Debt Rattle August 19 2025
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August 19, 2025 at 9:40 am #194175
Raúl Ilargi Meijer
KeymasterEdward Hopper Folly Beach, Charleston, South Carolina 1929 • Russia Did NOT Invade Ukraine (Paul Craig Roberts) • The EU and Kiev Are Losing, a
[See the full post at: Debt Rattle August 19 2025]August 19, 2025 at 10:24 am #194176Just Some Randomer
ParticipantJHK’s article “The USA and Russia cannot make peace in Ukraine because the war is between Ukraine and Russia. The USA can only mediate and propose terms.”
I cannot accept that Kunstler truly believes that. I CAN bring myself to accept that Putin plays along and pretends to believe this nonsense because it’s a pragmatic way (possibly) to bring the conflict to an end without the necessity to flatten all of Ukraine. I can accept that Trump pretends to believe it because it allows him to (possibly) walk away from a conflict that ‘The US is not involved in’, but surely nobody can truly, honestly believe it.
August 19, 2025 at 10:25 am #194177Topcat
ParticipantThe running joke at the Duran is that Trump always ‘believes’ the last person he’s talked to before he makes a major decision.
The running joke with Larry Johnson is that Trump’s ‘flip-floppery’ is always due to his bone crushing insecurity for wanting to be ”liked’ as evidenced by things like being obcessed with getting a Nobel Peace prize.
If he does not take this last off-ramp that Putin has handed him, well there is only one option left….
August 19, 2025 at 10:32 am #194178Red
Participant“And he will agree only if Kiev’s government is replaced with one loyal to Moscow.”
“Loyal”? I’m thinking they’d be fine with “not hostile toward”.
August 19, 2025 at 10:32 am #194179Topcat
ParticipantTrump always Lies, but always in a Good Way©
Epstein Score Card
8/19/25
Grand Juries: Zero
Indictments: Zero
Arrests: Zero
Convictions: Zero
Sentences: Zero
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 am #194180Red
Participant@just-some-randomer
I’ve stopped reading anything Cuntsler writes. He’s a shill, just protecting his income stream. He seems to only write in agreement with the prevailing social winds, not even trying to tack across them.August 19, 2025 at 10:42 am #194181Topcat
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 10:44 am #194182Topcat
ParticipantClassic Beauty
August 19, 2025 at 10:57 am #194183Topcat
ParticipantTrump’s “First Family” is Israel
August 19, 2025 at 11:10 am #194184Topcat
ParticipantMeeting of the Minds
Collective West Brain Trust
August 19, 2025 at 11:14 am #194185Dr. D
ParticipantJB – New job must suck, you’re far crankier than usual. I feel it, we’re all short-tempered as nothing ever breaks or if fixed but limps on forever.
They’re hiring gov’t ppl out of gyms. Uh, no s—t. And they’re hiring protesters on Craigslist. They day-rates have tripled, I hear. This is from a COMPANY that PUBLICLY sells this product, and was on Tim Pool. So hiring arsonists to beat black neighborhoods in the streets is the GOOD violence, but hiring police deputies from a gym is the BAD violence. Got it. Order is bad, chaos is good. You know, even as an anarchist I can’t get behind that. Nor were the Founding Fathers.
Long chat Luongo-Krainer, mostly not finance or the norm at all. He said he was on vacation from Monaco (!) TO Serbia, his homeland, and sailing to small islands where everyone’s out walking around and the kids are roaming the streets after dark, no bars on the windows, unlocked doors. In Serbia. He said, “Jeez, everyone feels safe here, how many policemen do you have, then?” A: Hahahahaha! Zero, of course.Yeeeeaaaaaah. That’s your “Socialist Government” “helping” for you. Versus the People doing it themselves. The less government you have, the safer you are and the more pleasant your life, the happier your children, who knew?
…Except every American ever, and we say so all the time. Having our money stolen to FORCE us to Socialism by every illegal means against our will.
Zelensky to stop US-Russia Deal.
Um, How? Ukraine orders two of the most powerful countries not to talk and think. About the deal concerning Ukraine? Dude, he already SAID you have to accept it and that’s your choice. It’s YOU have to stop the deal. And we didn’t even say we’d be even more out than now and leave you to Russia’s mercies but that’s very strongly implied.
This is the same logic as “We told Russia there’s a ceasefire.” Or else what?
Or else you attack the United States more than already? Throw our elections, launder money in defiance of our laws to steal $150B from our people? Keep political servers full of evidence of treason out of the jurisdiction of the FBI? What’s your plan?
The Missing Element – What Do the Ukrainian People Want?
We already know: last legit election, the platform was all Peace and Unity with Russians. They voted strongly for it. Just like all American leaders, Ze then did the exact #Opposite and now everyone is dead.
““We’re not giving Ukraine weapons, we’re selling Ukraine weapons….”
Selling and profiting ON proxy war – “good”.
War is a racket and trmup loves the attention.No, we’re doing that because Europe HAS NO MONEY. It’s easy to offer when you know they can’t buy them, plus WE WON’T DELIVER THEM. How’s 2032 for you for a couple HIMARS?
“Raúl Ilargi Meijer / TAE- “trmup is insane, but in a good way…”
Krainer: Trump is fighting ALL of the world’s most powerful people. ‘You make war by deception.’ That also means the deception must be really pretty good since they’re not idiots. That’s why none of is can tell quite what’s going on: if we could tell, THEY could tell. Everyone here wants Trump to stand up and say, “Okay, we’re going to be attacking the bankers FROM Citigroup TO Santader, on August 31st, USING European bond exploits originating in Italy.” Uh, how about No? That is NOT a reasonable thing to do when you’re fighting someone.
And neither is giving up all your Epstein leverage, the One Ring, the difference being I would do it anyway although I understand why you wouldn’t. That’s the very-low-information position I have, not knowing what’s in them, which is apparently banking/laundering stuff that’s still operational – nobody cares about burning a few rapists. They’re ALL rapists, this will just burn a few old ones and let the new young ones go. It better to keep the public blood lust on finding and stopping these guys than sating it so they go back to sleep again.
“Epstein who? My child cover up raping husbands best bud?”
New narrative, leaking in everywhere. The guy who kicked Epstein out, then went to court to provide evidence against Epstein years before his Presidency is “His Best Bud.” Yes, that’s OppositeDay again, as every day is Opposite day. America is the only nation in the world, and Trump is the only person in it, so that Trump is the only name on the Epstein list. Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell, heck Crenshaw, Maher, who knows? Who are all still out there operating today get a pass. Their names are never mentioned, they can walk free. Only the man who deposed evidence AGAINST Epstein – back when that could still get you killed – is guilty.
We know he’s guilty because after 9 years and 70 illegal lawsuits they’ve never accused or associated Trump with Epstein to stop his Presidency.
…That’s the totally logical premise here. That’s the Smart, being Not Retarded.
Haiphong: “Dollar is collapsing!!!! We’re all gonna Diiiieeee!!!” If by “Collapsing” you mean “Not Collapsing” then yes, that’s what’s happening. BTC DOWN, Gold steady, USDX, .98, same as April, and that’s with the US trying to drop it. Oil, another proxy, LOW, but let’s say steady.
“We just say things now” I guess. Collapsing = Not collapsing; Supporting = Arresting, etc.
“Ukraine, NATO, & Europe Will NEVER Accept Peace with Russia – You Will See
Yeah, and??? And what are they going to do about it except collapse?
Send British troops? On a Carrier that doesn’t sail and has no jets? The Operation Flag has been a rousing success, as ENGLISH flags are popping up nationwide. While disturbing, the ENGLISH as an Ethnos, a people, are now united AGAINST “Others”, and the “Others” includes their entire government, both sides, because the government long since picked sides. The British GOVERNMENT is going in and removing the English flag IN ENGLAND, citing the most spurious nonsense after FORCING the Gaza flag and the brown butthole flag on every building for decades.
So THIS is the nation that’s going to unite and invade Russia?
Okay, man, it’s still really dangerous, but no. France, Germany, Poland, no better. If Germany HAD any tanks, HAD any army, that might mean something, they could round up people or send in that Army over the people’s will. But with NEITHER? They can’t even conscript. Germany was sending just 200 men, remember? That’s one day’s burn. They’ll be dead by lunch.
They think they can override the People’s will the “Ethnos’” Will, but ultimately, they can’t. Whatever the German or English ETHNOS wants is what will happen or they’ll tear the place apart. …Just like that Island in Serbia.
The police land and try to “Help” clean up the island, make it “safe”. …Then the policemen mysteriously disappear. Who knows what really happens to them? I’m not a detective.
“One TRILLION American taxpayer dollars were stolen during the pandemic & 70% of that money went overseas. “
Oh, probably. And ‘08 as well. The real headline is “We can report this and nobody cares because everybody knows.”
“On Friday, Trump was well on his way towards peace. On Monday, he walked all of it back. He seems to be trying to make everybody happy, which is hardly ever a good idea”
Again, “War by deception”, or in this case, it’s just sales. That’s it. The buyer has to come to the purchase by himself, the salesman can’t MAKE them. And you do that by pushing up to a “No” but not crossing it because a hard No is fatal in sales. So then withdraw and keep the door open to a Yes.
“Under the nomer of ‘security guarantees’ for Ukraine,”
This is what Europe thinks they can trick us into, so this the only way to keep them on the hook. If you lose this, then Europe just goes, rearms, and nukes Moscow. We then have no say or leverage.
We are definitely discussing Peace. But this is the situation, and it’s taken this long to get the people to this point, and even Europe, carpet-bombed by the leaders financially, and which will be nuked in 5 minutes after the invasion, are all totally, enthusiastically Pro-Ukraine, believe every lie like children. America is 1/3rd as pro-war, Pro-Ukraine as they are and that’s bad enough.
“• Russia Did NOT Invade Ukraine (Paul Craig Roberts)
While this is true I could also make the middle case, Ukraine was for 1950, AND reaffirmed in 1994, Ukraine. That’s a fact. Internal violence in a sovereign state is regrettable but NEVER legally able to be intervened in from the outside, probably even with a UN Sec resolution, but they didn’t have that either. The U.S. is the one who set the standard of intervening anywhere at any time, for any reason, and it’s illegal. Russia did this and it may be a MORAL thing – his more Pro-Russian legal read presents one of those cases, but I would read it as illegal.
I also don’t care, since everything governments do in all history is illegal, every nation’s present borders were set by violence, illegally, and I’m not here to clutch pearls about it. Just stating the case. Should Mexico invade and liberate the now-spanish speaking southwest who vote for their Ethnic Autonomy? Yeah, no. That opens the door to worldwide chaos and endless war if applied.
The UN “Self-determination” always contradicted their national reality and sovereignty clauses, and that’s on purpose so they could pick whichever law they felt like. Russia is picking one, the West is picking the other. Surprise. There is no Law. Law comes from the barrel of a gun.
““Kiev and the EU are pushing for a reinforced Ukrainian military, possible NATO deployment on Ukrainian soil or even eventual NATO accession.”
So Plan A, then? And we’re at Plan Triple-ZZZ. Trump and the Russians will never see this coming. Tricky-tricky.
“Everything hinges on security guarantees for Ukraine – a deeply contested issue.”
Uhhhh, no it doesn’t. This is the West negotiating with itself again. Russia says they’ll keep attacking for the next 10,000 years until Donbas, Ukraine, all Europe, and the Entire West are annihilated if necessary. They’ve been very clear they will nuke the planet to ashes and laugh.
So if the West provides security guarantees, Russia says no, and Ukraine keeps vanishing.
Did anyone ask Russia? No?
““..after Anchorage, the Western refusal to acknowledge Russian interests is no longer an insurmountable barrier.”
Maybe not, but as you can see, the bar is still so high it can’t be seen from the ground. Europe is on Plan A. The U.S. attacks and nukes Russia, then hands it to Europe for digestion.
“If ever a situation for the mass humiliation of European heads-of-state had been conceived previously, this will be the topper played out on CNN in real time. You have to wonder if any of them will survive another month in office after that” — Kunstler
Not really. Trump went to Scotland, on the land of Robert the Bruce, then SUMMONED Ursula, not ONLY had her sign over all Europe, BUT then made her grovel lavishly and publicly on camera. THEN he summoned Keir Stalin IN HIS OWN NATION, made him ride in Trump’s helicopter, which they didn’t throw him out of, and did the SAME THING. That was weeks ago.
Media shrugged both off as nothing. Neither of their offices are in danger. Europe loves them and does nothing, changes nothing. They are immune to all reality.
“The world held its breath.”
Except for with all the choreography, no one noticed. I don’t know any Americans that know much more than “Anchorage, yeah…” This is WWE Kayfabe, you have to INVOLVE the public, emotionally. They’re not.
He has to do this, and there is an Audience (media and pin-headed govt servants, a few CEOs, etc) but.
“Europe and Ukraine will bargain, but sooner or later they’ll have to swallow the loss of Donbass – just as they already swallowed the loss of the ’91 borders, the “no talks with Putin” stance, the Zelensky “peace plan,” and plenty more.”
Yes, but Europe has 400M people are aren’t helpless. Every day they don’t build their arms industry peace is increased. That’s why they “buy” arms we won’t sell them, and by doing so – and the tariffs – they have no money to ALSO industrialize Germany.
Of course everyone here doesn’t want that, wants Us to cut them free to be able to militarize like 1936, under an oppression that makes Kim Jong look generous. That’s MUCH better. Then the Americans will be perfectly clean – and we’re the only nation on earth doncha know? When 120M people die instead of 1.2M they’ll be MUCH happier.
“• Attack on Hungary Pipeline Shows Ukraine Will Stop at Nothing- Zakharova (Sp.)
This shows what kind of people they are and how they think. What do they THINK Hungary’s, and even Romania’s response to this will be? Joy? Or self-preservation? This is why evil doesn’t win. Everyone in the Eastern Bloc will slowly WANT Ukraine to cease and be replaced by Russia, just for practicality’s sake.
“And they’ll pay it, with money they and their citizens don’t have.
• Ukraine Wants Europe To Pay $100bn For Weapons Deal With US – FT (RT)We, the U.S. will then take their assets and they’ll be weaker. Wish this were more but we’re merely reversing all the stealing of assets to Europe over the last 30 years, like Chrysler and Bud. They own our ports and energy grid. Baby steps.
“President Donald Trump has been warning for years that mail-in ballots and voting machines are riddled with vulnerabilities that invite fraud and undermine trust in elections.”
That far-right wing radical Nazi Jimmy Carter said so. Years ago. The Democrats, hearing this would lead to unsafe elections, then added as much of it as possible. This is not disputed, both these facts happened.
“• British Army Colonel: CIVIL WAR Is Coming (MN)I hope not, but it’s hard to avoid. Also the migrants must leave for 20 reasons, but the question is how and under what condition. Hopefully, they just make it “no free stuff” including raping anyone they like with impunity, and they see the winds and leave fast like the U.S. has. After that, they review all records, and send anyone not fully vested and all criminals. There are still millions at that point but tolerable.
If they want it worse, then do the opposite, wait for them to be hunted in the street by ethnos and appearance and very many fewer migrants will exist at the end WHILE the other steps happen anyway. Your choice.
And this is not saying UK to “V” state, “Pennyworth” state, which they have carefully Programmed for decades.
“They broke themselves. No help needed.
• How Trump Broke the Democratic Party (Margolis)Yeah, we’ve all been shocked, IT’S SO EASY. They refuse ALL. ONLY do Woke, communist stuff (but I repeat myself) Still against all health care, all Unions, all workers, still for every war, every CEO. I mean JUST LIE, for the love of Christ, LIE like your life depends on it. Nope.
So on the boards the actual Core Democrats constantly float reasonable core stuff as if it’s happening. As if that Party still exists at all. I’m like…”Guys?” No. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE. There’s like 3 of you and 300 radicals who call for the murder of all Americans in the street for wrongthink.
You can’t win when that’s your Party, the “Let’s murder everyone, at birth and every time after” Party.
I mean, as a more Traditionalist, that’s great for me, but really, we need an opposition party or this party will go evil in no time. Ask FDR > 1980. Every bad thing got put in, from Truman nukin’ some folks, to Korea, to JFK and LBJ’s Great Society (raw socialism, which destroyed us exactly like everywhere it’s tried).
“• Trump Vows Social Security Will Thrive for Another ‘90 Years’ (RCW)
Meh. Maybe. They’ll probably swap for a private model though. The world will be very different in a few years.
“Big Pharma & government turned doctors into sales reps. The corruption is staggering.”
Again, the headline is, “No one cares because everybody knows.” Send them to jail, I believe bribery, anti-medicine is a crime?
August 19, 2025 at 11:36 am #194186Red
Participant“Collective West Brain Trust”
I wonder which one gets to use the brain this week?August 19, 2025 at 12:13 pm #194187those darned kids
Participantwtf?!?!?!?!?
that video of pretty girls compared to a video of shia’s mourning the death of ali [pbuh], grandson of the prophet [pbuh] is nonsense.
frankly, it’s bigoted nonsense, and it’s quite embarrassing that you’ve put it on your pages.
don’t you think the same parades happen in russia!!!!!?????
don’t you think there are pretty girls in london!?!!?!?!?!??
franchement..
TRUMP ’28, ~ HOPE AND CHANGE!
August 19, 2025 at 12:16 pm #194188those darned kids
Participantgrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….
August 19, 2025 at 12:18 pm #194189those darned kids
Participantgrrrrrrrrrrrr…….
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 pm #194190those darned kids
Participant“the Gaza flag and the brown butthole flag”
what on earth is wrong with you people?
August 19, 2025 at 12:59 pm #194191EoinW
Participant@ Red
I gave up on Kunstler a while ago too. He had value, and was entertaining reading, during Covid. But throw Israel into the mix and his value as an objective commentator vanishes. I suspect he’s just a Trump apologist now…keeping the MAGA suckers in line
August 19, 2025 at 1:04 pm #194192Dr D Rich
ParticipantWhat does the word ‘guarantee’ mean to a biznessmank, capitalist or MBA pretending to be an envoy, diplomate, ambassador except as a shiny lure lacking substance while masking an intent to fleece the target, buyer, fall guy?
Security Guarantees….isn’t that what NATO is? Asking for a Gentile Friend.
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 pm #194193zerosum
ParticipantExtreme weather: Cloud Burst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudburst
A cloudburst is an enormous amount of precipitation in a short period of time,[1] sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions.A totally transparent blatant lie has been turned into a truth throughout the Western world. The lie is that Russia invaded Ukraine.
I will provide the factual history which is easy to verify.“The restoration of Russian citizenship is completely legal under the international rules of self-determination.
There is no effort on the part of Crimea, Donbas, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson to return to Ukraine.”
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security guarantees“Kiev and the EU are pushing for a reinforced Ukrainian military, possible NATO deployment on Ukrainian soil or even eventual NATO accession.”
• The EU and Kiev Are Losing, and Trump Is My Witness (Romanenko)
Macron, ” European countries should take the lead in providing security guarantees for Ukraine and equipping its army.”
The first security guarantee is a robust Ukrainian army capable of repelling any attempted attack,” Macron told reporters following the negotiations.
He added that the Ukrainian army should consist of “several hundred thousand men” and face “no limitations on its size,” according to Le Figaro.Trump said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to security guarantees for Kiev, without elaborating.
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• The Old World Order Cracked In Alaska (Bordachev)
The most consequential result of Anchorage was the quiet burial of the West’s old formula: isolating and “strategically defeating” Russia.
Trump’s administration has shifted its approach, and the summit proved it.———–
a plan to arrange direct talks between Zelenskyy and Putin.
(Today: Putin changed his mind)
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Zelenskyy told reporters Monday that as part of any security guarantees, Ukraine would buy $90 billion in American weapons through Europe, and that the United States would buy drones from Ukraine.He said that a formal agreement still had to be arranged.
But a deal of that scale would be a substantial step toward assuring that Ukrainian forces continue fighting against Russia and have a robust defense in place should a peace deal be reached.
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Calling all bankers to lend moneyAnd they’ll pay it, with money they and their citizens don’t have.
• Ukraine Wants Europe To Pay $100bn For Weapons Deal With US – FT (RT)
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ACTIVATOR
Mary McCord, consider what we can document.https://x.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1957392206089842696
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• Trump Vows Social Security Will Thrive for Another ‘90 Years’ (RCW)https://www.congress.gov/crs-products
CRS Products from the Library of Congress
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Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?
———–August 19, 2025 at 1:33 pm #194194charles
Participantlukaschenko. 2 angles to watch. Place to sign armistice. An excuse for Belarus vs Poland to cut off pieces of Ukraine
August 19, 2025 at 2:04 pm #194195Michael Reid
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 2:07 pm #194196Michael Reid
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 2:11 pm #194197Germ
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 2:15 pm #194198Topcat
Participant@drd
“War by deception…”
So ya really think Trump is going to deceive the entire Globohomo Cabal by ‘pulling a fast one on themwith ‘deception’?
Like they don’t see it miles away?
He will be judged by the Globohomos by what he ultimately does.
If he walks away from their Ukraine=dismember Russia Project, they-will-fucking-kill-him.
Period
Just like Lincoln double crossing the bankers,
They-will-fucking-kill-him®“Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how did you like the play?”
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 pm #194199kultsommer
ParticipantPart of that inspiring Trump’s speech Nick Fuentes still has in his music / sound / voice “overture” to his presentation, despite giving up on him long time ago.
Aka, keep the “flame of an idea” alive.That, quite lengthy, “overture” collage I let sometimes as a background noise while working. It’s that good.
August 19, 2025 at 4:06 pm #194200Dr D Rich
Participant-
Scott Ritter Approved This Following Message
Ritter: “I was set up”
Alexandrovich: “I was set up but I don’t care ”
Excerpt:
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And in a further twist on Monday, Sigal Chattah, the acting US attorney – the top federal prosecutor for Nevada – confirmed that Alexandrovich was arrested in an “important multi-agency operation” that “targeted child sex predators who preyed upon the most vulnerable members of our communities.”
“As a result of the operation, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office is handling the prosecution,” Chattah added.
This signals that the federal government is washing its hands of the matter – leaving Alexandrovich to be prosecuted at the state level.
The US Department of Justice can and does file federal charges in such cases – especially when federal agencies are involved in a sting – but has, for some reason, chosen not to do so in this one.
A federal prosecution would carry much more force, especially if Alexandrovich refuses to return from Israel to the US.
Now a US federal official, Chattah is an Israeli-born lawyer who has been politically active with Zionist organizations, including the Israeli-American Council, a lobby group funded by pro-Israel tycoons Adam Milstein and Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
Last month, more than 100 retired judges signed a letter objecting to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Chattah, calling her unqualified and citing “her well-documented history of racist remarks, conspiracy theories and threats of violence.”
Chattah has previously called for Israel to “wipe Gaza off the map” and labeled the entire population there “terrorists” and “animals.”
August 19, 2025 at 4:06 pm #194201Topcat
ParticipantThe Woketurd Reverse Racist Speaks
August 19, 2025 at 4:12 pm #194202Topcat
ParticipantWoke White women in particular say they don’t need men to protect them and financial support them because the State will do it.
haha
In your dreams Sweetheart……
August 19, 2025 at 4:17 pm #194203Topcat
ParticipantSince ‘citizens’ [women] aren’t reproducing at even basic replacement numbers, and the tide has clearly turned against wholesale unregulated immigration, the slack in the work force will be balanced with AI=bots.
Bon Appetite!August 19, 2025 at 4:18 pm #194204kultsommer
ParticipantAlexandrovich.
Would not be surprised if the Chifut was let go to Israel with the child of his choice.
We live in insane world!August 19, 2025 at 5:00 pm #194205Michael Reid
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 6:35 pm #194206WES
ParticipantUpdated 2025 Orwell – Apologies to MoA and Orwell 1984.
Obama – Biden:
DEI Sheep: Two legs good! Four legs bad!Trump:
Sheep: Four legs good! Two legs bad!Gaza:
Sheep: No legs good! Four legs bad!August 19, 2025 at 6:55 pm #194207WES
ParticipantWhy No Arrests?
Trump officials are all publically talking about grand juries and indictments.
Real prosecutors never publically talk about their real prosecutions.
So Republicans have no intentions of prosecuting anyone.Republicans talk the tough talk, but never walk the walk, of prosecuting any Democrats or their supporters.
Only Democrats talk the talk, and walk the walk, of prosecuting Republicans and their supporters.
Just the Uniparty hard at work!
August 19, 2025 at 7:18 pm #194208WES
ParticipantAnother View:
The Pattern:
When Uniparty Democrats are in power, they are free to use their federal DoJ and their federal FBI police to instill fear in Americans to enforce acceptance of their top down decrees.
When temporary relief is required from the Uniparty Democrat’s top down decrees, due to backlash, Uniparty Republicans return to power, to make things appear to be back to normal, but they are not allowed to use the DoJ nor FBI to prosecute any Uniparty members or supporters.
August 19, 2025 at 7:26 pm #194209Michael Reid
ParticipantAugust 19, 2025 at 10:47 pm #194210John Day
ParticipantDelicate Negotiations https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/delicate-negotiations
Alex Krainer, explains a fundamental fact that is little acknowledged: The fate of Russian frozen assets
I suspect that one of the outcomes of Russia-US cooperation, as we’ll find out in due course, will resolve the fate of the Russian frozen assets held by Western countries. The amount in question is estimated at $300 to $335 billion. Most of these assets by far are held in Europe: the largest portion is managed by Belgium-based Euroclear central securities depository, which holds between $190 to $208 billion.
France held up to $71 billion in Russian Central Bank assets, but there’s suspicion that the Macron government already helped themselves to much of that money. According to the more recent figures, only about $26 billion of the Russian money remains in French custody, while the UK holds about $37 billion. At the same time, the US portion is estimated at only $5 billion to $8 billion, primarily in debt securities and cash.
Most likely, Donald Trump will be keenly interested to have Russia invest that money in the US. For their part, the Russians have every reason in the world to accommodate Trump and such an investment deal would certainly go a long way to advancing the two powers’ cooperation. In February I wrote in this report about Europe’s prospect of losing access to Russian assets as follows:
“For the collateral starved British financial system, this could prove catastrophic. The same is true for Europe: Emmanuel Macron’s dream of using $260 billion in frozen Russian assets as collateral for reconstruction investments was also meant to underpin a large-scale credit impulse in Europe. The reconstruction [of Ukraine] was meant to be financed by European banks and the contracts awarded to European corporations. Unfortunately, none of that will be possible without strong backing by the United States.”
If anything about Donald Trump is predictable, it is that he’ll want those assets in the US in order to rearm, reindustrialize and Make America Great Again. For the same low price he’ll get to deliver another humiliating kick to the duplicitous, warmongering Europeans. I simply don’t see him resisting that temptation and one day soon, the news will report that with Trump’s backing, the Russians ordered their assets held in Europe to be transferred to US custody. The Eurotards will have no recourse but to comply. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/alaska-and-the-fate-of-russian-frozenTrump Says Putin, Zelensky To Soon Meet, ‘Everyone Very Happy’ About Chances For Peace https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/zelensky-europe-join-trump-oval-each-sides-red-lines-and-possible-outcomes
Air Support Could Be Part Of Security Guarantees For Ukraine: White House
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a Tuesday afternoon press briefing confirmed that the US has ruled out sending American troops to uphold a future potential peace deal to end the Ukraine war based on ‘security guarantees’. However other military options haven’t been ruled out. For example, she told reporters that US air support in Ukraine could be part of security assurances amid peace talks with Russia. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coalition-willing-failed-outplay-trump-russias-medvedev-saysEurope To Spend $100BN It Doesn’t Have, To Buy Weapons America Doesn’t Have, To Arm Soldiers Ukraine Now Lacks https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/europe-spend-100bn-it-doesnt-have-buy-weapons-america-it-doesnt-have-arm-soldiers
August 19, 2025 at 10:48 pm #194211John Day
Participant‘Coalition Of The Willing’ Failed To Outplay Trump, Russia’s Medvedev Says
US President Trump posted that he had a very good meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders, which ended in a further meeting in the Oval Office and during the meeting, they discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, which would be provided by the various European countries with coordination with the US. Trump added everyone is very happy about the possibility of peace for Russia and Ukraine, and at the conclusion of the meetings, he called Russian President Putin and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelensky. Furthermore, Trump said after that meeting takes place, they will have a trilateral between Trump, Putin and Zelensky, as well as noted that this was a very good, early step for a war that has been going on for almost four years and that VP Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, and Special Envoy Witkoff are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine.
Russia’s Kremlin said US President Trump and Russian President Putin held a phone call which lasted 40 minutes and they discussed the idea of exploring the possibility of raising the level of Russian and Ukrainian representatives in the negotiations, while Putin warmly thanked Trump for the hospitality and well-organized meeting in Alaska, as well as for progress achieved at the summit. Furthermore, Putin and Trump spoke in favour of the continuation of direct talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, while they agreed to continue close contact with each other on the Ukrainian crisis and other issues.
Ukrainian President Zelensky said we need not a pause in the war, but real peace and territorial issues will be decided between Russia and Ukraine. Zelensky said he discussed security guarantees with Trump and European leaders, and received an important signal from the US on being part of security guarantees and help in coordinating it. Furthermore, he said the US offers to have a trilateral meeting as soon as possible and that Ukraine is ready for any format to meet with Putin. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/coalition-willing-failed-outplay-trump-russias-medvedev-says US President Donald Trump has received a formal invitation to visit Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed. During last week’s summit in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the invitation to Trump in person. https://www.rt.com/news/623277-lavrov-trump-russia-invited/
I can’t confirm this report: Alexander Lukashenko:If Zelenskyy does not accept the offer from Russia and the US, Belarus will intervene militarily in Ukraine https://x.com/aleksbrz11/status/1957372847862825217
Trump Hopes for Soon Release of 1,300 Prisoners in Belarus
Friday, Trump said that he had held a telephone conversation with Lukashenko and discussed the release of 1,300 more prisoners. “THANK YOU TO BELARUS AND ITS POWERFUL LEADER. I HOPE THE 1300 WILL SOON BE RELEASED, ALSO!” https://www.nampa.org/text/22712084 FSB: Ukrainian Armed Forces Tried to Attack Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant with Spis Attack Drone
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant using the Spis strike unmanned aerial vehicle, according to a report from the FSB Public Relations Center, cited by Interfax.
“Spis” is an aircraft-type drone. The special service presented photographs of the suppressed drone. They show a piston engine and some other parts of the UAV. https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7972563?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wappAugust 19, 2025 at 10:49 pm #194212John Day
ParticipantFSB Prevented Terrorist Act against Crimean Bridge.
The driver was unaware of the “content” of his truck, hence relatively mild apprehension by FSB. In fact, they saved his life–he will be very grateful after the explanation of what 404 terrorists put into his truck. 130 kilograms of high explosives. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2025/08/fsb-prevented.html Hungary Expresses Outrage After Ukraine Strikes Key Oil Pipeline To EU, Forcing Halt
Crude oil flows from Russia to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline suffered a forced halt on Monday, officials from both countries confirmed, after a Ukrainian drone strike crippled a vital transformer station.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated Monday “this latest strike against our energy security is outrageous and unacceptable”. https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/hungary-expresses-outrage-after-ukraine-strikes-key-oil-pipeline-eu-forcing-halt Thomas Kolbe, Europe’s New War Economy: From Green Collapse To Military Keynesianism
The only way out for Europe is to accept a painful transformation phase, shrink the state, and abandon its eco-fantasies. Rational energy policy means nuclear power and reintegrating Russian energy supplies…
..But Europe shows no signs of changing course. The bureaucracy has grown too large to dismantle itself…
..Having failed with the Green Deal, Europe’s politicians are now trying a new pseudo-economy: a debt-fueled military-industrial complex. According to a study by Ernst & Young, Germany’s DAX companies cut 30,000 jobs in the first half of 2025—except for defense contractors Rheinmetall and MTU Aero Engines…
..Brussels plans to mobilize an additional €800 billion in defense spending by 2030. Yet no sector produces further from real consumer demand than the arms industry. This is Keynesian pseudo-economics in its most extreme form—buying time with debt while starving private capital markets.
The rise of the defense lobby as Brussels’ new darling will turbocharge corruption, deepen the divide between parasitic EU structures and shrinking productive forces, and cement corporatist cronyism as the EU’s operating system. Von der Leyen’s Pfizer text-message scandal remains the most fitting symbol of this clandestine Brussels machine.
In the end, Europe’s war economy has neither the resources nor the technology to deliver on the dream of a militarized EU. It is a tragic rerun of the Green Deal—propaganda-driven, debt-fueled, and doomed to collapse. https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/europes-new-war-economy-green-collapse-military-keynesianism Well, it’s a steady job… ‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas
Treating the media as a battlefield, a secretive army intelligence squad scoured Gaza for material to bolster Israeli hasbara — including questionable claims that would justify the killing of Palestinian reporters. https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/Netanyahu Government Cybersecurity Director Arrested In US For Child Sex Crimes Flees To Israel https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-08-17/netanyahu-government-cybersecurity-director-arrested-us-child-sex-crimes-flees
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 pm #194213John Day
Participant Heart Transplants & Organ Trafficking: Israel’s Hidden Scandal
When people hear about medical firsts—like Israel’s first heart transplant—the story is usually told as a tale of progress and scientific achievement. But like so many events tied to power structures, there’s a darker side that rarely gets told. And in this case, that side involves serious ethical violations, allegations of stolen organs, and later, criminal cases involving rabbis and organ trafficking networks. https://israelinewslive.org/heart-transplants-organ-trafficking-israels-hidden-scandal/ Trump Issues Clearest Greenlight For Netanyahu’s Offensive To ‘Confront & Destroy’ Hamas To Date
President Trump on Monday issued a scorching message aimed at Hamas as well as the growing internationall and domestic critics of America’s Israel policy. He called for the total destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages, in that order. “The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,” he wrote on Truth Social. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-issues-clearest-greenlight-netanyahus-offensive-confront-destroy-hamas-date Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens Across Gaza as IDF Prepares To Forcibly Displace Palestinians from Gaza City
At least 57 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Sunday https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/israeli-attacks-kill-dozens-across-gaza-as-idf-prepares-to-forcibly-displace-palestinians-from-gaza-city/Israel prepares forced transfer of civilians in Gaza City amid reoccupation push https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-israel-prepares-forced-transfer-of-civilians-in-gaza-city-amid-reoccupation-push/
Israel Plans to Move Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians from Gaza: Report
Israel is considering a plan that would relocate Gaza residents to South Sudan, according to a new report.
The report from the Associated Press, which is based on unnamed sources, indicates that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is eager to build upon a concept voiced in February by President Donald Trump to shift much of the Palestinian population of Gaza elsewhere.
The concept of depopulating Gaza has been condemned by Palestinian leaders. https://www.westernjournal.com/israel-plans-move-hundreds-thousands-palestinians-gaza-report/August 19, 2025 at 10:51 pm #194214John Day
Participant Israel’s Channel 12 broadcasts leaked recordings of Maj. Gen. (retired) Aharon Haliva saying, ‘They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price,’ referring to 1948 mass displacement of Palestinians
Israel’s Channel 12 aired leaked recordings of former military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. (retired) Aharon Haliva, in which he openly justified large-scale Palestinian deaths in Gaza as a deliberate policy message.
“For every person killed on Oct. 7, 50 Palestinians must die,” Haliva said. https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/50-palestinians-must-die-for-every-israeli-killed-says-ex-israeli-intelligence-chief-on-leaked-tape-3706526 UNRWA warns of ‘manmade famine’ in Gaza, urges return to UN-led aid system
Israeli-American system brings ‘dehumanization, chaos, and death,’ says UN agency for Palestinian refugees https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/unrwa-warns-of-manmade-famine-in-gaza-urges-return-to-un-led-aid-system/3661660 Nineteen Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza Over Three Days Due to Israeli Blockade
Amid the starvation deaths, Israel is planning a major military escalation https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/nineteen-palestinians-starve-to-death-in-gaza-over-three-days-due-to-israeli-blockade/ Thousands rally in Europe in support of Gaza
Thousands of people in European countries held rallies and marches Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, demanding an end to Israeli attacks on the enclave, Anadolu reports.
In the Swedish capital Stockholm, demonstrators gathered in Odenplan Square to protest Israel’s onslaught against Gaza and the West Bank and its targeting of journalists.
Carrying Palestinian flags, the crowd also held up photos of Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip…
..In Ireland’s capital, Dublin, thousands of health care workers held a march to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in solidarity with their colleagues in the besieged enclave.
The doctors, nurses and allied health care workers marched from the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) on Stephen’s Green on a loop which included Grafton Street and Drury Street, Irish broadcaster RTE reported.
Waving Palestinian flags, they also carried signs showing photos of health care workers killed in Gaza as they walked silently to a single drumbeat…
..In the Scottish city of Glasgow, people took to the streets from Glasgow Green to the city center in solidarity with the Palestinian people…
..Meanwhile, 13 protesters were arrested by police in Norwich in eastern England during a rally in support of Palestine Action, a banned group.
Photos showed protesters holding signs saying “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
Last Saturday, more than 500 people were detained in London, with the vast majority accused of carrying placards or signs allegedly supporting the group.
Another protest took place in Buckinghamshire, England, where thousands of people surrounded the Royal Air Force (RAF) High Wycombe base, demanding that the UK end its “military collaboration with Israel’s genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza.
“Shame on the British government for allowing these flights to continue! Stop arming Israel now,” the Palestine Solidarity Campaign wrote on the US social media company X’s platform… https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250817-thousands-rally-in-europe-in-support-of-gaza/In Visit to Illegal West Bank Settlement, Netanyahu Says He Kept 25-Year-Old Promise To Thwart a Palestinian State https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/17/in-visit-to-illegal-west-bank-settlement-netanyahu-says-he-kept-25-year-old-promise-to-thwart-a-palestinian-state/
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