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A post shared on social media purportedly a video of the Cinderella castle burning down at Disney World. pic.twitter.com/lpwPCYQ9kU — Jack Straw (@JackStr42679640) February 25‚ 2024 Verdict: False The claim is inaccurate. It stems from a satirical news outlet. Fact Check: Disney World has been sued after a customer died of an allergic reaction to food served […]

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A video shared on Facebook purports to show a recent speech from Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he said Ukraine joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will lead to nuclear war. Verdict: False The claim is false. The original video stems from the Daily Mail and is included in a February 2022 article […]

The images of Mother Theresa’s work in Calcutta gave many people the idea that post-independence India was a place of destitution and grinding poverty‚ but today it’s on course for one of the great economic miracles in history. This gargantuan nation-state has reduced the official poverty level to below 5%‚ according to the consumer-expenditure survey […] The post Poverty Rate in India Drops Below 5% First Time Ever as Rural-Urban Divide Shrinks appeared first on Good News Network.

Ned is one of the earliest Queens Blood opponents you can battle in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. He can also be a frustrating opponent‚ as some of his cards have special effects. If you’re struggling‚ here’s how to beat Ned in Queen’s Blood in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth How to beat Ned in FF7 Rebirth Ned can be difficult to beat‚ as you’ll only have your starter deck and won’t have much chance to practice beforehand. Your opponent also has the Crystalline Crab card‚ which can cause problems. Fear not‚ here’s how to approach the match: Start the game with a strong Mulligan Hoarding all of your high-rank cards is tempting‚ but they are useless if you can’t get them on the field. I recommend having at least three rank-one cards in your starting hand‚ as this will give you some options during the match. For the starting deck specifically‚ the Security Officer card is excellent‚ and it’s even better if you can get a...

One of the most valuable World Intel activities is Mogstools‚ which houses Moogle Emporiums that sell rare items. This guide will cover all Moogle Intel locations so you can upgrade Moogle Emporiums and unlock additional items for sale. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: All Moogle Intel locations There are seven Mogstools (Moogle Intels) in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‚ with one in each region except for Corel‚ which has two. Below you will discover where to find all seven‚ starting in the first region of the Grasslands and ending in Nibel. Grasslands Junon Corel Gongaga Cosmo Canyon Nibel Grasslands Moogle Intel location Screenshot: PC Invasion The first Moogle Intel players can find is on the eastern side of the Grasslands. More specifically‚ it is southeast of Bill’s Ranch‚ where you received your first Chocobo in the game. Junon Moogle Intel location Screenshot: PC Invasion Players can find the second Moogle Intel near the central parts of the Ju...

The government defines malinformation as “based on fact but used out of context to mislead‚ harm‚ or manipulate.” In other words‚ inconvenient truths. Now‚ while this nation used to celebrate the revelation of inconvenient truths‚ one of the 21st century’s biggest spreaders of inconvenient truths‚ Julian Assange‚ may be headed to prison for the rest of his life. Extradition hearings for the WikiLeaks founder wrapped up on February 21‚ though a decision by British judges is not expected till mid-March.  If extradition is granted‚ this Australian publisher and journalist will be taken to the United States‚ where he will stand trial on espionage charges. How does an Australian journalist‚ who has scarcely spent any time on American soil‚ get charged under American espionage laws?  How does someone‚ whose only criminal conviction so far has been bail-jumping‚ spend nearly five years in “Britain’s Guantanamo” on top of seven years in near-isolation in an embassy? What did Julian Assange do? Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006.  WikiLeaks was designed to facilitate whistleblowing by providing an anonymous platform for whistleblowers to post material.  In 2010‚ WikiLeaks published almost half a million documents from US intelligence analyst Bradley/Chelsea Manning.  Despite the fact that most of this information was already in the public domain‚ then-President Obama condemned Assange as a national security threat‚ and Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison‚ though the sentence was later commuted Citizens older than 40 may remember Obama campaigning on creating the most transparent administration ever‚ in his desire to distance himself from the Bush administration and its War on Terror.   However‚ Obama went on to charge more people under the Espionage Act than any other president in history. None of this stopped Assange. Later‚ in 2010‚ WikiLeaks published about 250‚000 American diplomatic cables. At the end of the year‚ while Assange was living in Britain‚ two Swedish women made sexual assault allegations against him. Assange did not want to go to Sweden to face trial; he believed the Swedes would turn him over to the American government.   So‚ in 2012‚ he sought refuge in the Ecuadoran embassy.  The Ecuadorans granted him asylum after the Swedish government would not guarantee keeping him out of American custody. Seven years later‚ in 2019‚ the Ecuadorians turned him over to the British police after complaining about his increasingly bizarre behavior and violating their conditions of hosting him. Since Assange sought asylum in the Ecuadoran embassy rather than go to court‚ the British government charged him with bail-jumping and granted him the maximum sentence for this‚ fifty weeks.  When the fifty weeks were up‚ the US charged him with espionage.  As lawyer-turned-journalist Glenn Greenwald noted at the end of 2020‚ espionage charges are so complex that this guaranteed Assange would spend years in prison as British courts deliberated. Indeed‚ Assange has been in Belmarsh for more than four years now‚ where he suffered a minor stroke in 2021‚ at the age of 50. Again‚ this is all without being convicted of any crimes more serious than bail-jumping. How are authorities defending this? In his data dumps‚ Assange revealed the names of collaborators within Iraq and Afghanistan.  American lawmakers say that revealing these names‚ as well as the actions of American soldiers in those wars‚ puts American lives at risk.  They believe‚ therefore‚ that Assange does not deserve any of the protections journalists would normally enjoy. There would be a logic to this‚ if it could be proven true that Assange cost American lives.  However‚ it cannot.  No soldiers have ever been proven to have died as a result of Julian Assange’s actions.  And as far as the welfare of our foreign collaborators‚ where was our concern for them when we fled from Afghanistan‚ handing over more than $80 billion worth of weaponry to the Taliban? Furthermore‚ what about the more recent dump of classified information regarding American intervention in Ukraine? The double standard is nauseating. Assange’s persecution has far less to do with concern for American soldiers‚ or their overseas friends‚ than it does with the fact that Julian Assange embarrassed the Washington establishment in general‚ and Hillary Clinton in particular. Documents posted on WikiLeaks showed that the 2016 Democratic primaries were rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton.   Naturally‚ Hillary’s team did not find this flattering‚ and so her campaign blamed WikiLeaks in part for her 2016 loss. Hillary does not have a reputation for letting offenses slide.  In 2016‚ she said‚ “Can’t we just drone this guy?” regarding Assange  After being confronted about this‚ like a good politician‚ she said she doesn’t remember saying that‚ but if she did‚ it was just a joke. Though Trump seemed generally sympathetic toward Assange‚ his appointees hated him‚ particularly CIA director Mike Pompeo.  In 2017‚ CIA officials were so mad about Vault 7 leaks they discussed assassinating Assange. The Vault 7 leaks revealed vulnerabilities within different operating systems.  While federal agencies were upset about the information itself being leaked‚ what was even worse was that no one at the agencies noticed the data was missing until WikiLeaks posted it. In response‚ Mike Pompeo designated WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service.”  Intelligence officials tried to find leaks between WikiLeaks and the Russian government‚ though they were never able to do so. Even a former national security official under Trump admitted that the actions taken toward Assange were out of embarrassment‚ not in response to any kind of tangible threat. The real problem with Julian Assange is that he destroys narratives. I don’t know the man personally; I don’t know if he does what he does out of a sincere‚ disinterested love of truth or if he simply hates the US and wants to humiliate us on the world stage.  Maybe he’s just a provocateur who wants to take down the biggest guy in the room. Either way‚ our political class can’t tolerate it.  They believe that the narrative is more important than the truth and that without a uniting narrative‚ the American public will collapse. Who remembers 1984‚ when Winston gets a copy of The Book?  He reads about the Inner Party‚ about how those most fanatical about the war effort are precisely those who are most aware of how cynically war is used to keep the standard of living low. This is a real phenomenon‚ and it’s how Julian Assange described the war in Afghanistan back in 2011‚ “. . . because the goal is not to completely subjugate Afghanistan.  The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the United States‚ out of the tax bases of European countries‚ through Afghanistan‚ back into the hands of the transnational security elite. . . The goal is to have an endless war‚ not a successful war.” Assange made this prediction ten years before our humiliating retreat from Afghanistan‚ and several years after the Americans could have won the war‚ had they not gotten distracted in Iraq.  All introspection regarding Iraq and Afghanistan proves his points. Assange continually called bullsh*t on a political elite that thinks Americans are too stupid to keep track of our own overseas interventions. The US was never supposed to be an unaccountable political establishment. This country was created with a system of checks and balances‚ precisely to keep the branches of the government restrained by each other‚ and the entire apparatus accountable to the people. A free press facilitates this.  Yes‚ it’s ugly sometimes.  I had friends in Iraq. I was furious when the Abu Ghraib photos leaked.  But‚ after years of ruminating on situations like these‚ I believe it is better for the American public to know what war consists of.  I think the press should make it clear that our adversaries in various entanglements are not particularly humane‚ either.  War is ugly.  People do horrible things to each other.  And that is why it is so important to have a diplomatic class that sees war as an option of last resort. What happened to Assange should scare everyone who loves freedom. Assange isn’t killing people.  He just reveals information in times and places that the political class dislikes.  The Washington establishment wants to push the same narrative that’s been pushed since WWII‚ that of the Americans being the permanent good guy‚ no matter what.  Assange hasn’t been lying. He’s spreading malinformation‚ the information that is technically true but inconvenient to the prevailing narrative. The Legacy Media loved Assange fifteen years ago when the liberal establishment was in favor of anything making George W. look bad.  Today‚ as Assange’s revelations continue to drive the public’s general distrust of the political elite‚ they want him to disappear.  If extradition is granted‚ they may get their wish. Julian Assange is guilty of malinformation.  That’s it.  His decades-long harassment should concern anyone who truly believes in the First Amendment‚ a free press‚ and the United States as the Founding Fathers envisioned it. What do you think? Do you think that Assange has been unfairly persecuted? Do you think his leaks were important information or stuff that should’ve remained secret? Do you think he’ll be extradited to the United States? What then? Let’s discuss it in the comments section. About Marie Hawthorne A lover of novels and cultivator of superb apple pie recipes‚ Marie spends her free time writing about the world around her. The post The Real Problem with Julian Assange appeared first on The Organic Prepper.