BREAKING: Zelensky’s term in office has officially ended as of last night. He has now extended his term by martial law

Fraudsters have stolen almost £1 billion from the Ministry of Defence since 2010.

"MoD accused of being a “soft touch for thieves and corrupt government officials”, according to one senior civil servant"

"Figures show that almost every area of defence, from personal expenses to the procurement of weapons, aircraft, and ships, has fallen victim to fraud costing the country millions"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/18/mod-fraud-reaches-record-280m-in-a-year-report-shows/

I'm not a fan of Cummings but I agree with his sentiments here, and the revolving door between ministers, civil service and defence contractors. Many are getting rich off misery and blood. Look at what he says about Ukraine.

BREAKING: Newly Unsealed Doc Reveals Biden FBI Authorized the Use of Deadly Force During Mar-a-Lago Raid – Armed Agents Prepared to Confront Trump

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/breaking-newly-unsealed-doc-reveals-biden-fbi-authorized/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-newly-unsealed-doc-reveals-biden-fbi-authorized

Way Too Little, Way Too Late

The Biden Adminstration puts tariffs on Chinese imports: The US rolled out steep tariffs on Chinese products on Tuesday, quadrupling duties on electric vehicles (EVs) to over 100% and imposing new levies on computer chips, solar cells and lithium-ion batteries. The White House says the new measures are intended to “protect American workers and businesses.” […]

https://voxday.net/2024/05/14/way-too-little-way-too-late/

Retired US General Mark Milley offered a bizarre defense of Israel’s actions in Gaza when he opined that “we” in America also “slaughtered people in massive numbers.”

https://modernity.news/2024/05/09/former-general-mark-milley-in-bizarre-defense-of-israel/

"Yes, the big lesson learned in the George Floyd riots for SPD is that a static riot line of police is not sustainable for more than a day. Because the protesters are fanatics, they will stay out there for weeks, tormenting the cops on the line and gradually increasing the provocation until they get the cops to react. And eventually, the police are going to react and try to make arrests, and there’s going to be tear gas. That’s what we learned. It’s just not sustainable to stand there and let them abuse you."
https://www.city-journal.org/article/riot-tactics-redux#:~:text=Yes%2C%20the%20big,them%20abuse%20you.

"US jamming technology is significantly worse than Russia's, ex-Pentagon officials warn" - Tom Porter, Business Insider, 14MAY2024

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-jamming-tech-is-worse-than-russia-ex-pentagon-officials-2024-5

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"This linguistic map paints an alternative map of Europe, displaying the language families that populate the continent, and the lexical distance between the languages. The closer that distance, the more words they have in common. The further the distance, the harder the mutual comprehension.

"The map shows the language families that cover the continent: large, familiar ones like Germanic, Italic-Romance and Slavic; smaller ones like Celtic, Baltic and Uralic; outliers like Semitic and Turkic; and isolates – orphan languages, without a family: Albanian and Greek."

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/a-map-of-lexical-distances-between-europes-languages/

🇷🇺🇮🇹 Race between MiG-17 fighter and Lamborghini Huracan Evo sports car

AstraZeneca is removing its COVID vaccine worldwide, although the company claims the decision is purely commercial and not related to the admitted fact that it can cause dangerous side-effects.

https://modernity.news/2024/05/08/astrazeneca-removing-covid-vaccine-worldwide-claims-its-purely-commercial/

Nasca lines are among Peru's greatest mysteries

Hundreds of gigantic lines, some in the shape of animals, geometric patterns and even an alien-like being, extend for miles throughout Peruvian desert, which could only be seen high above the Earth

The real question is, who were these symbols intended for?

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When you have no rooster sometimes you need to step up to the plate. A friend here saving his chooks.

https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/the-silver-hoards-of-the-vikings/the-hoard-find-from-hornelund/

Hat tip

https://twitter.com/Tom_Rowsell/status/1790305030769148313