Trump just ended Chevron’s oil license with Venezuela.
https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1894932278574272561

Posted by: Mary | Feb 27 2025 15:57 utc | 4

Indian corporations now vying shoulder to shoulder with the big boys – on accessing sought after minerals.
“India is searching for mining opportunities to access critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and copper from Zambia, Congo, and Australia, Indian Mines Secretary V.L. Kantha Rao said on Thursday.
The official told reporters that governments in these countries are working with a consortium of Indian state enterprises (KABIL).
“Through our missions, we are working on trying to get critical mineral assets for exploration and mining,” he said.
Critical minerals are crucial for the production of technologies such as smartphones and electric vehicles. They include cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, and rare-earth metals.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 16:10 utc | 6

https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/613387-humanoid-robot-kung-fu-video/
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 16:12 utc | 7
CGI.
See a dozen of these type of ‘demonstrations’. They still can’t get the shadows right and that is the obvious tell.
But I have no doubt that they will progress to this ability and far more in the future.

Posted by: saner | Feb 27 2025 16:21 utc | 8

5 – Third parties in the USA tend to rise up like a rocket, burst and a dead stick falls back to earth. The political system is built for two parties and two parties alone.

Posted by: Waldorf | Feb 27 2025 16:25 utc | 10

Will the St Patrick’s day ceremony take place.
Or will the Irish PM be sent home with a face like a slapped ass?

Posted by: jpc | Feb 27 2025 16:52 utc | 12

Looking through their gold standard , fixed exchange rate type goggles they have introduced a golden visa for the United States saying it will pay off the deficit and debt and that Americans won’t have to pay taxes anymore.
What a complete bunch of morons and the biggest moron of them all is that chump with the beard from the Heritage Foundation. That is always by his side.
All based on their ideological belief system that the US government is like a currency user. A household or business that needs to earn $’s.
1. Where are the people going to get the $5million from to buy this disco light green card ?
Read both sides of a bank note.
The $5million originally came from the fully monetary sovereign US government in this first place.
So all they will be doing is in the end issuing $5 million and then collecting $5million. Handing over a disco light green card.
That’s how stupid these “sound money” freaks are.
2. Trumpian Phoeyfart claimed live on TV if they sell enough of the these disco light green cards, Americans will end up paying zero taxes lol.
And that American would have zero national debt lol.
What a fucking idiot.
How does swapping $500 million somebody has as savings for a disco light green card mean American’s will no longer have to pay taxes?
The ideological belief of course is that every time they collect $5 million from the selling of the green card it will go into the US treasury and thus give the US treasury $5 million more funds to spend. As if the US treasury is like a household or business. Using his gold standard , fixed exchange rate goggles.
He is that fucking dumb he thinks the federal government the monopoly issuer of the $ is like a US state. Needs to earn $’s.
3. He clearly thinks listening to every one of his gold standard , fixed exchange rate type speeches. Taxes fund the feral government.
Is Completely blind to the fact that once taxes are paid they are destroyed.
Why ?
To help with inflation control. If Americans paid zero taxes it would turn into Zimbabwe and Weimar within weeks. If there was no mechanism to take $’s out of the economy and destroy them.
4. He thinks the exact same way about tariffs and his fantasy wealth fund. As if they will fund the US treasury as if it is a household. Via his gold standard, fixed exchange rate type googles.
I’m nearly 60 and have never seen a bigger shit show than this current administration. Both Musk and Trump think they are running a business and not the fully monetary sovereign monopoly issuer of the currency.
They believe America looks like this
https://neweconomicperspectives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alt2.png
That the PS ( private sector pot) funds the FG ( federal government pot)
Pure unadulterated gold standard, fixed exchange rate type thinking.
When the reality is America is like this
https://neweconomicperspectives.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/alt6.png
That the FG ( federal government pot) fills the PS ( private sector pot)
Who provides the public with the $’s so they can pay their taxes ?
Read both sides of any bank note it is in very simple English. Who issued it and where it came from.
Of course banks apply for a banking licence to ISSUE state money when they lend. Read a fucking bank note.
The absolute truth is if the FG ( federal government pot) stops filling the PS ( private sector pot). Then the private sector will be empty.
Then the only way to try and get funds into the PS ( private sector pot) is by bank lending. Lumping loads of private sector debt onto households and businesses.
Until households and businesses can lend no more pushed into the arms of loan sharks until ultimately private debts can’t be repaid. Instead of buying goods and services households spend most of their income servicing loans paid to the predatory lenders and the banks.
Until the PS ( private sector pot) is finally empty and Minsky and his moment appears again and they all beg for forgiveness for being so stupid. Beg for bailouts from the fully sovereign monopoly of the currency.
Looking through their gold standard and fixed exchange rate type goggles it is the only way these ” sound money ” morons know how to run an economy. By lumping bank loan debt onto the public. In aggregate destroy people’s savings by trying to reduce the deficit ( cash held as public savings) and the debt ( savings held by the public in treasuries)

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 17:06 utc | 14

Argh, copy and paste mistake, this here was missing:

This news comes ahead of today’s verdict against the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, before the Court of BiH.
Dodik is charged with failure to implement decisions of the High Representative and the Constitutional Court of BiH. Dodik previously confirmed that he would not appear at the verdict in the case against him and the acting director of the RS Official Gazette, Miloš Lukić.
Instead, he announced a two-day rally in Banja Luka, and had previously spoken on several occasions about “radical moves” in the event of a conviction, including returning to the original Dayton, withdrawing from the Dayton Agreement, and signing a confederation agreement with Serbia.

Posted by: Zet | Feb 27 2025 17:10 utc | 16

“……… , Donald Trump and the Military-Industrial-Tech Complex”.
https://tomdispatch.com/how-the-warfare-state-paved-the-way-for-a-trumpist-autocracy/
I suspected as much. Trump and (high) tech buddies are planning to spend $ 150 billion MORE on “High Tech Defense”. No cutting defense spending anytime soon. the beneficiaries ? People like Peter Thiel and his tech bros. No spending cuts here.
Related are these videos:
1.
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“CIA Whistleblower: Peter Thiel’s Palantir Tech Company ‘Essentially Works For The CIA'”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7iRvW13Z40 (length: 8 minutes)
With Katie Halper and John Kiriakou. Kiriakou was a whistle blower that spilled the beans on the CIA torture program and was convicted to spend 2 years in prison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiriakou
2.
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“West Militarising Itself to Death with Dr Jan Oberg”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au_BjXXzrZA (length: 41 minutes)

Posted by: WMG | Feb 27 2025 17:28 utc | 18

Statement from the Whitehouse:
” When we previously deficit spent in the past. You know when we put more $’s into the economy than we took out of the economy via taxes. Giving the world and American households and American businesses a surplus of $’s
Mr Joe bloggs via trade managed to get his hands on and save $5 million of those $’s. That We previously issued either by us spending $’s or banks lending our $’s.
So we will now collect back those $’s We previously issued and give Mr Joe Bloggs a green card instead.
That means American’s will no longer have to pay taxes , we will get rid of our deficits and debts. Like a good household or business should. ”
This current bunch of ideologues in the Whitehouse are absolutely fucking crazy…. I have never witnessed a dumber bunch in my lifetime and that is saying something. With all the retards that have been there before.
Overwhelm, Overreach, Overthrown.
Thatcher tried it, Regan tried it, Clinton tried it, Blair tried it living in their gold standard , fixed exchange rate type fantasy worlds. The people who cheered them in will boo them out in the end.
Because they are all dumb as a bag of spanners.
Households like always will really suffer.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 17:36 utc | 20

This tariff nonsense and this green card nonsense and this madness of a sovereign wealth fund. Is out of the exact same gold standard, fixed exchange rate type thinking of Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton actually believed if be ran a government budget surplus it would give him more $’s to spend.
How fucking dumb is that
When they are the full monetary sovereign monopoly issuer of the $.
All of this nonsense comes from the gold standard, fixed exchange rate type thinking playbook.
Ask George Bush how bad an idea it was. He had to clean up Clintons mess afterwards left by Clintons budget surpluses.
That sucked more $’s out of the economy than Clinton was putting into the economy. Leaving the private sector, households and businesses running huge deficits as Clinton ran his surpluses.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 17:52 utc | 22

Russian oligarchs became wealthy during privatization after Soviet Union collapsed. These people were not businessmen, they were criminals that killed others to be the first ones to buy government assets for kopeks on the ruble. These are mobsters that continued to kill and pilfer money from Russia’s coffers paid by Russian taxpayers (Magnitsky files is a good source).
Aside from few extremely wealthy areas, most of Russia is plunging into the dark ages and the elites know they systematically destroyed the country, robbed people of all the wealth their lands held, there is nothing left for these monsters in Russia.
They want to take all they have stolen and live in much nicer country rather than lord over the desolation they left behind. They will take their skillset, their criminal savvy, and their desire to be not just wealthy, but singularly wealthy surrounded by misery and pain and bring it here. They will capitalize on American trust, good will and naivete and enslave them into subservience. These oligarchs know that that the men who are coming back from war, broken, hated, and fully armed, will go after them next. It is a matter of survival for the wealthy class in Russia because the poor are going to tear them apart.
Russian people are unique in that regard. It isn’t how well off you are, but how much worse your neighbor is. It’s not enough to earn money and spread the wealth, there is an intentional effort to do so with as many casualties as possible.
It’s painful to watch, I fled Russia with my family, and now the nightmare we lived through is coming here.

Posted by: Walkin Critical Risk | Feb 27 2025 18:04 utc | 24

@5 – Just what we need, a party run by a scumbag ambulance chasing POS bottom-feeder. Perfect representation for the “something for nothing” litigation happy jackasses who think they should retire as a millionaire after minor car accident but then at the same time bitch about how high their insurance premiums are.

Posted by: Adriatic Hillbilly | Feb 27 2025 18:15 utc | 26

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 18:09 utc | 25
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What about China and Russia building up gold reserves?
America is no longer playing the economic game in isolation.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 27 2025 18:17 utc | 28

So the English Zionist PM (Starmer) – has visited the Orange Yankee Zionist POTUS, (Trump) – the English PM carried with him a letter from the English king (Charles III) to give to the Yankee POTUS – the English king has a history of interfering in politics, in his own land of England – writing letters to the English parliament known as the Black Spider Memos – trying to influence English politicians.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 18:38 utc | 30

“Brain cells cannot see, nor do they have the tools to analyze and manage languages, understand spelling, the rules of linguistics, grammar, etc. They do not have dictionaries to search word meanings either. They only open and close to send simple electro-chemical signals to body parts. If scientists said that, then they would be rejected by most of the academic community because the rule in academia is–Don’t mess with the money. Anything non-physical or non-material is relegated to the paranormal or supernatural and is therefore off-limits even if that is the only logical answer to a question.” From Intelligence Is Not Biological

Posted by: kana | Feb 27 2025 18:44 utc | 32

a very advanced discussion about a new school of economic thought
Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 27 2025 18:40 utc | 31
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The kool kids are reading “Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn”
Losurdo via Rockhill
https://monthlyreview.org/product/western-marxism/

Posted by: too scents | Feb 27 2025 18:51 utc | 34

Hopefully plenty of brainwashed (online) Indian kids – will now not have their genitals cut-off, in the madness that is transgenderism – these kids and young adults, need help (Mental) not butchering – which is followed by decades of depression and anger – and eventually suicide.
“India’s first transgender clinic has been shut down, according to local media reports. Called Mitr, the Indian word for ‘friend’, the clinic provided general health consultations, HIV testing and treatment, mental health support, and helped transgender individuals access legal and social services.
Mitr Clinic had been supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which provided healthcare services to the transgender community.
The clinic’s closure comes after US President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all US foreign aid, which includes over $40 billion in funding for international projects through USAID, according to reports. This action led to thousands of programs globally being suspended and numerous USAID officials placed on leave.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 18:55 utc | 36

RIP Pop-Eye Doyle.

Posted by: Patroklos | Feb 27 2025 19:17 utc | 38

While Trump is spewing his usual nonsens…

We want trade no war

The New York Times
Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning
The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the…
.22 hours ago
Yahoo Finance
Trump Targets China With Biggest Salvo So Far in Second Term
(Bloomberg) — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here.Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion…
.3 days ago
Global Times
China slams US new curbs on two-way investments with China, vows to protect lawful rights: MOFCOM
US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday directing a committee to curb investments from China, including the Hong Kong…
.5 days ago
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Splash247
US targets Chinese ships and terminal investments
The US is considering slapping huge fees on Chinese-built ships calling at its ports, while also clamping down on Chinese ownership of…
.3 days ago
Sean Foo,
HANG ON! U.S. Just Commanded Mexico to CUT Off China Imports – Which Country is Next?
Tip of an iceberg…

Posted by: denk | Feb 27 2025 19:20 utc | 40

@Posted by: Walkin Critical Risk | Feb 27 2025 18:04 utc | 24
You sound just like those people who left North Korea and Cuba during the hard times in the 1990s and don’t understand that things changed and got a lot better. 2025 Russia is nothing like 1990s Russia, as the state reclaimed much of its power as well as taking down a number of the oligarchs. Of course many of the oligarchs still keep their wealth as long as they behave themselves (to me they should be in front of a firing squad), but the state has worked to greatly improve the balance between the oligarchs and the rest.
The 1990s were a nightmare that these three nations awakened from. The US has been in an ever intensifying nightmare since the start of neoliberalism in the 1970s. Its just that the last vestiges of any caring for the majority of the population are now being stripped away. The same in the UK, with Western Europe following behind. The US and UK have been an oligarchy for a very long time, they are just getting more and more rapacious and have complete control of the state now while oppositional forces have been crushed.

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 19:30 utc | 42

It’s not that hard to figure out that the US is trying to use Russia to counter China. China and Russia’s interests do not align and there’s also a lot of historical grievances. Under Biden they had to mend the ties because Biden was hawkish towards both countries. But sooner or later friction will arise between China and Russia. If it was up to me I would start backing Ukraine significantly just to put Russia in checks. China historically had a lot of investment in Ukraine and Ukraine also sold a lot of advanced Soviet arms to China. By backing Ukraine China can also put real pressure to squeeze US influences in Europe. Which personally think will have a bigger blow to the US than militarily invading Taiwan. But in reality I don’t know if Beijing actually has people smart enough to think about that aspect. They are so dead focused on Taiwan and missed out on the bigger picture.

Posted by: dbtorchris | Feb 27 2025 19:31 utc | 44

Good an violent oppressive empire (Nato) can only be destroyed from the inside – so this news is good news for the rest of the world – done with Nato, a warmongering bullyboys club.
“The chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has become emotional, shedding tears over US Vice President JD Vance’s divisive speech revealing the deep friction among members of NATO.
Vance’s controversial speech on Wednesday and Friday highlighted the crises in Europe.
The US official criticized European leaders’ values and priorities, accusing them of being opposed to democracy and free speech, and likening them to Communist ‘Commissars.’
Vance said the present-day issues affecting the EU nations were all self-centered with the “danger from within.”
Christoph Heusgen, who is a career diplomat and has served as MSC chairman since 2022, voiced concern that members of NATO no longer shared common values.
The conference, traditionally a platform for discussing global security threats to foster cooperation between transatlantic allies, has turned into a platform illustrating the current frictions in US-Europe relations.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 19:37 utc | 46

Posted by: kana | Feb 27 2025 18:44 utc | 32
Salaam kana.
The brain should properly be understood as a ‘coupled’ ‘resonating’ mechanism, and the mind as a ‘super sense’.
Vision is the key to understanding consciousness. When you come to the realization (that is to ‘see’) that ‘remote viewing’ and ‘local viewing’ are in fact the very same process, the door to understanding will open.
—
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Ch’ien / The Creative – Hexagram 1
bove CH’IEN The Creative, Heaven
below CH’IEN THE Creative, Heaven
ø – Nine in the fifth place means:
Flying Dragon in the Heavens.
It furthers one to see the great man.
“Here the great man has attained the sphere of the heavenly beings. His influence spreads and becomes visible throughout the whole world. Everyone who sees him may count himself blessed.
“Confucius says about this line:
Things that accord in tone vibrate together. Things that have affinity in their inmost natures seek one another. Water flows to what is wet, fire turns to what is dry. Clouds (the breath of heaven) follow the dragon, wind (the breath of earth) follows the tiger. Thus the sage arises, and all creatures follow him with their eyes. What is born of heaven feels related to what is above. What is born of earth feels related to what is below. Each follows its kind.
[R. Wilhelm translation]
The key is ‘mental resonance’. & Remember: we are 10-dimensional beings ‘in-time’.
& Salaam

Posted by: sunof27 | Feb 27 2025 19:38 utc | 48

An example of Le Petit’s, imperialist colonising asset stripping forces – being booted out of another African nation – of course, the French troops are their to protect French interests – interests, that more than often exploit the host nation.
“France has pulled out from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, ending decades of its military presence in the West African nation.
France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Ivorian Defense Minister Tene Birahima Ouattara on Thursday formalized the handover by signing a document after the Ivorian flag was raised at the 230-hectare (570-acre) Port-Bouet military camp.
The base, home to the 43rd BIMA marine infantry battalion near Abidjan, will be renamed in honor of Thomas d’Aquin Ouattara, the Ivorian army’s first chief of staff.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 19:42 utc | 50

Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 27 2025 18:40 utc | 31
Take this example: “In our view, prices are anchored not in the commodities themselves, but in the power relations between their owners.”
In our view?
How on earth can they say this is ‘their view’ when it is the very foundation of commodity fetishism in Marx from the Grundrisse onwards???
These kinds of statements work only to those who don’t know Marx and it is the worst kind of academic sleight of hand to fool the ignorant into thinking you’ve invented the wheel for the first time.

Posted by: Patroklos | Feb 27 2025 19:48 utc | 52

“China’s economy is in bad shape”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSkKG5bthSA (length: 26 minutes)
This is NOT someone from the US. This person (“Cold Fusion”) lives in Australia.

Posted by: WMG | Feb 27 2025 20:01 utc | 54

@Patroklos; too scents; karlof1
Ta much for the links. ‘Power’ has been around for quite a while. As I used to tease the trad economists during the financial crisis when odious debt was socialised – ‘Must be tuff doin macro without a variable termed Power’
@all
Money; Power; Lifeworld – in the broad western marxist tradition;
Option # 1 West: Money has swallowed Power.
Option #2 RF & PRC to differing degrees: Power(state); Money; Lifeworld
Option #3 open
Select an Option NOW noting that Option #3 is not yet, if ever, available.

Posted by: Don Firineach | Feb 27 2025 20:23 utc | 56

to all: check out Roger Boyd’s analysis of Argentina together with a great podcast by Ben Norton on Roger’s substack. Maybe he’ll put up a link for us? Roger, if you ever have the time would love to read your thoughts/information on the very complicated situation in Peru (US installed dictatoress vs. huge Chinese investment in a megaport) and the complicated situation in Chile where a handful of billionaire oligarchs and foreign conglomerates control most of the wealth while an apparently sleeping population floats along with their faces buried in their cell phones. Cheers.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Feb 27 2025 20:40 utc | 58

lex talionis | Feb 27 2025 18:28 utc | 29
The Aristocracy shrank from about 1.25 million to 750’000 Nomenklatura after the revolution. They were the card carrying, voters who also got the best jobs. (Similar situation in many counties, but under different names).
Before and after the collapse of the USSR, I was working in Geneva in the UN system. The Russians were at a supposed “parity” with the US, same number of employees and “equalized” positions. The truth was that the Russians had all their salary withheld by the “State” for currency purposes, and were only given about 200 Swiss Francs per month as “pocket” money, and they also had to sleep in the Embassy as they could not afford to rent flats..
After the collapse, immediately a whole load of, I presume Nomenklatura, arrived to take over the places held by the previous Russians. As the salaries were no longer seized and suddenly were large by Russian standards they used the remaining “power” of the nomenklatura to substitute themselves. They were not necessarily better workers at all.
But it was Jobs (Positions in bureaucracies?) they wanted as a “right”. I do not know how many of them there were who stayed “ahead” when the system changed..

Posted by: Stonebird | Feb 27 2025 20:47 utc | 60

Posted by: Zet | Feb 27 2025 17:09 utc | 15
300 Hungarian Anti-Terror Police Deployed in Republika Srpska per Agreement with Orban
https://sarajevotimes.com/dodik-300-hungarian-anti-terror-police-deployed-in-republika-srpska-per-agreement-with-orban/
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik in absentia to one year in prison and imposed a six-year ban on holding the presidential office. This first-instance verdict could be appealed by the President of Republika Srpska (RS).
Challenged Representative Christian Schmidt’s authority, declaring his decisions illegal within Republika Srpska; disputed the 2023 amendment to the Bosnian criminal code, which criminalized non-compliance with the High Representative’s decisions
Argued that Schmidt’s appointment lacked legitimacy, as it wasn’t validated by a UN Security Council resolution – a view supported by Russia and China.
https://serbia.news-pravda.com/en/world/2025/02/26/2346.html
I think Dodik was arrested today.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 21:09 utc | 62

@Posted by: WMG | Feb 27 2025 20:01 utc | 54
“Cold Fusion” is actually Dagogo Altraide who is basically a marketing guy with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, who recycles stuff from other sources to produce very glossy and very superficial click bait analyses. The video you reference is from TWO YEARS AGO!
Stop polluting this space with such crap, get help.

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 21:17 utc | 64

Quote:
@Posted by: WMG | Feb 27 2025 20:01 utc | 54
“Cold Fusion” is actually Dagogo Altraide who is basically a marketing guy with a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, who recycles stuff from other sources to produce very glossy and very superficial click bait analyses. The video you reference is from TWO YEARS AGO!
Stop polluting this space with such crap, get help.
Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 21:17 utc | 64
LMAO !!!!

Posted by: WMG | Feb 27 2025 21:18 utc | 66

“Challenged Representative Christian Schmidt’s authority”
Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 21:09 utc | 62
The Brussels imposed “oberfuehrer” (above the President of the country).

Posted by: Stonebird | Feb 27 2025 21:20 utc | 68

As someone hearing Russian spoken in his house, right now, I can tell you that Russians “vote with their wombs”, and those that do reproduce have all done so abroad.
If Russia can’t repatriate his skilled men from abroad, it’s over.

Posted by: Gorilla Grip P | Feb 27 2025 21:23 utc | 70

Notrennemi | Feb 27 2025 21:05 utc | 61
Je me demande combien de temps les “mirages” français vont être visible en Ukraine avant d’être évaporé?

Posted by: Stonebird | Feb 27 2025 21:25 utc | 72

@26 RoS on Palestine thread.
Quite OT so replied here
Zaragoza housed a US base and I think is still used by 406th AEW. Maersk Algeciras was another line.
The government is actually purposefully hiding these activities, and you might recall my once saying that the position on Palestine was more a vote issue and to provide an available avenue than anything else. I don’t say Spanish people are not sincere, same as most protestors anywhere in fact. Still as a whole comes across as ‘managed opposition’.
This isn’t the post Franco fascist side working these lines, it would be NATO and EU sympathies with “Israeli” occupation. US alone would not have the say on the Spanish gov. necessary to pull this off, orders are via euro institutions – the current corrupt leadership is completely EU direction and for dismantling national identity, including/by use of own fascist history.
VOX is closest to neo-fascist (not much along trad lines) and is part of patriots dot eu (with Likud obs.) (along with LePen etc.) .
All are EU and NATO though – all eurofascists if you prefer…close enough to the euronazi zionazi etc. , which seems to be mainstream acceptable nowadays. Nazi is often described as fascism but with anti- semitism and genocide. Today the anti-? is still not clear, but the genocide is real. So nazi is possibly closest description.
The Franco nationalist fascism is long gone (and was reasonably humane, many would argue), it went to transition, resulting right (and left) parties eventually sold out to EU. The army is no longer national service but professional , royalty more a social event. For sure there are those that remember the original order, and enough of those would like to return to it, but that is not going to happen imo. Even within VOX they don’t like its current direction, want it closer to trad right e.g.
https://electomania.es/cargos-y-excargos-criticos-con-la-ejecutiva-de-vox-se-conjuran-en-madrid-para-pedir-una-refundacion/
I say this just so people know what kind of fascism/nazism they might really be looking out for. Historic fascism is used to herd the public into a corral , or used to try to attract sympathisers. That corral is what EU/NATO is, and all its corrupt sympathies, whatever anyone wants to name them as. ‘Patriots’ as part of EU is EU patriots, and not nationalists.
De vomito.

Posted by: Ornot | Feb 27 2025 21:34 utc | 74

@Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 27 2025 18:52 utc | 35
Except the the economic damage has NOT healed. It only gotten worse since 1990. The current conflict in Ukraine is the result of this economic crisis that started after Stalin. The hot phase so to speak. The idea that oligarchs cannot use the money for political advantage is false. The whole point of having lots of money IS precisely so that you can gain political power (ie change laws). Every post-Soviet government is essentially oligarchs in-power.

Posted by: KOB | Feb 27 2025 21:58 utc | 76

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 19:18 utc | 39
You , obviously, are not familiar with the history of US tariffs(1)
The current period, of relatively small US tariffs, is the anomaly in the historic sense.
Hence , the US is returning to the norm, the opposite of your inarticulate, inaccurate assumption.
I suggest you read some history before attempting to pontificate on the subject.
1.”According to Dartmouth economist Douglas Irwin, tariffs have served three primary purposes: “to raise revenue for the government, to restrict imports and protect domestic producers from foreign competition, and to reach reciprocity agreements that reduce trade barriers.”[3] From 1790 to 1860, average tariffs increased from 20 percent to 60 percent before declining again to 20 percent.[3] From 1861 to 1933, which Irwin characterizes as the “restriction period”, the average tariffs increased to 50 percent and remained at that level for several decades. From 1934 onwards, which Irwin characterizes as the “reciprocity period”, the average tariff declined substantially until it leveled off at 5 percent.”

Posted by: canuck | Feb 27 2025 22:03 utc | 78

@Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 22:05 utc | 79
Who cares how big the economy is in a technocratic satanic prison state?

Posted by: KOB | Feb 27 2025 22:08 utc | 80

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 18:55 utc | 36
Hopefully plenty of brainwashed (online) Indian kids – will now not have their genitals cut-off, in the madness that is transgenderism – these kids and young adults, need help (Mental) not butchering – which is followed by decades of depression and anger – and eventually suicide.
Thank you Republic.. this is satanistic
“In January 2018, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held an unprecedented press conference with Angelina Jolie. While InStyle reported that Jolie “was dressed in a black off-the-shoulder sheath dress, a matching capelet and classic pumps (also black)”, there was a deeper purpose to this meeting: sexual violence in war. The pair had just co-authored a piece for the Guardian entitled “Why NATO must defend women’s rights”.
The timing was significant. At the height of the #MeToo movement, the most powerful military alliance in the world had become a feminist ally. “Ending gender-based violence is a vital issue of peace and security as well as of social justice,” they wrote. “NATO can be a leader in this effort.”
https://transnational.live/2023/05/29/lily-lynch-how-nato-seduced-the-european-left/

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 22:19 utc | 82

Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 27 2025 18:58 utc | 37
Hudson’s critique of most Marxists is that they haven’t read all of Marx, particularly Capital vols 2&3, which are almost universally ignored.
Thanks Karl. You are reaaly doing fantastic important work. Here is a friend of you? Karl Marx 1857- explaining why the seapower City hates Russia:
“From the very outset, Peter the Great broke through all the traditions of the Slavonic race. “It is water that Russia wants.” These words he addressed as a rebuke to Prince Cantemir are inscribed on the title-page of his life. The conquest of the Sea of Azof was aimed at in his first war with Turkey, the conquest of the Baltic in his war against Sweden, the conquest of the Black Sea in his second war against the Porte, and the conquest of the Caspian Sea in his fraudulent intervention in Persia.”
https://dhspriory.org/kenny/PhilTexts/Marx/www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1857/russia/ch05.htm

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 22:27 utc | 84

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“John Morgan, a Florida lawyer and donor to former US President Joe Biden, has announced the launch of his own political party, citing discontent with both Democrats and Republicans.
Morgan is a billionaire owner of personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan and an independent who, however, has a long history of fundraising for Democratic campaigns. He made the announcement in a post on X on Wednesday, arguing that America’s two-party system is broken.”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Feb 27 2025 16:06 utc | 5″
HE’d do better to hook up with Libertarians or Greens. They already have experience dealing with all the anti-democratic laws stifling alternative political parties.

Posted by: lester | Feb 27 2025 22:33 utc | 86

@Posted by: Roger Boyd | Feb 27 2025 22:27 utc | 85
What? Where did I mention Ukraine and Occupied Palestine? Did you even read my response?

Posted by: KOB | Feb 27 2025 22:35 utc | 88

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 17:36 utc | 20
“Thatcher tried it, Regan tried it, Clinton tried it, Blair tried it living in their gold standard , fixed exchange rate type fantasy worlds. The people who cheered them in will boo them out in the end.
Because they are all dumb as a bag of spanners. Households like always will really suffer.”
Allways fun and interssting to read you Sun. Thank you
But my friend, who is it who are really dumb. We, that are not able to figth back. They are smart, have a smart controlling system to seduce us, manipulate us and eventually punish us.
My son in Norway are a college student, three days ago he had a test: What are the new threaths to Norwegian Security and Defence- Challenges after Trump took power.
He got a top result- I could not help him.
Think about it- three months after a new (un)allied president take his seat- an allied country are serving test to force the kids to read and answer “correct”.
Dangerous- we have to stand alone and build up our own European defences, with billions USD- that gave him an A.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 22:45 utc | 90

Magnitsky? Read up on Bill Browder.
Posted by: Digital Spartacus | Feb 27 2025 19:38 utc | 47
“The Magnitsky Act Behind the Scenes” – the film that all TV stations refused to broadcast
The director of the film “The Magnitsky Act Behind the Scenes” Andrei Nekrasov is a Russian oppositionist who has made a number of films with various accusations against the power of Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, because of this film, he was accused of Kremlin propaganda, and the European Parliament canceled its screening.
The television station that financed the film, Germany’s ZDF, and the Norwegian Film Institute refused to broadcast it. ”
We do not have free speech in Norway! (Former Nato General Secretray Stoltenberg started on the board of swedish Wallenberg investment-company EQT (The Rothchild of Sweeden) and President of Bilderberg.)
The Movie
https://obektivno.bg/zakonat-magnitski-zad-kulisite-filmat-kojto-vsichki-televizii-otkazaha-da-izlachat/

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Feb 27 2025 23:02 utc | 92

Thanks for the replies. I too grimaced at what was said about power being absent from economic critiques at the transcript’s beginning, but IMO Hudson’s inclusion of it being an integral part of the Rentier Class is 100% correct, and is how I’ve approached the issue by saying the 4,000+ year old Class War is between Creditors and Debtors, wherein Power is located within the Creditors since they have the Law designed to support them, not the debtors. Bastiat’s saying about systems being designed by the rich to benefit the rich comes immediately to mind.
Understanding the problem is required to solve it. IMO, only governments/the People’s Collective should be allowed to issue credit, and all productive Capital must be Public Property. How else to destroy the God of Mammon and its Cult? How else to deter humans from the seeking of material wealth as THE only goal in life?

Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 27 2025 23:45 utc | 94

Well, I guess the following was one of the mandatory gifts MacroNapoleon had in his backpack this week when meeting the mafia boss:
PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab subsidiaries of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Posted by: Zet | Feb 28 2025 0:23 utc | 96

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Feb 27 2025 17:06 utc | 14
I happened to stumble upon the live Trump Cabinet meeting/press conference while simply checking a market update.
While you may think bad things about Trump, I can plainly say:
Trump had more coherent statements in 30 minutes than Joe Biden did in 4 years.
Democrats don’t provide near unbridled access to their party leaders. Everything is planned, scripted, including who asks what questions, when to turn and smile, when to cross a stage and shake a hand. Biden was caught numerous times either not following the state directions, or reading them aloud, like it was part of the speech. Who was pulling the marionette strings?
As for the $5 million immigrant card, the statement was that if we sold 200,000 of them that equals $1 trillion, making the current annual disappear.
Compare this to the Biden admin that allowed over 20 MILLION (no one really knows for sure) illegal immigrants who run drug cartels, theft rings, and apply for social aid. A net drag on the economy, social resources and the justice system.

Posted by: BroncoBilly | Feb 28 2025 0:37 utc | 98

Who cares how big the economy is in a technocratic satanic prison state?
Posted by: KOB | Feb 27 2025 22:08 utc | 80
What? Where did I mention Ukraine and Occupied Palestine? Did you even read my response?
Posted by: KOB | Feb 27 2025 22:35 utc | 88
So you were talking about the USA or one/all of the other “five eyes” countries, then?
Remind us who has a larger prison population in number and per-capita?

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Feb 28 2025 1:23 utc | 100