Saturday, March 12, 2022

Ukraine Unveils New Postage Stamp That Tells Russian Warship to ‘Go F**k Yourself'

"Ukraine has chosen an image for a new postage stamp, and I kind of want one.
The image design, called Russian warship, go f**k yourself!” by artist Boris Groh, features a Ukrainian soldier flipping the bird to — obviously — a Russian warship." PJM

US Consulate In Iraq Hit By "Multiple Missiles", Iran Launch Suspected

"The US consulate in Erbil, Iraq has been hit with multiple missiles, which has been attributed
to Iran in early, yet unconfirmed reports. Sky News Arabia reports that the consulate, located in Kurdistan, was hit. No casualties have been reported, a US official told Reuters." ZH

There's a Crack in the Kremlin's Propaganda Wall in a Very Unexpected Place

"Vladimir Solovyev hosts one of the most popular news programs on Russian state television,
Russia 1. He’s also a dyed-in-the-wool, pro-Putin, pro-Russia propagandist. Solovyev is so fanatical he’s been sanctioned by the EU for being an important cog in Putin’s propaganda machine. His villas in Italy have been seized as a result of sanctions — an act that caused Soloviyev to go on an angry rant on his TV show.
 
But in recent days, several guests have appeared on his show questioning the war in Ukraine — a nearly unbelievable development considering how rock-solid Russia 1 has been in celebrating the invasion.
Guests have actually gone as far as asking for Putin to stop the war." PJM

Biological Warfare Weapons

"Meanwhile, on 10 March the Russian Ministry of Defence released documents related to the
suspected military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine. The US Defence Threat Reduction Agency played the leading role in financing and developing components for biological weapons, according to the Russian MoD.
In particular, Project UP-4, conducted with the participation of laboratories in Kiev, Kharkov, and Odessa, studied the possibility of the spread of dangerous infections through migrating birds; Project R-781reportedly studied bats as carriers of viral pathogens, including plague, leptospirosis, brucellosis, coronaviruses, and filoviruses that can be transmitted to humans, thus making them "potential biological weapons agents", according to the MoD. Among the goals pursued in the Ukrainian biolabs was the creation of bioagents that would be capable of targeting certain ethnic groups, the Defence Ministry stated." Sputnik