And with those words, the majority of German politicians finally faced the truth. They saw what experts have been saying for years: the German armed forces are barely capable of national and alliance defense and thus cannot fulfill their constitutional mandate. In view of Russia's war of aggression, it has once again become clear that Germany must assume the main burden of conventional defense in Central Eastern and Northern Europe and once again act as the backbone of the (non-nuclear) NATO deterrent. German policymakers are now faced with the task of restoring the lost capability of its armed forces to provide comprehensive national and alliance defense as quickly as possible.

In this context, the German army is of particular importance. Considering the strategic orientation of Germany's allies and the reduction of land forces (especially armored combat units) in other EU and NATO states, no country apart from Germany can and will provide the necessary army forces to secure NATO's eastern flank so that the alliance could hold its own in a potential conflict with Russia.

This is essential, however, because this is what ultimately achieves the deterrent effect in peacetime, meaning that there would be no escalation into a war. This concern must be placed at the center of German defense policy in order to turn the Bundeswehr once again into the backbone of Europe's defense. With the return of a territorial war in Europe, the point has been reached where the security situation has changed so drastically that all options must be examined without taboo.

The three answers are to:

• Create strong economic pressure on Russia in the short term to force an end to the war. The most immediate usable lever available to Germany is an energy embargo.


• Direct military expenditure from the newly approved €100 billion for military expenditures in such a way that they permanently secure the security of CEE; This, together with a strengthened Bundeswehr, really must be the priority security interest for Germany.


• Together with a historical revision of German Russia's policy, some public personal reflections from senior figures would also help; that might be started by the former German chancellors who have been in office since the end of the Cold War.

This is a simple matter of German (and NATO) self-interest and will have to be accompanied by a much more sensitive engagement with its eastern neighbors, who have often been neglected during the past three decades. Other Central and Eastern European states cannot become targets of Putin’s Russia after Ukraine.

He even went so far as to acknowledge that the food shortages are being caused by the sanctions imposed on Russia by most Western nations. Russia’s response has included banning exports of fertilizer and other food-crucial resources to nations that have sanctioned them.

According to Sky News: As is well-known, prior to the war, Russia and Ukraine accounted for 30% of global wheat exports. The price of wheat shot up immediately after Russia attacked its neighbour. The price of a bushel of wheat, which produces enough flour to bake 70 1lb loaves of white bread or 90 1lb loaves of wholemeal bread, shot up from $8.84 on the eve of the invasion to just under $13.64 on 8 March. It has since eased to $11.58 this morning – but that still represents an increase of more than 25% and is higher than it has been for the best part of a decade.

That would be bad enough for big wheat importers. Making matters worse, though, is that Ukraine is now struggling to get its wheat out of the country. Ukraine still has some 20 million tonnes of wheat and corn left to export from the 2021-22 season that cannot be exported because Russia is blockading ports on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, leaving 100 foreign vessels stranded. Biden continued, “The price of these sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It’s imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well.”

Why did Russia start the military operation in Ukraine? What does Russia want and what does it want to achieve with this military action? “In short it was done because of the rise of existential threat to Russia itself — from aggressive rhetoric to real facts. Bioweapon labs of the Pentagon were already deployed in Ukraine as well as neo-Nazi paramilitary units shelling cities of Donbass for the last 8 years. Russia tried to raise attention to this problem for many years (including mediation for Minsk agreement) and last attempt was in December 2021 where Moscow told that if red line will be crossed there will be certain military-technical answer. USA and NATO not agreed for Russian proposes and huge military attack of Ukrainian forces in Donbass was planned. Russia followed [with] preemptive defense action.”

It is important to understand that the digital dollar would not be similar to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies operate on blockchain technology, which is decentralized by design. No group or individual can truly control cryptocurrencies once they are launched. For example, a digital dollar could be crafted to restrict fossil-fuel use, to give bonuses to people for spending at particular businesses, to enact de facto price controls by disallowing users from spending too much on particular products, or even to redistribute wealth.

The order further directs the Treasury Department, Office of the Attorney General and Federal Reserve to work together to produce a “legislative proposal” to create a digital currency within 210 days, about seven months. It’s clear that the Biden administration and Fed are working together to create a controllable, traceable, programmable digital currency. And if they are successful, life in America might never be the same.

Men and women are biologically different in many respects, even down to how our brains function. Biological sex and gender related behavior are based mostly in nature, not mostly in environment. However, the gender identity religion has deemed these concepts a form of bigotry. The situation has become so unhinged that leftists are now referring to real women as “bleeders” or “people who menstruate,” as if this is the only biological difference between them and trans women.

Regardless of how one is positioned on the topic, if you are honest you have to admit that transgenderism today is a political issue, not a scientific issue. In the past few years we have seen government funded and globalist foundation funded scientists politicized by the gender issue. But, again, they have zero evidence to support their claims that gender is changeable and malleable. Interestingly, they now argue both sides: That gender is purely a social construct, and that gender is biologically linked and hardwired. The two ideas are mutually exclusive, but hey, we’re living in clown world now, so we should just shut up and enjoy the ride…

Ultimately, the trans community is so minuscule it begs the question – Why are these people relevant in the grand scheme of things? Because leftists see an opportunity to use them as tools for social derailment? Why are leftists so obsessed with the idea of indoctrinating children into the trans fold? Why are they so interested in undermining biological fact? What is it with leftists and their need to turn the world upside down? Many of them know, deep down, that the ideologies they preach are not based in truth. They know that they lie, and some of them are openly proud when their lies prove effective. They are clearly not interested in enlightenment, they are only interested in winning. But what does it mean for the political left to “win.” Well, in Marxist/communist terms, winning means destroying everything and tearing the target society down to nothing.

'Do you agree with Justice Ginsburg that there are physical differences between men and women that are enduring?' the senator asked. When Jackson claimed she had never heard the quote, Blackburn asked directly: 'Can you define the word ''woman''?' 'Can I provide a definition?' Jackson responded. 'No, I can't,' she declared, before adding: 'I'm not a biologist'.

In response to Jackson's decision to remain mum on the definition of a woman, Blackburn retorted: 'The fact that you can't give me a straight answer about something as fundamental as what a woman is underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education that we are hearing about.

'Just last week, an entire generation of young girls watched as our taxpayer-funded institutions permitted a biological man to compete [against] and beat a biological woman in the NCAA women's swimming championships,' the senator continued in reference to Lia Thomas. 'What message do you think this sends to girls?'

The White House confirmed Monday they expect certain parts of the world to suffer a food shortage as an effect of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “We do anticipate that higher energy, fertilizer, wheat, and corn prices could impact the price of growing and purchasing critical food supplies for countries around the world,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

I am glad that the White House is talking about this. Hopefully it will get a lot more people to understand the seriousness of the crisis that we are now facing. According to Psaki, the poorest parts of the planet are expected to be affected the most… She said food shortages were not expected to hit the United States, but rather countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

This is what I have always said. Those at the bottom of the economic food chain will be hit the hardest at first. People need to wake up and realize that this is not a game. This is real. But here in the United States, most will not start paying attention until it starts to affect them personally. The good news is that nobody in the US is currently facing starvation, but without a doubt the cost of food is going up. Needless to say, this is just the beginning.

While hatred against an attacker is normal, one day, the designated target for “justifiable hatred” may be you. One day, Meta may decide it’s OK to call for the death of all Christians. Or all Jews. Or all white people (actually, they’ve already done that). Or all unvaccinated people (they did that too). You get the gist.

So, the question is, do we continue to accept the idea of “justifiable hatred” — that it’s OK to hate and call for violence against any one group? Especially when we know the target group is decided by powers that ultimately seek to destroy us all? As noted by Oliver, “We’re being manipulated as never before in history.” To refuse to acknowledge that you’re being manipulated puts you in a very dangerous place, as acknowledging that manipulation is taking place is the first step to develop resistance against it.

In short, the Ukraine-Russia conflict may be “the opening act for the newest iteration of the seemingly endless ‘War on Terror,’” Webb writes. This, again, goes back to the technocrats’ need to manufacture justifications for the implementation of a Great Reset. They need us to live in fear, because a fearful people will willingly give emergency powers to leaders, who in turn will take your rights away from you “for your own safety.” Over the past two years, even our right to speak our minds has been taken from us, and people who counter the official narrative have been identified as “the Number 1 domestic terrorist threat.”

At this point I’m looking around thinking I’m in a simulation or something because last I checked a bank was for depositing and withdrawing cash. But it was odd to me, I’m only in here to get cash in case the digital world fails and they skip the small talk altogether now and go straight for making my physical cash obsolete.

The conspiracy here is they don’t want us to have the cash because in the event of a digital crash even temporarily, the ones with papers and goods are going to be fine much longer than those relying entirely on digital wallets and cards. If everyone had cash their little planned cyberattack wouldn’t be a big deal. Go get some cash out today, let me know if they push the digital wallet.

“The right thing to do in these current circumstances is not to go out and buy extra flour or extra gasoline, it’s to recognize that the world is a dynamic global economy and will respond. There’ll be enough to go around,” Malpass said. Malpass’ intentions are clear — don’t create fear to further hurt the supply chain. But it is too late for that and people should definitely be preparing. In fact, it may be too late.

While high prices and inflation are being blamed on Russia, it is important to point out that we have been headed in this direction well before the invasion. Russia was just an easy scapegoat. While the president blames high prices on “corporate greed” and the Federal Reserve blames supply chain dysfunction, no one is looking at the elephant in the room — massive expansion of the money supply and insane deficit spending which has reached historical proportions in the last two years.