Once the US has its claws in a country‚ it won’t let go easily – and friend or foe‚ you’ll be left drained and broken. ‘March Madness’ is such a NATO thing. The Western military alliance routinely kicks off conflicts in foreign countries during this particular month‚ most recently Serbia (1999)‚ Iraq (2003)‚ Libya (2011)‚ and Syria (2011). In that last case‚ it took a few years for the US to actually invade‚ but the sanctions and the covert support of anti-government forces began right away. Remember Bashar Assad‚ the Syrian president who simply ‘had to go’‚ according to everyone from then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron‚ and then-Secretary of State John Kerry‚ to then-Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni Silveri. Whatever happened to Assad‚ anyway? Turns out that he’s still living a quiet life as president of Syria‚ and hardly ever finds his name being rolled around in the mouths of NATO’s regime change enthusiasts anymore. Nearly a decade after mounting a propaganda campaign to support a US-led NATO invasion of the country‚ the State Department’s special envoy to the conflict‚ Ambassador James Jeffrey‚ confirmed in 2020 that the US was no longer seeking Assad’s ouster. Instead‚ he said‚ it wanted to see “a dramatic shift in behavior‚” evoking Japan’s transformation in the wake of the US dropping a couple of bombs on it during World War II.  That’s quite the policy shift. But it can be explained in exactly the same way that a guy who lusts after a girl and gets shot down suddenly starts telling people that he was never really into her anyway. The attitude changed because Washington had no choice. It had tried just about everything‚ and failed. Read more How NATO undid decades of post-colonial development in mere monthsWinter Sun Plus is NOW 25% off! Boost your natural defenses with this powerful vitamin D3 and K formula! The anti-Syrian propaganda‚ now virtually non-existent‚ had for years been relentless. We were told that Assad had simply lost control of the country‚ and that the US and its allies couldn’t risk having ISIS terrorists running around as a threat and trying to establish a caliphate in Syria because Assad simply wasn’t able to stop them. And whenever he did try‚ he was conveniently accused of humanitarian offenses. So of course‚ here comes Uncle Sam to ‘help’ get rid of ISIS‚ and also Assad – totally without any humanitarian issues‚ because American bombs aren’t like that. In the process‚ the CIA and Pentagon spent billions of dollars training and equipping ‘Syrian rebels’‚ many of whom bailed out to join other jihadist groups‚ including ISIS and Al-Qaeda‚ taking their shiny new weapons with them.  There’s a glaring parallel here with Ukraine‚ which risks following a similar trajectory with Western involvement and patronage. Even before the current conflict‚ the CIA-linked Freedom House and others had questioned the extent to which far-right extremists controlled the country. Major Western media outlets were publishing pieces referencing Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem. So it looks like the same argument could someday be used on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – that he’s lost control of the country to extremists. And just like the West trained extremists in Syria under the guise of helping‚ they’ve done the exact same thing in Ukraine by training and equipping the Azov neo-Nazi fighters. So what happened to those ‘Syrian rebels’‚ anyway? Since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t want a festering jihadist nest right next door‚ and knowing exactly who those fighters were ever since a NATO base in Türkiye served as a staging ground for the mission to support them‚ he ultimately airlifted them en masse (an estimated 18‚000 of them) to go fight – and die – in another war that NATO had also kicked off in Libya. So‚ problem solved. But the move raises a question for Ukraine’s future. What are all the Western-trained neo-Nazis going to do when the dust settles in Ukraine‚ if Russia doesn’t complete its stated mission of de-Nazification? Former French intelligence chief Alain Juillet has noted that the terrorist troubles in Syria just happened to arise three weeks after Assad’s selection in 2011 of an Iranian-Iraqi pipeline through Syria‚ rather than a Saudi-Qatari pipeline. The competing pipeline plans would provide a way for either Iran or Qatar to ship natural gas to Europe from the Iranian-Qatari South Pars/North Dome gas field‚ thus eliminating the high cost of transporting the gas by tankers. So the impetus for intervention was likely economic‚ as is typically the case. There’s also little question that the West has always wanted to control Syria as a means of containing Iran.  Read more The US has sacrificed a common anti-terror principle to stick it to Putin Not only did that plan backfire‚ but spectacularly so. By 2015‚ then-US President Barack Obama‚ who at one point weighed conducting airstrikes on the country‚ was asking Syrian allies Russia and Iran to work with the US to “resolve the conflict.” He stated that “we must recognize that there cannot be‚ after so much bloodshed‚ so much carnage‚ a return to the pre-war status quo.” The US had gone from guns ablaze regime-change mode‚ to asking ‘pretty please’ permission of Syrian allies Russia and Iran to help them do it.  Both Iran and Russia had entered the conflict militarily at the request of Assad’s government to help stabilize the country‚ with Moscow first entering the scene when fighting got too close for comfort to its warm water base for the Black Sea Fleet in Tartus. So basically‚ Russia was called in to help clean up the mess that the US and NATO had made of the country. And by December 2018‚ when I asked Russian President Vladimir Putin at his annual press conference whether then-US President Donald Trump was right about ISIS being defeated in Syria‚ he agreed.  So Trump yanked out the US special forces troops who had been deployed to the country‚ and declared that America would only keep hanging around where the oil was‚ in Syria’s eastern oil fields. “Our mission is the enduring defeat of ISIS‚” the Pentagon chief said‚ attempting to reframe Trump’s crass admission. Yeah‚ right – because it’s not enough that ISIS isn’t really a problem anymore. Uncle Sam has to stick around to make sure that they never come back‚ ever again. Guess there’s no chance of just heading home and kicking back with a few beers and waiting to see if it’s actually going to be a problem in the future? Nope! Not when so much has been invested in establishing an in-country military footprint that just happens to be right on top of the biggest pile of Syria’s natural resources – the kind that have been the topic of CIA intelligence directorate reports since at least 1986. In December 2023‚ Syrian Oil Minister Firas Hassan Kaddour evoked the plan to “liberate” the oil fields from US occupation. Peace in Syria was only possible because of Russia helping to eliminate the troublemakers. Has Zelensky considered what his own future might look like if Russia doesn’t actually succeed in doing the same in Ukraine – and that maybe Russia achieving its goals wouldn’t actually be the worst thing that could happen? The Ukrainian president is already being accused of “consolidating power‚” by the State Department-backed media‚ and has canceled presidential elections. If he doesn’t get a handle on the hoodlums‚ like the ones in the Ternopol regional council busy giving out awards named after famous Ukrainian Nazis to other famous Ukrainian Nazis‚ then he’s ripe for the Assad treatment. And if he’s too harsh with them‚ then he risks being accused‚ like Assad‚ of undemocratic heavy-handedness. And at the very least‚ Ukraine ‘winning’ means that Zelensky is going to have to let his new friends hang out and take what they want for as long as they want to – as the Syria case proves. The West lost in Syria and still won’t go home. Imagine if it had actually been able to have free run of the place. Maybe there’s something worse than a Russian ‘win’ for Ukraine: Permanent occupiers who use friendship as a pretext to stick around and suck the country dry. The statements‚ views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT. Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

Ukraine and West Turn Blind Eye to Drug Problem. Over the past decades‚ Ukraine has played the role of a drug trafficking hub‚ with illicit substances flowing to and from many regions – including Afghanistan‚ where ISIS and the Taliban still heavily rely on the drug business as a source of income. Under the West’s watch‚ Ukraine has morphed into a gangsters’ paradisewith all sorts of illicit drugs passing through its territory and the domestic production and consumption of synthetic narcotics booming. Back in June 2002‚ the US Justice Department emphasized Ukraine’s growing importance as a transit point for heroin trafficking largely originating from Afghanistan which went through the Balkan and Northern routes. The US-backed 2014 coup in Ukraine exacerbated the problem and was followed by a spike in corruption‚ gang crime‚ and weapons smuggling. The role of Ukraine as a transit point for extremists and illicit drugs to Europe has also increased. ISIS Hub and Afghan Drug Route In July 2015‚ Italian MEP Matteo Salvini drew attention to ISIS* sympathizers fighting on the side of the Kiev regime in Donbass in an official letter to the EU leadership.Survival Shield X-3 is BACK at the Infowars Store! Get 40% OFF on the next evolution in activated nascent iodine HERE In 2019 and 2020‚ British‚ Polish and Ukrainian investigative journalists revealed that ISIS jihadists originating‚ in particular‚ from post-Soviet space used Ukraine as a transit point to and out of the Middle East in the course of the civil war in Syria which started in 2011. Having sustained defeat from the Russian Air Forces in Syria‚ ISIS started to use Ukraine as a safe haven. Ukraine’s role as a hub for ISIS terrorists could be closely connected with drug trafficking. Establishing a foothold in Afghanistan in 2015‚ ISIS militants used the Afghan opiate trade as a source of income since at least 2014‚ according to the Russian Federal Service for Drug Control. “The large-scale transit of Afghan heroin acts as a renewable financial base for the functioning of the Islamic State‚ which extracts fabulous profits by providing half of the total volume of heroin supplied to Europe through destabilized Iraq and some African countries‚” the Russian agency stated on November 26‚ 2014. “In 2015‚ the Afghan branch of ISIS officially declared its establishment‚” Andrey Serenko‚ director of the Analytical Center of Afghanistan policy‚ told Sputnik. “[ISIS-Khorasan*] emerged from the ruins of some groups of dissatisfied Taliban** fighters whose leaders for some reason did not agree on interests with the Taliban leadership. From the first months of its existence‚ the Afghan branch of ISIS began to fight for jihad resources. The large Afghan ‘jihad industry’‚ then‚ and even now‚ relies heavily on the drug business. If in Syria and Iraq such sources of economic power of jihad were the illegal trade in petroleum products‚ then in Afghanistan it was drugs.” “In [Afghanistan’s] provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar [infamous for heroin production – Sputnik]‚ ISIS reached an agreement with the local tribes who joined ISIS and still sympathize with the terror group. Accordingly‚ in several counties‚ for example‚ Achin County‚ ISIS was able to seize control of laboratories producing heroin‚” the expert continued. US global policy think tank RAND pointed out in July 2017 that ISIS viewed conflict zones in Ukraine and Syria as an ample opportunity to connect to underground criminal networks to facilitate the drug trade. ISIS recruits traveled back and forth‚ relying on drug trafficking as a means of generating revenue. “The drug business is not only about cargo‚ it is primarily about people‚ people who are imported‚ people who settle locally‚ people who settle somewhere. Because heroin itself does not travel by itself‚ someone transports it. That is‚ someone must control the routes‚” explained Serenko‚ adding that Afghan jihadists have regarded Ukraine as a convenient transit corridor to Europe since at least 2010. In 2021‚ the Russian Interior Ministry drew attention to the increasing use of Ukrainian ports for the transit of opiates from Afghanistan. The ministry’s head‚ Vladimir Kolokoltsev‚ underscored the influence of “the Afghan factor” on drug crime in the Eastern European state alongside the heightened risks of terrorist and extremist activity. Market and Transit Point for Synthetic Drugs? Speaking at a ministerial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in August 2022‚ Kolokoltsev again emphasized the growing flow of psychotropic substances from Afghanistan. “Despite the declarative statements of the authorities‚ the flow of drugs from Afghanistan does not weaken. Moreover‚ the ‘range’ is expanding to include methamphetamine and marijuana‚” the minister highlighted. Ukraine has become a lucrative market for methamphetamine‚ a synthetic drug‚ which today is taking a leading position in the drug market not only in Afghanistan but in the entire world‚ according to Serenko. Citing Afghan experts specializing in drug trafficking issues‚ he noted that Ukrainians have become one of the main consumers of the psychotropic substance. “[Afghan experts] believe that today‚ during the conflict‚ the Ukrainian army can use methamphetamine in order to maintain the combat readiness of its military personnel. [The drug ensures] the absence of fear‚ the removal of fatigue‚ the unique ability to not eat or drink for two or three days‚ not to be distracted by any inconvenience‚” the expert said. Serenko continued that Afghan experts consider Ukraine as an emerging transit point for this type of drug on its route to Europe‚ where the demand for Afghan-produced methamphetamine is rising. “Therefore‚ these two directions‚ which today are identified on the basis of the supply of synthetic drugs from Afghanistan to Ukraine‚ and through Ukraine to the West and Arab countries‚ they are – according to the assessments of my Afghan friends‚ who are now experts in this area‚ and whose opinion I much trust – the main ones‚” Serenko underscored. Ukraine and West Turn Blind Eye to Drug Problem It appears‚ however‚ that neither Western nor Ukrainian authorities are interested in addressing the problem which continues to worsen‚ according to Alexander Mikhailov‚ a retired Russian lieutenant general of drug police. “Taking into account the present situation in Ukraine‚ there is no war on drugs there at all‚” Mikhailov told Sputnik. “And by definition‚ it doesn’t work. Moreover‚ today it should be noted that a large number of those Ukrainian citizens who have concentrated in Europe were previously involved in drug trafficking. On the one hand‚ we are dealing with supplies‚ and in Europe we are dealing with sales‚ which are carried out by the same Ukrainians who were doing this before fleeing to Europe. This radically changes the situation.” According to the retired lieutenant general‚ drugs are one of the elements of obtaining funds for the purchase of weapons‚ equipment‚ and the recruitment of mercenaries. He is not surprised by the Kiev regime’s lax attitude to the matter. To add to the controversy‚ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed into law a bill legalizing “the medical use” of cannabis in mid-February. However‚ Mikhailov believes that the use of the substance could go far beyond medical needs. Even prior to the legalization‚ Ukraine’s cannabis market was extensive‚ with numerous marijuana plantations maintained across the country‚ according to the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index report. According to him‚ Ukraine continues to fall into the abyss of criminality. “Look at Zelensky’s eyes and everything will become clear to you‚” Mikhailov said. “It is impossible‚ on the one hand‚ to shut something down‚ and on the other hand‚ to show with all your appearance that drugs are not evil‚ but are a good tool for awakening thoughts in the head of the Ukrainian dictator.” Is Ukraine Exporting ‘Drug War’ to Russia? Since 2014‚ Russia has seen an increased influx of drug dealers of all sorts from Ukraine. In 2016-2018‚ these criminal activities reached their peak. During this period‚ every second drug smuggler arrested by the Russian authorities and almost every clandestine drug laboratory liquidated in Russia involved Ukrainians. Most of these used forged Russian passports‚ as per retired Colonel of Justice Sergey Pelikh‚ former head of the 3rd Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the investigation of organized crime in the field of drug trafficking. According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs‚ Ukrainian law enforcement agencies directly participated in the organization of covert drug labs on the territory of Russia and the recruitment of drug dealers that were tested on lie detectors before being sent on their “mission.” “These individuals‚ who were [arrested in Russia and] interrogated including by me‚ said that before being sent to Russia they took a polygraph test in Kiev‚” Pelikh told Sputnik‚ alleging that the recruits were tested by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). Meanwhile‚ the domestic production of synthetic drugs in Ukraine skyrocketed by 2020. As per the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC)‚ the number of dismantled amphetamine laboratories in Ukraine leaped from 17 in 2019 to 79 in 2020 – the highest number of seized laboratories in the world at the time. The World Drug Report 2022 by the UNODC singled out Ukraine as both an independent producer of synthetic drugs and a routine transit hub for psychotropic substances. Why Drug Mafia is Centered in Odessa “Ukraine has been used as a hub for absolutely all drugs‚ because of its access to the [Black] sea through Turkiye‚ [the port city of Odessa] and beyond‚ as the Balkan route was very actively used‚” Pelikh emphasized. Ukrainian drug mafias had no scruples about instrumentalizing Russia’s Black Sea Grain corridor for smuggling illicit substances through Odessa‚ as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh revealed in July 2023‚ citing intelligence sources familiar with the matter. “The Odessa port is one of the hubs not only for industrial goods‚ agricultural or trans-shipment‚ but also‚ accordingly‚ it was a hub for the transportation and further distribution of any goods to anyone in any direction‚ which is‚ so to speak‚ the basis for the trans-shipment of drugs. The greater the volume of traffic‚ the easier it is for any drug to be smuggled‚ hidden and transported accordingly‚” Pelikh said. Russia is continuing to raise global awareness about Ukraine’s place in the international drug criminal network. Ukraine remains a crucial part of the Balkan route for the delivery of Afghan drugs to Europe‚ Minister of Internal Affairs Kolokoltsev likewise warned during a meeting with his Saudi counterpart in May 2023. The Crocus City Hall terror attack carried out by the hands of terrorists affiliated with the Afghan branch of ISIS and reportedly sponsored by Ukrainian nationalists has once again turned the spotlight on Ukraine’s role as a terrorist safe haven and a hub for illicit drugs that inflict damage on both Europe and Russia. * A terrorist group‚ also known as ISIS or ISIL‚ outlawed in Russia and many other countries. **The Taliban is an organization under UN sanctions for terrorism Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

Attempt to strip power from right wing anti-globalist party in Germany is being put fourth. The German Union parties (CDU/CSU) are again considering backing an initiative by the left-globalist ‘traffic light’ coalition to amend Germany’s constitution in an attempt to keep the anti-establishment Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party from influencing the Federal Constitutional Court. Negotiations between the Union and the governing parties concerning the latter’s proposed draft law—framed as necessary to ‘protect’ the court from ‘extremists’—began in late January but concluded shortly thereafter when the CDU and CSU stated that they found no compelling reason for the constitutional amendment. At the time‚ politicians from the traffic light parties sharply criticized CDU leader Friedrich Merz’s decision to withdraw from talks‚ accusing him of “naivety‚” “negligence‚” and failing to take what they regard as the necessary action required to protect Germany’s constitutional state. The Union‚ for whatever reason‚ has since reversed its position‚ with parliamentary group leader Merz last weekend asking Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) to draft a proposal to ‘protect’ the Federal Constitutional Court from ‘extremists.’  “We are open to talking about anchoring a core of proven structures of the Federal Constitutional Court in the Basic Law‚” Merz told the German press.Winter Sun Plus is NOW 25% off! Boost your natural defenses with this powerful vitamin D3 and K formula! The Federal Ministry of Justice on Thursday‚ March 28th‚ made a draft of the proposal available to the Rheinische Post. According to the 12-page draft law‚ the following points are to be enshrined in Basic Law: the independence of the court‚ the existence of two senates‚ the election of eight judges each by the Bundestag and the Bundesrat‚ office term limits of twelve years‚ and an age limit of 68 years. Most notably‚ the draft law proposes that changing a judge‚ which presently requires a simple majority‚ should only be possible with a two-thirds majority. This would prevent judges from being removed from office relatively easily after a change in government‚ and make it far more difficult for the AfD to appoint judges.  If implemented‚ the proposed alterations to the Basic Law would be “exempt from change with a simple majority in the future‚” solidifying the party proportional representation system for appointing judges and rendering any further changes to it next to impossible through coalition efforts following the next election.  The Union faction will now scrutinize and assess the draft before further discussions. Negotiations should be finished after Easter‚ the faction said. Given that amendments to the German constitution require a two-thirds majority in both the Bundesrat and Bundestag‚ the traffic light coalition needs the Union’s support to push this through. Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

In an Easter Sunday decision‚ presiding Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta ordered the rioters released. A group of migrants involved in a riot at the southern US border have been ordered to be released by an El Paso magistrate judge. The swarm of migrants overwhelmed Texas National Guard soldiers who were trying to organize them into groups to be taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). At one point‚ a migrant attempted to grab a soldier’s firearm‚ one National Guard source told the NY Post. Following the riot‚ authorities confiscated knives and shanks from some of the migrants. “These people were willing to assault military‚” said the Post‘s source. “They were willing to assault law enforcement. They have complete disregard for our laws.“ In an Easter Sunday decision‚ presiding Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta ordered the rioters released after accusing the El Paso DA’s Office of being unprepared to proceed with detention hearings for each defendant‚ so they should be released‚ the El Paso Times reports.Introducing Next Level Foundational Energy from Dr. Jones Naturals starting at 30% off! This cutting-edge dietary supplement is designed to elevate your energy levels and support your overall well-being. This is the moment when TX National Guard became overrun by migrants rioting to get across the border here in El Paso todayWe were there and saw it all happen. Absolute chaos here. pic.twitter.com/VN6Kf663ie— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) March 21‚ 2024 “It is the ruling of the court is that all the rioting participation cases will be released on their own recognizance‚” Acosta ordered‚ noting that they will only remain jailed if there’s a federal immigration hold blocking their release. The arrests were made by the Texas Department of Public Safety in connection with a March 21 stampede of asylum-seeking migrants — mostly men from Venezuela — who torn down razor wire along the Rio Grande and rushed the border fence at Border Safety Initiative Marker No. 36 in the Riverside area of El Paso’s Lower Valley.Some migrants face charges of assault of a public servant for knocking down National Guard troops before order was regained. The migrants had sought to surrender themselves to U.S. Border Patrol in bids for asylum. It was unclear if Acosta’s decision applied only to the “riot participation” charge‚ or the assault and criminal mischief charges related to the border incident. BREAKING: A riot just broke out here in El PasoHundreds of migrants decided they had enough of TX National Guard returning them to Mexico and rushed the border wall here.Thankful to be here w/ @JamesBreeden pic.twitter.com/sY84y8QiYi— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) March 21‚ 2024 It is unknown how many migrants were booked on the charge of “riot participation‚” a Class B misdemeanor – though Acosta referred to “hundreds of arrestees‚” who he says are entitled to individual detention hearings within 48 hours. The DA’s office requested a continuance to have the hearings at a later date‚ however Acosta rejected the request. “So if the DA’s office is telling me that they are not ready to go‚ what we’re going to do is we’re going to release all these individuals on their own recognizance‚” Acosta said at the hearing. Meanwhile on Sunday‚ two other migrants – including a Colombian man‚ had separate hearings on criminal mischief charges for allegedly cutting border fencing. After being jailed with a $2‚000 bond each‚ Magistrate Judge Antonio Aun also released them on personal recognizance bonds‚ however both men have immigration holds. Last week‚ Texas sent 700 National Guard soldiers to El Paso‚ including 200 with the Texas Tactical Border Force‚ to reinforce the border. As the El Paso Times notes further‚ ‘Operation Lone Star video shows troops boarding a transport plane and on the border with riot shields moving migrants back so crews could replace rolls of damaged razor wire along the banks of the Rio Grande.’ Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

Indian astronomers will play a critical role in the 16-nation Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO)‚ whose dish array antennas began being set up this month and which will start scanning the far corners of the universe in 2027. Having joined up in January‚ India is set to be a key player among 16 nations in one of the 21st century’s grand scientific projects: humanity’s biggest-ever telescope. This confluence of radio astronomy and artificial intelligence (AI) will help observe the births and deaths of the first stars and search for habitable planets and extraterrestrial life. The €2.2 billion ($2.4) Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO) is an ambitious project whose 16 member nations also include South Africa‚ Australia‚ UK‚ Canada‚ China‚ France‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Italy‚ the Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ South Korea‚ Spain‚ Sweden and Switzerland. For this‚ India has set aside Rs 12.5 billion ($150 million) for a facility in Pune (156km east of Mumbai)‚ a city abuzz with radio astronomy research activity. This facility will be a regional data center equipped with supercomputers to process the humongous amount of scientific data amassed by the telescope. With the help of radio interferometry‚ astronomers can combine signals from many antennas or telescopes to create an image that is sharper and brighter than what would be possible from a single antenna dish. This technology effectively helps scan large swathes of the sky with radio telescope dish antennas spread many kilometers apart but functioning as a single observatory. Read more Biofuel: India is getting ready to ‘feed’ more and more cars‚ but how will it feed its people?Our fan-favorite Turbo Force Plus is now 40% off! See for yourself the delicious one-of-a-kind energy boost infowarriors CRAVE! The global observatory‚ with thousands of units spread over two continents – in South Africa and in Western Australia – and its nerve center in a third continent‚ near Manchester‚ England‚ has thousands of scientists and engineers worldwide networking to develop innovative technologies. They will use SKAO to document cosmic data to fill 1.5 million laptops every year. “The idea is to start training this year (using AI to decode scientific information) with approximately two petabytes of data archived through GMRT. We will use this to develop a small model demonstrating that India is ready to receive and analyze the data‚” Prof Yashwant Gupta‚ director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune‚ told RT. One component of the SKAO telescope is being built in South Africa’s Karoo region‚ the Northern Cape Province: an array of 197 traditional dish antennas separated by 150 km. The other half is an array of 131‚072 two-meter-high Christmas-tree-like antennas in Western Australia separated by 65km. These sites were chosen far away from human habitation to prevent the disturbance of signals. Six stations of the ‘Array Assembly 0.5’‚ on a remote site on the traditional lands of the Australian Wajarri Yamaji‚ were mounted on March 7. Components for the first six dish arrays at the Meerkat National Park in the arid Northern Cape‚ arrived at the end of February and efforts are underway to assemble them by the end of March. SKAO will help understand the genesis of our universe‚ search for aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)‚ spot another potentially habitable world by identifying planets similar to ours‚ and pick up the birth pangs of new stars or the death throes of old ones millions of light-years away. Astronomers worldwide estimate this observatory could pick up radio signals from every corner of the universe for at least 50 years from when it is launched in 2027-28. Radio waves‚ which all heavenly bodies emit‚ provide more accurate information than those carried by light (used by optical telescopes)‚ which can be obstructed or diverted by dust‚ clouds‚ or rain. This observatory will thus complement ongoing research with the help of optical telescopes and ones in space such as the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The upshot is that it could throw up some serendipitous discoveries‚ too. Most prominent of all‚ though‚ is the effort to unlock the secrets of the universe through the confluence of radio astronomy‚ whose foundations date back to the 1930s‚ and AI. The big data produced by SKAO will be an estimated 710 petabytes (a petabyte equals one quadrillion bytes‚ 1015) of information every year. Leading the pack with the design of a prototype of a regional data center are Indian radio astronomers‚ who are set to use scientific evidence recorded by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) located near Pune in India. Prof Gupta said Indian astronomers and engineers are set to play a critical role in producing the Observatory Monitor and Control System – the digital electronics required for signal processing at the facility in Western Australia – and developing software for the lion’s share of SKAO systems. “Our research organizations and the industry will get an opportunity to design and produce world-class hardware required for SKAO‚” he added. The cue to turn to AI and other tools to learn from data to make predictions or identify heavenly bodies faster than humans perhaps originated from NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL)’s partnership with big-ticket firms such as Microsoft‚ Google‚ IBM and Nvidia in Silicon Valley to solve problems in space science and forecast extreme weather in outer space for the prevention of blackouts or damage of satellites or harm to astronauts. With the help of this collaborative effort‚ the computer model DAGGER (Deep Learning Geomagnetic Perturbation) has been developed to set off a warning 30 minutes in advance about solar storms that snap electricity distribution and communication networks in North America‚ Canada and other countries close to the polar region. Read more Gagarin to Gaganyaan: India’s Russian-trained astronauts are gearing up to lift off for the giant’s first manned space mission What’s more‚ this collaborative effort aids even in forecasting floods‚ Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta‚ a renowned astrophysicist and Senior Adviser at NASA Heliophysics‚ told RT on the sidelines of an international conference hosted by the Astronomical Society of India in Bengaluru‚ last month. She said at FDL‚ satellite images or data collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and telescopes in the past are made AI-ready to demonstrate the efficacy of forecasting Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)‚ tons of red-hot dust‚ sometimes a million tons‚ from the sun that travel across interplanetary space at 3‚000km a second towards all planets‚ scientific probes‚ satellites‚ and the earth. “We need a large quantity of data archived from various sources to develop AI-based products‚” she said. “Even auto-calibration of instruments onboard scientific observatories‚ which degrade over time‚ is possible with the combination of archived data and AI. It saves the cost of such auto-calibration of instruments‚ which otherwise could be done through the launch of suborbital rockets with similar instruments. Virtual instruments‚ too‚ can be created in space as a replacement for either damaged or malfunctioning sensors with the coming together of astronomers and computer experts.” Sci-fi or unfolding reality? Interdisciplinary teams of scientists and domain experts in AI are set to accelerate discoveries of new habitable worlds‚ aliens‚ and new organisms existing in interplanetary space besides rolling out products for applications like the early forecast of storms in space and on Earth‚ among others‚ with this combination of old data and AI tools. Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

Liberal areas are more likely to see a decrease while conservative areas an increase. The virus pandemic‚ the rise of remote and hybrid work‚ and a surge in violent crime across progressive cities have significantly influenced the migration patterns of Americans over the past several years.  A new report from real estate research firm ResiClub sheds more color on the migration trends‚ this time on a county-by-county basis. It reveals which counties in the US gained and or lost the most population between April 1‚ 2020‚ and July 1‚ 2023‚ citing data from the US Census Bureau.  ResiClub founder Lance Lambert wrote on X that the “US Southeast‚ Mountain West‚ East/central Texas” had counties with some of the largest population gains over the period. Conversely‚ the counties based in California‚ the North and South Great Plains‚ parts of the Inland Midwest‚ and the inland Northeast had some of the most significant outflows.  This map shows which counties have gained—and lost—population since 2020🏡📊ResiClub PRO | Access to the interactive map + searchable chart for +3‚000 counties: https://t.co/BYLDGWN9KW pic.twitter.com/7UjxRdBfWp— ResiClub (@ResidentialClub) March 30‚ 2024 Lambert posted a list of the top 40 counties with the largest population shifts over the period. Our fan-favorite Turbo Force Plus is now 40% off! See for yourself the delicious one-of-a-kind energy boost infowarriors CRAVE! Top Three Counties With Largest Population Increase:  Collin‚ TexasWake County‚ North CarolinaHillsborough‚ Florida Top Three Counties With Largest Population Decrease:  Bronx County‚ New YorkKings County‚ New YorkQueens County‚ New York Chart We assume this data has not captured the illegal migration shifts as millions of illegal aliens invade the US via open southern borders and flood progressive cities. Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

The arrest is the third linked to LGBTQIAAP2+ activities at a nightclub in the city of Orenburg. A Russian court has ordered the owner of the Pose gay club in the city of Orenburg to be placed in custody for allegedly organizing “extremist” activities associated with spreading LGBT propaganda. The suspect will remain in custody until May 18 while the investigation is ongoing‚ according to a statement by the Orenburg Central District Court on Sunday. The court has not released the name of the suspect‚ but some media have identified him as Vyacheslav Khasanov‚ reportedly detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on March 28. According to the investigation‚ the club owner was conspiring with a group of individuals supporting activities of the banned LGBT movement. He is said to have carried out organizational functions such as renting premises and converting them into a bar‚ appointing managers‚ selecting artists‚ approving performances and events‚ and subsequently posting photo and video materials promoting non-traditional relations on the club’s Telegram channel‚ thereby “providing access to this information to an indefinite number of persons.” Earlier this month the club’s art director Aleksander Klimov‚ and business executive Diana Kamilyanova‚ were arrested on similar charges. If found guilty‚ they could face up to ten years in prison. Winter Sun Plus is NOW 25% off! Boost your natural defenses with this powerful vitamin D3 and K formula! Read more Russian gay club managers added to list of ‘terrorists’ LGBT propaganda has been outlawed in Russia since 2022‚ and in November last year the Supreme Court ruled that the activities of the “international LGBT social movement” are to be recognized as “extremist.” Last week‚ Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) included the “movement and its structural units” to the list of persons and organizations deemed to be involved in extremist activities or terrorism. The Pose club case is the first criminal investigation in Russia associated with the Supreme Court’s ruling. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that anti-LGBT legislation should not affect people’s personal lives‚ provided they “don’t flaunt it” in public and do not involve children. Total Solar Eclipse Special Report: Deep State Using Event to Test Federal Communications Takeover for Martial Law

by Lee Kessler‚ The Tenpenny Report: The Tenpenny team has chosen Brain Health as our theme for April. In that spirit‚ The Tenpenny Report will be featuring articles that make you think! Here is one from guest author Lee Kessler‚ who tells us one simple truth about the difference in thinking between us good guys […]