worthless propaganda.
better to note something tangible worth worrying about:
VIDEO: 3m09s: 19 Oct: Fox News: Tucker Carlson: The Biden administration is demanding Amazon censor books they disagree with
Tucker says Amazon is violating the First Amendment
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tucker-carlson-biden-administration-demanding-amazon-censor-books-disagree-with
video wasn’t working for me on MSN, but there’s a full transcript, some excerpts below:
VIDEO: 19 Oct: MSN: Tucker Carlson: The Biden administration is demanding Amazon censor books they disagree with
Fox News
Tucker Carlson slammed Amazon for banning the sale of books by Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin and signed(sic) a light on the government’s key role in this censorship on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”...
TUCKER: Then we learned that Amazon and the Justice Department were ignoring our Bill of Rights. Amazon apparently based its decision on a Treasury Department designation concerning “disinformation.” And that designation applies not only to Dugin, but also to his family, though not to his daughter, who was murdered recently by the Ukrainian government. But we’re not allowed to say that. What did she do wrong? Well, I guess she said the wrong thing, but that’s cool because we’re fighting for freedom...
So then we reach out to the Treasury Department. Did this really happen? Yeah, it did. They essentially confirmed it: “We don’t comment on possible enforcement matters, but the Treasury Department continues to vigorously enforce Russia-related sanctions.”
Oh, really? There is no legal basis for ever censoring any book if you’re the US government. That is not allowed. That’s the main thing that’s not allowed in this country. Period.
We don’t care who wrote the book. You’re allowed to read it. You can read any book you want. You’re an American. And if you cease to be able to read any book you want, it doesn’t matter if you’re an American because you’re just a serf. Well, Amazon has refused to provide us with a list of the other books they are banning, but they clearly are banning a lot of different books.
And why can’t we know what those books are? We’re going to continue to look into this, and if there are any legal challenges to the book banning, which is one click from book burning. We hope there are legal challenges.We’ll let you know about those as well.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tucker-carlson-the-biden-administration-is-demanding-amazon-censor-books-they-disagree-with/ar-AA13ajEw
Read any book, really?
I can think of several that have been suppressed with prejudice for decades.
So this is NOT new.
All -
🇺🇸 There is limited info which can be posted online, until it becomes evident the info has been dumped, de-classified, or leaked out (there’s some pun)
Mean time, “your killin me smalls” 😎
A cursory Open Source search reveals much more pertinent (and likely crucial ) information to the September NordStream incident than most are aware.
It looks like a lot below, but it isn’t, although most on FR won’t want to know the truth or actual baseline information, as itay well go against populism.
Most of the populist talking points now espoused by conservatives are not correct, regardless of outcome.
A Few NS 1 & 2 Baseline Historical Factors —
🔹️ Biden and Dems back Putin and NS-2, which results in a US Senate Fight.
Cruz and Republicans Fail to Stop Biden Greenlighting Putins NS-2
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/13/nord-stream-pipeline-russia-senate-vote/
⚔ The fraudulent and globally corrupt US puppet admin simultaneously shuts down US energy lines and development, and promptly enters into US Gas and Oil import contracts with both Russia and Iran, which did not end until the end of August 2022, with Russian energy tankers still waiting to be unloaded in the Port of Houston.
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🔹️ Russia ACTUALLY Begins Cutting Gas Supply to Europe in *July, 2021* —
Russia Stops All Gas Flow to NS1 By Mid July 2022 — Graph
http://country.eiu.com/article.aspx?articleid=782307861&Country=Italy&topic=Economy&subtopic=Fore_14
How much gas flowed through
NordStream 1 Per Year was Europe losing by mid Summer 2022 ?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117148/natural-gas-transported-through-nord-stream-pipeline/
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🔹️ Who Really Financed and Owns Majority of NordStream 1 and 2 ?
Formal Order of Real Percentage Ownership:
#1. Europe (litrrally collectively)
#2. Russia,
#3. US* (yes, you read correct)
#4. Japan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream
Europe knew Russian had to be allowed to claim 51% ownership, as the actual gas was derived from Russia, 🔹️AND keeping in line with 1991 Russian state required ownership and control of all domestic and foreign corporations, within the Russian Federation.
So a game of “rubbing the belly” was necessary.
🔹️ However, outside of Europe’s 49% percent DIRECT ownership in the Nord Stream complex, when actually identifying the breakdown of Russia’s 51% ownership in the Russian state Nord Stream incorporation, Russia’s 51% percent WAS/IS actually financed by loans and underwritten predominantly from EU and Swiss commercial and import/export banks, with *significant* American and Japanese commercial and investment interests in possession of near 25 -30% percent Western shareholder stake OF Russia’s 51% percent. (Some Western shareholders remain redacted). I don’t like Mictosofts wiki anything,,but the following link is just an easy overall “one stop”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream
🔹️ More NordSteam Breakdown (not all western investments published) —
— Thirty percent of the financing was raised through equity provided by shareholders in proportion to their stakes in the project,
— 70 percent was obtained from external financing by banks.[82]
There were two tranches of fundraising.[83][84]
1. The first tranche, totaling €3.9 billion, includes a €3.1 billion, 16-year facility covered by export credit agencies and an €800 million, 10-year uncovered commercial loan to be serviced by earnings from the transportation contracts.
2. A further €1.6 billion is covered by French credit insurance company Euler Hermes,
3. €1 billion by German loan guarantee program UFK,
4. and €500 million by Italian export credit agency SACE SpA.
— Crédit Agricole is the documentation bank and bank facility agent.
— Société Générale is intercreditor agent, Sace facility agent, security trustee and model bank.
— Commerzbank is the Hermes facility agent, UniCredit is the UFK facility agent,
— Deutsche Bank is the account bank,
— Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Japan) is the technical and environmental bank.[82][83]
The financial advisers were Société Générale, Royal Bank of Scotland (ABN Amro), Dresdner Kleinwort(Commerzbank), and Unicredit.[85][86]
The legal adviser to Nord Stream was White & Case, and legal adviser for the lenders was Clifford Chance.
🔹️ Nord Stream 1 is operated by the special-purpose company Nord Stream AG, incorporated in Zug, Switzerland on 30 November 2005.
— Shareholders of the company are the Russian gas company Gazprom (51% of shares INCLUDES over 16.5 % derived from BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON)
— German companies Wintershall Dea and PEG Infrastruktur AG (E.ON) (both 15.5%)
— Dutch gas company Gasunie (9%)
— French gas company Engie (9%).[18][30]
🔹️The chairman of the shareholders’ committee is German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who also sat at head of GAZPROM
https://www.statista.com/topics/8440/nord-stream-2/#topicHeader__wrapper
🔹️ IN OTHER WORDS, (by actual significant margin) RUSSIA ACTUALLY DIDN’T OWN majority of NS 1 or 2, and didn’t underwrite almost anything.
As of December 31, 2021 //.August 12, 2022 —
🇺🇸 16.2 % of Gazprom is Owned by *American Depository Receipt (ADR) holders from Bank of New York Mellon in New York, which is significant more than just NS-1 and NS-2. .
https://www.statista.com/statistics/273267/shareholder-structure-of-gazprom/
Historically Even A Greater Stake —
24.6% of Gazprom Owned by ADR December 31, 2018
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Gazproms-shareholders-Gazprom-2018_fig2_332173013
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Who Really supplied NS-1 and NS-2 Engineering, Construction, Material, and the Actual Pipe ?
— Germany
— Finland
—.Japan
— Royal Dutch Shell
— France (ENGIE)
— Austria (OMV)
— Britain
There is a longer list, so this is just a general short list, which deals down into other large corporations who were actually involved in the project, including significantly Rolls Royce, from Great Britain.
https://cepa.org/article/who-pays-for-the-failed-nord-stream-2-european-taxpayers/
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🔹️ On PAPER Russian Government Own’s 51% Share, Howevee, Europe largely financed NS-1 and NS-2, With EU Taxpayers Forced to Underwrite the Project —
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The Military Angle
Remember this —
NS1 and NS2 are both paired and generally adjacent lines, until proximal to Bornholm, equaling a total of 4 lines.
— US Navy P-8A flew recon less than 3 hours after initial explosion -
October 07, 2022 04:27 PM
“At the time of the explosion, data from the flight showed a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane was at the time over the North Sea (under 3 hours from location of NS explosions).
The same plane flew as close as 15 miles from the reported site of the burst less than three hours later, at 2:44 a.m. GMT. U.S. officials claimed the plane was conducting reconnaissance at the time.” (Due to Atlantic MARCOM drawdown of surface and sub-surface assets sent to Portugal)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-navy-flew-nord-stream-sabotage
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-us-navy-jet-flew-across-baltic-hours-after-nord-stream-burst-2022-10-07/
Shortly after 2.1 Richter Scale explosive quakes, Demmark quickly dispatched an F-16 to generally observe the quake and gas line area, with it’s now infamous footage of the static methane escaping to the surface.
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🔹️ Other Notable Factors to Consider —
Consider Russia Completely Shut Down NS1 for “Maintenance” at End of August and Going Into September.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-russia-gas-halt-tighten-energy-screws-europe-2022-08-30/
🔹️ Notable video INTERVIEW of US Navy SEAL regarding NS and Baltic incident here —
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🔹️ Other Russian “Mirror” incident messaging and warnings here —
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/nord-stream-pipeline-sabotage-mirrors-svalbard-cable-incident
⚔ As well, ANECDOTALLY 🕶, after a bit of inquiry, I was “accidentally tipper’d” that “Bluewater Sensors” had gone berserk at multiple points along the Norway/Denmark Gas Line within a couple hours of the explosions, as well as at a handful of Norwegian energy platforms.
As such, and because of the Atlantic MARCOM exercise, the US Navy P-8A Poseidon was already in the North Sea, and within 3 hours of the NS 1&2 Bornholm explosions at the time of the late stage night explosion’s.
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🔹️ More Relevant Russian Baltic Naval Activity —
🇳🇱 “...island of Bornholm.”
We are also aware, Russia has used NordStream Line Asset Security and Protection as international justification for Russian Naval penetration, loitering and spying on Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway — Russia Secretly Mined the Gas Lines in Multiple Locations. Russia Routinely Threatens, Harrasses, Chases all would be observers along the gas line routes —
Un-officially, the following has already been dealt with in at least three instances
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/04/baltic-sea-mining-as-an-extension-of-the-russian-gray-zone/
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🔹️ Then there was THIS SEQUENCE —
Russian Baltic Sea Naval Exercise June 2022 — https://youtu.be/S1NI1iOOixc
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/06/09/russian-baltic-fleet-launches-military-maneuvers/
🔹️ September 20, 2022
https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/09/20/russian-navys-baltic-fleet-ships-hunt-down-enemy-subs/
Earlier 2022 SEQUENCE—
Jan/Feb 2022
Russian Global Naval Exercise JAN 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-hold-major-navy-drills-involving-all-its-fleets-2022-01-20/
Russian Belgorad Strategic Attack Sub
https://news.usni.org/2022/07/08/doomsday-submarine-armed-with-nuclear-torpedoes-delivers-to-russian-navy
Finland & Estonia Strategic Naval Plan -
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/estonia-finland-plan-to-throw-noose-around-russian-baltic-fleet/
And THIS, a 1.5 year advance scheduled and notified MARCOM Naval Exercise, which pulled most Baltic Surface and Sub-Surfave Vessels from the Baltic and North Sea into the Atlantic within the same time window of NS-1/2 incident. As “Bluewater Sensors” had already gone off 24 hours prior (North Sea), additional US derived, and NATO AIR reconnaissance assets had already been dispatched into multiple NW EU coastal AOR’s
US and NATO MARCOM and New 2nd Fleet Exercise, Southern Portugal, LATE SEPTEMBER 2022 —
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🔹️ NS1 and NS2 have since the beginning remained in practice a Russian version of South China Sea weaponized islands in foreign territorial and open waters.
Russia SOP for the pipeline route has seen non-stop sensoring (internal and external), including heavy Naval Loitering and even penetration of all related national territorial waters.
Here are just a few more “dots” —
NS1 was completely off through September, as you are already aware.
From August 27 to September 3-4, 2022, Russia was scheduled and observed (monitored) all along NS1 and NS2 by US/NATO non-airbreather LEO ISR sensors, as well as air-breather ISR sensors.
The reason we had to rely on air and sat sensors almost completely was due to a long scheduled and published NATO ASW/anti-mine exercise over in Portugal as you will see below.
However, the scheduled AUG 27 to SEP 3-4 maintenance continued all the way up to 19-20 SEP 2022.
Here is what was supposed to happen -
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-russia-gas-halt-tighten-energy-screws-europe-2022-08-30/
While scheduled “maintenance” was to last until September 3, 2022, it was stretched all the way to this —
https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/09/20/russian-navys-baltic-fleet-ships-hunt-down-enemy-subs/
Which included Russian anti-ASW anti-mine hunter “vettes” like are seen here —
https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/06/09/russian-baltic-fleet-launches-military-maneuvers/
https://youtu.be/S1NI1iOOixc
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-hold-major-navy-drills-involving-all-its-fleets-2022-01-20/
Typically, these types of vessels have been used to keep NATO surface warfare naval surveillance assets away from the pipelines, or sections of the pipeline where Russian “maintenance” or underwater vehicles and activity are taking place. Russian often got away with it due to German and EU energy dependency.
However, as stated above, almost all non-static NATO surface and sub surface assets were clear over in the Atlantic, engaged in a large scale, non-classified, 1.5 year scheduled, joint ASW/anti-mine Naval exercise, involving the New US 2nd Fleet ASW Atlantic AOR linked here —
MARCOM
Exercise Location - Troia, Portugal
DM 22 involved 18 NATO ASW / anti-sea mine vessels, and 48 published underwater assets, and included myltiple university and R&D orgs. Officially began on 25 SEP 2022, with certain exercises and programs scheduled for between 7 to 10 days.
Many of the false reports which were pervasive this past week, and predominantly originating from FSB and SVR NGO’s, and Russian state media outlets claimed to have spotted NATO ASW and anti-mine vessels, but these were actually in Portugal, and nowhere near Bornholm.
I used the Open Source NATO ship numbers from the actual ship photos being posted as though taken from Bornholm, plugged them in, and tracked from this link, which actually does work despite the 404 warning —
https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2013/02/military-sh
The exact ships (locations and detailed schedules) had been, and were within 150nm from Troia, Portugal.
Troia, Portugal is 1,752 nm (2,015m) from Ronne, Bornholm, Denmark (one way), and approximately 2.5 to 3.5 days, non-stop naval pass travel by sea, dependent on commercial and other ship traffic, and escort.
Online photo’s of ships were real, but from the past several years.
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🔹️ Important X Factors —
— The.[NordStream 1 & 2 explosions] happened on Same Day the Norway to Denmark gas pipeline (non NS 1/2 connected) junction was to be opened approximately 25 nautical miles away. The Natural Gas Norwegian/Baltic Pipe travels from the North Sea to Denmark, and by land to Poland.
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🔹️ IMPORTANT NATURAL GAS MARKET SPIKE worth several billion’s (Open Source) —
Market Natural Gas Prices had fallen on a near cyclical schedule, EVEN WITH NO GAS FLOW THROUGH NORDSTREAM, through much of September, then climbed on news Putin had determined to permanently cut off the remaining 40 BCM of gas transiting through Ukraine.
THEN — Natural Gas prices temporatily SPIKED 20% parabolically (Short Squeeze) on the news of the NS-1 and NS-2 explosions.
https://time.com/6218125/russia-gas-pipelines-energy-war/
— Natural Gas Market is Spooked, which helps Russia by raising the price of its gas. On Monday, 26 SEP 2022,, prices for European gas futures had fallen by nearly half from their high in August. *After news of the leaks, they rose nearly 20 percent to about 205 euros (or $191) per megawatt-hour, roughly five times the level of a year ago.
Other Very Significant Financial’s —
$11 Billion Dollar NordStream 2 in Bankruptcy —
https://youtu.be/nohI960vpig
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The ruptures could also be a reminder from Moscow that if European countries keep up their support for Ukraine, they risk sabotage to vital energy infrastructure. Experts have warned for years of the danger posed by potential attacks. According to analysts, any disruption could spell trouble because European countries that have been dependent on Russian gas, like Germany and Austria, have little margin for error.
Over the last year, Gazprom and Russia have taken steps like altering the flows on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which analysts say were intended to raise political tensions and energy prices, and to slow EU winter gas storage.
Don’t really agree with Joe Blogs, but commentary on NS-1&2 pretty good for a civilian.
Pipeline Maintenance PIGS, EU Gas Set for Winter, Russia cut gas supply to Germany “for maintenance” in July (due to “leak”), August “maintenance”, and all of September to Germany Looking to “Repurpose Nordstream’s 1 & 2,
Joe’s me tin of pig’s has remained a plausible threat to all adjoining NS-1&2 countries from the beginning, but we were thinking more along the line of a “nuclear pig” threat proximal to coastal Denmark and Germany.
Then there is THIS —
🔹️ Germany Planning to Repurpose It’s NordStream Sectuin for Baltic Ports Use, and possible elongated Natural Gas junctions (which was literally being debated in rhe government, to recoup losses and make use of the pipe for much needed energy (P.S. Russia Knew) —
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/germany-repurposing-nord-stream-2-pipeline-baltic-sea-ports/
https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/germany-russia-nord-pipeline/
🔹️ Germany Looking to Take Control of it’s Nordstream Pipe Complex for Probable Large Scale Natural Gas Junction Repurposing —
More — GERMANY LOOKS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF IT’S NORD STREAM 2: PRESS
https://www.naturalgasworld.com/germany-to-seize-control-of-nord-stream-2-pipeline-press-99137
Other German NordStream Re-use Related —
German Firm Looking to Reuse and Repurpose Nordstream Pipe Material
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Nord Stream 2 pipeline STATIC methane e pressure collapses mysteriously
>> overnight <<
Mon 26 Sep 2022 11:21 EDT
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Similar Related History —
Russian Fighter buzzed US P-8A over Baltic 2018
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24/7 365 days per year NATO Baltic Guard — However, so does Russia, utilizing the NORDSTREAM pipeline system in a manner similar to how China wrongly utilizes South China Sea islands as permission to regularly place Russian ship and Kilo class subs into territorial waters of all Baltic countries sharing NordStream infrastructure.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_132685.htm
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SEP 22 2022
ALLIED AIR FORCES CONDUCT REGULAR TRAINING DRILLS IN BALTIC SEA REGION
“RAMSTEIN, Germany - On September 26 and 27, Allies Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Partner Finland will conduct the third Ramstein Alloy exercise in 2022 with a focus on NATO’s Deter and Defend concept”
“Latvia will host the third sequel of the Allied/Partner live-fly exercise Ramstein Alloy 2022. During the routine two-day event, participating air forces will fly quick reaction alert drills including Communication Loss, Slow Mover Intercept, Dissimilar Air Combat Training, Combat Search and Rescue, Close Air Support and Air-to-Air Refuelling scenarios. One special focus will be on the integration of a Spanish Ground Based Air Defense Task Force into the activities. Spanish NASAMS air defence systems will simulate the defence of Lielvarde Air Base in Latvia against aerial attacks – a skill set that fighter pilots need to practice establishing air superiority during defensive operations, e.g. in an Article 5 situation.”
““For the first time we are including both air- and surface-based Integrated Air and Missile Defence activities in our drills,” said exercise planner Squadron Leader Craig Docker from Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem. “This underlines how the Allies are shielding the eastern flank and – at the same time – prepare for meaningful execution of NATO’s Deter and Defence concept in the Baltic region,” he added. “We are also training Air-Land Integration tactics, techniques and procedure with Czech jets and enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup or Latvian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers enhancing our pilots’ and soldiers’ ability to work together in a multinational setting,” he concluded.”
History of Baltops, which I have personally taken part in a few times —
Baltops Since 1971(Now 52 Years and running) Typically Held In June —
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🇨🇳 Russian Navy “Corvettes” Shaddow BALTOPS 2022
https://news.usni.org/2022/06/07/russian-corvettes-spotted-shadowing-baltops-exercise
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Russo Energy Wars —
https://thecolumnist.org/news/newsitem/the-russo-ukrainian-gas-relations
Gazprom A Russian Political Weapon
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MAGAThon, just for you —
Additionally, without getting into any detail...
If I had “theoretically” been involved in gaming out a scenario, where we had to try and stop Russia, I would (”possibly”) consider targeting the NordStream complex NE of Narva — SW of Vyborg, where the time allowed for a nuclear pig being sent toward Denmark could be destroyed, and the Natural Gas would backup toward Leningrad Naval Base where the water and pipeline is more shallow, so much of the gas in the lines would escape to the surface just West of St. Petersburg, which could cause many naval and naval support vessels to sink.
Of course, only if someone was really making an effort to keep nuke pigs away from Europe, and cause significant troubles for Russia’s Baltic Fleet based out of Leningrad Naval Base.
Of course such a statement is futile for several reasons, but such a target objective would hopefully resulted in at least the fewest number of casualties.
But at such a point, we are way beyond such a notion.
So who really has the motivation?
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