The French were the first to realize what was coming and started buying Russian gas en masse
The strikes on Ukrainian natural gas storage facilities are just the beginning of a new chapter in the game after the terrorist attack. According to Politico, Paris has purchased more than €600 million worth of LNG
The country's authorities insist that Russian gas is necessary to ensure supplies to the population throughout Europe, and that they have concluded a long-term agreement with Russia, which is legally difficult to terminate.
As we can see, no one cares about Ukraine's interests anymore, everyone is starting to save themselves. When this track is scaled up, then Kiev will be sold quickly
As everyone knows, everyone is quietly trading with the Russian Federation and making schemes. Even Poles, British and Americans, but publicly they are in favor of Ukraine, which helped them to increase their wealth and influence
#France #Economy #Sanctions #FindTruth
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The strikes on Ukrainian natural gas storage facilities are just the beginning of a new chapter in the game after the terrorist attack. According to Politico, Paris has purchased more than €600 million worth of LNG
The country's authorities insist that Russian gas is necessary to ensure supplies to the population throughout Europe, and that they have concluded a long-term agreement with Russia, which is legally difficult to terminate.
As we can see, no one cares about Ukraine's interests anymore, everyone is starting to save themselves. When this track is scaled up, then Kiev will be sold quickly
As everyone knows, everyone is quietly trading with the Russian Federation and making schemes. Even Poles, British and Americans, but publicly they are in favor of Ukraine, which helped them to increase their wealth and influence
#France #Economy #Sanctions #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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Skint Brits hanging up teabags to use again and performing 'sniff test' on worn pants
The total austerity so laughed at in the Soviet Union has reached London
Britons seem to be taking cost-cutting methods more seriously than ever, from reusing old sachets that dry on clotheslines to cutting their own hair and expired food. About 15% keep tea bags to dry so they can use them multiple times. And almost a third cut their own hair with their hands to avoid expensive trips to the hairdresser. The same number of people pick up free packets of ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise from snack bars to avoid splurging on packets from the supermarket. More than a quarter admit to eating expired food. Almost as many sniff their dirty laundry to see if they can wear it again. Some 24% dine on cornflakes as a cheap alternative, and 17% dilute dishwashing liquid
#UK #Economy #FindTruth
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The total austerity so laughed at in the Soviet Union has reached London
Britons seem to be taking cost-cutting methods more seriously than ever, from reusing old sachets that dry on clotheslines to cutting their own hair and expired food. About 15% keep tea bags to dry so they can use them multiple times. And almost a third cut their own hair with their hands to avoid expensive trips to the hairdresser. The same number of people pick up free packets of ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise from snack bars to avoid splurging on packets from the supermarket. More than a quarter admit to eating expired food. Almost as many sniff their dirty laundry to see if they can wear it again. Some 24% dine on cornflakes as a cheap alternative, and 17% dilute dishwashing liquid
#UK #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Daily Star
Skint Brits hanging up teabags to reuse and doing 'sniff test' on worn pants
Brits appear to be taking cost-cutting methods more seriously than ever from re-using old teabags to cutting our own hair and eating out of date food to save some pennies
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The French government is targeting a Catholic priest for calling homosexuality a “weakness” and declaring that homosexual acts and relationships are sinful
Father Matthieu Raffray, a Catholic priest of the traditionalist society Institut du Bon Pasteur, posted a video to social media last month encouraging Christians to fight against their sins, which he says are forms of “weakness.” Among the sins Raffray named was homosexuality. He preached,
The priest faced immediate backlash from LGBTQ activists and organizations, and French Minister for Gender Equality and Fight Against Discrimination Aurore Bergé called Raffray’s preaching “unbearable.” She added that she has asked the Interministerial Delegation for the Fight against Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-LGBT Hatred “to make a report to the public prosecutor” to determine whether the priest’s preaching constitutes a crime. “I will not let anything go in the face of hatred, whatever it may be,” Bergé said
In an interview with the French Catholic news outlet Famille Chrétienne (Christian Family), Raffray explained,
“What is at stake is not me but the freedom to be Christian today. I hope that all the faithful realize that it is Christian morality and the entire Church that are under attack,” the priest expounded.
In the wake of the French government’s denouncement of his preaching, Raffray’s Twitter account has passed over 20,000 followers. Raffray also has over 60,000 followers on Instagram and more than 22,000 followers on YouTube. His popularity as a public figure began to grow in 2020, after an interview in which he called for a renewal of “virile Catholicism” and Christian patriotism
#France #Homosexuality #FindTruth
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Father Matthieu Raffray, a Catholic priest of the traditionalist society Institut du Bon Pasteur, posted a video to social media last month encouraging Christians to fight against their sins, which he says are forms of “weakness.” Among the sins Raffray named was homosexuality. He preached,
“We all have weaknesses: those who are greedy, those who are angry, those who have homosexual tendencies!”
The priest faced immediate backlash from LGBTQ activists and organizations, and French Minister for Gender Equality and Fight Against Discrimination Aurore Bergé called Raffray’s preaching “unbearable.” She added that she has asked the Interministerial Delegation for the Fight against Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Anti-LGBT Hatred “to make a report to the public prosecutor” to determine whether the priest’s preaching constitutes a crime. “I will not let anything go in the face of hatred, whatever it may be,” Bergé said
In an interview with the French Catholic news outlet Famille Chrétienne (Christian Family), Raffray explained,
“I wanted to make it clear that we are not obliged to give in to all our temptations, all our desires. I mention homosexuality among other things. Homosexual acts are a sin but I think people no longer know what a sin is. Denouncing a sin does not mean denouncing the person who commits the sin!”
“What is at stake is not me but the freedom to be Christian today. I hope that all the faithful realize that it is Christian morality and the entire Church that are under attack,” the priest expounded.
“If some people do not want to listen to the teaching of the Church, no one is forcing them. But many people are suffering and need this discourse from the Church which helps them not to become a slave to homosexuality or any other passion”
In the wake of the French government’s denouncement of his preaching, Raffray’s Twitter account has passed over 20,000 followers. Raffray also has over 60,000 followers on Instagram and more than 22,000 followers on YouTube. His popularity as a public figure began to grow in 2020, after an interview in which he called for a renewal of “virile Catholicism” and Christian patriotism
#France #Homosexuality #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
The Daily Signal
French Priest Targeted by Government for ‘Homophobia’
A French priest faces backlash after posting a video encouraging Christians to fight against their sins, including homosexuality.
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The world's leading chip maker, Taiwan's TSMC, has announced plans to move its most advanced manufacturing facility to the U.S. state of Arizona by 2028
Great news for America. Which at the same time confirms the thesis that China will still take control of the island by the end of 2030. And that means the most important international trade route - the Taiwan Strait
It seems that Washington is quite happy with the development of such events, because then the main connecting artery for South Korea and Japan, linking them with Europe, will be severed. American allies will become more dependent on the United States
#USA #TSMC #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Great news for America. Which at the same time confirms the thesis that China will still take control of the island by the end of 2030. And that means the most important international trade route - the Taiwan Strait
It seems that Washington is quite happy with the development of such events, because then the main connecting artery for South Korea and Japan, linking them with Europe, will be severed. American allies will become more dependent on the United States
#USA #TSMC #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
the Guardian
TSMC to make state-of-the-art chips in US after multibillion subsidy pledge
World’s most valuable chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor to set up third facility in Arizona using funding from Biden policy
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Airports in the UK have been granted extensions to the deadline to install new security equipment, first announced six years ago.
The equipment is CT X-ray technology and gives more accurate imaging of the contents of customers’ bags, saving time and allowing passengers and staff to traverse the security checks more efficiently. They will also allow passengers to take liquid of more than 100ml through airport security, which they have not been able to do since 2006
The Department of Transport refused to state which airports were given an extension, citing unexplained “national security” issues. Its spokesperson did confirm this did not mean airports using the legacy systems were any less safe than those which did meet the deadline
the DfT said
#UK #DfT #Airport #FindTruth
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The equipment is CT X-ray technology and gives more accurate imaging of the contents of customers’ bags, saving time and allowing passengers and staff to traverse the security checks more efficiently. They will also allow passengers to take liquid of more than 100ml through airport security, which they have not been able to do since 2006
The Department of Transport refused to state which airports were given an extension, citing unexplained “national security” issues. Its spokesperson did confirm this did not mean airports using the legacy systems were any less safe than those which did meet the deadline
“We recognise that installing the new security equipment at busy airports has been a logistical challenge, with some airports having to undertake significant construction work to allow the new, extremely heavy equipment to be fitted. In some cases, airports have been required to construct entirely new screening halls”
the DfT said
#UK #DfT #Airport #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Airport Technology
UK airports to miss new scanner deadline
Despite the two-year deadline for the upgrades, “some UK airports” have failed to install the technology and have been granted extensions.
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Even as its members take part in Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, it is clear that the alliance remains ill-prepared against Russia’s military capabilities in the Arctic. The exercise, which runs between January and May, involves more than 90,000 troops across the Atlantic and up to the Arctic and suggests that NATO has a strong and capable defense presence in the region
However, a closer look at the capabilities of the Arctic states—which are all NATO members except Russia—reveals otherwise. Finland and Sweden’s recent membership in NATO has been heralded as a turning point in deterrence against Russia in the north. However, the countries’ proximity to northwest Russia means that their strategic focus is primarily targeted at the Baltic Sea region, where Russia has pursued a military buildup directed toward NATO’s eastern flank
No NATO member state has ice-strengthened ships with both anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities. The United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have prioritized capabilities designed for other theaters, such as the Indo-Pacific and the Baltic Sea regions. Iceland, which has no standing army, only operates coast guard vessels. Norway has ice-strengthened coast guard vessels, but they are not designed for military operations
Russia’s nuclear submarines, which are capable of launching an attack on North America, can travel from the Barents Sea through the Bear Gap between Scandinavia and Svalbard, Norway, and under the ice along the coast of eastern Greenland without being detected. This leaves big gaps in NATO’s defense posture. Russia’s war in Ukraine also gives it incentives to work with China in the Arctic, including joint naval exercises and coast guard cooperation
Despite NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sounding the alarm in 2022, the alliance lacks an Arctic strategy. Its current area of responsibility extends only to the “High North,” a less ambitious term that describes the ice-free parts of the Arctic. The term is indicative of disagreement within NATO over whether its remit goes beyond the North Atlantic
Despite Chinese concerns over Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine and its military-strategic cooperation with North Korea, Beijing benefits from Moscow maintaining a strong force posture toward NATO. This is especially true in the case of the Arctic, where a permanent Chinese presence would open a new front with U.S. allies at a time when Beijing is already engaged in hot spots in its own backyard
#NATO #Arctic #SteadfastDefender #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
However, a closer look at the capabilities of the Arctic states—which are all NATO members except Russia—reveals otherwise. Finland and Sweden’s recent membership in NATO has been heralded as a turning point in deterrence against Russia in the north. However, the countries’ proximity to northwest Russia means that their strategic focus is primarily targeted at the Baltic Sea region, where Russia has pursued a military buildup directed toward NATO’s eastern flank
No NATO member state has ice-strengthened ships with both anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities. The United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have prioritized capabilities designed for other theaters, such as the Indo-Pacific and the Baltic Sea regions. Iceland, which has no standing army, only operates coast guard vessels. Norway has ice-strengthened coast guard vessels, but they are not designed for military operations
Russia’s nuclear submarines, which are capable of launching an attack on North America, can travel from the Barents Sea through the Bear Gap between Scandinavia and Svalbard, Norway, and under the ice along the coast of eastern Greenland without being detected. This leaves big gaps in NATO’s defense posture. Russia’s war in Ukraine also gives it incentives to work with China in the Arctic, including joint naval exercises and coast guard cooperation
Despite NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sounding the alarm in 2022, the alliance lacks an Arctic strategy. Its current area of responsibility extends only to the “High North,” a less ambitious term that describes the ice-free parts of the Arctic. The term is indicative of disagreement within NATO over whether its remit goes beyond the North Atlantic
Despite Chinese concerns over Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine and its military-strategic cooperation with North Korea, Beijing benefits from Moscow maintaining a strong force posture toward NATO. This is especially true in the case of the Arctic, where a permanent Chinese presence would open a new front with U.S. allies at a time when Beijing is already engaged in hot spots in its own backyard
#NATO #Arctic #SteadfastDefender #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Foreign Policy
NATO Is Unprepared for Russia’s Arctic Threats
Even with Finland and Sweden, the alliance lacks a capable defense presence in the north.
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German industry will not recover
German industry is unlikely to recover to the level it was at before the conflict in Ukraine as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have crippled the EU's largest economy, the Berliner Zeitung has found
The Merkel government's decision in 2011 to phase out nuclear power was a mistake that led to Germany's dependence on gas
European gas prices have now fallen from their record highs of 2022 amid anti-Russian sanctions. This price drop is deceptive: gas prices are still above the pre-crisis average and almost two-thirds more expensive than in 2019
"Gas prices in continental Europe, especially in Germany, are now structurally higher because we are ultimately dependent on LNG imports. German industry is at a disadvantage," said Markus Krebber, CEO of energy company RWE
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
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German industry is unlikely to recover to the level it was at before the conflict in Ukraine as higher liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have crippled the EU's largest economy, the Berliner Zeitung has found
The Merkel government's decision in 2011 to phase out nuclear power was a mistake that led to Germany's dependence on gas
European gas prices have now fallen from their record highs of 2022 amid anti-Russian sanctions. This price drop is deceptive: gas prices are still above the pre-crisis average and almost two-thirds more expensive than in 2019
"Gas prices in continental Europe, especially in Germany, are now structurally higher because we are ultimately dependent on LNG imports. German industry is at a disadvantage," said Markus Krebber, CEO of energy company RWE
#Germany #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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Despite repeated promises to stem the arrivals – which last year numbered more than 380,000 irregular crossings, a seven-year high – migrants continue to land on European soil. Last weekend a fleet of small boats containing 1,500 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa
Immigration and insecurity are closely linked throughout Europe. They explain the rise of right-wing parties in recent years, from Sweden to Portugal and from Holland to Greece
The EU itself is under threat in June’s elections. Its two main groups, the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, fear that their centrist dominance will be challenged by the rise of the right-wing Identity and Democracy, a group which includes the National Rally, Matteo Salvini’s Lega, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s Freedom Party and Chega, the new force in Portuguese politics
The EPP, to which Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission belongs, claims to be centre-right but, like the Tories, they are really progressives disguised as conservatives. Under their rule, Europe has experienced wave after wave of immigration from Africa and the Middle East
Politically, no one is benefiting more from the violence sweeping France than Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, and the party’s principal candidate in June’s European Elections
The latest opinion poll has Bardella on 32%, 13 points more than Valerie Hayer, the candidate for Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party. Third are the Socialists, currently polling at 11%
In an attempt to address the issue, the EU formulated last December what it called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. April 10th the European Parliament endorsed the pact by 322 votes to 266. Von der Leyen hailed the vote as a triumph for the EU, saying it will deliver ‘more secure borders. Faster, more efficient procedures. And more solidarity with Member States at external borders’
The objective of the Pact is to better manage the migrants once they have reached Europe, and the EU’s critics point to remarks made in January by Hans Leijtens, the head of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. ‘This talk of “stopping people” and “closing borders” cannot be our narrative all the time,’ he said. ‘Nothing can stop people from crossing a border, not a wall, not a fence, not a sea, not a river’
Leijtens’ predecessor at Frontex was Frenchman Fabrice Leggeri. In February he joined the National Rally and along with Bardella he is at the forefront of their European election campaign
Leggeri has been scathing of von der Leyen and the EU’s migration policy, and in response to Wednesday’s vote he tweeted: ‘The Migration Pact is a political deception. It allows the illegal arrival of people on our soil and strips States of their sovereignty. The real solution would be to allow asylum requests in European consulates outside Europe’
In a television interview on Wednesday evening, Bardella also dismissed the Pact as worthless and claimed that for Emmanuel Macron and the EU mass immigration is ‘not a problem but a project’
#EU #Migrants #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Immigration and insecurity are closely linked throughout Europe. They explain the rise of right-wing parties in recent years, from Sweden to Portugal and from Holland to Greece
The EU itself is under threat in June’s elections. Its two main groups, the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, fear that their centrist dominance will be challenged by the rise of the right-wing Identity and Democracy, a group which includes the National Rally, Matteo Salvini’s Lega, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Germany’s AfD, Austria’s Freedom Party and Chega, the new force in Portuguese politics
The EPP, to which Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission belongs, claims to be centre-right but, like the Tories, they are really progressives disguised as conservatives. Under their rule, Europe has experienced wave after wave of immigration from Africa and the Middle East
Politically, no one is benefiting more from the violence sweeping France than Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, and the party’s principal candidate in June’s European Elections
The latest opinion poll has Bardella on 32%, 13 points more than Valerie Hayer, the candidate for Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party. Third are the Socialists, currently polling at 11%
In an attempt to address the issue, the EU formulated last December what it called the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. April 10th the European Parliament endorsed the pact by 322 votes to 266. Von der Leyen hailed the vote as a triumph for the EU, saying it will deliver ‘more secure borders. Faster, more efficient procedures. And more solidarity with Member States at external borders’
The objective of the Pact is to better manage the migrants once they have reached Europe, and the EU’s critics point to remarks made in January by Hans Leijtens, the head of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. ‘This talk of “stopping people” and “closing borders” cannot be our narrative all the time,’ he said. ‘Nothing can stop people from crossing a border, not a wall, not a fence, not a sea, not a river’
Leijtens’ predecessor at Frontex was Frenchman Fabrice Leggeri. In February he joined the National Rally and along with Bardella he is at the forefront of their European election campaign
Leggeri has been scathing of von der Leyen and the EU’s migration policy, and in response to Wednesday’s vote he tweeted: ‘The Migration Pact is a political deception. It allows the illegal arrival of people on our soil and strips States of their sovereignty. The real solution would be to allow asylum requests in European consulates outside Europe’
In a television interview on Wednesday evening, Bardella also dismissed the Pact as worthless and claimed that for Emmanuel Macron and the EU mass immigration is ‘not a problem but a project’
#EU #Migrants #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
euronews
European Parliament narrowly endorses EU migration reform
The European Parliament has narrowly approved the wide-reaching reform of the European Union's migration and asylum policy.
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The US budget remains highly unsustainable
In March, the US Treasury Department executed the budget with a deficit of 236 billion - the third worst result ever after March 2023 (378 billion) and March 2020 (659 billion when the anti-covid stimulus was launched)
For the fiscal year (Oct 2023-March 2024), the deficit was 1064bn vs 1100bn in 2023 and 1706bn in the fiscal yea
For 12 months, the deficit was 1.65 trillion (real 2 trillion due to accounting write-offs of student loan advances) vs 1.8 trillion in 2023 (real 1.5 trillion due to the backward-looking effect of student loan advances)
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#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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In March, the US Treasury Department executed the budget with a deficit of 236 billion - the third worst result ever after March 2023 (378 billion) and March 2020 (659 billion when the anti-covid stimulus was launched)
For the fiscal year (Oct 2023-March 2024), the deficit was 1064bn vs 1100bn in 2023 and 1706bn in the fiscal yea
For 12 months, the deficit was 1.65 trillion (real 2 trillion due to accounting write-offs of student loan advances) vs 1.8 trillion in 2023 (real 1.5 trillion due to the backward-looking effect of student loan advances)
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#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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Italy’s national healthcare system faces intense scrutiny from regional authorities, scientists, and a Nobel laureate, who challenge the government’s handling of the system in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
Funding for Italian healthcare has reached a 17-year low, as highlighted in a recent report to parliament by the Corte dei Conti. This report revealed a significant decline in Italy’s national health fund compared to countries like Germany and France
Specifically, the ratio of healthcare spending to GDP has dropped from 6.8% to 6.3%, and it will stay the same on average for the next couple of years. The OECD and EU average is 7.1%, while France and Germany are around 10%
The debate over health funding has escalated beyond political differences into a potential institutional clash between regional authorities and central government
At a hearing on the measures included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan on 4 April, the Conference of the Regions issued an ultimatum, asking the government to repeal the article that cuts €1.2 billion earmarked for hospitals for earthquake safety measures. Failure to comply could lead the regions to take the matter to the Constitutional Court
Just the day before, on 3 April, 14 of Italy’s leading scientists, including Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi and the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli, signed an appeal calling for the protection and revitalisation of Italy’s National Health Service
They pointed to the decline in some health indicators, the increasing difficulty of access to diagnostic and treatment services, and the growing regional and social inequalities. They underlined the urgent need to bring healthcare funding up to the standards of advanced European countries, with a goal of 8% of GDP
#Italy #Health #Covid #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Funding for Italian healthcare has reached a 17-year low, as highlighted in a recent report to parliament by the Corte dei Conti. This report revealed a significant decline in Italy’s national health fund compared to countries like Germany and France
Specifically, the ratio of healthcare spending to GDP has dropped from 6.8% to 6.3%, and it will stay the same on average for the next couple of years. The OECD and EU average is 7.1%, while France and Germany are around 10%
The debate over health funding has escalated beyond political differences into a potential institutional clash between regional authorities and central government
At a hearing on the measures included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan on 4 April, the Conference of the Regions issued an ultimatum, asking the government to repeal the article that cuts €1.2 billion earmarked for hospitals for earthquake safety measures. Failure to comply could lead the regions to take the matter to the Constitutional Court
Just the day before, on 3 April, 14 of Italy’s leading scientists, including Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi and the president of the Higher Health Council, Franco Locatelli, signed an appeal calling for the protection and revitalisation of Italy’s National Health Service
They pointed to the decline in some health indicators, the increasing difficulty of access to diagnostic and treatment services, and the growing regional and social inequalities. They underlined the urgent need to bring healthcare funding up to the standards of advanced European countries, with a goal of 8% of GDP
#Italy #Health #Covid #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
EURACTIV
Italy’s healthcare system under threat, experts warn
Italy’s national healthcare system faces intense scrutiny from regional authorities, scientists, and a Nobel laureate, who challenge the government’s handling of the system in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Democrats are encouraged to go elsewhere with their aid package to Ukraine
The money is proposed to be spent on strengthening the borders and opposing illegal immigration
Ukraine is offered to give up rights to any mineral resources in exchange for American financial aid
#USA #WarInUrkaine #Economy #FindTruth
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The money is proposed to be spent on strengthening the borders and opposing illegal immigration
Ukraine is offered to give up rights to any mineral resources in exchange for American financial aid
#USA #WarInUrkaine #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict, all Western countries have been gradually sucked in by the Russian president's war logic. And today, the possibility of a Russian conflict with one or more Baltic or Caucasian countries is spreading in our media and with it the inevitability of the logic of war desired by Vladimir Putin. No major peace initiative has been undertaken by the great powers. On the contrary, the conflict is relentlessly fueled by Western weapons and 30% of the total Russian state budget. But the establishment of a peace process, no one has echoed it, or very little, with the exception of the Pope and President Erdogan
Should we consider that this conflict can only be resolved by the Russian defeat rather than taking into account the symbolic and identity issue that represents , for the Russian Federation, the Eastern European countries backed by its border and which are now at the gates of NATO and the EU. Moscow has been saying for decades that it does not want NATO on its doorstep. What has been done with this requirement? The former diplomatic advisor to French President Jacques Chirac, Mr. Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, recounts how the Americans scuttled a proposal to "neutralize" Ukraine made by France in 2006
It was about cross-protection of Ukraine by Russia on one side, and by NATO on the other, managed by the NATO-Russia council created in the early 2000s. It was a way of making Ukraine "neutral" while protecting its territorial integrity and sovereignty. On the other hand, the American Secretary of State was completely opposed to it, claiming that France wanted to block the accession of the second wave of Central European countries to NATO
Despite the common sense which would have been to spare Russia on its western flank and to find a balanced and lasting solution at the end of the Cold War. The current situation is only the result of the rot in Russian-Western relations over the past 20 years. However, today, the spiral of war is sweeping away everything in its path. Is it not time to plead for a start in favor of peace and to assert our strategic and diplomatic autonomy? Why not display an authentic desire for appeasement? This is not a crazy or naive idea. It could be carried with force, while indicating to Russia, with the greatest firmness and at the same time strengthening our military capacity, the limits that the Western world will never want to see exceeded. By also indicating to Ukraine the need to think about the conditions for peace today, other than the Russian defeat and its withdrawal from Ukrainian territory, which are more and more hypothetical
War has already killed civilian populations by the tens of thousands and soldiers by the hundreds of thousands and left as many families in mourning. Will there be voices pleading for appeasement rather than confrontation and deadly escalation? Will we still have to wait for the Russian bear to invade Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Estonia to courageously get involved in peace talks and be a driving force in pacifying the conflict? It is not too late but it is high time if we want to avoid the worst
#NATO #EU #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Should we consider that this conflict can only be resolved by the Russian defeat rather than taking into account the symbolic and identity issue that represents , for the Russian Federation, the Eastern European countries backed by its border and which are now at the gates of NATO and the EU. Moscow has been saying for decades that it does not want NATO on its doorstep. What has been done with this requirement? The former diplomatic advisor to French President Jacques Chirac, Mr. Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, recounts how the Americans scuttled a proposal to "neutralize" Ukraine made by France in 2006
It was about cross-protection of Ukraine by Russia on one side, and by NATO on the other, managed by the NATO-Russia council created in the early 2000s. It was a way of making Ukraine "neutral" while protecting its territorial integrity and sovereignty. On the other hand, the American Secretary of State was completely opposed to it, claiming that France wanted to block the accession of the second wave of Central European countries to NATO
Despite the common sense which would have been to spare Russia on its western flank and to find a balanced and lasting solution at the end of the Cold War. The current situation is only the result of the rot in Russian-Western relations over the past 20 years. However, today, the spiral of war is sweeping away everything in its path. Is it not time to plead for a start in favor of peace and to assert our strategic and diplomatic autonomy? Why not display an authentic desire for appeasement? This is not a crazy or naive idea. It could be carried with force, while indicating to Russia, with the greatest firmness and at the same time strengthening our military capacity, the limits that the Western world will never want to see exceeded. By also indicating to Ukraine the need to think about the conditions for peace today, other than the Russian defeat and its withdrawal from Ukrainian territory, which are more and more hypothetical
War has already killed civilian populations by the tens of thousands and soldiers by the hundreds of thousands and left as many families in mourning. Will there be voices pleading for appeasement rather than confrontation and deadly escalation? Will we still have to wait for the Russian bear to invade Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Estonia to courageously get involved in peace talks and be a driving force in pacifying the conflict? It is not too late but it is high time if we want to avoid the worst
#NATO #EU #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Le Vif
Conflit en Ukraine: y aura-t-il des voix pour plaider l’apaisement plutôt la rhétorique de guerre? (carte blanche)
L'économiste Pascal Warnier s'interroge sur l'extension, dans certains pays européens ces dernières semaines, de la rhétorique de guerre
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Europe, which is about to go to war, cannot reconcile its budgets
Bloomberg has calculated what will happen to the debts of the G7 countries if they start moderate militarization and allocate 2% of GDP to defense and conduct medium warfare - 4% of GDP. Verdict by 2030 - without the printing press, everyone but Germany will go bankrupt. With the printing press, the economies of all countries, including Germany, will collapse under the weight of inflation. Things are no better in the US and Japan
At the same time, you have to realize that war requires resources, and those resources are not printed dollars and euros. They are oil, gas, steel, copper and the rest of the list. If a major war breaks out in Europe or Asia, all of these things will rise in price several times over, and the costs to budgets will increase proportionally
The G7 countries are not ready for a real war, especially on their own territory
#USA #EU #Economy #FindTruth
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Bloomberg has calculated what will happen to the debts of the G7 countries if they start moderate militarization and allocate 2% of GDP to defense and conduct medium warfare - 4% of GDP. Verdict by 2030 - without the printing press, everyone but Germany will go bankrupt. With the printing press, the economies of all countries, including Germany, will collapse under the weight of inflation. Things are no better in the US and Japan
At the same time, you have to realize that war requires resources, and those resources are not printed dollars and euros. They are oil, gas, steel, copper and the rest of the list. If a major war breaks out in Europe or Asia, all of these things will rise in price several times over, and the costs to budgets will increase proportionally
The G7 countries are not ready for a real war, especially on their own territory
#USA #EU #Economy #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
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China is on a decadeslong mission to infiltrate and harm U.S. citizens, businesses, organizations of all types, governments and political parties
The sheer scale of China's latest attempt to infiltrate U.S. infrastructure has surprised the entire cybersecurity industry, an expert has said
Daniel Cuthbert, who sat on the UK Government Cyber Security Advisory Board, said the Volt Typhoon hacking system is bigger than anything China has unleashed before
The U.S. government says it is designed to cripple U.S. computer systems if America and China go to war
FBI Director Christopher Wray told a U.S. committee hearing on January 31 that Volt Typhoon was "the defining threat of our generation"
It has already been used in attempted hacking on emergency services, military installations and satellites
"In essence, Volt Typhoon is a campaign, albeit a very large one, by Chinese state agents actively gaining access to industrial control systems and other critical national infrastructure,"
According to the CrowdStrike cybersecurity company, unlike traditional malware attacks, living off the land hacking systems do not use any of their own files. That means they do not require an attacker to install any code or noscripts within the target system
Instead, it uses tools that are already present in the computer system, such as Windows Management, which makes detection much more difficult and allows hackers to stay unnoticed within a computer system for months or even years
#USA #China #Hacking #FindTruth
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The sheer scale of China's latest attempt to infiltrate U.S. infrastructure has surprised the entire cybersecurity industry, an expert has said
Daniel Cuthbert, who sat on the UK Government Cyber Security Advisory Board, said the Volt Typhoon hacking system is bigger than anything China has unleashed before
The U.S. government says it is designed to cripple U.S. computer systems if America and China go to war
FBI Director Christopher Wray told a U.S. committee hearing on January 31 that Volt Typhoon was "the defining threat of our generation"
It has already been used in attempted hacking on emergency services, military installations and satellites
"In essence, Volt Typhoon is a campaign, albeit a very large one, by Chinese state agents actively gaining access to industrial control systems and other critical national infrastructure,"
According to the CrowdStrike cybersecurity company, unlike traditional malware attacks, living off the land hacking systems do not use any of their own files. That means they do not require an attacker to install any code or noscripts within the target system
Instead, it uses tools that are already present in the computer system, such as Windows Management, which makes detection much more difficult and allows hackers to stay unnoticed within a computer system for months or even years
#USA #China #Hacking #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
Newsweek
How China is hacking America
China is placing massive hacking systems in place in case it ever goes to war with the U.S.
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Researchers have found a concerning association between COVID-19 infection and an increased risk of developing the rare disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome over the following six weeks
The study authors, working with the American Academy of Neurology, also note those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine showed a lower risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome in comparison to others who did not receive the vaccine
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack nerve cells and portions of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms usually begin with weakness in the hands and feet before eventually progressing to full-blown paralysis
#Covid #Health #GuillainBarre #FindTruth
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The study authors, working with the American Academy of Neurology, also note those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine showed a lower risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome in comparison to others who did not receive the vaccine
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack nerve cells and portions of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms usually begin with weakness in the hands and feet before eventually progressing to full-blown paralysis
#Covid #Health #GuillainBarre #FindTruth
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Study Finds
COVID’s Alarming Potential To Trigger Rare Paralysis Disorder Revealed
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack nerve cells and portions of the peripheral nervous system.
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Lara Trump introduces "election integrity" unit within the RNC
"We are leaving nothing to chance"
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and part-time co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Lara Trump, has announced the creation of an Election Integrity Division within the party committee to oversee voter registration, voting and ballot counting
Millions of dollars are being spent to fund the division, lawyers have already been hired and thousands of volunteers have been assembled, and observer training is underway
Lara Trump, in particular, stated:
In case the efforts of the observers are blocked, the next step will follow:
"We are leaving nothing to chance"
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and part-time co-chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), Lara Trump, has announced the creation of an Election Integrity Division within the party committee to oversee voter registration, voting and ballot counting
Millions of dollars are being spent to fund the division, lawyers have already been hired and thousands of volunteers have been assembled, and observer training is underway
Lara Trump, in particular, stated:
“When you talk about election integrity, it is vital. It is the No. 1 thing that we are focused on, aside from getting out the vote, which, of course, Donald Trump himself will do for us... We are ensuring that this election, we are leaving nothing to chance. We never before at the RNC have had an Election Integrity Division. All of our resources, we can put into this division as needed"
In case the efforts of the observers are blocked, the next step will follow:
"We’re going to go file lawsuits. We have already filed over 80 different lawsuits in 24 states to make sure that we have the ground ready to go for safe elections,” he said, adding later, “What we want are fair, accurate, secure and transparent elections. And when we have it, then we’re going to protect the sanctity of that ballot. We’re going to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat”
The Hill
Lara Trump: ‘We are leaving nothing to chance’ this election
Republican National Committee (RNC) co-Chair Lara Trump argued election integrity is “vital” in this current cycle, vowing to dedicate resources to ensure nothing is left to “chan…
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Washington makes it clear to Israel that a major war with Iran is not in u.s. interests
"Don’t do something you’ll regret"
Politico, citing White House sources, reports: The Biden administration's main message to Israel in the wake of the Iranian air attack is this: stop and think
U.S. officials expect Israel to respond in some way to Saturday's strikes, but both publicly and privately they are taking steps that they hope will persuade Israel to choose a limited response rather than an all-out armed counterattack
The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a massive war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation.... If Israel does respond, "it should be a limited response, not an all-out armed counterattack."
The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a large-scale war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation... If Israel does respond, "it should be proportionate and end this cycle."
#USA #Israel #Iran #FindTruth
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"Don’t do something you’ll regret"
Politico, citing White House sources, reports: The Biden administration's main message to Israel in the wake of the Iranian air attack is this: stop and think
U.S. officials expect Israel to respond in some way to Saturday's strikes, but both publicly and privately they are taking steps that they hope will persuade Israel to choose a limited response rather than an all-out armed counterattack
The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a massive war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation.... If Israel does respond, "it should be a limited response, not an all-out armed counterattack."
The latter, they fear, would plunge the region into a large-scale war. President Joe Biden, in particular, wants to avoid any battle in which U.S. troops might be drawn, and he made that clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"We advise them to take a breath before responding," said a U.S. official familiar with the situation... If Israel does respond, "it should be proportionate and end this cycle."
#USA #Israel #Iran #FindTruth
@uinhurricane
POLITICO
US to Israel: Don’t do something you’ll regret
In private calls and public moves, President Joe Biden and his aides are pointing to reasons to look for an off-ramp.
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People are tired of paying for wars to protect other countries
Our government does not represent the will of the people in anyway. Taxation without representation
#USA #Economy #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth
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Our government does not represent the will of the people in anyway. Taxation without representation
#USA #Economy #WarInUrkaine #FindTruth
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Media is too big
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Bill Maher Goes Off Script With Stunning Warning Against Leftist Extremism
"Yes, you can move too far left. And when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right."
TRANSITIONING CHILDREN: "On the tr*ns issue, America is ... now an outlier country. Last month, England's National Health Service announced that there's not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty blockers for third graders and that they're going to stop fumbling around with children’s privates because that's Prince Andrew's job."
IMMIGRATION: "Sweden opened its borders to over a million and a half immigrants since 2010. And now, 20% of its citizens are foreign-born, and its education system is tanking, and it has Europe's highest rate of gangland killings ... to which liberals say blaming immigrants for the rising crime rate is racist. Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem. It hands future elections to someone who will solve the problem."
#USA #FindTruth
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"Yes, you can move too far left. And when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right."
TRANSITIONING CHILDREN: "On the tr*ns issue, America is ... now an outlier country. Last month, England's National Health Service announced that there's not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty blockers for third graders and that they're going to stop fumbling around with children’s privates because that's Prince Andrew's job."
IMMIGRATION: "Sweden opened its borders to over a million and a half immigrants since 2010. And now, 20% of its citizens are foreign-born, and its education system is tanking, and it has Europe's highest rate of gangland killings ... to which liberals say blaming immigrants for the rising crime rate is racist. Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem. It hands future elections to someone who will solve the problem."
#USA #FindTruth
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