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kultsommer – on previous thread, that was some picture,
1954 Antibes from Shorpy. https://www.shorpy.com/node/27010
In the late 60s, 70s +, ppl like my family, thus me, went to the Riviera and sunbathed, swam, and even ate in restaurants..
Not in Antibes, for the snobby rich, or St. Tropez, for the bling fash media crowd and fakey ‘yacht’ ppl…
(venues to avoided at all costs today)
A sweet nostalgia re. such vacations is via artistic black and white photos, family snapshots, and golden glow fuzzy Polaroid images. Those were the days…
A bit like the Amerikana hankering after the neat little bungalow, the one, two large cars, Mr. working with Mrs. being a sexy stay at home Mom, say, post WW2, 1945 – 1960.
Economic expansion resting on exploding exploitation of FF fuels…
Mary Hopkins, Those were the days.
Looking up some stuff about energy…
The site, NEW COLD WAR – KNOW BETTER
Our Mission
NewColdWar is managed by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group with the aid of a small volunteer editorial group.
GERG, looking it up, is the European Gas Resarch Group
At GERG, we work together to ensure the energy transition keeps Europe competitive and energy secure, while providing the lowest-cost pathway to a sustainable future.
(scroll down to ‘our members’)
I can’t unwind all the ramifications of such examples. Maybe some groups should try? Corps rule the roost, say. Gvmts. figures are patsies, Pols are front figures posturing on stage to get their pay. Zelensky is an extreme example. OK, that is just one angle … there are others.
My parents said no, thx. for the link, very informative.
Here one link to Sasha Latypova, which lays out a similar direction:
https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/the-role-of-the-us-dod-and-their
ON THE AIR inteviews Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Russian Federation.
In-Depth: History of Ukrainian Nationalists, aka “Nazis in Ukraine”
part 1.
2 more parts follow on. Each is about 20 mins.
An easy listen re. history of Ukraine.
(me) “Nazism” is today specifically ascribed to Hitler and his minions, National Socialism that oppresses, Jews in concentration camps, etc. Yet… ‘ethnic’ ‘racial’ ‘cultural’ ‘religious’ hate of ‘the outgroup’ has been a fixture of many régimes throughout history, used to fire up ppl for thousands of years…
(I am not defending Hitler. Half of my family died on the Allied side in WW2.)
Covid origins:
(from the US and collective poodlish West)
Early 2020. Covid natural, Mother Nature, hooo, super dangerous, from bats to humans, nobody is to blame, it has a fancy name, zoonotic disease.
Mid 2020 to 2021. Oh Oh! Bio labs around the world, they are mostly international and working on stuff, the Wuhan lab was in partnerhsip with France and was funded by the US.. No nothing can be said, made public…Nothing to see here, move on.. no lab origins exist…
Early 2023.. Hmm Covid might have been engineered by China!
These tales are all politically motivated and spewed out in function of narrative building and propaganda that have nothing to do with the actual ‘infections’, ‘covid origins’, etc.
Does Roubini have any credibility left?
Not in France (for those paying attention.)
He was interviewed twice recently by Thinkerview (sort of parallel media in depth interviews, which last as long as the parties participating want or can handle, no detail is left out.. some interviews last for 3 hours..)
The interviewer, who is known as “Sky” / the site were obviously mystified at the hyper conventional narratives and BS from Roubini. They were at first really pleased to have him on!
I only listened to 3/4 of the first, but that was enough.Roubini on Thinkerview, in F.
Illargi, all the best for a speedy recovery, don’t hesitate to ask for help if needed, best, Noirette.
Feb. 2023.
We are already in WW3, Steven Starr, on Geopolitics and Empire.
Scary, much about nuke war. Interview, vid 60 mins. Eng.
The third world war has begun. Emmanuel Todd on Les Crises, Interview, vid 1h 44 mins, in F, eng subs.
Attempts a broad sweep, many good points.
A shorter (vid 30 mins) description of Todd’s interview, tailored to US viewers in eng, from Geo. Pol. Econo. Report.
https://bit.ly/3Ytnqjx (link is to Youtube)
On the Brownstone article in top post, link below, about censorship in the USA.
It kind of misses the point, and erects a symptomatic effect, thus a kind of side issue, as vital, central.
Naturally there is censorship, and more, like ‘cancelling’ dissident(s), their opinions, etc. Even arresting them, freezing their bank accounts, see, other 5-eyes like Canada and NZ, under Truedough and Fascinda.
Completely normal in times of war and oligarchic / military / corporate / deranged dictatorship(s), which often masquerade as ‘democratic’ and ‘so good for you’ ..
Camps are opened up, see Australia’s COV quarantine camps, or the Japanese in camps in the US in WW2 (ok..there are differences..)
Censorship such as at Twitter is only ‘new’ because the internet has created a new comm. space – plus the instilled naive belief of many that ‘free expression’ exists and/or is upheld holds strong (USA.)
The piece mentions censorship re. two topics, not where it has been used the most, but where it is is noticeable by the public – COV19 and Urk. war, re. which many ppl have past experience, knowledge, ideas, dearly held principles, etc.
The similarities between the management of the two are striking.
> No clear long term plans are made public, hey! day-to-day! management
> An emphasis on moving ahead and acting fast ’n hard is made, willy-nilly, urgent, panic moves, are implemented
> Many of the actions are not useful for the stated aim(s) e.g. COV: masks, lockdowns, etc. Ukr.: sending in X months some tanks, arms…
> No evaluation of past actions, leading to a change of course, or moving to a Plan B, in any ‘reasoned’ way
> Propaganda is blasted 24/24, but censorship is the TOPIC… 🙂 🙂
On NS2 blow-up. Going back in time, before Sy. H. article, which may add some info.
Ralph Bosshard, a Swiss expert, wrote a piece about it, which I read in F, on a site of a F political party, i.e. the info was well-known.
An eng. trans was published at “La Rouche Co.” Oct. 2002.
https://larouchepub.com/other/2022/4939-sabotage_of_the_nord_stream_ga.html
There has been chatter about a ‘previous’ anon whistleblower. Origins here:
Other. NS2 was built by a company lodged in Zug, Switz. called *Nordstream* (confusing..) and sometimes in the media ‘NS2.’ In late Feb 2022, it filed for bankruptcy.
About 120 employees were fired, no social plan, the Co. was insolvent.
The director was Matthias Warnig, the pres. of the board was G. Schroeder (ex. D Chancellor.)
Co. owned by:
Gazprom – Russia, 50% plus one share, or 51%, thus having a controlling interest.
Other half, equal parts held (afaik):
Uniper – D
Wintershell DEA – D
OMV – Austria
Engie – France
Shell – GBRussian and European companies were heavily invested and lost all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream_2
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/zoug-annonce-faillite-nord-stream-2
Following on. Summary of the sit. in Switz.
The Covid law was voted in, Sept. 2020, by the National Assembly. (Previous to it emergency measures were used.) It is extraordinarily long, which is against Swiss principles, and covers all kind of topics – sanitary measures (vax pass, organisation of hospitals, etc.), financial measures, compensation for workers, emergency actions like closing borders, refusing foreignors, etc., etc.
Giving the gist here – there are many tech details involved…It went to a popular vote (referendum) in June 2021. The result was 60% for the law, 40% against (abstention: 40%.) It is commonly believed the vote FOR was due to the financial compensations (unemployment pay, bail-out of small biz, family allowance, free tests, etc. etc.) which the law stipulated. Had it been voted down, the compensations would have stopped the next day.
It was modified in March 2021 (notably to strengthen and keep the ‘vax pass,’ imho) and lead to *another* referendum. The ppl voted in Nov. 2021, again, FOR the law, that is, basically, for the actions of the Federal Council. This time, 62% for, 38% against, with less abstentions (35%)
The law had an expiry date of 31 Dec. 2022. In Dec. 2022 Parliament voted to extend important parts of it to 30 June 2024. (Vax pass, track and trace, promoting new meds, and such, etc. were kept, financial compensations, free tests, and more was abandoned.) A THIRD referendum IS being prepared.
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In May 2021 several associations and a few individuals filed a criminal complaint against the Swiss Task Force (in charge of the ‘plandemic’) The Justices declared it hmm I’m missing the legal word, not actionable? legitimate? receivable?… Appeals followed, were lost, the case died.
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In Dec. 2021 a Criminal complaint was lodged against the Fed. Councillor in charge of Health during 2021, Alain Berset. He is now, from Jan 2023, the President of the Federal Council. Article is in F. The video, which features the plaintiff explaining his actions, is in English.The first 27 minutes explains it all. In the next section he says that 70% of ppl are vaccinated, this is correct, 30% are unvaxxed.
He has a Youtube channel, there are some other interviews, eng., german.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Pascal+Najadi
This complaint has been received and will see its day in court.
Germ posts about him too, see above.
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July 2022. A criminal complaint by a lawyer, Kruse, representing 6 vax-damaged individuals, is lodged against SwissMedic, the Gvmt. Org. in charge of certifying meds, their controls, etc. in eng:https://www.swissmedic.ch/swissmedic/en/home.html
The complaint is more than 250 pages long. The persons targetted are 3 people in SwissMedic and 5 Drs. in the main hospital in Berne.
Idk where that is at for the mo.
I read this today on Paul Craig Roberts’ Blog:
Accountability for the mRNA “vaccine” Murders Has Begun
The US Presstitutes Will Suppress these Reports from Switzerland and Thailand
The Swiss President and the Minister of Health are under investigation, indictment, and prosecution by the Swiss Attorney General for Covid Crimes involving lying about the vaccine effectiveness and safety.
Thailand is convening war crime tribunals to nullify Pfizer Contracts.
Apologies for as usual being late, but as this is about ART and not WW3, so 🙂 ?
Was Vermeer a prisoner? He only seems to inhabit one room. Posted by Dr. D.
Dr. D I get the sarcasm? – good question.
Vermeer had (modern times, here is 1900 >) a huge number of ‘copiers’ and ppl producing and selling ‘simulacras’ – ‘derivatives’ – ‘in the spirit of’ – ‘from the atelier of’’..
Read, many odd and dodgy paintings, low-level sloppy creations or pastiches purporting to be ‘attested originals’ touted in gallery publications, catalogues, by sellers, some of them outright scammers, on the internet, etc. .. a lot of hype.
The ‘Room’ look and its simple and appealing perspective became a kind of trademark stamp, that would serve to establish ‘the meme’ of Vermeer.
Red posted (prev thread):
In his book Crowds and Power, written in 1960, Nobel laureate Elias Canetti argues that fear leads people to devolve into pack behavior. Fear of the virus did just that, leading people to set aside their basic humanity and common sense.
Remember the mother who put her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her car? The boy had tested positive for the virus and she was taking him for additional testing. To protect herself from exposure, she had him lie in the trunk while she drove him to the testing site. (…) ..
Red then goes on to mention M. Desmet and ‘mass formation’ (a trad. term in psychiatry) and links to a piece by the Brownstone Institute, where one can read:
In essence, Desmet was saying: “This virus is a nasty piece of work and the world has gone mad”
Red’s post was v. interesting to me because I have been thinking about similar, some thoughts.
Cannetti deserves reading +++, he describes different types of ‘crowd’ and ‘propagation of ideas’ / ‘facts’ (my words.)
One important function of ‘crowd’ action is to preserve and defend crowd members, it is not just crazy hysteria, see for ex. actions in an earthquake, an avalanche (sudden events, but humans as social-pack acting animals is inherent, the aim is to save as many as poss, with minimal sacrifice..) More could be said about crowds, or ‘other’ cohesive groups of humans.
The behavior of individuals in a top-down repressive authorit. scheme varies *extremely* as we all know.
With Covid, I have seen, a Resto owner refusing to close and welcoming COV-pos ppl, ppl without a ‘pass’, etc. By contrast, a shop refusing entry to those who had no pass, were not wearing a mask, did not ostensibly disinfect hands and genuflect to the owner..
In WW2, some ppl sheltered Jews in their cellar, and others denounced Jews to the Nazis. (Netherlands, France… )
Desmet and the like never question, analyze, where the fear came from in the first place, heh.
To go back further in time, from a diplo US cable in *2006*, published by WikiLeaks:
The controversy in Feodosiya surrounding the arrival of U.S. military reservists had been one result. Despite Feodosiya, Horbulin declared the Ukrainian government (GOU) would stay the course with regard to NATO membership; PM-candidate Yuliya Tymoshenko also supported Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic course.
(…)
Considered by many to be Ukraine’s top strategic thinker, Horbulin agreed with former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski’s view, as related by Ambassador, that the relationship with Ukraine is one of the USG’s top four strategic relations worldwide because of the impact that Ukraine’s strategic orientation, whether to the West or to Russia, would have on Russia’s internal development.
see the whole cable, https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06KIEV2590_a.html
Ukraine.
Looking at links I saved in 2014-15, the crucial ‘change’ times, a statis until 2022,
stands out:Sergei Glazyev, interview, eng subs. 10 mins.
Mass Draft Evasion Shows Maidan Ukraine Is a Failing State.
https://russia-insider.com/en/2015/02/03/3083
5 Reasons Arming Ukraine Won’t Work. From The National Interest.
The US House of Representatives Openly Calls for Regime Change in Moscow.
This short paper from the Oakland Institute, 2014,
The Corporate Take – over of Urk. Agri. is probably the most important.
On Kolomoisky, K. Top post.
https://kanekoa.substack.com/p/how-one-ukrainian-billionaire-funded
His (K) home in Ukr. has just been raided.
I *heard* (so ?) that he is now, here, in Switz.
// K’s passports: Ukr., Cyprus (EU), Israel, and ‘green card’ for Switz. His family lives in Switz. //
It was clear that Ukr. Oligarchs had a lot of leeway and power under Yanukovitch (+Turchinov) – then were tolerated (or encouraged, idk) by Poroshenko. Who would then ultimately loose out.
Churning instability and foreign control turns into poison for even the most influential + richest, aka those who count on a private army at their backs – and think they are canny and play the game, using piles of money, garnering the subservience they crave, while controlling high and low, left and right…
K and the like are big risk-takers, they feel safe because of fortune and contacts. So it goes, some flamboyance is built in.
Btw, K. knows all about MH17, though (imho..) he wasn’t directly involved.
The Mafia, to compare, at a lower level (in Italy, and elsewhere), is merely a lowly parasite that exists by sucking coerced surplus revenue from a more or less stable body; when the body breaks down the Mafia dies as well.
K. was the most influential guy behind the scenes, for a long time. Then, the invaders take power, and remove the local potentates…
Ukr. is a good illustration of the fact that *democratic* structure (elections, parliament, laws passed, oppositions between pol. parties, speeches, stances, etc.) are a masquerade, a poorly acted-out show to keep plebs rooting for this or that..
Not too different from Miss Universe or the Eurovision Song Contest, say (the winners are decided in advance.)
Yanukovitch, Poroshenko, Zelensky, all campaigned on a platform of ‘no war’ and ‘stabilising relations with Russia and Germany / the EU..’ and were ‘voted’ in these false promises.
UKR. war.
Ukraine will be destroyed, its ppl decimated – to the last Ukrainian – a wasteland..
Ukr.’s situation after its independence has never been good (as compared to before / other ex-Soviets..), Corruption was extreme, etc., the reasons for that were never exposed by the W Govms., W MSM.
Now we see that b**** Merkel and the US-installed ChocoTzar Poroshenko and Hollande (who is often called Flamby in France, in ref. to a cheap industrial custard dessert) admitting the Minsk agreements were a ploy to buy time for Ukr. to arm.
They made these admissions because the naked power play is now respectable, top of the agenda. Being a liar and a plotter to ‘fool’ Russia is now super – cool …
Russia (+ observers) saw through all this. After Minsk 1, attacks on the Donbass did diminish sharply for a few months; then, all continued as before, nothing was implemented or even discussed, and Minsk 2 was just a *bis repetita.*
see ex.
— Postil magazine, 1 Feb. 2003.
1993: The Barry R. Posen Plan for War on Russia via Zombie State Ukraine. eng text.
1993: The Barry R. Posen Plan for War on Russia via Zombie State Ukraine
UK column news, from 12 mins on. eng.
https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-1st-february-2023
re. prev. thread.
jb-hb, heh, I take no offense, my post about the US was just about the US, what ppl / groups of ppl, or those instituted in power, get up to is horrific… Then forwards march to > humanity sucks…why not.
It does, in the sense that our big brains have made us too successful, murderous, rapacious, at the expense of many animals, plants, Nature, in its sort of imagined pristine auto-regulated, state. Say.
A Lion kills to eat but not more than to keep him and his (xx idk the word) living happily lazing along. Humans will try to kill entire populations to grab resources, etc. To point to another ex. of a murderous ‘country,’ France (in its various territorial shapes and names, I’m no historian..) has been incredibly belligerent and killed fantastic nos. of ppl over time.. Those days are over now. France is even withdrawing from Mali! (other story.)
Dr. D, I learnt some about US history, merci. His post:
Where is history? Nowhere.
A grand line worth adopting.
The question you might ask these days:
How did we weaponize everything in American life against ourselves?
Kunstler, at top post.
Kunstler gives some partial answers, critiques, the Big Vision is missing.
The USA was, broadly speaking, a vicious colonial enterprise that killed off the natives and allowed the ‘settlers’ to rule the land. The settlers made an attempt to set up a ‘legal’ scheme that would allow them to act as they wanted to, within a certain framework, as well as, of course, correcting the ‘ills’ as they saw them from where they came.
(Link below, moving image of immig. to the US.)
This lead to the import of cheap labor in the form of slavery, as the ‘settlers’ could afford / organise it (many morphed from the oppressed servant, even starving, class, to slave owners) – the urge to dominate and exploit was tantamount.
This not-so-ancient history also illustrates the affinity the US has (via various symbiotic relations) for entities, groups, that are attempting to kill off part of their ‘trad’ inhabitants, torture them, oppress them, grab the land / ressources (Israel = typical ex.), plus also the implementation of funding of ‘rebel’ groups who are instrumentalised to attack instituted ‘National’ Régimes (e.g. Jihadist, Al Q types, in Syria, Lybia, created in part, spurred on, paid for by the US, etc.)
he US domination of the world, the aim is more essentialist, or existentialist, which is why the present situation (Ukr.) is incredibly dangerous.At the same time, in US history, the fantastic abundance of ressources (huge swathes of fertile land, fantastic and varied climate, wonderful waterways, tremendous FF to exploit, and more) in the US encouraged an atmosphere and tolerance for hyper-competition.
When there is enough to go round, ex. to feed and house the lower segments of society in some minimal comfort, well then Mega-Millionaires become Kings and face no opposition, merely grudging adulation or mild sarcastic mocking scorn re. their lavish dispendious ways (which everyone wants to attain..)
Explotative ugly competition can work for some time, but when ressources become slimmer, when the squeeze hits..the Masters turn against their own corralled ppl, their ‘slaves’, their ‘employees’, because at some point the labor offered by them no longer provides returns, so the ‘workers’ are junked.
Plus the competition for revenue kills education and health care, both are turned into scams that fools ‘clients’ etc., so many just survive on the margins, die, etc.
Heh I’d better stop here though some Kunstler sentences are worthy of more comments..
*Holding Big Harma accountable.*
If one follows what Latypova published (prev. to link at top post, which is about another topic), Big Harma actually did not really / overall / ‘any ways’ / produce these ‘vaccines’..
To me is not clear who did, where, etc.
Think of the huge amounts of doses, where are the factories? How was the transport organised? At minus 70 d. (supposedly)…to the endpoint..? From where to where?
I know the minus 70 d. was not implemented in the pop-up vax tents / venues in Switz. It was plain to see, + two Vax employees told me it was not necessary.
Latypova claims it was the US DOD that organised the production and distribution of the jabs.
Her substack, https://substack.com/profile/50868935-sasha-latypova
see for ex this post,
… lays that out.
The Health State ‘authorities’ and the ‘Medecine control / reviews’ in the USA’ (> + other W..) bodies were cut out, yet limply ‘went along’ or ‘pretended to have a vital role’, etc. to maintain some status and funding, when in fact they were superseded, acting under top level commands, which they did not make public, as ordered..
It follows (?..) that legally these bodies, State orgs. mandated to carry out controls are cut out, not responsible. The ‘supposed’ producers of the jabs, such as Pfizz and Modern A, heads, Bourla and Bancel, can’t be sued for anything at all.
Hard to figure out, .. Idk, much more investigation is needed.
On Are you really against fossil fuels, read this.
-> at top post. https://bit.ly/3WUzoRG
The “W” or in F. l’Occident (Usuk, poodle EU, and occupied Japan, + other) has become mired in, and dependent on, a Rovian screed, either hopefully (the innocents) or cynically, claiming, we make our own reality.
Performatives, aka declarations about what is (as wished, or supposed to be), which ignore reality on the ground, have become not only common but a staple prop. ploy.
What’s next, by Helmholtz Smith at top post.
This grinding away can continue until Ukraine collapses because it is easier for the Russians to let the enemy come to them than go after them. Meanwhile Russian missiles destroy the infrastructure Kiev needs to continue the war. Time and developments favor Russia and there is no incentive to make “big arrow” movements.
Right on. Nothing more is needed than to let the “W” send in useless arms to Ukr. ( .. > training for operation, logistics, long term capacities, etc. all moot), thus ‘disarming’ NATO countries slowly, including abetting them in killing ppl… to the last Ukrainian!
The Russians have perfect rationales for the endless massacre in Ukr.. defending ‘ethnics’ against “W” Agression..
The result of this proxy war will be the total destruction of Ukraine and its ppl, which nobody cares about.
Except. Tangentially, such as the Russians for the inhabitants of the Donbass (ostensibly..) and perhaps some Corps and vultures who would like to exploit the land and would prefer some kind of rapid ‘peace’ to be able to move in and get biz going.
== Ilargi I did see your qu. about the instrusive ads I received and I only managed to post 2 pix of what I was seeing and then TAE became unusable because the 4 huge pix (some of them moving images, full screen on 15 inch laptop) used up all my bandwith. ..Today no such blasting image horrors. ==
WES posted: Greens turning green! As in green money.
Hah hah I hadn’t thought of that.
Greens have always been an erstaz movement, in part paid for by ‘renewable’ energy corps. Windmills, anyone? Ohhh…turn and turn …Turning and turning in the widening gyre (Yeats)..
It is fuelled by a sanctimonious attitude towards plebs who ‘waste’ are ‘dispendious’ and Cos. that ‘exploit’ and ‘pollute’ (oh man..) and rich idiots who fly in private planes, and so on and on and on, all of which is more or less relevant, it is easy to blame users of anything, and denouce Ocean Pollution, Everest Garbage Heaps (as an ex, truly disgusting) and much more….
These ‘Green’ arguments are generally marshalled in favor of some industry, body, party, leader, and don’t ever propose or try to reduce ‘comfort’ or consumption in any general way in the W, or tackle big Corps. who are by their very nature and our organisation of societ at the front for exploitation of the environment and its destruction (incl. water ways, mountains, forests, wild animals, etc.)
The Greens dominate via a blame-game, inducing guilt. At the same time, to tender a possibility to assuage the guilt, they manage to support WAR, which is the most polluting and CO2 (and other gg gases, etc.) creation, plus destructive of ‘everything’, of agri lands, towns, riverways, and built-up things, like bridges, roads, towns, etc. etc. not to mention ppl, children, etc.
Not that any other Pol. Parties in Europe are any better.
Blinken concedes War is Lost – by Helmer, top post.
Heh, it is not up to Blinkin’ (the orig. name) to declare any such thing. Specially not as – *Lost * – !
Careful Diplo speak might be put forward, the time for negotiations has come, or some such attempt…
Helmer is sometimes a good read but also imho a major gossip purveyor, via contacts he calls on the telephone, telefonio, cell, etc. He is the ‘Gossip Colummn of Celebrities’ (idk, a name in the US) but as in the Intl. geo-politics game. So, sometimes he is bang on, other times it is BS, it is all rather ‘light’ at heart, superficial takes.
The US + its poodles (UK, EU, NATO..) are not giving up, are not backing down, are escalating (even if they are terrified about the results and really have No Clue where they are going) so any public criticism of that stance is blanked out, repressed.
Imho ‘peace’ offers by the W such as quoted, are duplicitious proposals, they serve to later go on to claim, the Russkies did not accept any peace deals, so we had no choice but to persevere, march forward, etc. That message > the public in the ‘Collective West’ is actioned to keep ppl in the W on board with moves that slip towards creating a horrific WW3.
Here is what I get, 2 of 4, note huge pix use of bandwith,
https://leaders.center/de/?co=de&utm_term=9&utm_source=%2Fbtc%2Fde1%2F14%2F
Trial…On sanctions, re. prev head post,
Only 8.5 percent of all EU and G7 companies have actually left Russia, i.e. closed their Russian Subsidiaries, according to research from the University of St. Gallen and the IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Link 1)
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Sounds about right (as in line with other stats) though the calc. is quite complicated: In a globalised world, what does ‘leave’ mean?Sanctions are partly a propaganda show (like ‘cancel culture’…) With no means to enforce them, 90% of everyone involved being against, simply ignoring them is an easy option.
Right from the first Sanctions package, Russia authorised grey imports (not tracked, taxed, except for safety..) from a whole host of W Cos, so those good can still imported, sold, etc. Those who run the trade cannot be fined, prosecuted, etc. (Idk about up-marking, costs, etc.)
As for the change in Russian export destinations (the bulk of R exports is energy products, including coal briquettes, who remembers those? ..), the change in destination is wild but sorta visible in the posted chart, measured in dollars (OEC data, link 2)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4322502
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus?latestTrendsFlowSelectorNonSubnat=flow1
Promoted content, Ilargi, fills the screen with huge pics of breasts and lemon cures, tested from 4 different browsers, and stops one posting, as even typing one letter has to compete with scuzzy full screen ads. (from Switz.) ??
On sanctions, re. prev. post,
Only 8.5 percent of all EU and G7 companies have actually left Russia, i.e. closed their Russian Subsidiaries, according to research from the University of St. Gallen and the IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland. (orig. paper Link 1.)
Sounds about right (as in line with other stats) though the calc. is quite complicated: In a globalised world, what does ‘leave’ mean?
Sanctions are partly a propaganda show (like ‘cancel culture’…) With no means to enforce them, 90% of everyone involved being against, simply ignoring them is an easy option.
Right from the first Sanctions package, Russia authoried grey imports (not tracked, taxed, except for safety..) from a whole host of W Cos, so those good can still imported, sold, etc. Those who run the trade cannot be fined, prosecuted, etc. (Idk about up-marking, costs, etc.)
As for the change in Russian export destinations (the bulk of R exports is energy products, including coal briquettes, who remembers those? ..), the change in destination is wild but sorta
visible in the posted chart, measured in dollars (OEC data, link 2)https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4322502
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus?latestTrendsFlowSelectorNonSubnat=flow1
Illusory visions, one might even say crazy hopes, for societal transformation(s), in fact money-making scams.. if ..
From *Harvard* Advanced Leadership Initiative. On Ukr. digital future.
Digital Transformation in Ukraine: Before, During, and After the War.
Ukraine 2030 — the freest and most digital country in the world. Without bureaucracy, but with strong tech industry. Cashless & paperless. This is the future we are building.
twitter. Vid 2.5 mins.
Ukraine 2030 — the freest and most digital country in the world. Without bureaucracy, but with strong tech industry. Cashless & paperless. This is the future we are building. pic.twitter.com/XWs4E1pPGJ
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) July 14, 2022
On Al Gore link, prev. thread. https://bit.ly/3kEwLpA
A superficial piece, focusses on de-bunking dire climate change predictions.
Gore’s fortune is not the outcome of scare tactics about global waming, but the result of various calculated exploitative schemes in Africa (imho.) To furnish electricity, phones, and (marginal) other, to poor Africans, plus using ‘remote’ African labor.
Off the top of goog:
Al Gore’s firm strikes $100M deal in Africa
Jan 2019 https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/al-gores-firm-strikes-100m-deal-in-africa
Al Gore’s Generation Investment launches $1.7 bln fund
May 2022 reuters https://reut.rs/3WzYogA
The beauty of this kind of biz is that if your customers (poor families with one bright light for child homework, one person in family with cell-phone to do essential biz, one smart remote worker supporting X others..) don’t pay…you just cut them off and they have no recourse.
A.G. is one of the most rapacious evil biz men in the world, imho.
I haven’t deep dived into it, just off the cuff. Investigating these kinds of biz. is needed…three books could be writ…
Macron gave a TV interview to Spanish media, El Pais.
He spoke quite frankly. Ppl accuse him of inconsistency, flip-flopping, etc. — Not so, the fact is that Macron, Sholtz, and others, are caught in a bind, are terrified, and have trouble conserving their public images, so are indecisive, hesitating, rudderless, etc. Manu (Macron) can’t resist showing he not stupid…
Macron said that the ‘polarity’ (he meant deathly competition) between the US and China is impacting Europe, and Europe has not decided which of the two superpowers it wants to be a *vassal* of, in contrast to pursuing the path of *freedom* and *solidarity.*
(Solidarity with whom was not mentioned, these * are basic F words, how to do it was not detailed. Recall Macron has been the no.1 leader to call for a European force.)
Note Ukraine is not mentioned, it is a side issue, the end-point of that is probably already baked in.
18 jan. 2023. https://bit.ly/3WuRb1l
