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Gus Leonisky's blogwhile your dog is squashed by a bus and your NBA team loses.....The US and UK are setting up continental Europe for a military face-off with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. Lavrov issued the warning during his speech at the Inventing the Future symposium in Moscow on Monday. Speaking about the Ukraine conflict, the top diplomat stressed that “the Anglo-Saxons [the US and UK] expect to defeat our country with the hands of the Kiev regime, just like Hitler, gathering most of Europe’s countries under the Nazi banner.” “And, as a back-up plan, in case [Ukrainian leader Vladimir] Zelensky’s regime fails, they are preparing continental Europe to rush into a suicidal adventure and enter into a direct armed conflict with Russia,” he said.
a dictator... not a tyrant.....The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has admitted there “really is” a dictatorship in his country, and it is one of “stability, security, order, kindness and hospitality.”
being rude to the chinese.....The Foreign minister Penny Wong should recall Kevin Rudd as Australia’s ambassador to Washington. Australia badly needs an ambassador who performs the traditional diplomatic role of trying to prevent a war: in this case, one involving Australia, China and the US. Instead, Rudd is promoting a new book in the US, “On Xi Jinping: How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism Is Shaping China and the World”. He has also been performing his many other ambassadorial roles. Recall Rudd By Brian Toohey
harris' victory would not erase the damage done by the biden era.....We aren’t being smart. I want us to be smarter. You want to win the culture war? Make America smart again. Allow me to introduce “Smart-ism”—a cure to what Donald Trump so rightly named “Stupid-ism” in his recent interview with the philanthropist Tom Klingenstein. Trump coined the term “Stupid-ism” while he and Klingenstein were trying to find the most fitting moniker to give to our left-wing opponents.
where the values of justice and freedom are supposed to be sacred....."Many Western states and elites have consented, actively or passively, to the devastation of the Gaza Strip and the massacre of its population by Israel. To reach this conclusion, anthropologist Didier Fassin immersed himself in the analysis of the events that have shaken the region of Palestine since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.
Professor of ethics at the Collège de France (where he holds the chair of Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies) and at Princeton University, he has just published Une étrange défaite (La Découverte), a book in which he questions the interpretations to which this conflict has given rise. All the while keeping in mind this question that underlies most of his work: is one life worth another?"
writing his fictitious memoirs, jens stoltenberg has a chat with der spiegel....BUT FIRST LET'S INVESTIGATE THE MAIDAN "REVOLUTION" (ARTICLE FROM FEBRUARY 2024) "Court in Kiev has confirmed: Maidan snipers fired from the Hotel Ukraina"Ten years ago, a sniper massacre of police officers and Maidan activists created a highly explosive atmosphere on the Maidan in Kiev and triggered the coup against the Ukrainian government that followed two days later. In an interview with Multipolar, political scientist Ivan Katchanovski from the University of Ottawa explains the course of events, the available evidence, the questionable role of the german broadcaster ARD and the findings of a recent Kiev court ruling on the mass murder. The judges found that right-wing extremist Maidan fighters fired from the Hotel Ukraina, and other places, and are responsible for the deaths of at least ten people.
bamboozled by the self-created storms hidden behind symbols.....In meteorological terms, the current geopolitical world view points to hurricane force winds of a magnitude we have never seen before.
blowing bugles and beating drums again.....While so many in the world hold their breath for Harris or Trump it would also be wise to keep an eye on Germany. A sharp eye! A look at history books would also be advisable. For between Alps and Baltic, Rhine and Oder, the fearsome rhythm of marching boots is once again growing in volume. Boots and Boosts: Berlin Bulletin No. 228, November 28, 2024
banned by the idiots in washington, the chinese make their own stuff....Just 15 years ago, Chinese consumers were flocking to Western brands. Now they prefer Chinese ones. The fate of the Starbucks Group is telling: Sales and profits in its current 7,300 stores in China are declining. The Chinese are not drinking less coffee, but prefer Chinese brands, partly because they offer more for less money. Luckin Coffee, which was only founded in 2017, is rapidly taking market share from the American market leader. Even outside of China, such as in Singapore, Luckin Coffee stores are popping up everywhere and competing with Starbucks.
you cannot trust a crying clinton: it could be your pain or a deceitful laughter....Yeltsin grinned while Clinton cried. The Russian president had just blurted out his unfiltered reaction to American news reporting. It was October, 1995. Clinton and Yeltsin had just spoken at the United Nations 50th anniversary meeting. The next day the two presidents got together at Hyde Park, New York for a bilateral meeting followed by a press conference. Flashback: How Yeltsin Gleefully Drove Bill Clinton to Tears. Who’s Crying Now?
the petty rent of the petit bourgeois king would not even rate as musk's pocket money....British King ‘making millions’ from secret property empire – The Times King Charles III and his son Prince William have contracts with UK taxpayer-funded public services, charities, government departments and even a prison, which help them earn millions every year, the Sunday Times has claimed. That’s in addition to the so-called sovereign grant the royals get from the government. In 2023 alone, Charles and William’s “private fiefdoms,” the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall - raised £27.4 million (over $35 million) and £23.6 million ($30 million) respectively for the British royal family, the newspaper found as part of a joint investigation with Channel 4’s Dispatches program.
mischt sich immer im Namen seines Herrn, der USA, ein …Das Europaparlament attackiert eine UN-Resolution, die Chinas UN-Mitgliedschaft regelt. Ziel ist die Aufnahme Taiwans in UN-Organisationen. Damit attackiert das Europaparlament zugleich eine rote Linie Beijings. masterminds against China
The European Parliament is attacking a UN resolution that regulates China's UN membership. The aim is to admit Taiwan into UN organizations. In doing so, the European Parliament is also attacking a red line of Beijing
an excellent example of western schizophrenia.....If you want to read an excellent example of schizophrenia, take time and read the NY Times piece published on Friday — As Russia Advances, U.S. Fears Ukraine Has Entered a Grim Phase. It is a mixture of truth and lies. The following passage is emblematic: American military and intelligence officials have concluded that the war in Ukraine is no longer a stalemate as Russia makes steady gains, and the sense of pessimism in Kyiv and Washington is deepening. The dip in morale and questions about whether American support will continue pose their own threat to Ukraine’s war effort. Ukraine is losing territory in the east, and its forces inside Russia have been partially pushed back.
exploring issue by-pass in this "important" election of a head clown in washington....IT IS NOT AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT KAMALA AND DONALD HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND ITS FUTURE... SO HERE IS A LIST OF ISSUES — SIMPLIFIED FOR THESE AMERICAN POLITICAL CIRCUS CLOWNS:
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES: UKRAINE — SEND MORE WEAPONS AND START WW3? ISRAEL — SEND MORE WEAPONS AND KILL MORE WOMEN AND CHILDREN? BRICS — NEVER HEARD OF IT?.... GLOBAL WARMING? WHERE? EUROPE — CONTAINED VASSAL FULL OF LEADING IDIOTS?
LOCAL ISSUES: EMPLOYMENT — CHINA IS THE ENEMY — RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA... WAGES — WORKERS ARE THE ENEMY WOKISM vs CONSERVATISM — GENITALISM FUN vs MARRIAGE IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH FREEDOM OF SPEECH — EXCEPT IF IT'S CONTRARY TO "MY" VIEWS
PURPOSE: CONQUER THE WORLD? COOPERATE WITH THE WORLD?
the tories had a new weapon: diversity....Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the UK’s Conservatives in a vote on Saturday, replacing Rishi Sunak and becoming the first black woman to lead a major British political party. Born in the UK and raised in Nigeria and the US, the 44-year-old beat leadership rival MP Robert Jenrick by 12,418 votes, according to the state broadcaster the BBC. In her victory speech, Badenoch, who became an MP in 2017 after a career in banking and IT, vowed to renew the party after it suffered its worst defeat in the general election in July. She has stressed the need to “bring back” voters that have abandoned the Tories, claiming that the party is “critical to the success of our country.”
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