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I think maybe it’s time for me to apologize to you.Even though I did little wrong, I have been missing. I got hit with a nasty eye infection early this week, It has made reading and writing all but impossible, and it will take another week for it to heal;

And that as Trump and Elon are puffing up their egos. Or whatever that is. Keep it up for another week, guys,

See you all soon in good health and great intrigue.

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  • #189564
    zerosum
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    Racism war
    the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.

    They can’t believe they are losing this war to Russia, their sense of western exceptionalism is tied up in this. They believe they are morally, structurally and societally superior to Russia, and they just can’t accept losing this conflict to Russia.”

    #189570
    John Day
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    @Topcat: Who has been forced to give up nuclear weapons so far?
    South Africa had 3 bombs (reportedly with Israeli help), and where they went is a mystery.
    North Korea has nukes.
    It’s a different club, that one…

    #189571
    John Day
    Participant

    Back To Basics https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/back-to-basics

    Global Financiers have a lot of non-performing assets and need a global financial reset wherein they retain power and ownership, which seems like a bad idea to many of us who are not in that small elite chohort. The WEF “Great Reset” with the “Own nothing and be happy” sales pitch has been poorly received. The COVID pandemic mass vaccinations got about 70% of people, who are having lots of medical problems and excess mortality, but the control-narrative failed to get full traction, and it is flipping into backfire mode among more and more people, so a new control narrative is needed, maybe a financial crisis and a new pandemic that hits the “vaccinated” with their weakened immune systems, and maybe World War-III between NATO and Russia can be arranged. Problematically, Russia is both prepared for that and opposed to that, and the US President is opposed to it, and the “faithful” within the government, military and security apparatus who kept him out of the loop, and out of the real chain of command in his first term, have less traction, and may have just revealed themselves by keeping him in the dark about Ukrainian covert attacks upon Russia’s strategic bombers.
    What happens to exponentially expanding debt-based money when it becomes clear that the economy will be shrinking into the future, not growing? All of that debt needs to be written down. Who will be forced to accept the losses. The dead will accept losses, but that is not enough. Global wealth, as typified by asset-manager BlackRock is still in a powerful position, but will not be when the Global Financial Crisis Part-2 kicks in, which event is uncertain in timing and location, but the UK has backed a lot of bad Ukrainian debt to forestall the Ukrainian default last summer, and Ukraine has now defaulted again, this time with the UK Prime Minister working very hard to criminalize all dissent as racist hate speech, and whip the country into a war-footing. I must wish him complete failure for his own good and for all of humanity.
    AI is the new best-weapon-ever, and is controlled by the owners, their stewards in government, and tech entepreneurs, who are beta testing it in public facing versions, and privately arranging for it to manage economies and wars against competing teams who are doing the same thing. They might be “successful”.

    Moon of Alabama, The Deep State Is Still Sabotaging Presidential Policies
    Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar reminds us of subtle maneuvers by deep state actors to sabotage presidential policies.
    ​ When a U.S. spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union President Dwight Eisenhower had not be informed about its real mission. The CIA claimed that it had been a weather plane that went off course after its pilot was incapacitated. The president repeated that tale.
    ​ The Soviets then published that the wreckage of the U-2 spy plane had been recovered and the pilot captured alive. The Soviets were miffed of being lied to and Eisenhower’s attempt of detente with them failed.
    ​ Bhadrakumar sees a parallel in the recent Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic bomber on several Russian air field.​ https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/06/the-deep-state-is-still-sabotaging-presidential-policies.html#more

    ​ Ukraine Just ‘Gave Putin A Reason To Bomb The Hell Out Of Them,’ Trump Says
    ​ On Friday Trump was asked whether Ukraine’s drone strikes deep inside Russia changed his view of Zelensky’s “cards”. For months, Trump has said that Kiev has no cards to play, but reporters wondered if last Sunday’s ‘Operation Spider’s Web’ – which involved Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside Russia and damage at five key airbases, including destruction of strategic bombers – has changed where things stand in Trump’s mind.
    ​ Trump responded to reporters aboard Air Force One by saying, “Well they gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night. That’s the thing I didn’t like about it.”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-just-gave-putin-reason-bomb-hell-out-them-trump-says

    ​ Zelensky is reportedly being rebuffed in his demand for US Patriot missile-refills, too: Simplicius, Russia Strikes Back as Ukraine Bets House on Asymmetric ‘Terror’ War https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/russia-strikes-back-as-ukraine-bets

    Gilbert Doctorow now wonders if Russia will go-all-the-way:Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern on ‘Judging Freedom,’ 6 June 2025​
    I never was in accord with Paul Craig Roberts that Vladimir Putin’s reasonable, sage and humane approach to the war with Ukraine is leading to ever more escalation and taking us precisely where Putin does not want to go, namely to a global nuclear war. I never was in agreement with Sergei Karaganov that Russia must stage a devastating strike in Western Europe to puncture the bubble of condescension and scorn for Russia’s supposed weakness and bring the European leaders to their senses.
    ​ However, I am becoming much more sympathetic to both of these positions day by day. We have already lost prospects for renewed arms negotiations talks thanks to the airbase attacks.
    ​ You cannot watch every kilometer of rail track or rail bridges across Russia to ensure the security of Russian citizens. The only solution, now that Putin has identified the Kiev regime as a terrorist state, is to destroy the decision-making centers, starting with Mr. Budanov and his whole team of terror planners and operatives in downtown Kiev. One Oreshnik hypersonic missile can do that. Will Mr. Putin do what has to be done, or not?​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/06/07/larry-johnson-and-ray-mcgovern-on-judging-freedom-6-june-2025/

    #189572
    John Day
    Participant

    Gilbert Doctorow now wonders if Russia will go-all-the-way:Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern on ‘Judging Freedom,’ 6 June 2025​
    I never was in accord with Paul Craig Roberts that Vladimir Putin’s reasonable, sage and humane approach to the war with Ukraine is leading to ever more escalation and taking us precisely where Putin does not want to go, namely to a global nuclear war. I never was in agreement with Sergei Karaganov that Russia must stage a devastating strike in Western Europe to puncture the bubble of condescension and scorn for Russia’s supposed weakness and bring the European leaders to their senses.
    ​ However, I am becoming much more sympathetic to both of these positions day by day. We have already lost prospects for renewed arms negotiations talks thanks to the airbase attacks.
    ​ You cannot watch every kilometer of rail track or rail bridges across Russia to ensure the security of Russian citizens. The only solution, now that Putin has identified the Kiev regime as a terrorist state, is to destroy the decision-making centers, starting with Mr. Budanov and his whole team of terror planners and operatives in downtown Kiev. One Oreshnik hypersonic missile can do that. Will Mr. Putin do what has to be done, or not?​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/06/07/larry-johnson-and-ray-mcgovern-on-judging-freedom-6-june-2025/

    ​Gilbert Doctorow (too much And too late): Russian Official Warns US Golden Dome Space Weapon Escalates Tensions https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/06/07/newsx-india-russian-official-warns-us-golden-dome-space-weapon-escalates-tensions/

    Transcript of News X interview, 6 June​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/06/07/transcript-of-news-x-interview-6-june/

    ​ Globalists Go Radio Silent As NATO Flirts With World War III
    ​ The continuing attacks on nuke related armaments and infrastructure suggest to me an attempt by Kyiv and NATO to create a situation so chaotic that it opens the door to troop deployments and direct confrontation with Moscow before anyone can catch up to what is happening.
    ​ Without war, the globalists have nothing. Maybe they can pull off an economic crisis (all the pieces are certainly in place), but in a vacuum they could get the blame. War offers a valuable distraction for the masses and an ever adaptable scapegoat. People broke and starving? Well, that’s just war. The dollar crashing? Currencies are at risk during war. Freedoms being curtailed? Hey, people need to set aside their liberties for the sake of “security”.
    ​ There’s a reason why multi-nation wars almost always occur just after historic economic declines. The two crises feed into each other, but the wars also provide cover for extensive centralization schemes. Each successive world war brings us a step closer to world government and a centrally controlled global economic system.
    ​ The globalists in Europe are doing everything in their power to prolong the conflagration. They know Ukraine is never going to get their lost territory back. They know that Russia is generating a massive breakout on the front lines in the east. They have no peace plan. Their purpose is to force a direct confrontation between NATO forces and Russian troops. It’s the only explanation for the attacks on Russian nuclear armaments. It’s a provocation designed to end all chances of a ceasefire and take the war to the next level.​ https://alt-market.us/globalists-go-radio-silent-as-nato-flirts-with-world-war-iii/

    ​ Hal Turner, Head of Ukraine Military Conscription ASSASSINATED
    ​ Now, the next guy to fill his spot will have to think twice before using the same tactics this guy did. And if the next guy has to be killed, oh well.
    “The People” can just keep killing replacements until they finally come up with a replacement who values his life more than “the process” — and changes how he treats the people he serves. Then things get better.​ Ukrainians were promised peace, not forced conscription.​ https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/head-of-ukraine-military-conscription-assassinated

    #189573
    John Day
    Participant

    From June 5, 2025: S&P declares default on Ukraine’s GDP warrants over missed $665M payout​ https://english.nv.ua/business/s-p-downgrades-ukraine-to-default-over-missed-665m-gdp-warrant-payment-50519711.html

    ​ From March 1, 2025: Zelenskyy: UK billions will aid Ukrainian weapons production
    ​ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a UK loan of over 2 billion pounds would be used for weapons production in Ukraine. The deal in London came after the Ukrainian leader’s tumultuous meeting with Donald Trump.​ https://www.dw.com/en/zelenskyy-uk-billions-will-aid-ukrainian-weapons-production/live-71793304

    ​ Ukraine can[t afford to pay the families: ZELENSKY REFUSES TO ACCEPT UKRAINE’S DEAD AND INJURED TROOPS​
    ​ Refrigerated trucks and ambulances are held up at the Ukrainian border. The EU-sponsored Ukrainian regime refuses to conduct the exchange of troops’ remains as agreed at the bilateral peace talks held recently in Istanbul.
    ​ The parties of the conflict had each agreed to swap 6,000 bodies of fallen service members during the talks in Istanbul earlier this week
    ​ Ukraine has suspended the exchange of remains of its fallen soldiers with Russia, providing ‘weird reasons’ for the move, Moscow’s lead negotiator in the peace talks with Kiev, Vladimir Medinsky, has said.​..
    ​..The Kiev regime avoids identifying the dead — no ID means no compensation to relatives. “They don’t pay for those listed as missing. No body, no money. They don’t pay parents or provide insurance for the dead,” Defense Analyst Viktor Litovkin explains.​ https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/06/07/zelensky-refuses-to-accept-ukraines-dead-and-injured-troops/

    Ukrainian soldiers see the betrayal clearly: Ukraine Rejects Taking Back Dead Soldiers’ Bodies- Desertion Numbers Rise- Military Summary 2025.6.8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6b1acBZu_I

    #189574
    John Day
    Participant

    Wolf Richter displays graphically that US credit card debt and defaults are high, but not unusually so. With the free money gone, the hangover is getting worked off. https://wolfstreet.com/2025/05/20/credit-card-delinquencies-balances-debt-to-income-ratio-and-credit-limits-in-q1-2025-our-drunken-sailors-and-their-credit-cards/

    ​ Israel has sold record amount of debt in US since war on Gaza erupted: Report
    Israel Bonds target local governments and retail investors in the US with a low starting product at $36​ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-has-sold-record-amount-debt-us-war-gaza-erupted-report

    Israeli army launches strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250606-israeli-army-launches-strikes-on-beiruts-southern-suburbs/

    ​ Lebanon says Israel rejects proposal to inspect Beirut suburb sites ahead of air strikes​
    ​ The Lebanese army announced on Friday that Israel rejected its proposal to inspect sites in the southern suburbs of Beirut to prevent air strikes warning that continued violations of the ceasefire deal may lead to a suspension of cooperation with the UN ceasefire monitoring mechanism, Anadolu reports.
    ​ In a statement, the Lebanese army accused Israel of “persisting in its aggression against Lebanon,” citing recent air strikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburb and southern Lebanon late Thursday.
    ​ “Despite our coordination efforts with the monitoring committee to prevent an attack, and dispatching patrols to inspect several sites, the Israeli side rejected the proposal,” the army said.
    ​ On Thursday evening, Israeli fighter jets launched eight air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburb, following evacuation warnings. The attack marked the fourth and most intense Israeli strike on the area since the Nov. 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250606-lebanon-says-israel-rejects-proposal-to-inspect-beirut-suburb-sites-ahead-of-air-strikes/

    Ceasefirte, Israeli style… Israel ‘will attack Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed’ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2603593/middle-east

    #189575
    John Day
    Participant

    Greta Thunberg Claims She’s Been ‘Kidnapped’ By Israeli Forces
    ​ Greta Thunberg said Sunday that she’s been “kidnapped” after she and the rest of the crew aboard the The Madleen, a sailboat that’s trying to break Israel’s starvation blockade on Gaza, was intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/greta-thunberg-claims-shes-been-kidnapped-israeli-forces

    ​ US-backed GHF says Gaza aid sites remain shut as Israeli attacks kill 42
    The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which began distributing aid last week, has closed all its centres.​ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/6/us-backed-ghf-says-gaza-aid-sites-remain-shut-as-israeli-attacks-kill-22

    ​ ‘Israel’ arming ISIL-affiliated gang to loot aid in Gaza
    ​ A new Palestinian gang affiliated with ISIL in Rafah, reportedly armed by “Israel” and linked to looted aid convoys, is being used to counter Hamas under Shin Bet’s supervision.​ https://en.mehrnews.com/news/232740/Israel-arming-ISIL-affiliated-gang-to-loot-aid-in-Gaza

    Vance: No Genocide in Gaza Because I Don’t Think Israel’s Trying to Murder Every Palestinian
    Host tells VP that it’s scary because sometimes it feels Washington puts Israel first​ https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/vance-no-genocide-in-gaza-because

    Grandmother of French children killed in Gaza files genocide complaint against Israel​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250606-grandmother-of-french-children-killed-in-gaza-files-genocide-complaint-against-israel/

    #189576
    John Day
    Participant

    France Opens ‘Complicity in Genocide’ Probes over Blocked Gaza Aid​ https://english.aawsat.com/world/5151665-france-opens-%E2%80%98complicity-genocide%E2%80%99-probes-over-blocked-gaza-aid

    Israeli military says four soldiers killed in Gaza, will draft 10,000 more troops​ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250606-israel-army-announces-4-soldiers-killed-in-gaza-thousands-more-troops-needed

    ​ Thanks Eleni, Greeks arrested for shouting “Free Palestine” to Israeli tourists
    Criminal prosecution for ​”illegal violence with racist motives​” was brought against four young men who dared to shout “Free Palestine” at Israeli tourists.
    ​ The latter reacted strongly and in the end replied “we have a lot of money”, meaning that this gives them the right to do whatever they want.
    It all happened last Thursday morning, May 27, on the beach of Vouliagmeni in south-east Attica.
    ​ The tourists from Israel called the police who arrested one of the accused, who was shouting slogans against the genocide taking place in Palestine.
    However, later, with the same charges – namely, illegal violence with racist motives (82A P.C.) for a slogan in favor of Palestine – the friends of the arrestee were also arrested, when they went to the Police Station where he had been transferred in order to support him.
    According to the prosecution, the racist violence suffered by the tourists from Israel is that… they were forced to leave the beach when they had no obligation to.​ https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/06/03/grreks-arrestedfree-palestine-israeli-tourists/

    ​ Caitlin Johnstone, Offending Zionists Is Good, Actually
    ​ British comedian Dawn French was successfully pressured into publicly apologizing for a video she made in opposition to the Gaza holocaust after Israel supporters made a stink claiming she was insensitive to Israel about October 7.​ https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/offending-zionists-is-good-actually

    ​ In Occupied Palestine: Jerusalem Day Flag March Reached a New Low: Mocking the Dead Children of Gaza
    The annual pogrom in Jerusalem’s Old City included assaults on Palestinians, property destruction, and racist chants. Even when police intervened for a change, the incitement was met with silence​. https://portside.org/2025-06-05/jerusalem-day-flag-march-reached-new-low-mocking-dead-children-gaza

    #189577
    John Day
    Participant

    Israeli army kills 226 journalists in Gaza since Oct. 2023​ https://en.mehrnews.com/news/232743/Israeli-army-kills-226-journalists-in-Gaza-since-Oct-2023

    ​ Remember the Liberty​ Day: The USS Liberty was repeatedly attacked while in international waters by Israeli air and naval forces on June 8, 1967. ​ The horrific result of this unprovoked attack by the Jewish state was that 34 Americans were murdered, and 174 were wounded. Then there was a complete cover-up of this premeditated mass murder, and for the first time in our history, there wasn’t any retaliation against Israel for committing this act of war.​ https://earthnewspaper.com/mark-r-elsis/uss-liberty-by-mark-r-elsis/

    IAEA report attests to peaceful nature of Iran atomic program​ https://en.mehrnews.com/news/232788/Latest-IAEA-report-attests-to-peaceful-nature-of-Iran-program

    ​ IAEA: Important sites of Iran’s nuclear program are located at a depth of hundreds of meters
    ​ Grossi has reported that the most sensitive sites of Iran’s nuclear program are located at a very great depth – over 800 meters underground. This is 9-10 times deeper than previously assumed (80-90 meters).
    ​ The discovery immediately attracted the attention of experts in Israel and the West. This seriously changes the threat assessment – objects at such a depth are extremely difficult to destroy even with powerful bunker buster munitions.​ https://en.topcor.ru/60773-vazhnye-obekty-jadernoj-programmy-irana-nahodjatsja-na-ochen-bolshoj-glubine.html

    ​ What if Iran had accurate and unstoppable missiles, too?​ Oh, yeah… Iran says it obtained huge trove of sensitive Israeli documents
    Tehran obtained “a massive volume of strategic documents of special sensitivity” linked to Israel. Among the files are “thousands of documents concerning Israeli nuclear facilities and occupation-related projects.”​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250607-iran-says-it-obtained-huge-trove-of-sensitive-israeli-documents/

    #189578
    John Day
    Participant

    Vote AI for Antichrist! The AI Arms Race Could Destroy Humanity As We Know It​ https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/ai-arms-race-could-destroy-humanity-we-know-it

    ​ 40 State Attorneys General Warn: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Strip States of Power Over AI​… Just as feds merge surveillance, DNA, and biotech.
    ​ A bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general has sent a scathing letter to Congress warning against the 10-year federal ban on state regulation of artificial intelligence buried in the 1,116-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the same bill the House just passed along party lines.​ https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/40-state-attorneys-general-warn-big

    ​Now taking applications, “just in case”… DARPA To Simulate Disease Outbreaks: Model Lockdown, Vaccination & Messaging Strategies https://www.technocracy.news/darpa-to-simulate-disease-outbreaks-model-lockdown-vaccination-messaging-strategies/

    Newsom Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment As Media Calls LA Riots ‘Peaceful’​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/media-calls-riots-peaceful-los-angeles-burns

    Trump & Rubio Tighten the Noose on Cuba​ https://scheerpost.com/2025/06/06/trump-rubio-tighten-the-noose-on-cuba/

    #189579
    John Day
    Participant

    This story was out last fall, and Sasha Latypova now has it: Dutch Government Admits It is Obligated to Follow a Secret NATO Agenda
    Public acknowledgement from the Dutch Cabinet that NATO is in charge of all EU Member States via classified “Resilience Goals” including public health, pandemics, climate among others.​ https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/bombshell-dutch-government-admits

    ​A Midwestern Doctor: America’s Disastrous Health Care Deficit​- The Compounding Costs of Misguided Medical Care https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/americas-disastrous-health-care-deficit

    Hilarious! I’m sure they didn’t know… Right? Moderna’s Newly Approved mRNA Shot Is Literally Named After Violent Death
    Nex (Latin): Death, especially violent or unnatural death. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/modernas-newly-approved-mrna-shot

    “Back to Sleep” has never been demonstrated to reduce SIDS deaths, never: Their Babies Died Suddenly in Their Sleep. Police Are Charging the Parents With Felonies for Not Placing Infants on Their Backs
    ​ Pennsylvania authorities brought felony charges against the parents of two different babies after police said the infants died because the parents placed them in unsafe sleeping positions, SpotlightPA reported. The deaths were ruled accidental, but police allege the parents failed to follow “Safe to Sleep” guidance, which states that babies should be put to sleep on their backs.​ https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/their-babies-died-suddenly-sleep-police-charging-parents-felonies-not-placing-infants-backs/

    #189580
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    I think that the crucial (but seldom mentioned) point about nuclear weapons is that once you have them NOBODY CAN force you to give them up. That’s the whole point, isn’t it?

    #189581
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    @JohnDay
    It was a year or so ago that I wrote something here on TAE that there isn’t actually an EU or even nations that comprise an EU. There is only NATO, who tells everyone else what to do. It’s a no-brainer from the start that once an organization (in this case NATO) has sovereignty over its so-called “members” then it’s the sovereign boss who calls all the shots from that moment forward. The “members” aren’t members. They’re subjects.

    #189584
    those darned kids
    Participant

    elon musk’s REAL FATHER!

    #189601
    those darned kids
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