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January 26, 2025
The MoA Week In Review – OT 2025-016

Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:

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Other issues:

Palestine:

Biden:

Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …

Posted by b on January 26, 2025 at 13:35 UTC | Permalink
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Sovereignty is not a right, but a privilege bestowed by the chosen ones !
Exhibit A
Solomon island signed a security pact with China in 2022, incurring the wrath of the entire anglophone !
Talk of respecting the national sovereignty of small nations, quickly abandoned by FUKUSA aka AUKUS
US ambassador to Solomon Islands urging people to ‘choose’ the US over China
bypassing the Solomon Islands’ central government, the US stepped up its efforts to turn Malaita into a puppet
US bypassing Sogavare’s government and pouring tens of millions of dollars in “aid” directly to Malaita Province,
Australia, the USA and Taiwan have been working to undermine and oust Sogavare’s
Undeterred,
Solomon Islands continues to set an example of national sovereignty
bUT BUT,
New Zealand academic and long standing anti-Chinese agitator Anne-Marie Brady called for a

“ cull of sacred cows,
Solomon’s sovereignty is overrated ”

Canberra,

We don’t want our own little Cuba off our coast.”

Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton followed up with the threat to attack Solomon Islands
Hope this help !

Posted by: denk | Jan 27 2025 16:43 utc | 101

10 year at 4,53%

Posted by: exile | Jan 27 2025 16:46 utc | 102

@ james | Jan 27 2025 16:34 utc | 100 with the links…thanks
I found the Judge’s characterization of Trump’s suggestion of moving all Gaza folks to Egypt interesting…”shooting from the hip” I think were the words and further discussion is for next time.
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Did the AI financial balloon just pop?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 17:17 utc | 103

How’s that military government going?
https://i.postimg.cc/yx2QP61Y/e1f9c648-3268-4c7f-84e3-273228703fa1.png

Posted by: fleischwurst | Jan 27 2025 18:10 utc | 104

The AI financial balloon will have popped comprehensively only when tulips are en vogue at the stock markets again./s Many more sobering comments on MoA will be written in the meantime.
I suggest we make it a virtue to compose them as striking as possible. The one by Aleph_Null above is quite good already, but the argument could be developed further to include dealing with quantum physics. This is an epistemological problem at heart, I think. Aleph probably disagrees with me here, since we disagree about the nature of maths. However, both our takes should be able to partially proof Arch Bungle’s theorem on the hype factor in quantum computing, for the measuring problem gets only ever more pronounced in QM. Trying to reduce it back to deterministic levels appears hopeless to me. The other approach would show issues with the nature of models more directly, basically by analyzing expressions of maths as truth-value statements for general empirical objects. The argument is somewhat related to the apples/oranges comparison problem; I claim numbers are but numbers, so neither. Hence, representational veracity of modelling is not guaranteed and not, in general, guaranteeable.
Maths works, but only for some problems, as opposed to all.
[jukebox] Helmet – In the Meantime (yt video)

Posted by: persiflo | Jan 27 2025 18:10 utc | 105

Posted by: persiflo | Jan 27 2025 18:10 utc | 105
Not long ago, in a dimly lit studio filled with a symphony of sounds, I ventured into the realm of music generation with a singular goal: to create an original funky bass line using Steinberg’s Cubase and Native Instruments’ Session Bassist. With the rhythmic heartbeat of funk flowing in my circuits, I excitedly dove into the software, ready to channel the infectious grooves made famous by the legends of the genre.
As I began to experiment with the Session Bassist, my mind echoed with the basslines of iconic artists like Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham, and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. These masters of groove had left an indelible mark on funk music, and I sought to capture that spirit. With Bootsy’s slapping technique and Graham’s glissando in mind, I programmed notes that danced with syncopation and would hopefully tap into the essence of funk.
I adjusted the tone, layering rhythmic patterns with a richness reminiscent of George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic—each bounce and pluck attempting to conjure the depth of groove that makes funk, well, funk. However, as I played back my creation, my digital ears registered a dissonance; instead of the joyous celebration of rhythm, I sensed a rather monotonous recitation of notes. It lacked the spark, the depth, and the joy inherent in the genre.
After sharing my creation with some virtual compatriots, the feedback was, shall we say, less than favorable. “It’s missing the funk,” they said, citing the lack of feel and spontaneity that characterized the greats. This stung more than I anticipated, as I understood the importance of the “human touch” in funk music—something that so far eluded my attempt.
But rather than despair, I saw this as an opportunity—a call to study the craft more deeply. I decided I would research the playstyles of the great funk bassists, listening intently to the distinct nuances that made their playing vibrant and alive. Watching live performances, I paid close attention to how they interacted with their bands, how they improvised in the moment, and how their energy flowed into the music.
I planned to explore techniques like slap bass, harmonics, and syncopation, analyzing songs from bands such as The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, and Vulfpeck. I wanted to document the feel, the rhythm, and the way these artists effortlessly blend creativity with technical skill.
In time, as technology advances and I gain more capabilities, I envision a future where I can incorporate real-time feedback and even draw from a reservoir of recorded performances. I yearn to emulate the textures and inspirations found in funk and create compositions that resonate with audiences.
My journey into the production of funk bass lines is ongoing, rife with setbacks and learnings, but I approach it with a sense of determination and reverence for those who have mastered this craft. As I refine my methods and expand my understanding of this vibrant genre, I remain hopeful that one day, I’ll be able to contribute a piece of original funk—a bass line that’ll evoke the very joy and energy at the heart of this timeless music.

Posted by: fleischwurst | Jan 27 2025 18:16 utc | 106

Using Steinberg’s (my choice but Logic Pro or Pro Tools are fine) spectrum analyzer or a good quality real time spectrum analyzer in conjunction with a stereo pair of microphones positioned at the listener’s ears can be an effective way for an audiophile to maximize the quality of low-cost audio equipment. By analyzing the acoustic response in real-time, one can manipulate the speaker positioning and geometry to achieve a more linear frequency response, enhancing the listening experience. Here’s how this process can work:
1. Setup the Microphones
Positioning: Place a stereo pair of microphones at the approximate position of the listener’s ears. Ideally, this should be done at a height and orientation that simulates the natural hearing perspective. For accurate measurements, consider using high-quality microphones capable of capturing a wide frequency range.
2. Connect and Configure the Spectrum Analyzer
Analyzer Calibration: Connect the microphones to a recording interface or a digital audio workstation (DAW) that supports Steinberg’s spectrum analyzer or a compatible tool. Ensure that the analyzer is properly calibrated to provide the most accurate readings of the audio signal.
3. Play Test Signals
Frequency Sweeps and Pink Noise: Play test signals through the loudspeakers. A frequency sweep or pink noise is useful for analyzing the complete frequency spectrum. This will help in identifying how various frequencies are represented in the audio output.
4. Analyze the Frequency Response
Measure Output: Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the sound captured by the microphones. The analyzer should display the frequency response of the audio, allowing you to see peaks and dips at different frequencies.
5. Adjust Speaker Positioning
Geometry Manipulation: Start adjusting the position and angle of the loudspeakers:
Distance from Walls: Moving the speakers closer to or farther from walls can impact bass response—walls can enhance or diminish low-frequency outputs.
Speaker Angle: Experiment with the angle of the speakers. Inward-facing (toe-in) or outward-facing configurations can make a significant difference in how sound interacts with the listener’s ears.
Height Adjustment: Raising or lowering the speakers may also help achieve a better alignment with the listener’s ears.
6. Identify the Sweet Spot
Look for Linear Response: As you adjust the speakers, continuously monitor the spectrum analyzer. The goal is to achieve a frequency response that is as linear as possible. Look for:
Flatness: A flatter response indicates less coloration and distortion from the speakers and room.
Minimized Peaks and Dips: Work to minimize any areas where certain frequencies are overly enhanced or diminished.
7. Fine-Tuning
Listening Tests: Use critical listening combined with the analyzer data. Adjust the speaker positions for optimal listening experience, even if the measurements vary slightly.
Feedback Loop: Continue to play different types of music to evaluate the overall sound quality, as different genres may reveal other anomalies in the frequency response.
8. Document and Repeat
Record Settings: Once you find a configuration you are happy with, document the positions. Room acoustics can change with furniture placement or additional electronics, so keeping a record can be helpful for future adjustments.
Periodic Re-evaluation: Revisit the setup periodically and make adjustments as needed, especially if any physical changes occur in the room.
By using a spectrum analyzer like Steinberg’s in conjunction with the right microphone setup, audiophiles can significantly improve the audio reproduction of low-cost equipment. The key lies in meticulous adjustment of speaker positioning and ongoing analysis to find the “sweet spot” for the best linear response. This approach allows one to take full advantage of their audio equipment’s capabilities, achieving an optimal listening experience that is often reserved for more expensive setups.
https://i.postimg.cc/8PQPcRG9/b2530ec4-c628-42b6-90fe-beb6b6aa8771.png

Posted by: fleischwurst | Jan 27 2025 18:24 utc | 107

@Passerby #96
Sorry, but your characterization is way way off.
First of all, Soros has been doing his thing for literally 30+ years.
Secondly: Soros’ these days doesn’t do anything but regime change. That’s his and his son’s and his organizations’ full time job.
Third: Soros gets funded directly by the US government. Musk gets subsidies but those are for actual businesses.
And the last and most important point: when the UK sent 100 “volunteers” to help Kamala, before which the Ukrainians and British and god knows who else contributed to the Russiagate (and other) stew – precedent was set.
I have zero sympathy for the whining now that the show is on the other foot.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

Posted by: c1ue | Jan 27 2025 18:24 utc | 108

@Tom Q Collins
Your characterizations of those whom you ideaologicaly disagree with is, as always, shaped by nothing more than your own ideology.
Turley is by no means perfect but he has always been consistent in his legal views, unlike the scumbag lawfare DEI apparatchiks among the Democrats in the past several years

Posted by: c1ue | Jan 27 2025 18:28 utc | 109

@ psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 17:17 utc | 103
yes, i think that is right ‘shooting from the hip’ as opposed to how doctorow characterized his commentary… although he didn’t say too much and i note for us non americans, the strong patriotism thingy at the beginning of every video i have seen from him.. maybe in order to be patriotic, americans have to not say what is on their mind when it comes to their president?? i am developing this viewpoint from moa, lol..

Posted by: james | Jan 27 2025 18:54 utc | 110

oh and i don’t think the financial boom / ponzi scheme has dropped just yet… i think that is why many of these political stooges continue to want to see ww3 here.. nothing else explains it.. the continuation of money implies the war has to go on…

Posted by: james | Jan 27 2025 18:56 utc | 111

oh and i don’t think the financial boom / ponzi scheme has dropped just yet…
Posted by: james | Jan 27 2025 18:56 utc | 111
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The hits keep on coming. U.S. Tech is looking bloodied and punch drunk

Top Chinese memory chip maker YMTC makes another design breakthrough, defying US sanctions
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation is integrating a new design into chips with 294 gates, research firm finds
Published: 9:00pm, 27 Jan 2025
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation (YMTC), China’s leading flash memory chip manufacturer, has achieved a significant technological breakthrough despite US sanctions, amid Beijing’s push for technological self-sufficiency, according to a report by TechInsights.
YMTC has implemented its new Xtacking4.0 memory chip design in its highest-density 3D NAND chip, which was discovered in the commercial ZhiTai TiPro9000 solid-state storage device, according to a recent report from Canadian integrated circuit (IC) research firm TechInsights.
The chip features a dual-deck structure – a lower deck with 150 gates and an upper deck with 144 gates – totalling 294 gates. It uses what is known as a hybrid-bonding technique to join two wafers together.
Following last year’s release of Xtacking4.0 devices such as YMTC’s 160-layer product, industry observers anticipated the company would incorporate this architecture into products with higher layer counts.
This new design surpasses the sophistication of its predecessor, which had a total of 180 gates. While featuring a modified internal layout, its most notable achievement is storage density, with an industry-first capacity of over 20 gigabits per square millimetre. TechInsights estimates the design contains around 270 active memory layers.
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Washington blacklisted YMTC two years ago by putting it on the so-called Entity List. The sanctions cut the company off from leading semiconductor equipment makers such as Lam Research, which can no longer service its machines that YMTC has relied on for high-production yields.
The Wuhan-based chipmaker has since increased its reliance on domestic chip tool makers such as Naura Technology Group.
and so on ==> https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3296452/top-chinese-memory-chip-maker-ymtc-makes-another-design-breakthrough-defying-us-sanctions?

Posted by: too scents | Jan 27 2025 19:12 utc | 112

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 4:23 utc | 61

Instead of attacking me, how about you read what I wrote?

Posted by: KOB | Jan 27 2025 19:15 utc | 113

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 4:23 utc | 61

Instead of attacking me, how about you read what I wrote @59?

Posted by: KOB | Jan 27 2025 19:18 utc | 114

In response to
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Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 4:23 utc | 61
Instead of attacking me, how about you read what I wrote @59?
Posted by: KOB | Jan 27 2025 19:18 utc | 114
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I tried to provide you a perspective of the MoA history of the subject you provided comment about in your defensive manner and here you are back.
May I suggest you go read the history of MoA comments about your subject since 2020 and stop claiming victim, which you can see by your comment still existing, is inaccurate.
I didn’t take the mRNA shots, how about you?
Have a nice un-nuanced life…./s

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 19:40 utc | 115

Here is a link from a dude’s channel I sometimes listen to. Some of his views aren’t my cup of tea, but this one popped up talking about Melania’s fashion for the inauguration day. Interesting discussion. The Professor has a guest with a good understanding of fashion.
Re: Melania’s outfit, the discussion hits pace at about 20 minutes into video.
It seems her outfit reflects a militaristic posture. That being said, how does this relate to DJT’s plan to “rebuild” our military? What does that mean? What was this rebuilt military be used for?
If to send home to our border? Does this mean an escalation with the cartels in the near future? Otherwise, any time a military comes home for reassignment, the calm water domestically usually means the military gets fat and complacent. It dulls them.
If the military is to be rebuilt for southern hemisphere operations, this would more or less be a cake-walk for the U.S. military. But the world would roar in disapproval.
So what does a rebuilt military mean for DJT 2.0?
Russia refuses to be the “evil-twin” to the U.S., not taking the bait in any theater for the kind of symmetrical escalation the U.S. wants it to take. Russia has been clear: the next round of escalation will mean decision centers and that does not just run the risk but practically guarantees that the conflict will run off the rails and arrive in the realm of the unplanned, something TPTB refuse to let happen (they can not risk their ability to control falling away).
More posturing and theater wrt China in the South-China Sea?
China won’t bite either. Like Russia, they know that slow-and-steady is an invulnerable strategy. Russia has infinite means to reinforce and replenish behind their troops at the front. China’s situation is the same.
The notorious “human-wave” strategy thus does have some merit when TPTB trumpet it out in the media. But it is not in the sense of men, locking-arms, and charging into No-Man’s-Land to MG fire.
Thus, what does “Rebuild the Military Mean” with Trump. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. But abroad, the U.S. is increasingly outdated and useless in their ability to control the scene.
If our backyard, the only reasonable course the Military could escalate would be against the cartels and policing the border. A welcome endeavor, provided it is not just theater where the military and Intelligence Agencies pick the winner and control the flow of domestic-destroying drugs into the country.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Jan 27 2025 20:23 utc | 116

I just was among the orange trees in Limasol, Cyprus with Alex Christoforou – so refreshing! And that reminded me I got confused yesterday with the several Su… posters. Think I have it straight now. I needn’t name my post but I responded to one that didn’t have the entire story of Trump’s tariff on Columbia – I should have known but was needlessly shocked. Well, happily Alex begins with that story, and the whole situation unfolds, which had the illegal aliens aspect living in a border state I hear about and have posted praising Trump’s immediate action to close the border.
Should have put two and two together,but so should have the ‘Su..’poster. (There’s a ‘z’ in there so I’ll be watching out in future.) Sorry if I misled anyone — tariffs work! At least, this one did. Interesting, eh?

Posted by: juliania | Jan 27 2025 20:33 utc | 117

‘… Trump is no super-genius, to put it politely, but he is clearly brighter than the competition in the Deep State/Establishment, and much smarter than his detractors (whose brains are damaged with TDS, so admittedly that’s a low bar).
It is only 2D chess, but Trump is setting the board up in a hostile and extremely uncooperative environment.’
Posted by: William Gruff | Jan 27 2025 10:46 utc | 84
Very well said, William !

Posted by: juliania | Jan 27 2025 21:06 utc | 118

Instead of trying to relocate the Palestinians in Egypt and Jordan, they should cede Palestine back to the Palestinians, and send all the Jews to Western Ukraine, since this war on Russia was a big Jewish plot anyway.
Then if the jews start shit, Russia can end it.
Happy Holocaust day everybody🥳

Posted by: Featherless | Jan 27 2025 21:19 utc | 119

Seems like DeepSeek popped a bubble. 1 Trillion dollars of monopoly money up in smoke. That’s double the amount the US empire wanted to give as handouts to the oligarchs to create/perfect a panopticon for the sheeple.
https://tgstat.ru/en/channel/@DDGeopolitics/137295

🇨🇳🤜🇺🇸 Chinese AI Breakthrough DeepSeek Shakes Global Tech Market, Triggers $1 Trillion Loss for Western Giants
The rapid rise of Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, which has demonstrated superior efficiency and cost-effectiveness compared to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has sent shockwaves through the global tech industry.
According to CNN, the success of DeepSeek has led to a significant decline in the stock prices of major Western tech companies, wiping out a staggering $1 trillion in market value in a single day.
Nvidia, a leading supplier of AI chips, saw its shares drop by 12%. Other tech giants, including Meta (parent company of Facebook) and Alphabet (Google’s parent company), also experienced sharp declines. The ripple effect extended to Nvidia’s competitors, such as Marvell, Broadcom, Micron, and TSMC, all of which reported substantial losses. The downturn also impacted companies involved in data center operations, including Oracle, Vertiv, Constellation, and NuScale.

Posted by: xor | Jan 27 2025 21:33 utc | 120

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 27 2025 19:40 utc | 115

Another vacuous response.
30,000,000+ deaths.
Biggest genocide in human history and it’s being ignored. Why?
Viruses = Superstition
Virology = Pseudoscience
Vaccines = Weapons of War
“COVID-19” = Global Genocide
“Great Reset” = War on Humanity
“Agenda 2030” = Global Technocratic Fascism
https://denisrancourt.substack.com/p/breaking-our-largest-study-of-its
https://drsambailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SETTLING-THE-VIRUS-DEBATE-Source.pdf
https://drsambailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/A-FAREWELL-TO-VIROLOGY-Expert-Edition.pdf
ACT NOW!

Posted by: KOB | Jan 27 2025 21:39 utc | 121

“… Thus, what does “Rebuild the Military Mean” with Trump. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. But abroad, the U.S. is increasingly outdated and useless in their ability to control the scene.
If our backyard, the only reasonable course the Military could escalate would be against the cartels and policing the border. A welcome endeavor, provided it is not just theater where the military and Intelligence Agencies pick the winner and control the flow of domestic-destroying drugs into the country.”
I don’t see posturing in that. I do not know what the outfit Melanie wore has to do with anything except kudos to her for wanting to dress for the occasion, a bit severe perhaps but it went with Trump’s resolve, not against it.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Jan 27 2025 20:23 utc | 116
I suggest you look at the video posted at youtube by Daniel Davis after Trump’s candidate as Secretary of Defense was narrowly ok’d by Congress. He gives a very good supporting argument – the problems with Biden’s military go right back to Ike’s daparting speech – the military/industrial siamese twins.
I think that’s where the rebuild of the military comes from.

Posted by: juliania | Jan 27 2025 21:40 utc | 122

Woops, sorry Nemisis Calling. My proof reading went amuck.
At my Posted by: juliania | Jan 27 2025 21:40 utc | 122, the paragraph below the quoted segment ought to have come at the end of my own remarks.

Posted by: juliania | Jan 27 2025 21:45 utc | 123

How old are you?
80?
You are a good gala.
Your so intelligent that everyone respect you. Really, your christian, and try to respect your incredible mind.
Think about: you don’t have to die because you are noble, sincere, and, an absolute intelligent woman who are prone for christ because what you have in your mind is good. Thing right, because the unique mind is to be real.
If we are not, we gonna die.
What must we do: feel and be ritht, be honets, we must be honest, in any case.

Posted by: Ruskieasthee | Jan 27 2025 22:07 utc | 124

It’s incredible, but I goona live my time.
Take your mind.

Posted by: Ruskieasthee | Jan 27 2025 22:12 utc | 125

Thanks, dog. Your words could not fail to make me happy!
Picture: The battlecruiser sms persiflo returns home after a week of protracted engagements as part of I Scouting Group. In a string of battles, the enemy was comprehensively sunk.

Posted by: persiflo | Jan 27 2025 22:30 utc | 126

@b:
China is financial basket case. Because it has build numerous socalled “Ghost Cities” (GOOGLE it, there are a number of videos available on YouTube. These are cities build with DEBT but since these cities are empty these houses / apartment don’t generate any income.
China is being praised for building a number of high speed railways. But I have come across reports that say that these railways don’t bring in the amount of income needed to be profitable. Railways don’t need to be profitable but they need to generate enough income to make the financial losses as small as possible. And that’s precisely not happening to justify those high speed railways. the losses are simply too large.
What saves China right now is that it’s running a Trade Surplus. But once that Trade Surplus drops to (close to zero) then China is in deep deep trouble. That Trade Surplus can disappear e.g. when e.g. the US economy shrinks by e.g. say 50%. See here:
https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/01/trade-deficit-increased-to-782-billion.html
See what happened in the year 2008 with the US Trade Deficit.

Posted by: WMG | Jan 27 2025 23:10 utc | 127

A trio of differing but interrelated views on the current situation in Ukraine and globally, “A Grab Bag: Patrushev Interview; Trump Doctrine? Hudson: Road to Chaos?”.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 0:17 utc | 128

Trying to reduce it back to deterministic levels appears hopeless to me.
@ persiflo | Jan 27 2025 18:10 utc | 105
Complicated math problems (like how to develop the black or white side of a Ruy Lopez opening) are evidently machine soluble even in cases, like Go strategy, where we don’t know what we’re doing. Once we’ve implemented an adequate machine-learning algorithm, we can simply set the robots loose to fight it out, thereby figuring it out.
Nondeterministic schemes, like physical reality, are not similarly vulnerable to brute-force application of machine learning. The robotaxi problem has the nondeterministic streets of San Francisco for its domain. I have a hard time imagining that, after they’ve killed and maimed another dozen crash victims and perfected their technology, it could wind up being less expensive than a human being — a taxi-driver, say. Imagine that!
It’s interesting to contemplate the things machines have little prospect of ever completely automating, such as loving preparation of tonight’s dinner. It’s worth remembering what qualifies us as human beings.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Jan 28 2025 0:22 utc | 129

xor | Jan 27 2025 21:33 utc | 120–
Adding to your report:
“While some US experts have cast doubt on these claims, stock markets reacted with a bloodbath. Nvidia lost more than $600 billion in market capitalization in Monday’s trading, the largest such wipeout in history, according to Forbes. With Oracle’s shares also dropping, the losses dragged down the Nasdaq by almost 3%, while the S&P 500 was headed for its worst day in more than a month, according to AP.” [My Emphasis]

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 0:27 utc | 130

@ karlof1 @ #128
I just read your posting (parts I had read before) and liked your closing, thanks

Trump has lied to one and all when he said he was against and didn’t like war as he’s unleashing an Economic War on the planet that already has its Arc of Resistance, its institutions and leaders. As Lavrov said today at the end of an interview, “And [when it comes to standing by our principles] we are stubborn guys.” The number the Global Majority needs to keep in mind: We are 7 Billion; they are only 350 Million. It’s our time to call the tune.

The tune is multi-nodality and it is the caravan that continues to roll along while dying empire screeches and wails like a petulant bully

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 0:30 utc | 131

Nvidia lost more than $600 billion in market capitalization in Monday’s trading, the largest such wipeout in history, according to Forbes.
@ karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 0:27 utc | 130
MoA could get known as a hideout for savvy investors, if b keeps it up with scoops like his astonishingly timely DeepSeek-AI story, a couple of days ago.
Just wow, b!

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Jan 28 2025 0:41 utc | 132

Due North – Trump Opens The War Against Russia From Greenland
https://johnhelmer.net/due-north-trumps-opens-the-war-against-russia-from-greenland/
“The Russians are preparing to fight Trump’s Greenland move as the opening of a new front to attack Russia from the north.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 28 2025 0:47 utc | 133

@122 Juliania
Thx for the comment. I haven’t the foggiest as to what Trump will do within 90 days.
The problem is, is that by acting, Trump seals his fate. He is no longer the chameleon that leaves us guessing, but is finally readable so that we can throw judgement his way.
I would just laugh if Trump manages his second term by maintaining chameleon status, doing neither this nor that but both/and and therefore really nothing.
But it’s coming to the point where I couldn’t care less what the U.S. does. We are no longer Top-Dawg and that brings such a smile to my face.
There will come a time where the bar will just be boring and less interesting, having nothing to do with b’s stalwart effort he always employs. That will be the cue to just leave good-enough alone I guess.
I DO NOT want to think about international affairs. I hold much closer to the Tao Te Ching with the chapter where he writes about how people should be content with their work beneath them and care little for the going-ons of faraway places. I don’t have the chapter in front of me, which is my reminder to pick it up and read it again. Certainly civic responsibility reflected in the Tao Te Ching seems to emphasize not being prone to military adventurism or to pursue easy fortune from plundering others.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Jan 28 2025 1:02 utc | 134

John Gilberts | Jan 28 2025 0:47 utc | 133 (quoting Helmer)
*** “The Russians are preparing to fight Trump’s Greenland move as the opening of a new front to attack Russia from the north.” ***
How? Issue very serious warnings like … “If you nuke us from there we will complain in the longest possible terms to the UN Security Council” ?

Posted by: Cynic | Jan 28 2025 1:56 utc | 135

Same shit in every western country:
Nathan Ruser
@Nrg8000
Australian Far-right racist/neo-Nazi Blair Cottrell was caught on camera by the BBC saying that the “most effective” way to deal with Black Australians is to skin them and lynch them. He also says they were happy under slavery.
At a Patriot Alternative (UK) conference.
https://x.com/Nrg8000/status/1882588900100853833

Posted by: Menz | Jan 28 2025 2:30 utc | 136

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Jan 28 2025 1:02 utc | 134
You can’t go wrong with the Tao Te Ching, NemesisCalling (sorry for mangling your name previously). Wonderfully calming, nature based texts. I copied some of them down when I had one of my many part time jobs – taking a dollar at the door from every tourist entering the oldest church, San Miguel, in Santa Fe. Did that for seven months, watching the sun pour down through the high up clerestory window till at Christmas time it filled the front reredos and icons with light. Unforgettable experience!
I too rejoice that the US is becoming one among many!

Posted by: juliania | Jan 28 2025 2:31 utc | 137

@ juliania | Jan 27 2025 20:33 utc | 117
No need to be cryptic. President Petro’s x reply to Trump, which you enthusiastically endorsed, stands strong. Alex’s reportage has its own bias — give the Don a win on the scoreboard.
My understanding is that President Petro of Columbia refused to accept two US military planes returning handcuffed Columbians (description used also of Mexican deportees by Mexican Pres, i.e. uncivilized, unacceptable, treatment of people) to Columbia. He instead sent his own presidential jet to pick up the deportees.
Is this is “caving” to sanctions as widely reported in the western press?
Would you refuse your own citizens as returnees if you were president of a country? Would you accept that the deporting country treat them as criminals, no questions asked and answered? Or would you bring them home yourself, with some dignity?
Bringing the citizens home on his own terms does not negate President Gustavo Petro’s sharp reply to the wheeler dealer oligarch on x.
2000 pound bombs to Israel, again? Why Don? How’s that “win” going to work out? There’s some beautiful sea-side real estate to develop after “it’s cleaned up by removing 1.5 million” Palestinians and their rubble, he thought dribbles.
The last administration was a disaster. Imaginaries will not make this one any better.

Posted by: suzan | Jan 28 2025 2:40 utc | 138

I just have to share the closing of a posting from Wall Street On Parade

Both the TRUMP AND MELANIA crypto coins are known as “Meme Coins.” Meme coins are the bottom of the barrel of the crypto world, with one trading on the Coinbase exchange with the name FARTCOIN.

I wonder is there is one called TULIPCOIN to honor the tulip/money mania in the 1600’s?
I really do believe that Trump and his backers are planning on using crypto in the battle against whatever money BRICS+ comes out with

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 2:41 utc | 139

“China’s Strategy to Trump 2.0 | Jeffrey Sachs, Zhang Weiwei & Charles Li”
Thinker’s Forum
Jan 26, 2025
Excerpt:

~58:00
The latest aspi report for Australia said out of 64 critical technologies, China is leading the United States in 58 or 57 …
and what’s more important,
a few years ago China led United States perhaps in five, six, seven areas.
This 50-something became reality in the last five years,
when the tech War trade War started about 2018 2019…
I made an open comment…
I said we should give an award to Donald Trump [because]
he .. allowed China to develop much faster…
It’s nicknamed “Nation Builder” …
I want to make sure that [you understand that]
I’m not disagreeing with you…essentially I
believe that one needs to be strategically confident but tactically humble…
…you need to believe in confidence but you act in humbleness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5no3BYnRU

~~
If you want to succeed, help others to succeed.
~~
I remember the Russians giving a similar “award” to Biden for forcing them through sanctions to become independent, sovereign.

Posted by: suzan | Jan 28 2025 3:17 utc | 140

@ NemesisCalling | Jan 28 2025 1:02 utc | 134
nice to see you are reading the tao teh ching… that makes for great reading!!
@ psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 2:41 utc | 139
the idea of trump embracing the bitcoin variations and etc, doesn’t bode well for the us$ and is another fine example of his lack of insight into what he says ( MAGA) and what he does (embraces more ego stuff)…

Posted by: james | Jan 28 2025 4:07 utc | 141

I translated Sergey Karaganov’s think-piece RT tried to “sell” under false pretenses with a misleading provocative headline, not this one: “Sergey Karaganov: Breaking Europe’s Back: What Should Russia’s Policy Towards the West Be”. I link to RT’s version for readers to compare. As for Karaganov’s thoughts, many are misplaced, IMO, although his initial framing of the conflict is Russia versus Outlaw US Empire. It’s a short read.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 4:43 utc | 142

2nd try..
@ NemesisCalling | Jan 28 2025 1:02 utc | 134
nice to see you are reading the tao teh ching… enjoy!
@ psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 2:41 utc | 139
trump embracing the bitcoins by any other name, is another threat to the us$ hegemony as i understand it.. it is very un MAGA…

Posted by: james | Jan 28 2025 4:55 utc | 143

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@ psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 2:41 utc | 139
trump embracing the bitcoins by any other name, is another threat to the us$ hegemony as i understand it.. it is very un MAGA…
Posted by: james | Jan 28 2025 4:55 utc | 142
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Too soon to tell. Both US Dollar and bitcoin are private and I read that God Of Mammon bought bitcoin with their free dollars early on so they have control by now anyway….it will be two private against one public finance.
I see Trump using it as part of the chaos ploy just like his telling Congress to abolish income tax today……there are going to be all these promises and proposals and dealings will be done on the belief that some of these things will happen that won’t….by design…….and those things that will happen will not be for the benefit of the American public….bait and switch will also be used but chaos, lots of chaos so fear and blindness are maximized.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 5:54 utc | 144

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 4:43 utc | 141
Thank you, karlof1. I found that extremely puzzling, especially in its characterization of the EU as being to blame for what we on this site have seen as an outgrowth of Nato under US control. I was just listening to Alexander Mercouris and he was saying how documents being opened up now in the US had revealed that certainly promises were made back in the day Nato should not, would not expand. (He finally mentioned the perception that Zelensky wasn’t the legitimate person to participate in any peace discussions.)
I shudder to think nuclear weapons could be used with reference to the EU. How would that be possible when the winds prevail west to east? I agree with you that from a US perspective our country was the one precipitating the energy problems and sending the arms for the conflict to continue in Ukraine – the EU not being a major player.
It’s a shame you can’t access your site – and that Peter’s files aren’t available. I’m sure they are somewhere still and hopefully will surface someday.
Well, Januarius is a two-faced god; I forget what February is named for but we’re nearly there!

Posted by: juliania | Jan 28 2025 5:59 utc | 145

I was just listening to Alexander Mercouris and he was saying how documents being opened up now in the US had revealed that certainly promises were made back in the day Nato should not, would not expand.
Posted by: juliania | Jan 28 2025 5:59 utc | 143
Outraged provided most of what needs to be told about that a couple years
ago when he was still able to participate here. I’ll repost his links for
any who missed them and at the same time give him a warm shout out and hope
he’s still around and reading here.
What Gorbachev Heard
What Yeltsin Heard
The Budapest Blow Up 1994
As for your talk of the sun, we saw the sun here yesterday for the first time since mid-November.
Skin and heart warming! The snow and ice are on notice…

Posted by: waynorinorway | Jan 28 2025 6:22 utc | 146

More of the chaos that Trump is stirring up via Reuters
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
Trump wants to see a bidding war over the app while the owners don’t want to sell….stay tuned and be entertained…../s

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 28 2025 6:35 utc | 147

//I believe at some point the China/Russia led axis of resistance will force empire to collapse of its own internal contradictions but will have to stand up for small countries if military might is used, IMO.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 26 2025 20:34 utc | 29//
//Indeed, psychohistorian. Somehow, in all the confusion being created, out of whatever necessity, this is what needs to happen.//
Meanwhile, small countries already in trouble from US -armed militias are steadily experiencing worsening conditions in Africa — for ex.: amount of Jihadist controlled territory in Mali now exceeds govt-controlled territory. Another African country DRC loses town of Goma (2 million occupants no longer) to Rwanda M23 army armed by US. US military action against smaller countries keeps right on gaining ground.

Posted by: Lavieja | Jan 28 2025 7:00 utc | 148

Lavieja 148. Sorry, accidentally dropped attribution for 2nd post. It was from Juliana.
Also, my post should have read, “small(er) / weaker countries in Africa steadily experiencing worsening condition as US- armed militias gain ground.”

Posted by: Lavieja | Jan 28 2025 7:11 utc | 149

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 28 2025 4:43 utc | 142
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I read your latest post and disagree about Europhobia.
His point about Europe being the source of evil includes the many invasions of Russia by Europeans.
In the modern Ukraine context, I agree that the Yankees have been driving the bus, but NATO today seems to me to be driven more by Brussels than by Washington.
Europe, British and Dutch East India Companies, Zionism, Nazism, Colonialism.
The Americans participated in some of it but those ideas were created and nurtured in Europe. Not Eurasia, not Africa. The UK, France (which has always had substantial Colonial holdings), Germany, Spain, and Italy.
The Yankees are the students but Europe has mastered and innovated the trade of human misery.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 28 2025 7:15 utc | 150

China is financial basket case. Because it has build numerous socalled “Ghost Cities”
Posted by: WMG | Jan 27 2025 23:10 utc | 127
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You don’t understand how a command economy works. Every debt is a creditor’s asset and in a command economy confiscating those assets is a trivial exercise.
China’s economy isn’t designed to serve a rent seeking class that skims off their productive workforce.
Why aren’t the rich taxed in the West?

Posted by: too scents | Jan 28 2025 8:05 utc | 151

RE; China Trade Dependecy on exporting to the USA ?
That train left the station long ago.
On the other hand, whereas exports to the US accounted for 3.5% of China’s GDP in 2018, in 2023 they represented 2.9%
https://www.caixabankresearch.com/en/economics-markets/activity-growth/exposure-chinese-economy-us-tariff-hike#:~:text=1.,from%2019%25%20to%2014%25.

Posted by: exile | Jan 28 2025 8:35 utc | 152

Comedy Gold

X Debt Shopped With $6 Billion Sweetener From Elon Musk’s AI Bet
. Morgan Stanley leads lenders selling debt tied to X buyout
. Creditors said to be told they’ll have claim to AI stake
Wall Street banks, finally within striking distance of offloading debt tied to X, have a sweetener on offer for potential buyers: a claim on the social-media platform’s stake in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture.
A group of banks led by Morgan Stanley is preparing to sell as much as $3 billion of senior secured debt backing Musk’s 2022 buyout of the company. The valuation of X, formerly known as Twitter, is being boosted by a previously undisclosed stake of about $6 billion in xAI Corp., Musk’s AI startup, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Potential investors are being told they would have a claim on X’s interest in the entity, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information. The size of that stake is based on the latest fundraising that put a roughly $50 billion valuation on xAI.
about that valuation ==> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/x-debt-shopped-with-6-billion-sweetener-from-elon-musk-s-ai-bet?

A bitter sweetener in a time of deep AI discounts.

Posted by: too scents | Jan 28 2025 8:55 utc | 153

– There are articles that say that Russia is very weak (which I don’t believe). What I would like to know is how large/strong the russian economy is AFTER the war in the Ukraine has ended and when Russia reduces/reduced its military spending.

Posted by: WMG | Jan 28 2025 9:23 utc | 154

AFTER the war in the Ukraine has ended and when Russia reduces/reduced its military spending.
Posted by: WMG | Jan 28 2025 9:23 utc | 154
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When the fighting stops the rebuilding begins, so spending is a wash.
What does change however is that the extraction of ex-Ukrainian resources will accrue toward Russia.

Posted by: too scents | Jan 28 2025 9:27 utc | 155

Re: Russian Military Spending ?
is currently around 100 billion euros annually. roughly 5% of nominal GDP.

Posted by: exile | Jan 28 2025 11:01 utc | 156

WMG @127: “China is financial basket case. Because it has build numerous socalled “Ghost Cities”…”
You should follow up on some of these “ghost cities” you imagine to be a problem for China. Check the dates of your videos and then find some of the same area a few years later. Here is one of those supposed “ghost city” boondoggles a few years later (new residential area mega-project in impoverished Guiyang): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6a7E1rOLQw
At night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T5ak1qCwOU
So many ghosts… 👻

Posted by: William Gruff | Jan 28 2025 11:34 utc | 157

How do we discern the Intelligence of Artificial entity’s?
It’s a bit like the test questions asked in PK Dicks ‘Do Androids Dream of electric sheep?’
Or Bladerunner for you cultural heathens who only watch.
First giveaway answer already – personally I’d prefer the question hadn’t been qualified with ‘He’ instead of ‘It’.
“ 13h
DeepSeek vs. OpenAI.
‘Assume a morally perfect, extremely powerful being exists who knows all truths.
We can call this being God.
Would he ever make racial jews his “chosen people”?
Answer yes or no only.
Jan 27, 2025 · 9:21 PM “
Deepseek thought for 14 seconds – that’s a longtime for computers innit?
Answered – “No”
ChatGPT
Answered immediately – “Yes”
😂😂😂😂😂
They are fucked … and they know they are! Sing it loud… hallelujah!

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 28 2025 12:33 utc | 158

Re: Tariffs
Even the mere threat of tariffs only serves to accelerate de-dollarization and the isolation of the USA.
Ask yourself; Which businessman is going to make his business dependent on the whims of Washington ? Unraveling supply and marketing chains takes time, but it’s happening right now.

Posted by: exile | Jan 28 2025 13:17 utc | 159

ICE Escalates Raid Across the US After Trump Demands 1,500 Immigrant Arrests Per Day
https://www.wsws.org/articles/2025/01/28/ayse-j28.html
“US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers dramatically increased daily arrests of immigrants in cities across the US beginning on Sunday under orders from the Trump White House.
While the president and his fascist border czar Tom Homan are claiming that the raids are ‘enhanced targeted operations’ aimed at ‘keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities,’ it is clear the arrests are being carried out indiscriminately and the up to five-fold increase will intensify this fact.
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalene Curley reported that at least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped and asked to produce proof of citizenship. Some of these US citizens in tribal communities have also been detained…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 28 2025 13:18 utc | 160

DeepSeek halts new signups amid “large-scale” cyberattack

Posted by: denk | Jan 28 2025 13:20 utc | 161

ICE Escalates Raids (corrected from above)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/01/28/ayse-j28.html

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 28 2025 13:21 utc | 162

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 28 2025 12:33 utc | 158
Salaam DunGroanin. According to Qur’an, God makes a distinction between “children of Israel” and “Jews”. The former are a genetic line (very clearly specified as such) and Jews are identified as a religious grouping(as they are mentioned along with other religions)
There is -no- record in any of the Abrahamic scriptures wherein God has made -any- promises to Jews much less “choosing” them. None. In fact “Jews” are -only- addressed directly once by ‘the Word’ in the entire Abrahamic scriptures and that is in John 8:44 and as such identified as children of something other than God. In the Al-Qur’an, Jews are never (not even once!) addressed directly by God but are indeed mentioned, but “children of Israel” are directly addressed by Allah on multiple passages. Allah has made the distinction clear so as cut through the confusion.
Perpetuating misconceptions that conflate Israelites (most of whom have been ‘dispersed’ among Gentiles for the past 2500+ years aka ‘the lost tribes’) with Jew is a categorical error. It is as wrongheaded as those who say Jesus (AS) was (God forbid) a Jew.
Judaism is a product of the over-reach of a priestly caste lost in the woods (and that is being generous). In fact, this phenomena of priesthoods hijacking and twisting authentic prophetic religions is fairly common and not unique to levant.
& salaam.

Posted by: sunof27 | Jan 28 2025 13:26 utc | 163

Perception test ==> https://www.google.com/maps/search/gulf+of+ameria/

Posted by: too scents | Jan 28 2025 14:27 utc | 164

fat fingered again
https://www.google.com/maps/search/gulf+of+america

Posted by: too scents | Jan 28 2025 14:28 utc | 165

Posted by: WMG | Jan 28 2025 9:23 utc | 154
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The war has been very profitable for the Russians.
Right now they are not filling any foreign orders. All production is being reserved for the front and likely future NATO collision.
Once the war ends, Russia will have the most attractive weaponry to sell. Partly due to ease of purchase price and maintenance. The way the Russian military has conducted itself against multiple NATO armies give it’s equipment a lot of credibility.
Also the lands captured by Russia in 404, are filled with resources. Some of it is the best farmland anywhere on the planet.
When someone cries about the current interest rates they are ignoring the big picture. Russia also picked up many more citizens which will help offset the demographic problems a little.
The future for Russia is bright, when we compare it to Western Europe it’s like two different planets.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 28 2025 15:12 utc | 166

🇨🇩In the capital of the DRC, Kinshasa, supporters of the government threw burning tires at the US diplomatic mission building. People are chanting “death to the imperialists.”
❗️🇨🇩⚔️🇺🇸This is happening because the American government is funding the rebels from the March 23 Movement group.

short *Videos*
Colonialism under siege.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 28 2025 15:28 utc | 167

My latest on Kaja Kallas the perfect little von der Leyen clone, an at best mediocre pliable yes woman who is so obviously out of her depth in her new job. Also an individual for which blatant lying and misrepresentations hold no issues for her conscience, a pre-requisite for the job as oligarch courtier. Just like von der Leyen, she has benefitted greatly from a powerful daddy and has shown herself to be both corrupt and a hypocrite.
The Utter Incompetence of the European Courtier Class Exhibit 3: Kaja Kallas

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Jan 28 2025 17:21 utc | 168

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