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Tag: geopolitics
China’s No.2 gave out different signal: Can he save the economy? Two factors needed to collapse CCP
Well-worth viewing. This video is considerably better than most short videos on the current situation in China. ABN
G7 Russian oil price cap, admission of defeat from collective west
Botched Kherson counteroffensive. Zaporozhye NPP Hollywood raid. Part 1
“Each of us in positions of authority or power, need to make sure that we are not inciting or encouraging anger or frustration” ~ Justin T, spoken with a cloying woke lilt
Originally tweeted by Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) on August 30, 2022.
The epitome of globopinko “leadership” through slavish obedience to WEF grade-school “ideas,” or is it “ideals.” These pathetic public faces of the anonymous rulers who dictate their policies all speak the same language, which is full of cheap platitudes, appeals to bullshit, a halting woke lilt with rising tones rising into nothingness. Behind the garbage speaking and staged mannerisms lie foul policies clearly designed to harm their own populations while also destroying the West. Ardern of NZ is a twin ideological slave-sister to Trudeau. Europe is filled with similar clones. The more of us understand and do not submit, the better our chances. ABN
Kherson counteroffensive is worse than I’ve even imagined. Ukrainians managed to kill a small number of Russian infantry, some retreated then Russians began to pound the area with artillery strikes and Krasnopol laser-guided rounds, getting many direct hits
Kherson counteroffensive is worse than I've even imagined. Ukrainians managed to kill a small number of Russian infantry, some retreated then Russians began to pound the area with artillery strikes and Krasnopol laser-guided rounds, getting many direct hits.
Many of Ukrainian infantry troops were Territorial Defence Forces from Odessa, not prepared for the task given to them to attack in open terrain. Tried to hide in tiny tree line after vehicles got destroyed, Russians hit the bushes they've tried to hide in.
As the result of this attack ambulances were going back and forth in Odessa and Nikolaev the whole day with local activists asking for blood donations on Facebook and Telegram. Obituaries are already being posted in local and social media for those killed on 29th August.
Luckily for Ukraine they've greatly exaggerated the numbers of troops participating in this attack, otherwise this would have been even bigger disaster. However it seems Zelensky got what he wanted, he got people to talk about the counteroffensive which was a suicide mission.
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US Coast Guard cutter is denied entry into the Guadalcanal port in the Solomon Islands stoking fears over China’s growing influence in the Pacific
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- Cutter Oliver Henry was trying to make a scheduled stop at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, to refuel and re-provision, when it was denied entry
- The cutter had been taking part in Operation Island Chief monitoring fishing activities in the Pacific, which ended on Friday
- There was no response from the Solomon Islands’ government for diplomatic clearance for the vessel to make a stop there
- The Oliver Henry was then diverted to Papua New Guinea, the Coast Guard said
- Coast Guard said the U.S. State Department is in touch with the Solomon Islands government and they ‘expect all future clearances will be provided to U.S. ships’
U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory.
The U.S. Navy, confirming a Reuters report, said cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam were carrying out the ongoing operation. Such operations usually take eight to 12 hours to complete and are closely monitored by China’s military.
In recent years U.S. warships, and on occasion those from allied nations such as Britain and Canada, have routinely sailed through the strait, drawing the ire of China which claims Taiwan against the objections of its democratically elected government.
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Wise compassion
The highest virtue in Buddhism is wisdom, not compassion.
Unwise compassion—that is compassion that brings harm rather than good—is bad.
I think the Pope’s talk as described in the following article is an example of unwise compassion.
Francis reprimands European leaders, forcefully asking continent: ‘What has happened to you?’
The Pope tried to highlight Europe’s “strengths” with his lofty rhetoric, but I think he revealed some of its deepest weaknesses.
Identifying a temptation to “yield to our own selfish interests” by “putting up fences here and there” to stop the flow of migrants into Europe, the pontiff said: “I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime but a summons to greater commitment on behalf of the dignity of every human being.”
I probably shouldn’t say any of what I have said and what I am going to say next: Each of the major Abrahamic religions suffers from the flaw of holding some word or law or ideal above human wisdom.
first posted MAY 6, 2016
The Saker interviews Michael Hudson
Gonzalo Lira: “The RUMOR is the Zelensky regime—ordered and abetted by Washington—will use some sort of bunker-buster bomb on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, perhaps even a tactical nuke”
RUMOR: I'm hearing this from so many independent sources online that I'll run it up the flagpole:
The RUMOR is the Zelensky regime—ordered and abetted by Washington—will use some sort of bunker-buster bomb on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, perhaps even a tactical nuke.
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The reasons are manifold:
◾️Cause a giant nuclear accident—and blame it on the Russians.
◾️An excuse for Zelensky and his goons to decamp to the West.
◾️An excuse for the US/NATO to give up on Ukraine.
◾️Forever ostracize Russia, so Europe never trades with her again.
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This is an incredibly farfetched RUMOR. But frankly I wouldn't put it past the insane clowns in Washington and Brussels and Kiev—which is the true horror.
Anyway, according to this RUMOR, it'll happen if not this weekend then over the course of this week.
We'll see.
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Addendum: The war in Ukraine is lost—once the Donbas falls, it's over. So this Samson option makes sense for Washington: Lashing out out of malice and spite, using nuclear terrorism but blaming the victim.
Very typical of the mentality of the people running things in Washington.
Originally tweeted by Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) on August 19, 2022.
Q & A: Trump raid, Biden DOJ crosses the Rubicon
This is from yesterday but it’s quite good and still topical. Lots of Q&A which allows for a wide range of commentary. Mercouris only hints, at best, of having any understanding of how deeply infiltrated USA is. I wonder if this is because he is speaking on YT and/or generally mindful of reputational danger or he is innocent. Europe is not much different from USA in being ruled over by gangs with ancient values. I still like The Duran and support what they are doing and believe they are worth listening to, but I do not think they are providing a full picture of how perilous the state of the West is today. ABN
Trump raid, Biden DOJ crosses the Rubicon w/Robert Barnes
EU Members Back Zelensky’s Call To Ban All Russians From Traveling
The Ukrainian government is lobbying European Union nations as well as the United States to shut their borders to any and all Russian travelers for a period of at least one year.
“The most important sanctions are to close the borders — because the Russians are taking away someone else’s land,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Monday comments to The Washington Post. Zelensky went so far as to say there should be a world-wide ban in place by the international community on Russians going anywhere.
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The single most important foreign policy objective of this and former and future generations in Europe, Russia, and North America should be good, productive, and mutually beneficial relationships among them. ABN
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