As the Taliban took control of Kabul over the weekend, social media firms struggled to cope with the heightened focus on the group – and its presence on their platforms. The Taliban has been banned from Facebook, but an account supposedly managed by its spokesperson is allowed on Twitter for the time being. A Taliban spokesperson’s Twitter account has more than 287,000 followers and offers frequent updates on the organization’s takeover of Afghanistan. Another spokesman, who has around 60,000 followers, can also tweet updates. Amidst the debate, the Washington Post has been criticized for running a story alleging that the Taliban’s social media use […]
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The infamous collapse of Melvin Capital will forever live in the annals of short squeezes gone terribly wrong, but we now learn that it could have been even worse. The hedge fund’s various publicly disclosed bearish bets (many of them via puts) including such names as the original meme stock gone wild, Gamestop, was one of the precipitating catalysts for a historic January surge in countless heavily shorted small and mid-cap names. Indeed, Melvin’s short was one of reasons cited in various reports published on WallStreetBets in mid and late 2020 as the clarion call to aggressively start bidding up the […]
Syria’s air defenses shot down 22 of 24 Israeli missiles fired during recent air raids near Damascus, the Russian military said. Launched from Lebanese airspace, the strikes have prompted vocal objections from officials in Beirut. “On August 19, 2021, six Israeli Air Force tactical fighters launched 24 guided missiles from Lebanese airspace at targets in the Syrian Arab Republic,” Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of Russia’s Reconciliation Center for Syria, said in a statement on Friday. The Syrian air defense destroyed 22 missiles using Russian-made Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S systems… There were no casualties among the Syrian military personnel or destruction […]
(Natural News) After a year and half of refusing efficacious treatment to COVID patients, the University of Washington Medical Center refuses to perform life-saving operations if the patient is not vaccinated with COVID spike proteins. UW Medicine is currently denying a 64-year-old patient a life-saving heart transplant because he won’t take the experimental vaccine protocol. He has been waiting for this transplant for the past two and half years. The Monroe patient, Sam Allen, was taken off the wait list in June and told he must satisfy the hospital’s “compliance concerns” before he could ever receive a transplant. Allen […]
Mike Richards, an executive producer of “Jeopardy!,” was recently named as a permanent presenter for the game show, alongside “The Big Bang Theory” actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik. Since the announcement of Richards’ new gig, past cases of misconduct and clips from his own podcast have landed the 49-year-old in hot water with netizens. Source link
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) demanded accountability for the $82 billion in U.S. military equipment stolen by the Taliban in a letter written to President Joe Biden Friday. Daines wrote to Biden: I write regarding the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan which has put American lives at risk and triggered a preventable humanitarian crisis. Taliban militants are now threatening innocent civilians and restricting evacuee movement using U.S. military equipment, which they obtained through a hasty withdrawal of U.S. forces. This matter requires your immediate attention. The Montana conservative noted that the American government has provided $82.9 billion in equipment, supplies, services, training, and […]
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Biden falsely claimed that the US does not have a military presence in Syria when defending his decision to pull out of Afghanistan. In an interview with ABC on Wednesday night, Biden pointed to the so-called “threats in Syria and Africa. “There’s a significantly greater threat to the United States from Syria. There’s a significantly greater threat from East Africa. There’s significant greater threat to other places in the world than it is from the mountains of Afghanistan.” he said. “We don’t have military in Syria to make sure that we’re gonna be protected.” Via AFP/Getty Images There has been […]
The oldest president in US history gave muddled answers to questions about events in Afghanistan in an interview with ABC this week and messed up details about his son. Some of his blunders were not televised, but they were disclosed when a full transcript of the interview was published the next day. Source link
For the first time, the subject of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning FX anthology series American Crime Story, which based previous iterations on the O.J. Simpson trial and Andrew Cunanan’s murder spree, was involved in its making. Monica Lewinsky is a producer on Impeachment: American Crime Story, which launches on FX Sept. 7, and consulted on all the scripts. Sarah Burgess, the series’ showrunner, executive producer, and writer, said that she went through every page of every script with Lewinsky to confirm the telling of events according to how she remembered them. “I added a couple of moments that Monica told me about […]
President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. Dawn Villella/AP hide caption toggle caption Dawn Villella/AP President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. Dawn Villella/AP FARIBAULT, Minn. — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there […]
AG Barr Told Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer to Stop Looking Into Truck Driver Jesse Morgan’s Testimony That He Moved More Than 200,000 Fraudulent Ballots from NY to PA Before the 2020 Election Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Multiple reports surfacing on Friday claim Taliban forces are reportedly assaulting Western citizens, including Americans, as they attempt to reach the Kabul airport for evacuation, in addition to violently preventing Afghans with appropriate travel papers from escaping. A source tells me, “Situation [in Afghanistan] is rapidly deteriorating… We’ve had Americans get beaten throughout the night.” One of them, an American woman, was beaten “twice” even though she was carrying a U.S. passport. — Sasha Ingber (@SashaIngber) August 20, 2021 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed reports of beatings of U.S. citizens at the Taliban’s hand on Friday, calling it “unacceptable.” The UK […]
Infowars host Owen Shroyer of the War Room announced during Friday’s broadcast that the US attorney’s office in Washington D.C. is charging him with illegally entering a restricted area on the Capitol grounds and disorderly conduct during the January 6th rally. The criminal complaint, filed by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, alleges Shroyer violated a February 2020 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from when he was charged for interrupting a House Judiciary Committee meeting on December 9, 2019. According to the DPA, Shroyer wasn’t allowed to engage in disruptive conduct at any place upon U.S. Capitol Grounds with […]
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Appearing on Hannity Thursday, Lt. Col. Oliver North warned that the Taliban has managed to obtain the personal details of everyone who worked with the US in Afghanistan, and are using the information to hunt down and execute people. “They’ve got the bank records. They got it all thanks to the embassy… It is being reported that the Taliban has captured the payroll data from the American embassy and the Kabul banks showing the names, addresses and phone numbers for locals now being hunted down,” North stated. North also warned that the Taliban have captured US […]
Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected claims of any government involvement in the recent rejection of a broadcast license to RT’s German-language channel, despite multiple reports from German media saying otherwise. As she spoke at a news conference after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Merkel was asked about the recent rejection of a broadcasting license RT faced in Luxembourg, as well as about the pressure RT-family outlets faced in Germany lately. The chancellor provided a very brief answer, insisting Germany’s central or regional authorities are not involved in the licensing process at all, as well as denying Berlin’s hand […]
(Natural News) As we’ve been reporting, Western leaders are proving that deep down, they are really tyrants just like the authoritarian regimes they claim to oppose, as we are increasingly seeing in the age of COVID-19. In the U.S., one Democratic leader after another locked down their communities and their states and then kept them locked down for as long as possible, destroying jobs, their economies, and countless lives in the process. Those same leaders pushed citizens to get vaccinated on the premise that if they did, they could have their lives back. But now, they’ve pulled the rug […]
The Taliban’s near-immediate takeover of Afghanistan has prompted rising concerns regarding the fate of Afghan nationals and those who helped American troops during its occupation. Now, some lawmakers who oppose US President Joe Biden’s continued withdrawal push are calling for impeachment if allies are left stranded. Source link
The Secretary of Defense and ground reports contradict President Joe Biden’s comments on Friday that American citizens can safely pass the Taliban and enter the airport. This statement alone from Austin contradicts a lot of what Biden just said at the White House about Americans not having a hard time getting to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. — Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) August 20, 2021 “To the best of our knowledge – Taliban checkpoints – they are letting through people showing American passports. Now it’s a different question when they get in the rush and crowd of all the folks just outside […]
Authored by Pat Buchanan, In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back in power. After investing scores of billions in training and arming a force of 350,000 Afghani troops, the U.S. could not stand up an army and a government that could survive our departure. And the final U.S. departure from Hamid Karzai International Airport may become, like JFK’s Bay of Pigs, a synonym for American debacle. Nor is the failure […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – President Joe Biden has nominated former State Department diplomat Nicholas Burns as US ambassador to China and Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and chief of staff to President Barack Obama as US ambassador to Japan, the White House announced on Friday. Source link
The crew of Shenzhou-12 has conducted the second spacewalk of the mission, and the second spacewalk of the new Chinese Space Station’s lifetime. The extravehicular activity (EVA) comes two months into their planned 90-day mission in low Earth orbit. Mission commander Nie Haisheng and first operator Liu Boming exited the Tianhe core module at 00:38 UTC on Friday, August 20. The goals of the EVA included the installation of a new panoramic camera (known as Panoramic Camera D) as well as a backup thermal control pump. Second operator Tang Hongbo stayed inside the station to support the two spacewalkers, similar to […]
I’ll take “Flying too close to the sun for 1,000,” LeVar. The answer is: This previously obscure stand up comedian-turned-game show executive was announced as the new host of Jeopardy after leading a months-long search, only to step down when troubling past comments he made on his old podcast came to light. Who is Mike Richards? That’s correct. And that’s a great question. On Friday, after several days of grumbling from disappointed fans and a couple rounds of embarrassing stories in the press that made it seem like the vetting committee hadn’t really vetted him at all, Jeopardy Executive Producer/Host Mike […]
Taliban fighters mobilize to control a crowd during a rally for Afghan Independence Day in Kabul on Aug. 19. The Taliban seized control of the city this week, effectively capturing the country in a matter of weeks. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption toggle caption Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag Taliban fighters mobilize to control a crowd during a rally for Afghan Independence Day in Kabul on Aug. 19. The Taliban seized control of the city this week, effectively capturing the country in a matter of weeks. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag The quick […]
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President Joe Biden tried on Friday to reassure Americans remaining in Afghanistan that he would get them home to the United States but also admitted he could not guarantee the mission would be a success. “Let me be clear, any American who wants to come home, we will get you home,” he said during a speech at the White House. But he also warned of the risks and the danger involved with the evacuation process. “I cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or that it will be without risk of loss, but as commander-in-chief, I can assure you that […]
The US military has no idea how many Americans remain in Afghanistan, or even how many were among the 7,000 or so people that have been evacuated via the Kabul airport so far, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Approximately 7,000 people have been evacuated via Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul since August 14, Major General Hank Taylor said at a Pentagon briefing on Thursday. Neither he nor Kirby could say how many of them were Americans – or how many Americans remain in Taliban-controlled territory. “I don’t know,” Kirby said when asked. “The State Department would be a better place […]
If you ever sat behind your computer watching the market hysteria of the last 18 months and jokingly asking yourself whether or not “investors” bidding up meme-stonk garbage and obvious frauds were drunk, the answer is apparently “yes”. At least, that’s what a new survey published by MarketWatch shows: an astounding 59% of Gen Z traders have admitted to trading while drunk, the survey showed. That number falls to 32% when all U.S. traders of every age are queried. The data goes hand in hand with the rise in “emotionally charged” investing, the piece notes. 66% of Americans in the same […]
Floyd Ray Roseberry, the man identified as the suspect demanding to speak to President Joe Biden or else he’d set off explosives outside the Library of Congress, has been charged and will go through a competency hearing. Roseberry, 51, has been charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device. Outside of the Library of Congress on Thursday, Roseberry warned Capitol Police he was armed with a bomb that could wipe out more than two city blocks. In a subsequent livestream, he demanded to speak to the president and said his death would […]
(Natural News) As the Biden regime and Democrat drones around the country continue to implement COVID-19 vaccination mandates, more and more Americans are rising up and saying ‘no,’ and that includes health care professionals like highly skilled, highly experienced nurses. In Houston, for instance, 150 nurses and healthcare pros refused to get the vaccine and knew they would be fired for it, but decided to stand firm in their belief. Houston Methodist hospital began firing its nurses earlier this month as the delta variant of the virus (is that even real?) began to spread around the country, as did other facilities in […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Syrian air defense forces shut down 22 missiles fired by Israel into Syria using Russian-made Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S systems, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Friday. Source link
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Friday said President Biden lied when he claimed there is “no circumstance” of Americans being unable to access the Kabul airport, explaining her office has received reports indicating otherwise. “Joe Biden said there is ‘no circumstance’ where Americans have been blocked from the Kabul airport. This is a lie. My office has received reports of Americans unable to enter the airport,” she said, adding that her team has alerted the State Department but that “nothing has been done about it”: Joe Biden said there is “no circumstance” where Americans have been blocked from the Kabul airport. […]
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Oppose COVID restrictions? You might be a terrorist. Leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security is warning about potential terrorism. But for some reason, it’s not focused on foreign terrorists harbored by the likes of the Taliban— now back in power in Afghanistan. Instead, the DHS is focused on domestic extremists, saying: “Such threats […]
Not a good week in the real world – Bad retail sales data, slumping consumer and business confidence, COVID cases surging (but not deaths), Delta fearmongering max’d out, oh, and US lost a war… Global economic data is disappointing at its fastest pace since the COVID lockdowns began… Source: Bloomberg S&P 500, Dow were on track for their worst week in 2 months on recovery and taper fears until today’s idiotic meltup (which had the stench of gamma squeeze written all over it). Small Caps literally exploded higher from down around 1% in the pre-market to up almost 2%… Sigh… Time […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The suspect in Thursday’s bomb threat incident near the Capitol in Washington is facing charges for threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction, as well as use or attempted use of an explosive device, an NBC court reporter said via Twitter on Friday. Source link
Hands down, rap’s biggest superstar might be calling it quits on Top Dawg Entertainment, the record label that helped put him on the map. On Friday, in a message to his fans called “nu thoughts” dropped via Twitter, Kendrick Lamar, announced that he is producing his “final TDE album” after 17 years of being a part of the “cultural imprint.” If the Compton artist who’s given fans a bevy of beautiful, challenging, and virtuosic verses over the last decade-and-a-half is to be taken at his word it could signal an evolution to his relationship with TDE or, as many fans are […]
Larry Harlow at the 2008 Latin Grammy awards in Houston, Texas. Michael Buckner/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Buckner/Getty Images Larry Harlow at the 2008 Latin Grammy awards in Houston, Texas. Michael Buckner/Getty Images Larry Harlow, a pianist, arranger, producer and activist who helped to popularize salsa in the U.S., died early Friday morning of heart failure. His death was confirmed by family members, who said that he had been hospitalized for kidney issues. He was 82. Known affectionately to his fans and fellow musicians as El judío maravilloso (“The Marvelous Jew”), Harlow was the only non-Latino among the fabled […]
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to end the CDC’s unconstitutional eviction moratorium. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a bid to block the eviction moratorium. The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court. The Associated Press reported: TRENDING: Jovan Pulitzer Reveals It’s Not the ‘Watermarks’ on the Ballots – It’s Better (VIDEO) A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the COVID-19-related pause on evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remain in place, setting up a likely battle before the nation’s highest court. A three-judge […]
Former President Donald Trump stated Friday that President Joe Biden’s leaving Americans to die in Afghanistan is a “dereliction of duty.” “Leaving Americans behind for death is an unforgivable dereliction of duty, which will go down in infamy,” Trump’s statement read regarding President Joe Biden’s chaotic evacuation from the failed state of Afghanistan. Trump also criticized Biden on Thursday by explaining how a proper Afghan withdrawal should have been conducted. “First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipment. Then you bomb the bases into smithereens,” Trump’s statement said. “AND THEN YOU BRING OUT THE […]
The Taliban’s rise to power was driven in part by their opposition to Afghan tribal leaders’ systematic rape of young boys. “CIA officers were bribing aging warlords with Viagra. The Americans knew all about the young boys the tribal leaders kept in their camps; because the sex drug helped Afghan elders rape more boys more often, they were beholden to” the agency. Yes, really.https://t.co/YB0vsPRqLy — Chris Buskirk (@thechrisbuskirk) August 19, 2021 From Tablet Mag: The reality is that America lost its war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago, roughly around the time when CIA officers began bribing aging warlords with […]
The SEC busted a multi-million dollar insider trading ring at Netflix, the agency said in a new press release this week. The regulator charged three former Netflix employees with making over $3 million after having access to the company’s confidential subscriber information leading into earnings announcements. Sung Mo “Jay” Jun was sued by the SEC for being “at the center of a long-running scheme to illegally trade on non-public information concerning the growth in Netflix’s subscriber base,” the release says. The SEC said that while he worked at Netflix from 2016 to 2017, he tipped off material non-public information to his […]
The mayor of Kabul will remain in power under the Taliban, he told RT, explaining how the Islamic fundamentalist group was able to so easily retake the country and what will now happen to the country’s women. Scarcely had the Taliban retaken the capital city of Kabul when Mayor Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy received a phone call informing him he should continue his job, the politician told RT in an interview on Friday. Observing that things were rapidly “coming back to normal” – except for transit in and out of Afghanistan – Sultanzoy pointed out that if the country wanted to be […]
Friday, August 20, 2021 by: Mike Adams Tags: awakening, badhealth, badmedicine, booster shots, COVID, depopulation, genocide, immunity, pandemic, spike protein, vaccine wars, vaccines Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.afinalwarning.com/546587.html (Natural News) For anyone paying attention, it’s abundantly obvious now that the entire covid “plandemic” scam is a global depopulation scheme to scare people into taking spike protein bioweapons […]
The study’s senior author advised that, in case of an encounter with a sea snake, a diver should not swim away because they are too fast – instead, allow the creature “a chance to figure out who you are.” Romantic. Source link
The city of Ithaca in New York is paving the way for others with its ambitious project of converting thousands of privately owned commercial and residential buildings into carbon-free and sustainable structures. The upstate city is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College and contains over 30,000 homes. As part of a deal signed in 2019, the city seeks to involve homeowners in a program that will decarbonize buildings. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Ithaca plans to offset all its carbon by 2030, and officials recognize that can only be achieved by addressing building emissions. The city plans to help […]
(Becker News) – The Department of Defense will require all U.S. military troops to take the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15th. The Associated Press earlier reported on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s memo. The AP reported that “the deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise.” “I will not hesitate to act sooner or recommend a different course to the President if l feel the need to do so. To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force,” the Defense Secretary added. An Armed Forces member refusing to take the vaccine […]
Just as we expected, New Zealand has decided to extend its three-day “snap” lockdown, as the restrictions will be extended for another four days, with PM Jacinda Ardern’s cabinet set to meet Monday to decide whether another extension might be merited (we suspect it almost definitely will). That’s because, although New Zealand has yet to confirm that the cases COVID cases plaguing the country in months are actually the delta variant, authorities’ “strong suspicion” inspired the initial lockdown after just a single case. On Friday, Kiwi authorities confirmed another 11 cases of the virus, bringing the total number uncovered during the […]
In comments in his address to the nation and US media this week on the Afghanistan debacle, President Biden mentioned his supposed long-term opposition to nation-building in the war-torn nation as one of the key justifications for exiting the decades-old conflict, no matter the cost to America’s global image Source link
A former assistant on Friday described his time working for R. Kelly, testifying in the singer’s trial that it was weirder than working for known eccentric Kanye West. “It was a weird time for me,” Anthony Navarro, who was one of Kelly’s low-level assistants for two years starting in 2007, told jurors in Brooklyn federal court. “The things you had to do were just a bit uncomfortable.” “It was almost like the Twilight Zone. You went into the gate and it was just a different world. Just a strange place.” Navarro, who went on to work with other high-profile musicians such […]
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that Texas may prohibit a common second-trimester abortion procedure. Jonathan Bachman/AP hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Bachman/AP The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled that Texas may prohibit a common second-trimester abortion procedure. Jonathan Bachman/AP NEW ORLEANS — A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 2017 law in question has never been enforced. It seeks to prohibit the use of forceps to remove a fetus from […]
What if It’s Proven that Joe Biden and the Democrats Didn’t Win the 2020 Election But They Refuse to Give Up Power? Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating is underwater less than a week after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, a Reuters/Ipsos survey released Friday revealed. The survey, taken August 18-19, 2021, among 1,002 adults, asked respondents, “Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as President?” His approval rating is currently underwater, falling to 46 percent, while 49 percent disapprove. Opinions are sharply divided on party lines, as 81 percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s job performance, compared to 11 percent of Republicans and 42 percent of independents: Biden Job Approval:Approve 46%Disapprove 49% .@Reuters/@Ipsos, 1,002 Adults, […]
During his administration, President Trump approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska. Now a federal judge has reversed his move. Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that the Interior Department did not fully consider the project’s environmental impact. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos President Biden had gone along with the ConocoPhillips’ Willow project, located in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. The federal government specifically set aside this area to produce oil and gas. The plan was to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil a day and provide thousands of jobs for Alaskans. About 600 […]
By The Corbett Report *NOTE: Unfortunately, my external mic was not plugged in for this conversation. Luckily, the audio is still understandable. Apologies for the inconvenience. Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: “Graveyard of Empires” Claims Another Victim https://www.corbettreport.com/graveyard-of-empires-claims-another-victim/ The War In Afghanistan Comes Home https://whatabouttheroads.co/the-war-in-afghanistan-comes-home/ DHS: “Potential Terror Threats – Opposition To Covid Measures, Claims Of Election Fraud, Belief Trump Can Be Reinstated, 9/11 Anniversary and Religious Holidays” https://twitter.com/W911/status/1426590172771147782 Homeland Security Says Americans […]
One of Australia’s rising activists, the Aussie Cossack on YouTube, captured two unbelievable police interactions within minutes of each other on Thursday. The Aussie Cossack has been documenting for months as police have intimidated and harassed him throughout the country’s Covid lockdown. Earlier this month, Infowars covered a video he posted where police tried to make the YouTuber put on a mask while driving in his car by himself. On Thursday, the Aussie Cossack was pulled over for “roadside testing,” which is supposed to be a random stop where police test drivers for drugs and alcohol. The man said a local […]
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed earlier this week that after the Taliban took Kabul, he spoke not with Joe Biden or even Kamala Harris, but with Hillary Clinton instead. Trudeau said “I also spoke last night with former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who shares our concern for Afghan women and girls.” He continued, “She welcomed our efforts and urged Canada to continue our work. Governments, international organizations, and civil society must continue to work together to support women and girls in Afghanistan. The Afghan people need the world to stand with them. […]
Football superstar Lionel Messi has been left out of PSG’s latest matchday squad, with his arrival in Barcelona for a few days sending his former club’s hardcore fans into denial regarding a dramatic return to La Liga. Out of action for over a month now since winning the Copa America with his country in Brazil, the Argentine has already trained with his new employers which led to suspicions he could feature against Brest this weekend. “Everything is positive. There is a good atmosphere in the squad and he has settled in well and quickly,” said coach Mauricio Pochettino when probed on […]
(Natural News) The federal government is pitching a fit over the latest data showing that Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccines” are failing big time. The Biden regime is already pushing for “fully vaccinated” Americans to get even more “fully vaccinated” by lining up for a third “booster” shot come September, which appears to be when the medical fascists will have one ready for rollout at “warp speed.” The first two injections from Donald “father of the vaccine” Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” program are not exactly providing the protection that was promised. Consequently, Pedo Joe’s handlers are gearing up to push […]
After announcing plans to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September this spring, the Biden administration sent out diplomatic feelers to the nations of Central Asia to discuss whether the latter might be interested in hosting US forces. Source link
Friday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested that President Joe Biden should be “impeached” if an American citizen and Afghan allies are left behind in Afghanistan amid the Taliban’s takeover. Graham said Biden “has been a wrecking ball regarding foreign policy, national security for 40 years.” He argued that leaving behind a single American citizen or any allies from Afghanistan who have helped the United States would be an impeachable offense. “We are duty-bound to get every American citizen out. We’re honor-bound to get those Afghans who fought along our side out. And here’s what I would say: […]
By B.N. Frank Remember the American Embassy workers and their family members stationed overseas who were afflicted by mysterious symptoms, illnesses, and brain injuries a few years back? Their condition is often referred to as “Havana Syndrome” and medical experts have determined that it’s likely this was caused by exposure to microwave energy (see 1, 2, 3). Earlier this summer the State Department started referring these victims to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Senate has passed a bill to help them. Now more American diplomats have reported experiencing symptoms of “Havana Syndrome” while stationed overseas. From Zero Hedge: […]
As of Friday evening local time evacuation flights out of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul have been “paused” according to CNN correspondents. According to White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, “No flights have left the Kabul airport in the last eight hours,” per a CNN reporter who is on the ground at the airport. Reportedly evacuation stop-off points and facilities at US bases in the Gulf – where the bulk of the some over 10,000 of those Americans and Afghans already flown out have landed – are reaching capacity. Via AFP Reportedly US authorities are looking for new locations, including in Europe, […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Department of the Treasury on Friday announced that it has introduced sanctions against nine Russian persons and two entities linked to the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny a year ago. Source link
In world affairs, first impressions can be misleading. Soviet and American generals were photographed toasting the triumph of a great alliance in 1945 but in the blinking of an eye the Cold War was underway and we were great enemies. Crowds pressed against the US embassy gates as Saigon fell and America lost a long, bloody war mere decades before Vietnam embraced a market economy and became a top tourist destination for Americans. Statues are toppled, regimes collapse, city squares are thronged with tens of thousands of people demanding change, “Mission Accomplished” moments occur and yet what follows is not what […]
President Biden will deliver his second speech on Afghanistan this week, with remarks Friday afternoon about evacuation efforts in Kabul. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Biden will deliver his second speech on Afghanistan this week, with remarks Friday afternoon about evacuation efforts in Kabul. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Biden will deliver another speech about Afghanistan on Friday afternoon, as the scramble to evacuate American citizens and vulnerable Afghans continues. According to the White House, Biden will provide an update on evacuation efforts from Kabul, where the Taliban seized power this week. Biden will speak from […]
UK, French and German Special Forces Rescuing Their Citizens Outside Kabul Airport While US Under Strict Orders to Rely on Taliban for Safe Passage (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Far-left documentary filmmaker Michael Moore compared Christian conservatives to the Taliban, likening oppressive Islamic law to “how a lot of Southern Baptists want it to be” in America and classifying both Christians and the members of the jihadist organization as “religious nuts.” “They’re religious nuts, but we’ve got those here too,” Moore said in an interview with Variety, caveating his concerns of the Taliban stripping away the rights of women by asserting that the U.S. also has issues with religious fundamentalists. “But they said yesterday in their press conference that girls’ schools are going to remain open. Okay. We’ll see. They […]
Solving the climate crisis requires smart energy solutions that will reduce the need for fossil fuels and create sustainable options. This is exactly what WZMH Architects is focused on. It wants to design buildings with reduced energy consumption that are fueled by renewable energy. But buildings that run on renewable energy need a renewable energy source to draw from. How about a combination of human energy, the sun and a great idea? Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Together with Ryerson University, WZMH has created a microgrid in a box. It’s a personal green energy-producing machine. Dubbed mySUN, it can be […]
While railing against government interference, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) announced on Thursday that he signed an executive order to “protect Georgia businesses.” Earlier this month, Johns Hopkins University determined that the US states of Florida, Georgia and Louisiana accounted for one in five new COVID-19 cases, and nearly 40% of all hospitalizations in the country. Per the order, dated August 19, businesses within the southern US state will not be required to adhere to local measures and mandates geared toward slowing the spread of COVID-19, including its highly contagious delta variant. “Local governments will not be able to force businesses to […]
Submitted by Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research There was something in today’s FOMC meeting minutes that, from our cursory word search of prior meetings, doesn’t appear to have ever been a topic of conversation before: virtual currencies. Here is the exact quote: “Some participants cited various potential risks to financial stability including the risks associated with expanded use of (virtual currencies) or the risks associated with collateral liquidity at central counterparties during episodes of market stress. In connection with the former set of risks, a few of these participants highlighted the fragility and the general lack of transparency associated with stablecoins, […]
Recent UFC welterweight title challenger Jorge Masvidal has doubted that “fragile” fellow pay-per-view draw Conor McGregor will ever face him in the octagon, and has set his sights on a third meeting with champion Kamaru Usman. To MMA Junkie, the Cuban-American balked at the Irishman’s supposed physical inferiority and McGregor stepping up to his division. “I’m full man size. He’s like a very small, fragile dude,” explained the 35-15 ‘Street Jesus’. “He don’t want that. You can’t pay that man enough money, so that one’s OK. [I] don’t need it.” Set to make his comeback later in the year after being […]
(Natural News) Just as a Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine” needle was being plunged into his arm while on live television, New South Wales (Australia) Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello developed Bell’s palsy, complete with a visibly “droopy eye.” The moment the mRNA chemicals were being dispensed into his muscle tissue, part of Dominello’s face became paralyzed, a hallmark of Bell’s palsy. His one eye also started to close, which left viewers wondering if he was “winking at the camera.” As it turns out, Dominello was unable to feel that side of his face post-injection. He later confirmed via Instagram […]
President Joe Biden spoke to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, with fragments of the interview released 18 August and what appeared to be a full version on Thursday. Source link
State Department spokesman Ned Price hailed the “unprecedented effort he said the Biden administration had undertaken to rescue Americans trapped behind Taliban enemy lines in Afghanistan. He was interrupted by veteran Associated Press reporter Matt Lee, who chided Price for congratulating the administration in the middle of a crisis of its own creation. The exchange was as follows (via State Department transcript): QUESTION: Ned, can I ask you – this is an extremely logistical question, and I hope it will be a very short answer. So, but does Operation Allies Refuge now include all of the categories of people who can […]
The Saltbox Passive House is located in Bromont, Quebec, and is a residence for a family of four. The 3100-square-foot home sits in a meadow at the edge of a 2.5-acre wooded plot. Its design combines elements of the local context with energy-efficient strategies to enhance sustainability while maintaining a modern aesthetic. Through the efforts of the architects from Atelier l’Abri, the contractor Construction Rocket and consultants from the Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS), the building has obtained LEED Platinum and PHIUS 2018+ certifications, making it the third certified passive house in Quebec. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The architects […]
Back in 2014, Citigroup’s Matt King calculated that it costs central banks $200 billion per quarter to avoid a market crash. Boy have things changed since then. After another modest dip in the market was bought with frenzied gusto this morning, BofA chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett writes in his latest Flow Show note that “investors have zero fear of central banks”, to which one can add that investors fully expect central banks to bail out even the tiniest market dip. And who can blame them? On Wednesday, the New Zealand Central Bank – which as a reminder is now tasked […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO suspends all support to the Afghan authorities and insists that the future government must fulfill international obligations and safeguard human rights, NATO member states’ foreign ministers said in a joint statement on Friday. Source link
Mike Richards, who since his announcement as presumptive Jeopardy! host has faced a series of damning revelations about his past on shows including The Price Is Right, has stepped down. The search for Alex Trebek’s replacement has begun anew. Jeopardy! had spent months “auditioning” a steady rotation of famous guest hosts before news broke earlier this month that Richards would split hosting duties with Mayim Bialik, who will host the franchise’s primetime and spin-off series. A person familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast on Friday that Bialik is not in a position to take on Richards’ gig owing to […]
BTS performing on Good Morning America in 2019. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noam Galai/Getty Images BTS performing on Good Morning America in 2019. Noam Galai/Getty Images The K-pop supergroup BTS has announced that it is cancelling its upcoming world tour. “Due to changing circumstances beyond our control, it has become difficult to resume performances at the same scale and timeline as previously planned,” read a statement from the band’s label, Big Hit Music. BTS has been trying to tour behind its latest album, Map of the Soul: 7 for more than a year now. The group had to […]
“Corman’s Got No Place to Hide!” – STEVE BANNON GOES OFF After PA GOP Senate Leader Jake Corman Blocks Subpoenas for Forensic Audit (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Mike Richards is stepping down as the new host of Jeopardy! after the cancel mob attacked him over resurfaced allegations of sexual harassment as well as accusations that he made inappropriate comments about women and Jews. His selection to replace the late Alex Trebek was criticized by many as an act of corporate nepotism due to his tenure as executive producer of the long-running TV game show. AP reports earlier this week, a report on the website The Ringer revealed demeaning comments about women that Richards had made on a podcast. The clips were removed online after the report was posted. […]
Around two dozen State Department officials at the US embassy in Kabul warned of a potential collapse following the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing a ‘person familiar with the cable.’ Using a special ‘dissent channel’ within the State Department, the cable – sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official – warned of ‘rapid territorial gains by the Taliban and the subsequent collapse of Afghan security forces,’ and offered suggestions on how to speed up evacuation and mitigate the obvious crisis slated to ensue, two people told the WSJ. In total, 23 US Embassy staffers – all […]
While the State Department has warned the thousands of Americans still in Afghanistan that they are on their own when it comes to finding safe passage to the Kabul airport, which remained mobbed on Thursday, as it has been for the prior five days as thousands of Afghans and foreigners attempt to flee as the Taliban retake control of the country, WSJ. Even after the US sent thousands of soldiers to secure the airport while evacuations continue, many Afghan passengers, including those with SIVs (Special Immigrant Visas) are still finding it next-to impossible to get out. A man who has an […]
Thousands of Soviet citizens captured by Japanese forces in the Far East during WWII were subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment, and were used as test subjects for sick experiments with deadly biological and chemical weapons. That’s according to a new tranche of documents declassified and published by Russia’s FSB security agency on Friday. The papers, which chronicle the treatment of Red Army soldiers, as well as civilians, at the hands of the Axis power, chronicle how those who could not be pressed into laboring to support Tokyo’s war effort were transferred to ‘detachment 731’ under the control of the Kwantung […]
(Natural News) The price of moving a 40-foot container from China to the West Coast has jumped to almost $16,000 – a tenfold increase from pre-pandemic costs – as surging shipping prices and bottlenecks at ports threaten global recovery from the economic crisis inflicted by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). From Shanghai to Rotterdam, transporting a 40-foot steel cargo container by sea now costs a record $10,522 – 547 percent higher than the seasonal average over the last five years. “I think it’s the single biggest threat the economy faces at the moment. It’s only just starting to bite. Imagine if […]
Earlier, the press service of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, with reference to the Patriarch himself, stated that Bartholomew was going to visit Ukraine on Independence Day. Source link
Vice President Kamala Harris leaves Friday evening for a trip to Vietnam and Singapore, even as the mess surrounding the exit from Afghanistan continues to engulf the administration. A senior administration official defended the trip, promising the vice president would continue to focus on the situation in Afghanistan, including the priority of evacuating thousands of Americans and Afghanistan refugees out of the country. “She will continue to work on those issues and be in constant contact with Washington and her colleagues during this trip,” the official told reporters during a conference call. A U.S. soldier shoots in the air with his […]
By Michael Every of Rabobank Buy-all-the-stocks and Boom? Readers will know my view that we are living in a black comedy. There is plenty of evidence of this, but US President Biden saying it is the Taliban who are in the midst of “an existential crisis” takes the biscuit today given the US is charging $2,000 for its citizens to be evacuated from Kabul while refugees go free, and the Wall Street Journal both reports the White House *was* told Afghanistan would likely collapse back in July, and op-eds “How Biden Broke NATO”. Black comedy dates back to antiquity, but was […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The FBI has found hardly any proof that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was coordinated and has no evidence that former President Donald Trump was involved in the event, Reuters reported on Friday. Source link
At 16, Ella Yelich-O’Connor became pop music’s lord(e) and savior with her debut single “Royals.” Eight years later, she’s kept her stage name. But as her new record Solar Power warns, “if you’re looking for a savior,” it is no longer her. Does pop music still need saving? It’s a question Lorde poses throughout the record, often more vocally than her stated theme of celebrating the natural world. In “The Path,” she notes how people should consult the sun as their therapist instead of her. And in “California,” her fame is her antagonist, creeping on her neck as she refuses “that […]
The pop star is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member alleged she struck her. Spears’ attorney said that the investigation is “overblown sensational tabloid fodder.” Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The pop star is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member alleged she struck her. Spears’ attorney said that the investigation is “overblown sensational tabloid fodder.” Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Britney Spears is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member at her home alleged the singer struck her, authorities said Thursday. Deputies responded to Spears’ home in Southern California […]
Afghans Hold Large Protest in Jalalabad to Keep Afghanistan Flag – Taliban Shoot 3 Protesters Dead (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Australian bodybuilder and actor Calum Von Moger, who once played Arnold Schwarzenegger on screen, has turned on his former idol after his “screw your freedom” declaration. Von Moger used social media to deliver his message, adding he was also taking down the posters of Schwarzenegger that once helped drive him to bodybuilding success. “I can’t support someone who doesn’t support out freedom,” Moger said. BREAKING: Australian Bodybuilder, celebrity & actor who played Arnold in a movie rips down his Schwarzenegger posters after his “screw your freedom” rant pic.twitter.com/qNF6dRfq2s — An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) August 19, 2021 Von Moger, who was once dubbed Arnie 2.0, […]
Guest host Kristi Leigh covers BOMBSHELL developments regarding the events on January 6th during this LIVE edition of The American Journal. Source link
Many Democratic leaders, including – most notably – Nancy Pelosi refuse to let go of the notion that the Jan. 6 “attack” on the Capitol was a terror attack on par with 9/11 or the Pulse nightclub shootings. Why? Because, they claim, the whole seige was planned and perpetrated by shadowy militia groups like the Oath Keepers, working in concert with Republican lawmakers. Dems also blame President Trump for instigating the incident (the supposed reason behind Twitter and Facebook banning his accounts). But according to a scoop from Reuters published Friday, prosecutors who once planned to try and lay charges of […]
The government of Hong Kong landed in hot water by allowing people shooting a TV series for Amazon to skip the usual Covid-19 quarantine after arriving in the city. Nicole Kidman was among those granted the waiver. The Australian-born celebrity drew media attention in Hong Kong after she was spotted last week at fashion store COS on Queen’s Road Central just two days after flying to the city from Sydney in a private jet. International travelers are required to observe a quarantine that may last between 7 and 21 days as a precaution against Covid-19, so people started asking questions about […]
(Natural News) There was a classic moment in modern journalism last summer when the rioting kicked off in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd. As burnings literally burned behind him, flames soaring 50-100 feet in the air, CNN correspondent Ali Velshi was telling viewers that the protests were “mostly peaceful.” Of course, that was nonsense; on a number of other networks whose correspondents aren’t quiet as big of left-wing ideologues as they are at the Cable News Network, Americans could see that the protests weren’t “protests” but full-blown riots. And in the end, hundreds of buildings in Minnesota […]
Officially, India rejects that it is in touch with the Taliban*. “[…] We are looking at the evolving situation in Kabul as the Taliban and its representatives have come to Kabul and I think we need to take it from there,” Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said this week, when asked if Delhi was in touch with the Taliban. Source link
A policeman in Walnut Creek, California, rescued a man from his SUV once it crashed through a fence and into a swimming pool, according to authorities. Officer Michael Czyz was first on the scene Monday not long after police got a call about a vehicle that drove through the fencing of a home and possibly into its pool, Fox 35 reported. The vehicle was quickly going underwater while the driver was still inside and unable to escape, the Walnut Creek Police Department said in a Facebook post. Knowing what he had to do, Officer Czyz immediately jumped into the water and […]
By now, you already know that The Big Short’s Michael Burry has placed a big bet against “active manager” Cathie Wood over at ARK Invest. We detailed Burry’s position in this recent article. But it isn’t just Burry that is lining up to publicly offer his skepticism about Wood’s capital management style. Others have followed suit in criticizing Wood of late, leading many to wonder if the borrowed time her “strategy” has been on is finally up. Semper Augustus Investments Group LLC’s Chief Investment Officer Chris Bloomstran also took to Twitter to announce his skepticism of ARK by putting together a […]
Liberal and conservative mainstream US media alike have relentlessly bashed the Biden administration this week in the wake of the unexpectedly rapid disintegration of the US-backed government in Kabul on Sunday, two weeks before Washington’s deadline to get all American forces out of the country. Source link