Sunday Digest: Anonymous Launches Attacks on Russian Targets; Hacks Gazprom, Russia Ministry of Defense
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Anonymous Launches Attacks on Russian Targets; Hacks Gazprom, Russia Ministry of Defense
After the attack on Ukraine, Anonymous, the international hacker collective, reacted by declaring cyberwar on Vladimir Putin’s government. The hackers announced via the @YourAnonOne Twitter account: “The Anonymous collective is officially in the cyberwar against the Russian government” saying their targets would focus on Putin’s government – including the Defense Ministry – websites and infrastructure.
Yesterday’s adversaries are today’s heroes, that is if you considered the hacking collective adversarial. With Putin’s saber-rattling now extended to Russia’s nuclear arsenal, we should hope that every white hat and black hat hacker is doing everything they can to cripple Russia’s nuclear capabilities.
OTHER HEADLINES
Putin Orders Russian Nuclear Deterrence Forces to Be on High Alert
Putin put his country’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert Sunday saying, the top officials of the leading NATO countries are making “aggressive statements against our country.” He ordered his military leaders to “transfer the deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.”
The leaders of NATO – and some Scandinavian countries – have used some reckless rhetoric at a time when cautious and calculated words should be used. Putin is just aching to find a way into the history books and at this point it appears he doesn’t care if he keeps the company of genocidal maniacs like Stalin, Mao, and Hitler.
Chechen Kill Squads Ordered Into Ukraine to Take Out Kyiv Officials
A squad of Chechen special forces 'hunters' has been unleashed in Ukraine to detain or kill a set of specific Ukrainian officials. The list is of officials and security officers suspected of 'crimes' by the Russian Investigative Committee.
Putin painted a story of wanting to “de-Nazify” Ukraine in his attempt to justify his unprovoked invasion. One can be certain that any and all of those he has labeled “Nazis” – everyone who supports Ukrainian sovereignty – is on that kill list.
Putin Cracks Down on Anti-War Protests as Worldwide Demonstrations Erupt
Passionate protests have erupted around the world in support of Ukraine with signs reading messages such as "#HandsOffUkraine STOP WAR!," "Stop Putin, Stop War," "No War" and "Russians Against the War" have cropped up in Japan, Washington, DC, and elsewhere.
Perhaps the most impressive show of bravery came with the thousands of Russian citizens in Moscow and St. Petersberg taking to the streets to protest Putin’s naked aggression toward Ukraine. Those people are being confronted by Russian security agents and many are sure to disappear just like the protesters of January 6th.
China Confirms It Has Lifted Wheat Import Restrictions on Russia
The Chinese government has confirmed that it solidified a deal scrapping import restrictions on wheat and barley from Russia. The move is tantamount to a "lifeline" to Russia as other nations ramp up sanctions on the Kremlin in the wake of its attack on Ukraine.
This, in tandem with China’s refusal to denounce Putin’s move to invade Ukraine, can only serve to substantiate the point that China and Russia are cooperative in an effort to establish a new world order that dispenses with individualism and, instead, embraces central planning.
US, European Allies Remove 'Select' Russian Banks from SWIFT Financial System
The United States, Canada, European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and other European allies released a joint statement on additional sanctions being placed on Russia, which states that "selected" Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT financial system.
The important word here to consider is “selected.” Only the more prominent banks are targeted by this exclusion which means that internal juggling can take place and the SWIFT sanctions can be subverted. As stated in a recent post, if sanctions don’t smother, isolate, and starve, they are nothing more than podium fodder for the disingenuous.
Ukrainian Delegation Agrees to Meet with Russia as Putin's Forces Try to Take Kyiv
A Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian officials near the Belarusian border it was confirmed Sunday. The announcement comes one day after an initial request was rejected because the meeting was proposed in Belarus, a non-neutral territory from which Moscow carried out part of its assault.
Given the fact that Chechen assassins have been dispatched to Ukraine – and how Putin’s reasons for invading Ukraine are propaganda based on fabrications and manufactured truths, there exists a very real possibility that any Ukrainian delegation will be the target of slaughter.
US Asked China to Help With Russia; Intel Instead Given to Kremlin
In the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US officials had talked with top Chinese representatives a half dozen times, urging them to counsel Russia not to invade Ukraine. In making their argument to the Communist Chinese, Americans showed intelligence revealing Russia's buildup of troops. Shortly after, the US received intelligence revealing the Chinese had shared the information with Russian officials, telling them that the US was attempting to sow discord.
The Communist Chinese have proven again and again that they not only cannot be trusted, but that they exist as staunch adversaries to the United States and, in fact, the free world. Given that they have aligned with Putin’s Russia, thinking people around the world have no choice but to see how the battle lines have been drawn.
US Navy Destroyer Passes Through Taiwan Strait; China Calls Move 'Provocative'
The US Navy's USS Ralph Johnson, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, part of what the US military calls routine activity. The Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army, who closely monitored the passage, called it a "provocative act."
This, in the face of the Communist Chinese routinely sending warplanes to encroach upon Taiwan’s sovereign air space and entering warships into Taiwan’s territorial waters. Given China’s sign-on to Russia’s unprovoked aggression, if I am a Taiwanese leader, I am nervous.
Kremlin Blocking Russians' Access to Social Media Amid Protests, Condemnation
Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab associate Eto Buziashvili said in a Saturday tweet: "Russia blocked Twitter in much of its territory & restricted access to Facebook threatening to do the same w latter...The Kremlin is trying to cut off Russians from learning abt the war crimes Putin’s regime commits in Ukraine fearing that Russians will massively take to streets."
The first thing one must do when fighting the propaganda war – which is intimate to war itself – is to control the narrative. What better way to do that than to censor any opposing viewpoint to your preferred narrative. Funny, isn’t that what the ideological Left is doing in the United States and Canada?
Trudeau's Canada Continues to Allows Russia's Aeroflot to Utilize Airspace
Several European countries have shut their airspace in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but not in Justin Trudeau’s Canada. Officials there say the country's skies will remain open for Russian airliners to fly through.
What an obedient little lapdog Trudeau is for the world’s totalitarian, dictatorial tyrants. Maybe Russia and China – must to the delight of America’s enemies – can hold some exercises there that just might bleed across the northern border.
Elon Musk Restores Internet to Ukraine with Starlink Satellite
After Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Federov tweeted at Elon Musk asking for his assistance, Musk turned on SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service for all the Ukrainian people. Russian forces had disrupted Ukraine's access to the internet as part of their invasion plans.
Say what you want about Elon Musk, but when the rubber hits the road and the world needs deep-pocket potentates to step up, Musk is never far away from doing the right thing. That’s infinitely more than anything Soros, Gates, Bezos, or any other of the Silicon Valley overlords have ever done.
Millions in Crypto Donations for Ukrainian Military Pour In
Cryptocurrency donations for the Ukrainian military are pouring in. NGOs and volunteer groups have raised over $4 million in cryptoasset donations as of Friday. A single NGO received $675,000 in Bitcoin Thursday and $3.4 million on Friday. Cryptoassets allow for "quick, cross-border donations, which bypass financial institutions that might be blocking payments to these groups."
This is a perfect example of why decentralized finance is integral to the defense of the free world. Where Russia prepared for its invasion by putting in place measures that would compromise Ukraine’s ability to receive financial support through traditional government-controlled channels, the power of the free market and the free world was able to circumvent the antiquated financial systems to come to the aid of the Ukrainian people in real-time...instantly.
US Senator Favors Bitcoin Because It's Decentralized, Uncontrollable, Honest
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), says one of the reasons he is so bullish on bitcoin is because it is decentralized and not controllable. He added that “China recently banned bitcoin because they can’t control it, which is the exact same reason Elizabeth Warren hates bitcoin.”
He is exactly correct. The politicians and government bureaucrats who oppose cryptocurrencies do so because they fear it; because they cannot control it. A decentralized financial system and economy mean governments can’t manipulate the worth of currencies. It means they can’t just print more fiat currency to facilitate their spendthrift ways. A decentralized financial system holds politicians accountable even as it creates a permanent paper trail that exposes illegal activity. Cryptocurrency scares the hell out of the political class because it will forever prohibit them from shadowy recompense and illegally lining the pockets of their financial dark money benefactors. Governments fear crypto because they cannot control it. It’s time that government did not control our finances. That’s the first step toward removing government overreach from our daily lives.
‘The People’s Convoy’ Grows in Size as Protest Leaves Oklahoma
“The People’s Convoy,” an organic assembly of patriotic truckers protesting governmental overreach in the COVID event, rolled out of Texas into Oklahoma Sunday. The convoy has continued to grow since it left California on February 23rd. One of the group’s supporters tweeted that the convoy included at least 2,000 trucks and vehicles by Friday.
Of course, Congress, under the spineless leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, has requested that the razorwire fencing be returned to sequester the US Capitol Building from the unwashed masses that might just want to exercise their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom to redress government. The tyrants of the elected class saw what Trudeau did in Canada and said, “Why not us?” Should they pull another January 6th political prisoner round-up; should they attempt to freeze protesters’ finances and seize assets, no one can guarantee that our country will witness some very dark moments going forward. The people are tired of a totalitarian government in the land of the free.
Union Organizers Mislead Texas National Guardsmen in Attempt to 'Unionize' the Military
The Texas State Employees Union is attempting to lure the Texas National Guard into organizing into a union, but in doing so they are lying about the benefits they would receive. “Servicemembers should not be misled by union agitators into believing that Texas law allows them to engage in collective bargaining,” Texas Military Department said in a written statement. “It does not.” Guardsmen can join whatever group they want, but should not be misled by the union as to what can be done on their behalf.
The idea that our military should be subject to unionization is insane. I will be the first one to agree that battle and hazard pay should always be adjusted to suit the assignment. But collective bargaining for pay and benefits? What are they going to do, strike? Imagine Russia has invaded a sovereign nation and started to saber-rattle about nuclear confrontation...and the 101st Airborne Division shop steward announces a strike over living conditions at the base. Do you see how the fascist, Marxist Left encroaches on our ability to defend freedom at every turn? Unions, in their day, were necessary. Today, with the laws on the books that there are, they have zero legitimate purpose.
Michigan School District Spied on Parents’ Social Media Posts, Reported Them to Their Employers
The superintendent of a school district in Michigan monitored the social media posts of parents who criticized the district’s COVID policy, then reported those parents to their employers, and in at least one case, the police, according to a lawsuit filed against the district. The lawsuit alleges that school board employees were assigned to compile dossiers on parents’ social media posts and compile posts that were critical of the school district.
The recall in San Francisco of three fascist school board members should signal the writing on the wall for totalitarian garbage like these school board members. It is not only time to purge our local school boards of Left-leaning activists and power-hungry busybodies, it is time to take back control of the education system from the Marxist-aligned teachers' unions. It is time to take control of what is taught in our classrooms. It is time to purge ideology from our education system and return to a time when we taught children how to think instead of what to think. The Marxists have held sway over our education system since the turn of the 20th Century and the days of Dewey, during which time they have promoted collectivism and demeaned individualism. It is time for a change.