2019/02/10 03:30:01
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Astronomers Reveal When Andromeda Galaxy Will Crash Into Milky Way
https://sputniknews.com/science/201902091072280117-andromeda-crash-milky-way/
“Earlier calculations suggested that even if humanity still inhabits the solar system at that time, it would be unlikely to survive it. However, more recent estimations offer a brighter outlook for humankind.
A group of astronomers has managed to calculate a more precise timing for the expected collision between our Milky Way galaxy and Andromeda — our closest galactic neighbour. Previously, scientists believed that it was bound to happen in 3.9 billion years, but the authors of the research, which was published in the Astrophysical Journal, tracked the movement of stars using the ESA’s Gaia telescope and determined that in fact, the great collision will only take place in 4.5 billion years.
What is more, the authors of the paper predict that it will not be a “head-on” collision, but rather a “sideswipe”, meaning it will not be too disruptive and devastating. And because the distance between stars in galaxies is still astronomically huge, our solar system has all the chances to remain untouched by the event.”
Bad news for fruit loops™, it appears the rapture has not only been postponed, but may not happen at all. Oh my…
But wait, all is not lost, there is still hope:
“However, prior to the collision with Andromeda, the Milky Way has to withstand something similar with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) which is expected to happen in 2.5 billion years.”
;-D
Russian-Israeli Defense Partnership Sells AWACS to India
Two upgraded Russian Ilyushin-76 transports will be sent to Israel where the Israeli Phalcon AWACS radar will be installed. The finished product will then be felivered to the Indian Air Force.
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http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24180/India_Likely_to_Purchase_2_Israeli_Phalcon_AWACS_for__800M
Russia continues to support Israel – excellent!
“Russia continues to support Israel – excellent!”
Actually, israeli, the decision to use israeli junk was Indian, not Russian. It’s actually a win-win situation for the Russians. They make the sale and keep India as an important customer, while at the same time don’t need to worry about the Indians reverse engineer the sensitive electronic suite.
As for India, their tech level is that of catch up level, they need every bit of foreign tech they can reverse engineer. And israeli tech is doubly useful in that regard. It is very advanced and incorporates a lot of tech the israelis stole from everybody else.
Like with most right wing actions and thinking, you guys (including a123 by this, as well) make a quick profit, satify your insatiable greed drive, but hobble yourselves further down the road.
:-D
I guess you will use the same win win argument to say the recent Russian TOS-1A flame system sale to Saudi was good too in keeping (rather, making) an important customer.
However, if the Indians can reverse engineer the AWACS then the Saudis can reverse engineer the (very advanced) S400 which is part of the same TOS-1A contract. Presumably, after reverse engineering, the Indians can then stop buying Israeli AWACS and the Saudis can stop buying Russian S400 (which is obviously the equivalent of hobbling yourself further down the road).
In reality, Russia is simply supporting the Israeli Hi-Tech industry to make profit and thus provide further development funds. Presumably, at some point, the Israelis can use these newly developed toys to find novel ways to kill folk in both Syria and Gaza.
After all, war is the best kind of business.
“However, if the Indians can reverse engineer the AWACS then the Saudis can reverse engineer the (very advanced) S400 which is part of the same TOS-1A contract.”
LOL, the expert. The Russian S-400 for foreign customers is different from that used by the Russians. The Russian MoD (do you understand what those letters signify?) has long ago stated that there is zero risk that reverse engineering would compromise the Russian versions of the S-400. As for the saudis reverse engineering anything more advanced than a walmart special clock radio, dream on, weedhopper. They’d have to ask the country you shill for to do it. :-D That was an exceedingly stupid troll, even for you. One can understand why you are too embarrassed or ashamed to pick a nick and stick to it.
… Venezuela on my mind …
Venezuela – Mis ilusiones – SanLuis FT Voz Veis, Edgar Ramirez, Mayte Delgado, Gaby Espino; Apache
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBclAazBLeY
Mi corazón es Venezuela – Gran Coquivacoa 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx86FHsrclk
ALMA LLANERA _SIMÓN DÍAZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGakJz50eu4
“Alma Llanera” – Pedro Elías Gutiérrez – Dir. Gustavo Dudamel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gNA3mfYXJg
Himno de Venezuela con letras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQqQtOSVsw
Swan family controls traffic in Denmark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IpWIBeOCzA
An interesting and relevant article posted in the sidebar by Per/Norway. That link didn’t work for me but this one does:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-07/brandon-smith-secular-look-destructive-globalist-belief-system
In the article ‘socialism’ is defined as Luciferian, which I read as a distinctly and singularly US-centric use of the word. The descriptor has a different flavour and meaning in other parts of the world which have had some actual experience of socialism in practice, not just as a bogey-word to frighten children. ‘Sociopath’ and ‘psychopath’ are often used interchangeably to describe the same psychological traits.
Another interesting link from Per/Norway. this time about Facebook. The best bit for me was the FB exec who doesn’t allow his children to use his product, saying at the end “If you feed the Beast, the Beast will control you.”
That is a commonplace truth but not to be dismissed for being commonplace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J2jgLX6XKc
The word dopamine (a neurotransmitter) is used quite a bit so a rough understanding of it (and its role in addiction and reward behaviour) will help:
https://www.everydayhealth.com/dopamine/
I am not a Hindu but there are two useful concepts in that faith, ‘Bhakti’, the way of devotion or ‘Jnana’, the way of knowledge. These are often used to refer to two different types of people but are in fact interdependent, either one being useless without the other in a person struggling towards some kind of balance in life.
This idea is explained by a Hindu sage, using his own terms of reference, here:
http://www.ramakrishnamath.in/e-lectures/?p=1428
“Bhakti is not divorced from Jnana………..Bhakti and Jnana are like the two wings of a bird to help one to fly unto Brahman, to the summit of Mukti.” said by a swami sivananda, of whom I know nothing else at all apart from his name and his stated understanding.
Bhakti = devotion, surrender, heart/love based worship. Judaism, Christianity, Islam are all bhakti religions.
Jnana = Dhyana, Zen = meditation = not knowledge, but direct knowledge that naturally happens when the mind is still. It was Gautam Buddha who elevated the science and art of meditation from an obscure practice of certain rishis, yogis, tantrikas and sages to the central focus and innermost core of all spiritual practice.
There are also recognised forms of meditation in Christianity and Islam (my knowledge of Judaism is lacking), so this isn’t the simple spilt you are suggesting. ‘Jnana’ also encompasses all forms of knowledge, the whole point of it being to see further than the simplistic categories you have used to summarily divide the world for your own convenience.
This lady is immune to the demons of the world
feeding her personal one given to everyone
who is making history for the better or the worse.
all our noise in the cafe – isn’t silence the way?
Silence in the realm of polarity: ? depends on the quality of the silence. Silence of the vacuum? Silence in the land of the small, still voice? Then there is the silence of the una”void”able .
Are there ever absolutes outside of Newtonian physics and Platonian thought?
not outside of physics but mirroring them.
and
who needs absolutes if we have times and signs.
To Newton: the other rule: synchronicity meaning
Nature mirroring Plato and vice versa.
Meaning of silence, beyond your daily noise:
realm of the resonances between oneself and God.
Interesting insight.
Before the vacuum discovery the universe itself was emptiness. It wa thought that nothing and nowhere can|could be empty.
The Vacuum came and took over, now everything was empty, including us since the distance between the atomic nucleus from the electron orbit and the Universe filled with Luminiferous aether.
Now with the discovery of subatomic particles there is nothing really empty again.
We are back conceptually to ancient times.
Except that at a certain level of sub sub sub atomic particle, Matter becomes an cloud of possibility
A cloud of unknowing
In silence
god and self collapse
into emptiness
that is not empty
but overflowing with
formless, nameless
infinite potential.
luminous crystal
glows feminine intellect
pickwick tea leaves steep
Meanwhile, I savor this Café Morsel from my new friend History Boy Adam Garrie:
“At present, the Kabul “administration” of Ashraf Ghani is thought to control less than 50% of all Afghan territory whilst by some estimates, the Taliban control upwards of 60% of all Afghan territory.
–Nicolas Maduro recognises the legally defined borders of Venezuela’s geopolitical neighbours.
–Ashraf Ghani does not recognise the Durand Line – the internationally recognised border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
–Nicolas Maduro does not call for illegal meddling into the foreign affairs of any other nation.
–Ashraf Ghani just issued a provocative Tweet dog-whistling violent separatism in Pakistan. It has been condemned by the Pakistani government.
“While both Ghani and Maduro are the UN recognised heads of state of their respective countries, in reality, in spite of the present crisis, Maduro remains more in control of Venezuela than Ghani has ever been in control over Afghanistan. Beyond this, whilst the US has gained global attention for “de-recognising” Maduro as Venezuela’s president after Washington rapidly recognised a self-proclaimed opposition figure as the head of state, the US is doing something more subtle but far more meaningful in respect of slowly “de-recognising” and instantly de-legitimising Ghani.
For very different reasons, both the US and Russia have a unique stake in resolving the current crisis in Afghanistan. For Russia, it is a matter of bringing stability to an otherwise vulnerable frontier with its ally Tajikistan and for the US it is a matter of economic prudence as America’s longest war has become an expensive stalemate that has ultimately failed to retard regional south-south connectivity measures including Belt and Road.”
Retardation doesn’t pay.
Duh!
Reality sinks in.
The mast head photo of the current cafe reminds me of an era in which personal relationships were easier in many ways but maybe our very intent Cafe poetess just needs a drink after a heavy think. Tea for Two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0MtzQDltr0
a man who practiced silence for 17 years…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feeling-lonely-you-are-not-alone/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzoNEtPC-kU
Thank you for the link to the man who practiced silence. Truly fabulous video embedded in this article where he shares his story of silence, and how he became an amazingly active, engaged voice for our time.
He found freedom in Venezuela !
The US boffins opine that the US is lying and delusional about “missile defense in Europe”…
https://thebulletin.org/2019/02/russia-may-have-violated-the-inf-treaty-heres-how-the-united-states-appears-to-have-done-the-same/
Their rhetoric tries hard to avoid saying that the US is delusional…saying gems such as “Refusing to acknowledge reality is a poor strategy for enhancing US or Russian security and pursuing the sort of arms control that makes nuclear war less likely.” My English prof would have circled the opening phrase and jotted in red something like “be concise, say “delusional”.
Better yet > “…Given this flexible and programmable hardware and software, which is designed to handle a variety of missile types, what are the specific reasons the Aegis-ashore systems deployed in Eastern Europe could not quickly be readied to launch cruise missiles? The answer is that there are none. (An extremely detailed description of the distributed “smart” system components that make up the Aegis and Aegis ashore systems is contained in a briefing, “Mark 41 Vertical Launch System,” by a former lead systems engineer for the MK 41 VLS System at Lockheed Martin.)…”
Seriously, a long and true essay, worth keeping, and remembering…and it leads to technical facts, not silly fairy-tales. Saker himself might wish to keep a copy…
It is especially significant when boffins whose collective livelihoods depend on Imperial largess say things that disagree with and refute the Imperial claims. Why do they then speak against the Imperial claims?
I propose that they are terrified. They fear for their lives and they fear for two reasons. 1, they know about bombs 2 they see Imperium is delusional.
Such monstrous matters lead to my next bit, below, and to contemplate AI autonomous machines that kill…and which are being built. Our modern monsters.
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one minion, previously, wrote of Frankenstein, and the idea that the story is a warning. Of course. A close associate of mine sees, and has written arguing this, the story as based on the Golem. I doubt this. Rather I imagine that Golem and both Prometheus (Greek and Latin differ) stories simply explore a common natural human idea and exist in parallel. I expect that basic ideas such as that of Prometheus arise from nature, as though stochastic – they’re simply a product of reflective self-aware thought.
I am still examining this topic and especially the written work of that club, Mary Shelley and her group…and also her next work, which is considered to be post apocalyptic science fiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Man
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247
This work seems to buttress the idea one minion mooted. It’s clear what Mary and her pals were talking about…if this goes on, what then…
parrhesiastes; “Golem” is also a Macedonian word, meaning large.
I know you have wide ranging interests and in the event you are interested, here is a discussion where a Macedonian takes on the established elite; he’s roundly ridiculed before finally being banned. His theories however, are mostly sound in my estimation, and he supports them with evidence, examples, links. Funny how a simple discussion where someone puts forward unorthodox viewpoints is met with ridicule, bile and the like.
We humans are truly idiotic animals, to quote former Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakojani ( she of the Albanian surname ) – “history is carved in stone, it cannot be messed with…”
http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24650
The Slavic Element in Homer’s Epics.
Thank you kindly, I am in your debt. The url http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24650 does indeed lead into matters that interest me. In Summer I will have less time to study and read and putter with persons and ideas online, but now it is cold, and I am old…
So, Golem is an approximate cognate, I think…I do not know how the Hebrew managed that, whether by the spread of early Christianity or by another route, but since the meaning changed as the word came into Macedonian usage, changed from Hebrew golem [Psalms cxxxix.16] “shapeless mass, embryo,” from galam “he wrapped up, folded.” to “large” (possibly “giant” used as a noun) it becomes an interesting question.
As to “being banned”, well one does think of Socrates’ Trial and the Apology. Being banned seems better than agreeing with a crowd for the sake something other than getting at knowledge. Plato’s testament of Socrates thus ending>
“Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth – that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods; nor has my own approaching end happened by mere chance. But I see clearly that to die and be released was better for me; and therefore the oracle gave no sign. For which reason also, I am not angry with my accusers, or my condemners; they have done me no harm, although neither of them meant to do me any good; and for this I may gently blame them.
Still I have a favor to ask of them. When my sons are grown up, I would ask you, O my friends, to punish them; and I would have you trouble them, as I have troubled you, if they seem to care about riches, or anything, more than about virtue; or if they pretend to be something when they are really nothing, – then reprove them, as I have reproved you, for not caring about that for which they ought to care, and thinking that they are something when they are really nothing. And if you do this, I and my sons will have received justice at your hands.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. “
I’m sure looking at the pronunciation of the word ‘golem’ would be interesting. For example, I don’t know if there is a Serbian word, “molam” – there is in Macedonian. It means “please” or “excuse or pardon me”, or can even be intoned when someone is addressing you, somewhat in the manner of “…what?” However, if we take the first syllable the “go” in ‘golem’, it rhymes with the pronunciation of the first syllable in the word “molam”. We don’t have that sound – as exemplified by the name/term “Golem” in Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings”, for example. Macedonian word “golem” is pronounced differently to the Western pronunciation of “golem”, where the first syllable is pronounced in the same way as the same first syllable in the word, “gothic”.
In Macedonian, too, we have “galama”. When someone creates a “galama”, he’s “making a mountain out of a molehill”. Creating unnecessary excitement, and so on.
“The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways – I to die and you to live. Which is better God only knows.” … It may be best to practice “dying daily”, friend, as the hour of departure will eventually come for all of us. It can take a number of forms but definitely results in our getting rid of a lot of unnecessary baggage. Blake was pointing this out in his famous “He who kisses the joy as it flies, lives in eternity’s sunrise…” couplet. The soul, or the “I” that we are – that centre of our own universe, if not engaged, simply goes to sleep. It forgets that its a “spirit of air” and becomes dulled through lack of an opportunity to express itself. I think it goes to sleep, personally, when many submit themselves to stultifying studies, designed to make us “fit society better”. I recall, the moment I’d enter the classroom as a child I’d start yawning and wouldnt stop till the torture was over.
The Slavic elements in Slavic languages tend to be similar so that similarities are somewhat predictable:
mol-am in mak => mol-im in srb
srb “Molim!” means the same as your mak example.
One of the Slavic predictabilities is that there will be no close vowels as e.g. the germanic languages have in addition to the open variants, as in germ. “Mole” (mole, pier) vs. “Molle” in Berlin a jug of beer. The open /o/ in engl. “gothic” is the same
as in bulg. “goljam”, but since Makedonia and Bulgaria, as I understand you, have nothing in common, I wonder how the /o/ in mak. golem and bulg. goljam differ.
Serbia, with which Makedonia has also nothing in common, had a great historian of the Serbian and many other languages, Olga Lukovic-Pjanovic (1920-1988), who found out that Serbian (not Makedonian, sorry) is The Oldest Language, and among most others also Israelic and Jiddish are later variants of early Serbian. Therefore the J***z should have taken or inherited their word “Golem” from Serbian, where this word exists indeed: gòlem – big.
By the way, the creature Golem was brought into existence through rabbinic “letter mysticism” according to Wkipedia, this may explain the mysterious nature of this word.
If Makedonian was Russian, “galama” could be explained by akanje, the pronounciation of unstressed /o/ as a (and then writing po Vuku), and also srb. “galimatijas” (senseless speech), allegedly from French but “nejasnog porekla”, … could it refer to Golyj Matias, the hero of a Polish song about the diligent electrician Matwej?
Thanks for your elaboration, Niko. Very informative. Not sure if you’ve read this ebook;
http://www.pollitecon.com/html/ebooks/From-Sanskrit-to Makedonskrit-pdf
I’m certain if you havent you’ll find it interesting.
Thank you for this link which led me to explore this excellent website full of interesting information and resources.
Not, perhaps very significant, but we have in the spoken language Western Americans use, also a noun “gallot”(spelling vary) witch is also perhaps in usage (rather occasionally) probably interchangeable with the Hebrew word Galut. (exile)
The meanings differ, but not terribly much, and also, maybe, their origins…
see> http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/galoot/
and
>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galuth
and
>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/galut
Many of the Spanish that left Spain were crypto-Jews…1492 and on being somewhat inhospitable for Jews in Spain…in time these became Mexicans, and the lingo we use today in California, and also in the Jewish-influenced language of Hollywood…thus, I suspect, there are several pathways . The Spanish expat Jews are known as “Moranos” – and that is a common Mexican surname, meaning approximately “dark ones”.
An example might be: “Never mind that fellow, he’s just a big gallot”.
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“The Spanish expat Jews are known as “Moranos” – and that is a common Mexican surname, meaning approximately “dark ones”.
Marranos.
Meant pig in medieval Spanish
In Ring Trilogy T spelled the name Gollum, presumably to provide literary differentiation, but this is a minor and probably irrelevant matter.
I agree about practice dying…I’ve seen enough people die that I know how it comes, and I myself have once or twice given myself up to death, but (obviously) survived…violent assault, motorcycle crashes, gunfights, bombing, drowning rescue… Never expected to live. Dumb luck, mostly… I do try to avoid zuswang situations…but sometimes, well, sometimes character forces dangerous, even suicidal, actions. People say I am stubborn. I think it’s true, but also quite ordinary. Nothing special.
Persig, the philosopher deals a bit with what’s there as something like soul. He speaks of the individual life as a pattern.
Speaking of dying, several essays @ https://thebulletin.org/
One point there, Aegis and THAAD (see Theodore Postol on YT and generally) are, yes, missile systems, but that is pretty much irrelevant…the vital aspect of these infernal systems is that they are an integrated real-time sensor array of a global offensive net.
Also, in re the mysterious light flashes (below) …see https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2019/01/aatip-list/
Also, Golem was a well known mystic creature in Prague in medieval ages.
Built out of clay by Rabi, this gigantic creature came to life when shem was put into his forehead. Golem’s purpose was to protect jewish diaspora living in Prague those days. Eventually this anthropomorphic creature broke loose causing havoc in city and Rabi was loosing control of it. Eventually rabi and his helpers magically subdued it.
Amongst many, many Czech legends and mystic there was also legend of Faust.
Just saying
Very interesting, S75ponny, thanks for sharing.
https://www.theosophical.org/publications/1253
“shem” > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem They give a fair statement, I think.
I seem to recall that for the Hebrew ” שם ” the direct meaning is “name”.
Sometimes the moveable feast morphs into a place of higher learning, or moveable degree cafe equivalent to university ? I am hard put to follow the syllabus and put in hours of philosophic gourmet preparation, but …it being mind bending… do enjoy the ride, and thank you.
Have muchly appreciated the content on Macedonia, with links to follow up, and this I am doing, plus original book sources of history and culture. I have done the same with Russian history, and have managed to procure early English editions, now long out of print, of major historians of 18th and 19th century, even in their own time of writing, there was naturally some censorship of crucial historical events.
That makes me sound like some kind of expert, far from it, but corresponding reading from the same era, given by writers and poets in cryptographic style, confirms the suppression of truth.
I would like information on the moveable feast of Slavic Faust please !
Days after 27th April, 2017, when the Macedonian public stormed the parliament in Skopje ( they’d been peacefully protesting for a number of months against the incoming installation of Zaev as Soros/CIA choice of Premier along with terrorist/ war criminal Talat Džaferi as Parliament Speaker etc. etc. ), President Ivanov visited Russia and met with Putin. Ivanov “nema madinja” and the meeting in no way resulted in any meaningful alteration of events as they continued in Macedonia and the government fell. Putin did however, thank Macedonia for giving Russia her alphabet!
The link at Pollitecon is especially interesting as it contains an excellent Glossary, comparing Macedonian and Sanskrit words which are clearly linked, and both clearly ancient languages. As a young man of 18, over 30 years ago, my first art teacher, a Danish national who was a practising Vedantist, told me of the roots shared by Macedonian and Sanskrit.
What I am interested in is studying what’s presented and once the Glossary is looked at objectively, one can make up his own mind. Fact is, the West divided Macedonia in 1912/13 and is hellbent on her destruction ever since, so nothing Macedonian is recognised by the West. Greece, Bulgaria, Albania are Western proteges and benefit directly from Macedonia’s dissolution, hence their animosity toward us. Thats another story. Author Čulev also points out, as Macedonian linguists Boshkovski and Tentov, that the Macedonian language is in fact the middle language on the Rosetta Stone. Whats of interest here is Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, esp. say there’s no Macedonian language, but the fact is the language which is clearly similar to Sanskrit, and is known as Macedonian has been around a hell of a longer time, perhaps longer than any of the other local ( surrounding ) languages. Other’s will generify it and say it’s Slavic not Macedonian etc.
Petro Invictus, the poster at ‘All Empires Forum” has his own take, which is also fascinating.
very good, i saw that, and the tracing of Homer’s Iliad :
“However, Macedonian language has preserved the original form in its true meaning!
ODI SI – GO AWAY
ODYSSEY – JOURNEY”
he embarked on a journey, a long, long time ago, and as relevant today as it was then …
Ras
The fact remains that the language known as Macedonian exists and has existed for a very very long time. A website known as culture trip, a few years ago, listed Macedonian as one of the 10 oldest languages still in use today. I can tell you, the comments on that article went into the hundreds and hundreds – many were Greeks and Bulgarians spewing bile, unbelievable hatred at Macedonians, yours truly was one who tried to defend the stated facts. “Culture Trip” soon buckled, while they didn’t ‘retract’ their statement, they cowtoed and said, well. you know, “…this is what the facts are, but we could be wrong…”
Russia slams US Aegis Ashore missile deployment in Europe as direct
breach of INF Treaty – 2018-11-26
http://tass.com/politics/1032585
Nuclear words: Putin’s FINAL warning – 2018-03-01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qldhOHjxsI
Vladimir Putin | US Anti-missile shield is a nuclear war act on Russia -Eng
Sub full speech – 2016-07-25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd17-odPn1k
On by One
this window
used to face north,
now it faces east –
I’m building a house
on a moving mountain
I’ve come to love
the wind, the sleet,
the rain and snow –
I’m building a shelter
on a moving mountain
my friends in
the valley below,
have forgotten my face –
I’m building a cabin
on a moving mounatin
in that silence
within silence lies
the razor’s edge –
I’m finding my feet
on a moving mountain
one day when
this mountain has
turned to sand –
I’ll wake in my home and
this dream will be done
when the stars
in the sky one
by one disappear –
I’ll return to my home
for my work will be done
Bliss … euphoria … paradise …
At a convention, a Hare Krishna guru invited questions.
I asked, “Would not a void be the most perfect state?”
“No”, he replied, “because in a void there can be no bliss.”
We normal folk wonder why the military complex people seek the resources of others and it just might be it is their way of trying to attain bliss.
Many of us hear “money is power”, but on second thoughts I am thinking “money is bliss”.
So, money equates to bliss, to euphoria, to paradise and some greedy morons want it all for themselves.
… we see Venezuela is a paradise.
Venezuelan people have money but shelves are empty, just as perestroika was initiated to engineer the downfall of the USSR, where Soviet Russian peoples had money but shelves became empty with the intent to create turmoil.
There is no good reason for shelves to be empty, apart from the provocation and desire for turmoil … civil unrest by way of some paid actors … and the overthrow of that which works well, but others want to cash in on … all is carefully engineered … pre-planned with the intent to gain more bliss, more euphoria and more paradise for a select few, all at the expense of others.
Careful, Paul, the organized crime syndicates that suppress us
have obviously have full-spectrum infiltrated, if not outright invented,
all religions,sects, and spiritual paths with large enough following to be relevant.
A good example: The Hare Krishna movement : )
“because in a void there can be no bliss.”
Nonsense. Emptiness is bliss
By the way, euphoria is a feverish state of mind. Bliss is beyond mind.
_smr … you are correct … I have checked your claims and find ‘bliss’ and ‘euphoria’ do have alternative meanings in various followings, such as within studying Zen Buddhism.
My conversations are delivered in standard English, where bliss, euphoria and happiness have similar meaning.
Euphoria is a Greek word meaning “well-being”.
Meet Omar Arnaout …
عمر ارناؤوط – يفاجئ المذيع بالقرأن الكريم
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlGT3ipTfS4
… and his performance of “Habibi” … “my dearest one”
Omar Arnaout habibi – أغنية أخرى للطفل عمر الذي أبهر الجمهور بغنائه بالعربية
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX8iinhE0vo
Brought this to mind; Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes of Rita”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytDCe29S3k
Oud, Bass, darrabukha, OMG it looks like a Bass Clarinet
Russian Satellite Registers Unknown Physical Phenomena in Earth’s Atmosphere
https://sputniknews.com/science/201902111072298631-russia-satellite-unknown-physical-phenomena-earth-atmosphere/
“With the help of the telescope, we have obtained even more important results than we expected. It looks like we have encountered new physical phenomena… We do not yet know their physical nature… For example, during Lomonosov’s flight at an altitude of several dozen kilometres, we have registered several times a very powerful ‘explosion’ of light. But everything was clear underneath it, no storms, no clouds,” Mikhail Panasyuk said.”
Unknown white light flash, no red button was pressed to launch counter attack.
And we got lucky once again!
Capitalists love Capitalism.
They will never endanger their sumptuous lifestyle via the nuclear war you refer to. You should worry about starvation but not of being fried.
Russia Completes Testing of Poliment-Redut Shipborne Air Defence Missile System
https://sputniknews.com/military/201902111072297891-russia-testing-poliment-redut-air-defence-missile-system/
“The state testing of the Poliment-Redut air defence missile system has been completed,” Korolev said as quoted by the Russian Krasnaya Zvesda newspaper.
The air defence missile system is capable of hitting air targets located within an up to 150-kilometer (93-mile) radius and at an altitude of up to 30 kilometers.
Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates (Project 22350) have a displacement of 4,500 tonnes, a top speed of 29 knots and can go for up to 15 days without resupplying.”
The Economic Debates Unit of the Latin American Geopolitical Strategic Center (CELAG) released a report on “the economic consequences of the boycott against Venezuela,” on Friday, in which it is proved that the “international financial blockade to Venezuela since 2013 is the main responsible for the economic crisis.”
According to CELAG’s report, the financial and economic blockade that was mainly promoted by the United States, and enforced by its allies, would have cost Venezuela around US$350 billion “in the production of goods and services between 2013 and 2017.”
Blocking a country financially is paramount when trying to asphyxiate the national economy.
The external attacks are able to undermine the economic and productive capacity of the country, and therefore, destroy the economy.
According to the study, these economic and financial attacks “are usually the prelude to military intervention.”
… more at
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/US-Blockade-on-Venezuela-Has-Cost-US350-Billion-Report-20190209-0011.html
Thanks for that! No surprise!
My ability to generate and express internal outrage at the news is just about worn out but this just further confirms that the thugs in dc are responsible for the serious condition of the economy in Ven.
Now they are applying further sanctions: who is affected by the sanctions? obviously, the general economy continues to get worse but not affected seriously are elite, govt workers, oligarchs; who is affected? the poorer people, the families with children, the poor elderly;
– aha, the empire has found a target which is seriously affected, the question, to what effect, what is going to change other than more people suffering.
those thugs and monsters in dc should be forced to look into these families’ situations personally and directly and then step back and ponder but nah, that will never happen;
-what a f____up excuse for human beings these psychopaths are!
Not a fan of zionazi-gay quisling warren any more than I am of zionazi-gay quisling/war criminal trump, but still this brought a smile.
Warren: Trump ‘May Not Even Be Free Person’ by 2020 Presidential Election
https://sputniknews.com/us/201902111072298513-warren-trump-jail-2020-elections/
“By the time we get to 2020, Donald Trump may not even be President. In fact, he may not even be a free person,” she said to the crowd, adding that whatever happens in 2020, “is going to determine the direction of our nation, the direction of our people.”
Personally, I’d prefer trump hanged than jailed for his war crimes, like what went down at Nuremberg with his spiritual predecessors.
Trumpie the Criminal Clown hanged by a Club of Criminals whose crimes far exceed his own does seem to be possible, perhaps even probable, but then what? Would the Criminal Cub’s bloody hands be washed clean?
Hardly… Rather they’d be briefly given “consent” for more crime…
Precisely, Trumpie as Pharmacos…
Meantime, the Clown is a bull in the china shop… Dangerous, but smashing the inventory….also amusing.
When criminals fight among themselves, who benefits? Or is it better to have one cohesive and coordinated criminal club working to dominate the globe and rape the races and their nations?
p
“but then what?”
I wouldn’t object to the whole lot being hanged, all the down to lower management and assorted “specialists”. But I don’t mean hanging by the neck, by the right ankle, instead.
Nor would I. However there are no forces to restore status quo anti. Rather from chaos and rapid change comes revolution and a new stability…the shape of which may be one of the driving reasons for the Saker site….
Nevertheless I am minded of Book 22 of The Odyssey https://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerOdyssey22.html
Odysseus and those loyal to Law together is there described as restoring proper Customs and Laws.
(not a PC restoration, I await the removal of Homer from the ultraliberal syllabus.)
But I do not understand why “ankle”…of course it’s merely a figure of speech…
Seriously, there may eventually be some trials. After the war…that would follow the Historic pattern. But since such a prospect steels their resolve to prevail, and thus avoid trials, it’s not constructive to remind them, is it?
p
“But I do not understand why “ankle”…of course it’s merely a figure of speech…”
Takes longer. ;-D
Gitmo Rebirth: Trump Must Spend Lavishly to Fix Deteriorating Facility – Report
https://sputniknews.com/military/201902101072296031-Gitmo-Spending-Fix-Deteriorating-Facility/
“Gitmo, a name of shame on the human rights record of the US, is back with demands for big improvements and a bigger budget, thanks to the Trump administration.”
Now is that cool or what?
Sarcasm aside, the likud quislings, and traitors, in the white supremacist house continue to promote the most repugnant and criminal of recent pindo regimes. It’s like a marketplace where all that is extreme, all that is criminal, all that has been seriously skewed and messed up in america and american society is being promoted front and centre in this corrupt zionazi-gay freakshow.
Essentially an israeli wet dream come true.
Demis Roussos and Vangelis Papathanassiou …
Aphrodite’s Child – It’s 5 O Clock (HQ) – (Remastered)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiHHIesrAoM
Townsville under water as north Queensland drenched in ‘unprecedented’ rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy7mv_MG-uc&list=PLIkYWEAm9Tly_SAGU4hXZLj4-xgaScV2M
(now apply humane consideration toward the people of Venezuela)
what an astounding moveable feast took me by surprise
when poetry and Socratic wisdom came before my eyes,
lifted the heart of matter and became clouds of possibility
raining light that fell first from one voice and then another,
reaching the ground without sound from a place known
as unknown physical phenomena in earth’s atmosphere
… movie time …
«HOSTILE WATERS» ( Rutger Hauer ) ~ Full Movie, Historical, Thriller / Historical Movies, HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAHupWC3jjQ
A few years ago RT did a video about a slum in Caracas.And how the government resettled those people in new apartments.This is a good example of the struggle of the poor in Venezuela ,and how the government is trying to help them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BipKO8wEuAk
Looks like the Russian oligarchs have betrayed their country.
US Treasury takes control of Siberia
http://www.pravdareport.com/russia/142211-rusal/
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“US Treasury takes control of Siberia”
Just another day in Russia: Massive Siberian tiger seen casually strolling along highway (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/russia/451225-siberian-tiger-on-highway/
No doubt this is one of the u.s. treasury agents sent by your exceptionals to secure their new territory.
:-D
Vladimir Putin’s 10 strongest speeches | English subtitles
publisched: 2016-09-03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzLayd9zPg
Iran-Russia alliance is not as strong as believed.
Sputnik today – https://sputniknews.com/world/201902111072256246-iran-britain-secret-support
For my money, the Yellow Vests are a modern day version of the Iranian revolution, nurtured by London to create chaos and break apart the EU. Macron is no good guy, being a former banker, but he wants to keep Anglo influence out of Europe and create a EU army to replace NATO. UK and USA will not tolerate even slight resistance, so Macron must be removed. The petrodollar lobby hires thugs all over the world. They are desperate to keep the global economy away from technology which already exists to make electric cars better than most petrol ones, and keep it addicted to oil. If the world stopped buying oil, it would destroy USA.
Fukushima could have been the work of the Anglo too. The Anglo turned against their puppet the Shah of Iran, Mubarak in Egypt, Erdogan etc and now they will turn against Macron. Anti French sentiment is common in UK and USA and they will take any chance to knock them down when the French start acting too independant. Yellow Vests want Freedom Fries?
Not to dispute your views myself, but there are sober opinions that do not entirely align to yours…and some logic to these.
https://off-guardian.org/2019/02/10/10-reasons-the-gilets-jaunes-are-the-real-deal/
Some may note that the off-guardian article comes with supporting evidence and logical argument based on observation, end notes, etc. This differs from Realist’s assertions body forthed from, it seems, air.
As to Fukushima…the design of the GE BWR’s that blew at Fukushima was so flawed that some of the engineers refused to sign off – and yes indeed, the design is “Anglo”, designed in California… Arnie Gundersen put it this way, “the fuze was lit for Fukushima the day it was built.” https://www.fairewinds.org/
Fukushima was built on the cheap, cutting costs with rigor, and the ultimate heat sink pumps (and also the entire site) far below the historic Japanese tidal wave markers. It was and is a time-bomb. This is and was obvious and self-evident. (It is also generally true of all the GE BWR’s. (and I have worked shutdowns with GE engineers on this type of reactor – they all know/knew)) But Fukushima, that’s an artifact of cheap engineering and postwar politics and corruption.
Watch Telesur TV (English) Live from Venezuela.
https://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b7083-Telesur-TV-English.htm
TV channels from Venezuela
https://wwitv.com/television/222.htm
It seems that Russia will temporarily shut down the internet connection with the rest of the world, presumably as a test in order to know what still functions inside Russia when the internet is cut off. Any insights welcomed.
In Russian:
https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/08/02/2019/5c5c51069a7947bef4503927
I’m concerned for ioan. Unusual to see no appearance, no reply, no verse from him in three entire days.
I’m neither female nor a horse, but the song I have been humming to myself the last few weeks of constant tugging and pushing a real junker of home repair through is one learned six decades ago:
The old grey mare,
She ain’t what she used to be,
Ain’t what she used to be
Ain’t what she used to be
The old grey mare
She ain’t what she used to be
Many long years ago!
Neither is this old horse. But I can still kick the side of the barn on occasion:
/interesting-message-by-tulsi-gabbard/#comment-613012
‘Neo-con wine in an America First bottle’: Foreign policy analysts rail against Trump’s SOTU address
https://www.rt.com/usa/450790-trump-speech-foreign-policy/
Who Is Right on America’s Enemies?
https://ahtribune.com/us/trump-at-war/2865-intelligence-community.html
“Regarding Iran in particular, the Israel Lobby has worked hard to convince both Washington and the Europeans that there is some kind of Persian global threat that is developing, employing both nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The Intelligence Community report to a certain extent dismisses that proposition and does so in no uncertain terms. It is a slap at the Israelis and their promoters in Congress and the media, which have been all too effective in their campaign to distort and manipulate U.S. national security policy to serve their purposes.
Unfortunately, however, neocons to include Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Elliott Abrams do not reason from facts. They are ideologues who stake out positions based both on religion and on a clear perception that serving Israel’s interests is the path to power in Washington. And, unfortunately, they are well placed to manipulate President Trump and appear to be calling most of the shots on U.S. foreign and national security policy.
The current national security incumbents are surely right about Iran, in particular, but the White House has chosen a different set of what it chooses to regard as facts, one apparently presented to the president by the likes of John Bolton and in late-night phone calls with heavyweight Zionist investors like Sheldon Adelson. So the answer to the question whether the intelligence community needs to go back to school is “No. But it needs to be de-politicized and have professional management restored.” That, of course, will never happen.”
Britain to buy two ferries to stand up to Russia and China:)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thrifty-mod-to-turn-ferries-into-warships-xfkvdwfdh
There was a funny piece in the Indy yesterday on Gavin’s fantasies of the Empire that awaits after Brexit. Two minutes listening to Gavin will convince anyone, no matter how out of touch, that with such a deluded idiot as Defence Secretary, we are truly doomed:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gavin-williamson-brexit-hard-power-amphibious-assault-defence-secretary-latest-a8773801.html
“Britain to buy two ferries to stand up to Russia and China”
Given williamson and the rest of the current crop of public skool tories running the uk (for israel), a vessel type called ferry probably suits their tastes.
;-D
The Dangers of Being a Petro-Dollar???….Empire??…..er…..Anything? ……..including …. Bitcoin Maximalist.
“It’s kind of like the US, and Our Dollar, it’s strong, right?…..for a number of reasons, …but a big reason is that it has been artificially used by force to be the base currency for global trade for oil…in the same way Bitcoin (BTC) has almost been forced to be the “go-to” for people to have to buy to then buy other crypto….but the thing is…with all these things being decentralized and not as easily controlled,,,,,there is no reason it has to STAY that way…..unless it is the best way, which, unless the tech keeps improving, fees get lower, performance gets better, I don’t know how that is going to be the best way for people to get involved, longer term, because obviously people have other options now, you can onboard with Ether, Litecoin, EOS or even stable coins like Carbon (First I heard of that one!) …but again…those are reasons that Bitcoin Dominance (or ANY other non-crypto dominance…I might add….) may change over time.”
https://youtu.be/nQe8oOyOj0o?t=1018
Dallas Rushing is a commenter that can think. From time to time you get some of these guys coming out with little political-strategic snippets that reflect the fact that the consciousness in the Cryptoverse is more often than not …..several cuts above the prevailing run of the mill general or “popular” consciousness overall.
I’m still on the sidelines regarding stablecoins, There is something that to me is structurally not sound with the concept, but perhaps I change my mind. Not to sure these ones are doing it right. I know the Venezuelan Petro was wrongly implemented. So, we shall see what Iran is cooking up. We know what Tether (the supposed first stablecoin) was used for.
And yes, the ‘asset class’ will change tremendously over the next years. We just have to remain awake. Thanks Bro!
I remember your remark about not quite agreeing with London Paul in terms of his preference for “asset based” cryptocurrencies.
I don’t know what he means exactly, nor what you mean, by contrast.
The only thing I thought at the time was, “Maybe ‘asset-based’ is an inaccurate term for what is being discussed here. Well designed blockchain code that has a valuable function IS an asset. Wouldn’t ‘resource-based’ (or tied to….as in natural resources../..such as oil or gold….) be a more accurate term??”
Then, on that score my first question is: “Exactly WHAT error did Maduro or his crypto-advisors make with the PETRO…is it a failed project??….is it impossible to revive/correct the errors??
My second question is how could such a thing be done right, in London Paul’s view of things or your own differing view??
Frankly I don’t “get” the connection between Bitcoin Gold (which you don’t ‘dig” either lol…) the Petro… Bitcoin Diamond,etc.
BTG is # 28 in market cap at $182 million dollars. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-gold/
I looked for the PETRO and all I get is ……XPD…The Petro-Dollar!
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/petrodollar/ …..#1213 with a market cap of a measly $960,000!!!
You mean THAT’s still the Big Boy in the Crypto-Oil Patch???? Pa-The-Tic!!!
It’s like a further step removed from “paper gold” or “paper oil” an ethereal claim on a piece of paper that’s a claim on a far away ounce of metal or barrel of black goo.What’s the connection??? What’s the assurance of either delivery on demand or possession???
I don’t yet remotely get, beyond a wisp of an idea……that there is any sort of viable unbreakable connection between cyber code and oil or metal in the ground….or anywhere else…for that matter.
Let’s see how the Cryptoverse works out the Value Proposition of Oil:
Will the Largest Importer in the World call the shots with the Petro-Yuan?? PYU??
Or will those Best in the World Russian Coders protect MBS…the Arabian Peninsula and Venezuela….and show the world and Maduro how to solve this crypto-grahic petro-puzzle?? ROSV??
OR….. are these just fun speculations with no basis in reality at all??
I kind of doubt that, but the natural resource/ crytpo connection is very far from gelling in my mind……thus far.
“Political engineering” at it’s best. Ultimately beneficiary for all of us, engineered by the United States of Abnormals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba63OVl1MHw
Time for this (on a personal level) for all Americans??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNEFxlR8Dgc
Kent
This is a remarkable article if accurate-I have never heard of Sharp or of these moves by zionist rummy:
The ominous implications for war in Venezuela are indeed eye opening but with thugs like pompeo, bolton, and now the monster abrams, it is entirely possible. Russia’s ForMin Lavrov says the us is beyond shame on this-the entire world should agree but will not=cowards!
https://www.voltairenet.org/article205147.html
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Based on the conflicts of the African Great Lakes and the Greater Middle East, this war should unfold by stages.
– First of all, the destruction of symbols of the modern state, by attacking the statues and museums dedicated to Hugo Chávez. This should not cause any victims, but would destabilise the mental representations of the population. Then the supply of arms and remuneration for the combatants in order to organise demonstrations which will degenerate.
– The Press will supply – after the fact – unverifiable explanations of the crimes blamed on the government and against which allegedly peaceful demonstrators had allegedly revolted. It is important that the police believe that they had been the targets of shots fired from the crowd, and that the crowd believe that they had been the targets of shots fired by the police, because the aim of the operation is to sow division.
– The third stage will be to organise bloody attacks all over the country. Very few men will be necessary to implement this stage, it will suffice that two or three teams move around the region.
– It will only be at this point that it will become useful to send in foreign mercenaries. During the last war, the United States sent at least 130,000 foreigners to Iraq and Syria, to which were added 120,000 local combatants. These armies were numerous, but poorly taught and trained.
It is, however, possible to defend oneself, since Syria managed to do so. Several initiatives will have to be taken urgently :
– Already, on the initiative of General Jacinto Perez Arcay and the President of the Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, the senior officers of the Venezuelan armies are studying new forms of combat (4th generation warfare). But military delegations will have to visit Syria to see for themselves how the events occurred. This is very important, since these wars are unlike any previous conflicts. For example, in Damascus, the major part of the city is intact, as if nothing had happened, but several neighbourhoods are totally devastated, like Stalingrad after the Nazi invasion. This supposes the use of particular combat techniques.
– It is essential to establish the national union of all patriots. The President must become the ally of his opposition, and include certain of its leaders in his government. The problem is not to know whether or not we appreciate President Maduro – it is essential to fight under his command to save the country.
– The army must form a popular militia. There is already such a force in Venezuela, numbering close to two million men, but they are mostly untrained. On principle, military men do not like to hand guns to civilians, but only civilians are capable of defending their own neighbourhood, since they know the area and everyone who lives there.
– Major work must be done to secure state, army and hospital buildings.
All this must be done as quickly as possible. These measures take a long time to implement, and the enemy is almost ready.
Thierry Meyssan
Translation
Pete Kimberley
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[1] “The Making of Juan Guaidó: US Regime-Change Laboratory Created Venezuela’s Coup Leader”, Max Blumenthal & Dan Cohen, Grayzone Project, January 29, 2019.
[2] Transforming Military Force: The Legacy of Arthur Cebrowski and Network Centric Warfare, James R. Blaker, Greenwood, 2007.
[3] The Pentagon’s New Map, Thomas P.M. Barnett, Putnam Publishing Group, 2004.
[4] “Declaration of a National Emergency with Respect to Venezuela”, “Executive Order – Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela”, by Barack Obama, Voltaire Network, 9 March 2015.
[5] « Opération manquée au Venezuela », par Thierry Meyssan, Réseau Voltaire, 18 mai 2002.
[6] “The Albert Einstein Institution: non-violence according to the CIA”, by Thierry Meyssan, Voltaire Network, 4 January 2005.
[7] « Impérialistes de droite et impérialistes de gauche », par Thierry Meyssan, Réseau Voltaire, 25 août 2008.
[8] “The U.S. colored revolution user manual for Egypt”, Voltaire Network, 2 March 2011.
Thierry Meyssan
A lot of Gene Sharp’s work is inspired by Étienne de La Boétie, who wrote ‘ A Discourse on Voluntary Servitude’ in the 1500’s, and is still relevant today. Sharp’s work, which is basically ‘how to start a revolution’, was intended as a guide to the overthrow of dictators but is increasingly used to foment ‘colour revolutions’ today. De La Boétie is considered “a founder of modern political philosophy in France”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_La_Bo%C3%A9tie#Writings
see> https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/etienne-de-la-boetie-discourse-on-voluntary-servitude.pdf
For an English PDF copy of Discourse of V Servitude.
Good call there one minion!
We try never to give “them” a penny…
There was an American activist in the same vein also, Saul Alinsky, that you might find of interest. He wrote a handbook called ‘Rules for Radicals’ based on his community organising in the 1930’s. Although a leftist, his principles have a wider application, I think:
https://www.who2.com/bio/saul-alinsky/
I have read recently that the militia has received thousands – 100,000 + bolt-action WW2 era rifles. While these may seem obsolete, they’re not.
I am curious about what WW2 rifles these are, ’03 Springfield, Nagant, Mauser – all fire a fast and powerful projo and are really quite accurate, generally.3 – 4 hundred meters or more a fair group, with a bit a practice. I know I would not want to face a peasant army with “obsolete” rifles.
Neither is dynamite entirely obsolete…
https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-moon-is-down/summary
The Commandante also establish a peasant militia…for similar reasons…
Welcome to the Big Muddy.
My old WW2 bolt action Lee Enfield .303 will drop anything I fire it at within 1000 yards. The competancy is not in the weapon (properly cleaned and stored) but with the opperator. Competant opperators can easily be trained. Front sight on the target, bring the rear sight up and inline with the front sight on the target, exhale and just at the pause between exhale and inhale, gently squeeze the trigger. Make sure the rifle stock is secured against your sholder, before you fire. That’s the basics, and with some time and a fair amount of ammo anyone can be trained to hit a target. And since ammo can be expensive, I’d suggest those wanting to practice, should buy a .177 or .22 air rifle, the basics are the same.
I remember practicing for hours with the FNC1, they had a .22 insert, which allowed one to practice with reletively cheep .22 ammo, instead of the 7.62. Mind you, in todays world, one can buy a 1500 round box of 7.62 at Canadian Tire for around $80.
Psy op : “Maduro-is-starving-his-people”
A truck along with orderly distribution of its contents was allowed into Venezuela.
The goods were of Colombian origin , the irony of it all being that Gweedo Gusano steals from his own people to then play their liberator using Colombian bought goods .
For people in Latin America who have no illusions about the venality of their rulers understanding this is a no brainer but for Looneylandians it just flies over their heads.
So yankee doodoo dummy is sending one (2?, 10?) trucks with supplies to the starving people of Venezuala, and Russia, China can’t send a few dozen planes overflowing with supplies for all the world to see? Hmmmm………..Optics.
Uncle George: Europe, Please Wake Up
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/political-party-systems-undermining-european-union-by-george-soros-2019-02
DIA reports on Chinese and Russian space security threats to US
https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/dia-space-security-us/
Uncle Sam would like to rule the space alone.
Darth Trump: Make The Galaxy Great Again!
http://nightflight.com/wp-content/uploads/DARTH-TRUMP-1.jpg
The New Silk Road is testimony to the Power of Reason…the title of..an autobiography of Lyndon LaRouche I read in the early 1980’s.
No human being in the last half century was more consistently opposed by the Empire than “Lyn” and for about the last four decades I witnessed a great deal of their deception and lying, swinish opposition to his determination to free the planet of their stranglehold on most of humanity..
Especially since Xi’s announcement of OBOR…..I have been fairly certain that Lyn would pass away with a smile on his lips……. due to the increasing odds that The Empire System of Geopolitics will be outflanked …and Humanity will triumph over Evil……….owing precisely to …..The Power of Reason and its potential to be communicated across many cultures and persons of all nationalities.
And so it was, in Germany, in the care of his wife Helga ….The Silk Road Lady…..as she is known in China….on the morning of February 12, 2019,
I was informed some 9-10 hours afterwards, this morning in California, by an email from TJ, who I later spoke with this evening. More on her, and Russia in the next Café.
Let’s see how wide and varied are the memorials from various parts of the world, in the coming days. And who makes the positive ones and who is not smiling these days…..at fond appreciation…… of The Power of Reason.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/02/12/1834283/-Lyndon-LaRouche-has-died,-but-his-CTs-live-on
They seem to confirm…
RIP old man.
Wright in top form.
Britain’s Gavin Williamson places Russia & China on notice, I’m not joking
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/451215-williamson-russia-china-defense/
This is how it begins:
“UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is itching for conflict with Russia and China. He’s not mad. Not even slightly. But he is stupid. Very.
Unlike former fireplace salesman Gavin Williamson, I am no military expert. But then you do not need to be one to understand that while Britain going to war with Russia and China might work as a video game, the real thing would be an exceedingly bad idea.
So why then in a speech delivered to the Royal United Services Institute in London, did Mr Williamson’s argument on the feasibility of the real thing elicit applause rather than the shrieks of horror and demands he be sacked forthwith it should have? This is a serious question, by the way. It is one that cuts through British establishment verbiage to reveal a country ruled not by the sober and doughty political heavyweights of years gone by, but by foaming fanatics in expensive suits.
Placing to one side for a moment the insanity of the very concept of Britain deploying hard power against Russia and/or China, the prospect of fighting a war against two designated enemies at the same time is a recipe for disaster. Not satisfied with that, though, Mr Williamson is actually contemplating a conflict with three different enemies at the same time – i.e. against Russia, China, and the millions of people in Britain his government is currently waging war against under the rubric of austerity.”
The marvel comics hero, gavin the gay wonder boy, strikes [out] again.
Wight, not Wright.
The Williamson Spectacle is neither about stupidity, nor insanity…fundamentally, but rather emotional enslavement.
it needs to be understood that the British Empire Establishment that Gay Old Boy Gavin is enslaved to is not planning on going it alone against Russia and China..
He and they are “All-In” on deploying their Dumb Giant on a British Leash, the USA as the brawn in the Demented Global Showdown that they must orchestrate..or forever lose all relevance and leverage over a world in perpetual conflict.
And it is in the regard that they are counting on manipulating and enslaving enough persons in the USA using their own peculiar forms of personal and ideological animus……and emotional myopia………to actually be pleased if Deep State Political Hit Man Robert Mueller succeeds in handcuffing Trump from EVER realizing his stated goals of better relations with both China and Russia.
Here is someone who knows exactly how all of that works and has worked since the 1980’s:
https://youtu.be/VoUPbfN0mdI?t=151
Trump Impeachment, Mueller’s History of Deceit w/ Harley Schlanger.
Literally, my Best Man…..Woodside, Ca 2000
A wider peripheral vision among more citizens of the world…..might even free the Pathetic Empire Slave…..the seemingly insane, seemingly stupid Gavin Williamson…… Although therapy for the remainder of his sorry life would probably be required,………… were that happy outcome for the rest of humanity to be achieved.
Kill Stalin – Episode 1. Russian TV Series. StarMedia. Military Drama. English Subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ELa1hjEQk
2017 KGB FILES DECLASSIFIED: Did Churchill kill Stalin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppnj0rZKfqQ
Mystery of Stalin’s Death (RT Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sOFFuqUPY
Assad Executing Reporters Compilation
https://youtu.be/y7Rq4vvGMxE?t=250
(a bitter truth … timed)
Assad Executing Reporters Compilation 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hqAG-aND9M
(difficult to watch and listen to …
“journalism” has become something else …
now double-speak …
thus requires a word change)