Iran’s Mullahs Score Nuclear Victory

The Biden Administration is sitting idly by while Iran’s ruling mullahs continue to advance their nuclear program.

For almost a year and half, the P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia and China, plus Germany) have held fruitless negotiations with Iran, all while the Islamic Republic’s theocratic establishment has clearly succeeded at speeding up its nuclear program by increasing its uranium enrichment from 20% to 60%, conducting uranium metal production, and adding additional advanced centrifuges. After agreeing to extend the monitoring mechanism of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by reinstalling surveillance cameras a year ago, Iran then announced that it would not allow the IAEA to see images from the devices.

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Why Netherlands’ leading critic of Islam, Geert Wilders, is speaking out for Nupur Sharma

New Delhi: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, at the centre of the ‘blasphemy controversy’ that has caused some unease in India’s diplomatic relationships across West Asia, is being publicly shunned by her party. However, she has found a spokesperson in one of Europe’s most polarising political figures.

Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician who has long advocated a ban on the Quran and action to limit Muslim immigration, has made multiple appearances on Indian media, in Sharma’s support.

“I support Nupur Sharma because I believe that nobody should be punished or apologise for speaking the truth. We might like it, we might dislike it, but she spoke the truth about Muhammad,” said Wilders in an interview to India Today Wednesday.

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‘The return of banditry’: Russian car industry buckles under sanctions

Eldar Gadzhiev’s heart sank when he heard the sputtering from the engine of his Skoda one day in April. Gadzhiev, who owns a fleet of four cars that he leases as taxicabs in Moscow, knew it was a terrible and expensive time for a breakdown.

Prices for spare parts, if you even could find them, had spiralled out of control since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine two months earlier. “I understood that I was in a bad situation,” he said. “I thought: the repairs are going to cost as much as the car.”

Dealerships were useless, he said. His car parts shop told him that the waiting list was months long, time he could not wait to repair his vehicle.

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Joe Biden Says Inflation ‘Going Down‘ … if you don’t count gas & food

President Joe Biden misleadingly claimed Friday that inflation had gone down if you did not count food and gas, even though overall inflation went up.

“Inflation outside of energy and food, what the economists call core inflation, moderated the last two months,” Biden said. “Not enough, but it moderated, it’s come down and we need it to come down much more quickly.”

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European Parliament votes to exempt the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the world from 2035 gas & diesel engine ban

Ecology yes , but not for the rich? On Wednesday, June 8, the European Parliament voted a  historic text banning the sale of thermal vehicles in Europe in 2035.

… Via a discreet amendment , luxury manufacturers are exempted from going to “zero carbon emissions” as our colleague from Le Monde , Audrey Garric, points out on Twitter .

This so-called “Ferrari” amendment stipulates that models produced at less than 1,000 units per year are not affected by the ban. A point that could be talked about with regard to the inequalities already observed in terms of ecology. 

Note – Google translate.

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Bizarre Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Demystified In New Docs

Hong Kong registered Bass Strait purported drone source

The War Zone has received a highly significant new set of documents from the U.S. Navy via the Freedom of Information Act about a series of enigmatic drone swarm events that occurred in the waters off Southern California in 2019. These incidents have come to be woven into an ongoing discussion about unidentified aerial phenomena, traditionally known as UFOs. In previous weeks, top defense officials told Congress that the 2019 swarm incidents were caused by drones. These new documents leave little doubt in that regard.

The documents include unprecedentedly detailed briefing materials and photographs from more than a half dozen incidents. Among these new incidents are previously unknown events that occurred in the early months of 2019 and were assessed by the Navy to involve intelligence collection operations. The new photographs also include images of drones apparently operating from an unresponsive civilian ship that was shadowing Navy vessels.

NB: This is not concerning the Tic Tac videos.

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GUNTER: ‘Misleading’ is a polite word to describe Mendicino’s remarks

There’s no doubt about it: Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino misled Parliament.

Oh, maybe the words Mendicino spoke in front of Parliamentary committees don’t meet the precise, legal definition of misleading the House and Senate. Maybe they don’t rise to the level required to expel him.

But at best “misleading” is the polite word for the minister’s justification of the Liberals’ use of the Emergencies Act back in February.

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Right-wing black priest Calvin Robinson says anonymous letter has been sent to bishops claiming he is a PIMP

Right-wing black trainee vicar Calvin Robinson has said that an anonymous letter has been sent to bishops claiming he is a pimp and is ‘involved in sexual exploitation’.

The Anglican was blocked last month from becoming a Church of England priest after a white bishop voiced concerns about his belief that Britain was not institutionally racist.

Mr Robinson, who is also a TV presenter and political commentator, said in a tweet yesterday: ‘Last week a bishop implied I’m an angry black man. Now, there’s an anonymous letter going round bishops suggesting I’m a pimp, involved in sexual exploitation.

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Potent cannabis strain ‘causing psychosis time bomb’ in US

“It’s no different than any other industry that bases their profits on addiction,”

The mass legalisation of cannabis has led to a mental health “time bomb” in the United States and scientists are warning that stronger strains are driving psychosis among young people.

Rules were relaxed a decade ago in the states of Washington and Colorado while voters in California chose to legalise recreational marijuana use in 2016. In total 47 states and Washington DC have softened their laws on cannabis in some form.

Supporters of these policies point to the billions of dollars in tax revenue state’s can make each year from regulating the drug, and argue that criminalising cannabis disproportionately harms black communities.


Related … Clear majorities of Black Americans favor marijuana legalization, easing of criminal penalties

A growing number of states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, and at the federal level, Congress is considering decriminalizing the drug and expunging past convictions for marijuana-related offenses.

The link to violence is being deliberately played down.

Fearless prediction: In 10 years professional victims will sue for reparations as marijuana legalization will be found to have disproportionately harmed blacks.

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Joe Louis Esquivel charged in deadly mass shooting at Maryland factory as new details emerge

A Maryland factory worker accused of killing three coworkers and injuring two other people in a Thursday shooting was charged with dozens of felonies, including murder, authorities said Friday.

Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, of Hedgesville, WV, was hit with a slew of murder, attempted murder, assault and weapons charges in connection with the Smithsburg massacre, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

He was behind bars with no bond Friday night, officials said.

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Wanted: Contract Soldier. Good Pay. Bonus For Destroying Ukrainian Tanks.

There are plenty of job vacancy announcements on Russian employment websites and social media these days: drivers, dishwashers, cooks, programmers, grocery store cashiers.

Also on offer: jobs/positions fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Now in its fourth month, with no end in sight, the invasion is morphing into a war of attrition, as Russia struggles to achieve a semblance of victory and Ukraine mounts a dogged defense, often against the odds. Both sides are inflicting heavy casualties; Ukrainian officials say they’re losing more than 100 soldiers a day.

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Motorists left stranded on the road as soaring gas prices run tanks on empty

TORONTO – As many motorists fill their tanks in increments in an effort to save on gas, some are being left stranded or forced to abandon their vehicles as soaring gas prices leave their wallets and tanks empty.

Paula Guitar, who was on her way to Newmarket, Ont. to care for her ill mother, told CTV News that she ran out of gas in the middle of her drive. Guitar ended up using her actual guitar to busk for enough funds to get to her destination.

“A lot of people are driving on $20 worth of gas,” Brian Patterson, the president of the Ontario Safety League, told CTV News. “When they run out of gas … you can imagine today on the 400 somebody runs out of gas in the middle lane.”

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“I Am Shocked”: Italian Bishop Laments Horrific Blasphemy of Our Lady in Pride Parade – how come these edgy gays never do Mohammed?

A gay pride parade held in Cremona, Italy on Sat., June 4, 2022 blasphemed our Lady with a horrific mannequin mocking her perpetual virginity.

Parade participants carried a topless mannequin dressed in graphic sexual attire. The haloed image also wore a head veil, dark make-up, red heels, and a skirt.

I blame the MonkeyPox.

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Prosecuting Mississauga mosque attack as terrorism an unusual ‘test case,’ experts say

The decision to prosecute a recent attack on a Mississauga mosque as a terrorism offence is an unusual step that may be difficult to prove in court, terrorism experts say.

Proving that 24-year-old Mohammad Moiz Omar committed a terror offence when he allegedly attacked worshippers at the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre earlier this year will require prosecutors to argue a complex and “rarely used” clause in the Criminal Code. That clause, which has been in place since 2001, “essentially requires proof of a political or religious motive and attempts to intimidate a population,” said Kent Roach, a University of Toronto law professor and policing expert.

Still no info on what exactly has given police cause to make the terrorism case.

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