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Open (Neither Ukraine Nor Palestine) Thread 2025-278

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Arby (200).
 
Okay – I read it again and I get it.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 4 2025 20:32 utc | 201

They control most of the media outlets – this is why we use alternative media outlets such as MoA
 
“Trump loyalist and C.I.A. contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual.
But Ellison is not alone.
Indeed, the world’s seven richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what the world sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.”
 
 
The Richest Men in the World are Media Moguls – Consortium News
 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 4 2025 20:39 utc | 202

“Traditionally, it is believed that the Cold War began with the speech of the then British Prime Minister Churchill in Fulton in March 1946.”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 4 2025 16:03 utc | 153
The above quote contradicts a later contribution in the same post:
“On July 17, 1945, the next Big Three conference began in Potsdam, the purpose of which was to consolidate the agreements reached in Tehran and Yalta on the post-war contours of the world. Churchill, however, attended the conference as a British representative for only a few days. On July 5, he lost the parliamentary elections and on July 26, he ceded the post of Prime Minister to the leader of the Labour Party, Clement Attlee.”
________________________________
Churchill wasn’t PM when he made his incendiary speech at Fulbright. 
___________________________________
Tyson seems to have contradicted herself in the same post. lol.
 

Posted by: N_H | Dec 4 2025 20:47 utc | 203

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZQv9iHQuSM
 
On Dialogue Works, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolf are just flat out brutal.   Their predictions for the short term future of Europe are not rosy at all.  And, since the European plan for success is to break up Russia into tiny pieces and take Russian resources for European prosperity, and for UK to be a financial superpower without the industry to support the financial industries (like the US is doing), well Europe will continue to decline.
 
They talk about how Trump has successfully gotten Europe to speed up their own decline by moving factories and investment from Europe to the US.  An unspoken conclusion is that this will only be a temporary help for the US. 

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 4 2025 21:23 utc | 204

Finally got this finished while at OSHU while wife was having a medical procedure. The Asian Monroe Doctrine – by Karl Sanchez Now the three hour drive home.

Posted by: karlof1 | Dec 4 2025 22:55 utc | 205

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 4 2025 21:23 utc | 204


 
Kaja Kallas said Russia needs to be broken into small countries, but I think she was actually meaning EU needs to be broken into smaller pieces – you know, like France, Germany, Italy etc.

Posted by: unimperator | Dec 4 2025 23:06 utc | 206

@karlof1 | Dec 4 2025 22:55 utc 
 
Hope all’s well, Karl. Thanks  again  for all your tireless, high-quality contributions. You set a great example.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Dec 5 2025 0:51 utc | 207

@unimperator 206
 
You made me laugh 🙂  There was a time when the EU was a possible good thing.  It got corrupted beyond belief.  All of Europe will pay a huge price for this corruption, even European nations that are not a part of the EU.
 
Europe:  a territory with lots of different ethnicities.  Russia:  a territory with lots of different ethnicities.  China:  a territory with lots of different ethnicities.
 
Of the 3, only Europe is breaking into pieces.

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 5 2025 1:35 utc | 208

Republicofscotland | Dec 4 2025 20:22 utc | 198
 
It was the same with the Australian military in Afghanistan. They all got off scot free. Alot of that type go into the military as there they can kill with impunity and they like killing.
 
The Australian PM said Australia would look at sending military forces to Ukraine when there is a peace deal. here is a part of me that hopes they are sent. Very few if any would return alive.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 5 2025 2:44 utc | 209

Posted by: karlof1 | Dec 4 2025 22:55 utc |205
 
Thanks, karlof1, for the lengthy essay on the interplay between the US and Japan with respect to the latter’s interpretation of the ‘Munroe Doctrine’ as it applied to relations between Japan and China.  That Japan was using such an interpretation as suited them took me to Munroe’s address to Congress that had been considered the source of that Doctrine.  Here is how he states it:
 

…The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of the liberty and happiness of their fellow men on that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
 
It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense. With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
 
The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective Governments; and to the defense of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted.
 
We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere, but with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
 
In the war between those new Governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
 
The late events in Spain and Portugal shew that Europe is still unsettled. Of this important fact no stronger proof can be adduced than that the allied powers should have thought it proper, on any principle satisfactory to themselves, to have interposed by force in the internal concerns of Spain. To what extent such interposition may be carried, on the same principle, is a question in which all independent powers whose governments differ from theirs are interested, even those most remote, and surely none more so than the United States.
 
Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
 
But in regard to those continents circumstances are eminently and conspicuously different. It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference. If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain and those new Governments, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue the same course….

 
My thought after reading through your presentation, karlof1, was that Trump in his actions in Venezuela is behaving as did the Japanese, as far as non-adherence to Monroe’s actual  stated policy.   The term ‘spheres of influence’ does have a dark side to it, which Trump is adopting.   Whereas China itself  has done far better with Belt and Road, BRICS and the like.
 
Thanks very much for your work.  [I hope I have spaced the insert correctly; if not, my apologies.]

Posted by: juliania | Dec 5 2025 5:03 utc | 210

Ritter and Ray McGovern with Danny Haiphong  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1vk9YEIdI
Helmer  https://www.youtube.com/live/L8dpVZbh5S4
 
On the US Russia talks, some of what Ritter says is quite interesting and similar to what I have been thinking. On Europe, Europe and Nato are not just sidelined, they are finished. US has essentially pulled out of Nato.
 
These talks are as much about peace and trade between US and Russia and a new security architecture over Europe as about ending the conflict with the Anglo proxy. According to Ritter, the US is now in the process of dismantling the Kiev government. That will have to be done for the US Russia talks to advance. Both cornflakes and Rubio have now been effectively sidelined so that is the old school neo-cons out of it.
 
Whatever the Trump admins intentions are, they seem to be placing more importance on their talks with Russian than Venezuelan oil at the moment. I wonder if the Americans want to do a deal something along the lines of Europe is Russia’s back yard and South America is the US backyard?
 
A majority faction in the US wanted to pull the US out of the war against Russia, but I get the impression that faction is split between those that want to keep a European war going against Russia and those that want peace with Russia.
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 5 2025 6:13 utc | 211

From ZH
 
Did China Trigger A “DeepSeek Moment” In Hypersonic Missiles
 

China has triggered a “DeepSeek moment” in hypersonic weapons, unveiling cement-coated Mach-7 missiles that can be mass-produced for roughly $100,000 per unit. The development is setting off alarm bells within the U.S. military, which has yet to field a hypersonic weapon and cannot come anywhere close to matching such production costs.
The South China Morning Post reports that Chinese private aerospace firm Lingkong Tianxing introduced the YKJ-1000, a Mach-7 hypersonic glide weapon built almost entirely from civilian-grade materials to keep costs ultra-low.
Slides circulating on X claim the YKJ-1000 costs just $100,000 to produce. The economics are absolutely staggering because a U.S. SM-6 interceptor costs about $4 million per unit, a THAAD interceptor can run upwards of $15 million, and a Patriot PAC-3 can cost as much as $4.2 million.
Developed by a private company rather than state-owned firms, demonstrating the success of China’s Military–Civil Fusion strategy,” one slide reads.

 
This is capitalism, China style…..beating the shit out of Western capitalism

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 5 2025 6:46 utc | 212

The Richest Men in the World are Media Moguls – Consortium News
 
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 4 2025 20:39 utc | 202

Good article, thank you.

Posted by: S | Dec 5 2025 7:57 utc | 213

Re: Larry Ellison 
Has been known for a very long time in the sailing community as a shameless cheater.  Thats why he couldn’t get into any first rate YC. Always blackballed for his lack of character. 

Posted by: exile | Dec 5 2025 10:29 utc | 214

This is capitalism, China style…..beating the shit out of Western capitalism
Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 5 2025 6:46 utc | 212
 
This is market working, not rentier, not financialized, not business/politicians promiscuity for market power/barriers.
 
You bring something useful, you get rich for a while, then as others play in a level field, you’ll get by until you bring something worthy again.
 
Deng saw that throwing out the baby with the water was unwarranted …

Posted by: Newbie | Dec 5 2025 10:57 utc | 215

Posted by: Clouds Of Alabama | Dec 4 2025 19:26 utc | 188
 
Larry Kudlow is a financial genius compared to your economic ignorance.

Posted by: canuk | Dec 5 2025 13:23 utc | 216

Larry Kudlow is a crook.

Posted by: exile | Dec 5 2025 13:33 utc | 217

Posted by: exile | Dec 5 2025 13:33 utc | 217
 
He may well be; regardless, he still know more about economics than Clouds of Bullshit.

Posted by: canuk | Dec 5 2025 13:58 utc | 218

Britain’s role in commodity trading continues to fall.
 

BREAKING NEWS COMMODITY TRADER MERCURIA HAS GIVEN NOTICE OF ITS PLANS TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF COPPER FROM LONDON METAL EXCHANGE WAREHOUSES IN ASIA Wow… Dr. Copper.

https://x.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1996937482722500672
 

 

Posted by: unimperator | Dec 5 2025 14:10 utc | 219

US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say:https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-sets-2027-deadline-europe-led-nato-defense-officials-say-2025-12-05/
Looks like nobody wants to play with the naughty EU kids anymore.

Posted by: V for Vendetta | Dec 5 2025 14:12 utc | 220

“Rothschild family succeed in bid to take bank private”
The rats are leaving the sinking ship?

Posted by: V for Vendetta | Dec 5 2025 14:14 utc | 221

So Perfidious Albion and Norway have signed a military pact to hunt down Russian subs in the North sea the sooner Scotland goes through decolonisation and takes back control of its own waters the better – Perfidious Albion can make as many enemies as it wants but Scotland should not follow suit.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 14:37 utc | 222

 Peter AU1 (209).
 
Indeed, another Gallipoli 2.0 – I quite like ex-Aussie PM Paul Keating he called out AUKUS for what is – a very heavy ball and chain around the taxpayers neck – with little to show for it.
 
If you find the time watch Mr Keating spell it out in this very candid interview.
 
 
IN FULL: Former Australian PM, Paul Keating joins Laura Tingle in conversation on ‘AUKUS’ at the NPC

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 14:41 utc | 223

Tucker Carlson takes,  the piss out of Mad Dog Lindsey Graham.
 
Monitor𝕏 (@MonitorX99800): “🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- Lindsey Graham: “We must attack Venezuela because of Hezbollah.”” | nitter.poast.org

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 14:49 utc | 225

Of course, the Telegraph is a well know Perfidious Albion security services outlet – a mouthpiece for Mi5 etc – but who knows it might be true.
 
“Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro asked the U.S. for permission to keep $200 million of his personal wealth, amnesty for his officials, and safe exile in a friendly country as part of a deal to step down, according to The Telegraph. During the roughly 15-minute call with President Trump, the two disagreed on where Maduro would go: Trump suggested China or Russia, while Maduro wanted to stay in the Western Hemisphere, preferably in Cuba. Qatar has since emerged as a possible compromise.”
 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 14:52 utc | 226

Surely the world will now boycott this political song contest – in effect by allowing the Zionists to participate its condoning genocide.
 
“The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as the organizer of the ESC, has decided that Israel will not be excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026. Spain, Netherlands, Ireland & Slovenia have now withdrawn from participating in the Eurovision song contest following the greenlight to Israel.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 15:04 utc | 227

Re my (143 and (149) comments on Yemen.
 
“A US-based Yemeni Think Tank Basha Reports that the UAE launched the offensive to sabotage the Houthi-Saudi peace talks that were going well. “They see Saudi Arabia working toward a political settlement with the Houthis in the north and want to ensure they hold full control of the south before any deal between Riyadh and Sana’a is reached,” – Basha Report.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 15:06 utc | 228

@215 Newbie 
This is NEP in chinese style.

Posted by: Soviético | Dec 5 2025 15:29 utc | 229

Re: Eurovision ?
note the Israeli singer and musicians are all IDF reservists on leave. Reflect on that data point. 

Posted by: Exile | Dec 5 2025 16:46 utc | 230

” Lithuania: a “state of emergency” to be declared because of smuggled balloons from Belarus ” : yeah smoking kills, but isn’t “state of emergency” slightly overkill ?
The batshit crazy took control of the madhouse …
 

Posted by: Savonarole | Dec 5 2025 16:50 utc | 231

@215 Newbie This is NEP in chinese style.
Posted by: Soviético | Dec 5 2025 15:29 utc | 229
New Economic Policy, yes
Lenine/Deng, not Stalin/Mao
 
Even the best planning can use 100 idiot ideas if 1 turns out good/excelent

Posted by: Newbie | Dec 5 2025 17:22 utc | 232

One of the most relevant Nima – Hudson- Wolff discussion.
Every European citizen should listen carefully to what they say about the EU.
https://sovereignista.com/2025/12/05/richard-d-wolff-michael-hudson-eu-us-split-eu-moves-as-the-uk-economy-collapses/

Posted by: JB | Dec 5 2025 17:36 utc | 233

The latest Inside China Business with American Businessman Kevin Walmsley
 
China (finally) takes over global commodities trading
11-minutes 59-seconds
 
It might be good information for some of you who trade.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 5 2025 18:05 utc | 234

So after the FIFA Peace prize, are they also going to award prizes for Biology, Literature, etc.?
 

Posted by: Dave G | Dec 5 2025 18:23 utc | 235

Tucker Carlson takes,  the piss out of Mad Dog Lindsey Graham.Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 14:49 utc | 225
 
Link no longer works

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Dec 5 2025 18:32 utc | 236

As the World Cup draw takes place right now in Washington USA – think about this FIFA President Gianni Infantino, presented the US POTUS Trump,  with a Peace Prize Award, yes you read that right a peace prize award – I’m speechless. 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 18:37 utc | 237

Is anyone following the Candace Owens revelations?  It appears she and others have exposed, uncovered, international intrigue regarding Charlie Kirks assassination.  The Egyptian military jets flying around America and foreign agents should be a major concern of the government, department of defense and trump.  What gives with the ignore- ance?
 
She asks straight forward intelligent questions on this issue.  The avoidance is bizarre.

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Dec 5 2025 19:03 utc | 238

Perfidious Albion, only gives off the illusion of being a democracy.
 
 
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run – Consortium News
 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 19:33 utc | 239

Posted by: Dave G | Dec 5 2025 18:23 utc | 235 & Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 18:37 utc | 237
Maybe a FAFO prize from FIFA?

Posted by: lex talionis | Dec 5 2025 19:35 utc | 240

Merv Ritchie (236).
 
Just checked it at 19.35 and its working – hope its working for you now.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 19:35 utc | 241

Air travel is often called the safest form of transportation when measured by accidents per mile.By that logic, it’s statistically safer to fly to the Moon than to stay home watching TV.

Posted by: welter | Dec 5 2025 20:34 utc | 242

@ Republicofscotland | Dec 5 2025 18:37 utc | 237
 
The draw didn’t do Scotland any favours; you should beat Haiti, Morocco could be a tricky handful, as for Brazil, well, I did feel a modicum of sympathy for that.
 
Mind you, we got lumbered with Croatia, who are always capable of punching above their weight.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Dec 5 2025 20:54 utc | 243

Trump genocide prize.
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 5 2025 21:13 utc | 244

@ Fool Me Twice | Dec 5 2025 22:47 utc | 191 from the “New US National Security Strategy” thread
 
I would encourage you to read Secrets of The Temple by Grieder and ask yourself these questions
 
How do you think those “public” members of these banks got to those positions?  Did the public get together and forward one of its own to represent them or were they installed by the elite. 
 
Why do we have such inequality in the West that we are seeing?  Do you not see the structural problem with having finance that is not a public utility?
 
How has China managed to bring millions out of poverty in their country?   Public finance control at the top of the nation is the answer.
 
Engage with us more, you are not alone in you misunderstanding of our form of social organization.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 5 2025 23:39 utc | 245

I miss John Ashcroft. I miss that simpler time when people could self-unconsciously be patriotic. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLQI8X2R6Y
John Ashcroft – Let the Eagle Soar
 
i bet those rooskie commies got no one can sing like that. we miss you John Ashcroft, wherever you are!

Posted by: duck n cover | Dec 6 2025 0:15 utc | 246

VENEZUELA
Again it’s all about oil and now war gaming.
OilThe main objective is the off shore oil fields in the Carribean. Venezuela reasserted it claim to Guyana oil fields in 2018 and passed a law claiming the disputed Essequibo territory as a new state in 2024. The US has been conducting joint exercises with Guyana since 2022 during the Biden administration. My guess is the attack will come from Guyana and the object will be control of the Orinoco delta. The objective here is to take control of the western Carribean shoreline of Venezuela and eliminate their claims to any off shore oil resources. Venezuela does not have the logistics or people in this area to counter this move.
War GamesOne military goal of this operation will be to battle test and develop US drone warfare capabilities. Most probably drones will be used to attack and harass drug cartel facility and operations. US has alot of catchup to do here and this operation is a good low intensity opportunity.
https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/South-America/Venezuelas-Shadow-War-Over-Oil-Rich-Essequibo-Is-Escalating.html

Posted by: Jerr | Dec 6 2025 2:34 utc | 247

no comment, or I will lose my historical composure 🙂
 
fyi,
 
 
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1997045261445869844
Leading Report @LeadingReport
 
BREAKING: Joe Biden receives LGBTQ award for running “most inclusive administration in US history.”
 
 
https://x.com/caitoz/status/1297310768770109440
Caitlin Johnstone  @caitoz
 
President Biden will have the most diverse, inclusive and intersectional cabinet of mass murderers ever assembled.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 6 2025 2:52 utc | 248

222 Republic
You remind me of the “Welshmen” I encountered on first returning home after 30+ years in exile.
Barking up the wrong tree my friend, but fuck the english eh?
Cymru ac Alba would be dead and EU slaves in 10 minutes.
National re-birth is like restoring a car, you don’t start with the furry dice and floor mats, flush the tank and see if the engine turns over.
Your input here is always great to read my friend, my brother your brother. Look right no.w, Slav on Slav. No more brother wars
 

Posted by: Orson Cart | Dec 6 2025 3:04 utc | 249

 
https://x.com/Strandjunker/status/1996692291587920223
Andrea Junker  @Strandjunker 
 
 
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion 
 
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion 
 
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion 
 
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
 
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
 
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 6 2025 3:42 utc | 250

A serious discussion of the global AI battlefield
 
USA Or China: Goldman Breaks Down Who Will Win The AI War
 

Rhodes asked Kennedy:
Who is currently “winning” the tech race?
Kennedy responded:
It’s important to understand that there are four key arenas in this race: technological innovation, practical application of the technology, installation of the digital plumbing or infrastructure underpinning the technology, and technological self-sufficiency. The U.S. is currently leading in most advanced technologies, including semiconductors, AI frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and quantum computing, as well as in attracting global talent. However, China is ahead in areas such as quantum communications, hypersonics, and batteries.
China is also making rapid strides to catch up to and, in some cases, overtake the U.S. in technological application. For example, China deploys robotics in manufacturing on a scale twelve times greater than the U.S. when adjusted for differences in employee income. And while U.S. regulations often limit applications like drone deliveries to your door, China is proactively testing and deploying advanced physical AI and robotics like uncrewed taxis and vertical takeoff vehicles, accelerating their practical adoption.
China is also dominating on the global installations front. It has established a strong presence in the Global South, surpassing the U.S. and other Western nations in building essential digital networks there. And China has made significant strides toward achieving technological self-sufficiency through its dual circulation strategy aimed at reducing its reliance on the West while increasing Western dependence on China. Recent Chinese government measures, such as restricting domestic purchases of Western chips and offering incentives for using domestic alternatives, underscore this push for technological independence. At the same time, China’s vast overproduction capacity in batteries and critical minerals has further increased Western dependence on China’s supply chains. The U.S. has been ambivalent at best as it relates to this aspect of the tech race and remains reliant on China in many ways. So, on net, while the U.S. leads in the development of the technology itself, China is rapidly closing the gap — or even leading — in application, infrastructure installations, and tech self-sufficiency.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 6:34 utc | 251

Oldhippie is correct:
 

High Level DEA Agent laundered Cartel money and smuggled deugd for Carteld

Posted by: Exile | Dec 6 2025 7:40 utc | 252

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 6:34 utc | 254
 
######
 
Re: that article 
 
America is not leading in talent acquisition.
 
China has a massive and growing skilled tech workforce. Home grown.
 
I assume that the presumed US lead is based on VC financed hirings, not the number of degree or patent holders.
 
If China isn’t in front when it comes to talent, they will be in 5 more years.
 
Because it takes years to build the infrastructure and educate/train the workers, the Chinese progress is quite safe from being overcome.
 
In China, AI education is mandated at the grade school level. Everywhere without exception.
 
What will be the effects of that in 10 years?
 
Meanwhile in the West, people are still debating AI, the Chinese treat it as inevitable and necessary.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 6 2025 8:20 utc | 253

Federal Minimum Wage2012: $7.252025: $7.25
Posted by: michaelj72 | Dec 6 2025 3:42 utc | 253

Then there is the inflation that one responder shone light on. It’s bad enough that the USA is so bass-ackward as to refuse to replace the $1 bill with a coin as Canada did in ’87 (and the $2 in ’96).

Posted by: joey_n | Dec 6 2025 9:28 utc | 254

This was never an issue in the older system 

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25

Posted by: joey_n | Dec 6 2025 9:29 utc | 255

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Dec 4 2025 17:33 utc | 175
 
Thank you Tom for your detailed reply to my question : “are you suggesting “we” set up such a resilient info channel‘ 
 
I agree fully with every point of your reply and know from experience that ‘unthinkable’ things can be done in really tough circumstances fraught with danger.
 
I support and encourage the coming together of people who understand your idea, have the necessary knowledge and skills and are interested in creating “such a resilient info channel”. 
 
It would be a great thing.  A service to all people looking for unfettered INFORMED debate about the kind of economies, societies and world we want and can create. Because, nothing that is human made has to be the way it is. It can all be different, so no one should take TINA (there is no alternative)  claims seriously. They should be laughed of.
 
The great potential humans have can be directed in a completely different direction than – profit and market based societies and life, which has beyond any doubt proved to be anti-human. We are living in it. So TINA – there is no alternative to change for the better,  certainly towards a humanistic, socialist vision in as many forms as there are peoples, cultures, and circumstances.
 
I hope  your modest call  that –  “we” set up such a resilient info channel‘ – is taken seriously and taken up by honest people out there who want to make it happen with your willingness and participation.
 
Thank you Tom.
 
 
 
 
 

Posted by: JB | Dec 6 2025 9:56 utc | 256

There will be a protest against the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10

The Shame of the Peace Prize
Reject the Peace Prize that supports war and genocide!
Protest against the Peace Prize award ceremony on December 10th.Jernbanetorget, Oslo, Norway, at 18:00Show your resistance!

https://t.me/forpartiet/60
 

Posted by: Norwegian | Dec 6 2025 10:24 utc | 257

@Woke American | Dec 5 2025 1:35 utc | 208

There was a time when the EU was a possible good thing.  It got corrupted beyond belief.  All of Europe will pay a huge price for this corruption, even European nations that are not a part of the EU. 

There was never such a time. These people always had plans to conquer other people’s assets. The majority in Norway realized the EEC threat against e.g. it’s fisheries and voted NO to membership in a country-wide referendum in 1972. In 1994 the scheme was attempted again to include Norway in the EU, and again the Norwegian people (including myself) voted NO to membership, because it was clear as day that the EU was an attempt to create a super-state sucking control and democracy away from the countries. What has happened since confirms that this was indeed correct, but unfortunately my country suffers from the consequences of the betrayal of the corrupt ‘elites’.

Posted by: Norwegian | Dec 6 2025 10:41 utc | 258

@Norwegian 261
 
@Woke American | Dec 5 2025 1:35 utc | 208

There was a time when the EU was a possible good thing.  It got corrupted beyond belief.  All of Europe will pay a huge price for this corruption, even European nations that are not a part of the EU. 

There was never such a time. These people always had plans to conquer other people’s assets. The majority in Norway realized the EEC threat against e.g. it’s fisheries and voted NO to membership in a country-wide referendum in 1972. In 1994 the scheme was attempted again to include Norway in the EU, and again the Norwegian people (including myself) voted NO to membership, because it was clear as day that the EU was an attempt to create a super-state sucking control and democracy away from the countries. What has happened since confirms that this was indeed correct, but unfortunately my country suffers from the consequences of the betrayal of the corrupt ‘elites’.
 
Back in the late 1990s or maybe early 2000s, there was discussion in the United States about how a united Europe would be the worlds number 1 economy, surpassing the US.  I believe that there were claims that the EU DID surpass the US for a while.  Europe has declined so much recently that these kinds of things seem unthinkable today.
 
I read a lot of authors that talked about European ascendency based on united economic growth, and treated it as a GOOD thing.  Europe decided to race towards the bottom rather than the top.  Whether this was always the intended goal is not even important anymore.  You are saying that Europe was ALWAYS corrupt and NEVER had a chance to do anything good.  You may be correct.

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 6 2025 12:15 utc | 259

@JB | Dec 6 2025 9:56 utc. And I agree with all  you said.
 
I intend to help build  that Free Speech toolset I posited. There’s much I  can contribute, and the building of it will bring a lot of fine  people together,  in pursuit of highly worthwhile goals. Time well-spent.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Dec 6 2025 12:47 utc | 260

It’s bad enough that the USA is so bass-ackward as to refuse to replace the $1 bill with a coin as Canada did in ’87 (and the $2 in ’96).
 
Posted by: joey_n | Dec 6 2025 9:28 utc | 257
 
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Americans aren’t fond of large coins: Men don’t carry coin purses and larger coins do wear out holes in pockets. How about abandoning rag stock for polymer in the manufacture of banknotes (which Canada among other countries has done)? If you keep polymer away from flame it lasts virtually forever.

Posted by: malenkov | Dec 6 2025 13:13 utc | 261

Hmm, perhaps an interesting discussion.
 
Isn’t the US still far worse off than the EU and Europe in general? For all the US destruction of Europe it could still be remarkably fast to fix Europe compared to the US. Europe is much closer to Russia and China (and Africa and the near East and Asia) and far more central.
 
The problems in Europe are artificial and political (being “allied” to the US —imagine being allied to Russia and China instead!).
The problems in the US are real and fundamental (trying to swallow the Earth).
 
What/who if anything/anyone is supposed to be able to solve the problems in the US or rebuild it? China across the pacific? A Europe where so many already hate/despise the US? The US always liked to brag about its “moats” and will be or is already trapped behind them, not worth the cost.
 
The US is running on fumes much more than Europe is, and this despite the leeching off of Europe (but deluded Usians think it’s the other way around lol, which has never been true in any way). The ongoing stream of US bullshit and bullying is essentially all they have. The only reason the US still exists is that China and Russia are not at all belligerent and chose a path of least bloodshed …so far.
 
In a way the US isn’t even worth the cost of destroying, yet, in their view, compared to letting it fail on its own. Europe is not a real target since everyone knows the main root of the issues are in the US.
 
The US always thought far too much of themselves, and with a very negative attitude seldom seen in Europe (with the obvious exceptions of “politicians” etc.).
 
Nah, Europe is doing a hell of a lot better than the US in my opinion (but it is still shit since we are ruled by traitors).
 
Tell me how I’m wrong.
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Dec 6 2025 13:31 utc | 262

@Woke American | Dec 6 2025 12:15 utc | 262

You are saying that Europe was ALWAYS corrupt and NEVER had a chance to do anything good.  You may be correct.

No. Europe is not EU.

Posted by: Norwegian | Dec 6 2025 15:14 utc | 263

@265 Sunny Runny Burger
In a way the US isn’t even worth the cost of destroying, yet, in their view, compared to letting it fail on its own. Europe is not a real target since everyone knows the main root of the issues are in the US. The US always thought far too much of themselves, and with a very negative attitude seldom seen in Europe (with the obvious exceptions of “politicians” etc.). Nah, Europe is doing a hell of a lot better than the US in my opinion (but it is still shit since we are ruled by traitors).
 
With your perspective, I will propose this my “recent history of Europe”.  Basically based on a couple of resources focusing on UK and Germany.
 
Brexit:  The debate about Brexit was intense and interesting.  Since Brexit has been implemented, the UK economy and UK society has deteriorated significantly.  I was slightly on the remain side before it was implemented, and understood the reasons for Brexit.  However,  Traitors to the UK, as you would describe them, of both political parties (ok there are some minor parties too, but both main ones) have used Brexit as a tool to sabotage and destroy the UK economy and society.  There is no way to know if Brexit would have been good or bad if the leaders of the UK worked hard to make Brexit work for working class people of the UK.
 
German Energy Situation:  The way it was advertised to me, the original German energy plan was to make Germany completely self sufficient for its energy needs over a 10 year period.  The plan included oil, gas, and even coal if I remember correctly, phasing each out, coal first, oil and gas second.  Nuclear power was phased out quickly.  In light of possible missile attacks from Russia that Europe is trying to provoke, this may turn out well for Germany.
 
The US worked hard to sabotage this plan.  I thought it was disgusting that the US even TRIED to sabotage it.  I was shocked when Germany agreed.  Russian energy was a very solid good tool for Germany to bridge the gap to energy sufficiency.  And if they failed or were delayed in energy sufficiency, they could always rely on Russian energy until they got energy sufficiency to work, with an amicable phase out of Russian energy, giving Russia time to find new buyers for its energy.
 
I do not think that calling the leaders of the UK and Germany TRAITORS is over blown.  The only question is:  how in the hell does Europe escape their clutches?  Also, these traitors are doing a very effective job of destroying the EU economy from what I can tell.  Repairing it may take a while.  Of course, the best nation in the world at quickly building and rebuilding infrastructure is China.  Getting Russia to go back to selling energy to Europe after it has rebuilt its supply chains to other nations may not be so easy.
 
So the short version is:  Europe was poised to overtake the US and be a world power.  The US sabotaged this by getting Traitors to the EU to destroy Europe from within, which is working.  The best plan for Europe once the Traitors are removed from power is to work with China and Russia, and come up with a new modern plan for energy self sufficiency and industrialization.

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 6 2025 15:18 utc | 264

Orson Cart (252).
 
A lot has changed in 30 years – almost a million settlers have moved from South of the border to Scotland – putting tremendous pressure on public services, and shifting the political balance – the SNP has become a treacherous unionist party, we (Scots) gave them 6 mandates to dissolve the illegal union and they ignored every single one of them – Scotland’s case has been heard at the UN to declare it a colony of England’s – to get it put on the C-24 group of NSGT’s – its has also been revealed that there was no union – and that England steals roughly £200 billion a year from Scotland – I could go on but you’ve been away for 30 years – so this will all come as shock to you.
 
As for the Welsh, they voted to remain in the EU, but English settlers living in Wales – swung the vote to drag the Welsh out of the EU via Brexit – Wales received significant financial packages from the EU, now after Brexit its not so good for them.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 15:43 utc | 265

I read today that the Britkrainian Terror Force is droning buildings in Grozny. Dreams for the King to start another Chechn War 3.0
 
Wonder how those surrender negotiations are going…….
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Dec 6 2025 15:58 utc | 266

 Jeremy Rhymings-Lang (243).
 
Beat Haiti yes, Morocco no, Brazil no, Scotland’s national football team is a makeweight team – they’ll doing nothing next year in the States – Scotland is a party team – the fans are their to party – one of the Scotland fans most sung songs is – No Scotland No Party I rest my case.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:18 utc | 267

Canada joins the long list of countries (including the UN) that are now very comfortable with the proscribed headchoppers now running Syria – and committing atrocities on a daily basis.
 
“Canada lifts sanctions it imposed on Syria under the former Assad government”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:28 utc | 268

Munir, a General Zia in the making.
 
“Former PM Imran Khan on Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir: ‘The same man who, in my opinion, shredded the constitution, trampled judicial independence, strangled free expression, and treated an election like his personal property, then crowned himself a bargain-bin ‘Caesar for life’ is still terrified of someone he locked up two years ago.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:33 utc | 269

What’s going on up there – the official narrative is always science is going on.
 
“For the first time since its launch 27 years ago, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station are occupied. Two Russian Progress, a pair of Russian Soyuz, an American Cygnus, a Japanese HTV-X, and two of Elon Musk’s Space X Dragons.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:36 utc | 270

Read the thread – to see what a corrupt shithole the Brussels has become, worst of all its trying to freeze out EU citizens from holding the EU to account – on just about everything.
 
Erik Dale 🇳🇴 (@EuroDale): “I used to be an advisor at the Berlaymont. Now I’m spilling the beans on how the EU is deliberately designed so citizens can never hold it accountable or force real change from below. Thread 👇” | nitter.poast.org

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:41 utc | 272

Why am I not surprised that the US Terrorist State funds them.
 

WikiLeaks

 
 

@wikileaks

“Leaked: full video of German broadcaster NDR’s investigation into the OCCRP’s financial dependence on the US Government. Documentary produced in 2024 and buried right before it was due to go to air (German + English):”
 
 
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project | OCCRP
 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 16:50 utc | 273

From 265 to 275 on here so far, very interesting comments!
 
Thank you all.

Posted by: juliania | Dec 6 2025 16:59 utc | 274

Perfidious Albion is stealing hundreds of billions from Scotland every year – and I don’t doubt they are stealing it from elsewhere as well.
 
“The British Empire didn’t disappear. It just learned a new trick. It realized it no longer needed soldiers, gunboats, or stolen continents. It discovered a far cleaner form of plunder, one wrapped in contracts, trusts, and tax codes, executed not with muskets but with Montblanc pens.
 
The trick was elegant: Why rule people when you can rule their money? Why occupy land when you can occupy trillions of tbr world’s balance sheets? Where old empires looted gold, this one loots revenue. Where old empires planted flags, this one plants shell companies. Where old empires ruled through force, this one rules through loopholes. The uniforms changed. The extraction didn’t. The 2025 Corporate Tax Haven Index isn’t merely a report. It is a confession, a glimpse of the operating manual and scale for the last functioning empire of piracy on Earth. Seven of the world’s worst corporate tax abuse enablers are British or British-wired: 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 🇧🇲Bermuda 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇬🇧 The UK itself Add the satellites: Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, and you have the modern imperial piracy map, not red territories, but redacted ledgers.
 
A colonial spiderweb stretching across oceans, all threads leading back to the City of London, where £3 trillion in global wealth silently passes through conduits built for secrecy and extraction. The empire didn’t completely fold. It decentralized. It globalized its extraction. It dissolved borders so revenue could flow freely, in one direction. While every road no longer leads to Rome, the world’s most lucrative loopholes still converge on London, by design, not coincidence. The brilliance of the system is its camouflage. If any other nation drained the world’s tax bases into secret financial warehouses, it would be condemned as corruption, kleptocracy, destabilization. But when Britain does it? It’s “efficient financial engineering.” It’s “market sophistication.” No… it’s piracy with paperwork. It’s looting rewritten in legalese.
 
The defeated empire realized that plunder becomes respectable once you teach accountants to be mules and carry the loot. Once the empire lost its armies, it built something far more durable, a financial gravity so powerful that corporations, banks, and entire economies were pulled into London’s orbit whether they intended to or not. This is engineered dependence. Control the jurisdictions where profits can disappear, and you don’t just influence corporations, you influence the governments forced to compensate for the revenue they lose. Control the offshore architecture, and you set the conditions for IMF austerity. Control liquidity, and you control sovereignty itself. This offshore empire of piracy is why Russia is decoupling from Western financial rails. China is building parallel infrastructure. BRICS is designing settlement systems outside the dollar. Africa is rejecting Western development banks.
 
The Empire metastasized into the financial system that drains the world today. It swapped gunboats for tax havens, soldiers for accountants, and open conquest for “legal structures” designed to move wealth out of nations and into the same imperial core that once ruled them by force. The genius and the obscenity is that the victims are told this is “modern finance,” while Britain hides behind the very rules it wrote to protect its offshore machinery. Austerity for the Global South. Loopholes for the multinationals. Moral lectures from the capital of money laundering. And here’s the part London fears: That once nations realize they can’t be sovereign while their wealth bleeds into British-run secrecy networks, they face a simple choice: Dismantle the system, or remain subjects of an empire that pretends it no longer exists.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 17:07 utc | 275

“@Woke American | Dec 6 2025 12:15 utc | 262

You are saying that Europe was ALWAYS corrupt and NEVER had a chance to do anything good.  You may be correct.”
——————————————————————

“No. Europe is not EU.”
 
Posted by: Norwegian | Dec 6 2025 15:14 utc | 266
 
Precisely, Norwegian.

Posted by: canuk | Dec 6 2025 17:08 utc | 276

Posted by: Woke American | Dec 6 2025 12:15 utc | 262
 
The argument is well-founded, WA, and brings me to realize that perhaps Russia’s intention in not being against Ukraine joining the EU lies with the vision of a future EU that has come to its senses, with Ukraine as a neutral party therein.  I do think that is possible, something to be worked towards.  Thank you and others for your posts.

Posted by: juliania | Dec 6 2025 17:08 utc | 277

Is anyone following the Candace Owens revelations?  It appears she and others have exposed, uncovered, international intrigue regarding Charlie Kirks assassination…  The avoidance is bizarre.
@ Merv Ritchie | Dec 5 2025 19:03 utc | 238
 
Thanks for asking. Aleph here (myself, that is) was a somewhat regular barfly in here before falling into the Charlie Kirk wormhole. His September 10, 2025 assassination has become the most formative political turning point (as it were) of my long life. I’m the exception that proves the rule: most old fools have no idea what’s going on with Candace’s ascension to queen of the online universe, while younger folks instantly understand the attraction: honesty has become eminently fashionable.
 
Except for Max Blumenthal, the important journalists on the Kirk story are all podcasters, not writers. This is something new for me — I’ve always preferred the written word rather than watching someone talk at a camera, but writing is an extension of journalism, not the core, these days. I was here on planet Earth when JFK was taken out, so many decades ago we’ve all given up on the possibility of ever unearthing the truth. The news-cycle moves on and noboby cares anymore…
 
Except not this time. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” That might be the motto of the tiny, formidable crew of podcasters bringing journalism to a new level of historical relevance: Ian Carroll, Baron Coleman, Nate Cornacchia (Valhalla VFT), and of course Candace. Beware of this Egyptian/French/Israeli/American wormhole — before we’re done we’ll figure out who-all had it in for McKinley.
 
For barflies unafraid of Candace, who prefer the written word, the CandaceOwensFan substack provides a detailed, thorough overview of every episode. See ya!
https://candaceowensfan.substack.com

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Dec 6 2025 17:29 utc | 278

Some interesting circumlocutions are going on.
 
Now, the EU, despite passing laws that European states follow and contribute money towards, is not Europe. 🙄🙄🙄
 
Is the EU in Africa? Is the EU the Martian Federation?
 
If the EU is not European, then what is it?
 
The EU is European. Nazism is European. Zionism is European. Colonialization is European. Atheism is European.
 
Hyper-inflation is European.
 
LGBTQ stuff is European.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 6 2025 17:39 utc | 279

This will be a repost from earlier of the discussion from John Helmer, Dances with Bears, concerning what happened during the US team discussion in Moscow of the 28-no-27 points.   I hadn’t a chance to take it up earlier; it is very complete, so I am recommending it now.  Apologies if you have already seen it. 
 
Putin mentions it in his talk with the Indian reporting team before his trip to India.  His description aligns with Helmer’s take on how Russia may now proceed in Ukraine, as not needing to go as far as the Polish border.
 
https://www.youtube.com/live/L8dpVZbh5S4

Posted by: juliania | Dec 6 2025 18:34 utc | 280

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Dec 6 2025 17:29 utc | 281
Thank you for this link.  I too was around to witness and remember the JFK assassination.  And was a writer and publisher, still preferring to read as I read exponentially faster than people talk.  Spending an hour or more to listen to people explain their perspective when I could read it in five minutes is a waste of time, hence I do not watch political commentaries including Larry, Helmer and the varieties all mentioned here at the bar.
 
The Kirk expose’ Candice is covering however is not written comprehensively anywhere I can find.  And she’s not bad, kind of irritating like Tucker and Bigtree with the condescension and self righteous outbursts, but full of great knowledge.
 
I’m going to follow that link now.

Posted by: Merv Ritchie | Dec 6 2025 18:49 utc | 281

@ Merv Ritchie | Dec 6 2025 18:49 utc | 284
 
Very happy to be of service, to you and perhaps to Candace. Online, beefy tattooed he-men such as Nate and Stew are volunteering to join her as bodyguards, should she venture from Nashville to enemy territory in Utah or Arizona! Some guys have a tendency to fall head-over-heels in like with a woman like that, it seems.
 
I forgot to mention Coach Colin, among Candace’s most fervent admirers: two well-researched updates a day, delivered with yucks & gusto — for those who don’t mind podcasts. Once upon a time I was a cub journalist, working for the college paper. Now journalism has been wrung inside-out and sideways in the course of Candace’s live-streaming leadership. For now, until lawfare bankrupts her, we have her dynamite Decentralized Intelligence Agency: an army of mommy-sleuths and daddy-sleuths uncorking the deepest state-secrets. We commonly see three or four layers of video-quotation, along with frame-by-frame analysis of TPUSA ghouls like Mikey McCoy at the moment that shot rang out.  What a world.
 
https://www.youtube.com/@coachcolin

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Dec 6 2025 19:27 utc | 282

An interview with the Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, on China and AI.
 
https://youtu.be/aJmHfmrRMUE
15-minutes 22-seconds

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Dec 6 2025 19:57 utc | 283

The Zionists have access to all US security data.
 
“A company with deep ties to Israeli intelligence oversees cyber security across more than seventy US government agencies, including the Department of Defense and Homeland Security.
Axonius was founded by former spies in Israel’s Unit 8200 and its software, which allows an operator ‘visibility and control over all types and number of devices,’ collects and analyses the digital data of millions of US federal employees.
The stated aim of the Axonius platform is to centralize IT tools to identity and fix security breaches. As a product of Israeli intelligence, however, the scale of Axonius’s use across the US government raises serious questions.
Axonius was founded and is currently run by Israelis Dean Sysman, Ofri Shur and Avidor Bartov, who met in the 2010s while working on the same team within Israel’s Unit 8200 spy service. On his LinkedIn profile, Sysman offers few details of their work for the IDF, describing it simply as having ‘far-reaching implications.’”
 
Former Israeli spies now overseeing US government cybersecurity – The Grayzone
 
 
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 20:00 utc | 284

If there was any doubt in anyone’s mind – that Trump really is going to attack Venezuela because of drug going to America – think again.
 
“Donald Trump is threatening to destroy the Honduran economy unless the country elects the oligarch-run National Party. Now, he’s even pardoned the last party member to rule the country, who was convicted in 2024 of smuggling hundreds of tons of drugs into the US.
On November 28, US President Donald Trump Trump declared he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in a New York prison in 2024 for his role in helping smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the US in a drug-running scheme linked to the Sinaloa cartel. Hernandez, Trump wrote, had been “treated very harshly and unfairly.”
While Hernandez was President of Honduras, he initiated contracts worth over half a million dollars with Republican lobbying firm BGR Group, after his brother, Tony, was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine smuggling. In the time since, BGR has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Marco Rubio, the Cuban American former senator who now serves as Trump’s Secretary of State.”
 
 
Trump pardons convicted narco-trafficking pol amid plot to rig Honduran election – The Grayzone

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 6 2025 20:04 utc | 285

‘Alejandro Was Murdered’
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLXA9uLUWmA
 
“Colombian fisherman’s family files claim against US over boat strike.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Dec 6 2025 20:07 utc | 286

A new socialist party in the UK that is now in its nascent phase is a very hopeful development not only for the UK but for the world. It is way past the hour for GB to stop being the evil empire.
 
Jeremy Corbyn is the well known face of the new party, but there is a new, young and impressive second face – Zarah Sultana.
 
I highly recommend to all interested this interview with her that is breathtaking, given the cesspool of western politics we are  choking in.
 
https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-alternative
 
Imagine a socialist UK ! If anyone in the West can do it, it’s the Brits.
 

Posted by: JB | Dec 6 2025 20:17 utc | 287

I see forest fires are ripping through NSW. Large numbers of people told to evacuate. Quite the norm for a woke world.
 
The corruption now being exposed in Ukraine and the EU commission…. I am still keeping an eye on the covid scam. Campbell digs up some solid stuff. Two peer reviewed studies have now found 90% of PCR tests for the SARS-cov- 2 virus were false positives.
 
Although the SARS-CoV- 2 virus was quite real, it was a political virus. A massive financial scam and a killing off of the aged. Doctors supposedly have a higher education. Few questioned the political bullshit. 
Putin told the Russian people that the only way Russia could be destroyed is collapse from within. The Soviet Union collapsed from within. The west has now collapsed from within. Most not just allowing, but embracing what I call this woke insanity that has very much come to the fore in the last couple of decades.
 
Climate and gender are the icing on this insanity and corruption cake. As for the vast majority of western higher education – nothing more than a British tabloid.
https://theconversation.com/au
 
 
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 21:54 utc | 288

anyone care to comment on this??
 
Russia: Marxists face 20-year sentences for studying Lenin’s “State and Revolution”!

Posted by: james | Dec 6 2025 22:19 utc | 289

The battle of the lie tellers
 
Anti-Free-Speech War Escalates As EU Unleashes DSA On Musk’s X
 
These organizations should make a point of exposing each others lies and hasten their Ouroboros process.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 22:26 utc | 290

@291 PeterAU
If polluting the air, water, and groundwater can be avoided then should be pursued.  Nothing wrong with living in harmony with nature as much as possible. Guess we can just let China solve that problem for us as well.

Posted by: Thurl | Dec 6 2025 22:37 utc | 291

james | Dec 6 2025 22:19 utc | 292
 
Marx and Engles communists manifesto. Early dogma destroyed the Soviet Union. The 1850s political theory of the commune system is unworkable in most nations.
 
Rabid Americans call Venezuela commie because it has socialism. We often see extremists of every belief. In Russia, there is zero tolerance for extremism. Rabid Russian nationalists, rabid liberals and in this case rabid commies, they all go down.
 
I saw a video clip just the other day – some immigrant or visitor to  Russia jumping up and down on a police car. The police beat the shit out of him, no fucking about. In Russia, crims are taken out, and decent people, the vast majority, are raised out of poverty.
 
In the west, it is the exact opposite.
 
 
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 22:46 utc | 292

Thurl | Dec 6 2025 22:37 utc | 294
 
And who the fuck are you. That comment seems a bit meaningless.
……………………….
 
To add to my previous reply to james – many seem unable to separate socialism from the commune system. psychohistorian on public vs private finance. Public finance is socialism without the commune.
 
Russia. Education is free through to the highest level. Medical is free. The government controls critical industries, has a 51% share in many, has a monopoly on gas. That brings in government revenue so on top of free education and free medical, taxes are low. That is compounded by very cheap energy supplied at cost rather than export rates.
 
In both Russia and China, private enterprise thrives. It is a way of obtaining the best of both worlds. That to me is socialism. Chinas system of government is communist. It is something that suits China and works well. Anyone that joins the party pledges to serve the people. Corruption is often punishable by death as the corrupt are traitors to the people. China dumped the Marx and Engles dogma after the death of Mao. From where they started out at the death of Mao to now is incredible. From absolute poverty to prosperity for well over a billion people.
 
My one short trip to China, I was surprised at the amount of small mum and dad private enterprise there. Far more than in corporate Australia.
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 23:05 utc | 293

Imagine a socialist UK ! If anyone in the West can do it, it’s the Brits. 
Posted by: JB | Dec 6 2025 20:17 utc | 290
 
First you have to burn the city of London and not let any rats escape.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 23:12 utc | 294

@ Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 22:46 utc | 295
 
thanks peter…. i have asked around and your response is the first… you  might be right about all of this..i don’t know, but i will let you know what anyone else says.. 

Posted by: james | Dec 6 2025 23:19 utc | 295

james
 
We live in a pretty crappy world james. The horse and cart bloke is not going so well at the moment. He’s okay. Everybody’s circumstances are different. Money for pensions is now being thrown down the utterly corrupt war drain. 
 
We now live within a west divorced from any form of reality. The vast majority of those about us live in a place far from any form of reality.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Dec 6 2025 23:30 utc | 296

psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 22:26 utc | 293
 
Hey ‘ol buddy! Did you see this? Western platforms and the assault on freedom of expression: Zoom illegally bans GFCN’s account — Strategic Culture 

Posted by: karlof1 | Dec 6 2025 23:31 utc | 297

i agree with you peter…i see it much the same…. 

Posted by: james | Dec 6 2025 23:37 utc | 298

@ karlof1 # 300 with link to posting about Zoom discrimination…thx
 
But, but, but, I pay Zoom for their service…..but expect I am being recorded now for the CIA
 
I don’t expect there is an alternative in the West that is not under the jackboot of the CIA…../sigh

Posted by: psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 23:50 utc | 299

psychohistorian | Dec 6 2025 23:50 utc | 302
 
Thanks for your reply. Sure, NSA sweeps up everything as Snowden confirmed. At least the org’s website remains viable. 

Posted by: karlof1 | Dec 6 2025 23:56 utc | 300