Bill Gates And Friends On Masks. Powerful Video. pic.twitter.com/96sDFWEXOa

— FreeThinkerFitness (@FreeThinkerFit) January 17, 2022

Filipinos Told "Leave Taiwan" - Return to Philippines | Today I received an email from a Filipino source who has family working in Taiwan. The Philippines are telling anyone from that country working in Taiwan to "Leave Taiwan and return home immediately; war is developing." I also got a SECOND email today from another source who told me: Hal, I just got a message from a filipina who works overseas that all citizens of the Philippines who work in Taiwan are being called home. She said it had something to do with the United States. (NAME REDACTED TO PROTECT IDENTITY)

It appears that China is going to reunify Taiwan and may use force to do so. It also appears the US may try to interfere with that and war between the US and China may result.

■ Russia Launches at least SIX Akula Fast-Attack Subs into Pacific (Hal Turner Show) + VIDEO
■ Are the Chinese nice? (Gilbert Doctorow)

Dmitry Medvedev | The G7 foreign ministers called on Russia to confirm the inadmissibility of nuclear war. And this strange creature, Blinken, gave [us the] pearl that the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is evidence of immeasurable human suffering. At the same time, without mentioning his country, which committed this crime. These are lying creatures. They use nuclear weapons, but they do not repent. They are endlessly hypocritical and lie to themselves and others, but they say that our country is spreading "false information" about Ukraine. They demand that Russia give them some guarantees about nuclear weapons, but in fact, they hint at a future nuclear conflict between our country and NATO. And all this is happening in Japan. Where hundreds of thousands died from nuclear bombing. A country whose leadership essentially spits on the graves of its compatriots killed by Americans. What a shame! (Translation: yandex.ru)

■ Medvedev calls G7 mendacious liars for calls that Russia affirm opposition to nuclear war (TASS)
■ G7 ‘maliciously smeared and discredited China’ – Beijing (RT.com)

1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved, as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. This latter element requires that, before the acceptance of an affirmative decision by the experimental subject, there should be made known to him the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or person, which may possibly come from his participation in the experiment. The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the quality of the consent rests upon each individual who initiates, directs or engages in the experiment. It is a personal duty and responsibility which may not be delegated to another with impunity. (MORE)

North Korea: North Korea has issued a call for volunteers who are willing to participate in the Ukraine war, the report said. | Mar 30, 2023 | North Korea is preparing to send 500,000 soldiers to support Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, The Eurasian Times reported quoting a Russian state TV war correspondent. The journalist- Aleksander Sladkov- who according to the report specializes in military affairs, claimed that North Korea is strongly supporting Russia amid Ukraine war. ● North Korea is willing to dispatch its troops to take part in the war, he claimed, citing sources in Pyongyang, saying further that at least 500,000 North Korean troops are being prepared to assist the Russian military. North Korea has issued a call for volunteers who are willing to participate in the war and around 800,000 individuals have expressed their eagerness, he claimed.“I spoke with a friend of mine, the head of a Korean war veterans’ organization. He was here recently. I said, ‘What do you guys have?’ He said,’ 50,000 special forces are ready for deployment’,” the journalist is quoted saying by the report. Earlier, the US had claimed that Russia was procuring weapons from North Korea and employing them in the Ukraine invasion. Both Russia and North Korea have denied the claims.

■ North Korea ready to send 100,000 troops to Ukraine to help Russia: Russian state media (TimesNow)
■ Why Is North Korea Supporting Russia on Ukraine? (The Diplomat)

Although Beijing claims Taiwan as an inalienable part of the People's Republic, the US has repeatedly indicated its support for the island's independence. The EU, conversely, lacks a common stance on the matter. | The EU must regard Taiwan as part of China and advocate a peaceful re-unification, former Swedish Prime Minister and political heavyweight Carl Bildt has argued. The political tensions surrounding the tortuous relationship between China and Taiwan have escalated again after China conducted an extensive military drill in the Taiwan Strait during the Easter weekend. The US has repeatedly indicated its support for an independent Taiwan, whereas the EU lacks a common stance on the matter.

Prices for a barrel of oil jumped 7 to 8% last night in pre-market trading, after OPEC+ announced a reduction in oil production of about 1.1 Million barrels per day. | As this story is written, 10:04 AM EDT on April 3, 2023, The West Texas Intermediate contract jumped 5.74% to $80.01 a barrel, while Brent jumped 5.67% to $84.42. This will translate into higher prices at the gasoline pump for cars and the diesel pump for trucks, which then causes a rise in consumer prices for everything that has to move by truck. This type of demand inflation cannot be halted by central banks raising interest rates. NEW PRICING MECHANISM More shockingly, the top oil producers in Russia and in India agreed to change the market pricing mechanism they use to price oil transactions. The largest oil producer in Russia and India's top refiner have agreed to adopt the Asia-focused Dubai oil price benchmark. They have abandoned the Europe-dominated Brent benchmark. The signals are changing. This will make it much easier for countries to buy oil WITHOUT USING THE U.S. DOLLAR! That's huge. They just told the US / Eurotrash to FOAD. (F*ck-Off and Die) Basically, they're sizzling the West' bacon and there's nothing [the U.S.] can do about it short of war.

Why defend mRNA? Biosynthetic nanoparticles that program human cells to create disease by manufacturing billions of chimeric 'spike proteins' are mRNA bioweapon technology, not vaccines or therapies. [Karen Kingston:] On October 26, 2021, I was interviewed by Brannon Howse to discuss the criminality and psychopathy behind the mRNA bioweapon agenda and injecting children. During the interview, we discuss the shedding evidence from Pfizer’s study designs, the devastating effects of shedding on children, the criminality of the FDA approval for Pfizer’s mRNA vaccines, and the high level of ignorance or psychopathy required to approve and inject children with an obvious bioweapon. You may watch the interview here.

■ Sen. Ron Johnson gets senators on record re: international contracts that enslave Americans to globalists through the World Health Organization and pharmaco-martial law

In this interview, we are joined by former pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) executive, Sasha Latypova, who explains how the mRNA injections, products which are shown to be unsafe, continue to be on the market. Sasha has more than 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She has previously worked as an entrepreneur, an econometrician and as a clinical trials contractor for more than 60 pharmaceutical companies. Her clients included Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, AstraZeneca, GSK and others. Throughout her career, Sasha interacted with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulators on behalf of her clients. She is also a former member of the Cardiovascular Safety Research Consortium. ● Despite a successful career, Sasha is no longer part of the pharmaceutical industry and has spent the past three years investigating the fraud, corruption and crime of Big Pharma and its collaboration with governments around the world as it relates to COVID-19 and the mRNA injections. Her work can be found at her Substack. ● Sasha discusses with Taylor Hudak why we are no longer in a world in which standard pharmaceutical practices and good manufacturing practices apply. Instead, Sasha says, we are in a strange dystopian state of "public health emergency." ● All Video Source Links Can Be Found Here At The Last American Vagabond.

You Have Witnessed History Today in Moscow and It Is Consequential | There are moment in time that change the world. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 was one of those. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 was another as was 9 November 1989, when the wall in Berlin, Germany, erected by the Soviets, was torn down. And you have witnessed another one today, with Russia and China signing historic, unprecedented agreements. ● This is a game changer. The world we have known will no longer have the United States as the first among equals. In the same way that World War II marked the end of the British imperial empire, today’s events in Moscow are a death knell for the United States being able to act as the global policeman who imposes order on unruly countries.

■ Joint statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era (03/23/23)
■ Xi-Putin Meeting Marks Tectonic Geopolitical Shift Which West Not Ready for (Sputnik News)
■ Joint statement of Russia and China (Intel Slava Z) [Short & to the point]
■ In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana (Pepe Escobar)

The likelihood that the United States and China will engage in a direct confrontation is quite high, political scientist Vladimir Kireyev told Izvestia. 💬 "Now, the probability that the US and China will come to a direct conflict is quite high. It is the US that is provoking the situation as the window of opportunities to cause serious damage to China is closing. China is trying to postpone the conflict as much as possible and even avoid it altogether. The reason is that taking into consideration economic development, in 10 to 15 years, China will be much stronger than the US and the Chinese won’t need to engage in a conflict to protect their interests," the expert concluded. [link]

Qin Gang also stressed that China has always been in favor of dialogue and against unilateral sanctions 💬 "The Ukrainian crisis is a tragedy that could have been avoided," Qin Gang said. According to him, the scale of the crisis is a sad lesson for everyone. "The crisis in Ukraine is essentially the result of catastrophic contradictions on European security management," the Chinese foreign minister pointed out. He also stressed that China has always been in favor of dialogue and against unilateral sanctions. The country also sought to de-escalate tensions instead of adding fuel to the fire.

■ Chinese FM: US Needs to 'Hit the Brakes' Before Conflict Becomes Inevitable With Beijing (Sputnik News)
■ China, Russia set good example for intl relations, target no third party: Chinese FM (Global Times)

Hal Turner: The United Nations, meeting in New York, has voted to DEMAND Russia withdraw from Ukraine "immediately and unconditionally." The vote was 141 in favor, 7 opposed, with 32 abstaining. The same UN that indefinitely delayed the meeting about the Nord Stream pipeline being blown up. The same U.N. that won't even investigate the evidence that Russia submitted showing the illegal biolabs in Ukraine. The UN/WHO, when it came to Covid-19, was full-on Karen-Gestapo Liberal. (HT REMARK: You think those same sociopaths can judge anything else fairly, honestly, logically and ethically?) Battle lines drawn is what I see. God’s Will Be Done! As is customary, the ones that opposed, or abstained, tell a story of what countries will be forming a coalition behind Russia. WE (US & UK) created the UN to impose OUR WILL, "the now Satanic West" on the world. You can bet every nation was TOLD how they would vote. [This editor: Try and find any UNGA resolution demanding the U.S. exit / stop bombing other countries. (None.) Try anyway, and good luck with that.]

■ Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at the UN General Assembly (russiaun.ru)
■ Russia responds to UN vote on Ukraine (RT.com)
■ UN General Assembly calls for immediate end to war in Ukraine
■ List of United Nations resolutions concerning Israel (Wikipedia)
■ US 21st-century wars (Wikipedia)

■ Comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution "Principles of the UN Charter underlying the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine" | Read completely | On February 23, during the resumed 11th emergency special session of the UN General Assembly, the resolution "Principles of the UN Charter underlying the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine" was adopted by vote. ● The Western authors of this latest anti-Russian initiative, hypocritically hiding behind their alleged adherence to the UN Charter, sought to condemn the measures taken by Russia to resolve the situation within the framework of a special military operation. The proposed document lacked such basic concepts for achieving sustainable peace as dialogue, a call for negotiations without preconditions, as well as the inadmissibility of the supply of weapons to the conflict zone. The corresponding unification amendments proposed by our Belarusian friends were blocked by Westerners. ● Thus, the essence of the initiative is the continuation of the indiscriminate criticism unleashed in the West against Russia, support for the criminal nationalist regime in Kiev, which the collective West has been purposefully preparing for war against our country in recent years. When promoting the project, the United States and its satellites used their favorite methods of influencing dissenters, including blackmail and threats of sanctions.[...] The resolution, which is advisory in nature, did not receive more support than the previous documents of the 11th emergency special session of the General Assembly. ● A larger number of countries opposed the proposed project. Dozens of countries abstained, including China, India and South Africa. We are grateful to all partners for their support. ● The Russian side will continue its progressive work aimed at developing fair assessments of the situation in and around Ukraine, defending the national security and identity of our country, the need to comply with all the principles of the UN Charter, including the sovereign equality of states. (Translation: yandex.ru)

Decades before allegedly helping it bomb European gas lines, the Norwegian military aided the CIA’s undeclared war in Vietnam | Six decades before Norway helped the CIA destroy the Nord Stream gas pipelines, it gave the agency heavily-armed boats that it used to target North Vietnam, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote on Wednesday. Norway’s involvement in this secret war was deeper than previously reported, Hersh claimed. ● Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, claimed earlier this month that the CIA sabotaged the Nord Stream lines on President Joe Biden’s orders. The Norwegian Secret Service and Navy reportedly helped CIA divers choose the correct spot to plant the explosives, and ferried the Americans out on a boat to the location, near Denmark’s Bornholm island in the Baltic Sea. Explaining why the US chose Norway as its partner in destroying the Russia-to-Germany gas lines, Hersh said on Wednesday that the “Norwegian Navy has a long and murky history of cooperation with American intelligence.” ● Historical reports show that Norway sold a number of fast attack boats to the US Navy, which were used by the CIA to conduct clandestine attacks along the North Vietnamese coast. By 1964, prior to the US’ official entry into the Vietnam war, at least two Norwegian sailors had confessed to taking part in these raids, while unconfirmed reports claimed that Norwegian officers and crew manned some of these boats.

■ FROM THE GULF OF TONKIN TO THE BALTIC SEA (Seymour Hersh)
■ UN Security Council Holds Meeting on Nord Stream Sabotage (Antiwar.com)

Never forget what they did in the name of sciencepic.twitter.com/twWco5TQQ3

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) February 12, 2023

That's twice as many as were killed by the virus. In the US, the estimates are 670K Americans killed. Perhaps it's time to declare that the vaccines are a worldwide emergency? | Executive summary: The paper suggests you can take the number of vaccine doses delivered, divide by 1,000 to get an estimate of the number of people killed by the COVID vaccine.

13 MILLION were killed by the COVID-19 vaccines to date | In our new article, which will be posted this week, we estimate that ❗️13 MILLION❗️ were killed by the COVID-19 vaccines to date, worldwide.
The great majority old and frail.
The number for India alone is 3.7 million.
All-cause mortality is a powerful information source.

■ Here it is! The first rigorous vaccine toxicity measurements by age, goes exponential with age, >300K deaths USA, 13M deaths global. (Denis Rancourt)(Twitter)

The conference will start on Friday with a video address by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky | The 59th forum will bring together several hundreds of politicians from around the world, heads of leading international organizations, representatives of business and scientific circles and experts from 96 countries. Russia has not been participating in the conference at the official level for the second consecutive year. ● The decision not to invite officials from Russia has also been criticized in Germany. Gregor Gysi, the German Left Party’s foreign affairs spokesperson in the Bundestag, has slammed it as a lost opportunity to talk about the possible ceasefire in Ukraine. Organizers have not invited Iran’s leadership this year either, same as the Alternative for Germany party, which critically evaluates the policy of the country’s government, including on Russia. ➡ Sixteen years ago, in 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Munich Security Conference with a speech devoted to foreign policy that had an international resonance. The speech focused on the vision of Russia’s place and role in the world considering the reality and threats of the time and the unacceptability of unipolar model in the current policy. Putin pointed out then that unilateral, sometimes illegitimate actions had not solved a single problem, often generating new volatile areas though, whereas certain norms of some countries, first of all the US, crossed their borders. He noted that the international law should be universal. The Russian president also stressed the importance of a balance of interests in the security area, adding that the world could only develop on the basis of a multisided model. A whole number of experts share the view that many of Putin’s warnings come true nowadays.

ER Editor: It’s clear that the Covid criminals have hit some of the wrong people, including retired Swiss banker Pascal Najadi and Thai princess, Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, for example. Najadi is triple vaccinated and injured; Mahidol, idem and in a coma since December. | Following the intervention of Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi (also a friend of Najadi) with the Thai government recently, Thailand may be the first government to take contractual action against Pfizer. We’re publishing this to note that Pascal Najadi is bringing his own legal action against the Swiss government, plus the fact of there being some interesting legal angles to this matter, called ‘universal jurisdiction’ crimes.

■ hailand to become first country in the world to declare its Pfizer contracts null and void (02/03/23)

Thailand seeks billions in retribution from Pfizer for fraudulent covid injections | A Thai government spokesperson told Professor Sucharit Bhakdi this week that his country could soon become the first in the world to nullify and make void its contracts with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. According to Bhakdi, the spokesperson said, in reference to the company’s experimental covid “vaccines,” that “we will see to it that Thailand is the first country in the world to declare this contract (with Pfizer) null.” We are told that the Royal Family in Thailand was directly impacted by Pfizer’s covid injections, which reportedly harmed the king’s daughter, Princess Bajrakitiyabha. Because of this, Thai authorities are working towards ending the country’s relationship with Pfizer. ● Bhakdi says he met with top government advisors and explained to them how the entire premise behind the “vaccines” is built on a throne of lies. Pfizer fraud is the only thing backing the jabs as there is no safety data to show they work as claimed. Upon hearing this, Thai government advisors were shocked and assured Bhakdi that they are making preparations to sever Pfizer’s contracts with the country.

Behold this 2003 Sydney Morning Herald article. It’s a relic from another age:

Farce mask: it’s safe for only 20 minutes

Retailers who cash in on community fears about SARS by exaggerating the health benefits of surgical masks could face fines of up to $110,000.

NSW Fair Trading Minister Reba Meagher yesterday warned that distributors and traders could be prosecuted if it was suggested the masks offered unrealistic levels of protection from the disease. …

Health authorities have warned that surgical masks may not be an effective protection against the virus.

“Those masks are only effective so long as they are dry,” said Professor Yvonne Cossart of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney.

“As soon as they become saturated with the moisture in your breath they stop doing their job and pass on the droplets.”

Professor Cossart said that could take as little as 15 or 20 minutes, after which the mask would need to be changed. But those warnings haven’t stopped people snapping up the masks, with retailers reporting they are having trouble keeping up with demand.

John Bell from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, who owns a pharmacy in Woollahra, Sydney, said mask supplies were running low. …

“I think they’re of marginal benefit,” he said. “In a way they give some comfort to people who think they're doing as much as they can do to prevent the infection.” …

A damning indictment of the Net Zero political project has been made by one of the world’s leading nuclear physicists. In a recently published science paper, Dr. Wallace Manheimer said it would be the end of modern civilisation. Writing about wind and solar power he argued it would be especially tragic “when not only will this new infrastructure fail, but will cost trillions, trash large portions of the environment, and be entirely unnecessary”. The stakes, he added, “are enormous”. | The author notes that the emphasis on a false climate crisis is becoming a “tragedy for modern civilisation”, which depends on reliable, affordable and environmentally viable energy. “The windmills, solar panels and backup batteries have none of these qualities,” he states. This falsehood has been pushed by what has been termed a climate industrial complex, comprising some scientists, most media, industrialists and legislators. Furthermore, he continues, this grouping has “somehow” managed to convince many that CO2 in the atmosphere, a gas necessary for life on Earth, one which we exhale with every breath, is an environmental poison. Much of Dr. Manheimer’s interesting paper debunks many of the fashionable nostrums surrounding politicised ‘settled’ climate science. It is an excellent read. Discussing some of the contrary opinions that debunk obviously false claims, he says it is “particularly disheartening” to see learned societies make definitive claims when so much contrary information is readily available. He points out that over the last 10,000 years, the Earth has almost certainly been warmer. There have been warmer and colder periods, just like today.

The world’s third-biggest crude importer purchased an average of 1.2 million barrels a day from Russia in December, according to data from Vortexa. That’s 29 per cent more than in November. | India bought a record amount of Russian oil last month, with the country importing a whopping 33 times more than a year earlier. The world’s third-biggest crude importer purchased an average of 1.2 million barrels a day from Russia in December, according to data from Vortexa. That’s 29 per cent more than in November. The country is now easily India’s biggest source of oil after overtaking Iraq and Saudi Arabia several months ago. Indian refiners have been lapping up cheap Russian crude since the invasion of Ukraine caused many buyers to shun the shipments. ● The sharp increase in December is possibly the result of deepening discounts due to additional sanctions from the G-7 and European Union including a $60-a-barrel price cap. 💬“Russia has likely offered its crude at an attractive discount to Indian refiners, which have surpassed China as the largest importer of Russian crude,” said Serena Huang, lead Asia analyst at Vortexa. Besides Urals, India has stepped up imports of other Russian grades like Arco, Sakhalin and Varandey in recent months, she said. ● India meets more than 85 per cent of its oil demand via imports, which makes it highly vulnerable to price volatility. The state-owned refiners, who have been prevented by the government from raising pump prices of diesel and gasoline since May, have increasingly favored cheaper Russian imports. ● Imports from India’s two other main suppliers also increased last month. Purchases from Iraq climbed 7 per cent to around 886,000 barrels a day, while those from Saudi Arabia increased 12 per cent to about 748,000 barrels a day, according to Vortexa.

The 53rd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will take place in Davos on Monday and will continue through January 20. | The main issues on the agenda of the forum will be energy and food crises, high global inflation, investments in emerging technologies, as well as current geopolitical risks for the world's economy. ● High-ranking officials from across the globe, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, South Korean President President Yoon Suk Yeol, Colombian leader Gustavo Petro and others, are expected to take part in the event. ● A delegation from Russia will not participate in the meeting for the second year in a row since organizers decided not to invite Russian representatives in response to Moscow's ongoing military operation in Ukraine.

■ Who pays for Davos? (World Economic Forum)

■ What is the WEF Meeting in Davos and What Should Be Expected From It This Year? | Why is WEF Hated in Some Corners? | While the WEF has been praised by some for serving as a platform where decision-makers can meet and talk through problems affecting the world, and offer hints about where elites want to take their companies, countries or even the entire planet, in other corners, particularly among the conservative and libertarian Right and the anti-liberal Left, the WEF is treated with varying degrees of disdain, annoyance and distrust. There are several reasons for this.

In 2020, during the “pandemic,” Japan had fewer all-cause deaths than all the previous 9 years. On 1 December 2021, Japan started administering the third dose, or “booster shots,” of Pfizer-BioNTech. At the end of 2022, 83% of Japan’s population was “fully vaccinated.”  | During 2022, Japan experienced the highest number of excess deaths in 11 years. Excess deaths were approximately four times the number of those in the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. ● Japan is a compliant nation of people, achieving way above average covid “vaccination” rates compared to the rest of the world and the rest of Asia too. But it’s strange that they would be so zealously compliant to “protect” themselves from a disease that had absolutely no excess mortal impact. ● In fact, immediately after the covid “epidemic” in 2020, Japan had the most significant period of seasonal deficit in ten years in terms of mortality after no excess mortality whatsoever. And yet, in the aftermath of the mass mRNA experiment (to protect them against a virus/disease that they did not need protection from), they have experienced higher seasonal excess and lower seasonal deficit ever since.

■ BOMBSHELL – Pandemic of the vaccinated (Peter Sweden)
■ Covid Vaccines Are 'Obviously Dangerous' and Should Be Halted Immediately, Say Senior Swedish Doctors

Stephen Lendman | More monster than man, Gates’ self-serving agenda threatens the vast majority of people everywhere so privileged ones like himself can benefit more than already. His rage to mass-jab ordinary people for seasonal flu-renamed covid is all about destroying health while pretending that it’s the other way around. | [He said] that it’s not a “matter of if but when” another pandemic is coming failed to explain what’s invented, not real. He’s not satisfied by results of the mother of all state-sponsored health-destroying scams. He wants the next invented one to accomplish what the current one failed to achieve — notably because the craze to mass-jab is wearing thin. (More here)

‘In the interests of humanity and democracy . . . emergency action needs to be taken . . .the cessation of all technological development for the moment’ - I am back with James Collins for our 12th encounter, this one to look back at the year that was and forward to the one that has begun. What is the true, deep meaning fo the ‘Covid Project’? What is the scope of the damage it has wrought upon the fabric of our society as a human community? Why were we so ill-prepared not merely for the confiscation of freedoms but the changes trundling down towards us from the future, now being implemented as if we are not here? What awaits us in 2023, and what are our chances of turning things around? Beyond that, if/when we succeed, what is the scope of the project awaiting us in rebuilding our country and community once the totalitarian fire has been extinguished and the arsonists of our country, our democracy and our freedoms, are safety behind bars?

Until 1917, Christmas had been one of the official holidays in the Russian Empire. It had not been celebrated in Russia until the 1990s | On January 7, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate one of the most important holidays: the Nativity of Jesus. Celebration date: On January 7, Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers. The Roman Catholic, Protestant and ten Orthodox churches (including the Church of Antioch, the Church of Alexandria, the Church of Cyprus, the Bulgarian Church, and others) mark the date earlier, on December 25. The reason is different denominations adhere to different calendars: Julian or Gregorian. Christmas tradition in Russia: The holiday is preceded by a strict 40-day fast, which lasts from November 28 to January 6. On Christmas Eve, the festive liturgy is served in all churches. At the end of the service, a lighted candle, symbolizing the Star of Bethlehem, is brought out and placed in the middle of the church. Christmas kicks off a 12-day season commonly referred to as Christmastide or Yuletide. According to the Orthodox canons, believers should offer prayers glorifying Jesus Christ. In the folk tradition, Christmastide has always been a time of festivities, outdoor games and performances by mummers, fortune-telling, as well as caroling. The Christmas period ends with the feast of the Epiphany on January 19.