Selected articles (August 13, 2023)
1a)
Bombshell: Was Nord Stream Nuked?
By Peter Koenig
August 11, 2023
https://www.globalresearch.ca/bombshell-was-nord-stream-nuked/5828491
(see also: https://drive.proton.me/urls/HYVJAJ3P5W#D2jSuEOYk3nn )
Even months after the demolition of the Nordstream Pipelines it is a widely held opinion that the pipelines were destroyed with a moderate explosive of a few hundred kilograms TNT corresponding to a seismic event of (Richter-) Magnitude 2.3 and that the destruction of the pipeline was the only goal of that act. An overview over publicly available seismic data all over Northern Europe shows that this could not be farther from the truth: Seismic traces were detected as far as the North Cape (1800km) and Greenland, thus characterizing the Nordstream explosion as a teleseismic event. An analysis of the waveforms detected at seismic stations around the Baltic and Bothnian Sea characterizes this event to have (‘body-wave‘) magnitude mb = 3:9 _ 0:15, corresponding to a detonation energy of 200 tons TNT-equivalent or more rather than the 500kg claimed in the press. The actual explosive power involved in the detonation is thus at least by a factor of 400 larger than what has been claimed in the press. The resulting waveforms reveal little resemblance with conventional underwater explosions, but they share characteristics with known underground nuclear explosions.
1b)
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette
America’s Pacific War was a racist war of annihilation both before and after Japan’s surrender, Declan Hayes writes.
By Declan Hayes
August 6, 2023
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/08/06/hiroshima-nagasaki-russian-roulette/
1c)
Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. US gov’t documents admit it
US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington’s Cold War on the Soviet Union.
By Ben Norton
August 7, 2023
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/07/atomic-bombing-japan-not-necessary/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vMEgneKF10
https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/atomic-bombing-japan-wwii
1d)
A Physicist and the Deadly Force
Joseph Rotblat, Science and Conscience
Director: Eric Bednarski
2008, Canada
available on arte until July 30, 2024
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/114626-000-A/ein-physiker-und-die-toedliche-macht/
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2a)
Biden’s Ukraine strategy is failing
By Brahma Chellaney
August 8, 2023
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4143408-bidens-ukraine-strategy-is-failing/
As the war in Ukraine drags on despite the unprecedented U.S.-led sanctions against Russia, “Ukraine fatigue” in the West is beginning to set in. Most Americans now oppose Congress authorizing further military and economic aid for Kyiv, according to a new CNN-SSRS poll.
2b)
War is a Racket… U.S. and NATO Arms Industries Make Record $400 BILLION in Sales from Proxy War With Russia
Editorial
Strategic Culture Foundation
August 11, 2023
Western weapons manufacturers are popping champagne corks over record sales with total revenues hitting $400 billion for last year. According to media reports, this coming year-end will see that record figure exceeded by another salivating $50 billion. Ukraine may be resembling a bloodbath, as we noted in last week’s editorial. But apparently, Western military corporations are swimming in a bonanza of profits and stock market investments.
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3)
From periphery to priority: Africa as a key arena for Russia’s ambitions
Last week’s Russia-Africa summit highlighted their shared interest to cooperate against western dominance. While Moscow leads the fight, Africans are eager to play a role in shaping the new multipolar order.
By Mohamad Hasan Sweidan
August 2, 2023
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4)
Niger rejects rules-based order
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
August 8, 2023
The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order. Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/niger-rejects-rules-based-order/
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5)
West is paranoid about BRICS Summit
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
August 9, 2023
Reuters carried a speculative report last week that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person and, furthermore, that India disfavoured an expansion of the grouping. Reuters’ long history of cold war skulduggery notwithstanding, the gullible Indian media fell for the rumour mongering.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/west-is-paranoid-about-brics-summit/
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6)
mRNA Vaccine Toxicity
(The book is free to download.)
Text and illustrations by Michael Palmer, MD
With contributions from
Sucharit Bhakdi, MD
Margot DesBois, BA
Brian Hooker, PhD
David Rasnick, PhD
Mary Holland, JD
Catherine Austin Fitts
July 28, 2023
https://afsaneyebahar.com/2023/08/08/20696352/
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7)
Albert Einstein’s 1948 Letter to the NYT Warning Of Zionist Fascism In Israel
Letter That Albert Einstein Sent to the New York Times 1948, Protesting the Visit of Menachem Begin
By Dr. Albert Einstein
Harvard University (December 4, 1948)
Michel Chossudovsky (August 5, 2023)
Of relevance to recent developments in Israel, we bring to the attention of our readers the following letter by Albert Einstein, et al, to the NYT published on December 4, 1948.
It is of utmost significance to reflect upon a historical process initiated at very outset of the State of Israel.
What is outlined in this letter depicting the atrocities committed against the people of Palestine in 1948 in the Village of Deir Yassin vividly describe what is currently ongoing, more than 75 years later in the State of Israel.
The signatories of the 1948 letter were:
Isidore Abramowitz, Hannah Arendt, Abraham Brick, Rabbi Jessurun Cardozo, Albert Einstein, Herman Eisen, M.D., Hayim Fineman, M. Gallen, M.D., H.H. Harris, Zelig S. Harris, Sidney Hook, Fred Karush, Bruria Kaufman, Irma L. Lindheim, Nachman Maisel, Symour Melman, Myer D. Mendelson, M.D., Harry M. Orlinsky, Samuel Pitlick, Fritz Rohrlich, Louis P. Rocker, Ruth Sager, Itzhak Sankowsky, I.J. Schoenberg, Samuel Shuman, M. Znger, Irma Wolpe and Stefan Wolpe.
Read more: https://www.globalresearch.ca/albert-einsteins-letter-warning-of-zionist-facism-in-israel/5438170
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Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار 