(Tyler Durden)Russia is earning more than $100 million every day from the gas it sells to Europe despite the slashed deliveries to major EU consumers in the past week, according to data from Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) cited by Bloomberg.
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Putin Plans to Weaponize ‘Refugees’ To Generate “Instability” in Europe
(Paul Joseph Watson) Global famine would cause migrants to flee North Africa and Middle East.
Cars In Europe: Mandatory GPS Tracking, Cameras, Speed Limiters
(Activist Post) On July 6, all new vehicles sold in Europe – including the UK – will be equipped with a speeder limiter as per new legal requirements to boost road safety.
At Least 20 European Gas Buyers Open ‘Rubles-For-Gas’ Account With Gazprombank
(Tyler Durden) Europe’s anti-Russian virtue signaling and harsh language are nothing more than a facade as the number of European companies opening accounts with Gazprombank JSC has doubled as President Vladimir Putin demands rubles for natural gas.
European Commission VP Tells People to ‘Support Ukraine’ by Taking Fewer Showers & Not Washing Their Clothes
(Paul Joseph Watson) The vice-president of the European Commission suggested citizens should ‘support Ukraine’ and the embargoes on Russia by taking fewer showers, not driving cars, and airing their clothes instead of washing them.
Maher: Twitter ‘Failed’ on Hunter Story, Babylon Bee, They ‘Need a New Sheriff’
(Breitbart) BERLIN (AP) – The European Union will no longer require masks to be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, authorities said Wednesday.
European Environmentalists Have Made Energy Independence Impossible
(Daniel Lacalle) Europe is not going to achieve a competitive energy transition with the current interventionist policies. Europe does not depend on Russian gas due to a coincidence, but because of a chain of mistaken policies: banning nuclear in Germany, prohibiting the development of domestic natural gas resources throughout the European Union, added to a massive and expensive renewable rollout without building a reliable backup.
Gazprom Halts Gas Shipments To Europe Via Critical Pipeline
(Tyler Durden) After European nations imported the most gas from Russian sources yesterday in months, scrambling to stock up on supplies as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deadline to either pay for gas in rubles (or be cut off) came and went, Russian gas giant Gazprom has officially halted all deliveries to Europe via the Yamal-Europe pipeline, a critical artery for European energy supplies.
Volodymyr Zelensky Claims the Way Europe Can Stop the Russian Invasion Is if They Go Green (Yes, Really)
(JD Rucker) According to Zelensky, fossil fuel sales allowed Russia to be bold. Therefore, cutting fossil fuel purchases and going green will help end the war. Even in crisis, globalists push the green agenda.
French Politician Calls out Eu Parliament for Voting on Gender Neutral Bathrooms During Ukraine War
(Pierre Boralevi) A French member of the European Parliament (MEP) has come out strongly against her colleagues for voting on gender neutral bathrooms in the middle of an international crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine.
Despite Being Banned in Europe, EPA to Approve Toxic Pesticides that Paralyze Bees, Butterflies, and Other Insects
(B.N. Frank) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a long history of NOT protecting the environment or Americans. For example, in 2021, it was exposed that the agency may have been aware for years of a probable link between Roundup’s toxic ingredient, glyphosate, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Now it plans to approve farmers’ use of known toxic chemicals that harm insects.
The Steep Cost of Sanctions for Europe and Russia
(Daniel Lacalle) The escalation of tension in Ukraine has reminded us of something many investors seemed to have forgotten: geopolitical risk. Sanctions and the inevitable drop in trade have proven to generate a significant negative impact on the different economies involved. We know from the 2014 Ukraine crisis that the economic hit is severe and persistent.
The Global Energy Crisis Just Escalated To An Entirely New Level, And This Is Just The Beginning…
(Michael Snyder) Now we are being told that we are all going to “have costs” for the crisis in Ukraine. More specifically, the global energy crisis just took a dramatic turn for the worse, and so that means that all of us will soon be hit by dramatically higher energy prices. It is going to be much more expensive to fill up your vehicle, it is going to be much more expensive to heat your home, and increasing costs to transport the goods that we buy will make the overall rate of inflation even worse. Up to this point, a large chunk of the U.S. population really didn’t have much interest in following the conflict in Ukraine, but now it is going to have a huge impact on every single one of us.
Austria Announces End of COVID Mandates Beginning March 5
(Mary Villareal) The Austrian government announced during a recent conference in Vienna that it will be ending most of the country’s COVID-19 restrictions beginning March 5. Officials said the stabilization of new infections allows the country to open slowly.
The Mandates Are Leaving Europe. Is Freedom Winning?
(Joanna Miller) Joy reigned in my house this past week as one child’s school lifted its mask mandates. At the same time, frustration ensued when another child was uninvited to an event due to her jab status. My little neck of the country can’t seem to decide if it’s going to ditch restrictions or double down. Situational awareness is vital to prepping, and yet it’s hard to tell what’s going on.