Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/eu-considers-easing-green-standards-it-weans-russian-fossil-fuels

European Union is set to ease environmental regulations to replace Russian fossil fuels with renewable energy and imported hydrogen power;. calls for acceleration of wind and solar projects without environmental impact assessment across the EU's 27 member states.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/vacation-canceled-chicago-pd-after-nearly-1000-cops-quit-last-year

In anticipation of violence over memorial day weekend, Chicago has canceled vacation for all officers going into the holiday. The notice comes as data reveals more officers left CPD than joined in 2019 and 2020 - with 900 leaving last year vs. 51 who joined the force.

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/555398-uk-ukraine-soviet-weaponry/

British defense officials and diplomats actively seeking to procure old Soviet-made and Russian-made weaponry worldwide to funnel it to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. Soviet-made weaponry is the best choice as Ukrainian forces are familiar with such hardware. Multiple European nations have sent old Soviet-made weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly urged the West against “pumping” Kiev with weaponry

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555390-china-says-russia-sanctions-to-backfire/

The Western sanctions campaign to punish Russia over the Ukraine conflict will backfire, causing suffering around the world while failing to promote peace in the former Soviet republic, a top Chinese diplomat has told the UN Security Council.“Sanctions will not bring peace but will only accelerate the spillover of the crisis, triggering sweeping food, energy and financial crises across the globe,” Chinese deputy UN ambassador Dai Bing said on Thursday in New York

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/555250-us-oil-request-rejected/

The US asked Brazil to increase oil output to curb soaring prices amid international sanctions against Russia, Petrobras said output levels were determined by business strategy rather than diplomacy and a significant short-term production boost would not be logistically possible. Brazil is world’s 11th largest oil exporter, most going to China, the US, and India , The US approached Venezuela, which has world’s largest proven oil reserves, offering to ease some sanctions on the country in exchange for increased oil exports to the US. However, Washington later backtracked on the issue. Washington banned import of Russian oil in March, with US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm saying the country was on “war footing calling on domestic producers to boost output. Last year, the US got 8% of petroleum imports from Russia, other major suppliers being Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/555446-russia-electricity-supplies-finland/

Russian utility Inter RAO will stop exporting electricity to Finland from May 14, Finland’s grid company said on Friday. due to difficulties in receiving payments for electricity sold on the market. The reduced supply can be compensated by increased imports from Sweden, as well as domestic production, Finnish media reported Russia could stop providing Finland with natural gas Friday due to the nation’s bid to join NATO. Russia has not confirmed the reports.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555439-putin-price-hike-us/

Americans are reeling from surging gas prices, food prices, and the price of rent – all of which have steadily risen since the start of the pandemic.Biden blames Russian President Vladimir Putin for the situation, dubbing it “Putin’s price hike” – but people aren’t buying it. Americans don’t agree with his preoccupation with Ukraine. Only 16% of those polled perceived Russia as the most significant “threat” to the United States, behind China, Iran, and North Korea.

Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63080

Al Jazeera's star reporter Shireen Abu Aqla was shot in the face and killed "in cold blood" by Israeli forces while covering an IDF raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to Al Jazeera

Link: https://anti-empire.com/senator-rand-paul-single-handedly-holds-up-40bn-for-ukraine-war/

Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell, sought to move forward on the aid package only to be blocked by Paul, a fiscal hawk who objects to the amount of spending proposed. Paul is demanding the legislation be altered to require an inspector general to oversee spending on Ukraine. Without his agreement, the Senate must follow a lengthy process stipulated by the chamber’s rules.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555252-biden-sanctions-hurt-america/

A new poll found 53% of Americans believe that sanctions on Moscow hurt the US more than Russia. Amid soaring gas prices and rising living costs, voters are losing confidence in US President Joe Biden’s leadership, and 43% say they’re “OK” with Ukraine losing its ongoing conflict with Russia

Link: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/05/martin-armstrong/the-left-turns-on-newsom/

Gavin Newsom’s goal to become the most woke governor in America has backfired as all words are now deemed offensive as well as hand gestures. The internet is ablaze with angry voters who want Gavin out of office for his transphobic comment. His crime? He stated that men cannot get pregnant. “If men could get pregnant, this wouldn’t even be a conversation,” the non-inclusive and intolerant governor stated in support of Roe v. Wade. Blaming cis gendered males is OK and encouraged, but stating that they are unable to carry a child is not Newsom carelessly failed to mention the other 71 genders who can also give birth

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/555311-moscow-martial-law-plans/

Moscow harbors no plans to impose martial law in the country amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, dismissing claims made by a top US spy.The top US spy Haines alleged that Moscow may impose martial law in the country to ramp up its efforts in Ukraine. Haines also claimed that President Vladimir Putin’s “aims are greater than what Russia is capable of militarily” and the situation is likely to be “more unpredictable and potentially escalatory in the next few months.”

Link: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-11/hungary-says-eus-russia-oil-embargo-should-exempt-pipeline-shipments

Hungary upped the stakes in talks about European Union oil sanctions on Wednesday, saying a deal was out of reach until Brussels offers a "solution" measured in hundreds of millions of dollars to replace Russian oil in the Hungarian economy, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on his Facebook page there was still no acceptable proposal in sight. He also said Russian shipments via pipelines should be exempted from any oil embargo that should only apply to deliveries by sea.

Link: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/germans-severely-injured-covid-vaccines/

Researchers at Charité Berlin, Germany’s top hospital and one of Europe’s largest, announced a high rate of COVID-19 vaccine severe side effects lasting months or longer based on a survey of about 40,000 Germans

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/555329-yellen-says-abortion-ban-bad-for-economy/

Treasury secretary and former Fed chair Janet Yellen makes financial argument for terminating pregnancies. I believe that eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades,” Yellen testified Tuesday in a Senate hearing. She added Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court ruling that abortion is a constitutional right, allowed more women to work outside the home and finish schooling to boost their earnings potential.

Link: https://prepareforchange.net/2022/05/06/dutch-party-asks-zelensky-to-account-for-850-mln-personal-wealth/

Last year, a Pandora Papers leak revealed Mr Zelensky, who campaigned on promises to “break the system” of oligarchic control and corruption in Ukraine set up a spider web of offshore companies in 2012. Zelensky’s office justified the move by saying they were a form of “protection” against former President Viktor Yanukovych. “Zelensky has a fortune: various estimates put his wealth at around $850 million. He amassed most of it after taking office as president. Where does the money come from? And more importantly, where is it going?

Link: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/10/poll-bidens-job-approval-underwater-in-46-states-including-dark-blue-california/

only four states where Biden’s approval is above water are:

Hawaii: 49 percent approval, 41 percent disapproval
Maryland: 46 percent approval, 42 percent disapproval
Massachusetts: 46 percent approval, 42 percent disapproval
Vermont: 51 percent approval, 37 percent disapproval

Overall, the poll showed Biden with only 35 percent approval from the respondents and a 55 percent disapproval, and ten percent who have no opinion.

Link: https://www.newstarget.com/2022-05-10-fda-admits-covid-vaccines-cause-blood-clots.html

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has altered its guidance for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccine” from Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), which the federal agency now admits causes blood clots.

Link: https://www.newstarget.com/2022-05-11-ev-charging-causes-house-fires-substantial-losses.html

Electric vehicle (EV) charging has caused several house fires, resulted in massive losses, with three such fires being recorded in the states of Virginia and Maryland. Tesla EV that crashed in Houston in April 2022 took firefighters four hours and 30,000 gallons of water before they finally extinguished it. Fires caused by lithium-ion batteries can reignite hours or even days after they were initially extinguished

Link: https://www.newswars.com/border-agents-catching-over-1000-illegals-per-day-in-el-paso-sector/

Border Patrol agents are encountering’ more than 1,000 illegal aliens every day in El Paso Sector at the U.S. southern border, 113,281 migrant encounters were recorded during first six months of 2022, an increase of 58 percent over the same period last year.