by AM | Nov 22, 2023 | Aggregate
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his liberal-green Globalists have just slapped the German people in the face.
When money gets tight, the real priorities of a country’s government become clear.
In Germany’s case, Scholz and his coalition are taking money from the budget with one hand, and sending it to Ukraine with the other.
Germany’s finance ministry has imposed a ‘spending freeze’ on all federal ministries.
That escalates the budget crisis generated by a ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court that curtailed the ‘smart’ maneuver of using ‘Covid money’ to cover their climate alarmist policies.
That blew a €60 billion hole in the government’s spending capabilities.
Germany on the March: Bundeswehr Revamped to Become Backbone of European Defense, Berlin to Double Military Aid to Ukraine
Politico reported:
“The government is now bracing for the potential of far wider financial implications stemming from the ruling that may limit its ability to draw money from a variety of special funds that have been established to circumvent the country’s debt brake, which restricts the federal deficit to 0.35 percent of GDP, except in times of emergency.
In a letter to all ministries, State Secretary Werner Gatzer said the finance ministry is freezing spending “in order to avoid further upfront burdens on future financial years.” The step does not impact those financial commitments that have already been made, Kevin Kühnert, the secretary general of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), told public television on Monday.”
Lawmakers held a public hearing with legal experts on Tuesday morning to assess the impact.
“Although the €60 billion financial gap following last week’s court ruling theoretically stretches over several years, in practice the effect will be more immediate, Thiess Büttner, a professor from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, said in a to parliament ahead of Tuesday’s hearing. “There is a need for consolidation in the budget planning for the coming year of €52 billion,” he said.
FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner argued last week that the constitutional court ruling does not justify suspending the debt brake. ‘We will have to make more effective policies with less money than in the past decade’, he said.”
Some more on the spending side want to scrape the debt brake altogether.
I don’t mean to suggest that budget cuts are necessarily bad, and in many cases the money cut would be used to finance a ‘sweeping agenda to accelerate the green transition’ – meaning wasted money in a nefarious goal.
But the freeze affects all Ministries, so one can bet important will be curtailed too. Why? They need money to… Ukraine.
German defense minister Boris Pistorius made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and unveiled yet another large military aid package for Ukraine. Belt tightening, yeah, but not there.
AFP reported:
“The German package — worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) and including four further IRIS T-SLM air defense systems as well as artillery ammunition — was unveiled by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, in Kyiv.
‘I am here again, firstly to pledge further support but also to express our solidarity and deep bond and also our admiration for the courageous, brave and costly fight that is being waged here’, Pistorius said earlier when he laid flowers at Maidan square in central Kyiv.
Zelensky earlier this week met the head of the Pentagon, who announced another $100 [million] in US military aid, and last week hosted UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who promised continued British backing.”
Read more:
Germany on the March: Bundeswehr Revamped to Become Backbone of European Defense, Berlin to Double Military Aid to Ukraine
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by AM | Nov 22, 2023 | Aggregate
American orphan hostage Avigail Idan is 3 years old
The Israeli cabinet approved the deal for the release of some of the hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinian Arab terrorists who are imprisoned in Israel and at least four days of a ceasefire, Arutz Sheva reports. The Ministry of Justice published a list of 300 terrorists ‘intended for release,’ as part of the hostage deal.
According to the deal, 50 Israelis will be released in several batches throughout the four days of the ceasefire. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has pledged to return only 30 of 40 children. Only 8 out of 13 mothers will be returned, and 12 elderly women. 240 hostages are being held by the Hamas terror organization.
Every day, 12 to 13 hostages will be released. For every 10 additional Israeli hostages who are released – another day of a pause in the fighting will be given. Israeli officials believe Hamas can release another 30 Israelis in addition to the 50 hostages. The ceasefire will take effect between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. local time on Thursday morning.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party voted in favor of the deal after a opposing it at first. The right-wing Otzma Yehudit party voted against the deal.
On Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Justice published a list containing the names of 300 prisoners “intended for release” as part of the deal, Arutz Sheva reported: “The vast majority of the prisoners to be released in this deal are under age 20. Many are Israeli citizens, and a large percentage belong to a terrorist organization (Hamas, Fatah, PFLP, PIJ and others). All have been involved in criminal activities, including attempted murder, stabbing attacks, support of terrorism, actions endangering state security, causing severe bodily harm, stone throwing, arson, bearing illegal arms, and more.”
White House Resident Joe Biden welcomed the deal to release the terrorists in exchange for hostages held by Hamas, and promised to make sure that it “will be carried out in full.” “I welcome the deal to release the hostages kidnapped by the terrorist organization in its brutal attack against Israel on October 7,” Biden read from his teleprompter.
The Israeli government said in an official statement on Tuesday night: “The Israeli government is committed to bringing home all the hostages. Tonight, the government approved the outline for the first stage of achieving this goal, according to which at least 50 hostages – women and children – will be released over 4 days, during which there will be a lull in the fighting. The release of every ten additional hostages will result in an additional day of respite.”
“The Israeli government, the IDF and the security forces will continue the war in order to return all the hostages, complete the elimination of Hamas and ensure that there is no renewed threat from Gaza to the State of Israel,” the statement added.
Hamas commented on the deal and said, “After difficult and complex negotiations that lasted for many days, we announce that we have reached an agreement on a humanitarian truce for four days as a result of intensive efforts by Qatar and Egypt.”
Prime Minister VBenjamin Netanyahu said that “In recent days, I have spoken with our friend, US President Joe Biden and I requested his intervention in order to improve the outline that will be presented to you. Indeed, it has been improved to include more hostages and at a lower cost. These talks have been productive. President Biden joined in the effort and I thank him for it. Before you this evening, now, is a difficult decision but it is the correct decision. All of the security agencies fully support it; they have made it completely clear in their professional assessment, that the security of our forces will be ensured during the pause and that the intelligence effort will be maintained in those days. They have made it clear that not only will the war effort not be harmed, it will enable the IDF to prepare for the continuation of the fighting.”
“The war is continuing and the war will continue until we achieve all of our goals – Eliminating Hamas, returning all of our hostages and assuring that the day after Hamas, Gaza will no longer threaten Israel, that there will be no other element that supports terrorism, educates its children for terrorism and threatens the State of Israel. With G-d’s help, we will do it and we will succeed – and together we will win”, Netanyahu said.
Former Mossad and NSC head Efraim Halevy told Ynet the deal was “the best deal that could be achieved at this point.”
“There will be great pressure in the international sphere, including from the US. I am now in the US and talking to people about the situation. The Americans also see this deal as a move that will strengthen the intention to end the war.” Halevi also added that “this deal – the first stage, the first move, that if this process of exchange is pushed through to the end, it will be much more difficult to renew the fighting, even though Prime Minister Netanyahu says that they will renew the military campaign until the collapse of Hamas. I think there will be immense pressure from the US to bring about a slowdown, and perhaps even an end to the fighting, without Hamas actually collapsing completely,” Halevy said.
10 Americans are being held hostage in Gaza.
The youngest American hostage is a 3 year old girl — Avigail Idan.
Avigail’s mother was Israeli. She was shot dead by Palestinian terrorists who entered their home. Her father, an American, was shot dead right outside their home. He… pic.twitter.com/dH6Rs8XpXS
— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) November 22, 2023
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by AM | Nov 22, 2023 | Aggregate
After the unmitigated disaster of the Summer Counteroffensive in the ground, and against the background of his covert struggle against Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhny, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has launched a ‘PR counteroffensive’ of sorts.
The wartime leader is trying to put up a brave face, convince the world’s public opinion that he is control of things, and guarantee a continuation of the military and humanitarian support for his country.
In a new interview, Zelensky has ‘shrugged off’ what he called ‘repeated Russian attempts to assassinate him’, and assured the world that the will of Ukraine to defeat Vladimir Putin’s Russia remained strong. ‘We are ready to stand further’.
New York Post reported:
“Speaking at his fortress Kyiv headquarters, Zelensky admitted he had lost track of all the attempts to kill him since Russia unleashed a full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year. He said: “The first one is very interesting, when it is the first time, and after that it is just like COVID.
‘First of all, people don’t know what to do with it and it’s looking very scary. “And then after that, it is just intelligence just sharing with you detail that one more group came to Ukraine to [attempt] this’.
But when British and US officials offered to spirit the president out of the capital — amid fears it could fall within hours — he replied with the legendary line: ‘I need ammo, not a ride’.
Almost two years later, Zelensky said Russia still ‘wants very much’ to topple him from power.
[…] ‘Maybe it’s not by killing. I mean it’s changing. They will use any instruments they have’.”
Read more:
CIA Director Burns Made a Not-So-Secret Visit to Kiev – Will the US Demand Zelensky Agree to a Cease-Fire?
Once again, Zelensky denied what General Zaluzhny wrote, and what the whole world knows: the the Ukrainian offensive bogged down in a stalemate. He said: ‘In the morale, there is no stalemate’ – whatever that means.
“We are at our home. Russians are on our land. Therefore there is no stalemate in this. As regards the sky, there is no stalemate. Russians have more power in that. And really, how to move forward when you can’t control the sky?”
Ukrainians were weary of war, but have no appetite to sue for peace, since they ‘do not believe that Putin nor Russia, we do not believe that they want to finish the war’.
Newsweek reported:
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country has every right to kill his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if the opportunity arises, if doing so would protect Ukraine and his people.
‘That’s war, and Ukraine has all the rights to defend our land’, the Ukrainian leader said when asked if Kyiv would take a chance to assassinate Putin if such an opportunity arose.”
The Kremlin downplayed Zelensky statements in their response.
“‘There have been verbal attempts on Putin’s life many times from Ukraine. At various levels. We are well aware of this. And they will not succeed in anything’, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
‘We have no doubt that all the goals and objectives of the special military operation will be achieved’, Peskov said.”
Read more:
CIA Director Burns Made a Not-So-Secret Visit to Kiev – Will the US Demand Zelensky Agree to a Cease-Fire?
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by AM | Nov 22, 2023 | Aggregate
Retired Army Ranger Jeremy Brown, the face of an American patriot.
Jeremy Brown is a Green Beret and former Republican candidate for Congress in Florida’s 14th Congressional District. Brown served in the United States Army from 1992 to 2012 and reached the rank of Special Forces Master Sergeant.
Jeremy Brown served his country honorably.
Jeremy Brown NEVER entered the US Capitol on January 6. His crime was, in reality, refusing to be an FBI informant, as TGP described in several previous posts.
As The Gateway Pundit reported two years ago, Jeremy Brown refused to be an informant for the dirty FBI — They wanted him to be one of their undercover operatives at the Jan. 6 Trump rallies. He refused, So they stormed his home at 3:45 PM on a Thursday in October 2021 and arrested him on bogus misdemeanor charges.
Today, Jeremy Brown, who served his country honorably, sits in prison after a kangaroo court found him guilty of trumped-up charges.
Jeremy is being punished for what he would not do – be an informant for the regime.
Jeremy sent The Gateway Pundit this letter for Thanksgiving.
** Please donate to Jeremy Brown’s defense fund if you can.
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Dear Gateway Pundit Readers,
This is Jeremy Brown writing to you from the “Citrus County Resort for Threat to Democracy”.
As a 20 year Retired US Army Special Forces Master Sergeant and Combat Veteran, I wear the “Threat to OUR Democracy” label proudly because at age 17, I swore an Oath to this very cause, because my Oath is to the US Constitution and Article IV, Section 4 of that document clearly states a truth they attempt to overwrite with their Orwellian control of words, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government…” NOT a “Mob Rule through corrupted elections” democracy like they have convinced so many to believe.
Because of this Oath I have spent over two years in jails and Federal Courtrooms and three plus years total fighting the FBI, DOJ and DOD.
On December 9, 2020, fhe Covert Interagency Joint Terrorism Task Force, of FBI and DHS, came to Jeremy Brown’s door hoping to enlist him as an operative on Jan. 6.
On December 9th, 2020, the Covert Interagency “Joint Terrorism Task Force” that masquerades as a FBI Law Enforcement effort, attempted to involve me in their crimes and secret Military/Intelligence/Law Enforcement coup against the American People. I recorded that attempt and as a result, I have been falsely convicted of crimes they staged and fabricated.
What they expected was for me to seek self preservation, break down and plead guilty to their manufactured charges. Instead I fought back by dragging their lies before a Jury. As expected, they lied, cheated and won at all cost. What were those costs? They broke the law! In their haste to frame me, they made major mistakes and I CAUGHT THEM!
On October 23rd, 2023 my Federal Appeal was filed with the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals and I’m sure Mr. Hoft has been gracious enough to post it for your situational awareness and reading enjoyment. This appeal was ONLY possible because of thousands of generous American Patriots from nearly every State and a few foreign countries. American Patriots like YOU! This fight has cost nearly a half million dollars just to get to this point.
Now, my next battle is a direct attack against the false narrative of January 6th in a DC Federal Courtroom. That carefully constructed but completely false narrative had two main purposes:
1) cover-up a Military/Intelligence/Law Enforcement Coup to unseat a sitting President and prevent exposure of the election fraud used to achieve it, and
2) Target his supporters and ANYONE questioning their rigged elections or any of their Anti-American schemes and brand us ALL as “Domestic Terrorist”.
So, today I am asking for your continued help and financial support in this fight. I am trying to raise additional funds for the D.C. phase of this Lawfare. We know this case will simply be one more January 6th Soviet Style Show Trial, but my strategy is to get it all on the record, knowing the victory will have to come in the Appeals Courts, possibly even the US Supreme Court.
I am willing to take this fight to the Domestic Enemies of our Constitution that my Oath describes. I am willing to wage it from my American Gulag Cell, but I need your help to fund it. If you want to see what your support will pay for, just read our Appeals brief. If you think Liberty is worth the fight, please consider a donation in whatever amount it’s worth to you.
To me, Liberty is worth my Life, my Fortune and my Scared Honor and I hope you see my fight as proof of that.
If you need more information about me, please search the Gateway Pundit for past coverage and visit JeremyBrownDefense.com for other interviews and the link to “The Fusion Cell”, our nightly PODCAST from my jail cell.
Thank You and may God Bless the America we were meant to be and may he restore our Republic to that once great glory.
De Oppresso Liber.
Jeremy Brown,
US Army Special Forces Master Sergeant (Ret.),
Inmate #67547509
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by AM | Nov 22, 2023 | Aggregate
By Jay Valentine
Today, the Fractal team released its review of the Kansas voter rolls.
The leadership of the Kansas Legislature invited the Fractal team to review Kansas rolls to determine if modern technology might be able to improve their accuracy.
Kansas is a state historically in the lead for modern, clean voter rolls.
The Fractal team reviewed the Kansas rolls using Fractal technology.
Fractal is a new tech stack operating a million times faster than any current technology.
As you will see in the video, Kansas voter rolls are plagued with the common problems of states using relational/SQL technology.
Relational SQL technology, according to the Gartner Group, the leading authority on technology trends, is obsolete. As you will quickly see in the Kansas video, indeed, the 1980s relational technology leaves many issues in modern databases.
We thank Wyandotte and Johnson County governments first for their cooperation in providing their county tax rolls. We commend both counties on the extraordinary level of detail in those rolls.
The detail was so outstanding we made a separate video showing it.
https://www.omega4america.com/why-property-rolls-are-the-future/
Kansas is like every state in that its voter rolls accumulate error over decades, aggregating to an error rate significant enough to impact elections.
Those errors are unable to be seen with current technology – or they would have been removed years ago.
Today’s video targets Kansas.
Kansas from Omega 4 America on Vimeo.
The Fractal team did a cursory analysis of the Kansas rolls. The material found in this video was identified by one analyst in 3 hours and 18 minutes!
The Fractal team expects further conversations with several states about how to find illegal aliens illegally registered to vote in U.S. elections.
The Fractal team’s concept is that it is now possible to find anomalous voters (voters living in a Walmart) months before an election – and challenge a mail-in ballot being sent to that clearly anomalous address. Thus, voter eligibility issues are resolved before the election, not afterward in litigation where the plaintiff always loses.
Stay Tuned: The Fractal team is releasing Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin, Alaska, Utah, Nevada, and a number of other states over the upcoming weeks!
As the Fractal analysis demonstrates, voter rolls are not clean – they are not close to clean, and if they were held to the same standards as the financial statements of a Fortune 500 company, under Sarbanes Oxley, the Secretary of State of most states could go to prison.
You can reach the Fractal team at: Omega4America.com.
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