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What an amazing time to be alive.
India reverting to an ancestral name at the G20.
West Africa expressing its sovereignty.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 13:37 utc | 1
What an amazing time to be alive.
India reverting to an ancestral name at the G20.
West Africa expressing its sovereignty.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 13:37 utc | 2
Very important recollection within this news item, “How Putin and Kim Throw Down a Challenge to US Hegemony”.
Very important recollection within this news item, “How Putin and Kim Throw Down a Challenge to US Hegemony”.
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/g20-vs-brics-who-is-more-sustainable
Side-by-side comparison on several initiatives recently published first by BRICS+ and then by G20.
Telling.
https://edwardslavsquat.substack.com/p/g20-vs-brics-who-is-more-sustainable
Side-by-side comparison on several initiatives recently published first by BRICS+ and then by G20.
Telling.
Yesterday, Global Times critiqued the speech Blinken delivered at John Hopkins and said he decaled a New Cold War, “Blinken sounds a rallying cry for a ‘new cold war’ that US cannot win”:
The growing US’ geopolitical competition with Russia and China marks the end of the post-Cold War world order, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, speaking at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies on Wednesday. “What we are experiencing now is more than a test of the post-Cold War order. It’s the end of it,” he noted. “Decades of relative geopolitical stability have given way to an intensifying competition with authoritarian powers, revisionist powers.” This statement appears to be a rallying cry for a “new cold war.”
Since the post-Cold War order is coming to an end, what kind of new world order does the US want? Various signs indicate that the US wants major power competition and camp confrontation in order to maintain its global hegemony, even at the expense of the interests of other countries, including allies, and partner nations. However, the reality is that major power competition goes against the trend of the times and cannot solve the US’ own problems and the challenges facing the world. It will only further divide the world, leading the world to slide toward a more dangerous cliff edge.
Regarding Blinken’s remarks, there are two main points to consider. Firstly, Blinken was creating a sense of crisis in the world. The underlying message to US allies and other countries is that there are challengers, particularly China and Russia, who want to change the existing order. Secondly, Blinken’s remarks also reflect a sense of anxiety in the US. The US is attempting to slow down China’s rise through strategic competition, while hoping to sustain its hegemony without jeopardizing its own interests. However, it seems that the US has no clear solution to this dilemma.
China is one of the beneficiaries of the existing system and does not seek to challenge or subvert this order. However, the US has viewed any legitimate demand made by China, even those that reflect the reasonable demands of the majority of developing countries, as a challenge and ill-intentioned sabotage….
As for China, the US is attempting to stifle its development by imposing unlimited technological restrictions, but it is unable to completely decouple from China economically. For the US and its main allies, China is either their largest single trading partner or one of the largest. Today, the US is a reckless strategic aggressor, attempting to unite its relatively weaker strength with its allies to wage a new cold war. It should be noted that the power of US allies has declined significantly, and the unity of the “West” is crippled due to the US transitioning from a “blood donor” to a “vampire”.
There’s no way the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals can contain China or the rest of the Global South. The degree of geoeconomic dependency noted in the final paragraph above is far too much for that Bloc to overcome. The attempts made so far beginning with Trump have illustrated the damage the Empire can inflict on itself in its ill-considered policy toward China and the world. The Outlaw US Empire’s illusion of “primacy” has faded into the mists of time and is irretrievable so matter what it tries.
Yesterday, Global Times critiqued the speech Blinken delivered at John Hopkins and said he decaled a New Cold War, “Blinken sounds a rallying cry for a ‘new cold war’ that US cannot win”:
The growing US’ geopolitical competition with Russia and China marks the end of the post-Cold War world order, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, speaking at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies on Wednesday. “What we are experiencing now is more than a test of the post-Cold War order. It’s the end of it,” he noted. “Decades of relative geopolitical stability have given way to an intensifying competition with authoritarian powers, revisionist powers.” This statement appears to be a rallying cry for a “new cold war.”
Since the post-Cold War order is coming to an end, what kind of new world order does the US want? Various signs indicate that the US wants major power competition and camp confrontation in order to maintain its global hegemony, even at the expense of the interests of other countries, including allies, and partner nations. However, the reality is that major power competition goes against the trend of the times and cannot solve the US’ own problems and the challenges facing the world. It will only further divide the world, leading the world to slide toward a more dangerous cliff edge.
Regarding Blinken’s remarks, there are two main points to consider. Firstly, Blinken was creating a sense of crisis in the world. The underlying message to US allies and other countries is that there are challengers, particularly China and Russia, who want to change the existing order. Secondly, Blinken’s remarks also reflect a sense of anxiety in the US. The US is attempting to slow down China’s rise through strategic competition, while hoping to sustain its hegemony without jeopardizing its own interests. However, it seems that the US has no clear solution to this dilemma.
China is one of the beneficiaries of the existing system and does not seek to challenge or subvert this order. However, the US has viewed any legitimate demand made by China, even those that reflect the reasonable demands of the majority of developing countries, as a challenge and ill-intentioned sabotage….
As for China, the US is attempting to stifle its development by imposing unlimited technological restrictions, but it is unable to completely decouple from China economically. For the US and its main allies, China is either their largest single trading partner or one of the largest. Today, the US is a reckless strategic aggressor, attempting to unite its relatively weaker strength with its allies to wage a new cold war. It should be noted that the power of US allies has declined significantly, and the unity of the “West” is crippled due to the US transitioning from a “blood donor” to a “vampire”.
There’s no way the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals can contain China or the rest of the Global South. The degree of geoeconomic dependency noted in the final paragraph above is far too much for that Bloc to overcome. The attempts made so far beginning with Trump have illustrated the damage the Empire can inflict on itself in its ill-considered policy toward China and the world. The Outlaw US Empire’s illusion of “primacy” has faded into the mists of time and is irretrievable so matter what it tries.
Death of a planet disputed till the bitter end. Once you wizards have sorted out the ludicrous machinations of the “fake global warming scam” (clearly in the devious interests of our dominant petrochemical overlords), please finish the moronic charade of debates on evolution as well.
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 9
Death of a planet disputed till the bitter end. Once you wizards have sorted out the ludicrous machinations of the “fake global warming scam” (clearly in the devious interests of our dominant petrochemical overlords), please finish the moronic charade of debates on evolution as well.
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 10
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 4
There’s no way the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals can contain China or the rest of the Global South. The degree of geoeconomic dependency noted in the final paragraph above is far too much for that Bloc to overcome. The attempts made so far beginning with Trump have illustrated the damage the Empire can inflict on itself in its ill-considered policy toward China and the world. The Outlaw US Empire’s illusion of “primacy” has faded into the mists of time and is irretrievable so matter what it tries.
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Your narrative makes a lot of sense and you do a great job of providing updates from Russian and Chinese sources.
But how do you explain both BRICS and the G20 signing off on essentially the same agenda? Is everything coming out of the G20 just another lie that the West – well represented in that grouping – are deceptively signing onto?
And why is it that the RoW doesn’t really have to restrict its energy uses, only the West? If the ostensible reason is to save the planet, then what good does it do for the planet for the West to engender inevitable systemic decline with decreasing manufacturing and neomarxist style cultural fracturing whereas the RoW is putting in nuclear and coal power plants like gang busters?
Can you tie your well-presented Empire vs RoW narrative together with these two recent (and extremely similar) G20 + BRICS Declarations? On the one hand we have some sort of titanic binary struggle, on the other they are all working hand in glove, moving towards digital financing, strengthened world institutions like WTO, IMF, WHO etc.
Puzzled.
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 4
There’s no way the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals can contain China or the rest of the Global South. The degree of geoeconomic dependency noted in the final paragraph above is far too much for that Bloc to overcome. The attempts made so far beginning with Trump have illustrated the damage the Empire can inflict on itself in its ill-considered policy toward China and the world. The Outlaw US Empire’s illusion of “primacy” has faded into the mists of time and is irretrievable so matter what it tries.
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Your narrative makes a lot of sense and you do a great job of providing updates from Russian and Chinese sources.
But how do you explain both BRICS and the G20 signing off on essentially the same agenda? Is everything coming out of the G20 just another lie that the West – well represented in that grouping – are deceptively signing onto?
And why is it that the RoW doesn’t really have to restrict its energy uses, only the West? If the ostensible reason is to save the planet, then what good does it do for the planet for the West to engender inevitable systemic decline with decreasing manufacturing and neomarxist style cultural fracturing whereas the RoW is putting in nuclear and coal power plants like gang busters?
Can you tie your well-presented Empire vs RoW narrative together with these two recent (and extremely similar) G20 + BRICS Declarations? On the one hand we have some sort of titanic binary struggle, on the other they are all working hand in glove, moving towards digital financing, strengthened world institutions like WTO, IMF, WHO etc.
Puzzled.
This from Oliver Boyd Barrett’s substack posting today. Earlier I posted a link to and an excerpt from Jonathan Turley’s article on the subject, which seems gradually to be coming to dominate the US political agenda. As well it might.
To put it very clearly- there is considerable evidence that the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes have become an important reason why the war in Ukraine continues. There is little doubt that the war is seen, in Washington, as a vital part of the Biden re-election campaign, the great urgency of which is that it will protect the President from the consequences of his crimes.
“Inquiry into the case for impeaching Joe Biden has begun, courtesy of the House Republicans. Not least of the many issues that the inquiry and, possibly, the eventual impeachment of the sitting President, will examine is whether the USA and its NATO poodles are in a war in a bid to save an undemocratic regime that came to power as the result of a US-backed or instigated coup d’etat in which as Vice-President Biden was the point-man for Obama and from which members of the Biden family have personally profited. For a war that has so far taken over 500,000 lives, most of them Ukrainian, these are depressing considerations given that the USA could so easily have taken a forceful role in ensuring that all parties, not just Russia and the Donbass, respected the Minsk peace accords of 2015 instead of helping Ukraine prepare for eventual violence against its own people in the Donbass and against Russia…”
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 15:09 utc | 13
This from Oliver Boyd Barrett’s substack posting today. Earlier I posted a link to and an excerpt from Jonathan Turley’s article on the subject, which seems gradually to be coming to dominate the US political agenda. As well it might.
To put it very clearly- there is considerable evidence that the Biden family’s influence peddling schemes have become an important reason why the war in Ukraine continues. There is little doubt that the war is seen, in Washington, as a vital part of the Biden re-election campaign, the great urgency of which is that it will protect the President from the consequences of his crimes.
“Inquiry into the case for impeaching Joe Biden has begun, courtesy of the House Republicans. Not least of the many issues that the inquiry and, possibly, the eventual impeachment of the sitting President, will examine is whether the USA and its NATO poodles are in a war in a bid to save an undemocratic regime that came to power as the result of a US-backed or instigated coup d’etat in which as Vice-President Biden was the point-man for Obama and from which members of the Biden family have personally profited. For a war that has so far taken over 500,000 lives, most of them Ukrainian, these are depressing considerations given that the USA could so easily have taken a forceful role in ensuring that all parties, not just Russia and the Donbass, respected the Minsk peace accords of 2015 instead of helping Ukraine prepare for eventual violence against its own people in the Donbass and against Russia…”
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 15:09 utc | 14
some of you here will very much enjoy this… from alex krainer
The power of noncompliance
In 2020, I watched the New Normal die right in front of me. Here’s the story
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 15:20 utc | 15
some of you here will very much enjoy this… from alex krainer
The power of noncompliance
In 2020, I watched the New Normal die right in front of me. Here’s the story
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 15:20 utc | 16
@ bevin
perhaps this is the substack article you are referencing..
Death by Ukraine
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 15:23 utc | 17
@ bevin
perhaps this is the substack article you are referencing..
Death by Ukraine
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 15:23 utc | 18
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 15:09 utc | 7
As “Biden” unravels, the main concern will be to ensure that the elephant in plain view remains unseen, namely that Intelligence has known about every phone call and every payment since the get-go. They are the ones pulling the strings. No matter what, this cannot be revealed.
So somehow the Republicans will find a way to make sure that nothing truly harmful to the PTB leaches out, either by tightly controlling the impeachment process or by the PTB pushing Biden out to preclude overmuch discovery.
The invisibility trick involves distraction, as illustrated in this fun 30-second visual demonstration of how to induce cognitive blindness.
Pelosi is running again. Newsome her nephew will be in the WH. The invisible elephant will remain in, whilst further consolidating, power. The more authoritarian the Establishment rule, the more extreme the provided distractions will become – plague, famine, war and so on, all of which may be on the menu next year.
(Meanwhile on the ground, counties are breaking away, militias are forming. They are not watching the broadcasts and so not fooled, though no doubt they have their own delusions and are all already well infiltrated…)
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 15:09 utc | 7
As “Biden” unravels, the main concern will be to ensure that the elephant in plain view remains unseen, namely that Intelligence has known about every phone call and every payment since the get-go. They are the ones pulling the strings. No matter what, this cannot be revealed.
So somehow the Republicans will find a way to make sure that nothing truly harmful to the PTB leaches out, either by tightly controlling the impeachment process or by the PTB pushing Biden out to preclude overmuch discovery.
The invisibility trick involves distraction, as illustrated in this fun 30-second visual demonstration of how to induce cognitive blindness.
Pelosi is running again. Newsome her nephew will be in the WH. The invisible elephant will remain in, whilst further consolidating, power. The more authoritarian the Establishment rule, the more extreme the provided distractions will become – plague, famine, war and so on, all of which may be on the menu next year.
(Meanwhile on the ground, counties are breaking away, militias are forming. They are not watching the broadcasts and so not fooled, though no doubt they have their own delusions and are all already well infiltrated…)
PS With the cognitive blindness demonstration linked above the instruction is to focus on the blinking green dot. Then wait for a little and you will see the surrounding yellow dots, even though you know they are there, occasionally disappearing. It’s a left-right brain visual thing…
PS With the cognitive blindness demonstration linked above the instruction is to focus on the blinking green dot. Then wait for a little and you will see the surrounding yellow dots, even though you know they are there, occasionally disappearing. It’s a left-right brain visual thing…
But how do you explain both BRICS and the G20 signing off on essentially the same agenda?
They are not the same agenda, the source you provide blatantly quote-mines to mislead. For example:
G20: We reaffirm that a rules-based, non-discriminatory, fair, open, inclusive, equitable, sustainable and transparent multilateral trading system, with WTO at its core, is indispensable. We will support policies that enable trade and investment to serve as an engine of growth and prosperity for all.
BRICS: We reaffirm our support for the open, transparent, fair, predictable, inclusive, equitable, non-discriminatory and rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, with special and differential treatment (S&DT) for developing countries, including Least Developed Countries.
Remember to always check the source material in the future.
Posted by: Sid Victor Cattoni | Sep 15 2023 15:50 utc | 23
But how do you explain both BRICS and the G20 signing off on essentially the same agenda?
They are not the same agenda, the source you provide blatantly quote-mines to mislead. For example:
G20: We reaffirm that a rules-based, non-discriminatory, fair, open, inclusive, equitable, sustainable and transparent multilateral trading system, with WTO at its core, is indispensable. We will support policies that enable trade and investment to serve as an engine of growth and prosperity for all.
BRICS: We reaffirm our support for the open, transparent, fair, predictable, inclusive, equitable, non-discriminatory and rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, with special and differential treatment (S&DT) for developing countries, including Least Developed Countries.
Remember to always check the source material in the future.
Posted by: Sid Victor Cattoni | Sep 15 2023 15:50 utc | 24
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
There’s a cool website called CNN. Check it out. You might feel more at home.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 16:05 utc | 25
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
There’s a cool website called CNN. Check it out. You might feel more at home.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 16:05 utc | 26
FROM THE BABOON CHRONICLES
https://open.substack.com/pub/carinamalatesta/p/from-the-baboon-chronicles?r=j660&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
[Libya floods]
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:28 utc | 27
FROM THE BABOON CHRONICLES
https://open.substack.com/pub/carinamalatesta/p/from-the-baboon-chronicles?r=j660&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
[Libya floods]
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:28 utc | 28
@ Sid Victor Cattoni | Sep 15 2023 15:50 utc | 12
True enough, although I find it — to put it mildly — extremely disappointing that the BRICS statement should employ the phrase “rules-based.” Everyone knows that phrase means “subservient to US interests”, and as far as I can determine, it originated in the US State Department.
Posted by: malenkov | Sep 15 2023 16:34 utc | 29
@ Sid Victor Cattoni | Sep 15 2023 15:50 utc | 12
True enough, although I find it — to put it mildly — extremely disappointing that the BRICS statement should employ the phrase “rules-based.” Everyone knows that phrase means “subservient to US interests”, and as far as I can determine, it originated in the US State Department.
Posted by: malenkov | Sep 15 2023 16:34 utc | 30
Sergei Surovikin is in Algeria
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1702705331678097724
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 16:36 utc | 31
Sergei Surovikin is in Algeria
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1702705331678097724
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 16:36 utc | 32
LoveDonbass 1:
This prospective name change, which has not yet taken place officially and which the Modi regime has not as of this moment yet said it intends to carry out, will require a parliamentary resolution and vote, followed by the signature of the president. The president is one Droupadi Murmu, a handpicked puppet of the Modi regime, so her signature is a formality. But in Parliament the opposition parties are absolutely not on board with this name change, and these questions are being asked:
1. Why now, ahead of parliamentary elections next summer? If the name has to be changed at all, why not put it on Modi’s election manifesto and use the elections as a plebiscite on what people want?
2. How much will it cost? Two cities recently renamed by Modi cost the exchequer billions of rupees each. How much more will it cost to rename the country?
3. Why does the country have to be renamed at all? What’s the sudden requirement to do this after 9 years of Modi’s rule? Is it because the opposition parties are in the process of finally uniting ahead of the upcoming elections and their alliance is called INDIA? (Yes it is.)
4. The proposed name Bharat is already in the constitution as an alternative name for India. But it is much less widely accepted in India than “India”, especially among ethnic and religious minorities. Is imposing it part of Modi’s Hinducisation agenda? (Yes it is.)
What I’ve seen so far is Modi in typical Modi fashion stealth-changing the name without any parliamentary resolution (which would require a debate and answers to those questions). I for one am not at all enthusiastic about the name change and not is it widely popular outside the Modi voting population from what I can see.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:48 utc | 33
LoveDonbass 1:
This prospective name change, which has not yet taken place officially and which the Modi regime has not as of this moment yet said it intends to carry out, will require a parliamentary resolution and vote, followed by the signature of the president. The president is one Droupadi Murmu, a handpicked puppet of the Modi regime, so her signature is a formality. But in Parliament the opposition parties are absolutely not on board with this name change, and these questions are being asked:
1. Why now, ahead of parliamentary elections next summer? If the name has to be changed at all, why not put it on Modi’s election manifesto and use the elections as a plebiscite on what people want?
2. How much will it cost? Two cities recently renamed by Modi cost the exchequer billions of rupees each. How much more will it cost to rename the country?
3. Why does the country have to be renamed at all? What’s the sudden requirement to do this after 9 years of Modi’s rule? Is it because the opposition parties are in the process of finally uniting ahead of the upcoming elections and their alliance is called INDIA? (Yes it is.)
4. The proposed name Bharat is already in the constitution as an alternative name for India. But it is much less widely accepted in India than “India”, especially among ethnic and religious minorities. Is imposing it part of Modi’s Hinducisation agenda? (Yes it is.)
What I’ve seen so far is Modi in typical Modi fashion stealth-changing the name without any parliamentary resolution (which would require a debate and answers to those questions). I for one am not at all enthusiastic about the name change and not is it widely popular outside the Modi voting population from what I can see.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:48 utc | 34
@ malenkov | Sep 15 2023 16:34 utc | 15
i see it the same way.. thanks.
moa seems to be working again today..
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 16:49 utc | 35
@ malenkov | Sep 15 2023 16:34 utc | 15
i see it the same way.. thanks.
moa seems to be working again today..
Posted by: james | Sep 15 2023 16:49 utc | 36
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 16:36 utc | 16
Thank you, that is interesting!
Posted by: Bemildred | Sep 15 2023 16:49 utc | 37
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 16:36 utc | 16
Thank you, that is interesting!
Posted by: Bemildred | Sep 15 2023 16:49 utc | 38
@Norwegian 16
He seems to have lost substantial weight.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:56 utc | 39
@Norwegian 16
He seems to have lost substantial weight.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:56 utc | 40
please finish the moronic charade of debates on evolution as well.
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
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Are you aware that several elite mathematicians have signed off on the fact that Darwinian evolution is so statistically improbable, that it would constitute a miracle if it were true?
And we all know who creates miracles …
I no longer find it novel or amusing that belief in bad ideas seems to come in clusters. If someone is a sucker for narrative A, they are very likely sucker a for narratives B through Z. Voting with their Slava Ukraini profile pic on their phone and wearing a cheap blue face mask while totally alone.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:01 utc | 41
please finish the moronic charade of debates on evolution as well.
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
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Are you aware that several elite mathematicians have signed off on the fact that Darwinian evolution is so statistically improbable, that it would constitute a miracle if it were true?
And we all know who creates miracles …
I no longer find it novel or amusing that belief in bad ideas seems to come in clusters. If someone is a sucker for narrative A, they are very likely sucker a for narratives B through Z. Voting with their Slava Ukraini profile pic on their phone and wearing a cheap blue face mask while totally alone.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:01 utc | 42
@Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:56 utc | 20
He seems to have lost substantial weight.
Perhaps he was sick, and therefore was out of action.
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:07 utc | 43
@Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:56 utc | 20
He seems to have lost substantial weight.
Perhaps he was sick, and therefore was out of action.
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:07 utc | 44
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:48 utc | 17
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Those are interesting details. I don’t worry much about details. I do like the timing of the announcement with the G20 and all of those colonizers in attendance.
Modi is probably a real cunt, but most politicians are. Only Monarchs and true autocrats can afford to have substance and a spine.
This is why we pay so much attention to what Xi and Putin say and roll our eyes dramatically any time any Western leader speaks up.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:08 utc | 45
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayast | Sep 15 2023 16:48 utc | 17
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Those are interesting details. I don’t worry much about details. I do like the timing of the announcement with the G20 and all of those colonizers in attendance.
Modi is probably a real cunt, but most politicians are. Only Monarchs and true autocrats can afford to have substance and a spine.
This is why we pay so much attention to what Xi and Putin say and roll our eyes dramatically any time any Western leader speaks up.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:08 utc | 46
Blinken admits the world order is changing.
“Events taking place in the world are more than a test of the of world order that emerged after the Cold War. This is its end.”
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:12 utc | 47
Blinken admits the world order is changing.
“Events taking place in the world are more than a test of the of world order that emerged after the Cold War. This is its end.”
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:12 utc | 48
Canadian Marxist Stephen Gowan has recently published two pieces on his blog with will strike numerous folks here as contentious. The second piece in particular. The arguments are more sophisticated than seen from “left” scribes from the USA, but appear to me as working from a predetermined theoretical framework which bypasses the important regional security issues. That is, I don’t believe Russia is involved in “colonizing” Crimea or the eastern regions of Ukraine
https://gowans.blog
“The War In Ukraine Didn’t Split the Left – It Exposed Pre-existing Divisions”
“Colonizing Others To Pre-empt Your Own Colonization”
Posted by: jayc | Sep 15 2023 17:24 utc | 49
Canadian Marxist Stephen Gowan has recently published two pieces on his blog with will strike numerous folks here as contentious. The second piece in particular. The arguments are more sophisticated than seen from “left” scribes from the USA, but appear to me as working from a predetermined theoretical framework which bypasses the important regional security issues. That is, I don’t believe Russia is involved in “colonizing” Crimea or the eastern regions of Ukraine
https://gowans.blog
“The War In Ukraine Didn’t Split the Left – It Exposed Pre-existing Divisions”
“Colonizing Others To Pre-empt Your Own Colonization”
Posted by: jayc | Sep 15 2023 17:24 utc | 50
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:01 utc | 21
Evolution is statistically improbable. What is your source for this? Are these the same mathematicians who support the equation for the probability of life on other planets?
“Improbable” does not equal “Impossible.”
Posted by: horseguards | Sep 15 2023 17:27 utc | 51
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 17:01 utc | 21
Evolution is statistically improbable. What is your source for this? Are these the same mathematicians who support the equation for the probability of life on other planets?
“Improbable” does not equal “Impossible.”
Posted by: horseguards | Sep 15 2023 17:27 utc | 52
Within two weeks, the French military attaché Emmanuel Pasquier and his staff must leave the territory of Burkina Faso, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced. Such a decision is associated with subversive activities of the French diplomat. In addition, the authorities of the African country decided to close its military mission in Paris.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/63228
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:41 utc | 53
Within two weeks, the French military attaché Emmanuel Pasquier and his staff must leave the territory of Burkina Faso, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced. Such a decision is associated with subversive activities of the French diplomat. In addition, the authorities of the African country decided to close its military mission in Paris.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/63228
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:41 utc | 54
“Improbable” does not equal “Impossible.”
Posted by: horseguards | Sep 15 2023 17:27 utc | 26
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Atheism is just another form of religion, friend.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 18:11 utc | 55
“Improbable” does not equal “Impossible.”
Posted by: horseguards | Sep 15 2023 17:27 utc | 26
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Atheism is just another form of religion, friend.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 18:11 utc | 56
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:41 utc | 27
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I love it. Kick every colonizer out. Everywhere.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 18:11 utc | 57
Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 15 2023 17:41 utc | 27
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I love it. Kick every colonizer out. Everywhere.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Sep 15 2023 18:11 utc | 58
Asia Pacific Journal is an invaluable source of authoritative articles on the Asia Pacific and Japan in particular.
To find it and subscribe to emails go to apjjf.org
The latest ussue includes this excellent article by Yuki Tanaka “Mutual Complicity: Denial of War Responsibilities in Japan & the US”
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 18:34 utc | 59
Asia Pacific Journal is an invaluable source of authoritative articles on the Asia Pacific and Japan in particular.
To find it and subscribe to emails go to apjjf.org
The latest ussue includes this excellent article by Yuki Tanaka “Mutual Complicity: Denial of War Responsibilities in Japan & the US”
Posted by: bevin | Sep 15 2023 18:34 utc | 60
https://nitter.net/johnnyjmils
American journalist living in Moscow
Johnny miller
@johnnyjmils
Sep 14
I’m back in Crimea for a few days. A scenic paradise and the current epicentre of the growing war between East and West. As Ukraine, or should we read NATO… up their attacks on the peninsula, what do people living in Crimea want?
I’ve spent many weeks here over the last 18 months. If you ask people in Donbass where they’re from they will generally say, “Donbass.” If you ask people in Crimea, they will generally shrug and simply say, “I’m Russian.”
The fact that the vast majority want to be part of Russia is not up for debate. Mainstream journalists, politicians and policy makers know it full well. It’s an inconvenient truth that is swept under the carpet. Except by the NBC reporter who came last year and broadcast a report admitting as much.
Whilst a minority, there are many pro Ukrainians here as well. Just as there are in the “four regions” that Russia now claims. But there are also many pro Russians in Ukrainian territory. Particularly in Kharkiv and Odessa. It’s too dangerous for them to speak out. It has been increasingly so since 2014. The silent predicament of those unfortunates on both sides is little reported on.
The leader of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev handed Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. It is widely seen as a historic mistake. On the elegant streets of Sevastopol an old lady jokingly snapped at me, “I would like to kill that bastard Khrushchev.
“He gave it up because he was Ukrainian.” A young couple shrugged.
And strategically, it is folly to pretend otherwise.
Ukraine is not militarily capable of taking back Crimea. Even with the countless billions in NATO support. This was clear before the disastrous Ukrainian counter offensive. It is doubly so now. NATO policy makers know it. How many more Ukrainians will be slaughtered for a fantasy of foreign policy?
NATO politicians and internet trolls alike blithely tweeting “Crimea is Ukraine,” isn’t going to make it so. Nor will it arise the hundreds of thousands of dead from their graves. The scale of human loss in this war deeply depresses the soul for the relatively few who take a moment to really think about it.
And if by chance NATO did find a way of threatening Crimea’s future within Russia, then we can start talking about an escalation that could be apocalyptic. Crimea is of such strategic importance to Russia, they would see it as an existential threat. If the world goes to war, none of us will be free.
Anglo American attempts to destabilise Russia by ‘edging’ nuclear war are part of the same self defeating policies that led us into Iraq and Afghanistan. Only now, the stakes are much greater. It is being led by the same brand of crazies in the US state department too. NATO’s disastrous policies and overreach are only bringing destruction to those around them and ruin to themselves.
We’re living in the middle of history. Not the end. To secure peace and prosperity, borders will once again have to be redrawn in Europe. It won’t be the end of the world. And will likely lead to a more prosperous European future.
Few in western civil society have the courage to speak out in fear of being labelled a Kremlin asset. But one way or another, reality has a way of catching up with us.
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 18:45 utc | 61
https://nitter.net/johnnyjmils
American journalist living in Moscow
Johnny miller
@johnnyjmils
Sep 14
I’m back in Crimea for a few days. A scenic paradise and the current epicentre of the growing war between East and West. As Ukraine, or should we read NATO… up their attacks on the peninsula, what do people living in Crimea want?
I’ve spent many weeks here over the last 18 months. If you ask people in Donbass where they’re from they will generally say, “Donbass.” If you ask people in Crimea, they will generally shrug and simply say, “I’m Russian.”
The fact that the vast majority want to be part of Russia is not up for debate. Mainstream journalists, politicians and policy makers know it full well. It’s an inconvenient truth that is swept under the carpet. Except by the NBC reporter who came last year and broadcast a report admitting as much.
Whilst a minority, there are many pro Ukrainians here as well. Just as there are in the “four regions” that Russia now claims. But there are also many pro Russians in Ukrainian territory. Particularly in Kharkiv and Odessa. It’s too dangerous for them to speak out. It has been increasingly so since 2014. The silent predicament of those unfortunates on both sides is little reported on.
The leader of the USSR Nikita Khrushchev handed Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. It is widely seen as a historic mistake. On the elegant streets of Sevastopol an old lady jokingly snapped at me, “I would like to kill that bastard Khrushchev.
“He gave it up because he was Ukrainian.” A young couple shrugged.
And strategically, it is folly to pretend otherwise.
Ukraine is not militarily capable of taking back Crimea. Even with the countless billions in NATO support. This was clear before the disastrous Ukrainian counter offensive. It is doubly so now. NATO policy makers know it. How many more Ukrainians will be slaughtered for a fantasy of foreign policy?
NATO politicians and internet trolls alike blithely tweeting “Crimea is Ukraine,” isn’t going to make it so. Nor will it arise the hundreds of thousands of dead from their graves. The scale of human loss in this war deeply depresses the soul for the relatively few who take a moment to really think about it.
And if by chance NATO did find a way of threatening Crimea’s future within Russia, then we can start talking about an escalation that could be apocalyptic. Crimea is of such strategic importance to Russia, they would see it as an existential threat. If the world goes to war, none of us will be free.
Anglo American attempts to destabilise Russia by ‘edging’ nuclear war are part of the same self defeating policies that led us into Iraq and Afghanistan. Only now, the stakes are much greater. It is being led by the same brand of crazies in the US state department too. NATO’s disastrous policies and overreach are only bringing destruction to those around them and ruin to themselves.
We’re living in the middle of history. Not the end. To secure peace and prosperity, borders will once again have to be redrawn in Europe. It won’t be the end of the world. And will likely lead to a more prosperous European future.
Few in western civil society have the courage to speak out in fear of being labelled a Kremlin asset. But one way or another, reality has a way of catching up with us.
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 18:45 utc | 62
Posted by: Scorpion | Sep 15 2023 14:29 utc | 3
Imagine still reading slavsquat in 2023.
Posted by: Jusses | Sep 15 2023 18:46 utc | 63
Posted by: Scorpion | Sep 15 2023 14:29 utc | 3
Imagine still reading slavsquat in 2023.
Posted by: Jusses | Sep 15 2023 18:46 utc | 64
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 4:
Thanks for posting the GT editorial. I think that article is being kind to the Empire’s present status quo in terms of national strength. I quote the following para as an example:
Today, the US is embroiled in simultaneous confrontations with China and Russia. The US needs to think carefully, as it will be more difficult to engage in a “new cold war” compared to the previous one. In the 1970s, the US GDP accounted for nearly one-third of the global total, but now it is only one-fourth. Its two major opponents are the nuclear power Russia and the economic powerhouse China. In order to defeat Russia, the US must ultimately dismantle its nuclear deterrence, which would be a thrilling adventure.
One-fourth today my foot! In the 70’s GM/Ford/Chrysler/American Motor…, Boeing, Big Pharmas, etc. etc. dominated the world. You name the items the consumers needed, American brands were top sellers!!! I grew up using Crest tooth paste and other American healthcare products in Hong Kong. The Empire likely did account for 1/3 of global GDP (I mean GDP in the real sense). Today, at least 25% of the officially sanctioned GDP statistics are fluff: healthcare, government regulations, red tapes, useless public works, etc. Real products in the economics senses probably account for less than 10% of global GDP, and a good portion of that is military hardware for NATO, itself, and its captured customers/vassals, destructive outputs rather than constructive. The one productive sector of the Empire, agriculture, is still strong. That, and probably the energy sector, are the only competitive sectors that the Empire process which can still impress global customers. By the way, one big portion of the Empire’s old soft power, pop cultures as in Hollywood/Music/TV/Disney et alia, seemed to have died about 10 years ago and not likely to rise from the ashes anytime soon.
This editorial is right about the new cold war not winnable by the Empire. It already looked pitiful in Afghanistan, Middle East, Ukraine…. It is going to look worse in the fairly near future.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Sep 15 2023 19:01 utc | 65
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 15 2023 14:31 utc | 4:
Thanks for posting the GT editorial. I think that article is being kind to the Empire’s present status quo in terms of national strength. I quote the following para as an example:
Today, the US is embroiled in simultaneous confrontations with China and Russia. The US needs to think carefully, as it will be more difficult to engage in a “new cold war” compared to the previous one. In the 1970s, the US GDP accounted for nearly one-third of the global total, but now it is only one-fourth. Its two major opponents are the nuclear power Russia and the economic powerhouse China. In order to defeat Russia, the US must ultimately dismantle its nuclear deterrence, which would be a thrilling adventure.
One-fourth today my foot! In the 70’s GM/Ford/Chrysler/American Motor…, Boeing, Big Pharmas, etc. etc. dominated the world. You name the items the consumers needed, American brands were top sellers!!! I grew up using Crest tooth paste and other American healthcare products in Hong Kong. The Empire likely did account for 1/3 of global GDP (I mean GDP in the real sense). Today, at least 25% of the officially sanctioned GDP statistics are fluff: healthcare, government regulations, red tapes, useless public works, etc. Real products in the economics senses probably account for less than 10% of global GDP, and a good portion of that is military hardware for NATO, itself, and its captured customers/vassals, destructive outputs rather than constructive. The one productive sector of the Empire, agriculture, is still strong. That, and probably the energy sector, are the only competitive sectors that the Empire process which can still impress global customers. By the way, one big portion of the Empire’s old soft power, pop cultures as in Hollywood/Music/TV/Disney et alia, seemed to have died about 10 years ago and not likely to rise from the ashes anytime soon.
This editorial is right about the new cold war not winnable by the Empire. It already looked pitiful in Afghanistan, Middle East, Ukraine…. It is going to look worse in the fairly near future.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Sep 15 2023 19:01 utc | 66
https://nitter.net/aaronjmate
Aaron Maté retweeted
Stephen McIntyre
@ClimateAudit
Sep 13
A Jun 20, 2013 DIA intelligence report that AlQaeda had “advanced” sarin plot against Syria has been published by Sy Hersh and covered by Aaron Mate. It shows US intel agencies concealed and lied about AQ sarin capability as key component of their regime change operation in Syria.
Sep 13
This is an Iraq WMD-level story. Obama admin accused Syria of a sarin chemical attack while concealing evidence that Al Qaeda in Syria had an “advanced” sarin plot and the intent to use it.
What other intelligence on Syria and chemical weapons is being concealed? Congressional hearings could find out.
Sep 13, 2023 · 7:24 PM UTC
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 19:20 utc | 67
https://nitter.net/aaronjmate
Aaron Maté retweeted
Stephen McIntyre
@ClimateAudit
Sep 13
A Jun 20, 2013 DIA intelligence report that AlQaeda had “advanced” sarin plot against Syria has been published by Sy Hersh and covered by Aaron Mate. It shows US intel agencies concealed and lied about AQ sarin capability as key component of their regime change operation in Syria.
Sep 13
This is an Iraq WMD-level story. Obama admin accused Syria of a sarin chemical attack while concealing evidence that Al Qaeda in Syria had an “advanced” sarin plot and the intent to use it.
What other intelligence on Syria and chemical weapons is being concealed? Congressional hearings could find out.
Sep 13, 2023 · 7:24 PM UTC
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 19:20 utc | 68
The proposed “survival of the fittest” selection scheme of evolution is apparently unable to explain the rather sudden emerging of novel species, which is generally observed throughout nature, as opposed to a more steady and gradual process. This is just one of the (statistics-related) problems of Darwinian theory. Of even more interest, to me at least, is the complete materialist/naturalist/reductionist/funcionalist approach towards life, an instinctive [pun intended] view on existence that has its historical roots deeply ingrained in western metaphysics, aka the metaphysics of substance.
But the idea that awareness itself, as in having the ability to make perceptions, acts on living beings just like a programmed code acts on a computer machine is (a) formally an unproven hypothesis and (b) wrong: you would need to reintroduce awareness after ruling it out with the chosen preliminary, which leads to known problems that can’t be solved in this frame of mind. This is why some (like Daniel Dennett) like to say that consciousness is an epi-phenomenon, and has no actual role (function) for our behaviour.
Well, I’d certainly hesitate to invite Mr. Dennett for my next party based on that.
Unless we choose to deny other beings their own form of sentience, we thus end up with the necessity to incorporate their specific “awareness” into our musings on the origin of species. That tbis is even a question is deeply telling about the western Zeitgeist, and it goes all the way into political ethics, as I’ve stated here before. A great argument relating to our treatment of our (farm) animal companions remarks that we might be prone to deny their sentience because we would be psychologically too challenged to fully realize the sheer scale of horror that is happening.
At this point, it seems natural to accept that species have their own “collective subconscious” (CG Jung), and that in there is their ability to memorize things they have not learned themselves individually. I could give lots of examples here, but perhaps the most striking one is swarm mimikry.
Posted by: persiflo | Sep 15 2023 19:38 utc | 69
The proposed “survival of the fittest” selection scheme of evolution is apparently unable to explain the rather sudden emerging of novel species, which is generally observed throughout nature, as opposed to a more steady and gradual process. This is just one of the (statistics-related) problems of Darwinian theory. Of even more interest, to me at least, is the complete materialist/naturalist/reductionist/funcionalist approach towards life, an instinctive [pun intended] view on existence that has its historical roots deeply ingrained in western metaphysics, aka the metaphysics of substance.
But the idea that awareness itself, as in having the ability to make perceptions, acts on living beings just like a programmed code acts on a computer machine is (a) formally an unproven hypothesis and (b) wrong: you would need to reintroduce awareness after ruling it out with the chosen preliminary, which leads to known problems that can’t be solved in this frame of mind. This is why some (like Daniel Dennett) like to say that consciousness is an epi-phenomenon, and has no actual role (function) for our behaviour.
Well, I’d certainly hesitate to invite Mr. Dennett for my next party based on that.
Unless we choose to deny other beings their own form of sentience, we thus end up with the necessity to incorporate their specific “awareness” into our musings on the origin of species. That tbis is even a question is deeply telling about the western Zeitgeist, and it goes all the way into political ethics, as I’ve stated here before. A great argument relating to our treatment of our (farm) animal companions remarks that we might be prone to deny their sentience because we would be psychologically too challenged to fully realize the sheer scale of horror that is happening.
At this point, it seems natural to accept that species have their own “collective subconscious” (CG Jung), and that in there is their ability to memorize things they have not learned themselves individually. I could give lots of examples here, but perhaps the most striking one is swarm mimikry.
Posted by: persiflo | Sep 15 2023 19:38 utc | 70
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
There’s a cool website called CNN. Check it out. You might feel more at home.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 16:05 utc | 13
Must I respond with a non-sequitur?
sounds kind of cool, but ineffective
if there is a life and death problem at stake.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 19:39 utc | 71
liars and morons.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 14:43 utc | 5
There’s a cool website called CNN. Check it out. You might feel more at home.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 16:05 utc | 13
Must I respond with a non-sequitur?
sounds kind of cool, but ineffective
if there is a life and death problem at stake.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Sep 15 2023 19:39 utc | 72
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/in-vladivostok-the-russian-far-east-rises
In Vladivostok this week, the ‘Russian Far East’ was on full, glorious display. Russia, China, India, and the Global South were all there to contribute to this trade, investment, infrastructure, transportation, and institutional renaissance.
Pepe Escobar
SEP 14, 2023
VLADIVOSTOK – Russian President Vladimir Putin opened and closed his quite detailed address to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok with a resounding message: “The Far East is Russia’s strategic priority for the entire 21st century.”
And that’s exactly the feeling one would have prior to the address, interacting with business executives mingling across the stunning forum grounds at the Far Eastern Federal University (opened only 11 years ago), with the backdrop of the more than four kilometer-long suspension bridge to Russky Island across the Eastern Bosphorus strait . . .
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 19:49 utc | 73
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/in-vladivostok-the-russian-far-east-rises
In Vladivostok this week, the ‘Russian Far East’ was on full, glorious display. Russia, China, India, and the Global South were all there to contribute to this trade, investment, infrastructure, transportation, and institutional renaissance.
Pepe Escobar
SEP 14, 2023
VLADIVOSTOK – Russian President Vladimir Putin opened and closed his quite detailed address to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok with a resounding message: “The Far East is Russia’s strategic priority for the entire 21st century.”
And that’s exactly the feeling one would have prior to the address, interacting with business executives mingling across the stunning forum grounds at the Far Eastern Federal University (opened only 11 years ago), with the backdrop of the more than four kilometer-long suspension bridge to Russky Island across the Eastern Bosphorus strait . . .
Posted by: Ashino | Sep 15 2023 19:49 utc | 74
Time + death = evolution
And it doesn’t need your acknowledgment to go on governing the growth of ideas, cultures, religions, (everything), as much as anything biological.
Posted by: Rae | Sep 15 2023 19:52 utc | 75
Time + death = evolution
And it doesn’t need your acknowledgment to go on governing the growth of ideas, cultures, religions, (everything), as much as anything biological.
Posted by: Rae | Sep 15 2023 19:52 utc | 76
Thierry Meyssan’s take on recent events in francophone African countries: France’s rejection in French-speaking Africa punishes 12 years of betrayal
james | Sep 15 2023 15:20 utc | 8
Thanks for posting that; while it is indeed heartening, there are still many who are wholly invested in the “new normal.” I guess we’ll see where we go from here.
Thanks again for keeping the joint open, b.
Posted by: robjira | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 77
Thierry Meyssan’s take on recent events in francophone African countries: France’s rejection in French-speaking Africa punishes 12 years of betrayal
james | Sep 15 2023 15:20 utc | 8
Thanks for posting that; while it is indeed heartening, there are still many who are wholly invested in the “new normal.” I guess we’ll see where we go from here.
Thanks again for keeping the joint open, b.
Posted by: robjira | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 78
https://www.mintpressnews.com/seymour-hersh-publishes-leaked-memo-undermining-us-narrative-2013-syria-sarin-attack/285697/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/americans-questioning-official-september-11-new-wtc-7-evidence/261744/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/humiliation-rape-untold-story-israel-abuse-palestinian-women/285686/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/transparency-international-covert-agenda-pawn-western-intelligence/285630/
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 79
https://www.mintpressnews.com/seymour-hersh-publishes-leaked-memo-undermining-us-narrative-2013-syria-sarin-attack/285697/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/americans-questioning-official-september-11-new-wtc-7-evidence/261744/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/humiliation-rape-untold-story-israel-abuse-palestinian-women/285686/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/transparency-international-covert-agenda-pawn-western-intelligence/285630/
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:03 utc | 80
This editorial is right about the new cold war not winnable by the Empire. It already looked pitiful in Afghanistan, Middle East, Ukraine…. It is going to look worse in the fairly near future.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Sep 15 2023 19:01 utc | 33
An obviously doomed undertaking. Only a mad man would see this as a viable strategy.
The economic numbers are too generous too. Likely based on the US own cooked books counting every unproductive financial transaction as production.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 20:22 utc | 81
This editorial is right about the new cold war not winnable by the Empire. It already looked pitiful in Afghanistan, Middle East, Ukraine…. It is going to look worse in the fairly near future.
Posted by: Oriental Voice | Sep 15 2023 19:01 utc | 33
An obviously doomed undertaking. Only a mad man would see this as a viable strategy.
The economic numbers are too generous too. Likely based on the US own cooked books counting every unproductive financial transaction as production.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 15 2023 20:22 utc | 82
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/15/kievs-threats-against-media-are-terrorism-dutch-journalist/
Kiev’s threats against media are terrorism –
Dutch journalist
RT | September 15, 2023
Kiev’s pledge to hunt down Russian media figures echoes its infamous ‘Peacekeeper’ kill list and is a threat to all members of the profession, Dutch independent Journalist Sonja van den Ende told RT in an interview on Friday.
The warning came after American transgender Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, who currently acts as a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Military, issued a threat on Wednesday vowing to kill Russian “propagandists” and declared that “next week, the world will see a favorite Kremlin propagandist pay for their crimes.”
“It’s a threat to us all, to Western journalists, and all who are already on the Peacekeeper list, which is actually a kill list,” van den Ende said, adding that despite Kiev’s attempts to insist that the database only refers to trials, it’s clear that these are death threats, in light of the assassinations of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky.
Van den Ende stressed that these threats are plain “terrorism” and pondered what the reaction would be if something like this were happening in Europe. “It would be terrorism. They would say ‘this is a crazy guy, or a woman.’ She’d be jailed or at least tried.”
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:26 utc | 83
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/15/kievs-threats-against-media-are-terrorism-dutch-journalist/
Kiev’s threats against media are terrorism –
Dutch journalist
RT | September 15, 2023
Kiev’s pledge to hunt down Russian media figures echoes its infamous ‘Peacekeeper’ kill list and is a threat to all members of the profession, Dutch independent Journalist Sonja van den Ende told RT in an interview on Friday.
The warning came after American transgender Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, who currently acts as a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Military, issued a threat on Wednesday vowing to kill Russian “propagandists” and declared that “next week, the world will see a favorite Kremlin propagandist pay for their crimes.”
“It’s a threat to us all, to Western journalists, and all who are already on the Peacekeeper list, which is actually a kill list,” van den Ende said, adding that despite Kiev’s attempts to insist that the database only refers to trials, it’s clear that these are death threats, in light of the assassinations of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky.
Van den Ende stressed that these threats are plain “terrorism” and pondered what the reaction would be if something like this were happening in Europe. “It would be terrorism. They would say ‘this is a crazy guy, or a woman.’ She’d be jailed or at least tried.”
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:26 utc | 84
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/15/china-announces-massive-cross-border-project-with-russia/
China announces massive cross-border project with Russia
RT | September 15, 2023
China’s Xuanyuan Group Industrial Development plans to build a massive logistics hub in the Amur Region in Russia’s Far East, as freight turnover between the two countries has more than doubled over the past year, the group’s CEO, Hailong Xue, has told RT.
The project is one of several deals the Chinese industrial group has clinched with Russian investors on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, and will offer equal opportunities for Russian and Chinese companies to participate in it.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 85
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/15/china-announces-massive-cross-border-project-with-russia/
China announces massive cross-border project with Russia
RT | September 15, 2023
China’s Xuanyuan Group Industrial Development plans to build a massive logistics hub in the Amur Region in Russia’s Far East, as freight turnover between the two countries has more than doubled over the past year, the group’s CEO, Hailong Xue, has told RT.
The project is one of several deals the Chinese industrial group has clinched with Russian investors on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, and will offer equal opportunities for Russian and Chinese companies to participate in it.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 86
In October of 2011, NATO bombing of Libya culminated in an assassination so historically brutal, it could only have been imagined by UK and USA psychopaths. Muammar Gaddafi had to be liquidated, like Patrice Lumumba before him, for reintroducing genuine pan-African sentiment to the continent. We can’t have that, can we? State department psychopath Hilary Clinton practically had on on-air orgasm over Gaddafi’s mutilation, classically rising to the very pinnacle of neoliberal wit, in jubilantly taking credit: “We came, we saw, he died!”
What USA and NATO did to Libya is exactly what Grover Norquist wants done everywhere: to drown government in the bathtub. Twelve years later, there’s no government to maintain fifty year-old dams, or to issue evacuation orders, such that Medicane Daniel has become Africa’s most deadly storm in history, washing thousands into the Mediterranean.
Posted by: Aleph_Null | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 87
In October of 2011, NATO bombing of Libya culminated in an assassination so historically brutal, it could only have been imagined by UK and USA psychopaths. Muammar Gaddafi had to be liquidated, like Patrice Lumumba before him, for reintroducing genuine pan-African sentiment to the continent. We can’t have that, can we? State department psychopath Hilary Clinton practically had on on-air orgasm over Gaddafi’s mutilation, classically rising to the very pinnacle of neoliberal wit, in jubilantly taking credit: “We came, we saw, he died!”
What USA and NATO did to Libya is exactly what Grover Norquist wants done everywhere: to drown government in the bathtub. Twelve years later, there’s no government to maintain fifty year-old dams, or to issue evacuation orders, such that Medicane Daniel has become Africa’s most deadly storm in history, washing thousands into the Mediterranean.
Posted by: Aleph_Null | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 88
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/14/on-fact-checkerism-and-the-mythology-of-disinformation/
Pascal Siggelkow, state media “fact finder,” abysmal idiot.
eugyppius: a plague chronicle | September 14, 2023
Nobody in our corner of the internet could fail to notice the antics of those yapping bouncing frenetic chihuahuas who call themselves fact-checkers.
Mostly they work in obscurity, misunderstanding internet jokes, recycling the vacuities of self-styled experts, debunking weird Twitter posts, and above all churning out prodigious walls of text filled with banalities that nobody reads. Occasionally, though, they manage to entertain us – as recently, when it emerged that BBC “disinformation specialist”(lol) nd fact-checker-in-chief Marianna Spring had larded her very own CV with disinformation.
Almost nothing is more amusing than finding oneself in the crosshairs of the fact-checkers, as has happened to me on at least one occasion.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:49 utc | 89
https://alethonews.com/2023/09/14/on-fact-checkerism-and-the-mythology-of-disinformation/
Pascal Siggelkow, state media “fact finder,” abysmal idiot.
eugyppius: a plague chronicle | September 14, 2023
Nobody in our corner of the internet could fail to notice the antics of those yapping bouncing frenetic chihuahuas who call themselves fact-checkers.
Mostly they work in obscurity, misunderstanding internet jokes, recycling the vacuities of self-styled experts, debunking weird Twitter posts, and above all churning out prodigious walls of text filled with banalities that nobody reads. Occasionally, though, they manage to entertain us – as recently, when it emerged that BBC “disinformation specialist”(lol) nd fact-checker-in-chief Marianna Spring had larded her very own CV with disinformation.
Almost nothing is more amusing than finding oneself in the crosshairs of the fact-checkers, as has happened to me on at least one occasion.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 20:49 utc | 90
Posted by: Jusses | Sep 15 2023 18:46 utc | 32
Posted by: Scorpion | Sep 15 2023 14:29 utc | 3
Imagine still reading slavsquat in 2023.
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90% of the article was the two texts side by side. He didn’t write either of those texts. I take it you didn’t bother to read them or the side-by-side? In which case, respectfully, your ad hominem is entirely toothless.
Also: interesting how no other site has seen fit to do what the dastardly Slavsquat has done. And clearly this is something the commentariat here does not want to address. Maybe because it challenges the Great Narrative here that Russia and China are knights in shining armor about to defeat the Wicked Witch of the Outlaw West and we can all cheer from the sidelines (even as our own bank accounts are frozen and the grocery shelves become bare).
Posted by: Jusses | Sep 15 2023 18:46 utc | 32
Posted by: Scorpion | Sep 15 2023 14:29 utc | 3
Imagine still reading slavsquat in 2023.
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90% of the article was the two texts side by side. He didn’t write either of those texts. I take it you didn’t bother to read them or the side-by-side? In which case, respectfully, your ad hominem is entirely toothless.
Also: interesting how no other site has seen fit to do what the dastardly Slavsquat has done. And clearly this is something the commentariat here does not want to address. Maybe because it challenges the Great Narrative here that Russia and China are knights in shining armor about to defeat the Wicked Witch of the Outlaw West and we can all cheer from the sidelines (even as our own bank accounts are frozen and the grocery shelves become bare).
@Aleph_Null | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 44
Libya (then an ally) is interesting.
Friday, June 4, 2010 (extracts) – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
–The United States and Libya have just embarked on the second year of fully renewed diplomatic relations – including the first exchange of Ambassadors in 36 years. In previous speeches, I have made – and will continue to make – the case that continued engagement with Libya is in our long-term national interest.
–The U.S.-Libya relationship has rapidly expanded to include much more than cooperation in nonproliferation and science and technology.
–Today, Libya remains a strong ally in countering terrorism in a volatile region. It has fought the expansion of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, has condemned kidnappings, and has taken a position against the paying of ransom to kidnappers. . .here
March 28, 2011 – White House
President Barack Obama stated in a speech to the nation on March 28, 2011, “The task that I assigned our forces [is] to protect the Libyan people from immediate danger, and to establish a no-fly zone,” adding explicitly, “Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.”. .here
Soon Libya was destroyed and its leader killed.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Sep 15 2023 21:35 utc | 93
@Aleph_Null | Sep 15 2023 20:34 utc | 44
Libya (then an ally) is interesting.
Friday, June 4, 2010 (extracts) – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
–The United States and Libya have just embarked on the second year of fully renewed diplomatic relations – including the first exchange of Ambassadors in 36 years. In previous speeches, I have made – and will continue to make – the case that continued engagement with Libya is in our long-term national interest.
–The U.S.-Libya relationship has rapidly expanded to include much more than cooperation in nonproliferation and science and technology.
–Today, Libya remains a strong ally in countering terrorism in a volatile region. It has fought the expansion of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, has condemned kidnappings, and has taken a position against the paying of ransom to kidnappers. . .here
March 28, 2011 – White House
President Barack Obama stated in a speech to the nation on March 28, 2011, “The task that I assigned our forces [is] to protect the Libyan people from immediate danger, and to establish a no-fly zone,” adding explicitly, “Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.”. .here
Soon Libya was destroyed and its leader killed.
Posted by: Don Bacon | Sep 15 2023 21:35 utc | 94
https://newcoldwar.org/g20-last-waltz-in-a-world-torn-apart/
The Modi goverment
is not perplexed by the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the G20 Summit on September 9-10. Its intuitive cognition helps to be stoical. This is, arguably, a Shakespearean predicament — “I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er.”
India’s high-calibre diplomats would have divined some time ago already that an event conceived in the world of yesterday, before the new cold war came roaring in, wouldn’t have the same scale and significance today.
Yet, Delhi must feel disappointed, as the compulsions of Putin or Xi Jinping have nothing to do with their countries’ relations with India. The government has given a bureaucratic spin that “The level of attendance at global summits varies from year to year. In today’s world with so many demands on the leaders’ time, it is not always possible for every leader to attend every summit.”
That Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt”, so far Moscow’s support to BRI has been more of a declaratory character falling short of accession to it. The Chinese side, when it is convenient, mentions Russia as a Belt and Road country, while Moscow simply adheres to the previous formulations.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 21:36 utc | 95
https://newcoldwar.org/g20-last-waltz-in-a-world-torn-apart/
The Modi goverment
is not perplexed by the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the G20 Summit on September 9-10. Its intuitive cognition helps to be stoical. This is, arguably, a Shakespearean predicament — “I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o’er.”
India’s high-calibre diplomats would have divined some time ago already that an event conceived in the world of yesterday, before the new cold war came roaring in, wouldn’t have the same scale and significance today.
Yet, Delhi must feel disappointed, as the compulsions of Putin or Xi Jinping have nothing to do with their countries’ relations with India. The government has given a bureaucratic spin that “The level of attendance at global summits varies from year to year. In today’s world with so many demands on the leaders’ time, it is not always possible for every leader to attend every summit.”
That Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt”, so far Moscow’s support to BRI has been more of a declaratory character falling short of accession to it. The Chinese side, when it is convenient, mentions Russia as a Belt and Road country, while Moscow simply adheres to the previous formulations.
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 21:36 utc | 96
@ 44, 47
Libya is mindful of North Korea – Let’s get along – nope, on second thought, we can’t let that happen. There’s no money in that, and the continuing war with DPRK pays off big-time.
In June 2018, President Trump and Chairman Kim committed to the the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations, and Kim agreed to to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In September SecState Pompeo announced that “the United States is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform In June, President Trump and Chairman Kim committed to the the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations, and Kim agreed to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In September SecState Pompeo announced that “the United States is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform U.S.-DPRK relations.” But despite DPRK positive actions there has been no effort on the part of the US to end the war or reduce sanctions.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/politics/read-full-text-of-trump-kim-signed-statement/index.html
Posted by: Don Bacon | Sep 15 2023 21:55 utc | 97
@ 44, 47
Libya is mindful of North Korea – Let’s get along – nope, on second thought, we can’t let that happen. There’s no money in that, and the continuing war with DPRK pays off big-time.
In June 2018, President Trump and Chairman Kim committed to the the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations, and Kim agreed to to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In September SecState Pompeo announced that “the United States is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform In June, President Trump and Chairman Kim committed to the the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations, and Kim agreed to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In September SecState Pompeo announced that “the United States is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform U.S.-DPRK relations.” But despite DPRK positive actions there has been no effort on the part of the US to end the war or reduce sanctions.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/12/politics/read-full-text-of-trump-kim-signed-statement/index.html
Posted by: Don Bacon | Sep 15 2023 21:55 utc | 98
https://dongshengnews.org/en/news-on-china-no-163-en/
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Geopolitics
Huawei overcomes US sanctions and resumes production of 5G phones with technology believed to be out of reach for China
Experts confirmed that the Mate Pro 60 has a 7-nanometer chip developed by Huawei’s subsidiary, HiSilicon, with technology also from China’s SMIC. Huawei couldn’t use its previous 5G chip, Kirin 9000, because it was produced by Taiwan’s TSMC with US equipment and technology, which, combined with other sanctions, caused Huawei to plummet from its global leadership in cellphone sales in 2020.
Caixin Global, 30.08.2023
South China Morning Post, 05.09.2023
US Commerce Secretary says export restrictions for “national security” are non-negotiable
Gina Raimondo described her visit to China as an “important start” in managing tensions, and the two countries have created a mechanism to assess how to jointly address sensitive trade and technology restrictions in the coming months. After the visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that with export restrictions, the US is acting with a “zero-sum Cold War mentality”.
South China Morning Post, 04.09.2023
South China Morning Post, 30.08.2023
National Politics
Nine ministries call on retirees and veterans to return to their hometowns to contribute to rural revitalization
The request was aimed at retirees with experience in public service, education, healthcare, and technology, and military veterans to take on roles as village development advisors. The policy may have a very limited effect because urban retirees cannot buy, sell or inherit homes in rural areas.
South China Morning Post, 03.09.2023
New foreign state immunity law will allow cases against foreign states in Chinese courts
China’s previous position was that states and their properties were immune from the jurisdiction of other states’ courts. The Civil Procedure Law has also been amended to allow embassies to collect evidence in foreign countries if requested by a Chinese court.
South China Morning Post, 01.09.2023
Economy
Real estate market giant Country Garden recorded a record loss in the first half of the year of nearly $7 billion
Despite having less debt than Evergrande, the company – which ranked first among China’s 100 largest developers in sales in 2021 and 2022 – plays a larger role in China’s real estate market due to its wider presence in smaller cities. The company’s shares fell 67% this year, reducing its market value to $3.1 billion.
South China Morning Post, 02.09.2023
Manufacturing sector hits fastest pace since February in August, with employment growing at its quickest pace in over 13 years
The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index shows that new orders expanded in August due to improvements in the domestic market, while new export orders continued to shrink. The services sector grew for the eighth consecutive month but recorded its slowest pace of the year.
Caixin Global
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 22:26 utc | 99
https://dongshengnews.org/en/news-on-china-no-163-en/
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Listen to the traditional folk song I Have a Dream (我有一个梦), made in honor of the creator of hybrid rice, Yuan Longping (袁隆平).
Geopolitics
Huawei overcomes US sanctions and resumes production of 5G phones with technology believed to be out of reach for China
Experts confirmed that the Mate Pro 60 has a 7-nanometer chip developed by Huawei’s subsidiary, HiSilicon, with technology also from China’s SMIC. Huawei couldn’t use its previous 5G chip, Kirin 9000, because it was produced by Taiwan’s TSMC with US equipment and technology, which, combined with other sanctions, caused Huawei to plummet from its global leadership in cellphone sales in 2020.
Caixin Global, 30.08.2023
South China Morning Post, 05.09.2023
US Commerce Secretary says export restrictions for “national security” are non-negotiable
Gina Raimondo described her visit to China as an “important start” in managing tensions, and the two countries have created a mechanism to assess how to jointly address sensitive trade and technology restrictions in the coming months. After the visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that with export restrictions, the US is acting with a “zero-sum Cold War mentality”.
South China Morning Post, 04.09.2023
South China Morning Post, 30.08.2023
National Politics
Nine ministries call on retirees and veterans to return to their hometowns to contribute to rural revitalization
The request was aimed at retirees with experience in public service, education, healthcare, and technology, and military veterans to take on roles as village development advisors. The policy may have a very limited effect because urban retirees cannot buy, sell or inherit homes in rural areas.
South China Morning Post, 03.09.2023
New foreign state immunity law will allow cases against foreign states in Chinese courts
China’s previous position was that states and their properties were immune from the jurisdiction of other states’ courts. The Civil Procedure Law has also been amended to allow embassies to collect evidence in foreign countries if requested by a Chinese court.
South China Morning Post, 01.09.2023
Economy
Real estate market giant Country Garden recorded a record loss in the first half of the year of nearly $7 billion
Despite having less debt than Evergrande, the company – which ranked first among China’s 100 largest developers in sales in 2021 and 2022 – plays a larger role in China’s real estate market due to its wider presence in smaller cities. The company’s shares fell 67% this year, reducing its market value to $3.1 billion.
South China Morning Post, 02.09.2023
Manufacturing sector hits fastest pace since February in August, with employment growing at its quickest pace in over 13 years
The Caixin Purchasing Managers’ Index shows that new orders expanded in August due to improvements in the domestic market, while new export orders continued to shrink. The services sector grew for the eighth consecutive month but recorded its slowest pace of the year.
Caixin Global
Posted by: MD | Sep 15 2023 22:26 utc | 100