WHAT ISN'T MENTIONED [GUS DID NOT SEE IT] IN THE WIKIPEDIA ANALYSIS OF THE ILLEGAL WAR DECLARED BY THE USA ON IRAN ON FEBRUARY 2026 IS ONE OF THE RESPONSES BY IRAN THAT HAS USED CARTOONS TO MOCK DONALD TRUMP... IT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE "LEGO" CARTOONS BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE SIMILAR TO THE "LEGO" CHARACTERS MADE OF PLASTIC BRICKS.

APPARENTLY MAGA HAS JUST "RESPONDED" TO THESE VERY EFFECTIVE CARTOONS WITH A CARTOON OF ITS OWN. THIS IS DISCUSSED HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgiGJUHODhw

Iran War Cartoon War /Lt Col Daniel Davis

 

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MEANWHILE ON WIKIPEDIA:

 

Greek tragedy offers a way to read the present: when mercy, law, restraint and community are replaced by power, vengeance and wealth, disorder follows.

Civilisation is founded upon principles, not written or coded, but nevertheless immutable. Uphold these principles and civilisation evolves and flourishes. Treat these principles with contempt and chaotic consequences are inevitable. Order becomes disorder. This is the presupposition behind Zeus’ law.

 

George Browning

Trump has broken Zeus’ law

 

GUS SUSPECTS THAT IN A COMPLEX WEB OF OPERATIONS, WESTERN COUNTERING OF RUSSIANS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN A TASK MOSTLY ASSIGNED BY MI-6 TO UKRAINIANS. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE DOES NOT MENTION THIS LINK, THOUGH. YET WE KNOW THAT ZELENSKY IS HIGHLY LIKELY AN MI-6 ASSET...

 

Kiev’s dirty war goes global

From Africa to the Caspian Sea, each strike is an attempt to market Ukraine as a useful Western asset that still deserves cash and weapons

 

On the morning of July 25, Ukrainian drones attacked an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea. An explosion occurred on board, killing one sailor and injuring another. Tehran described the incident as an act of aggression, summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires and warned that retaliatory measures could follow.

Today’s Germany is a grim, unhappy place. Thirty-six years after West Germany’s take-over of the former East Germany (polite term: re-unification), which was supposed to herald a golden age of national fulfilment, citizens are in a very foul mood.

 

Germany has reached a new low in election rigging

Local officials in Lower Saxony are blocking AfD candidates from running, using intelligence reports instead of courts or due process.

BY Tarik Cyril Amar

 

With the rise of transhumanism, would bionic beings be considered political subjects with rights and decision-making power on par with 100% human workers? Could everyone have access to technological “enhancements,” the quality of which would vary according to social class? 

What will be the role of unions in 20 years? Will they disappear with mass automation and AI? If not, what would be the impact of their disappearance in this context?

 

Transhumanism, androids and class struggle

Guillaume SUING

 

GUS: THE WESTERN NEWS IS BEING MASSAGED BY COLOUR STORIES AND GRANDILOQUENT EDITORIALS WITH OPINIONS WHICH OMMIT THE SOURCES OF TROUBLES. IN THE TWO "FAIR" STORIES THAT FOLLOW, WE HAVE TO ADD THAT THE ORIGINS OF CONFLICTS ARE SOON ERASED BY THE EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL THAT ARE PEDDLED EITHER MUSICALLY OR POLITICALLY... THIS WON'T HELP FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE FIGHTING ANYWHERE. WE ARE INVITED TO ONLY SEE THE PUNCHES, THE BLOOD AND THE DAMAGE — ON ONE SIDE — NOT THE SOURCE THAT GREW LIKE A FLOOD AND INITIATED THE FIGHT.

FROM THE ONSET, GUS UNDERSTANDS WHERE PUTIN IS COMING FROM. GUS UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW: BOMBS ARE BOMBS... KIEV IS UNDER BOMBARDMENT AND THE UKRAINIANS ARE INCENSED.

WHO DREW THE FIRST PUNCH, THOUGH?

The Italian mafia is seeking to buy up some of the 800,000 firearms reportedly missing or stolen from Ukraine since 2022, including drones and other advanced arms, senior prosecutors have warned.

Some 780,465 items sent to Ukraine have reportedly disappeared since the escalation of the conflict, including around 149,000 during the first five months of 2026. The Il Fatto Quotidiano newspaper reported on Wednesday that much of the arsenal consisted of European military supplies intended for Kiev.

The outlet noted that European law enforcement authorities have struggled to track the flow of these arms, given that Western governments conceal the details of their extensive military shipments to Ukraine.

Late last July, as a famine unfolded in Gaza and Israeli settler attacks intensified in the West Bank, Wes Streeting texted a friend shortly before midnight.

“Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” the then health secretary told Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp.

 

UK’s New Defence Minister Called Israel ‘Rogue State’

Wes Streeting is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes committed war crimes, reports Dania Akkad.

 

The evolution from reactive law enforcement to predictive policing represents one of the most significant transformations in criminal justice systems worldwide. This article examines the emergence of algorithmic crime prediction, its philosophical underpinnings, real-world implementations, and the profound ethical questions it raises about freedom, bias, and the presumption of innocence.

 

From Surveillance to Pre-Crime: The Rise of Predictive Justice

BY ANDRE RIPLA

 

State officials lie all the time. Authoritarian states are almost by definition systematically deceiving their own populations, attempting (and often succeeding) in devaluing the whole idea of truth. They do so using both traditional media (e.g. state-controlled TV and radio stations) and the tools of the digital age. Lies are the foundation of authoritarian control. Indeed, lies are inextricably linked to other, ostensibly more serious types of state misconduct, including violence.

 

State Lies as Violations of Human Rights

by Marko Milanovic

 

 

To quote Solzhenitsyn:

The danger of nuclear war does not begin and end with Donald Trump, but with a failing system of nation states, militarised power and corporate oligarchy.

The declaration by 26 US psychiatric doctors that the US President is unstable and constitutes a ‘clear and present danger to the world’ understates the case. Indeed, it hardly begins to recognise the greater peril facing all humanity.

 

Julian Cribb

 

The US is worried about dependence on Chinese critical minerals, but its rushed deadline ignores the years of investment, infrastructure and allied cooperation needed to rebuild industrial capacity.

When ancient Greek commanders burned their own bridges and ships after marching into hostile territory, the psychological calculus was brilliantly simple. By making retreat physically impossible, they forced their soldiers to commit entirely to winning the battle ahead. It is a legendary tactic for generating absolute resolve.

 

Christopher Tang

The Pentagon is burning the bridge before building the road

 

 

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been added to Russia’s register of extremists and terrorists, according to the country’s financial watchdog.

The move comes after Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Durov of allowing Ukrainian special services to recruit Russian citizens for terrorist activities through Telegram.

 

It began in a Shanghai college dormitory in 1946, where two young students formed a friendship that would quietly shape the future of one of America’s most powerful political families.

Decades later, that friendship reached from Beijing’s inner circle to the halls of Washington. Chinese state-owned shipyards built the vessels. Chinese banks helped finance them. The Chao family fortune grew, while Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell rose to the highest levels of American power.

Was it simply business, family loyalty, and old connections—or something much more consequential?

This is the hidden story of the Chao–McConnell empire, and the bridge one family built between Beijing and Washington.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9oD59jRIg8