2016/12/22 19:30:01
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Here is 22.16, and it appears that the Cafe is open in Paris. After posting this, I’m preparing to go to bed, hopefully without making you sad. Christmas is in the air, bells are jingling in my hair, angels calling me to sleep and my promises to keep. In this world of fake and false, it could be much worse. But now it’s time of Christmas, so let’s go back to business :
Christmas Time
Christmas time is near, is coming
With Christmas trees and killing
One part of the world is dreaming
The other part in tears is mourning
Oh, damn you Caesars of this world,
You keep your mouths without a word
Or, if you open it, you say the daily lie
Confusing the people, making them dry
Closing your eyes for not willing to see
The suffering of those who’re just like we
You cover your ears not willing to hear
The wind of change, from far to near
What serves to you to have a kingdom
What serves to you to make the laws
When you yourselves don’t have the freedom
To save your life when death is close
I damn you Caesars of the world
You promised peace
You promised justice
But now, when your heart is more than cold,
With a twist
Of a Beast
Your justice is a fake and peace is a sword.
From my heart, and from my soul,
Marry Christmas for you all !
Craciun Fericit !
Boldog Karácsonyt !
Fröhliche Weihnachten !
Feliz Navidad !
Buon Natale !
Bon Noël !
Merry Christmas Ioan,
May the new year render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; torches, pitchforks, Molotov cocktails; our puffed-out chests, straightened backs, grim expressions with fixed glares.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Good luck my friend, a better world awaits.
Trump is showing all his true colors by calling a Resolution that the Arab League are preparing to put to the U.N.S.C. extremely unfair for Israelis and is publicly pressuring Obama to veto it, when the current Administration was prepared for once to abstain or vote–Yes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4058748/Trump-blasts-extremely-unfair-resolution-calling-halt-Israeli-settlement-activity-urges-veto.html
So Trump feels bad Zionists are being treated unfairly? Right! But close to 800,000 Zionist settlers squatting on Palestinian land and dumping all their toilet waste below on the vegetable patch and ghetto Palestinians are left with and squished into is not extremely unfair?
And yesterday, Trump tapped yet another Zionist oligarch, Carl Icahn, to oversee a regulation overhaul to benefit Wall Street, since Icahn has been very critical of banking and investment regulation.
MIC generals – check; Zionist Wall Street oligarchs – check; Washington insiders – check; Neocon advisers – check; Promoting Zionist Agenda – check
Trump Zionist Puppet Showman – Check and Check.
Engdahl was right.
Trump is a dangerous deception, and if you ask Netanyahu why he likes Trump so much; he’ll probably answer: because he’s as good as Jim Jones at leading the desperate-for-change sheeple away from their best interests and moving the U.S. in the right (Zionist) direction. Blech :(
Still need more proof?
The vote was postponed by Egypt according to RT:
“UN vote on Israeli settlement postponed, ‘potentially indefinitely’ – source
A UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements has been postponed, “potentially indefinitely”, a western diplomatic source said on Thursday. Earlier, a western diplomat told Reuters that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had instructed Egypt’s UN mission to postpone the vote. (Reuters)”
So? It’s gone to the Arab League for discussion because Israelis put pressure on al-Sissi so they’re discussing whether to amend it, but the Obama administration were ready to abstain or vote Yes on it as is, until Zionists started putting the screws on Egypt and it still doesn’t change the fact that Trump is blasting Obama to veto it, sympathizing with Zionists and trying to kill the Resolution on behalf of Zionism. Why don’t you explain away his Zionist position as well while you’re at it?
Circe is correct:
(german subs, but english)
Donald Trump Verkündet den 3 Weltkrieg auf der AIPAC!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWTaR0hdLdQ
The resolution passed, with US abstaining. The resolution has been in existence for some years already though, with the settlements deemed illegal, but it has been ignored for years also.
Thanks Circe,
I fear you are right, but it won’t matter. It is in Zionism’s interest to remain hidden, wrapped in an Hasbara deniability cloak. Overt US support of the Occupation is the best thing could happen for the liberation of Palestine. For the world is turning; China supports a retreat to the ’67 line, Russia is harder to read. With the US ‘coming out’ for Israel, battle lines will be drawn free from the fog of war. The Occupied Territories will be the White Elephant which breaks Zionism, and the Albatross around the neck of the Neo-Cons dragging them down to Davey Jones’ Locker. No more double-game, let America and Israel walk naked across the world. Pride before the fall.
Yes. I’m hoping Trump’s unconditional support of Zionism will backfire and benefit the Palestinians; but we can’t count on that, since European leaders are so damn spineless and tend to follow the U.S. lead; and my point is that Trump is showing with this statement and his choice for Ambassador to Israel, that he’s a Zionist puppet and there are serious consequences involved beyond the effect on Palestinians since Zionism is the scourge from which Neoconservatism was created and Zionism corrupts American foreign policy using whatever puppet leaders and/or politicians it bribes to do its dirty work.
Its now a standard for Tel-a-Viv to be consulted in advance by its US operatives, before the US decides on an ambassador to the Zionist realm.
I.e., Israel decides who the US gets to send as ambassador.
The only difference with Trump is that he is less subtle about these things and does a poor job of sticking to the Zionist devised PR script for Goyim Dummies.
“Every time we do something you tell me Americans will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.” – Ariel Sharon 2001
Two part interview with PCR on Max Keiser show (2nd part of each show):
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/371088-episode-max-keiser-1008/
and second part
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/371229-episode-max-keiser-1009/
Merry Christmas everybody, may the season bring you the peace we all deserve.
Passing the Light
Sliding into a chair, eyes cast to the ground,
While beautiful people gathered around.
From inside the hall, there rose up a cheer,
From the graduates who’d finished the year.
But his heart was heavy, his mood was bleak,
That was no way for a Daughter to speak.
He’d waited so long, gave with no return,
For this night finally reward he had earned.
Instead he was hurt, she’s off with a friend.
A silent ride home, when will this day end?
His Wife was no help, for she didn’t care,
Her parents had failed, they never were there.
His Mother he told, and tears they did share,
With tales of her Father, her soul lying bare.
He thanked her for everything she’d ever done,
For a wonderful family, second to none.
That night lying still, sleep far away,
A Messege she sent, are you ok?
A picture did follow, late in the night,
Of two hands palms upwards, passing a Light.
Then he did see, now he understood,
Reward’s in the giving, in passing the Good.
She’s almost grown up, he’s hugging her tight,
Safe in the knowledge she carries the Light.
May the Light guide you in the New Year.
Your Friend,
Earthrise
Earthrise repertoire expands.
It gently uplifts the mood of this holiday café with cars and even people moving too fast for the slow shutter to capture enough light to stop and freeze a moment in time..
But he and ioan make up for that external dearth of photons to emit their own from their own internal sources.
There is an ache in the air, but also a glow.
Merry Christmas Bro,
Thanks for coaxing that out of me. Ache and glow, how like life, flavoured bitter-sweet.
Great working with you mate, we are going to be busy next year so eat, drink and be merry.
In Friendship
After reading a few more times, your poem becomes more and more beautiful, a part of your soul is there…thanks my Friend !
Thanks Ioan, good-old ‘King of Pain’ again (that’s my soul up there). It was a really tough week, but I take wisdom from this scene in Steve Martin’s “Parenthood”:
Gil has been complaining about his complicated life; Grandma wanders into the room
Grandma: You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster.
Gil: Oh?
Grandma: Up, down, up, down. Oh, what a ride!
Gil: What a great story.
Grandma: I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn’t like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.
It is a very pleasant surprise your poem Earthrise, the mood of the family in the Christmas Light and as Bro said, the mood of this Cafe as our family as well. Thanks for your poetic mood and friendly words !!
As we approach Catholic Christmas, New Year and Pravoslavi Christmas –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7C2MKoBL7Q
We as adults may well destroy this world, but children will save us.
This article about the aipac “keystone congress” shooting themselves in the hoof in attempting to smear Snowdon is hilarious.
Congressional Report Aiming to Smear Snowden, Surprisingly Exonerates Him
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612221048894740-congressional-report-exonerates-snowden/
“A Congressional report aimed at smearing Edward Snowden has surprisingly exonerated him, and the whistleblower took to Twitter on Thursday to brilliantly explain the details.”
Trump called for the execution of Edward Snowden. You think he’s kidding? I’ll bet when he gets Pompeo into the CIA one of the missions will be to kidnap Snowden, torture him to find out if he shared intelligence with Russia, kill him and pretend he just disappeared and is somewhere in hiding.
Daesh Lists US Churches for Holiday Attack Targets
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612231048900764-daesh-lists-us-church-targets/
“The Daesh terror group on Wednesday published details for thousands of Christian places of worship, encouraging terror cells to target them over the holiday season.”
But no synagogues, of course. Too much work to send all those emails to the members to warn them to stay clear during the appropriate fates and times.
hi mod. on duty (and/or other board members… lol),
Will my comment (hey Saker… Mods. et al) serve anything?
Is not lost in the bottom of some drawer? :-P
Any suggestions from you? Wait a while, republish?
Great parties at the end of the year for everyone!
That comment was sent to Saker to review. He will need to decide on whether to publish it or not.MOD
Trump Asks Boeing to ‘Price Out’ F/A-18 Due to Huge Price Tag for New F-35
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612231048899500-trump-boeing-f18/
“Based on the tremendous cost and cost overruns of the Lockheed Martin F-35, I have asked Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet!” Trump stated in the message via Twitter on Thursday.
According to CNBC, Lockheed Martin shares fell 1.7 percent after the Trump tweets about the F-35 and F-18 programs as Boeing shares climbed 0.6 percent.”
Russia tested over 160 new weapons in Syrian operation – defense minister
https://www.rt.com/news/371302-russian-military-annual-report/
“While the primary goal of Russia’s military operation in Syria is to prevent the disintegration of the country, it has also provided a chance to field-test 162 advanced Russian weapons, Russia’s defense minister reported.
Among the systems tested in Syria were Su-30SM and Su-34 fighter jets, Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters, and Kalibr cruise missiles, as well as other arms. According to Shoigu, 10 of the 162 weapons tested revealed flaws that had not been identified on test ranges, prompting the ministry to stop buying them and ask the developers to fix them.”
Some interesting things being printed here.
Final US election vote tally is in, and Trump won the popular vote by 3 million, sans California and New York
http://theduran.com/final-us-election-vote-tally-is-in-and-trump-won-the-popular-vote-big-time-sans-california-and-new-york/
“Donald Trump ended the US election night in November with 306 votes in the electoral college. This number fell to 304 votes when electors cast their ballots this week.
Hillary Clinton had 232 votes in the electoral college, but lost 5 votes when electors cast their official ballots this week, for a total of 227.
All of the main stream media, hollywood celebrity pressure, for electors to switch their vote away from Trump, resulted in Hillary Clinton losing 5 electoral votes.”
Texas Officer Under Investigation After Racially Charged Video Goes Viral
https://sputniknews.com/us/201612231048902706-texas-officer-racist-video/
“The video, posted on Facebook on Wednesday night that went viral, shows a black woman claiming that her neighbor, who is white, choked her seven-year-old son for littering.
The police officer is heard saying, “Why don’t you teach your son not to litter?” The woman says, “It doesn’t matter if he did or didn’t. It doesn’t give him the right to put his hands on him,” in which the police officer responds, “Why not?”
Those “exceptional” pindos, almost as “special” as those “chosen” israelis.
It is relevant that the Israeli `Defense´Forces have been training American police for a long time. They are trained to subdue and control an occupied population, not to protect and serve.
‘No Ospreys in our skies!’ Okinawa governor leads mass protest against US military bases (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/news/371332-okinawa-protesters-us-military/
“Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga was absent from the event as he opposed the conditions of the transfer deal. In 1996, Japan and the United States agreed on the land reversion in exchange for allowing six new helipads to be built in the retained portion of US-controlled land.
To oppose the US military presence on the island, Onaga instead led a demonstration of over 4,000 activists in Nago who joined in with protests against the helipads.
Demonstrators carried banners that read “get out marines”, and “no base Henoko,” as they were watched by lines of police.”
Russia infuriated by New York Daily News op-ed, demands apology
http://theduran.com/russia-infuriated-new-york-daily-news-op-ed-demands-apology/
“The spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, expressed her outrage on Facebook, describing the article titled “Don’t cry for Russia’s slain envoy, who was Putin’s lackey,” which was later renamed to“Assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was not terrorism, but retribution for Vladimir Putin’s war crimes,” as xenophobic and supportive of terrorism.”
The new york daily post is sort of a jeruselem post for the pindo colony. Similar rightwing zio-gay propaganda memes are vomited out by both. They print a more accurate view of what the zionazi Jew wants and thinks, as opposed to haaretz, and its colonial ditto heads, like nyt, wp, guardian, speigel, etc., who temper their zionazism so as not to upset, and disgust, their mixed intended audience.
Retaliation Promised: Russian Ambassador’s Murder Justified, Even Praised Across the West
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2016/12/retaliation-promised-russian.html?m=1
“While the Western media has since attempted to dismiss murmurs across Russian and Turkish media in the aftermath of Ambassador Karlov’s assassination implicating US involvement, they simultaneously appear incapable of concealing what can only be described as delight over the tragic attack.”
The western media described here is Jewish zionazi owned and operated, with unequivocal loyalty to israel. What they propagandize is what israel wants. The assassination of the ambassador was an israeli op, ultimately, and a direct message to Russia from israel/zionazi jews.
Been thinking about Trump’s zionist blindside.
And elsi’s complaint that she understands no one here.
How does mind control work?
Automatic, pre-programmed reactions. And the classic way to set that mental slavery up is to unbalance the right and left side of the individual’s cranium, itself. That model is thousands of years old.
Then, 227 years ago, in France in 1789+ you politicize the same sort of divide in societies at large. “Pick your side and and we will work both sides against the middle until everyone is our pre-programmed mental slave, in the ideological chains we have designed and manufactured for you.”
So here you have Trump, elected by virtue of the crisis brought on by the Empire’s policies prying one eyelid of the average American, perhaps 10% open. Imagine what could be accomplished if one eye were half open!!
I watched a few minutes last night of Infowars News and there was a clip of Alex talking to Donald about 911. The disconnect was jarring. In the past, at least, I thought Alex was somewhat awake to the false flag nature of the event, to the plain fact that the “muslims” (Atta et al) were patsies set up years in advance by the AZ Empire. Yet there was Donald, stupidly calling for more of a crackdown on “muslim terrorists” all the while purporting to call for a new investigation of 911.
Alex needs to stop kissing the Donald’s butt and kick it (ever so gently, maybe, at first) on this subject of Zionist involvement in 911, which is simply massive.
Then some of Donald’s lifelong mental chains from being in the Manhattan Zionist sewer with Roy Cohn and Co going back many, many decades might finally slip a little bit, and one of Trump’s eyes, might just open, 10% , at first. The light of truth may blind him, but those in his support base that cannot abide by allowing him to become a tragic failure because of this Zionist blind spot of his and have to pry that eyelid even more open, and not allow him to shut out the evidence.
Meanwhile the international growth perspective offered by BRICS, Russia and China has to coax the Donald into some much better “deals” than the zionist neocon nutcases have to offer, which will lead to mushroom clouds all over his real estate. “Such a deal!!”
Or he will go down in flames and take the USA and the world with him. A “very bad deal”, Donald.
Morons with NAZI proclivities need to comprehend that they are the flip side of the very Zionists they have blind hatred of. Morons with zionist proclivities need to understand that they are the flip side of the very NAZI’s they use as an excuse for all of their own evil behavior.
Same thing with extreme ideologues of left or right that haven’t caught on to the mind game chains they are enchained in. Free your minds, mental slaves of the world! You may love your chains, but if you open one eye 10% it is possible you may glimpse the reality of how you and billions of others have been played, and clowned, not just by Count Khazar, but by dozens of generations of his imperial priesthood antecedents.
Looks like that is the “great work” of the coming year, IMHO.
Hi, I wonder if anyone more has taken the same problem as me.
Just when I have tried to go to Katehon I am receiving a message on that “the site has been banned”.
Elsi, this is the message I got trying to access Katehon:
An AJAX HTTP error occurred.
HTTP Result Code: 403
Debugging information follows.
Path: /views/ajax
StatusText: Forbidden
ResponseText: Sorry, 127.0.0.1 has been banned.
I tried it and it opened ( on a smartphone ):
http://katehon.com
If someone wants to watch an good old film, related to Christmas, I recommend ” It’s a wonderful Life ” (1946 ) with James Steward, directed by Frank Capra. I saw it first in 1968. Maybe it’s a bit like candy, but I liked that old Clarence intervening in the life of Bailey. have a good time !
I read a review once which suggested that ‘Wonderful Life’ champions an early form of Sub-Prime mortgage lending. The ‘hook’ being that Stewart will lend even to those who cannot afford the loan (good guy) while the mean old banker (villain) only lends to those who will not get into trouble financially.
Viewed from that angle, Jimmy Stewart is actually the bad guy. ;-)
Our Christmas viewing is that great Anti-Corporate diatribe ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, the black and white English one with Alastair Sim and three sprits instead of the paltry one of WW.
You can criticize me back now. Like Peter Lavelle, I very much encourage it.
I haven’t seen the film “A Christmas Carol” yet, but I read a summary of it right now and I will try to find it somewhere to watch it later on. On the other film with James Steward, what I found interesting, was this old man named Clarence ” who showed George all the lives he has touched and how different life in his community would be had he never been born.” The fate of a man who wants to help the least lucky ones in a hypocritical system based on capitalism. Thanks for your offering !
@ Franz,
Have you an answer to my question here, Franz?
/moveable-feast-cafe-2016-12-19/#comment-306544
Its not a criticism, which you say you encourage, but a request for an explanation of your random and gratuitous insult to me. I’d really like to know what prompted this bigoted comment of yours.
Down by the canal
You can walk for miles
And miles and miles
Along the tow-path
Sky on the surface of the water
The trees spreading branches
Hung with evenings
Soft yellow cloud lamps
Reeds, swift skimming birds
You’ll see it all two times
Even the church there
upside down terror of
The Church of Bolshevism.
Collect some wood for a fire
Lie down it’s night time now
The trees branches hung with stars
Look up, you can’t believe
The star-lit heavens are yours.
At midnight you awake
In the darkest night
Across waters stillness
Singing choirs of angels
From where Bolshevism’s church
Once stood reaches you
It’s all about a birth
For those who are getting “banned” messages to websites such as Katehon, what browser are you using? I use Mozilla Firefox and have no trouble with any sites.
Obama legacy
From Nobel Peace prize to terrorism in size
Obama sold his soul to war mongering neocon
From hope to nope, was busy peddling fiction
Economy in tatters, who needs more conviction ?
I wish the remaining honest and real pro-Russian and resistants in this blog a good time, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42D7KblwqLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD-q5xZJfog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3K5oLg-Fq4
To those misrepresenting what you are not, bullying and lying all the way, that you get coal as Christmas present.
Muchas gracias por el regalo de Navidad y tener un Feliz Año Nuevo !
Thank you very much for the Christmas gift and have a Happy New Year !
Thank you …very best wishes to you indeed appreciate you being here! You have had an amazing year travelling, so may 2017 be even more adventurous and fulfilling!
Elsi
No need to waste coal, wish the misrepresenters a belated happy Hanukkah, instead. ;D
Elsi
A couple more to complement your 3 Tenor links.
Jethro Tull – Christmas Song (1972 Original)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pbMi5WQcuDY
&
Jethro Tull – Another Christmas Song – Lyrics Below
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfjNf4rVmjk
Blessings for Holy Christmas All My Beloved Cafe Friends. Mods, and The Saker!
I have missed many recent cafes, taking a bit of an Advent retreat from too much computer. I come today to salute you- all my fine friends in this cafe of many lights. As ever I am cheered to read the fine poetry, astute commentary, and fell camaraderie in the search for Truth.
There is a profound cosmic and stellar influence to this Holy Christmas Festival which was understood even in pre-Christian times. Christmas Eve opens a star gate to specific influences which occur over a period of Twelve Holy Days and Nights. It is true to say that the heavens bow low and the earth is lifted up. Celestial forces pour down upon our beloved earth through exalted beings. Angels and archangels in gleaming array encircle the globe with a mantle of luminous splendor blessing the earth and chanting in joyous tones “On earth peace, goodwill towards all.” Due to these instreaming celestial influences, for twelve days the inharmonious desire currents within the earth are largely stilled and cosmic, spiritual forces become paramount. The Earth is spiritually illumined from on high as the Divine mystery of Madonna and Child is again beheld within Her. During these Twelve Days and Nights our souls and spirits can be renewed and strengthened in this inpouring spiritual light. If we choose to tune in and connect to these forces we ourselves can contribute to the illumination. It is noticeable that the Western Church celebrates The Birth on the first of these Holy Days and the Eastern Church celebrates on January 6, on the last of the twelve days. I would say more, but want contribute a poem to the Christmas Cafe. I’ll check in more regularly now.
Love, k
The Christmas Child
Always in our midst,
In all lands, among all peoples,
All the world around,
There live a folk,
Who cannot express their message in words,
They speak instead through being.
It is the children
Who beckon to us.
In a language
Of the heart
They speak
Of the Universal
Child of Humanity,
Ever present, ever waiting
To be born anew.
The children are
The simple shepherds,
Who watch over our souls,
Protecting us
From wolves that would
Maraud our hearts.
The children hear afar
The sounding tones
Of angels
Resounding,
The starry heavens
Proclaiming,
Gloria in Exclesis!
Peace on earth!
Children announce again and again
Their ever-renewing trust,
That the world is good,
That we adults
Will learn from them
The Art of Faith,
In the Star-born Wisdom
Of a God-born Humanity.
The Child of Humanity speaks:
Behold me in your own heart.
Let good become.
Thank you, a very beautiful and realistic thought.
Some adults have retained or regained those childish qualities, too. And some seem good, but in an adult, calculating way, and are (with those they seemingly care for) in the danger that their goodness is just wanted, not arrived at – see Tarkovskij, Stalker.
bp
Very best wishes to each and everyone at the Saker community at this time of year, particularly unclebob1, ioan, and Eimar and vottak and the ever patient moderators , with whom one feels a rapport transcending the distances.
May 2017 be even more portentious for the cessation of conflict,world peace, justice, and sufficiently provident for each and everyone of earth’s inhabitants whether sentient or not.
As Dave Allen used to say,”may your God go with you.”…..hhhhmmmm.
Wishing everyone at the Saker blog – Saker, Herb, Scott, mods and commenters a very happy Christmas, whether you celebrate it or not
:-)
Have a good day tomorrow anyway – especially the people of Donbass and Syria :-)
May God Bless You All, my Friends !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlQxuDeGks
Good news not just for the folks of East Aleppo this Christmas, but also for the Palestinians: series of articles from Haaretz signaling Nutty’s ‘outrage’ over the resolution, including the recall of the ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal, as well as – wait for this! – canceling Groyzman’s (Ukie PM, with Israeli connections) visit to Israel for supporting the resolution too:
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.761122
Now – what’s that all about? IMF bailout trouble (Kokomoisky’s PrivatBank making off with the loot?) forcing Ukieland’s hand?
CIA money being withdrawn to keep the takfiris ‘sweet’ as the disaster (for them) unfolds in Syria?
Now Nutty has almost a million angry squatters to contend with in Palestine, and nothing but a Trump tweet to sweeten the pill…:-)
Merry Christmas Saker Blog.
I give up. Something really weird is happening with my computer. I posted something on Dec. 21 which never appeared and still hasn’t. Nothing changed at the last cafe, on this computer, after 12/21. The same 60 comments were frozen at 12/21. I assumed the site was down but no message of that appeared which I assumed would have happened if the site was down and now is up.
It’s now 4:25 am UTC. A few minutes ago I came here. No new cafe on banner. Same frozen 60 comments at old cafe of 12/19. Then I noticed at the All News that comments were being posted. But on the latest comments at the black bottom, the last one was from the 21st. Then on the banner this cafe appeared briefly but switched back to the old cafe with the same 60 comments up to 12/21. The first words of my latest comment tonight appeared here at this cafe in the recent comments at the black bottom but not in the thread itself.
I tried toggling back and forth between the All News and War News which made the chronological format appear for the first time in a long time, and presto, there was this cafe, which I am now writing to. I’m guessing there’s something wrong on my end since nobody else seems to be experiencing what I am. I think the universe is sending me a message.
Are you confused? No surprise since I am more confused. Oh, the wonder of technology. I’m going back to bed and try to sleep. I’ve had enough. I quit. Merry Christmas, Scrooge. Bah, humbug. If you do get this post, put it in the circular file with my other stuff. Bless your hearts, moderators; how you put up with this craziness is beyond me.
@ Herb
I replied to your suggestion to refresh at Scott’s article in the All News section. It seems to work. Thanks.
Is this the shabbiest disingenuous piece of filth ever written on Syria?
The War on Syria: Look Away or Wield the Sword
Excerpts:
“…it behooves us to tip our hat to Mrs. Power who, in one of numerous Security Council sessions on the Aleppo tragedy, delivered an historic speech…”
“To Samantha Power: I realize that you are truly genuine in your feelings toward people in Aleppo in particular and Syrians in general,….”
“There is no value to your views and no weight to what you stand for. You are left with one of two choices: either you keep silent and look away, or wield a sword to kill your neighboring Other. Samantha Power looked away and Vitaly Churkin wielded the sword”
http://conversations.e-flux.com/t/the-war-on-syria-look-away-or-wield-the-sword/5723
SO
“Is this the shabbiest disingenuous piece of filth ever written on Syria?”
It is a typical example of how zionazis employ psychological pr to manipulate the narrative in order to turn reality on its head in their duplicious endeavor to promote the war crimes of their sacred zio-freakshow occupying Palestine.
Deepest condolences to the Russian Federation and it’s people on the reported loss of 92 of its citizens, following the disappearance of a military plane over the Baltic.
And on Christmas Day too.
Pray there are survivors….
My deepest condolences to Russia and its people too. I have no words for what’s happened, I’m sad and shocked…
Sancuary One, above, says: “Is this the shabbiest disingenuous piece of filth ever written on Syria?”
Maybe, but because Jon Rich is probably brainwashed (as well as being a brainwasher) I wouldn’t say so, because it is wrapped in such deceptively emotionally attractive Christmas wrapping, and that wrapping must be studied before the crap inside the box (article) is hurriedly taken outside to the garbage. I’d say it is one of the shiftiest, most deceptive pieces of nonsense ever written on Syria and should be clinically dissected as an example of the satanic elite methods of imbalancing the weak minds of the victim populations of the west.
Jon Rich uses the synchronicity of Christmas to play with the emotions of the weak minded and portray Samantha Power as the meek and mild Christian caring for the downtrodden who could either stab Vitaly Churkin with a sword or mildly look away and try to “help” the suffering, after Mr Churkin rebuked her garbage statement. And nothing could be further from reality than that absurdly convoluted fallacy of composition.
Of course the only way for Samantha or Mr Rich to be effective in such humanitarian efforts would be to first pull their heads out of their arses, instead of urging many more to insert their crania in that warm, safe place.
What’s missing from the WW II analogy that Jon makes is the ultimate geopolitical causes of that war, the western oligarchy determination to split Germany from Russia and cause them to destroy each other. Same thing going on today, and it is quite possible that both Jon Rich and Samantha Power are not masterminds in the least, but just brainwashed zombies under mind control and the orders of their satanic masters.
Which is why their arguments are so disconnected from reality that anyone who digs a little deeper into historical reality or present day events is astounded by the extent of their ignorance of their own evil, and is simply repulsed by their blindness and phony emotionalism.
And note that Churkin did not stab Powers, but the forces behind Powers and Rich did “stab” and kill the Russian Ambassador in Ankara.
And quite possibly stabbed a whole plane load of Russians. Maybe not. Accidents do happen. But I certainly wouldn’t discount the possibility yet, from the very little information I have gleaned in the last 15 minutes of being aware of the crash into the Black Sea.
A strange coincidence this “whole plane load” of a selected section
of the elite of a nation in a TU-154M on 16-12-24, 23:17 CET on
this occasion and on 10-4-10, 10:41 MosTime on that other occasion –
as if Fate played tit for tat. Then the final word on this “accident”
signed by V.V. Putin said that Bad Weather and Drunk Pilots had been
the culprits. One may wonder whether this will be again the final word
and whether it will be again signed by V.V. Putin.
The plane which crashed refueled at the Chalovsky airport in Sochi? Is that a civilian or military airport? It takes years to grow and develop a prize winning athlete, a skilled ambassador, a world class choir or a dedicated philanthropist. Every life is precious but these are expressions of the collective excellence of the Russian people and any loss strikes at its heart.
The forces of evil, despair and chaos were very angry at the concert given to the people of Palmyra during its first liberation. Let us see if leaders in the West have the decency to express sorrow for the loss of this choir for the art community, Russia and the World.
Excellence…Russia represents excellence and achievement of the highest caliber. Condolences. It is yet another opportunity to dot i’s, cross t’s and tighten up the ship. More will be revealed. So sad and another loss for human culture.
LET US SEE whether the leaders of the West will again have the insolence of showing a complete contempt for the victims and their gratitude for the murderers: who will be promoted? After Smolensk, the “good Pole” Donald Tusk was twice promoted by Angela Hitler, and the Bundeswehr terror bomb specialist Klaus Kandt got “the most important post in Berlin”, namely that of that police chief whose last wonder of murderous efficiency was the Berlin truck “accident”.
My deepest condolences to Russia. News really struck me… wanted to cry. What a terrible loss.
Count Khazar Episode 5
The Count was fond of Christmas. All those Christians herded into churches like sheeple. And all those consumers shopping like zombies. Business was brisk.
His lip curled at the right corner; Russia had received his Christmas gift over the Black Sea.
Four days earlier, on the darkest day of the year, the Unholy Trinity had met in a posh hideout near London Tower. The Baron of the London city-state hosted the meeting with the Cardinal from Vatican City and the General from Washington, D.C., the other city-states. The Count was represented by the Baron.
The Cardinal and the General had met at midnight in the cathedral rectory. Now at high noon they presented a deal to the Baron and Count. The Baron turned red. He sputtered with anger, “The Count will never take this deal.”
The Cardinal spoke softly and slowly, “Remind the Count that we outnumber him a hundred to one, and have the mid-level military in our pocket. He should stick to the agreement and mind his business which is to manage our money.”
He turned to the General who replied with intensity, “And Putin, Trump and Xi have signed on.”
The Baron rose abruptly and walked to the door. He turned and shouted, “You’ll pay for this treason.” He slammed the door on his way out.
The General snorted, “The soul of Amschel Moses will talk sense to this upstart Count.”
“Hah, so will Prince William and Brother Spartacus Adam Weishaupt, the Jesuit priest,” muttered the Cardinal.
The two rose slowly and eyed each other in silence. The New World Order was going down one way or another. It was Count Khazar’s move.
On the banks of the Shannon, Lady Love looked at Lord Leary. “You’ve been in touch with the Love Army.”
“Yes, I have. And you’ve been in the Love Bower.”
The silence was palpable with fateful anticipation as the sun set over Galway Bay.
It only happened 5 weeks ago last Tuesday..My wife on her way to her dance class got run over by a car..and immediately tried to get back up – but couldn’t cos her leg had been broken tibia/fibia – plus a bone close to her knee (message to you fakers with the boot pointing in completely the wrong direction – you simply do not do that – with someone with a broken leg even if you are German (you fake it worse than us)..
So its all been a bit traumatic for us all but especially me..cos my wife used to do 90% of the work…
The kids still do next to nowt…
On Boxing Day – we always go for a long walk…and she can’t quite manage the front step…but the plaster is off now..and the dressing off her broken leg..she has got this high tech plastic thing – probably developed with the help of The Guys at Headley Court…
So I reckon
1. 3 legged walking stick (which converts to a chair) (mine)
2. 1 Zimmerframe
3. 2 Crutches
4, 1 Rock Chick
5. 1 Old Classic British Racing Car
6. Me
One Box Hill – with River & Stepping Stones (she would normally run over them and race me to the top)
I have asked My Sis (total Medical Professional & Angel)…
Is This Wise????
We haven’t done it yet – but that is the plan.
She says – I reckon you guys will be up for the Rock Festival in March.
I reckon one step at a time.
We are definitely going – even if its raining..
http://www.rockandbikefest.co.uk/
Happy New Year
Tony
I have some advice: she should not spend a day walking around the NY Colosseum at an IEEE electronic trade show. Lower leg bones take time to harden up enough for extended stress and can bend under the weight (even if you are only 19 and heal fast). There is a lot of weight and stress there and not the greatest circulation. And it really hurts to get it bent back. (This is not second hand knowledge.)
Don’t push it too much (I suspect Zakharchenko might give the same advice). Give it a few months before thinking it’s all healed even if it’s usable — it can take a good year before it’s all the way back.
Wednesday I’m coming with the English accomplishment.
For German-readers in the Cafe here the fresh German Monday – version
and for me a Pizza von Alfredo with my Wife
http://mundanestagebuch.blogspot.de/2016/12/sonne-und-hirn-dreimal.html