Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of supporting his political opponents amid an escalating dispute over the country's Constitutional Tribunal, warning that the crisis threatens the rule of law in Poland.

In a televised address to the nation on October 31, Tusk blamed the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, President Karol Nawrocki and former President Andrzej Duda for contributing to the prolonged institutional confrontation.

The prime minister claimed that Russia had an interest in destabilizing Poland and was using online influence operations to support those opposing his government.

“In this conflict, they are currently utilizing the support of Russia’s army of internet bots. Furthermore, they have even received public backing from a key ideologue of the Kremlin,” Tusk said.

“Should we just have done nothing?!” The former question is a common incensed objection whenever someone dares to question the wisdom, appropriateness, or success of the War on Terror. Part of this is because many hold to an unrealistic and idealized “War on Terror”—which was just and, despite mistakes, imperfectly accomplished most or all its stated objectives—instead of the historical War on Terror.

In 1902, a founder of Zionism wrote a utopian novel. Theodor Herzl’s Altneuland imagines European Jews, with the blessing of European imperial powers, conquering Palestine. They make its desert bloom, prompting such universal acclaim (including from the land’s existing inhabitants, even as their villages are destroyed) that the settlers find no need for an army at all.

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OCTOBER 1, 2026

At the RAND Corporation in California during the 1950s, Herman Kahn and others pioneered the so-called scenario technique for analyzing the relationship between weapons development and military strategy. Later Kahn applied this technique in On Thermonuclear War (1960), a book that examines the potential consequences of a nuclear conflict.

Trust is a precious commodity, essential to democracy. Our ’leaders’ need to work much harder to re-earn our trust, and retain it.

We need a national summit to renovate our democratic institutions.

John Menadue

IN 1945, THE USA GDP ACCOUNTED FOR 50 PER CENT THAT OF THE ENTIRE WORLD [TODAY IT IS AROUND 12 PER CENT]... BY THE 1960s, THE WORLD BECAME BIPOLAR. CAPITALISM vs COMMUNISM... IN THE EARLY 1990s, THE USSR ABANDONED THE COMPETITION WITH SOME CAVEATS. THE USA BECAME THE UNIPOLAR MASTERS OF THE PLANET.

BY 2000, THE TROUBLES [MANY OF THESE FOSTERED BY THE WEST] THAT NEARLY DESTROYED RUSSIA BEGAN TO SETTLE UNDER THE CLEVER LEADERSHIP OF VLADIMIR PUTIN. BY THEN PUTIN DID NOT WANT TO CONFRONT THE WEST. HE WAS READY TO MAKE FRIENDS. BUT, BY 2008, AFTER A FEW CIA COVERT EVENTS AND OVERT AGGRESSIVE WISHES FROM THE WEST — ESPECIALLY NATO MOVING EASTWARD, CONTRARILY TO HANDSHAKES MADE WITH GORBACHEV WHO ALLOWED THE BERLIN WALL DEMOLITION AND THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY — VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNED THAT GEORGIA AND UKRAINE IN NATO WAS A NIET MEANING NIET. 

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday she would step down early from her position ​in order to have the freedom to speak out on matters of importance beyond monetary policy. She will depart on February 7, giving current European Union ‌leaders time to pick her successor before a French presidential election that polls show far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is favoured to win. Her term was due to expire in October 2027.

Watch what she said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eF1AOSbupw

PLEASE VISIT:

US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday morning, checking in amid preparations for possible strikes on Iran, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the call.

According to the WSJ, Trump had earlier held another meeting with senior military commanders at the White House to discuss options for resuming major combat operations. Over the past few weeks, multiple media outlets have reported that the US could resume strikes on Iran after the November 3 midterm elections.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb Iran, warning of “another little Epic Fury” if Tehran fails to meet his peace terms. US officials have reportedly warned Arab allies hosting American military bases to prepare for a short but intense operation.

We’re at a lower political point than we care to realise, writes Michael Pascoe. It’s not just Albo’s mid-term doldrums. 

Things are getting desperate when the scoop out of an “exclusive” interview with the Prime Minister is that he described monetary policy as a “blunt instrument”. 

OMG! Hold the front page!

Uncomfortable awakening. The pie now grows slowly … it’s how we cut it that counts

by Michael Pascoe

I’m personally not sure how you could have any discussion about monetary policy tightening without the blunt instrument cliché popping up. How do you describe grass without mentioning “green”? Where do bears defecate? 

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CARTOONS IS POSTED ABOVE... IN IT, I SIMPLY EXPLAIN HOW THE WESTERN CIVILISATION "BASED ON CHRISTIANITY" IS THE DAUGHTER OF ZIONISM ET AL. FOR SOME PEOPLE THE WESTERN CIVILISATION IS A MIRAGE... SAY:

The values of liberty, tolerance and rational inquiry are not the birthright of a single culture. In fact, the very notion of something called ‘western culture’ is a modern invention

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/09/western-civilisation-appiah-reith-lecture

BUT THIS IS SEMANTICS... 

Pat Conroy presents AUKUS as an expression of Labor values and Australian sovereignty. But its enormous costs, troubled procurement record and dependence on Washington tell a different story.

In July this year in a National Press Club address, the minister for defence industry, Pat Conroy, tried to pitch the fuzzy notion of ‘progressive patriotism’ to the nation. This concept had been mentioned briefly by the prime minister in his 2025 election victory speech.

Kym Davey

BREAKING: SPAIN BURIED 68 PEOPLE AND THE PRESS WROTE “SIGNAL FAILURE”… NOBODY ASKED WHO WAS INSIDE THE SIGNALS. ISRAEL WAS.

Did Spain’s state railway operator award THREE SECURITY CONTRACTS to an Israeli-linked firm responsible for guarding and controlling trains and railway infrastructure?

The answer came back clean: YES. Renfe handed three contracts to I-SEC…the Spanish arm of ICTS, a security group built by former Shin Bet men. Trains. Stations. Workshops. Multiple regions. Awarded 2024, expanded through 2025 until it ran nearly half of Renfe’s security, fifteen airports and three metro lines.

OKAY... WE'RE GOING TO DREAM... WE'VE ALREADY SUPPLIED AMPLE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THE WAR IN UKRAINE WAS PROVOKED BY THE WEST... NOT ONLY PROVOKED, BUT FINANCED PLUS ENGINEERED THE DISMANTLING OF EARLY PEACE PROCESSES, ALL IN ORDER TO DESTROY RUSSIA...

IT'S NOT WORKING... RUSSIA IS WINNING...

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE WEST IS KAPUT. TRUMP KNOWS IT BUT HE CANNOT SAY THIS ALOUD. ALL HE CAN DO IS BLAME EVERYONE FOR IT, ESPECIALLY BIDEN, AND DEMAND "NEGOTIATIONS" BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CHINA, AMERICA AND RUSSIA... EUROPE CAN FUQUE ITSELF.

DESPITE THIS, THE WEST IS STILL PUSHING FOR MORE WAR... BECAUSE IT'S PROFITABLE TO A FEW GEEZERS... AND OF COURSE THE WEST WILL NEVER ADMIT IT STARTED THE CAPER — WHICH IT DID.

ADMITTING RESPONSIBILITY WOULD CREATE A MASSIVE STINK, WOULD IT NOT?... MORE TO COME.

While Germany focuses on issues like market access, supply chain security, and industrial competition, China likewise places great importance on a fair business environment and the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises. What both sides need is to establish more effective communication and coordination mechanisms to identify a new balance of interests in areas such as industrial upgrading, technological innovation, and economic and trade rules.

‘Consistency is valuable in governance’ – this ancient saying is worth heeding by the German side

By Global Times