Forwarded from Moon of Alabama
60 Hours After Publishing A Fake News Report On Afghanistan The New York Times Still Spreads The Story
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/09/60-hours-after-publishing-a-fake-news-report-on-afghanistan-the-new-york-times-still-keeps-its-story.html
On Tuesday I provided that the New York Times and CNN were spreading fake news about Taliban policy in Afghanistan by quoting a hoax tweet from an imposter's Twitter account. Forty-eight hours later both stories are still uncorrected despite the...
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/09/60-hours-after-publishing-a-fake-news-report-on-afghanistan-the-new-york-times-still-keeps-its-story.html
On Tuesday I provided that the New York Times and CNN were spreading fake news about Taliban policy in Afghanistan by quoting a hoax tweet from an imposter's Twitter account. Forty-eight hours later both stories are still uncorrected despite the...
#EnergyCrunch #electricity #coal
#China #Russia
https://www.rt.com/russia/536271-beijing-coal-request-kremlin/
China requests emergency power from Russia as coal shortages leave cities without electricity & factories grind to a standstill
#China #Russia
https://www.rt.com/russia/536271-beijing-coal-request-kremlin/
China requests emergency power from Russia as coal shortages leave cities without electricity & factories grind to a standstill
RT
China requests emergency power from Russia as coal shortages leave cities without electricity & factories grind to a standstill
Beijing has reportedly asked one of Russia's largest power companies to step up its exports of electricity to China after days of brownouts blamed on scarce supplies of coal caused chaos across the world's most populous country.
#Iran
Iran Sanctions
How To Say F... Y.. In Diplomatese
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/10/iran-sanctions-how-to-say-f-y-in-diplomatese.html
Via https://news.1rj.ru/str/Moon_Of_Alabama
Iran Sanctions
How To Say F... Y.. In Diplomatese
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/10/iran-sanctions-how-to-say-f-y-in-diplomatese.html
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Corporate media #PropagandaVirus #China
How AP, Reuters And SCMP Propagandize Their Readers Against China
A typical 'western' anti-China propaganda claim is that China is using its military aggressively. 'Western' news agencies do this on a regular base when they report of Chinese air maneuvers around Taiwan.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/10/how-ap-reuters-and-scmp-propagandize-their-readers-against-china.html
How AP, Reuters And SCMP Propagandize Their Readers Against China
A typical 'western' anti-China propaganda claim is that China is using its military aggressively. 'Western' news agencies do this on a regular base when they report of Chinese air maneuvers around Taiwan.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/10/how-ap-reuters-and-scmp-propagandize-their-readers-against-china.html
#Russia #space
https://www.rt.com/russia/536616-russia-space-agency-moon/
After multiple delays, Russia's space agency finally announces much-anticipated Luna 25 moon mission will launch in July 2022
https://www.rt.com/russia/536616-russia-space-agency-moon/
After multiple delays, Russia's space agency finally announces much-anticipated Luna 25 moon mission will launch in July 2022
RT International
After multiple delays, Russia's space agency finally announces much-anticipated Luna 25 moon mission will launch in July 2022 —…
The first of three planned Russian missions to the Moon will launch in July 2022, the chief of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has revealed, finally bringing an end to years of delays postponing the take-off of the Luna 25 lander.
#US #UK assassination of #Iran #Solaimani
1. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/10/03/667736/UK-Menwith-Hill-US-assassination-Iran-General-Soleimani
2. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/02/raf-intelligence-base-linked-to-us-drone-strike-on-iranian-general-qassem-soleimani?__twitter_impression=true
1. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/10/03/667736/UK-Menwith-Hill-US-assassination-Iran-General-Soleimani
2. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/02/raf-intelligence-base-linked-to-us-drone-strike-on-iranian-general-qassem-soleimani?__twitter_impression=true
PressTV
Revealed: Secretive UK base linked to US assassination of Iran’s Gen. Soleimani
The UK Royal Air Force intelligence base in Yorkshire, Menwith Hill, was likely involved in the US assassination of top Iranian counter-terrorism commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, a new report reveals.
#bellingcat #Wikileaks
"Someone should write a PhD on the differing trajectories of Bellingcat and WikiLeaks...and their founders. It tells you everything you need to know about the reward system that undergirds Western media"
https://mobile.twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1445448678777311232?t=1a8lF-nyIKrUWgPErrTwRw&s=19
"Someone should write a PhD on the differing trajectories of Bellingcat and WikiLeaks...and their founders. It tells you everything you need to know about the reward system that undergirds Western media"
https://mobile.twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1445448678777311232?t=1a8lF-nyIKrUWgPErrTwRw&s=19
#bellingcat
"Something I learnt in @AlanRMacLeod’s excellent recent piece on Bellingcat is that one of their contributors literally spent a decade in GCHQ running cyber and Middle Eastern terror operations. 🤣"
https://mobile.twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1445473734903566347?t=kuTlsPBcXSgpeoZD958pLg&s=19
"Something I learnt in @AlanRMacLeod’s excellent recent piece on Bellingcat is that one of their contributors literally spent a decade in GCHQ running cyber and Middle Eastern terror operations. 🤣"
https://mobile.twitter.com/kennardmatt/status/1445473734903566347?t=kuTlsPBcXSgpeoZD958pLg&s=19
#NATO #Ukraine #Georgia
"Stoltenberg: Ukraine, Georgia to become NATO members but not tomorrow" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://112.international/politics/stoltenberg-ukraine-georgia-to-become-nato-members-but-not-tomorrow-65558.html
"Stoltenberg: Ukraine, Georgia to become NATO members but not tomorrow" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://112.international/politics/stoltenberg-ukraine-georgia-to-become-nato-members-but-not-tomorrow-65558.html
#US preparing to chemical and biological attack 🤦♂️
"Feds to Deploy Non-Toxic Gas in NYC Subways in Test of Biological Attack Readiness"
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/homeland-security-deploying-non-toxic-gas-in-nyc-trains-next-week-for-terror-readiness-study/3316701/?amp&__twitter_impression=true
"Feds to Deploy Non-Toxic Gas in NYC Subways in Test of Biological Attack Readiness"
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/homeland-security-deploying-non-toxic-gas-in-nyc-trains-next-week-for-terror-readiness-study/3316701/?amp&__twitter_impression=true
4 New York
Non-Toxic Gas to Be Deployed in 100+ NYC Locations, Including Transit, In Bio-Attack Readiness Test
New York City’s response plans for a chemical or biological attack will be put to the test in the coming weeks as part of a federal preparedness study. The MTA says the Department of Homeland Security working alongside a team of researchers and city agencies…
#Navalny's hair test sample is withheld by the Charité hospital
https://krass-und-konkret.de/politik-wirtschaft/haartestprobe-nawalnys-wird-von-der-charite-zurueckgehalten/
https://krass-und-konkret.de/politik-wirtschaft/haartestprobe-nawalnys-wird-von-der-charite-zurueckgehalten/
Krass & Konkret
Haartestprobe Nawalnys wird von der Charité zurückgehalten
Die Bedeutung der von den deutschen Ärzten getesteten Haarproben liegt darin, dass die Ergebnisse den Konsum von Lithium und Benzodiazepinen in Nawalnys Blut und Urin bestätigen, die bei seiner Ankunft in Berlin festgestellt wurden
#US #EU #France #China
Clear Differences Remain Between France and U.S., French Minister Says
“The United States wants to confront China. The European Union wants to engage China”
https://archive.is/gSP1X/again?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/world/europe/france-us-differences-bruno-le-marie.html
Clear Differences Remain Between France and U.S., French Minister Says
“The United States wants to confront China. The European Union wants to engage China”
https://archive.is/gSP1X/again?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/world/europe/france-us-differences-bruno-le-marie.html
archive.is
Clear Differences Remain Between France and U.S., French Minister Say…
archived 11 Oct 2021 23:32:05 UTC
#FreedomOfThePress #PressFreedom
#US and #EU are silent
Why?
Not in Russia but in #Zelensky's #Ukraine
Journalists of illegally closed media told European partners about billboards with appeal to participants of EU-Ukraine summit for protection of freedom of speech destroyed in Kiev
https://112.international/politics/journalists-of-illegally-closed-media-told-european-partners-that-billboards-with-appeal-to-participants-of-eu-ukraine-summit-for-protection-of-freedom-of-speech-were-destroyed-in-kyiv-65763.html
#US and #EU are silent
Why?
Not in Russia but in #Zelensky's #Ukraine
Journalists of illegally closed media told European partners about billboards with appeal to participants of EU-Ukraine summit for protection of freedom of speech destroyed in Kiev
https://112.international/politics/journalists-of-illegally-closed-media-told-european-partners-that-billboards-with-appeal-to-participants-of-eu-ukraine-summit-for-protection-of-freedom-of-speech-were-destroyed-in-kyiv-65763.html
112.international
Journalists of illegally closed media told European partners that billboards with appeal to participants of EU-Ukraine summit for…
These billboards were installed on October 11
#Ukraine #gas
That time when 💩 hits fan
https://112.international/society/gas-price-growth-to-lead-to-increase-of-prices-of-all-services-in-ukraine-official-65758.html
That time when 💩 hits fan
https://112.international/society/gas-price-growth-to-lead-to-increase-of-prices-of-all-services-in-ukraine-official-65758.html
112.international
Rapid growth of gas prices in Ukraine will lead to an increase of prices of pretty much all kinds of services in Ukraine
Tariffs for business will grow inevitably, because the government is not going to compensate these
#US #NATO #Russia #Turkey
https://www.rt.com/russia/537042-russia-turkey-partnership-syrian-conflict/
As Turkey turns away from Biden & towards Putin, the US-led NATO military bloc is on the rocks due to American ambitions in Syria
https://www.rt.com/russia/537042-russia-turkey-partnership-syrian-conflict/
As Turkey turns away from Biden & towards Putin, the US-led NATO military bloc is on the rocks due to American ambitions in Syria
RT
As Turkey turns away from Biden & towards Putin, the US-led NATO military bloc is on the rocks due to American ambitions in Syria
In the space of nearly 500 years, Russia and Turkey have fought no fewer than 12 wars against each other. Now, even without the tsars or Ottomans, the two old rivals are standing on competing sides once again – this time in Syria.
#US #Afghanistan
After their hasty retreat following two decades of military operations, Western nations, led by the US & NATO, are deliberately trying to heat up the situation in Afghanistan, stoking a refugee crisis in Central Asia.
https://www.rt.com/russia/537233-us-nato-afghanistan-russia/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
After their hasty retreat following two decades of military operations, Western nations, led by the US & NATO, are deliberately trying to heat up the situation in Afghanistan, stoking a refugee crisis in Central Asia.
https://www.rt.com/russia/537233-us-nato-afghanistan-russia/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
RT International
US & NATO deliberately trying to ‘heat up’ crisis in Afghanistan after chaotic exit sparked sharp rise in refugees, Russia claims…
After beating a ‘hasty’ retreat following two decades of military operations, Western nations have handed over their weapons to the Taliban and are now working to escalate tensions yet further, Russia’s Foreign Minister has said.
#US #Russia #Navalny #TradeWar
https://www.rt.com/russia/537254-bullet-manufacturers-loss-profit-sanctions/
Russian bullet manufacturers set to lose access to their biggest export market due to US ‘Navalny’ sanctions on ammo purchases
https://www.rt.com/russia/537254-bullet-manufacturers-loss-profit-sanctions/
Russian bullet manufacturers set to lose access to their biggest export market due to US ‘Navalny’ sanctions on ammo purchases
RT International
Russian bullet manufacturers set to lose access to their biggest export market due to US ‘Navalny’ sanctions on ammo purchases…
Russian manufacturers of gun cartridges for civilian-owned weapons may suffer a significant dent in their profits amid sanctions imposed by Washington that restrict the “permanent import” of small arms and ammunition into the US.
#US #Nuland #Russia
https://www.rt.com/russia/537272-ryabkov-relations-russia-us-worsen/
‘The Americans aren’t listening to us,’ Russia says as major Moscow talks between Biden’s envoy and Kremlin’s diplomats break down
https://www.rt.com/russia/537272-ryabkov-relations-russia-us-worsen/
‘The Americans aren’t listening to us,’ Russia says as major Moscow talks between Biden’s envoy and Kremlin’s diplomats break down
RT
‘The Americans aren’t listening to us,’ Russia says as major Moscow talks between Biden’s envoy and Kremlin’s diplomats break down
Relations between Russia and the US could worsen in the wake of long-awaited negotiations between the two countries that are making less progress than originally hoped, Moscow’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said.
#US #Nuland #Ukraine #Donbass
https://www.rt.com/russia/537366-donbass-autonomous-status-agreement/
Kremlin says US & Russia agree Ukraine must give Donbass special autonomous status as Nuland hails productive meeting in Moscow
https://www.rt.com/russia/537366-donbass-autonomous-status-agreement/
Kremlin says US & Russia agree Ukraine must give Donbass special autonomous status as Nuland hails productive meeting in Moscow
RT
Kremlin says US & Russia agree Ukraine must give Donbass special autonomous status as Nuland hails productive meeting in Moscow
Russia and the US have agreed to continue discussions on the situation in the east of Ukraine, with both parties seeing eye-to-eye on the need for Kiev to implement the controversial Minsk agreements to create peace in the region.
#US #DeDollarisation
https://www.rt.com/russia/537407-putin-cnbc-dollar-inflation/
Putin says US itself killing dollar as reserve currency by weaponizing sanctions & uncontrolled money printing, fueling inflation
https://www.rt.com/russia/537407-putin-cnbc-dollar-inflation/
Putin says US itself killing dollar as reserve currency by weaponizing sanctions & uncontrolled money printing, fueling inflation
RT
Putin says US itself killing dollar as reserve currency by weaponizing sanctions & uncontrolled money printing, fueling inflation
Washington itself is undermining the US dollar's long-time status as the world’s largest reserve currency by using the greenback as an instrument of sanctions abroad, while raising the national debt and driving inflation at home.