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hi, half a liter of White Südtiroler, for my love and me, thank you and an expresso for both of us, hello everyone
thinking today I realized: all that “Russion Propaganda” – gibbering … – but
there is no such beast like “russian propaganda” – facts only
the hungry anglo-jewish PR predator is starving in the 80% range …
thinking you are finding something to accompany with thanks every day
since today Mercury is ruling all signs and rulers without but added by Sun
Indeed I have no sensual perception of it but somehow it is earmarked in my mind parallel with Sun’s family around us and in us
great thing to all of us
Oh: transparency and democracy meets spin and obfuscation and hilarity ensues. Maybe if we all just took an group vacation?
https://www.rt.com/usa/354710-state-dept-media-transparency/
just in it the whole day
keep on swaying
holy silent
saying
Hello everybody ! sorry for the pause but it has a cause, the weather is thick and I become sick, in the middle of the summer hit my finger with the hammer. Not quit that but what’s for sure, I had very high temperature. Now, when everything is fine, Waiter ! give me please, a glass of vine !
I see, the barman is already smiling, maybe he knows Plinius the Genius and his fable ? :
Plinius the Genius
I am not a genius, like the old Plinius
Seeing the obvious and fearing Vesuvius
Down in Neaples, under the apples
Having a vision, without television…
Something very scary, after drinking Cherry ?
No, it’s not that phase, that’s another case.
Yet, he jumps in prone, without his iPhone.
This is something more, like a tremor
The earth is shaking ! volcano in making…
Then is erupting, then something is flying…
Uh ! a pinch very close, just a fly on his nose
Coming from thin air, plays on nose’s hair.
Plinius gets irritated, fly has to be castrated.
Snapping on his face, like in boxing race,
Falls under the table, followed by his fable.
Stars were in his eyes and many many flies…
But the fly in question, within his perversion
Asked older Plinius : “Are you really genius ? ”
“Then tell me, who is Cassius Clay ? ”
– I don’t know, is he from Pompei ?
Ioan
Down here the weather is shivery cold but your cool prose gives me a warm glow. Best wishes.
Just watched the athletes parade at Rio… gave a big cheer to the Russian team. As they came into the area was pleased to hear that the Aussie commentator didn’t regurgitate the ‘drug issues’ but suggested putting ‘aside politics’ – he actually said the Russian team have had a rough few weeks.
And surprise surprise a few days ago Murdoch’s rag “The Australian” said that “WADA had sexed up the allegations about Russian team”. A bit too late now the damage has been done.
Babushka
I have to skip the live transmission on TV because of time differences, here in Europe it’s late after midnight, so I think I won’t watch the games live, only if I’ll have some sleepless night. Yeah, there are sport reporters (mostly of them) which are not infected with the propaganda saying “for God’s sake, this is sport”. Although I can imagine the pressure under which they have to do their job, but by promoting this pressure, the Empire will loose more and more “adepts” for her cause against Russia, hence more and more capable people will change their minds in favor of Russia. The obvious is there to see, even for the peasantry, how the AZ try’s and push the bias, showing her ugly big ass. Charging Russia and putting the blame, even by the Olympic Game.
Very witty.
Welcome back Ioan – your verses have been missed.
Re hammer-meets-thumb-humungous-pain-ensues: I thought only I did things like that! (Almost sliced my foot with the strimmer last week..:-)
Thanks Eimar, tell me when you’ll have a cat again (or maybe a dog) cause I know how you miss that, I know what does it mean.
Welcome back, ioan. Glad to hear you are recovered! Your post about Eimar’s dog reminded me of this great story I read about today. A nice diversion from war talk and speculation. The beautiful pure love of a dog (or cat). One of life’s many gifts. :-)
http://globalnews.ca/news/2867543/ultra-marathoner-adopts-stray-dog-that-followed-him-during-race/
S113
Thanks for your kind words and thanks for the link with Gobi. What a story ! Heart warming…
Here’s a photo that shows the “loving bond” between the EU and the US: Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU Foreign Affairs cuddling up to Madeleine ” it was worth it” Albright.
http://www.federicamogherini.net/alla-convention-democratica-filadelfia/
I wonder when is Federica going to cry for us again?
Personally, I find her behaviour very strange considering her position in the EU political organisation.
Nothing not to understand. The EU and the US are “jointed at the hip”. Its only some of our foolishness at times not to see that. There is no real agreement possible for Russia with either of them. And there is no “separating the two”. Their alliance is far closer than Russia’s and China’s. And has been since the 1990’s at least. The US is the “elder brother” who tells the EU “younger brother” what to do. The EU may not like it. But they will obey the US in the end,”every time”. That is just how it is. We just waste time dreaming that it will be different,it won’t. Our best move is to accept that fact. And in everything we do ,calculate it into it.
Bob, of course. Mogherini is supposed to be the EU’s top diplomat.. Where’s the dignity?…She’s acting like she’s still in high school.
Haha,or the puppet she is,is a better way of looking at that.
On another note. I almost gagged in fury a while ago. I was watching a popular Hollywood “police show”. And they had a “twofer” in it. The CIA “rescued” a Chinese scientist from a “Chinese prison” (they were working on a Chinese “chemical weapons” program) and smuggled them into the US. The Chinese found out and hired a gang of “Serbian” hit men to get the scientist back. The Serbian killers were said to “have learned their trade working for Milosevic in Bosnia. During “Serbia’s ” ethnic cleansing campaigns in the Balkans.Naturally the FBI saved the scientist from the “evil” Serbian gang,killing them all. I kept waiting for “bad guy” Russians to show up in the show too. But I guest that’s for a future episode.Of course we see that type of show as trash. But “Joe sixpack” accepts those portrayals as true.Never underestimate the power of propaganda like that,its deadly.
I wish for that Hollywood trash show to be shown on Serbian prime tv channels,in order to remind 70 % of dumbed down Serbs what USA and Western countries regard them as!
Serbs are very naive and at the same time having high opinion of the themselves,also I would say that it’s a overall “Slavic” disease,unfortunately!
Who knows it might be. In the US ,trash like that is just “accepted” as truth. There isn’t even a question from people that ,”Milosevic and Serbs were murders in the 1990’s,until NATO saved people from them”. And “the evil Chinese are trying to make chemical weapons”. Since that is “accepted” as fact. Any proof isn’t needed for any of that. Its just “believed” by almost everyone.Its sad,but shows concretely, the power of propaganda to implant falsehoods into peoples conscientious. I doubt Europeans are far from it,but North Americans are some of the most gullible people for propaganda on earth. The reason for that is,the propaganda plays on what people “want to believe”. It confirms what they are taught in schools and see in movies,TV shows,and books. Until that propaganda is fought and forced to end. There will never be any change.
I think I can explain that. Mad Albright has a female network. Women in high positions are invited and the network is powerful. If you see a female prime minister or foreign minister you can be certain the network has approached her. What the women do they do in secret. A sister supports a sister. Hillary may have taken over the network and had reasons to hide her correspondence.
“Obama also noted that the White House intends to check whether the sides are able to make progress in Syria. ‘If not, Russia will manifest itself as an irresponsible actor on the world stage, which supports carrying the death regime, and it will have to answer for this scene,’ he concluded.”
Source:
https://southfront.org/alleged-russian-air-strikes-hit-refugee-camps-near-aleppo/
Makes no sense at all. But there is much stress in the USG these days over the prospect of a defeat of the associated takfiri clubs. It seems to be taking its toll on the players in D.C.
Did Barak Obama just get his lines mixed up, or is he truly “losing it”?
I don’t think the Russian information gathering makes such mistakes, even more when there were precedents of this kind of media information (premeditated) in the past. Mr. Obama can say now what he wants, he will not met Putin again during his short reign anyway. Mr Putin is looking forward.
I have a rather more horrible thought Grandma.
There is a lot going against Hillary right now, what with suggestions she has some sort of psychiatric condition, possible resulting from a known cranial blood clot [Paul Joseph Watson on youtube has more], and the “leaked” [cough cough] emails and so forth.
They well and truly soaked Sanders and the Green candidate.
Now – I dont know the first thing about electoral law in America [ not that law matters a damn there anymore anyway] but suppose they really sink Hillary?.
Can Obama get up and say, “she was the clearly chosen candidate, therefor the others dont’ count. But – she cant run. We can’t let Trump just “have it” by default. So——–I am announcing the elections are on hold and I am continuing as Prez!
‘. Now …… maybe, since this might cause a ruckus, he could do with a bit of support. A “state of Emergency,” you think?
If he can declare one with Russia over Syria, there’s his SofE and his grounds for doing what was forecast by some a long long time ago : declare himself ongoing President.
If it was one of many other countries ,I could see that happening. But not in the US.First,she won’t be sunk by those moves against her. Almost no one even knows about that condition (if its true) and those that do are divided on it. Some saying she shouldn’t run. And the rest,breezing past it to fight the “possibility” of Trump winning.Seriously she’d have to be filmed,and viewed by dozens of witnesses murdering a child before her supporters would turn on her. It would have to be a child. Otherwise they’d claim it was “self-defense”. Second,Obama would have a revolution on his hands if he tried that. And probably there’d be a military coup over it. That is something the “elite” is terrified of ever happening. So they won’t risk it. If she was to resign as a candidate (almost zero chance). They would probably quickly proclaim Sanders as the candidate (which the majority of that party wanted in the first place),even possibly Biden.He wanted that position anyway.Or just move Kaine up to the Presidential candidate position and get a new Vice Presidential candidate (which “could” be Sanders ,Warren,or even Biden). The elite’s power is based on the “continuity” of the “democratic process”. They have to “pretend” that it functions correctly. Any “real” tampering with it that is very noticeable isn’t allowed. They did tamper with it,noticeably in 2000 (but nothing they couldn’t “explain” away),but I doubt they would risk that again. They rig elections (as is said) on “the down low”.
@ GrandmaR
I doubt he was either mixed up or losing it, he’s a far too polished performer for that. Remember when his autocue failed and he couldn’t put a sentence together without his script?
Obama’s function is to be the mouthpiece, to voice the acceptable official narrative which is very different from the truth. It must be difficult sometimes to present some of the absurdities he spouts with a gloss of coherence but he does have legions of spin doctors working on the presentation for him.
Magicians and con artists often deliberately induce confusion as a form of distraction–it is very successful in making the audience or the mark switch off from focusing on the point.
AUG4
Vero Beach, FL – (TRUNEWS) U.S. Senator John McCain recorded a Tokyo Rose-style propaganda message that was broadcast on North Vietnamese radio in 1969.
TRUNEWS, a nonprofit Christian digital news app, obtained the bombshell audio recording and released it today on the organization’s daily newscast hosted by Rick Wiles. TRUNEWS acquired the audio recording in cooperation with WeSearchR.com, a new media company founded by Charles Johnson.
The 1969 North Vietnamese radio broadcast has never been heard in the United States of America. In fact, there has never been any knowledge that such a recording existed. The audio recording was found in a misplaced file in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The broadcast was recorded by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a branch of the CIA that monitored international shortwave and foreign radio broadcasts.
The Arizona Republican Primary is August 30. Sen. McCain will turn age 80 on the day before the primary.
Here is the actual script of John McCain’s 1969 “Tokyo Rose” propaganda broadcast on North Vietnamese radio.
http://www.trunews.com/article/john-mccains-1969-tokyo-rose-propaganda-recording-released
Lawrence of Arizonia’s reaction to this early birthday gift?:
http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Government/2013/Congress/Senate%20Republicans/john_mccain_growl_AP.jpg
Russia says US is now MORE likely than ever to use a nuclear bomb
THE chance of a nuclear war between Russia and the United States has drastically increased after Washington revealed plans to upgrade its atomic arsenal, senior Kremlin officials have warned.
By Tom Batchelor
PUBLISHED: 13:17, Thu, Aug 4, 201
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/696618/Nuclear-war-warning-Russia-US-more-likely-use-atomic-bomb
Papers on UK Role in Zionist Entity’s N. Program Missing from National Archive
Britain’s involvement in the Zionist entity’s nuclear arsenal is one of the topics among more than 400 documents are missing from the United Kingdom’s national archive, reports say.
The Independent cited a response to a Freedom of Information request, that important files missing include a so-called nuclear collaboration with Israel in the 1970s and a letter from Winston Churchill.
http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?eid=281081&cid=22&fromval=1&frid=22&seccatid=48&s1=1
The UK has a long history of ‘losing’ embarrassing documents. When Malaysia gained independence three shiploads of documents relating to the colonial administration were removed but only one arrived in Britain to be archived. I believe a similar document purge happened in East Africa when Kenya became independent.
It’s better to loose the documents then loosing their mind anyway. But who knows, maybe the latter is coming soon.
@ioan
Already happened I’m afraid. The UK government has outsourced its thinking to the US and now just mostly does as it is told.
Interveiw with Pilger. The coming war with China, Okinawa, ect
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45245.htm
The Rio Games have started with the opening ceremony. Here is RT’s take on the start for Russia,” Volleyball player Sergey Tetyukhin was the flag-bearer for Russia and led the nation’s contingent out into the Maracana to a muted response”. Which translated from PC spin says that the MSM has done their work well. And people have bought the poisoned propaganda that Russia’s enemies prepared for them. We need to stop fooling ourselves that we are winning the propaganda war,we are not. So its time to accept we need to do what needs to be done. And if the Western public doesn’t like it they can “lump it”. Its not important to please them. They don’t need to love Russia. They only need to know to oppose her is their end.Between love and fear,love is fickle,fear is a stronger emotion.
Time still seem to be on Russia’s side. The longer Russia waits, the more favorable their position becomes.
The Hague tribunal scam has awoken China. In the last couple of guardian articles on Syria that were open for comments, 90% of the comments were anti US/AQ, pro Syria/Russia.
The longer Russia can hold back, the more public opinion in the west will sway towards Russia.
China is awakening – understanding that soft power on its own will not defeat the hegemon – the solid threat of hard power along with their soft power is the biggest change in the last few months.
“We need to stop fooling ourselves that we are winning the propaganda war, we are not.”
Never in the realm of show-business, that’s a given. I’ve always been wondering when they’re going to let the proud stadium banner “Say no to racism” be accompanied by an adjacent one proclaiming “Say no to Russia”, thus blaming Russia for racism. In their media circuses, anything goes.
However, as long as the Zionazis continue working on deliberate Western self-destruction, their mass base keeps shrinking. Anti-Russian screams and noises are being ever more ridiculed and held in utter contempt. Really, there is a profound development taking place concerning the general public mood. In the eyes of the Zionazis, that might be equally frightful as losing the propaganda war outright.
It happened only to me or the israeli delegation was more acclaimed than the Russian one?
Also, since I do not always see Olympic Games Open Ceremonies, and so, I do not know if in previous others there was any “Refugees´ Team Delegation” marching in the end, with the conductors saying that it contained refugees from Syria, Ethiopia…..and then showing Ban Ki Moon clapping with a wide smile…..
Just coincidentally or not so, during this week I could hear in the news ( Spanish TV ) that the recently chemical attack In Syria was done by the Russians and that in the surroundings of the downed helicopter where all the crew died signals of chemical weapons were found…..
And then, also this week, a TV advertisement ( I could not say what exactly they were advertising, since I do not pay much attention to TV indeed ) where a mother was telling his child that it was to not allow “tax evading” as they do, as it is showed by the “Panama Paper”s affair, Poroshenko and…Putin…., and the child ( just about 8-10 years ) repeating “Oh, Putin!”….. Weird, no?
What is going on here? Preparing the way for a new offensive ?
To some reflection, taking into account also the news on the attack against Plotnitsky and the negative to accept the appointment of the new Russian Federation Ambassador to the Ukraine by the Kiev Junta, I leave this video ( unfortunately only in Spanish ):
use of caps removed … please note saker’s policy … mod-hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR-BNJTqZsc
And just after this early morning we were made aware of the existance of Ethiopean refugees in the Refugee Delegation to the Olympic Games ( since they were named along with the Syrians ), in the first news of the day we are told about mass protestings against the Ethiopian government……
A new Maidan in the way?
That type of thing is why I said we aren’t winning the propaganda war. And as long as the empire is able to control the MSM we never will. Certainly we here,and more people (thinking people) realize the truth everyday. But we are only a minority among the billions in the World that get all their information from the MSM. We need to stop the worry over PC and trying to convince those we can’t convince that we are right.When something is in the interests of,or a threat to Russia ,that should be the one and only concern thought about. Not “how the World would see it”. They can see it anyway they want as far as I’m concerned. But if Russia destroys the fascist threat in Ukraine.And the terrorist threat of Syria.That will be good for Russia’s security.And if the West objects,let them.They can “say” whatever they want. But instead of talking if they “act” they must be destroyed too. And that must be made “crystal clear” to them.The operations to save Ukraine and Syria can’t be allowed to keep going in “stall mode” for months. Because when Clinton ascends the empires throne in January “time is up”. Talking time ends and fighting time starts.Having a cleared out free Ukraine,safely friends of Russia’s is a great advantage for the fighting to come. And the same is true of Syria.Once Clinton is in power we have a couple of months for the “anti-Putin/anti-Russia” propaganda campaign to ramp up to blast.And for NATO to start “really” moving troops into Ukraine. Lessening the border security for Russia of that border to zero.She will start to push for the takeover in Syria as well. Regardless of the danger of head to head action with Russia. Which is the main reason Syria needs to be won.A “Cuban Missile Crisis” moment is coming,and coming quickly. But unlike then,Clinton is no Kennedy. And Putin is no Khrushchev. So the “unthinkable is instead very “thinkable” today.”
Uncle Bob 1
“And for NATO to start “really” moving troops into Ukraine.”
Maybe that will be the point of rupture, but maybe even that will not be enough for a Russian military intervention, if the NATO will intervene in Donbass, then that will be the fuse. It seems to me that Russia is waiting for a full scale action, a decisive one.
“She will start to push for the takeover in Syria as well. ”
I don’t know how you can imagine this to happen ? with sending US troops there, I mean boots on the ground in large scale, or (with) in collaboration with other “partisans” ? How will act Erdogan in that case ? and Israel ?
Let’s put it this way : there are two possible big war-spots, Ukraine and Syria. Which one is better to fight on for Russia ? Ukraine : a bloody war at the doors and supposedly affecting the territory of Russia with a huge European theater of operations, damaging all the continent.
Syria : Far enough from Russia, but near enough to have fast intervention capabilities, far, very far from USA and even far enough for NATO.
Report under breaking news from Fort Russ: BREAKING: LPR leader Plotnitsky hospitalized after assassination attempt.
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/08/breaking-lpr-leader-plotnitsky.html
If this is true and a Ukrainian attack ,the answer is as clear as can be. The LPR needs to send teams to return the favor in Ukie territory. Pick one of the fascist “king pins” and terminate him.Weakness in responding to attacks is “always” the wrong answer.If I was in the NAF I would refuse to serve under leaders that would not respond to attacks against their forces.And instead take the matter into my own hands for “retribution”.Weakness destroyed Yanukovich,and continuing the weakness now will destroy Donbass. The weakness needs to end now.
Some people in the West say Russians have no sense of humor. Some say they live in a police state. Cringing in fear of Putin and the police. And are miserable all the time.
Well I’m here with a couple of videos to disprove that thinking.There is a kid in Russia that makes prank videos. In these two new videos he is going up to strangers in Moscow and in the second video St Petersburg. Making a fool of himself to the delight of the people he meets The videos are interesting for several reasons. One,it shows us,most of whom haven’t visited Russia,what it looks like.We see the young people,how they act,and a bit of their life there. Second,it shows the freedom there.And how happy people seem.No police lurking in the shadows to catch him and end his pranks.
In Moscow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjrmVI17S5A
In St Petersburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YL2uAMs_FM
Folks check out info wars Paul Joseph Watson post 4Aug…..Killary is probably? Is autistic? sociopath with brain damage suffering stroke damage atter a fall where she hit the back of her head…..seriously folks…………
Sorry cannot copy paste link……
This is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqbDBRWb63s&feature=youtu.be
The Truth About Hillary’s Bizarre Behavior
Paul Joseph Watson
Cheers for that.
I am boycotting the Olympics like others here. Luckily the time difference where I live makes that easy. But being curious this morning I watched a bit of a replay of the opening saga/ceremony. All I saw was the Tongan team walking on and the BBC propagandist making a patronising remark about their national anthem and ridiculing the name of their King. As they sing God save King whoever I can’t see that being much different from what the Team GB people will sing. But of course the Tongan’s monarch has a funny name. The propaganda to which we are exposed is relentless and non stop. Search for stories on ‘best and worst dressed Olympic teams’ and you’ll find the usual drivelling worship of Team USA and on an Australian website sneering at the Chinese uniform of course. Plus a smattering of patronising ‘ooo aren’t they exotic?’ for smaller nations. Western countries present themselves as superior in every way but they have zero decency. The sinisterly named head of the Australian delegation bitched about the quality of accommodation in Rio. But the Australians have form on this. Complaining all the time. A bit rich coming from a jumped-up quarry. By comparison, an article on the CCTV website quoted China’s delegation as being impressed with the Olympic village and looking forward to competition starting. Not sure that people hate the West because of ‘our freedoms’ LOL.
So I will miss the snide references to Russian, Chinese and other non-PC nations’ athletes and how they are obviously doping – courtesy of comments no doubt from the Team USA or Team GB officials, reported without question. I won’t see known drug cheats competing after serving laughable bans or cooking up some laughably flimsy excuse that is accepted by the governing body and making an appearance on TV to blub your way out of censure. I won’t have to see the worship of the latest yank or Brit or Aussie to make their Ho Ho Ho drug-free mark. Instead I shall watch my excellent DVD of a Russian TV production of The Brothers Karamazov instead!
‘It’s Time’: Whistleblower Edward Snowden Tweets Mysterious Warning
http://sputniknews.com/science/20160803/1043913532/snowden-tweet-its-time.html
The twitter link is gone. See link below for what he wrote:
http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-issued-a-cryptic-warning-on-twitter-2016-8
Julian Assange special: Do Wikileaks have the email that will put Hillary Clinton in prison? (E376)
https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/354847-wikileaks-dnc-leaks-russia/
Sputnik carrying similar article…..lets us hope so!!!!!!!
Edward Snowden Not Dead: ‘He’s Fine’ Says Glenn Greenwald After Mysterious Tweet
http://sputniknews.com/military/20160807/1044016775/snowden-dead-man-switch-greenwald.html
“Snowden issued a cryptic 64-character code via Twitter leading to concern that the whistleblower was captured or killed triggering a “dead man’s switch” message designed to release if he didn’t check into his computer at a certain time.
A journalist with The Intercept who has worked extensively with the whistleblower in the past says that Snowden is “fine,” but refused to elaborate further. The response from the journalist comes in the wake of two mysterious tweets by the famed NSA whistleblower who exposed a rampant regime of domestic surveillance by US intelligence agencies.
The first Tweet, reported by SputnikNews earlier this week said “it’s time” and called on his colleagues from the NSA to contact a reporter who was covering the full story of the whistleblower’s actions as a US intelligence agency contractor and the circumstances that led him to engage in the greatest document leak in American history.
The second Tweet, issued on Friday night came in the form of a 64-character code that some believed was a “dead man’s switch” designed to trigger a massive document release if Snowden failed to check into his computer at a certain time due to death or capture. The whistleblower has been public about the fact that he has distributed encrypted files to trusted journalists and associates in the event that something happened to him.
Furthering concern for the whistleblower’s well being was the sudden take down of several major torrent websites without warning within minutes of Edward Snowden releasing the mysterious code.
However, The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald confirmed on Saturday that Edward Snowden is “fine.” This assurance was corroborated by another trusted journalist, Barton Gellman, who said that “everyone requesting proof of life for me and Edward Snowden, take a deep breath” and he alluded to the mysterious Twitter message saying that “some tweets have private meaning.”
Interesting about the timing of the torrent site deletions.
There was a long discussion of the Snowden tweet on Reddit. What is almost certain about it, is that the code was one step in a secure communication of some sort. One Redditor suggested it could be butt-dialing from a smart phone, but that seemed unlikely given the source.
Whether it is one leg of a DH key exchange, or a public key for authentication or decryption, or something to XOR with a one-time pad, it was part of a secure communication. Even the hyperbolic theory that it was the key to some document trove falls under that description.
If and when Mr. Snowden wishes to explain exactly what it was, then the world shall know. Otherwise, presumably, it will remain a brief public glimpse at a tiny part of a very private communication to/from a very private person.
An interesting article here at fortruss. Russian and pro Russian media spreading US dis-info.
Even Russia fell for it: The Anatomy of a Disinfo Campaign
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/08/even-russia-fell-for-it-anatomy-of.html
China, South China Sea and the quasi arbitration court that has a Hague address.
I have found Reuters read carefully is generally reasonably accurate.
This is how Reuters terms it.. “an arbitration court in the Hague”.
“The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the disputed waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled last month that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea”.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-china-patrols-idUSKCN10H091
From the same Reuters artical … Beijing has reacted angrily to calls by Western countries and Japan for the decision to be adhered to and has released pictures of aircraft flying over the shoal since the ruling.
So only the US and its vassals purport to recognise the ruling.
Move to the alternative media ….
It’s hard to disagree with the majority of foreign experts that the ruling of Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), which de facto rejected China’s claims over its historical ownership right for 80-90% of the South China Sea
http://journal-neo.org/2016/08/04/china-and-the-asean-countries-following-hague-arbitration/
It seems the so called arbitration was not the PCA but a quasi arbitration located at a Hague address as stated here in a comment by Simon Chow /say-hello-to-southeast-asias-new-silk-roads/comment-page-1/#comment-262618 .
I first run onto the illegitimacy of this so called arbitration court by a comment in the guardian were the commenter posted all the relevant sections of UNCLOS.
Going by the wording in Reuters it would seem that Simon Chow and the commenter from the Guardian are correct.
It is disappointing that Russian media and alternative media are going along with this scam without any articles on the legitimacy of this scam.
ah yes, Mozgovoi’s best friend encounters some “problems” in his commute: Maybe it was Fatullah Gulen?
https://www.rt.com/news/354844-lugansk-head-car-blast/
An interesting story on RT concerning the US stooge WADA. It seems Brazil has cut off drugging testing their Olympic team. And haven’t for months,and Spain also. And “yet” WADA didn’t try to crucify them like with Russia. The evil is thick enough to cut with a knife.
https://www.rt.com/sport/354880-wada-brazil-no-doping-tests/
Going all out for it in Libya front, too.
to go with Lord O’s troops 500+ more to Mosul, etc.
remember that the useless corrupt UN foisted on Libya their own approved ‘government’, in Tobruk so when reading headlines of events there, it’s not what you’d think when u see the term ‘pro-govt’.
2 stories.
http://en.farsnews.com/imgrep.aspx?nn=13950516001034
Libyans Protest against French Military Intervention in Tripoli
TEHRAN (FNA)- Libyans held placards during a demonstration to protest against the French military intervention in Libya and General Khalifa Halftard, who is aligned with Tobruk-based authorities, at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, capital of Libya. [PHOTOS]
http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?fromval=1&cid=21&frid=21&eid=280971
Libyan Forces Push Sirte Advance Backed by US Strikes
Libyan pro-government forces, backed by US air strikes, fought to advance on ISIL terrorists in Sirte on Wednesday despite mines and snipers, a spokesman said.
Surt, or Sirte, is in middle on the Med coast:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5QUEPUsmWyE/T9zsLGwp53I/AAAAAAAAF5Q/Nzn2aJ4ITZ8/s1600/libya-map-world.gif
Where are you Folks ?
I’m sitting here and watching the screen
Some are missing, what does that mean ?
Where is Dennis, from his beloved Ojai,
Come on , here you can laugh and cry.
Where is Bro, he said by Monday is back
Hopefully he will put his epic out from sack
Where is elsi, with her open, critical mind
Getting fast in motion with her female kind
Where is Vercia, is she still in her holiday ?
Hope she will come back to have her say
Of course, out there are many much more
The’re staying out or else, as we’re at war
I’m glad to see your personal participation
Waiting you back in the war of information
Just sitting and watching alone in isolation
When you can come, stop the hesitation !
Dido – “White Flag” (Live at Brixton Academy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYarluqINA
Dido – “Life for Rent” (Live at Brixton Academy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJaOdl3nLVg
Yes I notice a few of the regulars having a break maybe….some news ones too…….nothing is static.But good to hear from you.
“Waiting you back in the war of information”
you’re talking my talk
my take: “Waiting you back in the” walk of intuition
hugs
mundanomaniac
Yes, your intuition is good, we have then a talk-show, not just now, even tomorrow and the days which are to come, circulating in the air for the stars and for fun.
Q: Are the Zionazis winning the propaganda war?
A: What’s important to keep in mind here is that while their non-stop torrents of vulgarities, lies, imbecilities, and self-worship do work on ‘people’, it is strictly speaking ‘people’ that wouldn’t contribute anything worthwhile regardless. Zombies don’t make revolution or counterrevolution. They merely adopt the sound bites in a sort of Tourette fashion. Listening to the MSM and/or anybody voluntarily parroting the tripe is like hearing the noises from a bunch of drunkards on a park bench. They live in a parallel world where plain, material reality has no place. They flatly reject facts and logic. Complete disinterest in understanding anything. As long as there is poison in abundance, they’re fine.
So far, so good. But what the Zionazis won’t tell anybody is that their intentions with regard to Russia are not that different from what’s envisaged for their Western imperialist heartland. So even while winning their propaganda war hands-down among the pure cretins, the Zionazis are not going to reward their audience the way the latter might be hoping for (truly excellent justice as far as I’m concerned).
However, the counter-tendency is also considerable, precisely because of the ongoing deterioration of the West being grossly misruled by a tribal Elite totally blinded by greed, power, corruption, and arrogance. Less cretinous people understand where this is heading, which is highly significant because it further helps to dissolve the West’s social cohesion. If, by contrast, the Zionazis were committed to improving life in Western Europe and North America by reinforcing Global Apartheid, things would indeed be pitch black.
All in all, the Zionazis have won the hearts and minds of the intellectually challenged from all walks of life. Quite an achievement admittedly but less impressive with regard to military and economic performance, mind you.
In his last analysis, The Saker was linking an interesting documentary about Gladio.
I do not know of you, but I viewed it in full, despite the bad image quality, and I must say that after doing it the word which could describe my mood was “disturbing”…..
Since in that documentary we were told about the great sharing Licio Gelli and his Massonic Logia P2 had had in the developing and executing of all those terrorists attacks following the intructions by the OSS/CIA, and since I wondered here in this cafe some weeks ago about Russian Massonery and Russian Diaspora whom I believe intimately related, I wonder if that documentary was published as a warning, specially to some of us…..
Then, it was published that other thread were The Saker was saying that the “US intelligence community is at war with Russia”…..And so, I thought if the masks finally will be falling ….and, besides, since in that documentary we could know that they infiltrate every group, specially leftists dissidents/ activists, in order to blame them, discredit them…. that, obviously, there will be intelligence and counterintelligence…..double and triple agents….also ( or mainly, since ” this war is 80% informational” Saker says ) in the informational war. So, at this point of time and not being particularly paranoid, one easily gets to the point where he start asking himself who is who, whom to trust….
And then, I thought about these two events and the final scene of that documentary, where D´Amatto commented on how people, specially political activists, are used like puppets by these powers in the shadow, came to my mind….That man seemed to enjoy so, that looked really like a psycopath when it sees the people dancing at the sound he plays…..That man was telling that was he who founded Gladio…..and no regret was expressed whatsoever…..but on the contrary, he seemed quite proud….
Off topic, just want to share something…guys, ever heard of a swedish journalist named ”Ole Dammegård”? I find his work in exposing and defusing false flags interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYP3NaO4GE
Good interview several weeks ago on Barrett’s noliesradio.org about 3 weeks ago he discussed very well the Nice FF. might be a way to search it there exact broadcast link replay.
I think Barrett is out of Wisconsin, affiliated with that Jim Fetzer, who I see has a slot in the broadcast schedule at jeff rense site.
ole’s site:
http://lightonconspiracies.com/newsite/
Hundred-year old igumen of Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery shema-archimindrite Jeremiah (Alyokhin) has died.
He reposed on Thursday, on the day when the Icon of Our Lady of Pochayev is commemorated, the Russky Afon website reports.
He was the oldest igumen on the Holy Mountain and prayed on Athos for forty years.
Despite his age, he attended all divine services of the daily cycle, chaired sessions at the monastery, regularly visited objects under restoration in the monastery, hermitages and cells. Besides, he personally traveled from Athos to purchase food for the brothers.
Celebrations dedicated to the 1000-year anniversary of Russian monasticism on Athos took place late in May. Russian president Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia participated in them.
http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/95909.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MID92D0cr1E
Orthodox Athonite Abbot Jeremiah 1915-2016
For all those who can understand Spanish, two interesting editions in the situation in France from the political gathering Fort Apache for Hispan TV :
“France: state of siege”
http://www.hispantv.com/showepisode/fort-apache/fort-apache—francia-estado-de-sitio/32740
“Labor reform ignites France”
http://www.hispantv.com/showepisode/episode/fort-apache—la-reforma-laboral-incendia-francia/32845
Does anyone remember the Russian sub in the Swedish archipelago outside Stockholm? It never was a Russian sub, it was German. This was reported after an important deal was made with NATO recently, but only after. The report got almost no international attention and most of you have never heard about it. It was reported by Swedish TV in a small article.
German subs were also suspected in the 80s when the Swedish navy was mysteriously told to stop attacking subs. An uncomfortable German minister of defence was interviewed on TV and was in full defensive mode. I remember it well.
Do you see what is happening? NATO should not get away with this.
Better still: Has anyone outside Sweden made a survey of all the deranged hoaxes about intruding Russian submarines, most notably the 5 year long uninterrupted screamfest instantly triggered by the one and only Russian submarine that, back in 1981, did penetrate Sweden’s territorial waters? Last year’s incident seemed rather dull and unimaginative by comparison. I remember very well how all the presstitutes made national heroes out of the Marine Officer Corps, even including such über-pathetic stunts as searching for Russian submarines right in the waters of central Stockholm!
Looking back in hindsight, the Swedish MSM simply seized the God-sent opportunity which materialised in 1981 to firmly assist in the neoliberal onslaught against this country (the onslaught itself began in earnest the year before) by pouring out non-stop anti-Soviet lies and slanders, shifting the country sharply to the right domestically and internationally. This very reactionary development of Sweden’s political life is truly personified in the specimen of Carl Bildt who was climbing up the ladder of political power and prestige really fast by fully committing himself to the task of “kicking out the Russian intruders”.
Again, based on these specific observations from Sweden we can duly repeat the question: Are the Zionazis winning the propaganda war? And the fact of the matter is that the submarine hoaxes of the early 1980s seem to be the last anti-Russian media blitz which was accepted as Holy Gospel Truth by the overwhelming majority population. It was a stunning Zionazi disinformation success story (undoubtedly helped along by being based on a real event). Looking at present realities, the Russophobic garbage sticks less and less for a plethora of reasons. Suffice it to say that the ‘glorious heroes’ of yesteryear have dropped their stern, moral pretenses. Carl Bildt is very much into Corporate Crime, and once the USSR was dissolved he found very promising “Business Partners” in Yeltsin’s Russia with its total lawlessness. Another slimeball was Bert Karlsson who made racist noises, scapegoating non-European immigrants for Sweden’s rapidly growing social problems due to applied neoliberalism. He is now proudly fleecing the Swedish taxpayers outright by providing sub-standard refugee accommodations at hefty prices.
Thanks for the report. Carl Bildt made a point of watching the ocean with binoculars looking for Russian subs. He made sure the media was present, of course. His father in law, Gosta Bohman, the leader of the Moderate Party, had an exclusive piece of property on an island in the archipelago. Bohman was to my knowledge the only property owner, who never had to pay for the trash service. Carl Bildt followed Gosta Bohman everywhere and Bohman was annoyed. Carl also married his daughter. He knew exactly how to climb the ladder.
Carl had economic interests in both Russia and Ukraine. When he came to Ukraine he made sure to meet the governor of Donbass or one of the oligarchs there to secure his profits. Krim and Donbass are out of his reach now.
I don’t remember when neoliberalism got started in Sweden and would appreciate a report on that. Did Ingvar Carlsson have something to do with it?
You’re welcome! Regarding the neoliberal onslaught, Sweden was a special case in that her Business Elites very openly and unabashedly let loose a well-planned huge, noisy, neoliberal, anti-socialist campaign back in 1980. They were not hiding behind Sweden’s politicians, her MSM, or some murky “foundations”. On the contrary, it was all out in the open from day 1 with “Radio SAF” and the publishing whorehouse of “Timbro” forever praising privatisations, cut-backs, and deregulations in layman’s terms (“freedom of choice”). They even sent their emissaries into the schools to “counter socialist indoctrination”.
Then, when the Russian submarine ran aground a year later, the noise became totally deafening. Later on, Palme was murdered by a right-wing conspiracy; Sweden joined the EU and is now an unofficial NATO member state with a collapsing infrastructure. A quarter-century of neoliberal rot and decay.
Thanks. I was abroad in 1979 and I didn’t register what happened in 1980 in Sweden. I was overworked and had a family to take care of. In 1984 I hade to leave the country again and work abroad. I have long wondered how my country changed. Once it was there, once it wasn’t.
Olof Palme was surely killed by rightwingers. Ingvar Carlsson took over and brought us into the EU. Am I right when I say he was never appointed by parliament? At least not during his first term and it looks like a coup.
I think Ingvar Carlsson is British Fabian, but I have nothing to back that up. He disapproved of one of the members of the Riksbank (Central bank) when she critized some banks. Her name was Kerstin and she was soon kicked out and given a retreat position.
Just when you think that the West’s war on Russia couldn’t get even more scummy. They reach down further into the slime.
“Official: Russia’s Paralympians banned from competing in Rio”
There is a special place in hell reserved from those that pick on the handicapped. And I’m hoping they check into their reserved place very soon.Sometimes I try to be calm. But this is one of those “face-smashing” times instead.Even though I know they won’t. Some Russians there “should” beat the living “dog-poop” out of those smug stooges for this. Being “Mr Nice Guy” time needs to end.
https://www.rt.com/sport/354949-russia-paralympians-banned-from-rio/
Yet another snap on the face of Russia, probably Saker will do a rant on this.
more on Russian drone capability: Neither two 100,000$ Patriot missiles from ground sources nor air to air missiles could down it.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-drone-entered-israeli-territory-idf-could-not-shoot-down-uav-1574745?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=%2Frss%2Fyahoous%2Fnews&yptr=yahoo&ref=yfp
t13
I remember reading about that drone incursion when it was being said to have belonged to Hezbollah. The israelis were unable to hit the drone with their “super-dooper patriot rubbish, nor from their “infallable” air force fighters. And think about it, this was meerly and expendable, unmaned drone, not a regular manned aircraft which is even more difficult to down. The zionazis saw their frontline air defense defeated by a simple robot. That is, to put it mildly, very humiiating. :D And probably quite a reality check for those master race’rs who think they are untouchable.
My guess is the Russians used the drone to not only check out the capabilities of the zionazi air defenses, but also send israel a message about the future.
A few years ago the Russians contracted with the israelis to produce israeli drones in Russia. Before the contract was finished, the israelis did their usual gay shennanigans and the Russians cancilled the contract. Net result was Russia got the tech they were seeking in that contract at much less cost (due to the usual israeli arrogance and self important delusions of grandeur). Perhaps that israeli tech bought was used by the Russians to defeat the israeli air defenses? If so, I’m sure rubbing zionazi noses in it with that was also an intention on the part of Russia. :D
Ioan:
the calm before the storm, the collective inspiration
before a big sigh of relief, release , regurgitation…
purge is the word
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/08/05/another-phony-jobs-report-paul-craig-roberts/
teranam13
Reading the above article, we can add “manipulation”. This reminds me at the last days of communism in E-Europe, when the traitors have manipulated the statistics. When some realized it, it was already too late.
Entire OweLimpics structure is disgraced with scheming clowns sided with MSM.
What are the odds that the clod who “scheduled” this arrangement purely for propaganda & a press piece had absolutely no knowledge of the 18 year invasion/occupation of south LLebanon 1982-2000, or the 2006 (very short) summer war there?
Lebanese Olympic Delegation Refuses to Share Bus with Israeli Team
The Lebanese national delegation to the Rio Olympics prevented Israeli team from sharing a bus on the way to the opening ceremony on Friday.
Israeli media quoted the sailing coach of the Israeli team Udi Gal as saying that when the Lebanese delegation realized that it was slated to share the bus with Israeli athletes, it asked the driver to shut the door.
http://english.almanar.com.lb/adetails.php?fromval=2&cid=19&frid=21&seccatid=19&eid=281235
This really is inexcusable and (at best) extremely insensitive for an international event!
And if that weren’t cause enough for concern, here’s another reason…
“US launches Olympic-sized Spying Operation at Rio”
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Launches-Olympic-Sized-Spying-Operation-at-Rio-2016-20160805-0010.html
To keep everybody safe. Of course.
According to reports the Olympic organization provided “separate buses” for each national team. But the Israelis deliberately tried to come into the Lebanese bus. And tried to provoke that argument for propaganda purposes. It might be important to remember Israel constantly bombs Lebanon killing many people. And has invaded Lebanon several times. They are still “officially” at war with each other. I wonder what the reaction would be to a North Korean team trying to come into the US bus.Or the Pakistanti and Indian teams having to share the buses.
I very much enjoy the Vineyard and love the sense of community in the café
I have not posted online before and have no idea where this will arrive
I just wondered if anyone can tell me why my RT app in English has not been working for the last week nor can I download a new app from the Apple store
My app works in Spanish but when I try to use it in English I get the message network down try again
I have not had a chance to try the app on someone else’s phone
I was wondering if any of you have had this problem recently or in the past?
Funny – I was going to ask if anyone was experiencing connection problems if they are using Google.
remember: AUG 9 (Erdo meeting St. Petersburg) or bust!
http://sputniknews.com/military/20160807/1044029532/nato-turkey-concerns.html
The Atlantic alliance has little influence on Turkey especially since the country’s failed coup, and the alliance can’t expel a member state or otherwise punish it. The treaty can only be terminated by the member state itself. Let’s have a look what advantages it gives to Ankara and disadvantages – to NATO.
How important is Turkey to NATO
Geographically
NATO was first formed in April 1949 with 12 original members (two North American nations and 10 states in Northern or Western Europe).
Turkey and its neighbor Greece joined NATO in February 1952, marking the first time the alliance made any kind of enlargement.
re: Duran and Mercouris commentary
http://theduran.com/assassination-attempt-east-ukrainian-leader-raises-tensions-provokes-questions/
Yes, this is very important because Lugansk is the weak link in the Donbass so analysts more in the know than us are busy figuring out if this is:
1. an attempt by local forces in the know to eliminate a leader who is playing for his own benefit with drug and criminal elements as well as with political elements providing support/advice.
2. an attempt by erstwhile buddies to warn him ( i.e. you are still useful to us but straighten out or next time we will not “miss”)
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/08/bolotov-attempt-on-plotnitsky-could.html
3. or an incompetent effort by a poorly trained assassination squad from the Ukie side.
hopefully, measures will be taken to strengthen the situation by competent players.
Russian Para Athletes Banned for Political Reasons – World Archery
http://sputniknews.com/sport/20160807/1044035731/paralympics-ban-political-reasons.html
“World Archery strongly disagrees with the ban, which goes against the principles of inclusion and fair play, and considers the decision to have been taken based on a report that is unfinished and should remain ongoing until its mandate is completed, as stated by the IOC and WADA… It impairs clean impaired athletes for a second time when compared to their Olympic counterparts, for political reasons rather than sporting,” the statement reads.
The body added that the IPC decision was made without proper consultation with the relevant sports federations and against their interest.
According to the statement, the World Archery Executive Board will convene on Monday for a regular meeting and will discuss ways to protect clean Russia athletes, as well as possible effects of the IPC’s decision.
IPC President Philip Craven announced the suspension of Russian athletes from the 2016 Rio Paralympics earlier in the day.”
Meanwhile, another aspect of the zionazi freakshow’s war against Russia:
Hillary Releases Creepy Propaganda Ad Insinuating Trump is a Russian Agent
http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20160807/1044034920/hillary-trump-putin-russia-propaganda.html
“On Friday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a disturbing new ad that blatantly accuses her political adversary of treason, the type of provocative behavior that is the hallmark of third-world authoritarians and is now the bedrock campaign message of the candidate favored to become America’s next president.
However, in the wake of the recent WikiLeaks dump of 20,000 Democratic National Committee emails providing clear and compelling evidence that Hillary Clinton’s campaign engaged in a coordinated scheme with the Democratic Party and mainstream media outlets to sabotage Bernie Sanders’ insurgent progressive bid to upstage the Clinton coronation, Hillary’s team went on the offensive questioning and convoluting the source to make it appear as though it were the product of Russian intervention.
Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook was the first to float this conspiracy theory one would expect from a wrinkly ten-year-old James Patterson novel cast aside for its absurdity even in the realm of fiction, but the narrative caught steam quickly being employed by Clinton herself in a bevy of press hits.
The final shoe to drop was when ex-CIA chief, Michael J. Morell, best known previously as the mastermind behind the altered Benghazi talking points suggesting the attack was caused by a spontaneous protest rather than a coordinated act of war by al-Qaeda terrorists, took to the editorial pages of the New York Times to cast the utmost aspersion on Trump – “In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.”
Joseph J. Welch famously remarked to Joseph McCarthy in response to the defamatory assault of his client as a foreign agent in an exchange that instantly ended the 1950s McCarthyism witch hunt: “Let us not assassinate this lad further. You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency?”
The answer provided from the Hillary campaign appears to be a resounding “no” based on the latest ad issued by the campaign.
“We don’t know why Trump praises Putin,” starts the ad. It also says “we don’t know why” Putin praises Trump, why they share foreign policies, why Trump’s top advisers have ties to Putin, why Russia is trying to influence the election, how much Trump has invested in Russia, or what is going on here.
The ad closes simply with the line “We’ll let you guess” after smearing Trump’s character by insinuation and association in a fashion eerily similar to Joseph McCarthy’s grandstanding before attorney Joseph J. Welch finally stood up to the cruel tyranny of intimation.
Watch the clips of the Hillary ad and the McCarthy-Welch exchange for yourself. “We’ll let you guess” what Hillary’s campaign is up to.”
The zionazi freakshow behind clinton is out republicaning the republican far right as well as the that gay nazi freakshow that was behind the mccarthy despotism half a century ago.
Doninews reporting ukraine soldiers creating provocation with Crimea by opening fire and trying to break through the border….one rus soldier killed three injured.
The Chinese seem to be taking a hard line (rightfully) against South Korea’s (and the US’s) provocation in putting the THAAD missile “defense” system in that country. While they claim its “directed” at North Korea. China correctly realizes it is directed at them. Since South Korea and the US refuse to see reason the best answer for China would be to tighten their relations with North Korea. And help them to modernize their military forces. If the South Koreans and US pretend to be afraid of North Korea now. Give them a “real” reason to be worried. And that could actually bring some sense into at least South Korea. As to the need for peaceful relations.
https://www.rt.com/news/355016-defensive-thaad-seoul-china/
somebody spoke and I went into a dream
These plans will probably be much discussed around the election time in Russia
https://www.rt.com/business/355042-kudrin-russian-economy-reform/
The principles of a multipolar world have been known since the Treaty of Westphalia, implies Lowell Flanders…..
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/08/05/zero-sum-foreign-policy-the-un-option/
AUGUST 5, 2016
Zero Sum Foreign Policy: the UN Option
by LOWELL FLANDERS
In 1945, at the end of WWII, world leaders understood clearly the principles upon which world order needed to be built to avoid the death and destruction unleashed by that war. Those principles were clearly spelled out in the Charter of the United Nations……..
Among the principles they enumerated as essential to regulating relations among countries are (1) the sovereign equality of all states, regardless or size or national wealth; (2) not to use force or the threat of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country (3) to settle all disputes between countries by peaceful means (4) preventive or enforcement action against a country to be taken only through a collective decision by member states in the context of the Security Council. There is no provision in the Charter for unilateral action by one country against another for any reason, humanitarian or otherwise, except for self-defense when a country is subject to attack or outright invasion by another. These principles have the additional strength of being incorporated as a formal treaty under international law and fully ratified under US law.
Although he doesn’t credit the UN Charter, these are the same characteristics Henry Kissinger identifies in his book World Order, (Penguin Publishing, 2014) derived from the Treaties of Westphalia, namely, the principles of national independence, sovereign statehood, national interest, noninterference in the affairs of other states, and a balance of power or interests. As he recounts, the observance of these principles have kept countries at peace during substantial periods of time in our past. It is based on “commonly accepted rules that define the limits of permissible action and a balance of power that enforces restraint where rules break down, preventing one political unit from subjugating all others.”…….
But, the bigger challenge to collective security is the dominant claims of a single “exceptional” country to act as global policeman to enforce its vision of world order. John Bolton probably expressed it most clearly, when he said: “If I were redoing the Security Council today, I’d have one permanent member, because that’s the real reflection of the distribution of power in the world — the United States.” “There is no United Nations,” he said. “There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and that’s the United States, when it suits our interest, and when we can get others to go along.” Or as stated more adroitly by Henry Kissinger, “Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.”
speaking of bolton, check out this list of foggy bottom pond scum deemed worthy to be on Mein Hair’s team:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08
/03/it_is_time_for_trump_to_name_his_foreign_policy_team_131403.html
My colleague, Hugh Hewitt, has advocated for Trump to release a list of his entire cabinet during the course of the fall. The following candidates, and there are other strong candidates with similar profiles, all believe deeply in American leadership and the concept of “peace through strength”. They have either endorsed Trump or appear willing to work with him. They are a “Make America Great Again” national security all-star team that would serve Trump and the nation well.
Ambassador John Bolton, Secretary of State. After eight years of a Clinton/Kerry/Obama “lead from behind” foreign policy, no world leader will doubt America’s word or resolve with Bolton as Secretary of State
Short concise translation, to save time analyzing his sultanship’s latest:
Show Me The Money!
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/08/08/479091/Turkey-Erdogan-EU-Le-Monde
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his administration may scrap a controversial refugee deal with the European Union (EU) if the bloc does not meet Ankara’s visa waiver demand.
President Erdogan told France’s Le Monde newspaper on Monday that the EU had not kept its promise to kick off a visa-free travel plan for Turkish citizens in June.
The president also threatened that if Turkey’s demands are not met, the country would stop the readmission of refugees heading for Europe.