Figmund Sreud
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@ Dr. Day – “Never Seen In Over 40 Years” – SVB Collapse Sparks Bank Runs As People Wait In Lines
————————————Regarding above zero hedge article, … germane comments on this ( and lot more ) in following rant:
… worth hearing out the whole vid. Both chaps make lot of sense. Explain a lot of intricacy of financial markets
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Re Leonard and Democracy
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O mighty ship of state – you kidding me, right?F.S.
How do you make a good propaganda film? How do you expose it before it wins a truth-telling award and embarrasses the prize-givers — before they discover it’s a pseudo-documentary that has been nominated for an “Oscar” – before the white envelopes are opened before millions of people on Oscar night, March 12th?
“Navalny” is a slick production full of easily-documented fabrications, disinformation, with lots of clever visuals to distract and manipulate viewers.
… and the winner is, … :
“Navalny,” documentary nominated for March 12th Oscar, is disinformation
“Navalny,” documentary nominated for March 12th Oscar, is disinformation
“I always thought either Somalia or Nepal were behind it.”
_______________Nothing farther from the truth, … Bali girls did it! Honest, …
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Crooke’s weekly, … biggish snip:
Just as with lockdown, governments have used behavioural psychology to instil fear and isolation to mass large groups of people into herds, where toxic sneering at any contrariness cold-shoulders all critical thinking or analysis. It is more comfortable being inside the herd, than out.
The dominant characteristic here is remaining loyal to the group – even when the policy is working badly and its consequences disturb the conscience of members. Loyalty to the group becomes the highest form of morality. That loyalty requires each member to avoid raising controversial issues, questioning weak arguments, or calling a halt to wishful thinking.
The ‘Groupthink’ allows some self-imagined reality to detach; to drift further and further from any connection to reality, and then to transit into delusion – always drawing on like-minded peer cheerleaders for its validation and extended radicalisation.
So, it’s ‘goodbye’ to traditional Intelligence! And ‘welcome’ to western Intelligence 101: Geo-Politics no longer revolves around a grasp on Reality. It is about the installation of ideological pseudo-realism – which is the universal installation of a singular groupthink, such that everyone lives passively by it, until it is far too late to change course.
How Could Western Intelligence Have Got It Wrong, Again? They Didn’t. They Had Other Purposes
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Who knew Rheinmetall, “A company of environmentally friendly mobility”.
Who is behind Rheinmetall? Well, Harris Associates, Wellington, Capital World, Fidelity, LSV, Vanguard, BlackRock, Dimensional, BKF.
War business is good business!
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Sachs in Hungary, … worth hearing out. Especially U.S. – Yeltsin Russia events of the day part. If all true to his words, I don’t believe Putin ( or Medvedev, too! ) will stop with Ukraine! Vendetta, vengeance, … a blood feud. Guaranteed!
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@ Dr. D. – Atlantic doing a victory lap for how there’s no recession:
__________________________Fools! Reality is that letter “r” ( recession ) has been just superseded by the letter “s” ( stagflation ), … and The Atlantic never noticed even a glimpse of this change, …
… anyway, the headline for the article should haveread, The Reason the Stagflation Hasn’t Happened Yet, … than, the article should have been Re formulated on the basis of following:
According to FactSet, 94% of S&P 500 companies have reported numbers, with 68% beating estimates. That “beat rate” was primarily a function of the rapid cuts to estimates since June of last year. If analysts were held to their original estimates, roughly 100% of companies would have disappointed expectations.
… or something alike!
Here is the latest cartoon of S&P 500:
https://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24SPX&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p60367908649… fwiw,
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Helmer:
For Russia it would never have turned out this way if President Boris Yeltsin had decided to run for a third term, ruling as medically incapable as President Joseph Biden, but deferring the succession until after Mikhail Khodorkovsky had sold the Yukos oil company to the US, and the other Russian oligarchs created by Yeltsin had followed suit. Heart, brain, and liver disease stopped the Yeltsin part of that. The Vladimir Putin succession plan then failed to deliver what had been intended.
What has remained of the plan of the destruction of Russia from those days is what there is today.
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Surveying optimistically stupid!
… and the survey says:
“Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Gen Zers believe they’ll become wealthy one day, making them the most financially optimistic generation. Overall, 44% of Americans think they’ll be wealthy in their lifetime, though that’s down from 51% in 2019. The past three years saw millennials’ expectations of wealth drop, from 66% in 2019 to 59% today.
https://www.magnifymoney.com/news/wealthy-survey/
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Function of War. Fascinating interview. About 47 minutes long, …
… of this guy => https://simon-hunt.com/
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Escobar:
“[A]s much as Russia is a master of riddles and China is a master of paradox, their strategists are now working full time on how to return all strands of Hybrid War against the Hegemon. One thing is certain: unlike boastful Americans, they won’t outline any breakthroughs until they are already in effect.
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Not often we see the colour, … just some light, yes. This was special!
‘Quite the show’: Northern lights shimmer over Calgary, a likely trend for coming years
The bright green aurora was seen hovering directly over Calgary on Sunday night and Monday morninghttps://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-northern-lights
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West Point Paper
“The US-led Rules-Based Order (RBO) is changing in an increasingly multipolar world. Nevertheless, US officials continually restate that the RBO must be defended.”
https://urbankaoboy.substack.com/p/west-point-paper-part-14
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Canada got rid of some junk. Yes! CBC reports today – Feb. 25th – that these two tanks ( Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks), are now in Ukraine proper.
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Worth hearing out, ( … and no spoiler from me, you have to hear Keen at the end!), … it’s Doomberg vs. Steve Keen, or Steve Keen vs. Doomberg: How should the world de-carbonize and de-economize, or not, … or what whatever.
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Millions of barrels of Russian crude and fuels have been switched between tankers just a few miles off the coast of Greece, one of a series of workarounds that traders have used to overcome European Union sanctions against Moscow.
At least 23 million barrels of Russian crude and additional volumes of refined fuels have been transfered from one tanker to another in the Bay of Lakonikos since the start of this year, according to tanker tracking by Bloomberg. Greek authorities say their scope to intervene is limited because the activity is happening outside of a six-mile limit to the country’s territorial waters in the area.
… fwiw,
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Helmer on Brandon’s Travelogue Kiev venture, … and what the western MSM had to say about it. Example:
“US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday in a show of American commitment… On a trip shrouded by secrecy for security reasons…the visit resembled previous US presidents’ clandestine wartime trips to Iraq and Afghanistan — but was more daring since US troops were not on the ground to help provide support.” Source: https://www.ft.com/
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@ Dr. Day – “I am informed by this letter that my Family Medicine Board Certification, renewed last year via extensive medical education, expense, and taking a written all-day examination, is cancelled due to my blog posts…”
____________________So very disappointing! The world is changing at an alarmingly rapid rate! Truth tellers are dismissed and penalized. It takes courage to make a stand! It takes courage to continue, …
… thank you!
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If you wish to know the difference between money and currency, … here is a book that will enlighten you!
… and, bonus, … you don’t need to by this book! Two chapters are free to read, … plus some bonus stuff free too. But read chapter 3 first, … than chapter 4.
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English version – official of today’s address by the leading Kacap ( an ancient and offensive Ukrainian, (… and Polish, too!) slur for Russians!
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70565
… fwiw,
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Polish PM: “We Want Permanent US Military Bases”
____________________________Polacks will never learn. What will, than, happen first is Poland will become Ukraine-like, … denazified and demilitarized. Just keep yamering you dump truck!
Anyway, … for as long as me being Polish (~72 years), all I’ve been hearing from Polacks, “Ve vanna be ‘Muricans!, … dump-truckin’ fools!
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Crooke:
“Clearly the U.S. is preparing the ground for a Spring ‘Victory Announcement’ – as Milley’s delusional comments foreshadow – and a pivot – just a whisker ahead of the U.S. Presidential Election calendar kick-off.
The ‘narrative’ in the MSM has already begun to transition to that of a coming crushing Russian offensive – and of heroic Ukrainian resistance overwhelmed by crushing force.”
An Unexpected Insight (for the Élite): The U.S. May Be the Biggest Loser in the War on Russia
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Re Brandon visiting Kiev, … CBC is currently showing footage of him walking with Zelenskyy near St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kiev as well as Biden participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial wall outside St. Michael’s Cathedral. All marked as on Monday.
Further, CBC is stating:
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the U.S. notified Moscow of Biden’s visit to Kyiv shortly before his departure from Washington “for deconfliction purposes,” in an effort to avoid any miscalculation that could bring the two nuclear-armed nations into direct conflict.… so this shirt-show did occur. Interesting, …
… fwiw,
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@Dr. Day – The Canadian rainbow snow-melt looks like what oil does on the surface of water, doesn’t it?
—————-Yes, a sure sign of oil on melting snow and water. It’s typically from cars leaking oil, … or someone dumped used oil into rain gutter. Happens often. Now, vid indicates that it’s on all surrounding streets. It just might be that there is an old car in the ‘hood that leaks oil profusely, … or car that was just serviced improperly – loose drain plug or worse, … double gasket on oil filter!
… fwiw,
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Helmer on Hersh:
SEYMOUR HERSH DEFENDS CIA IN PLOT TO ATTACK BIDEN RE-ELECTION – HERSH ALSO ATTACKS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS WITH HIS OWN PLOT TO FEED THEM “CRUMBS”
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Regarding Sy Hersh on CN Live!: “What I’ve done is simply explain the obvious.”, … that is, the United States does what it does, forever with impunity, … He heralds this out loud for public consumption. Hear him out very carefully. He very much sound like a stooge – a person who serves merely to support or assist others! He goes out of his way and crosses well beyond the topic of North Stream pipeline bombing. Why would he do such, … unless he is on some mission? Dunno, …
Anyway, … more on Hersh:
Seymour Hersh Responds to His Critics
https://countercurrents.org/2023/02/seymour-hersh-responds-to-his-critics/F.S.
Before you implement that most fantastic idea, … heads-up?
That moment when you realize the wrong idea popped into your head…. pic.twitter.com/PUNCb9AxsD
— Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) February 14, 2023
Alastair Crooke:
“… time is short. The Election Calendar looms. Is Biden to be the Democratic candidate? Whether or not he will be a candidate in 2024 needs to be resolved before the early primaries to allow any successor to demonstrate his or her paces in good time.”
A tale of two worlds
Feb 1, 2023 – Alasdair MacleodIn the geopolitical tussle between the old and new hegemons, we see the best of strategies and the worst of strategies, where belief is pitted against credulity. It is the season of light and the season of darkness, the spring of hope and the winter of despair…
https://www.goldmoney.com/research/a-tale-of-two-worlds
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“Poland, … would become the new proxy …in a wider European war against Russia.”
________________________Poland, … by its continuous machination will once again become non-existent, … just alike the late 18th century, when Poland was partitioned three times and into non-existence by the three major European powers: Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Polaks never learn, … never!
Anyway, … Timeline of Polish history from the year 450 A.D., if anyone is interested:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Polish_history
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Fed said, “ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate.”, and by extension, Powell gave a tiny jerk of the head that Bull understood to mean, “Well – if you must.”
https://realinvestmentadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/staredown-1-scaled.jpg
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Alastair CROOKE:
“The axis of states “at war with Russia” stand at the edge of an economic precipice. Living standards are collapsing at the fastest rate since WW2. Anger, slow to ignite, is now burgeoning. The British and EU political classes have no answers to this crisis. The Ruling Class try to sit tight, and trust that the people will accept all ‘things’: Spiralling prices, jobs priced out by higher energy costs, empty spaces on shop shelves, the energy spikes – and the pockets of system dysfunctionality (i.e., at airports and on transport systems) that confound the smooth running of society. It’s the same for Americans.
The flunkies charged with the management and the running of ‘the system’ are confused. Their (high) self-esteem until now has rested on their articulation of ‘correct views’ and espousing the ‘prescribed causes’ – more than manifesting any particular competence in their work. Now they do not know what to say, or which cause is ‘correct’. Narratives are falling apart; the Twitter revelations have disrupted the former ‘equilibrium’.
@ Dr. Day : “Here is a song that I feel is appropriate in every way to all of “our” discussions here in recent days, about War, …
_______________Lyrics:
The grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors
And the brown earth bleached white
At the edge of his gravestone, he’s goneWhen the wars of our nation did beckon
A man barely twenty did answer the calling
Proud of the trust that he placed in our nation, he’s gone
But eternity knows him and it knows what we’ve doneAnd the rain fell like pearls on the leaves of the flowers
Leaving brown, muddy clay where the earth had been dry
And deep in the trench he waited for hours
As he held to his rifle and prayed not to dieBut the silence of night was shattered by fire
As guns and grenades blasted sharp through the air
One after another his comrades were slaughtered
In morgue of marines, alone standing thereHe crouched ever lower, ever lower with fear
They can’t let me die, they can’t let me die here
I’ll cover myself with the mud and the earth
And I’ll cover myself, I know I’m not braveThe earth
The earth
The earth
Is my graveThe grave that they dug him had flowers
Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colors
And the brown earth bleached white
At the edge of his gravestone, he’s gone… more songs about war:
https://www.songfacts.com/category/songs-about-war
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