The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized another oil tanker last week in the Gulf of Oman just a week after it took over another tanker in what was seen as retaliation after the U.S. seized an Iranian oil ship.
Category: 9 May 2023
BIDEN PROMISES MANILLA THAT U.S. MILITARY SUPPORT IS ‘IRONCLAD’
President Joe Biden met with his Filipino counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos, at the White House last week and assured him that the U.S. military support is “ironclad” as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to increase.
AS MIDDLE CLASS SHRINKS, U.S. PUMPS UKRAINE WITH ANOTHER $300 MILLION TO FIGHT THE UKRAINE WAR
The U.S. announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with another $300 million in weapons as Kyiv says it’s just about ready to wage its counteroffensive.
EU RAMPS UP WAR WITH RUSSIA. €1 BILLION MORE IN AMMUNITION TO FIGHT THE UKRAINE WAR
The European Union announced Friday that it approved a plan to provide €1 billion in ammunition to Ukraine that will include 155-mm-caliber artillery rounds and the potential for missile shipments.
FU*K PEACE SAYS IMF: AS CITIZENS GO BROKE, EU ROBS THEM TO BUILD UP WAR MACHINE
The rush for European countries to increase their military spending means hundreds of billions of dollars will go to missile systems and tanks that would have otherwise gone to infrastructure, health care, and education.
RUSSIA BLAMES U.S. FOR DRONE ATTACK ON KREMLIN AIMING TO KILL PUTIN
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, blamed the U.S. for the drone attack on the Kremlin last week because he said Kyiv does not make any operational decisions without first getting approval by the U.S.
MORE SIGNS AI WILL DRIVE WEALTH TO BIG TECH WHILE OUTMODING WORKERS
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg in an interview this week: “I could easily see 30 percent of jobs getting replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period.”
CARBON WAR DEGROWTH: DUTCH GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SWEETEN THE POT FOR FARM BUYOUTS
The EU authorized a €1.5 billion fund to buyout Dutch farmers this past week, for the purported goal of cutting nitrogen emissions, according to Euronews.
COVID WAR CDC DIRECTOR ROCHELLE WALENSKY RESIGNS
She told the world in March 2021, as controversial gene level mRNA medical treatments were being aggressively pushed on the public, that people who received the vaccines “don’t carry the virus and don’t get sick.”