Sunday, February 16, 2025
EU Has Continued To Buy Russian Fertilizer Throughout War
EU Has Continued To Buy Russian Fertilizer Throughout War
The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) has called for increased economic pressure on Russia as well as secondary sanctions on companies supporting its war efforts in a new report, released Monday, timed with the Munich Security Conference kickoff. The public policy institution states that the former U.S. administration’s foreign policy had been too cautious, resulting in a “war of attrition that neither side can win.”
Despite heavy sanctions on gas and oil, Statista's Anna Fleck reports that the EU has continued to buy commodities such as fertilizer from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Data from Eurostat shows that some 3.9 million tonnes of Russian fertilizers were imported to the EU in 2023 and 3.7 million tonnes were imported in the first nine months of 2024.
In July 2024, 574,000 tonnes of fertilizers were imported to the EU, up 50 percent from July 2021, the summer before the war.
You will find more infographics at Statista
Last month, the European Commission finally proposed raising tariffs on fertilizers from the current 6.5 percent in proportion to the value to 100 percent in three years.
If implemented, this means Russian fertilizers will likely continue to be imported until 2026. The proposed tariffs would bring a tonne of nitrogenous fertilizers to the sum of €315 and other fertilizers up to €430 per tonne. The measure is intended to support domestic production, allow for diversification of supply and cut off a financial flow to Russia’s economy. Until now, the EU has been resistant to placing sanctions on agricultural products from Russia due to global food security concerns.
While the proposal includes protective measures, European farmers warn of the risks associated with increased production costs as well as concerns over whether domestic production will be able to meet demand in time.
BBC a source of climate fraud disinformation
No, BBC, A Small Panamanian Island Is Not Drowning Due To Climate Change
Authored by Anthony Watts via WattsUpWithThat.com,
The BBC’s recent article “Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island,” claims that the island of Cartí Sugdupu in Panama is being swallowed by rising sea levels due to climate change.
This is false.
The reality is that the island’s inhabitants are not being forced to relocate because of rising oceans, but due to overcrowding, poor infrastructure, and a lack of resources—issues that have nothing to do with climate change.
Furthermore, real-world examples and peer-reviewed research contradict the idea that small islands are disappearing due to rising seas. Instead, many islands are growing, adapting, and naturally shifting over time. The BBC’s report is misleading at best, deliberately deceptive at worst.
Ending judicial overreach
House Republicans Drafting Impeachment Articles Against Activist Judges Blocking DOGE
House Republicans are drafting articles of impeachment against Democrat judges that have blocked various actions by the Trump administration, including those who have halted efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Austria stabbing 'Islamist attack,' interior minister says
Austria stabbing 'Islamist attack,' interior minister says
with dpa, Reuters, AFP, AP
The perpetrator of a knife attack in the Austrian city of Villach was radicalized online and had links to the so-called "Islamic State" group, Austria's interior minister said.
The Syrian suspect, who randomly started attacking passersby with a knife on Saturday, was an "Islamist attacker," Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Sunday. The attack left a teenager killed and caused five other injuries.
"It is an Islamist attack with IS connections," Karner told reporters, adding that the suspect was radicalized online "in a short space of time."
What else do we know about the attack?
Interior Minister Karner said Sunday he felt "anger about an Islamist attacker who indiscriminately stabbed innocent people here in this city."
The suspect used a folding knife to target passersby, police said. He was arrested shortly after the attack, when another Syrian — a food delivery driver — stopped him by ramming him with his car.
State governor Peter Kaiser thanked a 42-year-old Syrian man.
"This shows how closely terrorist evil but also human good can be united in one and the same nationality," he said.
The suspect is an asylum seeker but has a valid residence permit and no criminal record, police said.
Rare attack restarts migration debate
Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen condemned the attack as "horrific."
"No words can undo the suffering, the horror, the fear. My thoughts are with the family of the deceased victim and the injured," he said on X.
Oh horrors, now what will the Washington elites do for entertainment! ((.9% of America doesn't give a damn
Every Show Cancelled at the Kennedy Center in Protest of Trump
Rachel Maddow liar and propagandist
Rachel Maddow Criticizes Trump, Musk Over $400M Tesla Contract—But It Was Under Biden's Watch
Outing the fake fact checkers who were the real peddlers of disinformation
NEWS
Revolver was right: NewsGuard just got exposed and now Microsoft is running for cover…
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Why the DoD housecleaning is imperative: Shocking Scandal: Over $151 Million Intended for Soldiers’ Meals at 11 Major Army Bases Spent Elsewhere
Shocking Scandal: Over $151 Million Intended for Soldiers’ Meals at 11 Major Army Bases Spent Elsewhere
A bombshell report has exposed that more than $151 million meant to feed soldiers at 11 of the Army’s largest bases was repurposed for undisclosed uses.
This revelation, first reported by Steve Beynon of Military.com, comes as junior enlisted soldiers struggle to access nutritious food on base, with some being forced to survive on substandard meals.
The funds in question are deducted directly from service members’ Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS), a monthly $460 allotment meant to cover food costs for soldiers living in barracks.
For junior enlisted personnel earning approximately $30,000 annually, this deduction represents a significant financial burden. Yet, instead of using these funds to provide adequate meals, the Army appears to be diverting them elsewhere.
Incredibly, out of $225 million collected across just 11 bases, a staggering $151 million was not used for food expenses. With the Army operating a total of 104 garrisons, the true amount of unspent funds could be far higher.
The Army refuses to disclose what the extra funds are being used for. Major expenses like dining hall infrastructure and food service worker salaries are covered under separate budgets, and despite repeated inquiries from Military.com, officials have declined to provide any transparency.
When pressed, the Army provided only a vague statement, claiming that food expenditures are based on past attendance at dining facilities. But that explanation doesn’t account for why the vast majority of BAS funds are not going toward feeding soldiers.
Feb. 15, 2025
Getting rid of the Biden stink
Trump DOJ fires 20 Biden immigration judges
The Trump administration has canned 20 “midnight” immigration judges the Biden administration tried to shoehorn onto the courts in its final days, The Washington Times has learned.
Thirteen judges hired in late December and early January were ousted Friday, a Justice Department source said.
Seven assistant chief immigration judges were also axed.
How much of an impact on USPS bottom line is the Chinese fraud?
Nearly 162K counterfeit US ‘forever’ stamps from China seized in Chicago
Signed, sealed and busted.
Nearly 162,000 counterfeit US “forever” stamps shipped from China were recently seized at a Chicago mail facility by US Border Patrol agents, authorities said.
Anti-terrorism contraband agents posted at the Chicago International Mail Branch last weekend intercepted eight shipments containing 161,860 fraudulent stamps that violated trademark laws, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
If real, the stamps would be worth more than $118,000.
What do you think this 'teacher' is teaching the kids?
NJ teacher allegedly threatened Trump on social media in disturbing posts
Government: when it's not your money!
NYC jail bosses raked in nearly $400K a year— with staggering OT equating to 14-hour shifts 365 days
Go to jail to make the big bucks.
Top Corrections Department overtime hogs at Rikers Island logged so many hours last year, it was the equivalent of six extra hours per day, 365 days a year, The Post found.
Assistant Deputy Warden Michael Hamilton was the OT king, logging 2,344 extra hours – worth $239,501 — in fiscal year 2024 for total pay of $388,620, city records show. He was hired in 2012.
The second biggest earner was Capt. Bob Villette, who raked in 2,380 hours of OT, or $234,090, for total pay of $376,708. He was hired in 2006.
Coming in at No. 3 was Assistant Deputy Warden Olawamiri Otukoya with 2,125 overtime hours worth $222,760, scoring total pay of $372,207, the records show.
Capt. Kenneth McMillan was next, logging 2,380 OT hours worth $214,929 and a total payday of $358,031, according to the records.
What a gift to America a trans illegal alien rapist
Trans migrant charged with raping 14-year-old boy in NYC bathroom
Hamas' Amazon hostage
Amazon CEO ‘relieved’ after Hamas releases employee taken hostage — while company was slammed over silence during his captivity
How Islamists treat POW's
EXCLUSIVEFemale hostages held in Gaza were starved, beaten and forced to eat donkey food, survivor's mother reveals... but they still cannot bring themselves to talk about horrors they endured on October 7
Retaking Lebanon fromHezbollah
Lebanon denies landing to Iranian flight carrying terror funds after IDF warnings
IDF spokesman reveals Iran’s Quds Force attempted to transfer funds to Hezbollah via civilian flights, prompting Lebanon to block an Iranian plane from landing; Terror group supporters protest decision
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Entitled to be an anti Semite she accuses others of what she and her fellow leftists really are!
President of ultra-woke NYC parent group resigns — blasting city officials as ‘fascists’ in scathing letter
The lefty president of a woke Brooklyn parent group resigned last week with a scathing message blasting city officials as “fascists.”
Marissa Manzanares, the interim president of the Community Education Council for District 14’s Greenpoint and Williamsburg, submitted her resignation on Monday, according to sources.
“Dear FACE and DOE Fascist Administrators,” began her message to city Department of Education and its office of Family and Community Engagement.
“My only regret is that I will no longer be able to work with the wonderful women who made this council a space of safety and support for all D14 students, families, and staff,” it continued.
Manzanares, a creative arts therapist, then gave a shoutout to the parent group’s administrative assistant, Sabine Barosy, and its former president, Tajh Sutton.
Manzanares took the helm of the group after Sutton was booted for censoring free speech in meetings, blocking pro-Israel parents and those with opposing viewpoints from participating in them, and organizing anti-Israel protests, including student walkout that resulted in one group of kids yelling, “F–k the Jews.”
Manzanares and Sutton were both named in a lawsuit accusing them of violating the First Amendment and stifling debate.
“To the rest of you fascist and corrupt … politicians and company men, good luck when they come for you,” Manzanares’ message to the DOE continued.
“BYE!” it added, and then, “In solidarity and collective liberation, Marissa.”
“The maturity level — or lack thereof — is outrageous,” one Jewish parent told The Post.
Parents barred from participation in the CEC in recent years are hoping to be voted back onto the council and for open, in-person meetings to resume.
Campaigning for CEC seats is currently underway and voting, which happens every two years, will take place from late April through mid-May.
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