Debt Rattle May 8 2024
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Russia to hold nuclear drills to ‘cool hot heads’ in West Russia’s upcoming exercises to test its tactical nuclear weapons should be viewed in light of the “belligerent statements” made by some Western officials and NATO’s “destabilizing actions,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. https://swentr.site/russia/597090-russia-nuclear-drills-cool-heads-west/
(It’s working…) NATO ‘No Boots on the Ground’ Ukraine Strategy Meant to Silence West’s ‘Loudmouths’
The rationale behind NATO’s new “no boots on the ground” in Ukraine strategy is to silence belligerent “loudmouths” in the West, international relations analyst Gilbert Doctorow told Sputnik. The alliance’s decision was designed to “shut up Monsieur Macron, to shut up the prime minister of Lithuania and other loudmouths who have been calling for the dispatch of NATO troops to Ukraine to save the Kiev regime from imminent military defeat,” Doctorow said.
“No boots on the ground” in Ukraine is a key phrase contained in a draft document set to be approved by the NATO summit in Washington in July, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. https://sputnikglobe.com/20240508/nato-no-boots-on-the-ground-ukraine-strategy-meant-to-silence-wests-loudmouths–1118336759.htmlConsider the source… The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Ukraine’s main intelligence agency, reported on Tuesday that it had uncovered a plot by a network of Russian FSB agents to assassinate Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and several other high-ranking Ukrainian officials…
..According to SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk, the planned attack was directly supervised by Russia’s FSB from Moscow, and it “was supposed to be a gift to [President] Putin for his inauguration,” which took place on Tuesday, May 7th.
The intelligence agency said that the Russian plot relied heavily on identifying and recruiting perpetrators from among Zelensky’s larger security detail, “who could take the head of state hostage and then later kill him.”
The two Ukrainian colonels who were eventually tasked with the job were members of the country’s State Security Administration (UDO), Kyiv’s domestic counterintelligence service. They are also accused of leaking classified information to Moscow.
The two officers have been detained and are charged with treason and attempted assassination, both of which carry life sentences in prison.
The plot also involved eliminating two other high-ranking targets: SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk, and the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov.
According to the SBU, Budanov’s assassination was planned to take place just before the Orthodox Easter (celebrated on May 5th this year). While the FSB agents were tracking Budanov’s movements, one of the now-detained UDO colonels was allegedly supplying the network with FPV drones, warheads for portable missile launchers, and even anti-personnel mines. The plan was to first use a missile to hit Budanov’s location, then use drones to kill any remaining people at the site one by one. Finally, there was supposed to be another missile strike to clean up the evidence of the drone attacks, the SBU said. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/kyiv-foils-assassination-attempt-on-zelensky-from-the-inside/”Hype” wins. The US and Germany just can’t make a meaningful fraction of the current Russian artillery usage, let alone current Russian production.
Simplicius, Crunching Numbers: Ukraine Munitions “Ramp-up” Buzz, Real or Hype? https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/crunching-numbers-ukraine-munitionsThese Nepali mountain-men were always the shock-troops of the British Empire: 15,000 Gurkha allegedly join Russian forces amid Ukraine conflict https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/05/07/15000-gurkha-allegedly-join-russian-forces-amid-ukraine-conflict/
Eisenhower is as monumental hypocrite as they come for thinking he could expiate his “mortal Sin of “combat avoidance” in sunny Phillipines during WWi by murdering Pvt Eddie Slovik as a woefully dishonest Demonstration Project.
Who’s Danny Haiphong? Garland Nixon?As for me…ask David A. Tam Beebe Healthcare, Admiral Chris Hunter and Admiral Bill Roberts. When you get an honest answer then we’ll both book a visit with John Murtha’s family and inform them why my career may have cost Murtha his life.
I’m game anytime. Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia’s president on Tuesday, signaling the start of what former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector-turned political commentator Scott Ritter expects to become the final stage of Russia’s complete restoration of its self-identification and status as separate from and equal to the West. “In his inauguration speech, Vladimir Putin made it clear that the security of Russia and the Russian people are his top priority. Why would he have to say this? Because as we speak, Russia finds itself under attack from many nations around the world – nations that seek the existential extermination of Russia, if not through violence, then through economic strangulation,” Ritter said. https://sputnikglobe.com/20240507/scott-ritter-putins-inauguration-began-final-stage-of-russias-purge-of-malign-western-influence-1118313611.html
(Understatement) Putin Sent Message to West That Russia is ‘There to Stay’ as Major Power
As for the US-driven calls in the Western capitals and mainstream press to delegitimize the Russian presidential election process, “It is the continuation of the historic confrontation of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia,” Raffone explained.
He weighed in on the fact that representatives of Western countries stayed away from the ceremony. While the UK, Canada, and most European Union nations opted to boycott the swearing-in, France, Hungary, and Slovakia sent their ambassadors [as did Greece, Cyprus and Malta], Raffone pointed out, noting that the “tone is set by the US that is faced with tremendous domestic and external challenges in the months ahead of the November elections.”
“Despite the US/UK-imposed boycott, there is no united Western front against Russia… The reaction of Anglo-Saxon powers against Russia is a weak representation of the relativization of their global standing, a process with which their political elites have difficulty to come to terms. Despite their bellicose rhetoric, there is mounting sentiment that the relations with Russia cannot be eased without fresh diplomatic initiatives,” Raffone concluded. https://sputnikglobe.com/20240507/putin-sent-message-to-west-that-russia-is-there-to-stay-as-major-power-1118313466.html China’s Xi In Serbia Says ‘Never Forget’ This Unprecedented US Atrocity (Greek port, Piraeus through Serbia to Budapest is a Chinese economic corridor, as below.)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been in France since Sunday where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron to talk about range of topics but especially the Ukraine war and trade between China and the European Union. But on Tuesday he traveled to Serbia, and importantly the trip falls precisely on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, which came in the midst of NATO’s bombing of the Serbs of Yugoslavia during the 1999 Kosovo war...
..His emphasis on the line “never forget” is interesting given it is a common line used by Americans when it comes to remembering the 9/11 terror attacks, as well as in the West when it comes to Holocaust remembrance days.
To review of what we’ve featured in a previous post called “America’s Benevolent Bombing of Serbia,” President Bill Clinton commenced bombing Belgrade in the name of human rights, justice, and ethnic tolerance. Approximately 1,500 Serb civilians were killed by NATO bombing in one of the biggest sham morality plays of the modern era. As British professor Philip Hammond has noted, the 78-day bombing campaign “was not a purely military operation: NATO also destroyed what it called ‘dual-use’ targets, such as factories, city bridges, and even the main television building in downtown Belgrade, in an attempt to terrorise the country into surrender.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinas-xi-serbia-says-never-forget-unprecedented-us-atrocity There’s a careful plan behind Xi’s European tour , China wants to preserve and strengthen its foothold in and around the EU and is investing diplomatic effort where it is worth it. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a state visit to Europe. On what is his first trip to the EU since 2019, he has visited France and Hungary and concluded the tour in Serbia…
..Despite von der Leyden’s blatant pro-US bias, it is quite obvious that the loyalty of EU nations has become the subject of a battle between Washington and Beijing for influence in the emerging geopolitical struggle. Although of course the EU is in theory aligned with the US, through its dominance of institutions such as NATO, China’s foreign policy for many years now has focused on attempting to exert all influence to prevent the EU from fully aligning itself with Washington’s goal of containing Beijing, instead seeking to preserve open economic ties with the continent. To this end China has devoted an extensive diplomatic effort to Europe, an effort it doesn’t feel worth making towards the US, or even the UK...
..It is not politically convenient for Xi to visit Germany, and thus he chose France, where opinions seem more comfortable with its “maverick” role.
His second destination, Hungary, under Viktor Orban has carved out a niche as being the most pro-Beijing state in the whole EU. Orban has an even more maverick foreign policy which also seeks healthy ties with Russia. However, its small size means it cannot steer the entire bloc’s agenda. Despite this, Budapest is a very important partner for Beijing because it serves as a gateway for Chinese investment and other projects to amplify themselves on the continent when doors are being shut elsewhere. Such as, building an overseas campus for Fudan University, or a Chinese electric car factory, which is critically important if the commission is wielding the threat of tariffs.
But not only that, Hungary occupies a strategic position in central Europe above the Balkans which is the terminus of a Chinese economic corridor that starts with the port it owns in Piraeus, Greece. And between Greece and Hungary lies Serbia. Although Serbia is not part of the EU, it is a critically important nation in the Balkans which has stormy relations with the West owing to the massive bombing campaign NATO waged against it in the 1990s... Serbia’s well being depends on its ability to court relationships with third-party powers such as Russia and China to secure geopolitical clout. For China, Serbia thus becomes another focus point, or safe-haven, to project influence into Europe...
..Hence, Xi is reportedly going to try and upgrade relations with Serbia. After all, it is a place where China can invest and thus, sell to Europe, without EU and NATO interference. It is also hoped Serbia will join BRICS eventually.
Thus, while Xi’s visit to France, one of the EU’s leading states, is to ensure the bloc does not unite against Beijing, his visit to Serbia and Hungary is strategic by design in using them as projection points in ensuring China’s commercial ties with Europe can be upheld amidst resistance by powerful individuals such as Ursula von der Leyen. https://swentr.site/news/597183-xi-france-hungary-serbia/ US independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged former President Donald Trump to a debate at this month’s Libertarian National Convention. Trump insists that Kennedy is “not a serious candidate.”
“I’d like to make you an offer. We’re both going to be speaking at the upcoming Libertarian convention on May 24 and 25,” Kennedy wrote in an X (formerly Twitter) post on Tuesday addressed to Trump. “It’s perfect neutral territory for you and me to have a debate where you can defend your record for your wavering supporters.”
Asked last week whether he would debate Kennedy, Trump said that the former Democrat is “not a serious candidate” and would have to “get his numbers a lot higher before he’s credible.”
In his post on Tuesday, Kennedy claimed that a poll commissioned by his campaign showed that he would “crush” President Joe Biden in a two-way contest, and would defeat Trump “in a nail-biter” in a similar matchup. Polls published last month by CNN and Quinnipiac both showed Kennedy at 16% in a contest involving him, Trump, Biden, and other independents, a result that he argued puts him “above the 15% debate threshold.” https://swentr.site/news/597182-rfk-trump-debate-challenge/ Meryl Nass MD (State’s Rights), We did it!!! 22 Attorneys-General in the US have told Joe Biden that the WHO will not be making public policy in their states!
For the thousands of people who have been making calls and writing letters–you are the best! Global governance will not be starting in the US! https://merylnass.substack.com/p/we-did-it-22-attorneys-general-in Meryl Nass MD, Oklahoma House passed a bill denying the WHO, WEF and UN jurisdiction in the state. Yet a few R Senators are blocking the bill in the OK Senate. The people are fighting back! This bill needs to pass to protect the people of Oklahoma from arbitrary WHO (etc.) declarations and mandates. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/oklahoma-house-passed-a-bill-denying
Fauci Ignored Early Reports of Vaccine Injuries, Emails Obtained by CHD Reveal
Dr. Anthony Fauci knew COVID-19 vaccines were causing serious injuries, including myocarditis, neurological conditions and death, within days of the vaccines’ rollout in December 2020, according to documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fauci-ignored-covid-vaccine-injuries-emails-chd/ Charles Hugh Smith on not-competing in the rat-race, Hikikomori and Lying Flat: When “Making It” Becomes Hopeless
In summary, developed economies have been stripped of secure, well-paid manual-labor work, the purchasing power of wages has declined, prices of assets such as homes have skyrocketed out of reach and the mass overproduction of elites (those with college diplomas and advanced degrees) has created a winner-take-all competitive pressure cooker with few winners and an abundance of also-rans...
..Many individuals do not have the armor and weaponry needed to enter the arena and survive the competition. It’s easy to dismiss them as “lazy,” but that’s not the issue. It’s also easy to dismiss them as snowflakes, young people who have been shielded from life’s rougher edges by overprotective parents, leaving them ill-equipped for the slings and arrows of modern life. But this isn’t the issue, either. The real issue is the social and economic demands now exceed the carrying capacity of many people...
..How do humans respond when they’re viewed as worthless and they feel hopeless? …
..So they drop out of the competition. Maybe they take a part-time gig job, maybe they move back home to take care of a parent or grandparent, or they become a recluse.
Hikikomori–hiki, to withdraw–komori, inside–is an extreme form of voluntary social isolation from society. The term originated in Japan but the abandonment of conforming to the demands of society is not limited to Japan. Withdrawing from the demands of what passes for “normal life” is not limited to extremes of seclusion; it is a spectrum of withdrawal that includes giving up on striving for upper-middle class membership (which goes by terms such as lying flat and let it rot) to minimizing engagement with the world in a variety of ways...
..Those who are excluded have said the pain of loneliness is easier to bear than the pain of dealing with other people.
Where working class jobs in factories once offered security, community and a positive identity of being a productive, valued worker, now the physical-labor jobs are viewed as demeaning and those doing the work find their work isn’t validated or respected...
..Now working class jobs are characterized by insecurity and precariousness, a threadbare social circle of other workers and neighbors passing through and very little validation of being a contributing member of society. https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/hikikomori-and-lying-flat-when-makingRich: They’re the talk show circuit, although Sarah Westall may be better. HereLetMeGoogleThatForYou.com. But it’s no good being snarky he’s on Radio and you’re not: so? Get on radio yourself and debate him or something. I can’t listen to you if you’re not on. Actually, I’d stick to your story and just mention him in passing, it’s not good, doesn’t get views to just pick somebody out and accuse. Anybody can do that and you know much more.
Always the employee’s fault: Yeah I remember when Wells Fargo made like 100,000 comepletely fake, fraudulent accounts and then overdrafted them, charging fees. The Company said the Call Center people made it up! All on heir own!
Aspnaz: You have to be here. Don’t nobody DGAF about Israel, Gaza, or Jews. It’s all TV. If the words are in their mouth, two seconds later they’ll have forgot.
Oh wait, I guess that doesn’t make sense. YOU care about Jews more than any single thing on earth, past, present or future. You check the Jews before pouring cornflakes in the morning and check again after you pull the covers over your head at night. No other people exist, so why think about them? Why talk to me/us? You already know we have no free agency and have never made a single decision in our lives, it was all THEM. We’re like rocks, doorknobs, dummy cardboard props.
Look: if you think – agree with them lavishly – the people are dumb cattle who decide nothing, go nowhere, incapable of reason and can never act as you do, and IF you think it’s the farmer who acts, decides, and chooses it all, Why you down here talking to the cows? You already know we can’t understand you. You already know the only person on earth who has free will is the farmer: go talk to him.
Hey, wasn’t it Ike who gassed families, women and children in the bonus army, then killed 500,000 Germans in Help Camps in the occupation AFTER the war?
How long do you want to keep swapping “Eisenhower did bad stuff” playing cards?
Luckily, most generals never kill no one and don’t do nothin’ bad. Like McClellan. If you kill no one, have no bad habits like drinking, history really remembers you. https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/lincolns-do-nothing-generals/
BB’s revenge on political cartoonist/journalist Joe Sacco, who’s concerned about where his tax money goes.
The full story:
https://www.tcj.com/the-war-on-gaza-5-7-24/Germany is celebrating Victory Day
In Berlin, unknowns hacked the projection and painted the Brandenburg Gate with the Victory Banner
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Harshed your mellow!
Germany is celebrating Victory Day
In Berlin, unknowns hacked the projection and painted the Brandenburg Gate with the Victory Banner
German police have launched an investigation pic.twitter.com/A8A3uLT2Cz
— Vladi 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 (@joiedevivre789) May 8, 2024
You’re an expert on Flag officers, too?
Christ, there’s nothing that evades your expertise.
Scott Ritter’s bastard twin, perhaps?Dr D said
Aspnaz: You have to be here. Don’t nobody DGAF about Israel, Gaza, or Jews. It’s all TV. If the words are in their mouth, two seconds later they’ll have forgot.
I don’t live in your world, I was smart enough to leave the west before the shit hit the fan and people like you started begging the Jews to let you into the club. Having been turned down, you are now all kissing Jew ass like your “American exceptionalism”, “Spreading Democracy to the world” and “Land of the free” slogans never existed.
The world now sees that you are the evil that put the evil into Israel, and now you can’t see your values any more. Although folks like you talk of Logos etc, you are bullshitting us, you don’t believe in natural law or any of that stuff, you are a zero-principled branch bending with the wind. You talk the talk but man, you probably don’t have legs.
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