Recommended Articles, 1/13/22

A bit of a slow days so far, but here are a few stories of interest.

Yesterday the AP said they would no longer be using Covid case counts because of their unreliability and the difficulty in connecting those counts to reality. Today:

"We Failed": Danish Newspaper Apologizes For Publishing Official COVID Narratives Without Questioning Them

In August, Germany's top newspaper, Bild, apologized for the outlet's fear-driven Covid coverage - with special message to children, who were told "that they were going to murder their grandma."

Now, a newspaper in Denmark has publicly apologized for reporting government narratives surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic without questioning them.

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Perhaps it’s a trend? Along with other indicators? I like the wording—an apology for reporting “government narratives.”

You may have seen this story at various sites. The Army wants you to think that this is about lockdowns, etc., but it’s hardly news that many service members are bailing from the woke military:

Desperate For More Recruits, Army Offers $50,000 Signing Bonus

Two years into the pandemic, and now with Department of Defense-wide vaccine mandates threatening early discharge for all troops not in compliance, the US Army is struggling to meet its enlistment quotas, especially for jobs deemed "critical" and highly skilled, for which the military typically spends a lot - sometimes millions - for training.  

To lure new recruits, the Army is rolling out with its maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 - to be offered on a broader scale for all "highly skilled" recruits who agree to sign a six year contract, according to the Associated Press. 

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Mathis says he didn’t “knowingly” drive on a revoked or suspended license. I’m not sure that’s a great explanation. This seems like one of those, you know, metaphors for this regime:

Joe Biden’s Sixth Circuit Nominee, Andre Mathis, Has Criminal Record

Andre Mathis, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, has had his driver’s license suspended on three separate occasions, an FBI background investigation revealed.

Biden nominated Tennessee litigator Andre B. Mathis to the Sixth Circuit last November. Mathis’s confirmation hearing will occur on Wednesday, January 12.

Mathis has a history of habitual speeding, and his driver’s license was suspended on three separate occasions, according to Tennessee state records. Mathis drove on a suspended license during all three periods his license was suspended. Driving on a suspended license is punishable by up to 6 months in jail and/or a $500 fine.

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I’m not a Pepe Escobar regular, but this lengthy article caught my eye:

Escobar: After Kazakhstan, The Color Revolution Era Is Over

Excerpt:

The breakdown of the messy Kazakh op necessarily starts with the usual suspects: the US Deep State, which all but “sang” its strategy in a 2019 RAND corporation report, Extending Russia. Chapter 4, on “geopolitical measures”, details everything from “providing lethal aid to Ukraine”, “promoting regime change in Belarus”, and “increasing support for Syrian rebels” – all major fails – to “reducing Russian influence in Central Asia.”

That was the master concept. Implementation fell to the MI6-Turk connection.

The CIA and MI6 had been investing in dodgy outfits in Central Asia since at least 2005, when they encouraged the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), then close to the Taliban, to wreak havoc in southern Kyrgyzstan. Nothing happened.

And this, of course: