Anonymous memorial hour
DS gave a round 20km2
Meanwhile even the NYeT knows…
Ukrainian troops facing threat of being surrounded in Konstantinovka
https://tass.com/defense/1991645

Posted by: Newbie | Jul 20 2025 13:15 utc | 4

Full article:
https://www.rt.com/news/621718-german-general-ukraine-hit-russia-airfields/
Posted by: NoName | Jul 20 2025 13:21 utc | 5
If this fucking idiot and his similarly credentialed equivalents in Nato get their wish.
Does he really think that it’s going to be consequences free for Europe?
Talking is cheap.
Consequences can be brutally expensive.
As they are economically for Europe but no one especially the retard elite are talking about the economic destruction.

Posted by: jpc | Jul 20 2025 13:33 utc | 6

Spectator: Since 2022, Ukraine has officially opened about 230,804 criminal cases under the article “Desertion”
In total, more soldiers have deserted from the Ukrainian Armed Forces than are listed in the British, French and German armies combined.

https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/23096

Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 20 2025 14:12 utc | 8

Biden this, Trump that, TDS here and there. All nonsense, they are all the same – empire – there is no choice in the west – it’s continuity – empire or death. Stop with the nonsense – hope we can believe in and MAGA are the same trick coming from a different side.

Posted by: Eol | Jul 20 2025 14:23 utc | 10

Zelensky wants to meet Putin in person.
“Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has once again called for a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying this is the only way to secure a lasting peace. Moscow considers this pointless until the countries’ delegations find some common ground.
Putin offered in May to resume direct negotiations – from the point at which Ukraine unilaterally abandoned talks in 2022. However, Zelensky challenged him to come and meet in Istanbul personally. Ukraine eventually agreed to send a delegation amid reported pressure from Washington, and since then the sides have held two rounds of talks, resulting in prisoner exchanges but no breakthrough toward ending the conflict.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 14:32 utc | 12

The little French coke head Macron, has chosen his PM François Bayrou, to reduce public paid holidays to help fund a fantasy war with Russia.
The French public won’t tolerate this – from the little slapped faced coke head, expect riots in the streets of Paris etc, if it goes ahead

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 14:42 utc | 14

The little French coke head Macron, has chosen his PM François Bayrou, to reduce public paid holidays to help fund a fantasy war with Russia.
The French public won’t tolerate this – from the little slapped faced coke head, expect riots in the streets of Paris etc, if it goes ahead
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 14:42 utc | 14
“Fantasy war”
It’s a good way to describe the pointlessness of this butchering.
The Russians aren’t breaking.
And as it progresses are going to be far
less forgiving to the hubristic morons of Europe.

Posted by: jpc | Jul 20 2025 15:26 utc | 16

@Caveman | Jul 20 2025 15:28 utc
Very good guess. First thing I wondered. 2nd thing I wondered was “who else will be in the entourage to meet with Putin?”. That will tell a very interesting story.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Jul 20 2025 15:32 utc | 18

“Spectator: Since 2022, Ukraine has officially opened about 230,804 criminal cases under the article “Desertion”
In total, more soldiers have deserted from the Ukrainian Armed Forces than are listed in the British, French and German armies combined.”
It is probable that most of these men are dead and by listing them as deserters Z Regime waives the compensation claims from their families.
Thomas

Posted by: Thomas | Jul 20 2025 15:40 utc | 20

Musk turns his eye towards the kids – maybe he’ll ask Trump for advice.
“Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, plans to launch a new app focused on kid-friendly content that will be called Baby Grok. The news comes as the company’s flagship chatbot, Grok, continues to face sharp criticism over a wide range of failures.
“We’re going to make Baby Grok at xAI, an app dedicated to kid-friendly content,” the US-based billionaire posted on X on Sunday, although he provided no further details or timeline for the app’s release.
The announcement comes months after Google announced the launch of its Gemini app for children, which offers help with homework, answers questions, and generates stories, while allowing parents to manage access through the Family Link app.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 15:50 utc | 22

The last sentence is ironic as it suppresses freedoms – such as the freedom to support Communism.
“The Czech Republic has amended its criminal code to outlaw the promotion of communism, placing it on par with Nazi ideology. The legislation was signed on Thursday by President Petr Pavel, himself a former Communist Party member.
The amendment introduces prison terms of one to five years for anyone who “establishes, supports or promotes Nazi, communist, or other movements which demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious, or class-based hatred.””

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 15:54 utc | 24

As the EU and Nato propagandise citizens to expect a war with Russia – Italians aren’t buying it.
“Only 16% of Italians are willing to fight for their country in the event of war, according to a survey by the Center for Social Investment Studies (CENSIS) published on Friday.
Almost a third of respondents believe Italy will be drawn into a conflict within the next five years, but fewer than one in six of those of fighting age say they would take up arms, the poll suggests. The figure is 21% among men, and 12% among women.
The findings come as NATO countries continue to pledge to support Ukraine “for as long as it takes.” Since the escalation of the conflict in 2022, European defense budgets have reached record highs. Several countries have reintroduced or are considering conscription. Sweden and Lithuania have reinstated mandatory military service; Germany and Poland are debating similar measures.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 15:59 utc | 26

20 – Probably a combination of the two. Kiev has generally paid attention to its propaganda image, and admitting to a six-figure number of desertion cases is not a particularly good look, even though the temptation to avoid compensation claims by marking someone as a deserter rather than dead must be there.

Posted by: Waldorf | Jul 20 2025 16:31 utc | 28

Video clip of protests in Ternopil region: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/07/20/1530687.html

A protest against the police and the TCC was organized by villagers in the Ternopil region in western Ukraine
A protest against the police and the TCC was organized by villagers in the Ternopil region in western Ukraine.
According to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Artem Dmytruk, people took to the street en masse and blocked the entrance to their village, not allowing cars with military enlistment office and police officers to pass.
“In many localities [employees of the TCC] cannot even enter. People unite and fight back,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Source: Telegram “rentv_news”

And this is in Western Ukraine, where support for the Kiev junta is supposed to be the deepest. I guess they’re not so keen on being “The last Ukrainian”.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 17:03 utc | 30

Posted by: Markw | Jul 20 2025 15:55 utc | 25
Good summary, thank goodness it was the US who had economic and military dominion during the 20th Century, and not Soviet Russia or Communist China, otherwise you’d never have been able to write a piece like that about either.

Posted by: Milites | Jul 20 2025 17:06 utc | 32

The TCC press-gangs seem intent on destroying their own credibility, and by implication that of the Kiev junta:

A doctor from Kharkiv was beaten to the intensive care unit while being detained by workers from the shopping center in Odessa
In Odessa, an incident involving a doctor from Kharkiv, who was injured, is being investigated
This was announced by People’s Deputy Alexey Goncharenko, reports RegioNews .
According to preliminary data, the man was detained by representatives of the TCC, after which a conflict arose between them. Witnesses claim that the detainee was beaten and then placed in a minibus.
During the incident, the medic was seriously injured. In particular, he was diagnosed with broken ribs and lung damage. The victim was hospitalized in the intensive care unit, where doctors are providing him with the necessary assistance. His condition is assessed as serious.
https://t.me/oleksiihoncharenko/48380?single
According to eyewitnesses, at first they tried to take the victim not to the hospital, but to the military medical commission. However, it was the commission doctor who insisted on immediate hospitalization, which probably saved the man’s life.
The territorial recruitment center reported that an internal check was scheduled to clarify all the circumstances of the incident. Now the actions of employees involved in the incident are being checked.
Earlier it was reported that in the Poltava region, a man with amputated feet was sentenced for evading mobilization.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/odesskaya/1753021214-likarya-z-harkova-pobili-do-reanimatsiyi-pid-chas-zatrimannya-pratsivnikami-z-ttsk-v-odesi (via translation add-on.)
I’m beginning to wonder if there is a deliberate attempt to provoke widespread pushback from the population, to try and destabilise the Kiev junta. Who really knows what is going on though?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 17:20 utc | 34

Markw 25,
Surprisingly, to some degree you are right.
Not the stuff about race…which you acknowledge with the line “..with the primary purpose of restoring power not necessarily to just whites, but to a specific economic class.” Even though legacy media does not show or, even acknowledge the reality that American Hispanics and Blacks are part of that “specific economic class”, the fact remains, they are. It’s not 1964. I served with black soldiers in the US Army, most, if not all were to the right of me in the 1980’s..yeah.
But I acknowledge that I too want to preserve “the American empire” just as I am sure the Chinese are ardently working to restore their empire. Oh, and Russia, under Putin, has restored it’s empire. India’s an unfinished piece of work work but, I wish them the best.
What I don’t want is the American Empire aping the English-Empire, meddling in others affairs, starting wars in order to weaken other states to which we have no direct interests. The American Empire can be strong and healthy if we just paid for “stuff” instead of trying to steal it for our elitist overlords overstuffed vaults. And honestly, paying for “stuff” is cheaper and more profitable than war.

Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 20 2025 17:36 utc | 36

and just like that…reappears…hmmm?

Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 20 2025 17:39 utc | 38

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 20 2025 17:20 utc | 35
I did not know about this site when the canned crap of the Russiagate hoax was opened but I wonder how many fellow travellers simply rejected it because Russia was implicated, not because Trump was innocent? Similarly, I wonder how many posters world-weary cynicism that nothing will be done is to conceal the fear that something will be done and therefore damage the walls of their reality.
Limited immunity based on the criteria that an action was carried out in the capacity of it being an official duty of the President, sedition against your legitimately elected successor is not an official duty, yet.
The plan to make the DS accountable for its litany of crimes starts, but does not end here, so I very much doubt the planned timetable had, release if the WSJ produces a poorly sourced story about Epstein. Once the public are use to the idea that Obama was a POS, not a political messiah, then the 2020 election gets looked at, as do the origins of COVID, then the auto-pen residency. People are like horses, run and scream at them and they bolt, gain their trust and they will follow where you lead them and the destination they’re headed requires careful handling.
Perhaps now the DS will reflect on the stupidity of charging and convicting Trump, because it set the precedent for Obama to suffer the same fate, though this time they’ll actually be evidence for the conviction. Ironic if Trump has to pardon him from his 20+year sentence, doubly ironic if the media-generated paragon becomes its party’s pariah.

Posted by: Milites | Jul 20 2025 17:52 utc | 40

Posted by: Milites | Jul 20 2025 17:52 utc | 40
Several topics rolled into one there, but I’ll try to respond concisely.
Re: Russigate Hoax @ MoA – You may not be giving “the bar” enough credit. The history is there to review if you have the time or inclination, but I was here through all of it, and there was definitely no memorable celebration of the ordeal just because it was aimed at Trump. Most of us did, as you surmised, definitely see and discuss the larger geopolitical ramifications and surrounding events, so yeah I saw it mainly through that lens. But frankly, it was more about the obvious injustice of it. And those who opposed Trump – from my memory – thought it was an obvious misdirection and waste of time when “the opposition” could easily have focused their energy on actual problems with him and his first administration. Nothing much different from how Obama was treated here, TBH.
Re: Epstein and/or the WSJ – Based on what I’ve seen since they broke their “scoop” about the sketch (IMO another complete waste of time and energy) it has come out that, in fact Trump *has been known* to sketch pictures with a black marker and several of them were auctioned with publicity. See Drudge for an example – I think they’ve got an NYT piece with several actual photos of Trump’s drawings, and they look similar in style to how the WSJ has described the alleged Epstein birthday drawing. I wouldn’t stake any hopes on their story being bogus, but again, it’s a nothingburger even if it’s true. My confusion would be why Trump said he NEVER has drawn stuff, when clearly he has. Why even bother addressing that rumor let alone bringing more attention to it with a planned lawsuit?
I don’t buy his and Bondi’s bullshit on the matter in general, though. The way they’ve gone about it is terrible for optics. I won’t go into a long diatribe about what I think the real reasons could be for not releasing the files (ex. implicates “intelligence” at high levels including Mossad/CIA/MI6, implicates Trump himself, implicates numerous high ranking politicians of both parties and a long history of both sides coalescing to hide the types of crimes both parties commit, etc.) – but I’m playing “wait and see” for the time being. I made my predictions in another thread and don’t really have much more to add. I do hope the files come out, though. Even if it means absolutely de-legitimizing the entire US government for everyone to see. In fact that’s exactly what I’d want to see. I don’t care if it takes down Trump or every high ranking current or past Dem or Repub. If I had to make a short prediction: They’ll do a limited hangout and frame it up like a huge scandal ala Watergate.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 20 2025 18:45 utc | 42

“Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has once again called for a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying this is the only way to secure a lasting peace. Moscow considers this pointless until the countries’ delegations find some common ground. . .”
Hard to believe that Vlad would meet with Zelensky, who remains in power only through the assertion of martial law. Meeting with the green goblin would only serve to legitimize him.

Not necessarily the unsavory bits about killing innocent people, including children, but definitely the benefits accruing from the dollar system. It’s a small matter of massaging the brutal truth to assuage any concerns one might have. Hence the “they hate us for our freedoms”. . .
Posted by: Markw | Jul 20 2025 15:55 utc | 25

Whilst enjoying the benefits accruing from the dollar system, the American public is markedly uninterested in understanding just how such a disproportionate share of the worlds resources and industrial output ends up in their hands, in constrast to just how little the US actually produces. Connecting those dots might lead to a focused view of those unsavory bits. Can’t have that. Better to continue in ignorant bliss and accept the slogans.

Posted by: Mike R | Jul 20 2025 19:16 utc | 44

For some reason Russia has activated the Volchansk front in the last few days. For those who haven’t looked at a map lately, this is a border area to the north-east of Kharkov city and has been fairly low-profile until now, with nothing more dramatic than minor holding skirmishes taking place:

“Tear apart” the enemy’s defense: information is coming in about the Russian Armed Forces forcing the Seversky Donets west of Volchansk
There are reports that Russian troops have crossed the Seversky Donets River west of Volchansk, creating a second bridgehead on this section of the front. Let us recall that the first bridgehead was created within the city limits – after crossing the Volchya River and taking control of the oil extraction plant, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces had turned into a powerful fortified area.
The enemy itself confirms the significant complication of the situation in the Vovchansk direction. In low-literary formulations in messengers, Ukrainian “volunteers” and military personnel write about how the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces has worsened in Vovchansk, as well as to the east and west of it.
The fighting is taking place along the line Tikhoe – Volchanskiye Khutor – Pokalyanoye. This is to the east of the city. In the area of Pokalyanoye, there is a powerful fire impact on the flank of the enemy’s defense. There, a multiple launch rocket system was destroyed along with its crew, and strikes aimed at breaking through the defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue there.
The fire impact in the area of Pokalyany and Vovchanskiye Khutors significantly reduces the enemy’s ability to quickly transfer forces and resources between Vovchansk and the north-east of the Kharkov region. Several days ago, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Degtyarnoye on the north-eastern “outskirts” of the Kharkov region.
The creation of a new bridgehead, now also to the west of Volchansk, could allow the enemy’s defense to be “pulled apart” in this direction.

https://en.topwar.ru/268353-razdergat-oboronu-protivnika-postupajut-svedenija-o-forsirovanii-vs-rf-severskogo-donca-zapadnee-volchanska.html

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 19:29 utc | 46

Hot off the press, a new Marat update: https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-frontline-report-july-20th focussing on developments around Konstantinavka.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 19:37 utc | 48

For some reason Russia has activated the Volchansk front in the last few days.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 19:29 utc | 46
Meawhile marat focuses aronud Konstantinovka
https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-frontline-report-july-20th
For casualties, 1.255 it is

Posted by: Newbie | Jul 20 2025 20:18 utc | 50

German government could reduce the electricity price for Germans by canceling a tax of 5.4 billion euros per year.
Posted by: Jo | Jul 20 2025 19:58 utc | 49
Germany is a very rich country, with a very rich population. If they can afford to pay an import doctor with 10k per month when France pays less than half for the same job, they can give Ukr 15-20b per year and won’t even notice the difference. The electricity cost will not affect most of them, only the poor, which can be sent to Ukr. It’ll take many years until the population will feel costs and whatis happening to them, as can be seen in the election results. Ukr costs for Nato will go down as the population gets smaller, the fake economy gets smaller and they only have to pay for weapons and relatively small terrorist groups to kill and blow up stuff, spread dirty bombs, chemicals and diseases.

Posted by: rk | Jul 20 2025 20:23 utc | 52

Is a very bad look and straight out of the Kissinger play book. Larry Johnson should have known better.
Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jul 20 2025 12:33 utc | 1
911 Collateral Damage. Treason inside the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Naive | Jul 20 2025 20:40 utc | 54

Posted by: Eol | Jul 20 2025 14:23 utc | 10

hope we can believe in

while hedging their bets.

Posted by: Laurence | Jul 20 2025 21:12 utc | 56

Johan Kaspar | Jul 20 2025 15:16 utc | 15

Yeah I dunno. When these frenchies were called to vote last time, they voted for mommy boy instead of for the only viable alternative. Parts of the left have also supported Bayrou in some confidence votes with which he was challenged in Feb. So don’t expect much of the French public. They aren’t yet ready to do anyhting meaningful or consequential, these cheese-eating welfarists.

Connard ! On n’a pas voté pour cette merde du tout ! There were some, rather obvious manipulations to keep him in power !
La plupart des français ne peuvent pas sentir ce couillon !

Posted by: Sarlat La Canède | Jul 20 2025 21:54 utc | 58

Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 15:54 utc | 24
*** “The amendment introduces prison terms of one to five years for anyone who “establishes, supports or promotes Nazi, communist, or other movements which demonstrably aim to suppress human rights and freedoms or incite racial, ethnic, national, religious, or class-based hatred.””***
So will it outlaw NATO, MI6, Soros and the CIA?

Posted by: Cynic | Jul 20 2025 22:00 utc | 60

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jul 20 2025 15:54 utc | 24
Posted by: Cynic | Jul 20 2025 22:06 utc | 61
Especially that verbal bowel movement which demonstrably aims to do just that.

Posted by: Laurence | Jul 20 2025 22:25 utc | 62

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 20 2025 19:29 utc | 46
That news is several days old. DPA posted the crossing of the river days ago, When on form he seems very accurate

Posted by: watcher | Jul 20 2025 22:35 utc | 64

Whilst enjoying the benefits accruing from the dollar system, the American public is markedly uninterested in understanding just how such a disproportionate share of the worlds resources and industrial output ends up in their hands, in constrast to just how little the US actually produces. Connecting those dots might lead to a focused view of those unsavory bits. Can’t have that. Better to continue in ignorant bliss and accept the slogans.
Posted by: Mike R | Jul 20 2025 19:16 utc | 44
Not you too, Mike? You might not know this but attacking the domestic slaves of the ruling class just helps the ruling class. Mark is a fucking agent of Imperialism posing as an opponent. He’s not a legitimate source of information or perspective, like the normal people who come to the bar.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 20 2025 23:09 utc | 66

Posted by: Jo | Jul 20 2025 19:58 utc | 49
It’s clear case of voters’ apathy. They don’t care what the party they voted for does. They vote out of ideological identity with the party. Not what that party actually does once in power.

Posted by: Surferket | Jul 20 2025 23:57 utc | 68

“…same issue for the past 2 days. I’ll add a comment..refresh and it’s there. Then [gone]. Then [later], everything is back” – Tom_Q_Collins 43
To me it’s weird but, Norwegian claims it’s always been this way, it’s just that we mere mortals never noticed:
“..it is just a technical aspect of how this site works. [don’t] complain” – Norwegian 39
Fair enough. However, Norwegian also claims he doesn’t read my comments because, he’s discerned through what one would presume are clairvoyant powers that the “….”signal to noise ratio is too low“. – Norwegian 39
So, dunno who to believe my lying eyes or Norwegian.

Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 21 2025 0:29 utc | 70

Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 21 2025 0:29 utc | 70
Just thinking “outside the box” to use some cliche corporate bullshitspeak, it’s possible we’re all correct at the same time.
I’ve been using a different location through my proxy/VPN lately, but I haven’t controlled for enough variables or bothered to check for a large enough sample size to know anything for sure, but perhaps the issue could be the IP range we’re all three posting from. I can say for sure that this has *not* always been an issue for *me* having used multiple other IP addresses, so I’m leaning more in your direction on the issue. It only started happening to me a few days ago. I’m assuming – or presuming – what I described is what you describe. Namely, our own comments posting, and then not only our own, but like 5 to 10 previous ones just suddenly disappearing on refresh only to re-appear a few refreshes later or after having blown it off and coming back. Fucked up thing from my end is that I have yet to have a double post happen, which is an issue I’ve experienced here in the past. I make a post, it hangs or fails to take, I hit “post” again even after waiting for a period to make sure it’s not just delayed and then still having the same comment appear twice in a row.
Oh well. Short answer is I’m having what I think is the exact same issue as you the past few days.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 21 2025 1:01 utc | 72

DNI Release Reveals Obama Admin Criminality
https://x.com/bears_with/status/1947009004397301906
“Each of the 27 Obama Admin officials at this White House meeting is a criminal in fabricating Russiagate lies to advance US Ukraine war aims.”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Jul 21 2025 1:28 utc | 74

It’s both comical and indicative of a totally fucked up worldview to think (or want for) previous US presidential administrations will (to) be criminally prosecuted for laughably common things like treason or cheating the other party when all of them, if the door is opened for the previous type of prosecution, would suddenly be on the hook for all the literal war crimes and crimes against humanity they commit at the direction of the deep-state/overworld nexus – plus the political will would have to be there on the part of both sides of the uniparty inasmuch as (job requirement) executive crimes are concerned. Again, LOL. IF Obama gets dragged into any sort of criminal trial for staging Russiagate, I’ll fuckin eat my shoes…and my boots.
Remember kids, where the rubber hits the road, “we” look forward and not backwards.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 21 2025 1:49 utc | 76

@ S Brennan | Jul 21 2025 0:29 utc | 70
new feature at moa i guess… just relax.. your post goes thru and then disappears for a few minutes and then comes back..

Posted by: james | Jul 21 2025 2:01 utc | 78

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 21 2025 1:43 utc | 75
What does the Supreme Court immunity ruling mean for Trump? 6 questions answered https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-mean-for-trump-6-questions-answered
AI Overview
A sitting US president can be indicted and prosecuted for crimes, including those committed before taking office or while in office. While there was a Department of Justice policy stating a sitting president couldn’t be tried while in office, the Supreme Court has affirmed that a president is not above the law and can be held accountable.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
No absolute immunity:
The Supreme Court has clarified that a sitting president does not have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. While some argue for immunity for official acts, the court has emphasized that a president is not above the law and can be held accountable for crimes, including those committed before or during their time in office.

Posted by: Laurence | Jul 21 2025 2:08 utc | 80

@ malenkov | Jul 21 2025 2:05 utc | 79
it seems slightly different this time – the past week or so for me.. what happens is your message appears and then a while later 6 or 7 messages go missing and then ‘wait a while’ and they all magically appear again… probably would help if b or typepad made a public announcement to this effect to not have to see others talking about it, or worse – freaking out their message has gone…

Posted by: james | Jul 21 2025 2:15 utc | 82

james | Jul 21 2025 2:15 utc | 82
Don’t worry about it james. Trump canned a bunch of U$ govt depts and NGOS.
It’s just taking longer for our posts to be saved onto a rusty 3LA server in an offshore shithole.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 21 2025 2:21 utc | 84

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jul 20 2025 17:20 utc | 35
My take on those is that, based on recent SCOTUS rulings, there will be no way to hold Obama accountable as what he did, he did while sitting in office. And we all know that Presidents are simply never going to be held accountable for their real crimes. See: Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush I and II prior to Obama. IMHO this new Russiagate stuff is a distraction from Epstein, albeit something they had planned to deploy regardless. I agree with Johnson, though. It’s all of a piece – the Ukraine coup d’etat, Ukrainian “civil war”, Russiagate, Ukrainegate and the Russia-NATO war in Ukraine.
<= this is an example that demonstrates the need for a 2nd government. The 2nd government governs those who are in position to govern humans by, through or on account of a nation state, institution, military, corporation, NGO, partnership, trust or any other entity that is created by, or that gets its authority from an earth created entity or organization. Because the charter, constitution and laws of the 2nd government have been written by our maker, there is no reason to rewrite them. just codify them (human rights) for clarity and translate the codification into every language. The purpose of the 2nd government then is to contain and restrain those who control the awesome powers of organizations (including government) to activities that do not infringe human rights. Leave the governing to Caesar, but make sure Caesar’s government does not violate human rights. Those in control of the actions and decisions of the nations of the nation state system must be made to respect the uninalienable rights. Mankind is the only global class of people; it includes every man, women and child.. Mankind’s uninalienable rights transcend national and organizational boundaries, trumps legal rules, and subordinates all classes of power to the rules and laws our maker has given, in equal proportion, to everyone.
The UN failed because it was and is an organization of, by and between the leaders of the nations that make up the nation state system. Leaders change and the interest of these nations are each different, and the politics of each nation is different, so the representatives at the UN are always in conflict mode. Humanity has no conflicts; every man, woman and child has the right to life, liberty, justice, the right to to determine for themselves where they wish to live and to decide for themselves who should rule in the place humans live.
The rules that defend the un inalienable human rights are well known and easy to apply: the leaders of the nations of the world must not command the nations (or other organizations) they rule to do things or not to do things that do not adhere to their obligation not to use the power of the nation state (or othr organization) in ways that infringe human rights.
Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 20 2025 17:36 utc | 36
What I don’t want is the American Empire aping the English-Empire, meddling in others affairs, starting wars in order to weaken other states to which we have no direct interests. The American Empire can be strong and healthy if we just paid for “stuff” instead of trying to steal it for our elitist overlords over-stuffed vaults. And honestly, paying for “stuff” is cheaper and more profitable than war.
<= Yes the 2nd government, the one based in human rights, is the only answer capable to achieve your wish. and your statement brings up another point.. capitalism is about competition, monopolism is about biasing capitalism, with purpose to eliminate competitors. when nation state governments grant monopoly powers to private parties they become complicit in violating the uninalienable human rights. Protecting monopoly powers and advantageous position (exclusion of competitors and rules that grant monopoly power) are the basic cause of conflict.. at nearly all levels of human endeavors.

Posted by: snake | Jul 21 2025 2:40 utc | 86

Ukrainians were definitely projecting their own slave mentality on Russia.
Prime example of a slave culture where they cannot leave the country, get beaten to death and kidnapped into vans daily, get paid nothing, while their ethnically Jewish comedian dictator gets rich along with his posse and trades national resources to other nations for more weapons.
At the end, the people get the government they deserve. Every. Single. Time.

Posted by: 15 | Jul 21 2025 2:50 utc | 88

Posted by: S Brennan | Jul 20 2025 17:39 utc | 38
“another comment disappears…hmmm
and just like that…reappears…hmmm?”
I’ve noticed the same things in the last week or two. Post a comment and it will disappear for a few minutes or several hours, then suddenly it comes back. I’m using Brave browser and don’t know if that’s the problem.

Posted by: Paranaense | Jul 21 2025 2:55 utc | 90

Tom Pfotzer | Jul 21 2025 1:00 utc | 71
*** The other possibility is for U.K. to take Zelensky into U.K, and swap in Zaluzhnyi. That makes more sense, and U.K. can provide the security detail and transport to get Zelenski out.***
A very rich Zelensky scuttling into the UK with his loot at a time of government imposed austerity, price rises and regime claims of “there’s no money!” — while at the same time splashing out billions to Ukraine and Israel — would not go down well with the public. Starmer and his gang are already widely detested, and might hesitate to make themselves even more so.

Posted by: Cynic | Jul 21 2025 3:25 utc | 92

Posted by: Surferket | Jul 20 2025 23:57 utc | 68
“It’s clear case of voters’ apathy. They don’t care what the party they voted for does. They vote out of ideological identity with the party. Not what that party actually does once in power.”
Posted by: Eol | Jul 20 2025 14:23 utc | 10
“All nonsense, they are all the same – empire – there is no choice in the west – it’s continuity – empire or death. Stop with the nonsense – hope we can believe in and MAGA are the same trick coming from a different side.
I strongly disagree. There might not be much difference foreign policy wise (I had hoped Trump would stop the wars) there’s a huge, undeniable difference domestically. Price are stabilizing, inflation has dropped, the flood of illegals coming across the border to take our jobs and enjoy our benefits has slowed to a trickle.
The last jobs report showed jobs held by foreign born workers is down 400,000 and by American born workers is up over 2,000,000. The war against fossil fuels, including clean burning gas, has been stopped in it’s tracks and green electricity is having it’s lavish subsidies cut so it will have to become profitable without taxpayer assistance. You can’t convince me that any of this would have happened under Biden or Kamala. There is a HUGE difference domestically. Unfortunately, not much difference in regards to the rest of the world. I’m still hoping things might change, but I am disappointed.

Posted by: Paranaense | Jul 21 2025 3:47 utc | 94

TNA: Brian Berletic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3S-C7hZn2Y
“Russian army overwhelms Ukraine as war escalates following false US ‘peace’ offer.”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Jul 21 2025 6:07 utc | 96

Posted by: Milites | Jul 20 2025 16:27 utc | 27
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RAF is winning and that’s all that counts.

Posted by: pepe | Jul 21 2025 6:39 utc | 98

Posted by: pepe | Jul 21 2025 6:39 utc | 98
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Russia is winning. Ansar Allah is winning. Iran is winning. China is winning.
NATO can only do terrorism. Everyone knows the West is weak and cannot back up their threats.
The world has changed and Boomers still think the American military is a Rambo movie.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 21 2025 6:56 utc | 100