# General News 1.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [December 24, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215 "2020-12-24T15:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 116
**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 11:07am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2687 "2022-02-15T11:07:49Z")
> **[Russia says it returns some troops to base in areas near Ukraine](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-returns-some-troops-bases-areas-near-ukraine-report-2022-02-15/)** > > Some troops in Russia's military districts adjacent to Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday, a move that could de-escalate frictions between Moscow and the West. could be a ruse. could be good news. ---
**Author:** ![Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/sean/32/99959_2.png) [@Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Sean)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2688 "2022-02-16T07:18:00Z")
The Ottawa Police chief has resigned. > **[Peter Sloly resigns as Ottawa's police chief, says force now 'better...](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6352295)** > > Peter Sloly has resigned as Ottawa's police chief and will publicly announce his resignation after the Ottawa Police Services Board meeting today, sources tell CBC News. ---
**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2690 "2022-02-16T09:08:23Z")
i think you’re probably looking for the [unpopular opinion thread](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/unpopular-opinions/9619), though do some reading on fascism first because what you’re describing isn’t it. anyway: > **[UK inflation rises to 30-year high of 5.5% amid cost of living crisis](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/16/uk-inflation-rises-amid-cost-of-living-crisis)** > > Soaring energy bills and higher clothing and secondhand car prices push figure higher in January …and boy are we feeling it too. wonder how the tories are going to help offset the looming energy bill crisis? they wouldn’t pay the energy companies - who recently announced record profits - billions directly and expect the public to pay it off later, would they? [yes](https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1560404/rishi-sunak-energy-bill-cost-rebate-latest-labour-party-plan). ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGravitas](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/zerogravitas/32/144781_2.png) [@ZeroGravitas](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/ZeroGravitas)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2691 "2022-02-16T10:57:40Z")
> **[A Gun Manufacturer Is Finally Paying for a Mass Shooting in the United States](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sandy-hook-shooting-families-remington-settlement-1300517/)** > > Remington on Tuesday reached a $73 million settlement with families of victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary ---
**Author:** ![Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/sean/32/99959_2.png) [@Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Sean)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2692 "2022-02-17T01:46:39Z")
> [@TheGrimReaper](#): > > I mean look at Justin Trudeau using the power of finance capital with state and non state methods to suppress the working class truckers protests Lmao. First of all, the truckers aren’t even what the protests are about anymore, they’re now focused exclusively on overthrowing Trudeau. They’re also blocking critical infrastructure (Ambassador Bridge, parts of the US-Canadian border), and people from the Coutts blockade had weapons, and 4 people were just charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers. Not to mention they’ve been terrorizing the people of Ottawa for weeks, shitting on people’s doorsteps, harassing police, you fucking name it they’ve done it. These measures are completely justified. ---
**Author:** ![Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/sean/32/99959_2.png) [@Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Sean)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2693 "2022-02-17T02:58:02Z")
Oh, Bosnia might be about to collapse. [https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/4689479f-7b8d-43b0-9252-e9ed9e12cf58](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/4689479f-7b8d-43b0-9252-e9ed9e12cf58) > **[With all eyes on Ukraine, a different conflict looms in Balkans | CBC News](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6334933)** > > Experts say Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the midst of its worst crisis in more than 25 years, after leaders of the country’s Serb ethnic enclave have threatened to effectively secede from the country. ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGravitas](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/zerogravitas/32/144781_2.png) [@ZeroGravitas](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/ZeroGravitas)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2694 "2022-02-17T20:34:28Z")
The ruling covers Don Jr and Ivanka as well. > **[Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules](https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-manhattan-donald-trump-subpoenas-0aa45e4644b13f7a3ef76d9c00491298)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices , a judge ruled Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/sean/32/99959_2.png) [@Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Sean)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2695 "2022-02-17T23:36:32Z")
Ottawa Police are taking action. > **[Truck convoy: Day 21; Police establish 'secure area' from Queensway to...](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/truck-convoy-freedom-convoy-day-21-interim-chief-vows-to-take-back-the-entirety-of-the-downtown-core/wcm/570c2a42-6cb4-41a2-b5ed-930eb4c85373/amp/)** > > The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require Canadian truck drivers crossing the U.S.… ---
**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2696 "2022-02-18T08:29:25Z")
> **[Curbing political topics in English schools will harm minority students, say...](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/feb/18/curbing-political-topics-in-english-schools-will-harm-minority-students-say-critics)** > > Restrictions on critical debate in classrooms risks taking away safe spaces for students to discuss issues that impact them, experts argue curbing political discussions in classrooms and yet not one ‘free speech advocate’ or cry of censorship to be found. hmmm. it’s almost as if… nah. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/accidental_kills98/32/155797_2.png) [@Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Accidental_Kills98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2697 "2022-02-18T08:35:53Z")
Imagine a critical debate class but it is full of Ben Shapiro clones. ---
**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2698 "2022-02-18T08:47:07Z")
![](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/7/17473e46a17bb52050d89719391a9bea016fdaa0.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/accidental_kills98/32/155797_2.png) [@Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Accidental_Kills98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2699 "2022-02-18T08:49:28Z")
Let’s say hypothetically you can use the power of the Force to stop people from dying would you expect it is possible for me to learn this power? ---
**Author:** ![Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/screaming_meat/32/82181_2.png) [@Screaming\_Meat](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Screaming_Meat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2700 "2022-02-18T09:15:29Z")
not from a uk school classroom. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/accidental_kills98/32/155797_2.png) [@Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Accidental_Kills98)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2701 "2022-02-18T20:57:21Z")
I’ve never met a nice South African > **[Elon Musk criticised for likening Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler in tweet](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/17/elon-musk-criticised-for-comparing-justin-trudeau-to-adolf-hitler-tweet-auschwitz)** > > Auschwitz museum says using photo of dictator exploitative and ‘disrespects memory of all victims’ Also that meme is wrong Hitler counterfeited foreign money, overprinted the Reichsmark and took out large investment loans and hoped unending European conquest would pay it all off. > **[De-extinction puzzle: how decoding numbat DNA could help resurrect the...](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/19/de-extinction-puzzle-how-decoding-numbat-dna-could-help-resurrect-the-tasmanian-tiger)** > > Scientists are convinced reviving extinct species is no longer confined to science fiction. Can we really do it, and should we? ![image](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/c/5c1ce7017d6da05af69c365bc8269a91abcdd762.jpeg) Divorce is often hardest on the collections. > **[Rothko and Warhol among ‘legendary’ art collection being sold in divorce](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/feb/18/rothko-and-warhol-among-legendary-art-collection-being-sold-in-divorce)** > > Further 30 works from Macklowe collection to be auctioned in New York in May after billionaire couple’s split Prepare to see never before seen artwork as it is resold to other rich people to never be seen again until their bitter divorce. Don’t you hate it when your ex-wife gets half your controlling share of the winery in the divorce and then she sells it to a despotic Russian multi-millionaire? > **[Brad Pitt sues ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling stake in French winery](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/18/brad-pitt-sues-angelina-jolie-selling-stake-french-winery-chateau-miraval)** > > Pitt says Jolie broke their agreement not to sell their interests in Château Miraval without the other’s consent > **[Daunte Wright family ‘cheated’ by two-year sentence for officer who shot him...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/18/kim-potter-police-officer-daunte-wright-sentence-latest)** > > Prison term for Kim Potter, who fatally shot 20-year-old Black motorist in Minneapolis in April, condemned as too lenient Ah yes the Rudy Giuliani School of Housing: Just keep all the obviously homeless people off the streets and don’t do anything to help them. > **[New Zealand’s homeless have been moved off the streets, but the crisis endures](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/19/new-zealands-homeless-have-been-moved-off-the-streets-but-the-crisis-endures)** > > At the start of the pandemic, New Zealand made headlines for appearing to eliminate homelessness, but the story is more complicated ---
**Author:** ![Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/sean/32/99959_2.png) [@Sean](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Sean)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2702 "2022-02-18T21:10:20Z")
One of the head organizers of this convoy, Pat King, live-streamed his own arrest. > **["Freedom Convoy" leader Pat King arrested live on social media](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/freedom-convoy-leader-pat-king-arrested-live-on-social-media)** > > Pat King, one of the most vocal members of the “Freedom Convoy” movement, went on social media Friday to livestream his arrest. ---
**Author:** ![Silvereyes](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/silvereyes/32/110977_2.png) [@Silvereyes](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Silvereyes)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2703 "2022-02-19T02:26:48Z")
Hope everyone hit by Storm Eunice is doing OK. Scotland was thankfully spared by it but Wales and England wern’t, as well as parts of Europe. [![](https://hitmanforum-v6-s3-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/2/2277a7c6b09fed8ed2a30b7f39360f420bf7f6f1.jpeg "Storm Eunice: Roof of O2 arena shredded as strong winds hit London") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r32gV_eO5PE) ---
**Author:** ![StrawberryMarco](https://www.hitmanforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@StrawberryMarco](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/StrawberryMarco)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2704 "2022-02-19T18:56:51Z")
Interesting clip from Canada here [https://youtu.be/OXZzF7N0YXQ](https://youtu.be/OXZzF7N0YXQ) A rabbit hole worth pursuing and an important reminder that these people are never operating with your best interests in mind. ---
**Author:** ![wincenworks](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/wincenworks/32/8846_2.png) [@wincenworks](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/wincenworks)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2705 "2022-02-20T10:02:57Z")
A general reminder this is the General News topic. Not the “here is my unsolicited political soapboxing that makes extraordinary claims that just happen to supportive of reactionary hate groups” topic. That topic isn’t welcome on Hitmanforum. ---
**Author:** ![Lexilogo](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/lexilogo/32/21947_2.png) [@Lexilogo](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Lexilogo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2706 "2022-02-20T12:17:30Z")
> [@StrawberryMarco](#): > > A rabbit hole worth pursuing and an important reminder that these people are never operating with your best interests in mind. I figured I should do some reality fumigation down your rabbit hole. First, it should be noted that I couldn’t find Carrie talking about this anywhere else or this on ParlVu so I could get unclipped footage, ParlVu seems to have an issue where its streams cover 13 hour periods max, but its Feb 19th stream has ran on into the 20th waiting for the next session resulting in parts of Feb 19th being unviewable at this time. I’ll assume the clip’s real, though. Klaus Schwab is indeed on the World Economic Forum, and has publically argued that he thinks our current system of international government is outdated- That civil society organisations or private entities like corporations will eventually get representation alongside nations. It’s pretty funny in the context of Hitman when compared to the Destiny Group. But, I fail to see how that “agenda” is being advanced meaningfully by the Canadian government, and the idea of them dominating half the cabinet also seems like a vast, vast extaggeration. _(in fact, the clip of Schwab being referred to was from 2017, prior to several cabinet shuffles from Trudeau)_ The Young Global Leaders being mentioned is also a little out of context. YGL is essentially a social club with a revolving door, if you’re relatively young and accomplished enough, you might get membership, and in a similar example to the WEF they have annual meetings. I could find no indication they were an international conspiracy to control _anything_ or any meaningful examples of that control, and in fact they seem like the lesser issue posed by the WEF. The WEF aren’t a conspiracy puppeteering the world. They’re a bunch of rich assholes who like get-togethers where they spout buzzwords about equality and climate change, proceed to offload all responsibility for solving those problems onto poor people, and think they deserve UN representation for doing it. And the guy asking this question is just indulging a Twitter clip circulating around the Freedom Truckers & antivax/anti mandate circles _(something the twitter algorithm is head over heels for its engagement strength)_, and **they** sure as hell aren’t operating with Ottawa’s best interests at heart either. _(nor do they work without the extensive funding of external entities)_ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/user_avatar/www.hitmanforum.com/accidental_kills98/32/155797_2.png) [@Accidental\_Kills98](https://www.hitmanforum.com/u/Accidental_Kills98)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215/2707 "2022-02-21T05:26:47Z")
Uh… speaking of the world’s economy, as it turns out the Swiss are hiding way more than we realised and it turns out Harry Lime was wrong, neutrality has way more perks than you think. > **[Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt...](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/20/credit-suisse-secrets-leak-unmasks-criminals-fraudsters-corrupt-politicians)** > > Massive leak reveals Swiss bank’s accounts have been used by an array of high-risk clients over several decades [Previous page](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215.md?page=115) [Next page](https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/general-news-1-0/215.md?page=117)