Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 11 2025 3:59 utc | 98
Yep. I should mention that I think poster Los Banos very often makes good points. Better than good points. I am cautious because I have seen good posters gone bad. I am extra cautious because of the username.

Posted by: Spectator | Apr 11 2025 4:39 utc | 103

oldhippie | Apr 10 2025 20:05 utc | 51–
Thanks for your reply. Yes, but Netanyahu has such a hard on for attacking Iran and believes his own propaganda, he’ll probably try anyway.
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 10 2025 20:11 utc | 54
Can Netanyahu get a hard on for anything now? I took Trump’s gesture, in the White House, of moving the chair over to under Bibi’s bum as being just a small act of kindness for an old man who had just had surgery for prostate cancer

Posted by: tucenz | Apr 11 2025 4:55 utc | 105

I can see no compelling reason why God should not wipe the globe clean of humans.
We must, generally speaking, be a source of irritation and perhaps regret to any creator of good.
The experiment has run long enough to prove that we as a species are not capable of transcending into something worthwhile.
What better solution than to let us destroy ourselves.
Epic.

Posted by: g wiltek | Apr 11 2025 5:13 utc | 107

Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 11 2025 5:37 utc | 108
Did you get some tasty birds there? I bet you did.

Posted by: Spectator | Apr 11 2025 5:53 utc | 109

The history of Spanish-Mexican California is hardly known among Anglos. It’s fascinating, especially the late 19th century transition period. Californian Latinos know far more deeply these stories. When they meet a Nieto, they known exactly who they are meeting.

Posted by: Exile | Apr 11 2025 6:26 utc | 111

@ LosBanos | Apr 11 2025 6:22 utc | 110 about China and Reserve Currency
I think what the world needs is a Reserve Currency that is like the proposed bancor that just represents the imbalances in international exchange.
It is true that imbalances in international trade need to be managed but that should be decisions made by consensus of sovereign countries and not decisions made by private finance bankers for private profit and international control.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 11 2025 6:38 utc | 113

Interesting. One of my earliest childhood memories is seeing about a dozen dead ducks that my dad and my older brothers shot (this was in South Dakota fly-over country, not in Cali). I think one of the main reasons I still vividly remember it is that one of those ducks was completely headless, and it shocked me even as a 4-year-old to see that. Head cleanly shot off by one of the shotguns. It was all very long ago and I don’t remember eating any of the meat.

Posted by: Spectator | Apr 11 2025 6:56 utc | 115

Posted by: Spectator | Apr 11 2025 6:59 utc | 116
I had a similar experience, oddly enough. One time, a duck we shot wasn’t completely dead. My father wrung its neck. The body detatched and fell twitching to the ground. I remember my father laughed and gestured toward it with the head and neck in his hand.
Los Baños.

Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 11 2025 7:52 utc | 117

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Apr 11 2025 0:13 utc | 78
Speaking of dinosaurs, and with regards to the US dollar as the “sacrosanct exchange currency”, I’ve been wondering how long ago it’s been since the US dollar bills were redesigned the same way Canada and Mexico have done with their respective banknotes for better or worse. China’s current banknote designs date as far back as 1999 (still more recent than can be said about the US dollar), and as we speak, Russia is in the process of redesigning its ruble notes.
But then, not everyone may find the designs of currency to be an issue (pun not intended), and there may be bigger fish to fry.

Posted by: joey_n | Apr 11 2025 8:32 utc | 119

I’ve been wondering how long ago it’s been since the US dollar bills were redesigned
Posted by: joey_n | Apr 11 2025 8:32 utc | 119
—
You aren’t supposed to notice that the chemical taggants in the inks are continuously updated. The inks encode a surprising amount of information.

The Swiss federal prosecutor has ordered the Vaud-based security ink company Sicpa to pay CHF81 million ($90.6 million) for corporate criminal liability over the payment of bribes in various countries. A former sales manager of the company was also given a conditional prison sentence of 170 days.
This content was published on April 27, 2023 – 14:19
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-security-firm-sicpa-convicted-of-corruption/48468054

A little more about bank notes and other printed certificates of value ==> https://stories.swissinfo.ch/sicpa-the-hidden-cost-of-selling-trust

Posted by: too scents | Apr 11 2025 9:36 utc | 121

Darn just as I catch up with previous post I see several more posts threads! Ok have a truncated reply from that other post.
The bonfire of the markets and bonds at the same time by its creators os only explained by the fake capitalism/AntiCapitalism neoreligion created over the recent centuries.
When that religions idolators and high priests (economists, media and academia) rend their shirts and wail that they don’t understand , what they were so confidently spouting and indoctrinating otherwise smart intelligent youngsters about new sky faerie bullshit of ‘duh economy stoopid!’ Turd Wayists, Strangulationg Triangulation, neoliberalism con, globalist financial super controlling …
To keep it in bliblical terms Drumty Dumpty is the modern Samson – an ego and celebrity built to order and propagandised to the masses using the sophisticated media and cultural hegemony purveyors.
He is as much a construct as Shelenski is, much as Bozo was and our Fartage and Yaxley-Lenin …and just about every single populists – so called ‘right wingers’, Including Le Penn and AfD.
His job is to pull down the Grand Circus now that it has met its nemesis and to use that as a springboard for the shapeshifter owners to get with the ‘winners’, so they can attempt again to take over from inside in a few generations!
The Fed needs to be dismantled, the Income Tax regime that was instigated to keep it fed has to be attacked.
The Bonds that it issued as magik money have to be disappeared leaving the future ‘new republic’ to issue new bonds (Yup the US project has failed, as it goes into purdah.)
The ex-Fed masters will claim first dibs in the queue to replace their own junk private ones.
They will continue to live off centuries more of interest on the interest as they have long become accustomed to.
This is not a war to take down China /Russia /Multipolar Global South anymore.
This is the staged admission of that now LOST, Cold, Economic and Hot wars – which ends with their bunkers and grand palaces in ruins.
Their two hundred year plans have failed – as they try to demamd a compensation is the Levant – that is the simplest answer.
Collective Wastes populations reduced to a new dark age – they always were mere slaves – but now free!
At least the delusional blinkers of lifetimes of bullshit economic nonsense may finally fall. Of the concept of what Money is and what taxes pay for – or not!
Meanwhile the global robber barons as I say melt away, shapeshifting as they have always done through human history and misery – whilst their willing priests provide cover with smoke and mirrors. Cries of ‘why have you forsaken us economic truth gods!! ‘
Blame the Russkies; Blame the Chinese and their ways of socio-economics!
Etc etc.
The maga ‘deplorable’, populists and the rest of us are just deluded worshippers who think we are different from each other. Oh that sweet delusion of grandeur and superiority that drove empire builders!
Whilst distant unknown masters took all the benefits.

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 11 2025 11:01 utc | 123

The cope is high!
“Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjew7y4j724o
First admitting that China’s gdp is not reliant on US Trade -2%( I’ve read it is as much as 3% elsewhere) then in the very next breath
“That said, the Communist Party would clearly prefer not to be locked in a trade war with the US at a time when it has been struggling to fix its own considerable economic headaches, after years of a real estate crisis, overblown regional debt and persistent youth unemployment.”
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
The Narrative mill is becoming unstable – it is pulling itself apart. The confusion on purpose allowing the developed tried and trusted Orwellian mesmerism, can be unleashed again – ‘in seven days you will believe something completely different’.

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 11 2025 13:06 utc | 125

USA puts a tariff of 145% on Chinese goods; China puts a tariff of 125% on US goods.
You could interpret this as: China will accept a US tariff of 20%.

Posted by: Passerby | Apr 11 2025 13:32 utc | 127

USass, Oz, Canada had their brutal Chinese Exclusion Act in 19C

chinaman do not belong in our country

In 21C., they have their CEA 2.0 aka Global Chinese Exclusion Act
‘chinaman do not belong in our planet’

The Washington Post
With tariff gambit, Trump pushes Vietnam to choose between U.S. and China
4 hours ago

Posted by: denk | Apr 11 2025 13:37 utc | 129

Maga dream come true
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1FGWhtMoM

Posted by: denk | Apr 11 2025 13:46 utc | 131

Another tinderbox ignited at China’s backyard
Why do I smell a rat ?

Pakistani and Afghan forces clash at vital border crossing
Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com › News › Conflict
3 Mar 2025 — The conflict erupted on the first working day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan when food imports from Pakistan

Posted by: denk | Apr 11 2025 13:57 utc | 133

I doubt the English will remove the proscription – as the Zio-Monsters – Neo-Nazi backers, (English government) – like many countries, pick and choose who are terrorists, and who are not – depending on their agenda of the day.
HTS are terrorists – but in their eyes they are GOOD terrorists because they fit the agenda of the day.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 11 2025 14:25 utc | 135

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party predicts the future —
“There are no winners in the tariff war and standing against the world ultimately results in self-isolation.”
Backwater USA in one sentence.

Posted by: elmagnostic | Apr 11 2025 14:30 utc | 137

“USA puts a tariff of 145% on Chinese goods; China puts a tariff of 125% on US goods.
You could interpret this as: China will accept a US tariff of 20%.
Posted by: Passerby | Apr 11 2025 13:32 utc | 127”
China buys it energy and raw resource needs with dollars so as to not create Yuan stashes. It pays the leases and other things with dollars. Whats left over they buy USA products with. They dont want to hold dollars. The tarrif wars are because Xi can not look like he is dominated by the USA. China is getting played here. Putting a higher Tarrif on USA goods Does very little for China. Of course Putting a Tarrif on China goods achieves no benefit for USA so I guess they are even :).
Trump says no new currency’s because it releases China from the trap. China can not accept yuan uni token and retain productivity because the yuan value will make Chinese products unaffordable to its real customers. If China could use something else to spend that was not yuan or dollar it would release them from the trap. The world doesnt want something else they want a uni Yuan. USA is caught in the uni token trap. China is caught in the avoidance of uni token trap well as the save face trap. Smaller players not caught in the chest thumping do better here. They are in the audience not the stage in Trumps tell it to the hand episode. Trump never left reality TV. Its still reality TV. Drama is Trumps brand.

Posted by: LosBanos | Apr 11 2025 14:35 utc | 139

But then, not everyone may find the designs of currency to be an issue…
@ joey_n | Apr 11 2025 8:32 utc | 119
Way back in the “greenback” Paleolithic, US American rumors commonly flew the coop — such as “Once they color the currency, that’s a sign one-world government is coming right up!” Political opinions sloshing among us great unwashed had that prophetic, dime-store Jeremiad tone of paperback panic, in those fond old Mayberry RFD days…
Since way back then, I have not spotted any palpable interest in all the changes to our US American handbills. Embedded polymer threads and whatnot — “enhanced security features” keep popping up, year after year, with all the currencies. For what it’s worth. Haven’t veered any closer to one-world government so far as I can tell.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Apr 11 2025 14:44 utc | 141

…… President Trump is reportedly considering the possibility of delisting Chinese public companies from U.S. exchanges.
— Fox News……..
If this really happens – watch the NY Stock exchange gradually become a mid-tier exchange

Posted by: Exile | Apr 11 2025 14:48 utc | 143

barflies!
I really do not understand many posts here about the coming war between Usa/Israel vs Iran.
The outcome seams to be totally predictable:
Israel and the US bomb the hell out of Iran and that is it.
They will go after defense, then the rocket launch sites, next are the nuke facilities, command and control and finally all oil production. If organized like a Blitz, its over in 5-7 days. (3000 bomb runs I read)
Ground war? Hamas has no means, Hisbollah is more or less done, Russia – fuck any agreement they might have with Iran – will do nothing. And Iran itself cannot do anything offensively on the ground. Any attempt to hit US or Israel facilities will produce more bombing.
The price of oil will go up, so what? It hurts China.
And the question who comes or stays in power in Iran becomes irrelevant. Bombed pack to the stone-age w/o any needs for Israel/Usa to use any nuklear bomb.
And if they do not get all the bunkers that are deep? Keep on bombing!
Can anybody explain to me why Iran has ANY chance to win this conflict? I see none (without Russia and China) massivly helping them (which they will not)

Posted by: RygelThe16th | Apr 11 2025 14:50 utc | 145

THERE GOES THE TNX! 4.58%
TRUMPS FACE GOT RIPPED OFF! GOODBYE, US DOLLAR HEGEMONY!

Posted by: USD is dead | Apr 11 2025 14:59 utc | 147

Rygeletc@1450Apr11
One word response: Bull $hit.

Posted by: aristodemos | Apr 11 2025 15:02 utc | 149

It goes something like this …
The working age population and boom bust linkage cascading effect.
1. At the base of it all is the rise and fall of the US working age population (WAP) this peaks in 2025 as does the general US population. After than point aggregate demand falls. In the meantime (before and into the WAP peak) aggregate demand, inflation and risk asset prices have pressure behind them to rise.
2. When the WAP rises to a peak we get a housing peak about a year later in 2026, and indeed a peak in demand for most goods and services and a peak in inflationary pressure. This is the beginning of the cascade effect.
3. After than time the US working age population rolls over and starts to decline giving us a drop in aggregate demand for all things and takes away inflationary pressure and support for risk assets.
4. The housing sector is very highly leveraged and as the demand for housing rolls over and prices fall it starts a run on the banks as the value of housing collateral starts to fall below the loans leveraged against it. Banks asset values fall below liabilities. This will most likely occur one year later in 2026.
5. As aggregate demand declines the demand for all goods and services also declines and so producers wind back production and the factors of production become unemployed. Business income, profits, investment and production decline giving us a stock market crash one year later in 2027.
6. The housing crisis worsens as unemployed workers cannot service their home loans and more real estate comes onto the market at foreclosure prices which further drives down house asset prices and intensifies the drop in house asset values versus liabilities and so the run on the banks gets worse.
7. The bank run (financial crisis) bottoms on average after about 4 years when the working age population begins to rise again. This bottom is reached in about 2030 and all markets start rising again from there led by the stock market.
This is basically a 20 year generational repeat of the global financial crisis that started in 2006/7. It could well be named GFC 2.0,
The cascade goes from WAP peak in 2025, => economic slowdown, => fall in aggregate demand and employment, => economic recession, => housing demand peak in 2026, => fall in house prices, => run on the banks, further fall in house prices, => run on banks accelerates, => full blown financial crisis, => federal govt rescue, => 2030 WAP recovers and rises again and growth returns and ends the financial crises as aggregate demand again rises.
It is all cause and effect and has at its base demographics as the cause, the rest are effects.
We are still 2 years or so away from a market top in housing (and even longer for stocks) and it could well be that the big short guy will be shorting the housing market again at that time. At the moment he is right and risk assets markets are booming because we are in the final 2 year speculative mania phase of the real estate cycle where euphoria starts to set in and everyone thinks the goods times are permanent and the new normal. Then the WAP rolls over, aggregate demand falls and it call comes down again and resets at the new lower demand level.
Make of it what you will.
I am personally not 100% convinced but some very serious people I know believe this is heading out way. In it is baked in.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Apr 11 2025 15:05 utc | 151

In fact two people I know very well have started to sell their real estate.
They are very serious people in the money markets game. So convinced this is just around the corner they have just sold their real estate before it crashes.
Then wait to pick up a bargain when it bottoms.
Just thought I would share it with the bar.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Apr 11 2025 15:14 utc | 153

Iran has already noted that the 50,000 Americans stationed on vulnerable Persian Gulf bases are easy-picking. Iran also has submarines.

Posted by: Don Bacon | Apr 11 2025 15:22 utc | 155

America’s real estate cycle based on demographics
Here:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4749398-fiscal-flows-bank-credit-the-fed-and-the-real-estate-cycle-for-2025

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Apr 11 2025 15:33 utc | 157

China continues to do business ignoring Trump and Anti-China EU sluts, “China to develop comprehensive strategic partnership with greater strategic focus, vitality with Spain: Xi”. Spain is one of the few EU nations doing well economically because it has access to good energy sources at low rates and is also part of the EU-dissenter group headed by Hungary.

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 11 2025 15:50 utc | 159

@LosBanos # 139
“Whats left over they buy USA products with”.
Not really, what’s left over they buy some U.S.. products, but also use dollars to invest in tangible and intangible foreign assets
such as BRI and aid for poor countries. Such things are riskier than domestic infrastructure and such like (which they’re probably already
tapering down, with the exception of new energy projects– the rail network, airports and roads are pretty much ‘done’) since
they’re not on Chinese soil and subject to foreign machinations, but holding USD (which are metaphorically on foreign soil too) is
riskier yet.
The spending in other countries has immensely enriched African countries and ASEAN countries (the latter now account for more trade
with China than the U.S. does). I suspect it’s enriched them more efficiently than if the U.S. sent money directly because the Chinese
are not as sloppy with their spending and tend to put competent people on the ground. Of course the spending also results in influence
and soft power- which the U.S. intensely dislikes and attempts to counter by various means (especially covertly and through NGOs).

Posted by: Billb | Apr 11 2025 16:19 utc | 161

VVP handshake with SCW lasted 09 seconds (s) and 45 deciseconds (ds).

Posted by: pepe | Apr 11 2025 16:43 utc | 163

Larry Fink is “stunned” by tariff wars???? Tulsi Gabbard just discovered that voting machines can be hacked??? I filed and WON a lawsuit in 2006 over the use of voting machines which could be hacked. Right. I’m Santa Claus and I have a bridge you can have for free.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Apr 11 2025 17:07 utc | 165

to Mary # 138. T-Rump delisted China Mobile during his first regime. He has form.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Apr 11 2025 17:11 utc | 167

“Netanyahu’s ‘Gang of Destroyers’; “What else needs to happen for this hollow house of cards to collapse ?”
Conflicts Forum’s compilation tracking strategic developments in Israel, 11 April 2025
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/netanyahus-gang-of-destroyers-what
Only a small part is available to be read for free. Paid subscribers can read the full article. This is also the website where Alastair Crooke regulalrly publishes his articles.

Posted by: WMG | Apr 11 2025 17:38 utc | 169

Trump is the Saviour of the US
https://x.com/i/status/1910744558385627175
Remeber do not live above your means it will catch up on you

Posted by: Monty Taylor | Apr 11 2025 18:03 utc | 171

The German oligarchy, like their US counterparts, have chosen the path of easy profits through massive government largesse for them and austerity for the rest. The result will be the same, a significant weakening in national power. China, Russia and Iran are happy to sit back and watch the Western oligarchs cripple their own nation’s power.
Friedrich Merz: Oligarch Tool
Everything Going To Plan For The German Oligarchy: Fascism is What Happens When Liberal “Democracy” Fails the Oligarchy
Posted by: Roger Boyd | Apr 10 2025 14:38 utc | 10
===============
I urge all barflies to make time to watch/listen to Glen Diessen’s latest podcast with Alex Krainer.
The latter makes some very trenchant observations concerning Trump/USA/Europe/Yeman/NS2 and the European elite’s last-ditch stand to retain their power and position via (1) narrative control/censoreship and (2)preparations for war on Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjiZUkayyCY
Per Krainer it is Europe that Trump aims to destroy. Others (Hudson, Luongo) have said the same thing, albeit looking through somewhat different lenses. His hypothesis re the bombing of Yemen fits aligns with this aim.
Per Krainer, European elites are actually flailing about trying to hang on to their centuries-old power, but the internet and populist politicians and restive populations who are not longer amenable to fighting stupid wars are creating the need for ever-more-Draconian crackdowns on speech and the political sphere and ever more absurd “official” lies to try to get the people back in line.

Posted by: Jane | Apr 11 2025 18:13 utc | 173

@ Don Bacon | Apr 11 2025 16:34 utc | 162
The “Global Taiwan Institute”, eh? Nice to see it’s running scared 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 11 2025 18:21 utc | 175

“Trump doesn’t understand that the loss of Bagram may be just the beginning of American losses.”
One thing allowed the withdrawal of the USA from Afghanistan. Chinese provide precursors allowing ilicit Fentanyl production a synthetic replacing heroin that requires the organic precursor morphine in the illicit narcotic trade.
Im sure I would not accept the Taliban in my nation. I give credit where credit is due. Taliban has ended opium cultivation and taken 80% of the world heroin supply off line. Just like they did 6 months prior to the USA presence. And they have done this while being sanctioned and their foreign reserves frozen They desperately need the cash. One could argue the sanctions and foreign reserve freeze encourage a return to narcotic production.
The Taliban crashed heroin production just prior to the USA presence in 2001. It was a reduction in world illicit narcotics of a scale previously unseen. Junkies were shooting creamy peanut butter in the EU and USA. Heroin production rebounded to previous levels with USA presence in Afghanistan and rose every year to previously unseen levels. Now Afghanistan heroin production is even lower than 2001. Fentanyl has replaced heroin on the world market for illicit narcotics. Ground zero for open air drug markets like Kensington in Philadelphia or Camden in New Jersey were fueled with high purity Afghanistan heroin smuggled first to south of the border then into the USA through the open border by the cartels for 20 years. The transition to fentanyl started prior to the USA withdrawal and is now complete. Heroin is basically not available anymore in the USA.
Tolerance levels increase much faster with fentanyl than heroin and dont plateau like heroin. Junkies can not inject enough of it to not get sick after a while. Now tranquilizers are added to the street fent that have a synergistic effect to try and counter this. This combination has been responsible for the tissue destruction commonly referred to as flesh eating.This in itself is significant health risk requiring treatment similar to thermal or chemical burns. The combination along with dosage levels in single digit milligrams create increased radically fatalities. Doses of “trank” are sold in portions as low as three or four dollars worth. A $10 portion has a very high probability of killing a first time user if intervention does not occur as dosages distributed must satisfy the addicts tolerance levels. First time users are also more prone to use in private and that is a incredibly risky behavior with “trank”. Whats amazing is that the fatalities are at 100,000+ a year with the antidote narcan now administered by inhaler from untrained individuals. narcan is promoted as something everyone should carry in ground zero areas. Without that I would guess fatality’s would be over half a million a year in the USA. Overdose and narcan administration is just part of narcotic addiction now. The inhaled narcan has undoubtedly saved millions of lives as well as freed up paramedics. Administering narcan had pretty much become 99% of paramedic jobs when Narcan was injected. Often upon the addict recovering they would assault the paramedic for “killing their buzz”. After narcan is administered the junkie must immediately seek to source their next fix something they thought they had taken care of for a bit. They of course return to the same street vendor who sold them the overdose as quality is assured.
The idea that the USA could not persuade China to end production and sale of fentanyl precursors is not supported by the facts IMO. IMO for whatever motives this is a area of cooperation between the USA and China. The money ends up where money always ends up. Its like a salmon swimming home to the point of creation. Half a trillion a year is not peanuts even nowadays.
https://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2010/1.2_The_global_heroin_market.pdf

Posted by: LosBanos | Apr 11 2025 18:26 utc | 177

“When You Make Enemies Everywhere, You Can’t Sell Anything”
Courtesy of karlof1.
—————————
I beg to differ. That’s when US diplomacy enters the game…the MIC and bomb, bomb, bomb…

Posted by: scc | Apr 11 2025 18:39 utc | 179

The Yankee monsters, copying their Zio-Monster buddies in bombing hospitals in Yemen.
“In repeatedly targeting and destroying a cancer center in Yemen, the United States has carried on a long pattern of bombing hospitals.
On March 24, the United States carried out a premeditated attack on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Saada, Yemen, turning it into rubble. At least two people were killed and 13 more injured.
This was not an isolated incident. Eight days previously, on March 16, Washington launched 13 separate airstrikes against the building, systematically destroying the hospital’s five blocks.
The Anti-Cancer Fund, a local government medical organization, described the events as a clear “war crime.”
“These attacks are not just airstrikes, but systematic executions, intended to eliminate hope and wipe out life amid a suffocating blockade,” it said in a statement.
The Yemeni Cancer Control Fund, a government body tasked with overseeing the country’s healthcare system, agreed, alleging that they were part of what it called:
A systematic American policy that has targeted the Yemeni people for years through bombings and a suffocating blockade, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and spreading deadly diseases, including cancer, which has surged due to the use of internationally banned weapons since 2015.””
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-bombing-hospitals-yemen-history-war-crimes/289368/

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 11 2025 19:14 utc | 181

The king of England Charles III – went to Rome to express his concern about Climate Change – he had his own Bentley flown to Rome for the trip – meanwhile one of the Kardashians, flew from America to Europe – for a certain food then back again because they like it.
These b*stard are take the piss – meanwhile Joe Bloggs and his wife recycle to try and cut down on waste.
Lets not forget that Brazilin authorities – cutdown Christ knows how much ancient and prime forest in the Amazon, to build a road that will carry COP 30 officials to the conference.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 11 2025 19:35 utc | 183

Kwasi Kwarteng, whose policy almost crashed the UK economy, is on Sky News analysing Trump’s policy which is on the brink of trashing the world economy.
He’s just been asked what he thinks Rachel Reeves should do.
Kwarteng is a deep state operative, and a one time Chair of Le Circle – so of course Sky news is going to ask him for his opinion.
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Kwasi_Kwarteng

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 11 2025 19:45 utc | 185

@Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Apr 11 2025 15:05 utc | 151
Well, I never thought that I would see a post about WAP on this forum, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion will be happy. Some entertainment for the barflies in a time of utter chaos and collapse.
Cardi B – WAP (Lyrics) ft. Megan Thee Stallion
This song signifies a lot about the social degradation of the US in time of neoliberalism.

Posted by: Roger Boyd | Apr 11 2025 20:27 utc | 187

@LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 20:23 utc | 187
NO. and NO.

Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 11 2025 20:43 utc | 189

Posted by: denk | Apr 11 2025 4:18 utc | 99
“Invisible” access into the zone along the northern Chinese Border
was a major motivator for staying in Afghanistan.
FUBAR country to allow 3letter orgs to work undisturbed and unwatched.
( see similarities to Vietnam and neighboring countries? )

Posted by: MAKK | Apr 11 2025 21:04 utc | 191

USA chaos
https://youtu.be/kuv3jCdy_-U?si=89z_285gb6v9AwKb
China order
https://youtu.be/gtEROmL0NzQ?si=uTWF9h-vpU2o64Oc

Posted by: Simon | Apr 11 2025 21:19 utc | 193

Are there any meaningful differences between American Zionists and Israeli Zionists?
And is there any meaningful difference between a Zionist and a Nazi?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 20:23 utc | 187

The Zionist warmongers all have much in common with Hitler’s people – who also had the illusion that they were above the law.
Apparently the USA has become one nation under Zionism via AIPAC (honeytrap blackmail,bribes & extortion). Why else would the Trump Regime & nearly all US senators fall on their knees for Netanyahu & support the world’s first ever live broadcast GENOCIDE & plenty of other totally sinister crap, that no decent humane being in his right mind could ever support?
Has an insanely selfish and very clever Zionist ruling elite held the west’s keys to power for centuries? Secretly controlling the two most powerful & trusted institutions, the church & state with big lies, endless wars, & fear in order to keep the unquestioning masses people divided, dumbed down, upset & under their control? And totally oblivious to the fact that Zionist elites are the root of humanity’s dis-ease?

A political left that’s controlled by billionaires is fake ‘left’: hypocritical nazism.
Eric Zuesse Mar 31, 2025
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160300464?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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The Dark Forces in Control of the Anglo-American-Zionist Empire Are the Source of the World Crisis.
By Richard C. Cook
Global Research, April 10, 2025
https://www.globalresearch.ca/anglo-american-zionist-empire-source-world-crisis/5877240
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Truth Is Antisemitism. Protest Is Terrorism. Dissent Is Russian Propaganda.
By Caitlin Johnstone
Global Research, April 06, 2025
https://www.globalresearch.ca/truth-antisemitism-protest-terrorism-dissent-russian-propaganda/5883658
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Trump’s “Additional Measures to Combat Antisemitism”: The U.S. Has Become a Two-Tier Country. Philip Giraldi
By Philip Giraldi, 3 April 2025
https://www.globalresearch.ca/united-states-two-tier-country/5883407
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The Zionist Destruction of American Higher Education
By Ron Unz, 1 April 2025
https://www.globalresearch.ca/zionist-destruction-american-higher-education/5883113
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From JFK to Donald Trump: How the USA Became Wedded to Zionist Israel
By Rick Sterling, 28 March 2025
https://www.globalresearch.ca/from-jfk-to-donald-trump-how-the-usa-became-wedded-to-zionist-israel/5882898
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Zionism today stands for aggression & for the use of force, & the keynote is permission to take what you want irrespective of other people or of their inalienable rights. -Alice Bailey
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Karma takes no account of custom; & the karma of cruelty is the most terrible of all…
-Krishnamurti
(Genocide & needless wars are very cruel) – FA & FO!

Posted by: TobyClear | Apr 11 2025 22:25 utc | 195

There are commenters whose opinions I note saying China is dependent on a trade surplus as if it’s a “wealth effect” kind of like how grossly inflated real estate values serves in Anglo countries, their own domestic neoliberalized real estate problem, domestic stock market and others as points of weakness. No doubt their industries will suffer and I even doubt they’ll shift substantial percent of exports onto the rest of the world, which our media says is “dumping” because “overcapacity”, because some countries will also enact protectionist policies or succumb to US pressure. I don’t disagree with those issues but their analysis is made from a capitalist POV. Without getting into an argument of whether they’re “socialist” or not, their actions have shown they’re not wedded to maintaining rates of profit, or at least in the highest echelon of government i.e. Xi and his Politburo.
Just a few years ago, we’ve seen them purposefully kneecap and isolate their country and economy from the world for years because of a virus, their capitalists and profits be damned. They can point to Trump and once again kneecap their economy. Since nationalism is one of the strongest forms of idpol, many will accept and adapt with lower rates of profits. If they don’t, their government has shown they’ll put a foot on their neck. If they play their cards right, they could even use this trade war as an excuse to solve their creeping neoliberalism problem. Meanwhile, they still control the means of production, secured their hinterland from diverse moderate jihadis, have substitutes for US raw inputs from their BRICS partners, and they’ll lol at enforcing US IP.
On the other hand, what will US store shelves look like in a few months or a couple years? Can US’ postwar relic infrastructure even support massive reindustrialization? How will US workers cope in upcoming months or years?

Posted by: super imperialism | Apr 11 2025 22:52 utc | 197

Insider: {🥴} Hours before China announced new tariffs, the Trump administration privately warned Beijing not to escalate and urged Xi to call Trump. Instead, China imposed new tariffs – with no call.
And
Chinese embassy in NYC posted a mean meme
https://x.com/ChineseEmbinUS/status/1910761118965936633
IMVHO that’ll trigger the Orange more than the new tariffs. Tweets and memes mean tweets are his turf

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 11 2025 23:22 utc | 199