In 1984, the CIA and the FBI were riding high. Each of these powerful organizations were managing portfolios of Soviet agents who were ostensibly doing their bidding, spying against the USSR, and providing the United States with troves of secret information about the inner workings of the former superpower. Then, between …
Read More »Southwest launches ‘internal’ probe into ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ pilot, as Twitter firing squad demands public flogging
“Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job serving our Customers, and one Employee’s individual perspective should not be interpreted as the viewpoint of Southwest and its collective 54,000 Employees,” the airline said in a statement on Sunday. The controversy was caused by reports …
Read More »US Army not ready to ‘fight tonight,’ internal survey suggests, as Pentagon insists everything is fine
Some 5,400 soldiers and civilians were asked if their unit was ready to deploy, fight and win anywhere in the world. Only 14% said yes, immediately. Another 13% said they would need more time, such as a week (3%) or a month (4%), according to a report by Foreign Policy …
Read More »Brexit has been a ‘catastrophe’ for UK, says EC internal market commissioner amid fuel shortages and reports of empty shelves
Speaking to BFMTV on Tuesday, Thierry Breton, the French politician who is also the European Commission’s internal market commissioner, said Britain’s decision to leave the EU was regrettable, and its impact had been less than positive. “Look at what is happening on the supermarket shelves. Look at what is happening …
Read More »Zelensky’s Purge? Ukraine’s latest internal battles show how hopes of the 2014 Maidan are fading in sharp turn to totalitarianism
His decision to lead the charge to dismiss the speaker of the country’s parliament on Thursday is clear evidence of this. Zelensky’s “Servant of the People” Party pushed out Dmitry Razumkov in a move that the top MP branded as illegal over disagreements about the country’s new law targeting oligarchs …
Read More »Hungary summons Ukrainian ambassador & blasts Kiev for ‘interfering’ in its internal affairs as row over Russian gas deal heats up
Peter Szijjarto wrote that “The Ukrainian government’s actions aimed against the deal, through the European Commission, are extremely outrageous,” adding “Ukraine has nothing to do with those we make deals with.” He stated that Budapest viewed such steps by Kiev as “a violation of [Hungary’s] sovereignty and national security interests.” Budapest has …
Read More »Internal police probe into Capitol riot clears officers in 20 cases, ‘disciplinary action’ recommended in 6
In a statement on Saturday, the USCP said that while it had originally launched 38 investigations into potential transgressions by the force members who responded to the Capitol riot, the investigators were able to identify officers only in 26 cases. In 20 of these cases “no wrongdoing was found,” while …
Read More »Sasha Johnson’s shooting should spur BLM UK to focus on the internal, as well as the systemic, problems facing black Brits
As high-profile Black political activist Sasha Johnson fights for her life after being shot in the head at a birthday party in Peckham, south London, racist loons, right-wing grifters and left-wing shills are out to prove once again that anything America can do, Britain can do lamer. While the US …
Read More »Internal emails reveal that the Dutch government suppressed White Helmets’ financial fraud – what else are they hiding?
A Dutch newspaper, De Volkskrant, has published a stunning exclusive based on internal government emails, exposing how officials conspired to prevent a minister publicly raising concerns about fraudulent activity at Mayday Rescue, the now-defunct “humanitarian” organization behind Syria’s highly controversial White Helmets. The internal communications show that, following the ever-mysterious …
Read More »Macron spent €4bn bailing out Air France then axed a tenth of all internal flights to appease the greens – this is a French farce
When President Emmanuel Macron got the green light for the state to bail out ailing Air France earlier this month, who knew that just a few days later he would put the nation’s aviation industry into a tailspin after bowing to a climate group’s demands on reducing carbon emissions. With …
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