West's duplicitous double standards: Russia War

[Yodean]

Create a mini Lehman crisis and then come to the rescue. Solve the crises you created so that you can pump even more market into the economy. Almost every economic crisis was based on selling the masses crap

The classic "Problem-Reaction-Solution" paradigm.

The PTBs manufacture a "problem," the Herd reacts predictably, and the PTBs run to the Herd's rescue with a preplanned "solution."

This little bit ain't too bad: http://www.newworldwar.org/prs.htm

[phillCC]

I have no idea what's really going on in Ukraine right now. I don't know any objective observers there so there's no source of information I can trust.

Hi nicolas,
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What about the situation on the ground?

Mariupol cauldron confirmed locked (a very large number of hardcore Nazis are surrounded)
Operational cauldron in the Donbass closing but not physically closed yet
Kiev blocked on all directions except the humanitarian corridor

In plain English this means:

Several days, difficult and violent combats to denazify Mariupol. The outcome is not in doubt, but all the ingredients are here to indicate a truly intense urban assault operation.
Donbass. Again, the outcome is not in doubt, I will announce it here as soon as I get enough convergent info to confirm the closure of this operational cauldron
Kiev – here I really don’t know. I get the need to resolve the Kiev situation in some way, but I remain deeply concerned by any Russian operation to liberate the city. Kiev is not Mariupol and while in Mariupol there are no other options than to kill all the Nazis, I will keep hoping for some negotiated solution similar to what is happening in a lot of (admittedly much smaller) towns in recently liberated eastern Ukraine.

Then there is the issue of Odessa. Honestly, there are a lot of rumors on the Runet that Russia intends to liberate the entire Ukrainian coast, including Odessa, and open a land corridor to the Russian forces in Transnistria. Putin, Shoigu and Gerasimov are infinitely smarter than me and they have the real info, which I don’t.
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The link to the above is :- http://thesaker.is/day-6-mr-president-i ... ot-a-joke/
Hope this helps.

[Tobeornot]

On a separate note this is what Pablo Escobar has to say

The businessman argues that the chief effect of the rate hike “would be to support imports that should not be imported. The fall of the ruble is thus favorable to Russia in terms of self-sufficiency. As import prices rise, these goods should start to be produced domestically. I would just let the ruble fall to find its own level which will for a while be lower than natural forces would permit as the US will be driving it lower through sanctions and short selling manipulation in this form of economic war against Russia.”

But that seems to tell only part of the story. Arguably, the lethal weapon in Russia’s arsenal of responses has been identified by the head of the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO), Vasily Koltashov: the key is to confiscate technology – as in Russia ceasing to recognize US rights to patents.

In what he qualifies as “liberating American intellectual property,” Koltashov calls for passing a Russian law on “friendly and unfriendly states. If a country turns out to be on the unfriendly list, then we can start copying its technologies in pharmaceuticals, industry, manufacturing, electronics, medicine. It can be anything – from simple details to chemical compositions.” This would require amendments to the Russian constitution.

Koltashov maintains that “one of the foundations of success of American industry was copying of foreign patents for inventions.” Now, Russia could use “China’s extensive know-how with its latest technological production processes for copying western products: the release of American intellectual property will cause damage to the United States to the amount of $10 trillion, only in the first stage. It will be a disaster for them.”

As it stands, the strategic stupidity of the EU beggars belief. China is ready to grab all Russian natural resources – with Europe left as a pitiful hostage of the oceans and of wild speculators. It looks like a total EU-Russia split is ahead – with little trade left and zero diplomacy.

Now listen to the sound of champagne popping all across the MICIMATT.

http://thesaker.is/follow-the-money-how ... c-warfare/

[Budge]

On a separate note this is what Pablo Escobar has to say

The businessman argues that the chief effect of the rate hike “would be to support imports that should not be imported. The fall of the ruble is thus favorable to Russia in terms of self-sufficiency. As import prices rise, these goods should start to be produced domestically. I would just let the ruble fall to find its own level which will for a while be lower than natural forces would permit as the US will be driving it lower through sanctions and short selling manipulation in this form of economic war against Russia.”

But that seems to tell only part of the story. Arguably, the lethal weapon in Russia’s arsenal of responses has been identified by the head of the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO), Vasily Koltashov: the key is to confiscate technology – as in Russia ceasing to recognize US rights to patents.

In what he qualifies as “liberating American intellectual property,” Koltashov calls for passing a Russian law on “friendly and unfriendly states. If a country turns out to be on the unfriendly list, then we can start copying its technologies in pharmaceuticals, industry, manufacturing, electronics, medicine. It can be anything – from simple details to chemical compositions.” This would require amendments to the Russian constitution.

Koltashov maintains that “one of the foundations of success of American industry was copying of foreign patents for inventions.” Now, Russia could use “China’s extensive know-how with its latest technological production processes for copying western products: the release of American intellectual property will cause damage to the United States to the amount of $10 trillion, only in the first stage. It will be a disaster for them.”

As it stands, the strategic stupidity of the EU beggars belief. China is ready to grab all Russian natural resources – with Europe left as a pitiful hostage of the oceans and of wild speculators. It looks like a total EU-Russia split is ahead – with little trade left and zero diplomacy.

Now listen to the sound of champagne popping all across the MICIMATT.

http://thesaker.is/follow-the-money-how ... c-warfare/

Thanks for posting - the article has valuable insights and further references to pursue. Love the acronym MICIMATT (or should it be MICIMouse?)

[scott]

On a separate note this is what Pablo Escobar has to say

The businessman argues that the chief effect of the rate hike “would be to support imports that should not be imported. The fall of the ruble is thus favorable to Russia in terms of self-sufficiency. As import prices rise, these goods should start to be produced domestically. I would just let the ruble fall to find its own level which will for a while be lower than natural forces would permit as the US will be driving it lower through sanctions and short selling manipulation in this form of economic war against Russia.”

That has been an argument (sanctions are good for us) in Russia for years, I think mostly to placate the peons/vassals. With a 20% VAT, and the danger of your business being taken over if it fly's too high, most are content just buying and selling. A campus tech center Skolkova was created in 2011 (with help from MIT in USA and the Russian Finance Ministry) to develop and ultimately produce competitive products. Nothing has come from it. MIT ended their collaboration when UA was invaded in February. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skolkovo_ ... Technology

[SOL]

This was sent in by a subscriber. It's an interview with Pepe Escobar. Make your own decision as to whether its valid or not. Scott if you can given where you are located, your take could be interesting

https://youtu.be/T8syVHWRv_k

[Yodean]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1498871612598374400

*****

The Leader of the Free World has spoken.

[Yodean]

This was sent in by a subscriber. It's an interview with Pepe Escobar.

@Sol: thank the sub who sent in that clip for me - I haven't watched part 2 yet, but part 1 is quite excellent.

[Budge]

This was sent in by a subscriber. It's an interview with Pepe Escobar.

@Sol: thank the sub who sent in that clip for me - I haven't watched part 2 yet, but part 1 is quite excellent.

Agree, excellent. Not much on part 2, wraps up in the first few minutes and I think Medhurst yaks on.

[SOL]

This quote sums up the fate of the masses when going against the big players

The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must

.” Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

[Tobeornot]

Another pretty good source of news and information for critical thinkers


Russia declares war on the Straussians by Thierry Meyssan

Russia is not waging war on the Ukrainian people, but on a small group of people within the US power that has transformed Ukraine without its knowledge, the Straussians. It formed half a century ago and has already committed an incredible amount of crimes in Latin America and the Middle East without the knowledge of the United States. This is their story.

At dawn on February 24, Russian forces entered Ukraine en masse. According to President Vladimir Putin, speaking on television at the time, this special operation was the beginning of his country’s response to "those who aspire to world domination" and who are advancing Nato’s infrastructure to his country’s doorstep. During this long speech, he summarized how NATO destroyed Yugoslavia without the authorization of the United Nations Security Council, even bombing Belgrade in 1999. Then he perused the destruction of the United States in the Middle East, in Iraq, Libya and Syria. Only after this lengthy presentation did he announce that he had sent his troops to Ukraine with the dual mission of destroying the Nato-linked armed forces and ending the Nato armed neo-Nazi groups.

Immediately all the member states of the Atlantic Alliance denounced the occupation of Ukraine as comparable to that of Czechoslovakia during the "Prague Spring" (1968). According to them, Vladimir Putin’s Russia had adopted the Soviet Union’s "Brezhnev doctrine". Therefore, the free world must punish the resurrected "Evil Empire" with "devastating costs".

The interpretation of the Atlantic Alliance is aimed above all at depriving Russia of its major argument: although Nato is not a confederation of equals, but a hierarchical federation under Anglo-Saxon command, Russia is doing the same. It refuses Ukraine the possibility of choosing its destiny, just as the Soviets refused it to the Czechoslovakians. It is true that Nato violates the principles of sovereignty and equality of states stipulated in the UN Charter, but it should not be dissolved, unless Russia is also dissolved.

Perhaps, but probably not.

President Putin’s speech was not directed against Ukraine, or even against the United States, but explicitly against "those who aspire to world domination", i.e. against the "Straussians" in the US power structure. It was a real declaration of war against them.

On February 25, President Vladimir Putin called the Kiev leadership "a clique of drug addicts and neo-Nazis".
https://www.voltairenet.org/article215879.html

[SOL]

Another Potentially interesting link was sent in by a subscriber. It's a Reddit thread that posts updates on the current situation in the Ukraine


https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/?f=f ... sian%3A%22


If the situation were not tragic this would be very funny.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comm ... &context=3

[Yodean]

Pretty decent summary of the current history of the "Greatest Democracy the World Has Ever Known":

https://youtu.be/NbiuAfcpzQU

[outof thebox]

This was sent to me by a friend who got it from his friend who i think is in the Ukraine

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/?f=f ... sian%3A%22

[gnosis12]

Another Potentially interesting link was sent in by a subscriber. It's a Reddit thread that posts updates on the current situation in the Ukraine

There is so much misinformation on every topic today that I think it was Nicolas who stated, the situation is worse today than before. I have to concur. Sol i think you said 90% of the new sources are corrupt I think it's closer to 96%, it takes forever to get an unbiased opinion or a partially biased opinion that sometimes i just give up on looking for one. However thank the subscriber that sent that link to you as I found this interesting clip on that thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comm ... &context=3