WAR RUMOR #1 – Tensions between Russia & Ukraine over the ethnically Russian Crimea which Moscow took in 2014 and Ukraine wants back is an accelerating and fluid situation that is heating up by the day. Some analysts believe that full scale war could break out by early May. Russia is building up troops in the region. Moscow has warned that a conflict could “destroy” Ukraine. There are reports the US is moving some forces to the Polish border. The US is considering sending ships to the Black Sea. From Euractiv.com: “Moscow and Kyiv have long accused each other of failing to implement a peace deal over Donbass. Relations are further strained by the fate of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, which Kyiv and Washington want to halt.”[i]
WAR RUMOR #2 – China has been threatening invasion and violating Taiwanese air space on an almost daily basis. They view the island nation as a breakaway province. Right now, Taiwan is conducting large scale military drills prepping for such an invasion. The US is pledged to defend Taiwan and has placed a carrier group in the region. China has expanded and modernized its’ naval muscle. It has made a great technological leap since the days of the Clinton administration when it acquired American dual use technology with that administration’s approval. According to Defense News, China is “widely acknowledged to be the leader in the field of hypersonic systems, having already fielded such weapons in the form of the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle.”[ii]
21st CENTURY WIRE – Headline: “246 Fully Vaccinated Michigan Residents Test Positive for COVID, With 3 Dead.” They all tested positive at least 2 weeks after 2nd dose of the vaccine.[iii] [Just why are we all supposed to get these?]
GATEWAY PUNDIT – “Headline: 2+2=5: Oregon Department of Education Pushes Course Claiming Math is Racist Because It Requires a Correct Answer. The article explains that correct answers in math are a product of “White supremacy culture.”[iv]
[i] Russia warns new Donbas conflict could ‘destroy’ Ukraine, NATO rebukes Moscow, EURACTIV.com with Reuters and AFP,
April 2, 2021
[ii] Hypersonic and directed-energy weapons, Defense News, March 15, 2021
[iii] 246 Fully Vaccinated Michigan Residents Test Positive for COVID, With 3 Dead, 21st Century Wire, April 7, 2021
[iv] 2+2=5, Gateway Pundit, April 6, 2021
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