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Post re. prev. thread. which failed..
Oroboros, heh, about Musk, cars, etc. whatever, 🙂
Car sales by various Cos. go up and down, that isn’t meaningful, as ‘Brands’, ‘Cos’ are owned by Higher Conglomerates, shareholders, World Wide, etc. All big producers of cars are multi-national, in the sense that parts, materials for parts, are produced all over the world, fashioned all over, assembled here and there in function of labor costs, taxes, market take-up, etc. As you know…
PEAK CAR is a reality. Lots of info around,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_car
For Europe,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146517307445
Analyses using diff. measures (miles travelled, money spent on car, new car sales, second hand car sales, etc.) sort of jell around Peak Car in 2017, World.
China an exception… anyways this is a complicated topic, heh.
thx for the Medieval Keith Richards, nice.
Greenland is not part of the EU. It left after a Referendum.
Iceland, Norway, Jersey and Guernsey, and since Brexit, the UK are not part of the EU. Ireland is the exception here, trad. strongly pro-Europe, pro-EU,understandable, damn those Murderous Brit Colonisers…
From top post,
EU Military Chief Wants Troops In Greenland (RT):
The European Union should deploy military forces in Greenland, the chairman of the EU Military Committee (EUMC), Gen. Robert Brieger, said in an interview published Saturday. He cited Greenland’s geopolitical importance and “tensions” with Russia and China as the reason for his suggestion.
Why would the EU control / defend a non-EU country? Humanitarian stuff, hmmm.
–> Greenland is a full member of NATO. Should the US ‘attack’ or ‘control’ Greenland, that would be a NATO country subjugating another one, thru force of arms, intimidation, or more. One other reason for Trump to quit – disband – nullify, NATO.
I guess all these ‘accords’, signed pacts, security guarantees, are now just immaterial, part of the Past.
From RT at top post. In recent weeks, Trump has expressed ambitions to expand US territory and showed interest in annexing Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal.
“We might be an enlarged country pretty soon,” Trump said in a speech in Las Vegas on Saturday.
https://swentr.site/news/611637-trump-teases-us-expansion/
A kind of emulation of Putin, “We need Ukraine for our security” -> Expansionism is the name of the game! (To grab ressource, other, whatever…)
The Trumpy-USA-MAGA faction is trying to loot the Allies, re-colonise the ‘dependent areas’, eating up and commanding the Nearby Vassals, assuming Kontrol where that might just fly, as no resistance .. (e.g. Germany..)
Soft Power is flipped into Hard Power, as the Hegemon flounders about.
DBS rant, prev. thread, snip:
The chance of building and operating a world spanning full spectrum surveillance state with data collection and AI processing centers costing TENS OF TRILLIONS of presently non-existent money is precisely ZERO (…) … has as much chance of actually happening as does the chance of Elon Musk running an interplanetary self-driving Uber service to Mars and back for hundreds of thousands of billionaire space cadets.
Advances in technology have always been used to control ppl. Family story, my ancient-grand-uncle (born before WW1), a sporty bicycle enthusiast, travelled all over Europe, in his breast pocket a ‘laissez-passer’ which was a handwritten and stamped document from his country Authorities, testifiying he was an honorable person and was to be accorded ‘passage’ and respect — worked fine.
When mass photography became ‘cheap’, everyone had to have a ‘passport’ with a photo, the State(s) took control of that.
The last time I went to renew my Swiss Passport I had to go into a creepy booth to have pix of my Iris taken, this was the new *bio-metric standard* !
See also, Finger-printing (USA) has an interesting history.
Identifying individuals and tracking them has become an obsession linked to control, as the digital infrastructure affords staggering, incredible, opportunities. Ultimately doomed imho, other story.
From top post,
“In the interview, Trump specifically dismissed criticism of his policy towards the popular social media app TikTok, which he promised to save from legislation passed by Congress which required the app to separate from its Chinese owner or be banned from the United States. Shortly after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order to extend the deadline for the app’s parent company ByteDance to divest of the platform or face a ban…”
Typing into Goog, “Who owns Tiktok?” furnishes:
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was founded by Chinese entrepreneurs. ByteDance is a privately-held global company, roughly 60 percent owned by global institutional investors (such as Blackrock, General Atlantic, and Susquehanna International Group), 20 percent owned by the company’s founders, and 20 percent owned by its employees—including over 7,000 U.S.-based employees. It is not owned or controlled by any government or state-controlled entity.
https://usds.tiktok.com/who-owns-tiktoks-parent-company-bytedance/
Tiktok is owned by the ‘W’ say, I haven’t looked up the details, so what is all this fuss about? 🙂
Watched parts of Trump’s inaugural address, and the pomp before, with the sound OFF.
John Day’s description was enough, https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/the-starting-gun
one full vid: https://tinyurl.com/2e568sj7 CNBC
Light Relief, Into Symbolism.
(Prescribed uniforms, dress, etc. of ‘officials’ (e.g. judge’s robes), the flags, etc., the laid-down parts, not dealt with.)
Scattered observations:
Trumpy is wearing a bi-partisan tie, he is above all that. The tie is darkish blue with small red dots / roundish shapes, which gives an overall impression of purplish from afar.
HATS! These are very important since the British Empire! No Man dared to wear a hat, but two women did, ostensibly as a ‘fashion’ statement.
Melania wore a black hat with a large brim, with a white band. The brim was so large that a ceremonial kiss did not work out, Trumpy couldn’t reach her cheek! (oops.)
Black hats with white bands are in the W *universally* seen as Mafia Hats, Gangster Fedoras, Gangsta Hats, as opposed to a ‘white hat’ = an allegory, not a reference to a real hat = someone who does ‘good’ in some community.
Her dress and hat were ‘officially’ of the deepest darkest blue but on vid it all looked black, black on black, black shoes with the cruellest spikiest heels…Melania has no clue, has dress advisors, what went on there, who knows. At the first Trumpy Inauguration she wore a pale blue frumpy baggy dress, with big buttons, in honor of Jaqueline Kennedy!
First Daughter Ivanka was the only other woman to wear headgear, this was a sort of skewed beret covering half her head in a greenish color. (? what ?)
Jill Stein wore a color that was close to Purple (color of Royalty and Dominators since forever.) Kamala was inappropriately dressed, dark top and pants with ZIPPERS (zips are the ultimate vulgarity) – been for a run? A very obvious sign of disrespect. Michelle Obama didn’t show.
Elon Musk was placed next to Baron Trump.Peter 47 on Jan 19 posted: I would be interested if Skripals are still alive, nobody mentions that.
Imho Yulia and Sergei are still alive. There have been some reports, more or less credible, that they were given new identities and moved to New Zealand.
Imho, the deal for ‘new identities’ for them was planned quite quickly. “Killing them off” was not an option — as saved by British Health System, Police, Gvmt., from Super-Evil.
Yulia when she makes her TV statement (while held somewhere ‘safe’ in England) makes it clear that she does not wish help from the Russians (Embassy etc.), that she is fine, and a future awaits. Link below is excerpts not full version.
In the Inquiry into Sturgess’ death testimony from Sergei *in absentia* dated some time in 2024 exists. It doesn’t add anything terribly vital, nor is it proof, but it sounds very like him to me. Sorry no link, I did keep many links, but the Sturgess Inquiry Site has re-vamped itself, and for now I don’t have time to hunt docs. up, if they still exist.
Yes, Ilargi, a lot of information is coming out via the Dawn Sturgess Death Inquiry.
The Kit K. link is good info, afaik all that is correct, as far as one can know, for now. Specially from the Doc that talked to Yulia and was then prevented from attending the Skripals, all that is in the testimony, yes. It is a great article. Link,
Skripal poisoning victim disputed UK narrative, official inquiry reveals
For those interested the DAWN Inquiry (let’s just call it that) it is available in the form of ‘documents’ and ‘videos’ published by the UK Gvmt. It was… a HUGE repository that was hard to navigate, thousands of ‘documents’ all untitled, thousands of pages, etc.
Since I have been reading some stuff there it has changed its organisation, presentation, search possibilites, etc. several times. Some videos as still on Youtube.
Yes, Fauci was a minor player, like a high level functionary. Trump probably didn’t know anything much, wasn’t informed, went with ‘warp speed vax’ etc.
Ilargi posted 2 pieces by John Helmer about the Skripals. In one Helmer claimed the Brit. Gvmt. ordered the NOVICHOK narrative. Correct ! afaik.
—> Helmer has written a book about this affair, I haven’t read it, as this is an event I have looked into carefully for a long time from primary sources only, I’m afraid of being influenced.
Before starting any investigation (Helmer would agree I guess?) it must be accepted, that the idea that Putin / R Gvmt / R Deep State – Oligarchs – would try to kill Sergei Skripal is ridiculous.
Sergei was in prison in Russia for many years and could have been easily eliminated. He was treated ‘according to regs’ and then added to a list of Prisoner Swaps, was granted a State Pardon, and then let go.
All states respect Prisoner Swaps (some of the ppl traded are v. important!) because it is in their interest to do so. The MSM often doesn’t report the full stories / details because that doesn’t fit with riling up the public to hate X, Y, Z. The swaps take place, they are respected. Skripal at his house in Salisbury had no security, not even a door cam – not needed.
Had an ‘evil Russkie org / element’ wanted to kill Skripal he would have been dead long ago, and if some sudden impulse to kill a very low-level figure (Skripal was a traitor, but a minor one, just in some biz ‘for da money’..) that would have been accomplished easily. Note, Yulia, as uninvolved, according to a certain honor code, would not have been harmed.
If the supposed ‘Novichok’ scary substance attack, by Russian agents, was aimed at Sergei, it failed? No…
So whatever happened in Salisbury, in March 2018, it was not an attack on Sergei. Iirc, Sergei himself told Mark Urban that he did not believe that Putin wanted to kill him. (Sergei was actually trying to return to Russia.)
Something else happened. …….:
1. Another person, not Sergei, was the target. The other British victims, not detailed in full here, are not ppl, even if they were hated, that would be attacked in such a way. For ex. DC Nick Bailey, UK Police, Dawn Sturgess, alcoholic living in housing for the homeless. The only possible other intended target is Yulia Skripal.
2. The Skripals, and all other sufferers, were random victims, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, possibly doing silly things (picking up stuff), stumbling into some crazed action, mad dysfunction, actions / plot that did not concern them.
3. The attack did target the Skripals, but via a convoluted ‘Let’s blame Russia-Putin’ script concocted by the British. This story did have consequent effects, many EU countries expelled Russian Diplomats, and did not send delegates to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. (Symbolic actions, nonetheless…)
4. Other -> open.
What is going on with Jared K. ?
As Ceasefire Nears, Jared Kushner’s New Investments Could Boost Israeli Settlements.
“Just before the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire deal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law doubled his stake in an Israeli firm that stands to gain from expanding Israeli settlements.”
Jan 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/bv86fmw
Albania approves luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner’s company.
Jan 16, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/mufsvhvs
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners and Eagle Hills have agreed to build a luxury hotel and apartment complex in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade
Sazan Island. https://tinyurl.com/yc6my9nc
more….Idk…
Thx to John Day, prev. thread, for posting a substack piece by Alex Krainer (who was on a Zoom Call with Bannon and wrote about it.)
https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/anticipation
I had forgotten about Krainer. I listened to an interview of him by Nima (Dialogue Works), 1 H 5 mins, Jan 16.
Krainer sees a ‘grand strategy’ behind Trump, his nominations, his aims, etc. Krainer fits seemingly scattered statements / actions into a ‘comprehensible’ mold, roughly, Globalists against Nationalists. Re. for ex. Israel, reigning it back in, to preserve it. ( = not controversial.)
He also says that Trump, as evidenced by Musk’s attacks on Starmer, the UK Gvmt, ruling establishment, will return to / join ‘a multi polar world’ abandoning the British ‘alliance’, ‘colonial system’, with its headquarters in London. More at link.
It is appealing because it makes sense of what others see as disorganised lashing out, infighting, leading to *at best* terminal decay, loss of power, etc. (USA.) Or much worse.
On Tulsi Gabbard, from prev. thread.
Served in the US Militaary, is a staunch supporter of Israel, ex.
“Former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard says college protesters have become “puppets” of a “radical Islamist organization”, contradicting the United States; “ideology of freedom.”
https://tinyurl.com/bdehrbn9 MSM 5 mins
Now,
“President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is voicing support for a key government surveillance authority she once sought to dismantle. (…) Gabbard said she will support FISA Section 702 — an intelligence gathering tool passed by Congress after September 11, 2001 — if confirmed as Trump’s spy chief, marking a dramatic shift from her previous attempts to repeal the same authority and comments raising deep concerns about domestic surveillance.”
https://tinyurl.com/bde85a4k CNN
Leaving it there, likely others here know more than I do.
Basically we are seeing the break-down of the post WW2 -> 2000 or thereabouts political organisation of the USA. Some Ex.
The bi-Party (multi-party with some fringes given some insignificant voices) system is publically admitted to be defunct, Kennedy and Gabbard are Trumpies, Liz Cheney is some kind of Dem. Heroine, etc.
Oligarchs have given up the pretense of being behind the scenes, see the megalomaniac half-crazed Musk.
Condemnation and hate of ‘Islamist’ terrorism is speedily abandoned (was always pretty much constructed, provoked, paid for) with a head-chopper, Takfiri terrorist, Islamist radical, Al-Golani being suddenly, mysteriously, anointed Prezident of Syria!
Internal solidarity of the top pol – econo – PTB is fraying, see Trump dissing Newsom.
From link at top post, so, heh, Trumpy is now against Mask + Vaxx mandates.
After boasting previously he was the Grand Promoter of Warp-Speed Vaccines, super-effective, which would counter, squash the WUFLU, some kind of bio-war fare junk from China, or new bug, I forget now, some horrid threat that would impact innocent and lovely Americans.
Always good to see the follow-up. 🙁
From the US Gvmt. offical enquiry. Takes time…
FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation, Issues 500+ Page Final Report on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward.
excerpts from the summary:
–The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.
–Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research at inadequate biosafety levels.
–Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.
— EcoHealth — under the leadership of Dr. Peter Daszak — used U.S. taxpayer dollars to facilitate dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China.
> more at link.
On top post;
https://swentr.site/news/610715-greenland-pm-ready-talk-trump/
Greenland PM is ready to talk to Trump, from RT.
Yes, rightio, imho the right move.
The MSM and some commentarors are super confused.
Greenland (G) is NOT part of the EU.
It left in1985 after a referendum.
Roughly, outpost North West of the European Continent: Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, are not part of the EU. (UK now also, and Jersey and Guernsey were never a part either.)
Yet, G is a ‘full’ member of NATO and of the Coucil of Europe.
The reasons for G not signing on to the EU, concern mostly fishing rights, shipping (i.e. the SEA legislation in general), labor laws, and more.
(Note, the EU has supported G financially, very massively. Like survival funds…)
“The desire for independence, the wish to be in one’s own house, is probably understood by all people in the world,” Egede said. “We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be Americans, we want to be Greenlandic.” – from article
A nice sentiment, but G can’t defend itself and has now to be dependent on some World Power.
One poll in 2024 (before the recent upheavals) showed that Greenlanders were ready to join the EU.
From Wiki, imho correct.
“The Brexit debate has reignited talk about the EU in Greenland, and there have been calls for the island to rejoin the Union.[14] In 2024 an opinion poll found that 60 percent of Greenland’s population would vote in favour of re-joining the EU, an increase from 2021 where only 40 percent were in favour.”
That is all over now, and I wouldn’t be at all suprised if G so to speak went its own way, looking to its own advantage, etc. which might speedily be, going Trumpy. Imho that is why there is rhetoric about leaving ‘Denmark’ (to put it briefly), becoming ‘independent’ (which afaik G can do within Int’l law with a referendum, but I might be mistaken about that.)
On, Elon Musk brands British PM evil.
https://swentr.site/news/610581-musk-starmer-evil-grooming/
The USA VP, as I call him now, Lone Smuk (an anagram) is riling up the British so-called ‘right-wing’ public, to blame Brown ppl, in this case supposed Pakistani Gangs, for raping white innocent underage poor British girlies.
This is blatantly a political move, to get the ‘Laborites’ out and new influencers, commanders, in.
About Paki gangs doing that, Idk, I have never looked into this, there may be some or much truth to it, but I will swear that those abusing children are generally, in Europe, white / in top positions / male / powerul.
Smuk has also met with Meloni, who is the official PM of Italy (branded as ‘right wing’ oppo, she supports ISR, UKR) as well as with Alice Weidel, AFD head of Gemany’s ‘radical right-wing’ party.
Here a long lovey convo between Smuk and Alice W, shared laughs, povs, with much info, I reco. even listening to some parts to get a handle on Musk…
1 H 14 mins. 9-10 jan. 2025.
youtube. https://tinyurl.com/bde658vc
From top post, Trump re. Panama Canal, Greenland, Canada
https://swentr.site/news/610564-trump-new-map-of-canada/
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So low-level interpretation, Trump is pissed:
The Russians claim new territory (say the 4 Oblasts, not going into detail), new transport routes, like Kurks Bridge (other long story), bases in Syria now perhaps to be moved to Lybia (idk much about that, but the Russkies will decide), and more, like the whole of UKR might be taken over by Russia, yes, and the USA *cannot* prevent that.
So Trump mirrors, copies the strategy as a riposte, If THEY can do this, why can’t we, the most powerful wonderul country ever?
Surrounding territory can be taken over, shipping routes can be controlled, etc.
So, Canada, nearby territory, is like UKR, can be taken over by the more heavily armed / clued in / superpower forces, submission is built in, supposedly.
(As Russia takes UKR, USA takes Canada, to spell it out.)
The transport routes -important nodes- to be taken back and controlled are standard, same story.
Trump publishing maps of taking over territory is just like Netanyahoo with his maps. Again, if Netanyahoo can do it, is allowed and ecouraged to to do it, with seemingly no constrainst, why can’t the most powerful, the Hegemon of All Times, do more and better?
– of course this is just one slant and other considerations are left off
Back to the Past.
Title. Does the US Sponsor Revolutions?
13 years ago. Vid 27 mins.
“The Revolution Business, 2011 – Consultants are helping people countries like Ukraine and Egypt build a foundation of knowledge in order to start revolutions…”
About the Arab Spring, and Gene Sharp, and more.
WES wrote:
The Los Vegas so called terrorist bombing has FBI written all over it!
This event was staged by the same Los Vegus FBI crew, that did the Los Vegas shooting event.
When I saw in a brief clip the Las Vegas Pol. etc. making a statement about the Tesla-Trump-Tower ‘suicide bomber’, I was immediately reminded of the Las Vegas ‘shooting’ in 2017.
I looked into that at the time, extensively, and for sure Stephen Paddock was a convenient / post-hoc in haste cobbled together perp / organised before with a ‘fake’ mission / somehow or other / The Patsy.
The 2017 ‘incident’ (heh, mass murder) killed about 60 people, wounded 400 plus, and was the most horrific ‘deadly shooting’ by a ‘lone perp’ in recent history (or ever? idk) in the USA.
At a concert, no less, a festive, together, time. Horror!
Was it ever elucidated, properly investigated (like, who shot what gun where from what vantage point with what result, where were the bodies the next morning? – they were left on the field – what does that show? etc.) No. Lone – Gunman. Finis.
Now, for this ‘minor’ display of fireworks, similar stage, similar uniforms, but far fewer ppl behind holding up ‘the fort’ …
2 Jan. 24. 12 mins.
How do we know everything we’ve been told about things that occurred during WW2 aren’t just another version of covid or 9/11? wrote Mr. House.
We don’t.
This interview of Richard Poe (Geopolitics and Empire site) is very interesting. I only listened to 3/4 of it, intend to buy his book.
Trostky was a British Agent. This was well known at one time (my one surviving grand-parent of WW2 said so 😉 ) Trotsky was convicted of ‘treason’ by Stalin, and then ‘taken out’ in Mexico. Just one ex.
More at link. 2 H 15 mins. https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2024/12/30/poe-british-jews-communism/
Imho, one of the reasons that ppl who suffer terrible war trauma (incl. not directly impacted, like half yr family killed, etc.) and survive, those who are combatants, participants — generally REFUSE to talk about what happened, or hide behind some ‘let’s go forward excuses’, paricularly about WW2 (in my experience) is that they grasp that the *official historical narratives*, the posturing, awards, ceremonies, etc. are BS. Lone voices can’t stand up, compete. Their experience is denied.
Dr. D, thanks for your response, the essence being, Europe / transnat. Corporations, Orgs, are trying to collapse the US. Maybe everyone is trying to win out in some way?
Cousin marriages are important in *some* ‘tribally’ organised communities.
To sketch a caricature, e.g. in KSA:
Royals control the Men – via offered jobs, positions, favors, residence poss., etc.
The Men control the Women and the ‘Family.’
The women control the children, under the orders of the men.
To keep the ‘family’ (close / extended, some members may have ‘good’ contacts, status, etc.) viable, strong, and ‘growing’ .. > cousin marriages are encouraged.
In such a structure, not much police, law, lawyers, courts, etc. are needed. Authority is distributed top-down in the populace, not heavily ‘state’ controlled. Judges and the like often ‘preside’ over family squabbles, not crimes. (Of course crimes exist and are punished in some way, most often very severely pronto, just trying to highlight differences.)
Never heard of stats about in-breeding in GB like those mentioned at top post, interesting that is coming out now.
Musk is occupying a VP position before Trump takes the stage!
He is the richest person in the World (Forbes), followed by Bezos and Ellison.
About Sars-Cov2 / Covid-19, plagues and the rest, the below is definetly worth a careful look.
SARS-CoV-2 originated in a US lab – that isn’t in itself controversial, see more:
Interview with US lab leak researcher Jim Haslam, part 1.
https://www.velazquez.press/p/sars-cov-2-originated-in-a-us-lab
>> Jim Haslam substack for more info.
From top post:
Back in February, 86% of Americans thought Biden was too old to serve a second term because they had watched his decline happen in real time, and over the course of several years. Way back in 2022, some 75% of Democratic voters wanted someone other than Biden to run in 2024. But the “Biden is fine” charade continued even after special counsel Robert Hur said a jury would see Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” and Biden himself began repeatedly calling world leaders by the names of their dead predecessors.
Why was Biden pushed to the top? Worldwide, ppl were surprised.
It was well known he was senile (obvious), not to mention corrupt (Burisma, etc. amongst those following…). Ppl were reminded of crumbling ‘large’ régimes where some decrepit figure is hoisted (because expendable, death no problemo, etc.), as a kind of symbol of the ‘old guard’ with the guard resolutely continuing on.
If this was a result of infighting in the DEM fishbowl, it was seen as just as negative, if not more. (Vibrant democracy, anyone?) Lack of other candidates, ditto. Bidadmin (backers) using coercion of whatever type, same.
Then, with the choice of VP being Kabala (flakey nobody, despised, and ridiculed all over the world), puzzlement grew. Subsequently, she is put in the position of candidate without ever being a VP ‘who does anything’ — and Biden is clearly only propped up with some meds for some brief senseless sorties…
All this showed, as seen from Europe, Russia, India, etc. that the US was, is, run by, at the top level, totally incompetent ppl who can’t even hold ‘the stage’, and that there is no internal political structure that has anything to do with ‘representation’ or ‘democratic governance’ or indeed any other structure that might be effective, such as a benevolent dictatorship, or whatever…Though the MSM covers that up as best they can.
So the question is Why? What could possibly be the point, the advantage sought for? It has only backfired…Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.. The US is still feared *yes, really* because of military power, but even that image / trope is now crumbling. (Oreshnik missiles.)
Following on w. LUX LIVing, here is the entrance to the Trump NY Ball at Mar a Lago. 16 mins. Filmed at one entrance, Forbes.
The sometimes scratchy music is not overlaid – it is a quartet (or quintet?) playing at that entrance, welcoming the Guests. Later there is an OOmphaa! orch. playing behind Trump.
At 11:58 Trump and Melania walk forward, filmed at that one entrance. Trump is asked something and burbles about a Great Nation Once Again. Melania pretends to be fascinated. Oh man. Trump repeats some ‘tropes’ – ppl not supposed to be in our country, etc.
John Day, thx for the link to Tverberg, the World Economy Needs to Simplify. Yes….
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A recent conversation with F Catholics about Notre Dame de Paris, which burned down in 2019, there are some horrible stories about all that, prompted me to watch the re-opening of this Cathedral, re-built in record time (Macron, Manu, ordered: 5 years tops), on 7 Dec. 2024.Manu was, to put it mildly, a headstrong child. He converted to Catholicism at the age of 12 and decided who he would marry at age 15 or 16. His wife, Brigitte, is also Catholic.
This was a World Social Event of Symbolic Importance. Link, 2H17.
= Imho the new interior looks like a Luxury Store of the Highest Order. Another tale for another day =
Naturally Manu and Bibi were featured like Royalty. They greet the guests, and walk down the aisle (with them is the Mayor of Paris) — with all worshipping them — it takes ages…
The FIRST song from the children’s choir has subtitles (not all the others do) it is a homage to Israel and Jerusalem (!)
Onto the Social Pecking Order. The vid was professionally filmed, and certainly edited down to the minutest detail.
One top spot goes to Zelensky. He was the FIRST to arrive, dressed in his usual dusty greenish garb. Greeted warmly and tapped on the back by Manu.
Another goes to Jill Biden, who was accompanied by her daughter. (Not Catholic originally.) She gets the honor of being not just greeted but fondly kissed etc. and accompanied on her way into the Cathedral. Joe I guess couldn’t manage it. (Jill often represents Joe and is accepted as such, weird.)
Another to Trump, as he is camera-followed more than others, and is at the ceremony seated between the two main ‘Royals’, Manu and Bibi. Can’t get a better seat than that! Melania I guess refused to join as she is consistently doing.
Prince William (Kate is ill) is seated somewhere behind. Zelensky is relegated back there, along with the Prince of Monaco.
And that is it. Nobody else gets any ‘honors’
https://tinyurl.com/ya3feapr – I stopped watching at 1:36
On, Musk endorses AFD in Germany.
Musk is very ignorant about politics, he *may* be good at space stuff or whatever, not discussing that now. He is just imho acting up from a multi-billionaire position, and exploiting Trump’s weakness. Trump also doesn’t really know what he is doing (or didn’t in his last term) so it is just a big MESS.
( — The 3 swiss ppl I had lunch with today said that Trump was just following the Fascist path of joining with Corporate Power, but that isn’t right either. I let it go.)
The fact is that Centrist, Globalist, Corporatist, MSM Media (and shareholders, and those having holds on Education, see e.g. Dora in the prev. thread) Powers, having together capted much of the richness of the USuk-W, in up-flowing revenue streams, some of them forced via laws (e.g. health insurance), others by monopolies, yet others by ‘taxation’, levies, etc., and more, banking and credit, etc. — are FINALLY being timidly opposed by some.
The ‘some’ includes vestiges of worker-oriented leftism (Mélenchon in France might be an example); the remnants of small-ppl small-biz independists who dislike foreign competition (AFD for ex, Marine le Pen, maybe.) These parties or groups are labelled ‘far right’ (Hitler boots coming) or ‘far-left’ (Commies will get U), both are misnomers for basically Gvmt. oriented centrist parties, pols seeking money and positions, all are afraid of disturbing anything at all.
Musk seems to prefer AFD, thinks they are more ‘free trade’ or whatever. They are opposed to immigration more strongly than any other party in Europe, in any form, and the very idea of H1B visas would make them run screaming around. AFD is also EU ‘euroskeptic’ – to what degree idk – i.e. against a geo-political landscape that was set up by the US to allow easier and greater control. It also promulgates closer ties to Russia, support for a ‘decent’ minimum wage, etc. Kommunist! – it’s main support is in E Germany of course.
So Musk should explain why? 🙂 In detail..
@Noirette: How much CAN actually be done in the process of terminal-decline?
Something, perhaps…
Can things be made worse?
NAAAH, That can’t possibly happen, Right?
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Summary of the US paths.A. Staying with the status quo, balance of power in the W since 1950, taking into account several important events, like USSR collapse, is defunct – *dépassé* and cracking apart – ex. see Gvmts. in F, UK, Canada, all non-functional and teetering. TrumpGuys show that they are aware of this, so slashing around, that past state of affairs is now burnt toast. Still, we like the past, heh, Now What? etc.
B. Moving in the direction of enforcing domination, WW3, mega support for ISR, like attacking Iran, without quite realising the results of deathly slide.. a kind of USA Samson option, with ‘leaders’ believing they are exempt, immune, as gripped in a kind of glitzy posturing Cult, where the Masters Impose, as they command and manipulate billions of Ppl, who do not count.
C. Reverse strategy pronto, negotiate a permanent non-agression pact in UKR with Putin (regime change in UKR and forced neutrailty, smaller territory, funds offered for re-contruction..) Allow R periphery to determine their own allegiances and trade (UKR, Stans, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia…) while offering support and economic ties, aka cooperation (investment, edu, etc.) In the ME, withdraw from Syria for ex. (as Trump has said he wants to do) and more – but that is too complicated right now, idk what to say.
Imho TrumpGuys are confusedly veering in all 3 directions, the overall outlook is very dire.
“The president is 100% serious,” a source close to Trump told the news outlet, while another one noted that the president-elect “is of the belief that empires that don’t grow start to fail” and “favors past presidents who were expansionist on the continent.”
https://swentr.site/news/609910-trump-shopping-list-countries/ — RT at top post
Trump is flailing about like a hooked, trapped fish.
Isolationism. No more ‘cheap’ imports, tayriffs (sic) will stop them, like 100% (or whatever) on cheap Chin. cars, the US will produce, will become self-sufficient, vile competition by evils will be blown out of the water, with the US as winner. Tay-riffs will accomplish that. (Re-industrialising in almost impossible today, imho.)
Expansionism. Taking over of strategic spots (trade routes, close neighbors, shipping lanes, etc.) will make the ‘US a winner’, it will Konker, Kontrol. (How, why, for what result is unknown.) Bluster, of course, and made ‘jokey’ at top post, but it is expressed…
Rerpession. Internal crack-down, repression, on ‘illegals’, ‘immigrants’, ‘criminals’, one ex.
More could be said. Empire in decline, Oh Man.
The Syria they didn’t tell us about. by Lorenzo Maria Pacini.
Strategic Culture, Dec. 21 2024.
excerpt:
“In concluding our conversation, which lasted about an hour, Ram ventures an almost ‘prophetic’ projection: ‘I say it: yesterday Palestine, today Syria. Tomorrow Lebanon for good. Then Yemen. Once Yemen and Lebanon have fallen, Iran will be next. In between there is nothing left, Iraq is a gas pump surrounded by American gunmen, it will fall soon. President Trump is ready to destroy Iran, the intelligence community already knows this. If Khamenei dies, Iran collapses’. A few seconds of silence. Khamenei is the last remaining ‘global’ Islamic authority and the last patron of the Resistance.”
At top Musk congratulates Pavel Durov .. (>Telegram turned a profit.)
Pavel was released after his Aug. 2024 arrest in Paris, paying mega bail.
Where is he? What is he doing?
The F MSM / Gvmt. are obviously embarassed. **Silencio!**
Note, it is reported, idk if correct, Telegram has 950 million users.
Pavel appeared in court on 6 Dec 2024.
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, appeared in a Paris court on 6 December to address allegations that the messaging app has facilitated criminal activity. Represented by his lawyers, Durov reportedly stated he trusted the French justice system but declined to comment further on the case.
From TASS:
According to the report, Durov arrived at the court at about 10 a.m. (local time), accompanied by lawyers David-Olivier Kaminski and Christophe Ingrain. He refused to comment on the court proceedings and the charges for the press, saying only that he “believes in the French justice.”
https://tass.com/world/1883687
Durov is also facing two judiciary action in Switz. From an ex-wife / GF (idk, a Russian woman) who has 3 children by him, domiciled in CH. Some of the accusation(s) are severe, but who knows..alimony, custody, etc.
Pointed out, Telegram went public in 2018, and raised 1.8 billion (dollaris), mostly from R oligarchs, energy cos, and more > this is not just some Free Speechie Super Sexy Russkie guy.
There is more, about how Pavel became a target in France.
In F, from RTS (Swiss MSM)
Trump blusters a lot, he is a NY bizman and show man.
He is going to take ‘back’ the Panama Canal, buy Greenland, invade Mexico, this last not mentioned at top post. https://tinyurl.com/yp22bwv4
You bluster, threaten, refuse to talk, slam down the phone, swear to the skies or to the loyal secretary, and the next day, take a less confrontational stance, talk to someone else, one level down from the top brass, or an ‘ally’ in some other biz, etc.
I haven’t read *The Art of the Deal* but this book accounts for much of Trump’s popularity in the World. Idk how many translations were made, but as he would say, *Huuuge.* Incl. Korean, Russian, Arabic, etc.
for ex. https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/1224415-trump-the-art-of-the-deal
Everybody knows this about Trump so he is not taken seriously unless his foolish statements can be used for some advantage, which imho is almost never the case.
Now, about the UKR war, to wind it down, cancel it (24 hrs remember?) this electoral promise must be at least seriously attempted. Sure, this is all just an extension of the usual US-Bi-Party support vs. critcism of ‘wars’ (devastation of X countries, one or the other faction pretends to be vaguely against), Yet…
Trump stopping US support for UKR and ending that ‘war’ will have to be done quickly, so that he can blame Biden, Zelensky, EU / NATO, for the endavour / the loss, in various ways. If it lasts, for more than say 3 – ? months, he will have to share the blame, as he will be seen as incapable of shutting it down.
So a quick move is on the agenda, this means that MAJOR concessions will have to be made to Russia. Territorial, sure, and Trump might, will? agree to those, like who cares about the borders of the Donbass?
The sticking point is that Russia will demand the ‘total’ guaranteed *Neutrality* of UKR, in effect a regime change, a cancelling of some elements (recall, de-nazifaction..) a new Int’l status, see Austria afer WW2, say.
The ploy of a ‘frozen conflict’ (temp. cease-fire etc.) with ‘some peace-keepers’ on the ground that is being pushed (by Dems) can’t be accepted by Russia.
For some footage from on the ground recent ‘troubles.’
Bald-and-Bankrupt travels from Beirut to Damascus, visits an Assad spendid home, a Captagon factory. 21 Dec.
Best wishes for Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year, to all on the board. xxx Noirette.
