$10M for Freedom convoy is blocked twice, but $90M for BLM – of which $60M appears to be unaccounted for – is no problem…
What happened to $60M of the $90M donated to Black Lives Matter?

Posted by: c1ue | Feb 12 2022 16:59 utc | 404

Posted by: c1ue | Feb 12 2022 16:57 utc | 403
Thanks. I wonder if this incident was within the 12 nautical mile limit? Is this type of incident common where a USN submarine gets detected and pinged with active sonar within the 12 nautical mile limit? And have the Russians been caught doing this?
I just trying to understand if this is a routine incident, or one that is much more serious…

Posted by: retiredmecheng | Feb 12 2022 17:29 utc | 406

It seems love is in the air for the Beijing Olympics, even in Japan:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202202/1252046.shtml

Posted by: Smith | Feb 12 2022 18:00 utc | 408

@ Stonebird | Feb 12 2022 18:31 utc | 409 with the link to Daxton Brown….LOL!!
At least his high heels and hair match color.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 12 2022 18:37 utc | 410

@ Ma Laoshi | Feb 12 2022 19:15 utc | 411 who wrote about the puzzlement of the withdrawing of British troops
I had that same niggling feeling that we are seeing defeat being snatched from the jaws of victory….grin
I keep wanting to know who has the movie rights?
Back to your normal broadcast now…..

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 12 2022 19:31 utc | 412

Keep your eyes on the big picture:
“…Unfortunately, when randomized trials of vaccines are run, they usually only look at the ability to protect against a specific pathogen, and thus fail to answer whether the vaccine provides an overall health benefit or not. Vaccine trials are also usually too short, because non-specific vaccine effects can last for years or in some cases even decades…”
https://sebastianrushworth.com/2022/02/12/non-specific-vaccine-effects-with-dr-christine-stabell-benn/

Posted by: Paul | Feb 12 2022 20:55 utc | 414

@PleaseBeleafMe | Feb 12 2022 21:21 utc | 415
I have been watching some live streams from Ottawa and I am thoroughly impressed by the way the Canadian people have been handling this so far. You are an inspiration to the world, we depend on your success. Greetings from Norway to Newfoundland btw., it was new to us when we found it 1000+ years ago, lol!

Posted by: Norwegian | Feb 12 2022 21:33 utc | 416

Today, the Outlaw US Empire initiated three phone calls with their Russian counterparts: Biden phoned Putin, where nothing of note took place; Blinken phoned Lavrov, a review is provided below; and Austin phoned Shoigu, where I’m sure the sub intercept was discussed but wasn’t noted in any of the reviews I read. Meanwhile, Zelensky said Ukraine has no actionable intel that Russia would invade on the 16th and issued a plea that anyone having verifiable intel to share it.
Russia’s MFA issued this report:
“The minister stressed that the propaganda campaign launched by the United States and its allies about the ‘Russian aggression’ against Ukraine pursues provocative goals, encouraging the authorities in Kiev to sabotage the Minsk agreements and harmful attempts to solve the “Donbass problem” by force.
“As the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted, the reaction of Washington and Brussels to the drafts of the Russian-American treaty and the agreement with NATO on security guarantees transferred by us ignores the key provisions for us, primarily on the non-expansion of the alliance and the non-deployment of strike weapons systems near the Russian borders. It was emphasized that these issues will be central to our assessment of the documents received from the United States and NATO, which will be brought to the attention of colleagues. Sergey Lavrov recalled the inadmissibility of actions that violate the commitments made at the highest level on the indivisibility of security in the Euro-Atlantic region.”
IMO, Zelensky’s behavior gives the game away, that the entire drama is just that–an attempted provocation that not even the AP is buying as zero facts are presented. Yesterday, Russia’s Security Council met, and it would certainly be helpful to know what was actually discussed, but that appears to be classified.
IMO, the immediate future seems rather clear. Very few OSCE members will stand by their treaty commitments; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Serbia are those I’m certain about, but only one is a NATO and EU member. Such a split will likely destroy the OSCE, which has existed since 1975, but will cause the Outlaws no pain. I doubt that outcome would change even if more OSCE/NATO/EU members stand by their commitments. Only an extraordinary outcome where the vast majority of EU/OSCE members stand by their commitments will avert a split, which would leave the Outlaws on the outside. Again, we’ll need to wait.

Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 12 2022 22:24 utc | 418

Given Finian Cuningham’s reasoning, IMO, for it to save its economy and thus its people, Germany must free itself from the Outlaw US Empire’s domination. It will only continue to worsen if Germany does nothing.

Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 13 2022 0:38 utc | 420

@retiredmecheng #406
I have no idea where the specific incident was; I’d also note that the “12 mile limit” really depends on who is saying what. The US generally considers the limit more like 200 miles.
As for pinging: there is pinging, and there is pinging.
Normal sonar just seeks to detect – and so there is some amount of power needed vs. stealth profile and distance to show a return.
But you can also use higher power to burn away/degrade stealth performance.
The sub guy on this quora thread notes that a 30 year old sub could generate up to a 750,000 watt signal – enough to boil water 3 feet from the hull.
How powerful would an anti-submarine destroyer sonar be? Unlike a sub, they generally don’t give a damn about stealth.
Now consider a max pulse which can detect 100K or more yards away, but focused on a sub say 1000 or 2000 meters down. Probably not enough to boil water but could be pretty damn unpleasant since the sound profile could be over 220 decibels. That’s pretty loud since a rocket launch is 180 DB, a rock concert is 110 db, fireworks are 120 db – and decibels are log scale.

Posted by: c1ue | Feb 13 2022 2:06 utc | 422

@Norwegian | Feb 12 2022 21:33 utc | 416
A second possible site was discovered on the west coast of nfld a few yrs ago using some sorta satellite tech.
Went to Lanse aux meadows in Oct of 20 only to discover it was closed due to covid. The place is outdoors ffs lol. It was a beautiful drive up the coast on a rare calm day. Some of the scenery was in a word stunning and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The Lanse aux meadows site itself is probably largely unchanged from 1000 yrs ago. Nfld is called the rock for a reason and alot of our topsoil was removed during the last ice age. What your and my ancestors saw then is very much what u see now.
I was gonna walk up to the site and smoke a j but was shunned by a fisherman who proclaimed it to be a park and closed and verboten. Should of went anyways but didn’t. Good reason to go back.
Sense I got and this is all my feeling but it’s geographically ideal to spot anything entering the strait of Belle isle. From a map it looks like a decent waterway but like the cliffs of dover it’s very easy to see the Labrador side from nfld. A settlement at that location could easily spot ships and vice versa. Navigation being what it was it must of been advantageous.
Nfld and Scandinavia share cloudberties(bakeapples) and lingonberries(partridgeberries). Brought to us by the vikings? I picture someone taking a shit of digested dried berries after a long voyage across the Atlantic and voila I’m scouring the bogs looking to make mom’s favourite jam.
It amazes me how incredibly hard it must of been in that day of age to sail across the Atlantic on hope and a prayer in practically a dory and want to set up a life in alien worlds and manage to thrive. What a resilient species we are and how much is left to discover?
I’ve got Norwegian blood from my grandmother’s side. Skol.

Posted by: PleaseBeleafMe | Feb 13 2022 2:21 utc | 424

I know there’s a week in review coming up tomorrow, but have this saved, so will post here and maybe retreive later. It is from the protesters in New Zealand, posted on The Daily Blog:

The Masked Moa February 13, 2022 at 9:08 am
By hand – Open letter by the protestors on the lawn: To all elected Parliamentary members as representatives of NZ people. In particular The Hon JA PM of NZ
Re: letter of Demand from the NZ people
We refer to matters of great importance to the people of New Zealand community. We hereby provide the Honourable members with a list of demands that we seek to have addressed by the Honourable members. These issues must be heard and acted upon. The Covid-19 matter has divided our nation and it is now time we the people are afforded
the opportunity to heal.
The list of demands as enunciated below represent the key issues we the people believe will move this towards resolution.
In summary these issues are:
• End all Covid –Vaccine Mandates.
• End all restrictive Traffic light systems and ensure the nation as a whole remains open, allowing trade commerce and travel to be absolutely free.
• Reject any moves for a society based on digital identity
• Remove all restrictive vaccine passports.
• Establish an Independent non-biased Investigative body to investigate any public service misconduct during the Covid-19 period.
• Reinstate and compensate those that have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 period due to vaccine mandates.
• Ensure there is fully informed consent required by parents and guardians in relation to any medical procedure/decisions/interventions for children.
• Revoke all Covid-19 related Govt endorsed legislature/acts and laws that erode the peoples sovereign rights and freedoms.
• A moratorium on the deregistration or prosecution of all registered medical practitioners silencing them from expressing their qualified medical opinion in relation to Covid-19 issues.
We invite the Honourable members to consider and adopt as enunciated in this open letter without further delay.
ProFest 22 for Peaceful Change
We are bringing together people from all walks of life in New Zealand towards a common goal.
By participating today, each one of us agrees to stand by these values and commit to non-violent action.
Peace
Respect
Opportunity
Freedom
Empathy
Sovereign
Together
We believe in Unity for Our Community.
This is a family friendly, drug and alcohol free space. Clarity is necessary.
We are succeeding and we are remaining peaceful.

Posted by: juliania | Feb 13 2022 3:10 utc | 426

PleaseBeleafMe 424
I have a bit about the boats they traveled some rough oceans with. Pretty amazing. The polinesions populating the pacific islands about starting I think about three thousand years ago just in ocean going dugout canoes. The oldest dugout canoe found to date is about thirteen thousand years old, I think it was found in the sea in the Baltics or somewhere in that part of the world. Aboriginal prople of Australia have been here forty thousand years or more and they had to cross depending on sea levels at that time but perhaps somewhere be 50 – 100 km of ocean to get here. I suspect humans were ocean going well before the last great climate change and sea level rise.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 13 2022 3:25 utc | 428

Last night truckers at the bridge put out a call for support. So at the last minute I decided to go to Windsor instead of Ottawa. Trudeau had Ottawa pretty blocked off from traffic anyway.
The truckers were being moved when I arrived.
There were about 2000 demonstrators at the foot of the bridge with a line of cops.
When we got closer the ‘cops’ seemed a little ramshackle.
Most were young… very young. Some were short and chubby. They did not look anything like the ones I have seen at other protests.
We were told that the regular cops were off sick with covid.
Some of the truckers were still there playing music..and people who brought food for the truckers just fed all of us. People hugging laughing and dancing. How I love my countrymen. Like the old days when no one new or cared how you voted. Open genuine. Just amazing. So very glad I went.
The little cops left us alone … then the military showed up in their tactical gear in their Hummers and spoiled our fun
Ford has criminalized donations and Singh is working on the truckers licenses.
What times… even our leaders have united.
Anahoo…
gonna roll me a fattie
gonna roll it up right
not too loose
and not too tight
and to all of you
i bid you good nite

Posted by: ld | Feb 13 2022 4:26 utc | 430

Below is a quote from Xinhuanet about Yemen
”
HAJJAH, Yemen, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The Yemeni Houthis drove the government army out of Harad city in the Yemeni northern province of Hajjah on Saturday, killing more than 60 soldiers and wounding 140 others, an army source said.
“The rebels recaptured the al-Mihsam military camp and the range of high mountains from the army during today’s battle,” the source on the frontline told Xinhua.
”

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 13 2022 5:28 utc | 432

Below is a quote from a Times of Israel article
”
Russia recently announced it was carrying out joint military jet patrols with the Syrian air force of the airspace along Syria’s borders, including in the Golan Heights area, prompting speculation that Israel would be more hesitant to strike Syria.
Following the patrol, Ynet reported that Israeli military officials were holding talks with Russian army officers to calm tensions.
According to the report, Israeli officials were struggling to understand why Russia, which announced that such joint patrols were expected to be a regular occurrence moving forward, had apparently changed its policy toward Israel.
The report claimed, without citing a source, that Israel may limit its air campaign in Syria as a result of Russia’s move, even after discussions end.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is considered one of few allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and Russia is seen as using its presence in the war-torn country to gain a foothold in the Middle East.
”
As I have written elsewhere at MoA, I think Syria is where the next serious clash occurs.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 13 2022 6:40 utc | 434

Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 13 2022 6:40 utc | 434
I suggested this weeks ago as well. The US and Turkey are illegally occupying the sovereign country, and Syria, Iran and Russia are in a position to demand that the illegal occupiers leave the country.
Ironically, this is similar to the Armenian occupation of Azeri territory where Turkey aided to Azerbaijan to take back its territory from the Armenians. Erdoğan needs to drop the hypocrisy and leave Syria.
Iraq may also choose to rid themselves of the current illegal occupier of their sovereign nation – the US. The were requested to leave a year ago and are stubbornly refusing.
While the US is pushing for war in Ukraine, they may get a kick in the butt in the ME.

Posted by: Blue Dotterel | Feb 13 2022 7:35 utc | 436

psychohistorian | Feb 13 2022 5:28 utc | 432
Yemen; This is the situation as per the 12 Feb. Lots of fighting as the Houthis are trying to break a siege (Including fire control areas) around Harad. Note that they have “retaken” Al-Mihsam.
https://english.iswnews.com/22783/yemen-latest-updates-on-hajjah-fronts-12-february-2022-map-update/
It is shocking in all senses of the term how such a bloody fight with so many civils being killed, multiple Saudi Air-raids and US support for murder – goes under the radar EXCEPT for the missiles against UAE. (That the US wants “secure” bases for Corporate minions/Bankers in the Gulf, is proof that the Iranian missiles against US troops in Iraq has had a lasting effect).
**
I don’t have twitter but you can usually see their latest 2-5 posts. Good site for a relativelely correct idea of what is going on.

Posted by: Stonebird | Feb 13 2022 8:43 utc | 438

protesters in Canberra had till tonight to “move on”
known liars say 10000 and known crazies say 750000
take a look at drone footage via rumble or bitchute and try to estimate the number of people
how far off ~250000 do you think it is? in the ballpark?? that would make it ~1% of the population on the front lawn of the federal government

Posted by: Rae | Feb 13 2022 10:10 utc | 440

Toronto and Ottawa need to have a general strike to support the truckers, and make clear to Trudeau and Ford that Canadians are behind the dismantling of the authoritarian mandates.
It may even be possible to bring the police and military in, at least in part, to support the strike, if peaceful in a Gandhian, MLK way.

Posted by: Blue Dotterel | Feb 13 2022 10:50 utc | 442

..Jolliffs Saltbush Bill though was my Australia.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 13 2022 10:13 utc | 441
Were they the cartoons that often featured aboriginal women with well formed naked breasts? mmm… memories/mamaries from a while ago..
re: juliania | Feb 13 2022 3:10 utc | 426
My sympathies to you for reading the Daily Blog and thanks for posting that post from the Masked Moa (do you have a link to it – I used the DB site search and it did’t come up).
Several times a week I force myself to have a look at the Daily Blog, but as I am not a masochist I don’t enjoy it – I think of much of what is written there a bad joke. (with the most of the leftists reading like pathetic stereotypes and morons and hypocrites eg veterans of 1981 Springbok tour protests calling for police to go in hard and sort out the anti-vax (mandate) protesters. They (most DB writers) make me want to puke. Here’s a couple of typically unhinged articles from the site’s editor Martyn Bradbury.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/02/13/eve-of-destruction-ukraine-invasion-countdown/
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/02/05/the-chinese-winter-olympics-are-a-human-rights-abusing-jamboree/
If I lived in the Wellington area I would have gone to the protest and smoked a couple of joints (possibly discreetly being mindful of “This is a family friendly, drug and alcohol free space. Clarity is necessary. We are succeeding and we are remaining peaceful.”) with a friend or two and enjoyed the spectacle. Later that night a radio news report on the protest mentioned amongst other things that it was a relaxed affair with reggae music being played – so I guess I was there in spirit! With regard to the vaccination campaign – “fok dem raas clot!” (as Bob Marley would say).

Posted by: tucenz | Feb 13 2022 13:07 utc | 444

I can’t resist posting this. Montreal protests! Well demonstrates. And counter-demonstrates. I am so not worthy of living in this city. 2 min video clip from (my fave) La Presse:
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2022-02-12/appui-aux-camionneurs/manifestation-et-contre-manifestation-organisees-a-montreal.php
They had the best brief videos of the Yellow Vests in France too. One of my favorites ended with this middle-aged Parisian woman walking her bichon frisé dog, both wearing yellow vests. She is alone, in front of a line of riot police, and she spins a sassy pirouette in front of them while the dog barks.

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Feb 13 2022 14:57 utc | 446

@Antonym #437
Posting the same links over and over again doesn’t make them say shit that they don’t say.
First of all: what “China” are you referring to in 1950 and 1955?
Because the “China” on the UN Security Council in those 2 years was Taiwan – the Republic of China.
Nor am I the least bit clear why “China” on the UN Security Council in both 1950 and 1955 – i.e. Taiwan – would give a damn about India being on the UN Security Council.
I am 99.9% sure that “China” as in the PRC in 1950 and 1955 were far more concerned about evicting the ROC as “China” on the UN Security Council more than anything else.
In any case, whatever you think about Nehru declining a seat on the UN Security Council – it had nothing to do with China – either the PRC or the ROC getting a seat in the UN Security Council because the ROC was already there and the PRC was certainly being blocked by the US and many other countries – since it didn’t happen until 1971.
And the above statement is what you originally posted.

Posted by: c1ue | Feb 13 2022 15:49 utc | 448

@Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 13 2022 10:54 utc | 443

John, I am trying to make you out.

Honestly Peter, it is much simpler if you just accept I am telling the truth.
No side, no spin. I don’t need to.

I guess having a knowledge of law can be handy for minor things like traffic infringements or topping someone but… the off the books stuff.. no doubt it comes under different terms in different five-eyes countries but state interest trumps. Then there is the off the books stuff. We live under the rules based order, not the rule of law.

What you have to understand is that these people just want closure. They want to know that they cannot be held liable at some point in the future for the terrible things that they have done.
That is why I represent their greatest nightmare. I can re-open things they thought closed many years ago.
I’ll give a personal example. The corporate entity that was Anglia Television no longer exists. And yet by law I am still an employee of Anglia Television. That is because the notice given me by Malcolm Wall does not count, and therefore my contract, my sealed contract, is still in force.
Somebody told a pack of lies when they effected the corporate winding-up of Anglia Television.
It is like a loose thread. The whole thing comes undone when I pull on it.

Posted by: John Cleary | Feb 13 2022 18:11 utc | 450

& that London UNSC conference was prepared in San Francisco, California, USA, between 25 April and 26 June 1945 where they had TV Soong as representative of a splintered China under civil war + fighting with the Japanese imperial army. https://www.un.org/en/about-us/history-of-the-un/san-francisco-conference
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Indian Army numbered 205,000 men and, as the war continued, this would rise to 2.5 million men to become the largest all–volunteer force in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army#Second_World_War
Reward from the Anglo Atlantics: zero for the Indians and a SC seat for the Chinese.

Posted by: Antonym | Feb 14 2022 11:10 utc | 452

More History being made in Canada. First time Canadian Government has government has declared Federal Martial Law.
Not even 911 called for that
there will be blood
Crickets from b
Not even a blip on his radar…. as per usual.

Posted by: ld | Feb 14 2022 22:07 utc | 454

ld | Feb 14 2022 22:07 utc | 454 “Not even a blip on his radar…. as per usual.”
you come across like a ten year old that’s cranky because mum wont let you suck on her tit.
Or perhaps just need a fix? Demanding other people do something… like a child… It is very easy to start your own blog. Plenty of free platforms.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 15 2022 10:32 utc | 456

While I normally refrain from commenting against others, I have to say what I’m Peter who lives in Australia posted at 457 is pure and total complete BS.

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Feb 15 2022 10:59 utc | 458

No, not biting – I think you should just stick to posting personal information about residents who stand up to the truckers like you did earlier in this thread.
I can’t link to the tweet. But in the Twitter account of Mackenzie Gray, reporter with CTV, (@Gray_Mackenzie) is a tweet with a 40 sec video imbedded of Green Party member Elizabeth May responding to a reporter’s question about the Emergencies Act. The tweet was posted 12 or so hours ago. She doesn’t mention diesel fumes. But according to the National, air quality in that part of Ottawa is worse than Mexico City thanks to the freedom convoy.

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Feb 15 2022 11:22 utc | 460

I don’t have a twitter account so I follow a few people by keeping links to their feeds and visiting them regularly. Turns out twitter is now locking down on anonymous views too. I can stretch it by cleaning up the cache but it is getting difficult. In principle not different from the other sites like facebook and instagram but it is tightening down on who can access what. Just lost one of them too, account ml_1maria was suspended.

Posted by: Tuyzentfloot | Feb 15 2022 11:31 utc | 462

I don’t have a twitter account so I follow a few people by keeping links to their feeds and visiting them regularly. Turns out twitter is now locking down on anonymous views too. I can stretch it by cleaning up the cache but it is getting difficult. In principle not different from the other sites like facebook and instagram but it is tightening down on who can access what. Just lost one of them too, account ml_1maria was suspended.
Posted by: Tuyzentfloot | Feb 15 2022 11:31 utc | 462
I don’t do twitter in any form, ever, but I have had accounts I visit for “alternative views” go through half a dozen incarnations as they are suspended and reincarnated with a different name, goes on all the time, for years now.
“They” do seem to be trying harder these days. Sort of like whack-a-mole, and amusing to watch, to me.
I started visiting such sites around the time I abandoned US media entirely as news sources, and not willing to take any foreign “authorized” sources as reliable either, so I cast a broad net instead.
This won’t be good for Twitter’s business. Too bad.

Posted by: Bemildred | Feb 15 2022 12:14 utc | 464