas reserves directly to Europe, via a $10 billion, 1,500 kilometre-long pipeline spanning Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. As extensively documented by WikiLeaks-released diplomatic cables, US, Israeli and Saudi intelligence immediately decided to overthrow Assad by fomenting a local Sunni rebellion, and started financing opposition groups for the purpose."

https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/how-cia-and-mi6-created-isis#:~:text=So%20it%20was,for%20the%20purpose.
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The White House quickly responded Monday following a declaration published by the Vatican that denounces ‘gender affirming’ surgery and gender ideology as “deeply harmful,” a “violation of human dignity,” and aimed at “eliminating the basis of family.”

https://modernity.news/2024/04/09/devout-catholic-biden-disagrees-with-popes-declaration-that-gender-ideology-is-deeply-harmful/
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Israel Scrambles GPS Signals as Country Girds for Potential Retaliation From Iran
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-scrambles-gps-signals-as-country-girds-for-potential-retaliation-from-iran/ar-BB1l5cuO

Perplexed Israelis woke up Thursday in Tel Aviv to find that map applications on their phones were placing them in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, some 130 miles to the north. Cabdrivers couldn’t navigate. Food-delivery apps were temporarily out of service.

The Israeli military was scrambling GPS signals, as the country braces for possible retaliation by Iran or one of its allied militias for a suspected Israeli airstrike Monday on an Iranian diplomatic building in Syria.

In an apparent mobilization for potential hostilities, the Israeli military on Thursday said it would pause all leave for combat units “in accordance with the situational assessment.”

The Israeli military said the GPS scrambling—which can be used to confuse targeting systems for weapons—was part of an effort to protect the country.

“Today we initiated GPS disruption in order to neutralize threats,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said Thursday.

“We are aware that this disruption causes discomfort but this is an essential and necessary tool in our defense capabilities.”

Make sure maps 🗺️ and a compass 🧭 are part of your preps.
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According to The Economist, Russia has intensified its shelling of Kharkiv, aiming to turn it into a “grey zone” unfit for civilian habitation. The escalation began in December, coinciding with issues surrounding American military aid. The March 27 attack on 23rd of August Street marked a significant turning point, as it introduced glider bombs capable of causing extensive damage from afar.

This attack followed the destruction of Kharkiv’s energy facilities by missile strikes, followed by a week of shelling using glide bombs, rockets, and drones, resulting in numerous casualties. Mayor Ihor Terekhov affirmed Kharkiv’s resilience, noting that despite hardships, its citizens remain steadfast.

Despite the challenges of restoring electricity without functioning power plants, the city managed to provide power to its residents. Mayor Terekhov refrained from revealing the specifics of how this was achieved to avoid further targeting.
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NEW - The Vatican in Rome releases doctrine "Dignitas Infinita" and declares sex change surgery, surrogacy, and gender theory as grave threats to human dignity.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/9atmytx2ju/

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TIL "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming" is a memoir by Mike Brown, the American astronomer most responsible for the reclassification of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet. It is an account of the events surrounding the redefinition of 'planet' that eventually changed the status of Pluto.
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