The MoA Week In Review - (Not Ukraine) OT 2023-78
Last week's post on Moon of Alabama:
- Mar 27 - Polish Nukes
- Mar 28 - The Burden Of Blogging
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Other issues:
Nord Stream:
- Our Interview with Seymour Hersh - Postil
Ukraine:
- Ukraine Victory Unlikely This Year, Milley Says - Defense One
- Ukraine war guns likely to end up on UK streets, says weapons expert - BBC
- Ukraine changes combat bonus system, soldiers warn it might lower morale - Kyiv Independent
- Operation Ukraine: America's Fingerprints - Who supports Ukrainian Nationalism? (vid) - RT
Russiagate Hoax:
- A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century - Jacob Siegel / Tablet
- Tablet's Grand Opus on the Anti-Disinformation Complex - Matt Taibbi / Racket
Interview with Jacob Siegel, author of "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century" - Disinformation Is the Word I Use When I Want You To Shut Up - Discourse Magazine
- How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper - Declassified UK
Russia:
- The Capital of the Multipolar world - Pepe Escobar / UNZ
- The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation - Foreign Ministry of Russian Federation
- ‘It’s not a pretty picture’: Russia’s support is growing in the developing world - CNBC
- ICC’s Putin arrest warrant based on State Dept-funded report that debunked itself - Grayzone
Multilateral World:
- L’Entente Is a Bitter Pill for the West - Alastair Crooke / SCF
- U.S. & NATO fallen into their Own Trap? (vid) - Alastair Crooke / Judge Napolitano
- Moscow calls out US’ rules-based order in Europe - Indian Punchline
- As China embraces Russia, the western narrative needs a rethink - Middle East Eye
Iran:
- Milley Says the US Should Attack Iran’s IRGC Quds Force - Antiwar
- Disarming the Bomb - Distilling the Drivers and Disincentives for Iran's Nuclear Program - CNAS
- Centrist DC think tank: US should threaten war, regime change in Iran - Responsible Statecraft
Economy:
- ‘Most U.S. banks are technically near insolvency, and hundreds are already fully insolvent,’ Roubini says - Marketwatch
- US considering more federal support for banking industry: report - The Hill
Use as open, not Ukraine related, thread ...
Posted by b on April 2, 2023 at 13:23 UTC | Permalink
next page »Saudi Arabia plans to invite Assad to Arab League summit — agency
According to the sources, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is expected to visit Damascus early next week to hand over an official invitation to the summit to Syrian President Bashar AssadDUBAI, April 2. /TASS/. Saudi Arabia plans to invite Syrian President Bashar Assad to the Arab League summit in Riyadh on May 19, Reuters said on Sunday, citing two sources.
According to the sources, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud is expected to visit Damascus early next week to hand over an official invitation to the summit to Assad.
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How heartening that invitation to Bashir Al Assad is. He has shown dignity, courage and intelligence whilst Syria was plunged into crisis and has kept the country together throughout. He more than merits this invitation. He is a decent, moral and courageous person.
Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:17 utc | 3
Outraged 1&2: It's incredible how fast the geopolitical dominos can fall. In a matter of months in 1989, every Eastern European country opened its borders and dissolved its communist governments. We are witnessing a similar global sea change as Eurasian, African, and Latin American nations suddenly turn against the Western imperialists that they no longer fear. Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Yemen, etc.--once American-created artificial enemies--are now seeking peace. Absolutely stunning ... and very, very bad for the economic future of Europe and the U.S.
Posted by: FHTEX | Apr 2 2023 14:22 utc | 4
I have just seen Borrell's Tweet about Russia assuming the Chair of the UNSC. What the hell is the matter with these people? It seems to me that they are so consumed with vitriol, blind hatred and malice towards Russia they are unable to act with any sort of dignity or integrity. My God, it is shameful to see these people in positions of power. What ever happened to Diplomacy? I am tending to the view now that God has given the collective West these bunch of complete imbeciles (Medvedev would call them cosmic cretins I think) so that they can destroy the West and their respective countries and the RoW will thrive with intelligent and diligent Leaders. In contrast, I truly believe Xi Jingping and VVP are destined to be the saviours of the world in terms of ridding it of the WEF, Unipolarity, USA Hegemony and other evils. They are the Chosen. God Bless them both.
Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:24 utc | 5
Darn just as I posted on the open thread..🙂. I won’t repeat it here.
Ah well, on another subject, just want to posit a question on why if Trump is so hated by the deepstaters and aristos, he has never been accused of Anti Semetism?
Is it because he was clever enough to head that off at the pass?
After all that accusation was part of the kitchen sinks thrown at Corbyn in the hugely manipulated general elections and since. Even by the Trump Administration’s, Pompous arse promising that a Gauntlet of election interference in another country’s elections to the Zionist old ladies club!
It is hilarious that the U.K. Crown and State still are desperately trying to erase the political re-awakening that his surprise victory to lead the Labour Party in 2015 caused in the general populace. That threat is still being worked on to disenfranchise all these and return them to not caring about their political representatives .
Corbyn is barred from representing the party he has been his whole life. If they think that will diminish the politics of these re-awoke social democrats , I think that in the words of the mythical Obiwan, they are risking making him much more powerful than can be imagined!
A similar effort to destroy the Scottish peoples right to independence by destroying tge SNP through graft and corruption has been underway for years. Again by the Crown.
I for-see the knife jugglers have got way too many of these in the air now and there is only a wholly expected outcome to that. 🥴
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 2 2023 14:33 utc | 6
thanks b and thanks outraged... lots to ponder, once again.. cheers..
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 14:33 utc | 7
The Declassified UK article is very good.
The number of honest websites is growing. It is probably just a matter of time before they get closed down.
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 14:43 utc | 8
@ Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:17 utc | 3
@ FHTEX | Apr 2 2023 14:22 utc | 4
@ james | Apr 2 2023 14:33 utc | 7
Absolutely. Living '89-'90-'91 all over again, on fast forward. Interesting times ...
Vis-a-vis the economy. Everyone should watch this. Or re-watch it if you saw it the first time.
Nixon Ends Bretton Woods International Monetary System ==> https://youtu.be/iRzr1QU6K1o
It brings back such memories of the chaos that followed. Deja vu all over again.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 2 2023 15:13 utc | 10
Centrist DC think tank: US should threaten war, regime change in Iran. (Responsible Statecraft)
The USA should relocate its capital from Tel Aviv back to Washington, DC.
Then we wouldn't have to tolerate the apallingly psychopathic drivel from jewed-up spin tanks such as Responsible Statecraft (cough cough) et al.
US Citizens should insist that US.gov stops letting "Israel" use US Armed Forces as "Israel's" bull-in-a-china shop in the Middle East.
"Israel" is a suburb masquerading as a country and it's the only 'country' on Earth that wants Iran destroyed.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Apr 2 2023 15:17 utc | 11
That interview to Alastair Crooke is very interesting and insightful. The Market Watch article is also quite interesting, but it reiterates some of the usual misunderstandings, or maybe I should call it propaganda at this point in time. They write:
Owing to recent negative aggregate supply shocks — including the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine — achieving price stability through interest-rate hikes was bound to raise the risk of a hard landing (a recession and higher unemployment).
No, the supply shock is not momentary, but it is mainly due to a systemic failure of the globalist-capitalist system. It is a most important point to understand. One of the reasons why the war in Ukraine erupted in 2022 and not before, why the dollar system is under attack now and not before, is exactly because Russians and Chinese, and then many others, understood that this systemic failure cannot be patched easily by the West. That is the US-led economic order is failing by itself and Russians and Chinese are merely seizing the moment. The stubborness of the US is because they are now risking to lose everything, they have their back against the wall. On the other hand the situation is not so critical for Europe, and European leaders think they can still whether the storm.
Posted by: SG | Apr 2 2023 15:38 utc | 12
m.k. bhadrakumar thinks the u.s. may be managing another front on iran from syria and how they hate that that russia is helping the whole area to come together against the u.s./kurdish occupation.
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/28/us-occupiers-lash-out-as-syria-war-draws-to-an-end/
Posted by: polarbear4 | Apr 2 2023 15:50 utc | 13
@ too scents | Apr 2 2023 15:13 utc | 10
great video.. i hadn't seen that before, but for anyone who wants to understand how the omissions speak more loudly then what the dude says - they could be given no better example in that propaganda video right there!
@ polarbear4 | Apr 2 2023 15:50 utc | 13
i follow his work more closely.. here is the original article on his website from march 26th.. many good articles at his site..
US is stirring up the Syrian cauldron
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 16:25 utc | 14
b - regarding your subtitle - Russiagate Hoax:
these articles under your header are about a lot more then russiagate... the last one on the guardian is from 2019, but all of them are quite relevant in a much broader context... the article from discourse magazine has a very good image on it, that i wish i could copy and paste titled 'disinformation circle of life'..
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 16:39 utc | 15
from the bottom of the 2019 declassified uk article on the guardian newspaper..
"The Guardian had gone in six short years from being the natural outlet to place stories exposing wrongdoing by the security state to a platform trusted by the security state to amplify its information operations. A once relatively independent media platform has been largely neutralised by UK security services fearful of being exposed further. Which begs the question: where does the next Snowden go?"
where to moa??
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 16:43 utc | 16
"Which begs the question: where does the next Snowden go?"
where to moa??"
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 16:43 utc 16
the ultimate success of media consolidation domestically and internationally is what we are left with. If all the reporters in the world were more cheaply purchased than the supply of Ukrainian porn prostitutes profiting concerns of foreign investors, then the outright purchase of the remaining media corporations was just a pittance in pursuit of this result. There is no(MSM)where for honest information to land, other than the shadow of Julian Assange. MOA is an incredible bulwark.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Apr 2 2023 17:14 utc | 17
Dungroanin'@6 thank you for this post. Yes, indeed i twas an entirely rigged election. The Tabloid Press (Govt and deep state shills) sustained a vicious, malicious, hateful campaign against Corbyn none of which had any foundation in either fact or evidence so that the ridiculous, imbecilic, power mad Johnson could become Prime Minister. Corbyn had the best Manifesto in the last c50 yrs to put this country back on its feet. It would have delivered affordable rent, rent controls and affordable transport amongst other things.
I am in no doubt that the only reason Kunsberg of the BBC knew about the alleged sway to the conservatives of the postal vote was because it was not counted and was seriously rigged. The company who owned it was a former Conservative Cabinet Minister Peter (name escapes me) who, in a Tory Party Speech under Thatcher famously said Single Parents, the disabled etc wouldn't be missed from the Benefits eligibility list. It's interesting that, the day after the election, his company who ran the postal votes filed for Bankruptcy and was closed. If Corbyn were Prime Minister now thi country wouldn't be in the mess it is in.
However, one thing I know is that, the British people have lost all interest in the Truth and just go with what the Tabloids say and the hysteria generated by the Govt. We have become a nation of complete and utter disinterested idiots. We have completely lost the capacity for intelligent conversation and dissent. I am a lifelong Labour voter, big fan of Corbyn but, I will never ever vote for Labour under Stalin Starmer. He is a dishonest liar, a Dictator who has absolutely destroyed the Labour Party. He will be absolutely worse than than this corrupt Tory Govt.
I am due for retirement next year and am going to retire to a peaceful African Country. I've had enough of this Woke BS, a multi Millionaire Prime Minister who doesn't give a damn about the citizens of this country and of an Opposition Party who is Conservative Party Mark 2. I am sick of being lied to by my Govt, of the industrial levels of Propaganda and Censorship here and of the decent into depravity going on in the Collective West and yes, I mean this woke BS about Transgenders etc.
God Bless Putin and Xi Jingpin who at least have peace and prosperity and the well-being of their citizens at the heart of their policies.
Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 17:24 utc | 18
Everyone should stop and read the article which Taibbi recommends- it's an outline of humanity's march to jsal.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 17:40 utc | 19
Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:24 utc | 5:
I have just seen Borrell's Tweet about Russia assuming the Chair of the UNSC. What the hell is the matter with these people? It seems to me that they are so consumed with vitriol, blind hatred and malice towards Russia they are unable to act with any sort of dignity or integrity. My God, it is shameful to see these people in positions of power.
Jo, it's my opinion that the culprit is not the 'kind of people in positions of power across Europe, it's the people of Europe. These people in power positions did what they did to please their constituents, to win future ballots, and to win rewards.
Why are people in Europe so Russophobic and/or Sinophobic? I don't know. May it was brainwashing over the past 50 years; maybe it was their personal experience in dealing with Russians/Chinese; maybe it was religious; maybe....... But it is unmistakable that the people of Europe want their national leaders to be vitriolic.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 17:58 utc | 20
@ Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 17:58 utc | 20
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I understand that there is a Disneyland in Shanghai as well as the one in Paris.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 2 2023 18:11 utc | 21
@ Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 18:14 utc | 22
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Why would anyone go to Disneyland in Paris? For the food?
Likewise, what is the point of Disneyland in Shanghai?
Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. What is that about?
Posted by: too scents | Apr 2 2023 18:19 utc | 24
Psalm 22 is read (and even performed!) during Easter.
The superscripts of some of the Psalms contain what are presumably the names of tunes or melodies to be used with that psalm. Here's a representative sample, from English and German, taken from biblegateway, of Ps 22. And yes, the most famous psalm in the world comes right after this.
AKJV: To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. ("Aijeleth Shahar"= Hebrew text)
NIV: For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
NRSV: according to The Deer of the Dawn
RSV: according to The Hind of the Dawn
Schlachter (and similar, for the rest in German): Nach [der Melodie] »Hindin der Morgenröte«
and Luther:
(Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen; von der Hinde, die früh gejagt wird.)
all this talk about animals really makes me want to go shoot something.
"Go to the meat-market of a Saturday night and see the crowds of live bipeds staring up at the long rows of dead quadrupeds. Does not that sight take a tooth out of the cannibal’s jaw? Cannibals? who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy paté-de-foie-gras." Moby Dick
warrior cultures kill animals. they don't farm. Melville in this chapter, "the whale as a dish" rightly compares buffalo, cow and whale killing in the US. elsewhere he compares whale hunting to killing the natives and stealing half of Mexico.
warriors need meat. now i'm off to McDonald's! the 'best of the Achaean warriors' gets the choice cut of meat. I feel like Achilles when I eat a Big Mac.
under the golden arches i will meditate on Jesus riding a donkey and the Christian Crusader culture. and renew my membership in the National Rifle Association.
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Apr 2 2023 18:23 utc | 25
the eu and usa are bankrupt. both are sitting on a huge amount of debt.
the g7 has borrowed from China and opec to consumer, none of the debt went to making things they consumer.
the imperial answer to bankruptcy from Caesar to Biden is war and plunder.
the usa in particular spenttrillions on things its economy cannot make so inflation!
leads to pillaging!
not so easy see ukraine
Posted by: paddy | Apr 2 2023 18:25 utc | 26
@ bevin | Apr 2 2023 17:40 utc | 19
i shared it on the previous open thread 1 or 2 days ago.... hopefully your seal of approval will motivate others to read it... b shared it in the moa week in review.. that is probably good enough.. no one acknowledged it when i shared it earlier..
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 18:29 utc | 27
@ Not Ewe | Apr 2 2023 17:14 utc | 17
i am just playing on the rift that grunzt started 2 days ago... has b been silenced? idle speculation on some of our parts..
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 18:30 utc | 28
james | Apr 2 2023 18:30 utc | 28
I would not call it "silenced". Rather "coopted". What they do is, they explain the new rules to you. You better abide, or "there will be no MoA any more. We'll put an end to it." And you are, of course, expected to be absolutely discrete on any word that was spoken.
If you are a more heavyweight guy, rather than a lonely blogger, they may even try to buy you. The CIA has a budget for this.
Never mind - it's just my fantasy. It sometimes carries me away.
Posted by: grunzt | Apr 2 2023 19:17 utc | 29
@ Not Ewe | Apr 2 2023 17:14 utc | 17
i am just playing on the rift that grunzt started 2 days ago... has b been silenced? idle speculation on some of our parts..
Posted by: james | Apr 2 2023 18:30 utc | 28
My thoughts exactly
Posted by: PalmaSailor | Apr 2 2023 19:22 utc | 30
adding a rec for the Tablet article, "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century. very well written, too.
Posted by: pretzelattack | Apr 2 2023 19:25 utc | 31
I'm not in a position to know, but b puts in a prodigious amount of work, and as far as I know doesn't have any help, so becoming exhausted is not surprising. is thee something that indicates he is pulling back on stories? i haven't seen anything, has anybody else?
Posted by: pretzelattack | Apr 2 2023 19:29 utc | 32
for example, b is sharing the Tablet article. Would the BND (or whatever the German security service is) want that out publicized? I wouldn't think so--the whole point of the "disinformation" war club is not to talk about the disinformation war club.
Posted by: pretzelattack | Apr 2 2023 19:32 utc | 33
Posted in the wrong thread....
If our host has been cooped with an offer he cannot refuse (literally... refusal is not an available option) then what kind of articles will he post here from this point forward? Doom-casting bullshit like what the NAFO (North American Fatties Organization?) trolls post? Regular readers would spot that at once.
I must admit that I was suspicious when our host started admonishing us against attacking the trolls. I wondered if folks from the US State Department and the CIA (but I repeat myself) had complained to him about MoA being a hostile work environment for their staff.
Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 19:38 utc | 34
re: Samizdat
Samizdat these days has far more readership than regimist Media. Regimist media outlets such as CNN have the viewership of a middle ranked YouTube Blogger.
Zerohedge has something like 35 million readers. Even a quirky niche news blog like Unz Review has a few million readers.
Regimist media lost the hearts and minds a long time ago.
Posted by: Exile | Apr 2 2023 19:44 utc | 35
@ james | Apr 2 2023 18:30 utc | 28
@ grunzt | Apr 2 2023 19:17 utc | 29
I have brooded over this very issue, in light of the various laws passed by Germany to make opinions critical of and reporting adverse to the American Colonial "narrative" re the aggression against Ukraine and the RF thoughtcrimes, and concluded that there must be some kind of entente, probably involving the BND finding the site useful in various ways.
I'm hoping b is just suffering from Editorial/Columnist Syndrome, where they're expected to have an opinion on something anything _every_ goddamned day, leading to burnout, alcoholism, and/or dementia.
It worries me a bit in the light of Raevsky wobbling and folding his tent, although illness and a hurricane taking out his house were extra straws there.
A succession-plan and some serious tar.gz-ing would seem to be useful in such cases.
Also, where, given the popularity of these sites, are some volunteer moderation, guest-editorials, etc.
Raevsky had Amarynth and others pitching in.
Posted by: John Kennard | Apr 2 2023 20:02 utc | 36
james@27
My sympathies, that can be very frustrating. But it is all to the good really- most people simply can't read every post. Or follow every link. The more people who recommend the article in question- recommended by b Taibbi and ourselves, the better for all.
Incidentally my post contained, as they tend to when I'm running around in the morning a silly typo: jsal for jail. I hope nobofy googled it!
William Gruff: watch out that you don't become obsessed by trolls. That would be what they want.
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 20:17 utc | 37
re "Hoax of the century" I think he gets some of the history wrong. he presents the disinformation complex as arising out of a response to real world defeats, the so called "Russian invasion of Crimea" or the "Russian suppression of Maidan". the attempt to control the populace by controlling the media dates back at least to the 60's and 70's in the US, and probably long before that, and I wouldn't call it a Russian invasion of Crimea, more a Russian defense of Crimea. the disinformation complex wasn't an overreaction that got out of control, it was based on long standing policy.
Posted by: pretzelattack | Apr 2 2023 20:17 utc | 38
@34 William Gruff
There is good reason to try to goad users of a forum to a more constructive approach toward potential idiots/trolls. At some point trolls have to be pointed out of course, but if you do too much fingerpointing from the get go this might quickly evolve into primitive shit-slinging and draw down the quality of the board overall.
I'm mostly a lurker here who values the (usually) vastly superior political information and discussion compared to the mainstream, but I would be open to e.g. some pro-ukrainian making some good arguments. If one starts arguing against them with "you're stupid" it might not amount to much. If you ask them what their arguments are, often they are suddently silent or just point you to some western article that just points to the Ukrainian Government. THEN it is easy to ridicule them. As if the Ukrainian Government hasn't lied before...
These guys' problem is not in itself that they are pro-ukranian, their problem is that they have no good arguments (and thus usually are pro-ukranian). I for one do not need another site that operates under some primitive guideline of "my guys good, your guys bad".
Posted by: Roland | Apr 2 2023 20:21 utc | 39
Good to see you're still with us b. I didn't realise how baked into my morning routine MoA was until you went on holiday... but I think you need one more week off. Your work is too important to burn out.
Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 2 2023 20:32 utc | 40
Twitter account @AZGeopolitics was great source of compiled news but about a week ago 'account doesn't exist' is what comes up.
Anyone know what happened to it?
Posted by: Saag | Apr 2 2023 20:42 utc | 41
"I must admit that I was suspicious when our host started admonishing us against attacking the trolls. I wondered if folks from the US State Department and the CIA (but I repeat myself) had complained to him about MoA being a hostile work environment for their staff.
Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 19:38 utc | 34".
In my experience, it's best to simply not feed the trolls. What you feed, grows. What you ignore, in time withers & moves on to the next plane of existence.
Posted by: Mary | Apr 2 2023 20:52 utc | 42
ZH has a posting up with the title
"It's No Longer A Unipolar World" - OPEC+ Makes Surprise 1 Million-Barrel Oil Production Cut
The quote
Update (1500ET): The FT reports that, according to people familiar with Saudi Arabia’s thinking, Riyadh was irritated last week that the Biden administration publicly ruled out new crude purchases to replenish the strategic stockpile that had been drained last year as the White House battled to tame inflation.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 2 2023 20:55 utc | 43
Montana: a train has de-railed, 25 wagons have derailed and some of the fluid containers leaking unknown substance into the nearby lake.
https://twitter.com/leslibless/status/1642612107718934528
Posted by: unimperator | Apr 2 2023 20:59 utc | 44
Oil extraction cuts seems to run chains, like internet "challenges".
Iran media are gloating today, listing one country after another.
https://t.me/parstodayrussian/129028
https://t.me/parstodayrussian/129023
https://t.me/parstodayrussian/129021
Though Iran media seems at times prone to wishful thinking, these news they probably get from authoritative sources.
There is, however, one interesting coincidence here.
Google search:
Saudi National Bank's move into Credit Suisse | Financial Times
12-DEC-2022 — SNB, which has 492 branches and employs 4,500 people, already leads the market in investment banking and brokerage and asset...
LONDON, March 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Saudi Arabia has joined the Western bank bagholder club. Saudi National Bank (1180.SE) (SNB), 37% owned by the kingdom’s $600 billion Public Investment Fund, admitted on Monday that its $1.4 billion swoop for 10% of Credit Suisse.....
aljazeera: Saudi National Bank appoints chairman after Credit Suisse loss
6 day ago — Decision made nearly two weeks after former chairman Ammar Al Khudairy said the kingdom's biggest bank by assets would not buy...
Coincidences, coincidences everywhere.
Posted by: Arioch | Apr 2 2023 21:20 utc | 45
Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 2 2023 19:38 utc | 34
As others have noted, it's possible that b was getting fed up with having to delete troll posts and that all the responses they were getting was mucking up threads and taking a lot of time for him to police.
That said, would you estimate this happened around the same time as all the "technical issues" that suddenly started affecting MoA, to a degree never before seen in the past? I know that b said he was satisfied with the explanation (if not the issues) from his hosting service and their cutover to a new version (or whatever it was), but the nature and timing of those "issues" sure seemed more like "attacks" to me.
Are you implying that "they" got to b and it's similar to what happened with The Graun? I am not being facetious or confrontational here - it's a theory that I might be persuaded to entertain, especially with his announced break from heavy blogging and the fact that the article James posted the other day and which bevin mentioned up-thread was posted by b even though it's more than 3 years old. Why now?
I hope everything is OK and that the German information security police, on behalf of NATO and the USSA, haven't singled out this bar or the owner.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 2 2023 21:24 utc | 46
I hope b is enjoying a relaxing Palm Sunday with family - we Orthodox are a week behind but having a lovely warm spring day here in spite of a fire reported south a way due to strong winds of spring and comparative dry period along with that.
Here's wishing a beautiful Holy Week to all those who celebrate it this coming week. And to all who don't, happy Spring!
Posted by: juliania | Apr 2 2023 22:00 utc | 47
@43 - Oh my. I have lost count of the derailments and strange occurrences at food processing plants.
Good strategy for whoever is behind this. I fear what is next. Five days ago a train derailed in San Bernadino county.
It's an apt metaphor for the state of things here.
Thingie help us all.
@46 juliania - I wish you a beautiful Holy Week. I pray for our world. Thank you.
I'll put a dime in the jukebox. Johnny Cash - Wabash Cannonball
Much love to everyone out there.
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 2 2023 22:25 utc | 48
I see the party girl was defeated in Finnish election. Wonder if they still want to join NATO?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65157357
Posted by: dh | Apr 2 2023 22:34 utc | 49
Gruff wrote: "I must admit that I was suspicious when our host started admonishing us against attacking the trolls."
Me thinks Mr. Gruff is doing him some trolling...
I have noticed that b often has said, "Contribute facts. Do not attack other commentators"
I would like to see evidence that b ever said anything about "attacking the trolls".
Posted by: jinn | Apr 2 2023 22:51 utc | 50
rjb1.5 @25
Speaking of which, here's legendary reggae chanter Prince Far I's take on Psalm 24:
From a whole LP dedicated to musical interpretation of Psalms, well worth a listen.
Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Apr 2 2023 22:56 utc | 51
"...the disinformation complex wasn't an overreaction that got out of control, it was based on long standing policy." pretzelattack@37
Can't disagree with that. But direct governmental control over so much of the communications network- phones, internet, electronic media, the Press means that is has never before been so easy not just to censor the media but to identify and locate any and all dissenters.
One thing that the article in question does get right is to show that, leaving aside those elements inspired by late C19th neo-Darwinian eugenics and the specific elements of policy designed to appeal to socialists or potential socialist recruits, current Liberal ideology is indistinguishable from Naziism or any other kind of fascism.
Which is a long winded way of saying those who govern our society are fascists armed, thanks to IT, with weapons that the original fascists never dared dream of acquiring.
As to us: we are all Palestinians now.
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 22:58 utc | 52
@ Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Apr 2 2023 22:56 utc | 51
Whoa. I have a radio show in Venice.
Prince Far I Psalm 23 is on my current show.
Should I feel scared?
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 2 2023 23:00 utc | 53
the real America. and it's getting to be a crisis.
"Train derailment near Quinn's Hot Springs"
Officials said about 25 cars transporting beer were derailed from the line.
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/train-derailment-near-quinns
now that's the america i know!
Posted by: rjb1.5 | Apr 2 2023 23:00 utc | 54
Most US banks 'technically near insolvency' Roubini - Wow!
The Dollar Financial System is a WMGD ... tik tok tik tok tic ....
Multi-polarity is accelerating due to US hubris and has now become un-stoppable ...as with other reserves such as Portugal, Spain, Netherlands,France and the Sterling of the British Empire to the Dollar the baton is now being passed on .... it will not be pretty and with the level of ignorance and hubris in recent US admins it will also, unfortunately, be highly, very highly, dangerous ...
The US is quite young, [if one exclude the Native American genocide] and has developed only one philosophy - American Pragmatism of James, Dewey, Rorty etc. which I admire - and has not had a European style Enlightenment let alone the wisdom of thousands of years of Chinese wisdom - and metaphorically could be compared to a toddler throwing her toys out of the pram or pushing the button during a tantrum.
The US scares me ... it has never been civilized ..
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 2 2023 23:06 utc | 55
Helmer is interesting roday. He points out that the Russiam charges against the WSJ reporter are very similar to those the US preferred against one J Assange.
There's much more, including this entirely justified attack on Seymour Hersh:
"... In his new German interview Hersh repeats his attack on President Vladimir Putin. “You can never support a man who chooses war when there are other options. I know he was put under pressure, but it’s the bloodiest war in Europe since World War II. And we had the Balkan war and we had Chechnya, but that’s nothing compared to what’s happening between Russia and Ukraine. That goes back so many generations. In the 1930s there were bad harvests, there was famine, and they took the whole harvest from Ukraine and brought it to Mother Russia. The Ukrainians died in 1932, while the Russians stood by and took away their food.”
Hersh knows better than that but he remains, what he always was, an inveterate Cold Warrior still trembling from the McCarthyite ogres of his childhood.
https://johnhelmer.net/undercover-under-water-and-under-frances-wannabe-dictator-with-slobodan-despot/#more-87739
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 23:09 utc | 56
"...Absolutely stunning ... and very, very bad for the economic future of Europe and the U.S."
FHTEX@4
I think that you are wrog-see Jo Dominich and DunGroanin. They seem to be telling us that things just go from bad to worse in the UK.
The big mistake that people (including Lenin) make is to believe that working people, the great majority, benefit from imperialism.
They don't and the sooner the European/Creole Empire is defeated and broken up the better things will be all over Europe and north America.
As to the minority within and surrounding the oligarchy, you might be right. Their future depends entirely on their ability to remain on top, and currently they are risking life itself to prrserve the privileges that they stole from the rest of the world-starting with their neighbours.
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 23:29 utc | 57
@bevin #56
Hersh knows better than that ...
Yes, he most certainly does.
I note your response on Smith yesterday. If one reads Malthus etc and especially Darwin one can easily discern the recent origin of American Exceptionalism and superiority from the prophets used to justify British Imperialism - The Irish Famine springs to mind - lazy-faire! etc and Lord Salisbury - and the clearly very racist Darwinian writings on the Irish and 'savages' etc ... and, of course, the stereotype of the puritan frugal Scot who wouldn't spend a penny let alone spend one and lose the pound!
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 2 2023 23:59 utc | 59
Below is a recent ZH posting title
CDC Research Team Members Fell Ill Studying Toxic Ohio Derailment, Agency Confirms
The quote
Nearly half of a government team investigating the potential health effects of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, fell ill while conducting their research, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Move along, nothing to see here...../s
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 0:43 utc | 60
dh | Apr 2 2023 22:34 utc | 48
……Finnish election. Wonder if they still want to join NATO?
That’s why it was finalised last week. That’s how dumbocracy works.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 0:48 utc | 61
Are you not entertained ... how much does it truly cost to keep a 'Walled Garden' these days ?
Oil Prices Up Over 5% After Announced Production Cuts by Several OPEC+ Countries
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Oil prices rose more than 5% following announced additional production cuts by a number of OPEC+ countries, trading data showed.
As of 22:07 GMT on Sunday, the price of May futures for WTI was up 7.12% at $81.09 per barrel, while June futures for Brent crude were trading up 7.13% to $85.59 per barrel.Additional oil production cuts announced by several OPEC+ countries on Sunday are estimated to total 1.1 million barrels per day, three sources in the organization told Sputnik. One source said that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and Kazakhstan are among the countries that decided to voluntarily trim oil production from May until the end of 2023.
Meanwhile, Russia decided to extend voluntary oil production cuts of 500,000 barrels per day until the end of 2023, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
CDC is an interesting choice for the Ohio train derailment, aren't chemical spills (including possible health effects) under the purview of the EPA?
Posted by: Sid Victor Cattoni | Apr 3 2023 1:13 utc | 63
@ Outraged | Apr 3 2023 0:49 utc | 62 with the OPEC update
I read somewhere that the cutbacks are expected to result in a $10 increase in the price. That is the fiat US dollar that is about to see more challenges to inflation relative to oil and other resources.
When the RoW announces its intrinsic value based money, the US dollar that has had the printing presses running 24X7X365 since 2008 will experience its "moment" of crisis as it is forced to respond to other countries setting conversion rates of fiat money to value based money.
I want to see that period in my life time now that it seems so close. I have been waiting for 50+ years in the hopes something like this moment would arrive.
The Meek will inherit the earth.....
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 1:17 utc | 64
A dedication to b
Lazy
Joe Bonamassa Jimmy Barnes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5fDaow6QA
(I play it super loud when doing a mindless domestic must do, like vacuuming)
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 1:18 utc | 65
@ Posted by: Jo Dominich | Apr 2 2023 14:24 utc | 5
We tend to forget that all western polywanking national leaders. Are heavily reliant on a plethora of appointed by word of mouth advisors. Of whom all are not elected and completely and absolutely isolated from the general in-country peons. Using the failed excuse of the logic mantra "it ain't my problem"!
Thus leading the foolish leading polywankers to the voter cliff of political oblivion. Time to work the same magic on the gullible ignorant incoming newly voted-in replacement polywankers.
Thus the true Achilles heel of every western country elected to lead polywankers! Is the absolute reliance on the planted by the CIA spies/faux political advisors/bogus(all have a hidden agenda) Think Wanks?
Thus all current brain dead leading western Polywankers. Are mere puppets on a string. Dancing to the tune ordained by the CIA puppet masters from Langley, Virginia.
Have you noted that every voted-out-of-office polywanker. Behave like a dead fish out of water. For the fools no longer have access to the plethora of government-funded CIA spies pretending to be political advisors.
Posted by: Bad Deal Motors On | Apr 3 2023 1:44 utc | 66
Posted by: Dingo | Apr 3 2023 1:58 utc | 67
Mark E. Smith's guide to writing
Fellow traveler.
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 3 2023 2:03 utc | 68
African nations were insolent and bolshie during Kamala cameltoe’s recent excursion through the satrapies.
Are they about to be gifted a little plague and pestilence?
CDC to send personnel to fight rare, deadly Marburg virus in Africa https://trib.al/9BHGqsY
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 2:32 utc | 69
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 2:32 utc | 69
That makes sense. Sadly.
Especially after reading -
Posted by: Sid Victor Cattoni | Apr 3 2023 1:13 utc | 63
Fully agree about the EPA, SVC. Super great catch. Rock on.
I will keep away from the keyboard and post button for the rest of the rest.
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 3 2023 2:40 utc | 70
@ Bad Deal Motors On | Apr 3 2023 1:44 utc | 66
We tend to forget that all western polywanking national leaders. Are heavily reliant on a plethora of appointed by word of mouth advisors.
. . .and they're called "experts" by the press.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Apr 3 2023 2:45 utc | 71
Twitter tears are the tastiest:
Elon Musk should step down and sell this app.
Today, he stripped New York Times, an account with nearly 55M followers of its verified badge, and decided to boost Catturd2 by giving him a legacy check mark.
The bias is unreal and we are living in dangerous times where the owner of this platform controls a social media app with political bias.
… nevermind {he’s referring to a “private” business that deplatformed the President of the USA months out from an election…but that wasn’t political bias, that was merciful because TDS was at levels of extreme too intolerable for some) ….
https://twitter.com/PoliticsVerse/status/1642550765679001600
>…”CONFIRMED: Elon Musk Digital Pal “CatTurd,” a Far-Right Purveyor of Dangerous Disinformation, Is Now Verified on Twitter Whereas the New York Times—America’s Newspaper of Record—Is Not; Musk Strips Times of Verification Badge While Attacking the Newspaper on His Twitter Feed”
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1642546124597743616
Twitterturds
> Maybe part of the reason is also blatantly spreading easily verifiable misinformation like this tweet of yours
>> What exactly is the misinformation? Did NYT not lose their check?
>>> Catturd isnt legacy verified. He paid his 8$ for twitter blue. This guy is claiming elon gave him some kind of special privilege.
>> This guy is claiming elon gave him some kind of special privilege” Weird thing to make up.
>>> Seth is a “journalist”, making things up is second nature
Now go cry to mummy:
Time for the government to step in. Elon Musk is turning Twitter into his own personal pillow fort while implementing petty changes that have a substantial impact on the dissemination of disinformation that he & his cronies engage in. He's just a cheap crook.
https://twitter.com/SimonHButler/status/1642547690423681024
Last word (from a blue check mark nobody):
NY Times didn't pay their fee. Why should they get a free ride?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 2:49 utc | 72
Kim Dotcom:
“The Propaganda Media cares about the origin of a stripper payment
but not about the origin of Covid-19.”
————
Twitter puts images behind a “view” button, even the most benign.
Others have a “sign in/over 18” category.::
This St Petersburg bomb vid: no faux censorship at all.
Everyone should be able to freely and openly see dead rooskies (because a dead rooskie is a good rooskie):
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1642561505102053376
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1642557359439454209
South Africa just announced it won’t be arresting Putin… and gave a brief history lesson in U$ hypocrisy when explaining why:
https://twitter.com/ricwe123/status/1642416905897099264
@Julius_S_Malema
For those who still bother “sharing” with friends and family.
https://twitter.com/plato303/status/1642420306710089728
And another nobody on twitter:
>…ICC has prosecuted 44 leaders, they are all Africans. Rules based order.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 3:11 utc | 73
# 68
I was trying to post a link to a song by
THE FALL: who makes the nazis?
Things fell apart, but I appreciate your recommendation
Posted by: Dingo | Apr 3 2023 3:14 utc | 74
Posted by: bevin | Apr 2 2023 17:40 utc | 19
I didn't find it very helpful, bevin. But perhaps others will. We actually have only recently (as far as human history is concerned) had information being forced upon us. Some people are still unusued to using their own abilities to resist, but it can be done even by those least conscious of their power to do so. I did it in college, which is the advantage of a good education that forces one to think and independently agree or not out of ones own sense of what is right, not because someone tells you this is what you must think.
These times are full of threatening pressures, most obvious now because the art of persuasion fails against the obvious. This puts people at odds with one another; they are bewildered. But domination following on guile simply manifests the lie, and once it is seen there is no going back; it's a hard way to learn - I had it easy. But learn we must, and learn we will.
Everyone is important. Unique, and amazingly resilient, even (and especially) in defeat.
Posted by: juliania | Apr 3 2023 3:16 utc | 75
One day, a U$ congress critter woke up and discovered… de-Dollarization is a thing.
Without USD supremacy…
“We won’t be able to bully countries because they won’t give a shit…” (paraphrased)
https://twitter.com/DenisRogatyuk/status/1642675471447109632
Can someone who cares check if Rubio voted to kick Russia off SWIFT ?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 3:29 utc | 76
Dingo, you actually posted the song. Bingo! I thought you were being cleaver by leaving it with you handle. :)
Thank you for mentioning the Fall. One of the best of the... post punk? ... not sure, bands. Music therapy.
If anyone here knows of a music blog where lex t could be sent to, please share. Otherwise I will continue to pollute the airwaves here.
I can't get enough of this place! Much love to the crew.
Another dime in the jukebox.
999-feelin alright with the crew
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 3 2023 3:29 utc | 77
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 2 2023 22:25 utc | 47
Thank you, lex, but it isn't my Holy Week yet, just the general one for western Christianity. And I know that b usually posts a lovely excerpt on the general Easter Sunday - I will have one a week later for the Orthodox celebration.
In the Orthodox tradition, particularly that of Russia, there are what are called 'fools for Christ', some of whom have been thought of as saints. Perhaps instead of 'trolls', we should call our gadflies 'fools for MoA'.
Posted by: juliania | Apr 3 2023 3:36 utc | 78
Why are people in Europe so Russophobic and/or Sinophobic?
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 17:58 utc | 20
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I understand that there is a Disneyland in Shanghai as well as the one in Paris.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 2 2023 18:11 utc | 21
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So the garden destroyed the Yuan MIng Yuen in 1860 ...cuz they wanna pre-empt a Disney in Shanghai
in 20C ?
What about Russiophobia then , another Disney in Russia ?
One day two bandits entered the Summer Palace. One plundered, the other burned. Victory can be a thieving woman, or so it seems. The devastation of the Summer Palace was accomplished by the two victors acting jointly. Mixed up in all this is the name of Elgin, which inevitably calls to mind the Parthenon. What was done to the Parthenon was done to the Summer Palace, more thoroughly and better, so that nothing of it should be left. All the treasures of all our cathedrals put together could not equal this formidable and splendid museum of the Orient. It contained not only masterpieces of art, but masses of jewelry. What a great exploit, what a windfall! One of the two victors filled his pockets; when the other saw this he filled his coffers. And back they came to Europe, arm in arm, laughing away. Such is the story of the two bandits.We Europeans are the civilized ones, and for us the Chinese are the barbarians. This is what civilization has done to barbarism.
https://www.yuanmingyuan.eu/en/the-looting/victor-hugo-letter/
Posted by: denk | Apr 3 2023 4:10 utc | 79
“Can someone who cares check if Rubio voted to kick Russia off SWIFT ?”
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 3:29 utc | 76
Rubio’s bill required SWIFT expulsion:
“Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., several days ago offered his own Russia sanctions bill, which has drawn support from his side of the aisle. While the Rubio measure shares some sanctions elements in common with the Menendez bill, such as targeted sanctions against Putin and sweeping sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, it goes further than the Democratic bill in at least two respects.
“One is the requirement rather than the authorization, as Democrats would do, of sanctions designed to expel Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system, a central feature of the international financial system that processes quick and secure cross-border transactions at major banks around the world.
“The other is the immediate reimposition of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 that were waived last year by the Biden administration. The Menendez bill would only impose sanctions on the pipeline if Russia attacks Ukraine.”
Jan 19, 2022
https://rollcall.com/2022/01/19/senators-struggle-on-russia-sanctions-as-hourglass-runs-low/
Posted by: suzan | Apr 3 2023 4:19 utc | 81
Posted by: julia | Apr 2 2023 22:38 utc | 49
No, but you can bet their counterparts have singled out you.
If I've been singled out for anything it's the fact that I donated both to the legal defense fund of BLM "rioters" and January 6th "protestors" (not lying about either) as well as MoA and a bunch of random stuff. I'm like a wild card. Scary thought anyway.
p.s. What did you mean by "counterparts"? Like the FSB and CCP or did you mean the NSA and CIA? I'm a low value target for any of them, but I do gotta admit I've also had some rather strange "IT issues" of late. Getting logged out of every website, stored passwords deleted on multiple browsers, stuff like that. Thinking of it, I need to make sure there have been no unauthorized transfers from my software crytpo wallet!
I'm here all week folks...
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 3 2023 4:22 utc | 82
Below is a Reuters posting title
McDonald's temporarily shuts US offices, prepares layoff notices, Wall Street Journal reports
I just can't help but ask if the hit on McD's is really that big with Trump being taken off the street?..../s
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 4:55 utc | 84
……Finnish election. Wonder if they still want to join NATO?
That’s why it was finalised last week. That’s how dumbocracy works.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 3 2023 0:48 utc | 61
Simply an extra safety measure. Everyone would have voted for Nato anyway. The votes are dictated to parliament members by their party leadership. No one knows who actually decides at the top. Likely less than ten people, and shared between the parties. Obviously not Finnish people.
Every Finnish opposition party mysteriously dropped out of the election months in advance, refusing to run campaigns, refusing to give interviews, refusing to even enter a cursory amount of candidates. The way Finland works is, you open your mouth and the secret police comes and says they'll assassinate you (Tony Halme - done), drive over your kids in the school yard (Jaana Kavonius - nearly done), wreck your business (Ano Turtiainen), or expose your real or falsified closet skeletons / perversions / crimes (which they have for everyone).
The fake opposition, the True Jews, sorry, "True Finns", is run by swedes and jews, led by a CIA agent who doesn't even try to hide himself, and has a facade party leader transplanted over from the cocaine prime minister's social democrat party.
Posted by: Mike | Apr 3 2023 5:17 utc | 85
@85 - Finland's own, Satanic Warmaster - Strength and Honor
Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 3 2023 5:48 utc | 87
ZH has a posting up with the title
Anti-Russia Alliance Splinters As Japan Buys Russian Oil At Price Above Cap; Others To Follow
Just another straw on the camels back
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 6:09 utc | 88
Hope B will get better again , so we can enjoy this bar..
What do we know about ONE HEALTH???????
It controls WHO , FAO , WEF ,UN , etc..
It is THE UMBRELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!
So in a way it is the New World Order already..
And it goes underground to every country and government..
Posted by: HTG | Apr 3 2023 6:22 utc | 89
In reply to Psychohistorian #64
And the meek shall inherit the earth
Quoted from an orwellian song from the Canadian band RUSH - 2112, released in 1976.
"We are the priests of the temples of Syringe".
Oops I made a typo there ;-)
Posted by: RON | Apr 3 2023 8:18 utc | 90
Jo, it's my opinion that the culprit is not the 'kind of people in positions of power across Europe, it's the people of Europe. These people in power positions did what they did to please their constituents, to win future ballots, and to win rewards.Why are people in Europe so Russophobic and/or Sinophobic? I don't know. May it was brainwashing over the past 50 years; maybe it was their personal experience in dealing with Russians/Chinese; maybe it was religious; maybe....... But it is unmistakable that the people of Europe want their national leaders to be vitriolic.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 17:58 utc | 20
The protests in France (and maybe Germany as well?) have given me the impression that the politicians in power are not as popular as you imply.
If I'm not mistaken, Putin and co. have pointed out that said politicians have failed to act in the interests of the people. If that is the case, and if what Bad Deal Motors On (66) has to say 'bout it is anything to go by, then I would advise against falling for the illusory trap.
We tend to forget that all western polywanking national leaders. Are heavily reliant on a plethora of appointed by word of mouth advisors. Of whom all are not elected and completely and absolutely isolated from the general in-country peons. Using the failed excuse of the logic mantra "it ain't my problem"!Thus leading the foolish leading polywankers to the voter cliff of political oblivion. Time to work the same magic on the gullible ignorant incoming newly voted-in replacement polywankers.
Thus the true Achilles heel of every western country elected to lead polywankers! Is the absolute reliance on the planted by the CIA spies/faux political advisors/bogus(all have a hidden agenda) Think Wanks?
Thus all current brain dead leading western Polywankers. Are mere puppets on a string. Dancing to the tune ordained by the CIA puppet masters from Langley, Virginia.
The brainwashing hypothesis may have some merit to it. Has been going on since 1945.
Posted by: joey_n | Apr 3 2023 8:26 utc | 91
psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 1:17 utc | 64
The meek may well inherit the earth, but by the time they claim their inheritance it will be a smouldering wasteland.
Posted by: ZimZum | Apr 3 2023 9:36 utc | 92
... But it is unmistakable that the people of Europe want their national leaders to be vitriolic.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Apr 2 2023 17:58 utc | 20
It is both mistakable and false. What is true is that the majority of people, at all times and in all places, are easily lead by both good and bad leadership. It is western leadership that is at fault, not the great mass of the poorly lead.
Posted by: anon2020 | Apr 3 2023 11:15 utc | 93
@60, pychohistorian, funny, I haven't heard a peep from the Meme Scream Media about this yet. It's all Trump , Trump,Trump right now. And drag queen story time.
Speaking of gadflies, Donald Fagens album, "The Gadfly" is good. For those who like Steely Dan. Cheers.
Posted by: Immaculate deception | Apr 3 2023 11:28 utc | 94
'A Modern Yeoman's Guide to Contemporary Acronyms, A Cross Disciplinary Approach' in 26 volumes w/ a quick start guide for the laziest of the lot of cryptographic communicators (FTLOLOCC) will be available only in a zip file format.
Posted by: Elmagnostic | Apr 3 2023 13:23 utc | 95
B., I hope you are recharging and feel better.
For the barflies, I am just reading Larry Romanoff's 'The blue moon of Shangai' latest. I have read him since a couple of years, I highly recommend it for a 'helicopter view' of our sad world affairs.If the so-called west prevails, it will become irreparable indeed.
Also, the site of Amarynth ( ex assistant of The Saker which is closed now) is very interesting as it provides much wider perspective on the RoW ). It is Globalsouth.co, very recommendable.
Thank you.
Posted by: stranger | Apr 3 2023 13:25 utc | 96
When I saw the lineup in the photo of all these doughy, pasty looking and sneering officials of the 'west' after they have inflicted total destruction on Libya my transformation began, before I was just groping around about 9/11.
I felt real animosity, and now I just feel real disrespect and despise them, they are bellow the treshold for our hatred for them.You can not hate the pit of dirt. I understand what Rossia has gone through and I agree that they will never again have anything to do with the cloaca and the sewer of the mankind.
It is over for ever, good luck. The rest of the world is huge, enjoy swimming in your own s..... Good bye.
Posted by: stranger | Apr 3 2023 13:39 utc | 97
Oops, I meant "The Night fly." Nevermind.
Posted by: Immaculate deception | Apr 3 2023 14:00 utc | 98
Guatemala
Learn the name of this woman-- Thelma Cabrera-- while she is still alive. She's Mayan,Mam speaking, and she's running for president but the elites are still not allowing her on the ballot. Election is sometime this summer and the leading candidate of the oligarchs is the daughter of Rios Montt, born again psychopathic mass murderer of Mayans in the 1980s and good friend of Ron Reagan. (I think they prayed together.) If the daughter gets in the masses will respond.
Thelma Cabrera credits Bolivia's MAS movement/party as the model for Guatemala's emerging block and she has huge support.
This article gives a good account of some history and what's going on now. Look for more action there in the next months. Short term I imagine the 1% will win but they have never been able to wipe out the Mayans. Mayan languages are still spoken. Mayans have lots of children. Many still know their history. Also, there are a growing number of potential allies: Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, also Ecuador (not Lazzo) which has a huge indigenous population.
bottom line, central America/Mexico is heating up. The Empire is in trouble.
https://kawsachunnews.com/mayan-leader-thelma-cabrera-runs-for-guatemalas-presidency
Posted by: migueljose | Apr 3 2023 14:01 utc | 99
@ psychohistorian | Apr 3 2023 1:17 utc | 64
@ ZimZum | Apr 3 2023 9:36 utc | 92
The lystrosaurs shall inherit the earth.
Posted by: John Kennard | Apr 3 2023 14:05 utc | 100
The comments to this entry are closed.
Thank you b. Hm, supposed to be enjoying some downtime ... ;)
Iranian Army warns off US spy aircraft near Sea of Oman Presstv.ir, breaking
Burkina expels reporters from French newspapers Presstv.ir, 2 hours ago
India to drop US dollar in cross-border trade Presstv.ir, 4 hours ago
Posted by: Outraged | Apr 2 2023 13:43 utc | 1