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  • Biden Secretary of State Blinken Announces 5 Million in Aid to Turkey Following Earthquake – But Administration Ignores East Palestine (VIDEO)

    Biden Secretary of State Blinken Announces $185 Million in Aid to Turkey Following Earthquake – But Administration Ignores East Palestine (VIDEO)

    Secretary of State Tony Blinken announced on Sunday the United States allocated another $100 million to Turkey following the devastating earthquakes earlier this month.
    This was on top of the $85 million the US already sent to Turkey following the earthquake on February 6th.
    The Biden regime has yet to send relief to East Palestine, Ohio following the massive toxic chemical explosion on February 6th after the train derailment on February 3rd.
    The Biden administration has yet to visit East Palestine. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has yet to visit the disaster area but he did blame President Trump for the derailment.
    Via Midnight Rider.

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  • Student Collapses at GM Basketball Game – Defibrillator Used to Revive Him – Totally Normal

    Student Collapses at GM Basketball Game – Defibrillator Used to Revive Him – Totally Normal

    A male student from Heartland Arrowhead High School collapsed during the basketball game Friday night against Catholic Memorial.
    The Arrowhead game manager rushed into the stands and revived the boy. An ambulance later took the child to a local hospital.
    This is totally normal.
    US high schools better start investing in external defibrillators.

    GM Today reported:
    A male student from Hartland Arrowhead collapsed at 8:15 p.m. Friday during the Warhawks’ boys basketball game against Catholic Memorial.
    Arrowhead game manager Jeff Staus hurried into the stands with an automated external defibrillator (AED). Onsite medical personnel then used the machine on the young man, and at 8:45 p.m., he left Arrowhead High School upright on a stretcher and was transported to a local hospital.
    According to several witnesses, the student was alert and coherent as he left AHS.
    “The great thing is that the kid is OK,” said Staus, who is also Arrowhead’s boys soccer coach. “But the whole NFL thing (with Damar Hamlin) goes through your mind.”
    Hat Tip Andrew
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  • DEVELOPING: “Large White Balloon” Spotted Near Hawaii

    DEVELOPING: “Large White Balloon” Spotted Near Hawaii

    Another China spy balloon?
    Or is it just a benign weather balloon?
    A large white balloon was spotted near Hawaii on Sunday evening.
    Air traffic control spotted the balloon about 500 miles northeast of Hawaii flying at an altitude of roughly 40,000 feet.

    A “Large White Balloon” has been spotted by Airliners 524 nautical miles NE of Honolulu and ATC is asking if anyone sees it. 0100 Zulu via @thebaldgeek and @InfantryPilot pic.twitter.com/RxdiiQGU1X
    — Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) February 20, 2023

    Air traffic control asked pilots to report if they see the balloon.

    Well I guess we aren’t done with this balloon fad yet pic.twitter.com/4dsrpAH7wi
    — FL410_over_ICN (@InfantryPilot) February 19, 2023

    Joe Biden last week ordered benign objects to be shot down after a China spy balloon soared over the continental US.
    Biden shot down the China spy balloon after it floated over sensitive military installations and nuclear silos.

    China Foreign Ministry threatened retaliation after Biden ordered the spy balloon to be shot down.
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  • SoCal Lawyer Accused of Spending .2 Million in Company Funds in Six-Month Vegas Bender

    SoCal Lawyer Accused of Spending $10.2 Million in Company Funds in Six-Month Vegas Bender

    Accused lawyer Sara King photographed with NFL quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and Josh Allen
    Orange County, California – A Newport Beach-based lawyer is being sued after she spent $10.2 million of company funds during a six-month Vegas bender.
    Sara King, 39, allegedly stole $10.2 million from LDR International Limited to pay for six months at a luxury Vegas hotel, gambling, partying, jewelry, cars and more.
    LDR, a lender based in the British Virgin Islands, made nearly 100 loans to King Lending from January 2022 to October 2022.
    “According to the lawsuit, the company made loans to the attorney’s lending service – which bears her name. Those loans were putatively meant to be lent to third parties. “The purported loans from King Lending to the third-party borrowers were purportedly secured by various forms of collateral, including but not limited to luxury automobiles, boats, yachts, jewelry, watches, precious metal coins, and the earnings from guaranteed professional sports contracts.”” – Law & Crime reported.
    However, there was no collateral and never any borrowers.
    “They show the lavish lifestyle she was living, jewelry, cars, and the image she was trying to portray, as well as being a successful California licensed attorney,” the filing said, according to Law & Crime. “The photos are four different pictures of King.”
    King is accused of fabricating loan documents to fund her lavish lifestyle and six-month Vegas bender.
    Law & Crime reported:
    A lawyer in Los Angeles is being sued for more than $10.2 million because she allegedly used her company’s funds to sustain a lengthy, hard-partying binge at a pricey Las Vegas hotel – and committed fraud to do it.
    The 33-page original petition filed in the Central District of California accuses Newport Beach-based attorney Sara Jacqueline King, a graduate of Loyola Law School, of breach of contract, fraud, and civil theft over the alleged pilfering of LDR International Limited’s coffers.
    According to the filing, LDR made 97 different loans to King Lending from January 2022 through October 2022. King essentially worked as an agent for LDR, a lender based out of the British Virgin Islands, in order to facilitate loans to clients in the United States.
    According to the lawsuit, the company made loans to the attorney’s lending service – which bears her name. Those loans were putatively meant to be lent to third parties. “The purported loans from King Lending to the third-party borrowers were purportedly secured by various forms of collateral, including but not limited to luxury automobiles, boats, yachts, jewelry, watches, precious metal coins, and the earnings from guaranteed professional sports contracts.”
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  • END OF AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY: Biden Regime Negotiates “Legally Binding” Deal To Give Chinese-Backed World Health Organization Full Authority Over US Pandemic Policies – No Senate Approval Needed

    END OF AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY: Biden Regime Negotiates “Legally Binding” Deal To Give Chinese-Backed World Health Organization Full Authority Over US Pandemic Policies – No Senate Approval Needed

    The Biden Regime never fails to orchestrate an avenue to circumvent the U.S. Constitution and betray the American people. A bombshell report from the Epoch Times Saturday reveals the Regime is about to surrender America’s sovereignty to the World Health Organization (WHO) and give them full control over future pandemic policy.
    The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on these negotiations between the Regime and the WHO over the past year.
    TGP’s Alicia Powe, for example, exclusively revealed that Biden’s Health and Human Service Department secretly submitted proposed amendments, “Strengthen WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies,” to the WHO to reform International Health Regulations of 2005, an existing health treaty.
    The amendments delegate the international body of unelected bureaucrats more authority to define what constitutes a pandemic, when a pandemic is in progress, how long a pandemic lasts and how “to prevent, detect and respond to future public health emergencies of international concern,” ultimately delegating the WHO total authority over emergency operations in the U.S. during a “public health emergency.”
    TGP’s Julian Conradson also reported there is a plan for a mandatory, universal digital passport and ID system.
    The WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has scheduled a meeting for Feb. 27 so members can work out the final terms and sign.
    Once America officially signs on to this agreement, we will be completely at the mercy of the globalist organization which helped the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cover up the original COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan.
    Negotiations between Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spawned what is called a “zero draft” of a pandemic treaty. The draft was published on Feb. 1 and now needs ratification from all 194 WHO member states.
    The zero draft gives the WHO the power to declare and manage a global pandemic emergency. Once a health emergency is declared every signatory, including the United States, must submit to the authority of the WHO. This includes caving to them on treatments, lockdowns and vaccine mandates along with government surveillance.
    Link to draft:
    WHO Zero Draft
    Thanks to the CCP and the WHO, the virus went on spread across the world and kill millions of innocent people. Over one million Americans alone have died from COVID.
    Even more chillingly, the Biden regime does not feel they need to submit this agreement for Senate approval because they are not calling it an official treaty despite it having the full force of one. Common sense tells us this is an unconstitutional maneuver but the Obama regime skated by on the original Iran Deal using similar legal reasoning.
    Counting on the federal courts to save us may prove foolhardy as well, despite them being somewhat right-leaning. The Epoch Times reminds us there are Supreme Court cases where previous administrations have prevailed in similar circumstances.
    The first is the State of Missouri v. Holland, where the Supreme Court ruled that treaties supersede state laws. The second decision, United States v. Belmont, ruled that executive agreements without Senate consent can be legally binding, with the force of treaties.
    We also have Supreme Court Justices nominated by Republicans who are not reliably conservative. We cannot count their willingness to break precedent and uphold the Constitution.
    The Epoch Times reported:
    The Biden administration is preparing to sign up the United States to a “legally binding” accord with the World Health Organization (WHO) that would give this Geneva-based UN subsidiary the authority to dictate America’s policies during a pandemic.
    Despite widespread criticism of the WHO’s response to the COVID pandemic, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra joined with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in September 2022 to announce “the U.S.-WHO Strategic Dialogue.” Together, they developed a “platform to maximize the longstanding U.S. government-WHO partnership, and to protect and promote the health of all people around the globe, including the American people.”
    These discussions and others spawned the “zero draft” of a pandemic treaty, published on Feb. 1, which now seeks ratification by all 194 WHO member states. A meeting of the WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) is scheduled for Feb. 27 to work out the final terms, which all members will then sign.
    Written under the banner of “the world together equitably,” the zero draft grants the WHO the power to declare and manage a global pandemic emergency. Once a health emergency is declared, all signatories, including the United States, would submit to the authority of the WHO regarding treatments, government regulations such as lockdowns and vaccine mandates, global supply chains, and monitoring and surveillance of populations.
    The WHO pandemic treaty is part of a two-track effort, coinciding with an initiative by the World Health Assembly (WHA) to create new global pandemic regulations that would also supersede the laws of member states. The WHA is the rule-making body of the WHO, comprised of representatives from the member states.
    “Both [initiatives] are fatally dangerous,” Francis Boyle, professor of international law at Illinois University, told The Epoch Times. “Either one or both would set up a worldwide medical police state under the control of the WHO, and in particular WHO Director-General Tedros. If either one or both of these go through, Tedros or his successor will be able to issue orders that will go all the way down the pipe to your primary care physicians.”
    A key question surrounding the accord is whether the Biden administration can bind America to treaties and agreements without the consent of the U.S. Senate, which is required under the Constitution. The zero draft concedes that, per international law, treaties between countries must be ratified by national legislatures, thus respecting the right of their citizens to consent. However, the draft also includes a clause that the accord will go into effect on a “provisional” basis, as soon as it is signed by delegates to the WHO, and therefore it will be legally binding on members without being ratified by legislatures.
    There are several U.S. Supreme Court decisions that may support the Biden administration in this. They include State of Missouri v. Holland, in which the Supreme Court ruled that treaties supersede state laws. Other decisions, such as United States v. Belmont, ruled that executive agreements without Senate consent can be legally binding, with the force of treaties.
    The WHO, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, and the World Bank were contacted regarding this article but did not provide a response.
    Assuming the Regime finalizes this agreement, our liberties will completely evaporate when the next pandemic happens and countless Americans will perish in the process. Any member of Congress who does not move to impeach Biden over this is abrogating their constitutional duty.
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  • Complex, Comprehensive Analysis of War in Ukraine from Simplicius76

    Complex, Comprehensive Analysis of War in Ukraine from Simplicius76

    Got to give credit where credit is due. Simplicius76 is an unidentified Substack writer who has written the best analysis I have seen of the tactical and strategic dimensions of the war in Ukraine and the upcoming Russian offensive. Russia is doing what it has done through history in the major conflicts where it prevailed — i.e., maskirovka (disguising its plans and movements). Russia is moving troops and equipment on fronts in the north, the east and the south. They are currently attacking in several different sectors, which is forcing Ukraine to redeploy frantically troops to try to counter new threats that are springing up like raging wild fires.
    Here are links to four of Simplicius76’s recent articles. Must read material if you want to understand what has happened and what is about to unfold in the coming weeks. The first article discusses in depth the erroneous assumptions that have been made about an expected Russia offensive:

    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-coming-russian-offensive-2023
    The follow up article, Part II, summarizes what Russia and Ukraine are currently doing to ‘shape the battlefield’ to their advantage, in preparation for the anticipated offensive.

    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-coming-russian-offensive-part
    The third article lifts the veil that surrounds the Russian and NATO ISR activities (aka Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and how spy satellites and other collection systems make it difficult to hide what an army is doing.

    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/all-seeing-eye-can-russia-break-through
    The most recent article by Simplicius76, SITREP: Update 2/18 – Major War Confirmed Imminent, presents the evidence that indicates a dramatic expansion in Russia’s offensive against Ukraine.

    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-update-218-major-war-confirmed

    His article, All Seeing Eye: Can Russia Break Through The West’s ISR Overmatch?, provides terrific insights on how modern Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems have altered dramatically war in the 21st Century. Russia can no longer create and deploy an army in secret as it did with Operation Uranus, which attacked the German Army besieging Stalingrad from the north and the south and ultimately trapped Van Paulus’ Sixth Army. But that does not mean Russia is incapable of hiding where it plans to strike or of deceiving Ukraine and NATO about its intentions.
    I continue to believe that the increased military operations by Russia during the last three weeks are part of the offensive that many in the West believe will come in the Spring. The next couple of weeks will mark a watershed in the war in Ukraine.

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  • WOW – George Soros Totally Melts Down in Speech on Climate Change at Munich Security Conference

    WOW – George Soros Totally Melts Down in Speech on Climate Change at Munich Security Conference

    Demagogue George Soros has a meltdown on Climate Change at Munich Security Conference.
    Soros totally lost it while reading some garbage on the effects of global climate change.

    YouTube added a bogus piece to the article noting that climate change is mostly man-made.

    Apparently, because the video title mentions the word “climate”, YouTube adds a link to information on climate change.
    Note how YouTube finds it necessary to push a totally ignorant fantasy that climate change is “mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels”.
    When YouTube believes that it is important to add a comment you automatically know that it is a lie.
    Soros is getting as bad as Biden.  Even people in India know Biden is lost.

     
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  • Railway Employee Says One Major Factor Made Ohio Derailment So Much Worse

    Railway Employee Says One Major Factor Made Ohio Derailment So Much Worse

    The Norfolk Southern railroad’s own actions worsened a train wreck that ignited a toxic chain of disastrous events for the people of East Palestine, Ohio, according to employees and a lawsuit against the railroad.
    Employees say the size of the train — 151 cars, 9,300 feet long, 18,000 tons – was a factor in the accident, according to a report from CBS that did not name the employees interviewed.
    Employees also said the train had experienced trouble before the derailment. They said the train, which started its journey in Madison, Illinois, had broken down at least once before the Ohio accident, according to CBS.
    The train was simply too long, an employee said.
    “We shouldn’t be running trains that are 150 car lengths long. There should be some limitations to the weight and the length of the trains. In this case, had the train not been 18,000 tons, it’s very likely the effects of the derailment would have been mitigated,” one employee told CBS.
    “The workers are exhausted, times for car inspections have been drastically cut, and there are no regulations on the size of these trains,” an employee said.
    Norfolk Southern issued a statement saying, “the weight distribution of this train was uniform throughout” and included a mid-train engine “which helps manage the dynamic forces of the train.”
    Jared Cassity, the national legislative director for one union representing Norfolk Southern workers, cast suspicion on the company’s procedures.
    “There’s a good chance the car that derailed had not been properly inspected for some time,”  Cassity said, according to CBS, claiming that company instructions allow inspections to last less than a minute.
    “You combine that with the added length and tonnage, plus the fact that it had all this hazardous material, and this was predictable. If nothing changes, it will happen again,” he said.
    The National Transportation Safety Board said last week it “identified and examined the rail car that initiated the derailment,” and that surveillance video “showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment.”
    Norfolk Southern is facing a class-action suit in connection with the derailment that said the derailment and toxic cloud that eventually enshrouded East Palestine, Ohio, “would never have occurred if not for failure on top of failure by Norfolk Southern.”
    “Train 32N should never have been operated in such a reckless manner that its wheel bearings would fail and cause derailment of a train carrying highly toxic and combustible substances. Even after derailment, the integrity of cars containing highly toxic and combustible substances should not have breached, and emergency pressure relief valves should have functioned as designed,” the suit states.
    “Nevertheless, Norfolk Southern layered on yet more failures once it found its derailed train at imminent risk of catastrophic detonation.  Norfolk Southern blew holes in its vinyl chloride cars and dumped 1,109,400 pounds of cancer causing Vinyl Chloride directly into the environment,” the suit states.
    The suit sought to put the incident into perspective.
    “Norfolk Southern discharged more cancer-causing Vinyl Chloride into the environment in the course of a week than all industrial emitters combined did in the course of a year,” the suit said, noting that setting vinyl chloride on fire creates deadly phosgene gas that has been banned ever since its use as a chemical weapon in World War I.
    “Norfolk Southern ignited a 1 million pound plus chemical burn pit that burned for days and covered Plaintiffs and Class Members in a large plume of thick black smoke. A mushroom cloud resulted from the blaze, dispersing toxic chemicals for miles and across State lines into Pennsylvania,” the suit said.
    The suit said the railroad subjected “surrounding communities to chemical warfare agents” and “instead of cleaning up its mess, Plaintiffs and Class Members have been exposed to toxic and noxious chemicals.”
    Norfolk Southern suffered another derailment last week, according to CBS. About 30 cars came off the track in Van Buren Township, Michigan.
    This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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  • Bruce Willis Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia

    Bruce Willis Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia

    Bruce Willis, 67, has frontotemporal dementia, according to his ex-wife Demi Moore.
    Recall, Bruce Willis last March stepped away from acting following a brain disorder diagnosis.
    The “Die Hard” actor was “diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” his daughter, Rumer Willis said last March.
    “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities. As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.” the statement read.
    “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support. We are moving through this as a strong family unit, and wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you, as you do to him. As Bruce always says, “Live it up” and together we plan to do just that.”
    Demi Moore said the aphasia diagnosis progressed to frontotemporal dementia.
    NBC News reported:
    Actor Bruce Willis’ diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia has brought renewed attention to the disease, whose symptoms include changes in behavior, language and communication.
    Willis’ family, including ex-wife Demi Moore, said in a statement on Thursday that his aphasia diagnosis, which the family announced in March, had progressed to frontotemporal dementia. Willis is 67.
    Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, refers to a collection of disorders that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. The diseases that fall under this umbrella are neurodegenerative, meaning they get worse over time.
    Generally, there are two subdiagnoses, according to Dr. Paul Barton Rosenberg, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
    “One is a behavioral variant, where people can have a change in their personality and lose their inhibitions and social graces,” Rosenberg said. “Another is primary progressive aphasia, where people have trouble finding words or expressing themselves.”
    In their Thursday statement, the Willis family said that “unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces.”
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  • Breaking: Pipe Bomb Found on Train Tracks Behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Philadelphia

    Breaking: Pipe Bomb Found on Train Tracks Behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Philadelphia

    St. Dominic’s Church in Philadelphia
    An 18-inch pipe bomb was found on train tracks behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon.

    Breaking: “18 inch pipe bomb” discovered behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church on Frankford Ave near Conrail railroad tracks in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section. @PhillyPolice sources tell FOX29 News . PPD bomb squad just safely took it away. Made with PVC pipe. @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/KNstNy3j3R
    — Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) February 19, 2023

    FOX29 reported:
    Philadelphia police are investigating after a pipe bomb was reportedly discovered behind a church in Holmesburg.
    Philadelphia police sources tell FOX 29 an 18-inch pipe bomb was found Sunday, just after 1:30 p.m., behind St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, on the 8500 block of Frankford Avenue, in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section.
    Officials say a passerby found the pipe bomb, and noted it was a PVC pipe with capped ends and black powder on it.
    Police shut down Frankford Ave., between Benson and Blakiston while the Philadelphia Police Bomb Squad was called to the scene.
    The bomb squad safely took the pipe bomb out of harm’s way.
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