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Re: CBDC’s: this is what Austin Fitts foreshadowed in the excellent vid Amarynth posted the other day:
The New Money Era Central bankers seem to be changing their minds about the potential of digital fiat currencies
https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/march-2020/new-money-era
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Cafe’istas in the Euro-bloc may also be interested in this i/view. (Remember the EU is a banksters’ cartel – it was quite a coup to get national governments to willingly surrender their monetary sovereignty, ie ability to issue their own currencies):
How the European Union Rules the World
“Anu Bradford, the Henry L Moses Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School and a director for the European Legal Studies Center on why the EU is uniquely positioned to lead in setting global standards.
In a new book, The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World, she argues that the EU has become a leader in establishing standards worldwide, and that it is uniquely positioned to continue to set the pace in global policymaking.”
https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/february-2020/brussels-effect-EU-rules-world-anu-bradford
For those with an Geo-economics bent you can also get Global Finance in your inbox
Regards
Sadly the EU with its double standards….hypocracies…split personalities and complete hesitancy and indecisive let alone prejudiced viewpoints eg sanctions over Crimea and dealings with Greece and Italy….only thinks it can effect the world by hanging onto Nato apron strings.
Tyson
With the utmost respect, I trust you are just as puzzled as I am as to how the EU could possibly…”set the pace in global policymaking” when they don’t even have the faintest clue of how to keep their own house in order.
Apart from the fact that systemically it is the absolute antithesis of a functional democracy, it was never set out to be a feasible or serious economic system anyway. Post WW2 it was basically just a CIA spawned hegemonic blueprint cunningly dressed up as a trade initiative and a means of avoiding wars…so cunning in fact it should have had a tail pinned on it and been called a weasel all along…just to coin a phrase from ‘The Black Adder’.
The basic theory was it would be far easier to control one giant bureaucratic central union blob than 20+ individual sovereign nations…well they were certainly right about the ‘control’ bit anyway.
And look at the way this bloc still to this day sickeningly grovels before Uncle Sam!
“A leader in establishing standards worldwide”…my a&^%e!… they are nothing more than a neocolonial outpost for a desperately flailing and extremely dangerous global bully.
The EU is just as socially and financially doomed as their master.
Cheers
Col
Greetings from sunny summertime down under.
Wishing everyone a peaceful Christmas and a healthy New Year.
https://www.rt.com/russia/510311-german-alliance-future-relations/
My head is spinning right now on the state of Russian-German relations.
What makes it so interesting in the first place is the fact that Otto von Bismarck was an advocate of an economic alliance between Russia and Germany – something that the Anglo-American governments have always been afraid of and have attempted to sabotage. I assume some of us will not rest until Bismarck’s dream is fulfilled, and not because it annoys Perfidious Albion and the rest of the Five Eyes; I mean, just think of that missed potential.
Every news report discussing conflict between Russia and Germany is met with responses pillorying Germany (mostly its government, but sometimes its people as well). Some make note of the German government’s subservience to the Anglo-Zionist establishment as a factor in preventing successful relations. Others squarely blame Germany for all that has gone wrong while downplaying any role the Anglo-Zionist establishment has played/is playing.
Days or weeks later, news comes out about the USA and UK doing all they can to stop Nord Stream II or any other Euro-Russian collaboration, and the comments become supportive of a decoupling from the USA and greater integration with Russia and China.
I can’t predict the future, so the cycle of nasty surprises becomes a barrage of spine-chilling heartache and apprehensive headache, followed by euphoric relief.
Either I am crazy, or someone here feels similarly.
To end the otherwise serious concern with a jocular note: “Stop the ride, I want to get off.”
You seem to imply that people wrongly blame Germany for behaving like a bunch of scoundrels. It was the Russians who enabled the catastrophic Teutonic reunification and not only is Germany ruling Europe on the pattern of Hitler’s Reich but it has the chutzpah to attack Russia re Navalny and organise protests in Byelorussia (the red-white flags are German in origin).
Please forgive me for being straightforward – for as long as there is Germany there can be no peace and prosperity. No need for you to get off – just the Germans who have been destroying the Slavs since the 8th Century.
I don’t recall trying to absolve Germany of its crimes, because that’s not the intent. Where did you get the implication? All I’m saying is that while Germany gets blamed, the Anglosphere gets off scot-free.
And if you genuinely wish to work for a German-Russian rapprochement, join me in working on dismantling the Nazi EU and the restoration of the GDR – the only “good” Germany.
@Anubis64,
I want to thank you for giving such hilarious posts that I have laughed my a** off.
First I wanted to really sit down and put your arguments through the shredder, but we’re close to Christmas so let’s keep it cool.
The reunification of the BRD and DDR was facilitated by both the Soviet Union and the USA. The USA later dropped their promises done there, because they are not agreement capable. Putin later said that they had should have put it on paper, but I severely doubt whether that had made a difference. Even when you hammer it into Mount Rushmore, the USA is not agreement capable and not even worth the effort.
What is so catastrophic about the reunification? Every month I see on my payslip that I have paid a certain amount of money as ‘Solidaritätszuschlag’, because apparently we bought it. The ‘Ossies’ I meet are not really disappointed at the crumbling of the DDR, but miss the strong solidarity between people of that time.
Funny that this clown Navalny is mentioned. This was all a scene, even worse staged than the Skripals. Germans just shrug their shoulders on this cartoonesque story. Navalny should be happy that he is still alive, something I highly doubt about the Skripals. This was staged mainly by Foreign minister Heiko Maas, who is not really taken seriously here. He is a globalist on steroids.
All the fuzz to lick the Anglo heels is leverage to get Nord Stream 2 done. Merkel knows that her head is on a plate when that is whacked.
Btw, did you know that Merkel is a former communist party officer from the DDR? So there you have your ideal scene ;-)
We don’t rule Europe. We simply don’t want to pay endlessly for stupidity of other EU members, who desperately want to sustain their social paradises that aren’t sustainable anymore. Just raise the question of rising of the pension age in France to our levels, they’ll parade with torches and pitchforks to the Elysee, and afterwards they’ll blame us.
No peace and prosperity possible with us? And why, exactly?
If there might be ‘fear’ that we will start a war again, I have -or better said, we have- a first question: with what?
We have had the luxury of having Ursula von der Leyen as Defence minister. Our troops are in shambles, maybe one or two ships or subs are operational, and we are still scrambling to have proper guns, so our troops are the literally version of ‘the gang that couldn’t shoot straight’.
And more important: we have no needs whatsoever to do stuff outside our borders, we will have difficulties enough to handle invaders inside our borders, but that’s another discussion.
So, let’s celebrate Christmas with a good feeling, a toast, all the best and peace from Germany.
Cheers, Rob
The Germans will do what is best for Germany – and that is an endless supply of cheap, clean, Russian natural gas, not dirty, expensive US gas in a country 5000km away. Long term if the US/RF war goes kinetic America will lose and everyone knows that or rather those who should know it, know it. All roads lead to Russia for Germany either now or a few years down the line. The various factions in Govt will argue and propagandise but the atlanticists (as in Russia) have nothing to offer but vain wishes, not connected to reality, Cognitive dissonance is a REAL problem in the West. NATO is no match for Russia and besides in a real war the RF will go straight for the head of the snake (the US) the rest will not fight without it (at least not for long) A fait a complis is near and it is huge in irony that the country now vainly outspending itself into bankruptcy and collapse is a militarised America NOT Russia. Putin who is always polite and reticent said something very interesting at his last yearly Q&A, he was asked whether it was true that Russia could destroy America in 30 minutes, he replied ‘No, quicker actually’. Things are warming up, Biden is an Obama stooge (his administration is using the same people) he will blame Russia for everything but not China who he has corrupt links with, all that noise is for the domestic market, we are approaching a moment of truth over the next 18 months and it is one that Russia will emerge from as ‘victors’ of sorts, it may well involve a show down or military action, but it will happen and the US will go home with its tail between its legs. The US simply does not know how to fight wars any more let alone win them. In this light of reality as I say, despite ups and downs and MI6 Navalny ops (it was a straight extraction job from day one) the Germans will do what is best for them, they would be insane to do otherwise, and what is best for them is Eurasia and becoming the European hub of the new silk roads.
If the Germans did what was best for Germany, they wouldn’t have become vassals to the Hegemon.
Sanctioning Russia for the bullshit, fantasy poisoning of Navalny’s underpants tells the world that the Germans are as useless a nation (broadly defined, not meaning sovereign) as Ukraine.
They have prostituted themselves for the entire 21st and 20th Centuries. Looks like a bad habit they can’t shake. They can’t stop putting their finger in the flame. I think they’ve burned off 9 of the 10 so far.
They need energy from Russia and they need Russia as a market. So the common sense is to put their dicks back in the pants and stop pissing toward the one nation that will reduce them to ashes if some a**hole makes a mistake with a rocket or cruise missile. And there are millions of a**holes in Poland, Ukraine, Romania and the Baltics who might think Germany wants to go a few rounds with the Russians again.
Being a whore is a full time job. Trying to be a geopolitical equal to Russia is beyond the car makers of the Danube. Just hook up the pipeline, get natural gas at a very competitive price, and when you need hydrogen, that will come from the pipeline also. Russia will keep your homes warm or cooled, your factories purring along, the skies blue and clear and your labor force happy and off the streets.
Screw around some more and you will look like East Europe when the fires are put out. All that technology and the best of your labor force will head to Russia before you can count to drei.
Otto von Bismarck’s name always comes up when people talk about a putative German- Russian alliance.
Bismarck was an exceptional, definitely not the usual run-of-the mill, German politician.
He was a Lutheran who fought the Vatican and Pope Pius for several years in the “Kulturkampf” (a battle which he lost btw)
Merkel is no Bismarck…the Vatican still has a lot of control over Germany and the rest of Europe.
Yeah, there’s also NATO imperialism and the rest of the USian (if not Five Eyes Anglo-Saxon) military-industrial complex.
“the Vatican still has a lot of control over Germany and the rest of Europe”. Quite correct Serbian Girl, the cardinals of The Vatican still regards Bavaria as a part of Italy (true story!)
Regards
As to Germans and Hitler ruling and misbehaving as evil masters of this world, I recommend reading
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index3429pl.htm
– in other words: evil yes, masters no (except slave masters as slaves of their own slave master/s (“I only did what I had been told”).
Germ Nazism I was installed by Angloamerica (AA) for doing what it did (smash Russia and the rest of those Europeans daring to say something of their own sometimes, and preparing the ideological basis for the world’s accepting the creation of Israel as the centre of Nazism III (world nazism)), and Germ Nazism II (WestGermany from 1945 until now) for continuing the same agenda as ver I. “What was right/just then cannot be wrong/forbidden now” – the credo of Hans Filbinger, political father of ogre W. Schäuble who, as head of several ministeries, recreated the Black Order, the SS, under fancy alias names, and applied the nazi scheme to ruin oppositionals by fake “tax” robberies broadly in the recaptured Eastern territories of the former GDR… thus creating the need for at last one (1) oppositional party, the AfD.
Yes, it was the English SS and the American Money+Military who, among many other things, invented and supported Gorbee and Yeltsin for (destroying the CCCP and) allowing another edition of Grossdeutschland capable of smashing the surrounding smaller countries (their spines, not their borders this time) and attacking those who would not bend at the first call (the usual suspects: YU and PL). Did 80 Mln Germs attack RU re Naval’nyj or wasn’t it another ESS plot with that fabulous english bywife of Naval’nyj steering the “Novichok” saga the same debile english way of using only lies – and utterly incredible ones – as in the “Skripal case”? In my younger years “englisch einkaufen” (shopping the english way) was another word for stealing. Is it 80 mln Germs or the english steered and pushed gutter rat Angela Hitler who harps on this utter nonsense “Naval’nyj – Novichok” again and again and…?
No, joey_n, you are not crazy, but check those in your surroundings accusing you of madness: how crazy are they and what are their bindungen und verbindungen with the english stazee and/or their its metastases BND, VfS, police, political parties… In case you live in Berlin, you probably saw the subdued_but_triumphant U-Bahn fishing for recruits: “Join us for ‘im Verborgenen Gutes tun’ (do noble things undetectedly)”, that is: join us stealing everybody’s political rights and chances and get well paid as a germ beamter..
Anubis, I share your concern/s, but I would prefer your shooting at the correct targets.
bp
Honestly I’m hoping the use of ‘Germ’ is for abbreviation.
That aside, I don’t live in Germany, and I don’t speak German. I haven’t been called ‘crazy’ yet; I just wasn’t sure anyone else here would feel the same apprehension.
Come to think of it, Stalin was said to have proposed in 1952 an independent reunified Germany that would remain neutral and friendly to Soviet interests. But then the Anglo Allies wouldn’t have any of it and so they took up West Germany for themselves, with the Soviet occupation zone becoming East Germany. Stalin also opposed the Morgenthau Plan.
(The Morgenthau Plan itself would be abandoned amid fears that the Soviet Union would use it for propaganda purposes and that a resurgent Germany would join the Eastern bloc.)
It may sound strange at first that Stalin, having borne a bigger brunt in defeating fascism than did the Anglo Allies combined, would do this… until you consider the massive support Hitler received from said Allies early on, not to mention said Allies’ own plans of attacking the Soviet Union post-WWII (e.g. Operation Unthinkable) and other acts of perfidy (at least in the case of Britain, preventing comity between continental powers even before WWI), to say nothing of the bombing of cities like Dresden. Rumor even has it that Hitler took inspiration from USian Jim Crow laws and Britain’s conduct in the Boer War. Assuming Stalin was aware of all this, it doesn’t seem that ironic.
Add in Germany’s worst fear: Germans knew full well what they did to Russiam, why and how they lost. They could not imagine that Russians would not take revenge. If I recall history lessons correctly, Stalin did not ask for a neutral but only a non-aligned Germany. It is truly funny that even today, whenever someone seriously proposes the idea of a non-aligned Germany (i.e. NATO exit), any German bravery vaporizes instantly.
The press has very little integrity nowadays, media are used mainly for desinformation and propaganda.
Now we know why and how Facebook was created. Simply because technologies had been invented.
The propaganda then would have us to believe that the social media network was created at Harvard by students.
So that is total desinformation. It appears that the social media was created in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg and a couple of other guys at Harvard. If we dig closer we might find that Mark Zuckerberg may have acted unfair and stolen a small social network platform from two other guys, and has settled the matter in court with them. The last is of course true, but it is also total desinformation since the social media technology was already invented and should have been patented to Leader Technologies Inc. had it not been hijacked and stolen from the deep state.
So when the social media was implemented at Harvard, it was a stolen technology, and it was expanded from there by agent Zuckerberg of the deep state, all based on the technologies of Leader Technologies Inc.
Here is the full story based on the filing of a Miller Act Notice to the sitting president Donald J. Trump, by Leader Technologies Inc. You can download the Miller Act Notice by searching it on internet, and since it is a pdf it is rather difficult to discuss it further without making excerpts from the Notice. Here is the correct title :
2019-04-25-FIRST-REVISED-MILLER-ACT-NOTICE-TO-UNITED-STATES-EXECUTIVE-served-via-USPS-Express-Mail-electronically-and-by-hand-Apr-25-2019.pdf
So here goes the story in more detail :
There is a Miller Act notice to the UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE (the president and former presidents) regarding stolen intellectual and property rights to social media software invented by Leader Technologies of which the social media Facebook and Twitter are based. It was basically stolen by the Deep State and its actors who put their patsy’s in place to run these fake companies such as Facebook. The Technologies were stolen in year 2000 by the work of Chandler, IBM and others, the Deep State and intelligence services as outlined below. Nothing has been heard about this from media while we are being served the planned and executed 24/7 “news” on platforms like CNN (CIA, Hollywood, Deep State), Fox News (Murdoch), and the other fictual news who create epidemics, wars so they can profit from it by 24/7 repetitive coverage and divide the audiences to two parallell operators in politics, the (Deep State) Democrats and the Republican Parties.
RE Miller Act Notice to the (sitting) president; you may search for the complete header below in any search platform, and you will be able to download the pdf file. Since it is a pdf file, I have made excerpts of it.
2019-04-25-FIRST-REVISED-MILLER-ACT-NOTICE-TO-UNITED-STATES-EXECUTIVE-served-via-USPS-Express-Mail-electronically-and-by-hand-Apr-25-2019.pdf
The Claimant is Leader Technologies Inc. who invented Social Networking
“Claimant’s property is “social networking” and related software intellectual property
operating continuously on computers and servers in literally billions of locations in the
United States and offshore.”
” Chandler is well known or reasonably believed to have collaborated with numerous members of
the political, legal and intelligence communities in this work, including, but not limited to Former
FBI directors Louis Freeh, 18 Robert S. Mueller, James B. Comey; Rod J. Rosenstein; Andrew D.
Goldstein; Preetinder Bharara; Eric H. Holder, Jr.; 19 Loretta E. Lynch; Williams & Connolly
LLP; 20 Gibson Dunn LLP, 21 Fenwick & West LLP; Weil Gotshal LLP; 22 Skadden Arps, LLP;
Cooley Godward LLP; White & Case LLP; Orrick Herrington LLP; Blank Rome LLP, Perkins
Coie LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP; Cravath Swaine LLP, 23 Mayer Brown LLP; Hillary & Bill
Clinton; John D. Podesta; 24 Directors of the CIA, NSA. DNI and National Security Advisors since
1993 through the Obama Administration; the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; 25 Federal Circuit
Bar Association, 26 American Bar Association, 27 FISC (“The FISA Court”); In-Q-Tel principals,
their banker/underwriters and funded companies; National Venture Capital Association (NVCA);
the Judicial Conference; 28 the national laboratories; and The Clinton Foundation. ”
”
Chandler received detailed proprietary information about Claimant’s invention properties for
which he initially estimated that there were “over 60 patentable inventions.” The industry now
calls Claimant’s inventions “social networking.”
Chandler failed to disclose to Claimant his conflicts of interest and his material involvement with
a “shadow government” 29 to which he was/is a key advisor and principal. ”
” In 2002, under the color of attorney-client privilege and national security, Chandler obtained a
custody copy of Claimant’s invention engineering source code on Jun. 05, 2002. 30 Eleven (11)
weeks later, on Aug. 29, 2002, he distributed Claimant’s invention to his “public-private”
collaborators 31 via Version 2.0.1 32 of the IBM Eclipse Foundation source code, his client
“Eclipse”). This new Eclipse source code release contained no mention of Claimant and was
marked only with IBM copyright notices.
Chandler: Constitutional Takeover “Coup” (post-Patriot Act) using Claimant’s stolen
networking invention stolen by the federal government via IBM Eclipse Foundation
Notably, just one day earlier, on Aug. 28, 2002, Chandler had met with Montgomery County,
Maryland development officials on behalf of himself, IBM, the Patent Office and classified
intelligence agencies (he specifically mentioned the CIA) 33 about acquiring a 30,000 sf. facility
for their plans that his notes described as “coup.” David J. Kappos was then chief inside
intellectual property counsel at IBM and an advisor to Chandler. (In 2009, Kappos was appointed
director of the Patent Office by President Barack Obama.) Claimant had no knowledge of this
attorney-client and directorial misconduct. This evidence emerged from attorney notes that
Chandler had misplaced.
IBM aided and abetted the Chandler theft with a $40 million “donation” ”
” U.S. State Department Egregious Abuses of Claimant’s Property Rights
On or before Sep. 26, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton entered into a secret agreement
with Facebook and its Russian executive Dmitry Shevelenko to build a “template for winning
elections.” This was the first of many subsequent secret GSA contracts. 37 This occurred during
the pendency of the Leader v. Facebook patent infringement trial and was evidently obstructing
justice in Claimant’s efforts to protect its intellectual property rights and values. In addition, the
State Department began promoting use of Facebook worldwide making it impossible for Claimant
to operate without government interference. 38 ”
The Miller Act notice also shows how Facebook was used by Hillary Clinton to steal the US elections by a Russian Facebook Executive.
Further reading: https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/cyberhijack/cyber-hijack-findings.html
Note.
1. correction.
“and stolen from the deep state.” It should of course read “stolen by the deep state.”
2.Findings of Fact, Timeline & Database in the internet reference (further reading) is highly interesting.
jumped to 2000, or scroll seamlessly.
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/cyberhijack/cyber-hijack-findings.html#2000
Could this be why there is a section about intelectual property hiden inside the giant
Covid Stimulus Bill?
https://off-guardian.org/2020/12/22/whats-actually-in-the-us-covid-stimulus-bill/
4 billion dollars to Bill Gates’ GAVI, meaning US is funding UN vaccine programs run by Gates.
” GAVI brings together[clarification needed] developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization,[4] UNICEF,[5] the World Bank,[6] the vaccine industry in both industrialised and developing countries, research and technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[7] and other private philanthropists. GAVI has observer status at the World Health Assembly. ” (source: Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAVI
And that is the globall Deep State, the World Bank is run by the Rothschild syndicate in which Bill Gates is a member of the Comittee of 300, led by Queen Elisabeth II and controlled by 13 families. They are way above the US deep state.
Who is “Chandler?”
Basically as I understood it, James P. Chandler III was the lawyer firm that was engaged to represent the Leader Technologies Inc. inventor’s of social media technology. He misrepresented Leader Technologies and handed over the technologies to the deep state swamp as outlined in the Miller Act notice. Claimant is Leader Technologies Inc. vs. the swamp, pres Obama, pres. Bush, pres Clinton, Facebook, Google, IBM, Twitter, Apple etc.
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/cyberhijack/cyber-hijack-findings.html#2000
In early Jan. 2000, according to Leader Technologies’ chairman, CEO and lead inventor, Michael T. McKibben, he met attorney James P. Chandler, III for the first time for an extended introductory meeting at the Taberna del Alabardero restaurant near The Chandler Law Firm Chartered’s law offices on Pennsylvania Avenue hear the White House. Gen. James E. Freeze (US Army, ret.), the man who had introduced Leader to Chandler, also attended the lengthy meeting. Chandler’s legal assistant Kelley Clements (Keller) also attended as did Leader’s then inside legal counsel who Chandler loathed on the outside, but appears to have conspired with to destabilize the company once Chandler received a custody copy of its engineering innovations on Jun. 05, 2002. Out of that meeting where McKibben introduced Leader’s innovations to Chandler under preengagement attorney-client confidentiality, Chandler agreed on the spot to become a Leader director.
Bookmark: #leader-engages-chandler-freeze
Maj. Gen. James E. Freeze (U.S. Army ret.)
James E. Freeze
James P. Chandler, III
James P. Chandler, III
On Apr. 6, 2000 and May 5, 2000, Leader engaged the legal and director services of Professor James P. Chandler, The Chandler Law Firm Chartered (Washington, D.C.) (“Chandler”). The introduction to Chandler was made by Maj. Gen. James E. Freeze, former #3 at the NSA.
Gordon K. Davidson
Gordon K. Davidson, Fenwick & West LLP
William (“Bill”) A. Fenwick, Fenwick & West LLP
William (“Bill”) A. Fenwick, Fenwick & West LLP
On Aug. 28, 2001, Leader engaged the additional legal services of Fenwick & West, LLP (William A Fenwick, Gordon K. Davidson, Palo Alto, CA) (“Fenwick”) at Chandler’s recommendation, introduction and facilitation. Chandler filed multiple patents, copyrights and trademarks for Leader. Fenwick advised on securities, corporate law, funding and intellectual property.[017] Fenwick even made formal tribunal appearances as Leader’s counsel.[018]
Something that Orwell said all those years ago: “We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”
This latest CJ article [1] says whats been apparent for years, I’ve merely used bullet points that might enter the brains of some of our Cafe’istas easier:
“… Trump has done nothing but protect the imperial status quo the entire time he’s been in office and a pardon for those heroic government transparency advocates [Assange or Snowden] would be a deviation from his established patterns unlike anything he’s ever once demonstrated while in office.
…
Trump’s entire term has revealed that virtually everyone, all across the US political spectrum, has been wrong about him. And it’s a testament to the power of media echo chambers that for the most part they remain just as wrong about him as they were 4 years ago.
1. To this day, even after 4 years of evidence to the contrary, Trump supporters still believe [he] has been ending the wars … even as he’s:
– ramped up cold war aggressions against Russia
– killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans with starvation sanctions
– vetoed attempts to save Yemen from US-backed genocide
– is working to foment civil war in Iran using starvation sanctions and CIA ops with the stated goal of effecting regime change
– occupied Syrian oil fields with the goal of preventing Syria’s reconstruction
– greatly increased the number of troops in the Middle East and elsewhere
– greatly increased the number of bombs dropped per day from the previous administration
– killing record numbers of civilians, and reduced military accountability for those airstrikes
2. Trump supporters still believe [he] has been fighting the Deep State … even after he imprisoned Assange
3. They believe he’s draining the swamp after packing his cabinet with establishment swamp monsters
4. Even after 4 years of evidence to the contrary, liberals are still convinced that Trump is a servant of Russia who has spent his term advancing the interests of Vladimir Putin … even as he’s been:
– shredding treaties with Russia,
– bombing the [Russian ally] Syrian government and
– arming Ukraine
– imposing many sanctions and many other escalations directly against the interests and safety of Russia
[Conclusion] And now he is leaving, with his imaginary crimes still held as real and his actual crimes completely ignored. Humanity will not be able to create a healthy world until we find a way to transcend our unhealthy and delusional relationship with mental narrative [2] which so easily obscures our perspective of what’s really happening
[my emphasis]
[1] Everyone Was Wrong About Trump https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2020/12/23/everyone-was-wrong-about-trump/
[2] Humanity Has Trolled Itself Into An Awaken-Or-Die Situation https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/humanity-has-trolled-itself-into
Regards
The deep state / politicians are so criminally corrupt and it was all out in the open. Too many failures and disclosures and on top of it the corrupt Clinton family politics, Hillary Clinton being closely linked to the secret rulers far above CFR, Lynn Forester de Rothscild :
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Lady de Rothschild (born July 2, 1954) is an American-British businesswoman who is the chief executive officer of E.L. Rothschild, a holding company she owns with her third husband, Sir Evelyn Robert de Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild family. (source: Wikipedia). The secret world government, Rothscild family being one of the controlling families of the Comitee of 300 of which they are members, and Comittee of 300 is led by Queen Elisabeth II.
The Rothschilds also control most of the secret societies, including the Illuminati. They were seeking women leaders for strateic development purposes of their totalitarian world government , and here we have have the Clintons totally corrupted but very much under scrutiny, a situation which the shadow governments avoid at all cost.
Plan B. They use a diversion, and a smokescreen, a 24/7 reset button, pres. Donald J. Trump. A Clinton presidency would have been a disaster of criminal disclosures. Plan C. follow up reset button, the Criminal Joe Biden presidency. Return to plan A undiscovered. ( Don’ mention it) . The Great Reset they need to continue on this road of criminal enterprises disguising as a government and politicians, is a totalitarian world government superstate, based on national socialism. The nazi superstate.
The Apostles said clearly that the secret government of the present world is the Prince of Power of the air, (media) Satan\Adversary. Not so much Deep State, Criminal Banking, Sinful Wall Street Delusions, but Adversary Worshippers carry Satan’s Agenda which is equal to the UN’s agenda. They are Obviously in it for themselves.
I thank you for your many good posts, Tyson….
From the beginning of a short Truump era I always thought about the movie ‘Being there’…
‘Simple-minded gardener Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. home of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run-in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.’
Chance in the movie was mildly retarded, but the surrounding cohorts were eager to read into him whatever they needed to see, to justify their world view…
It is terribly difficult to get out of our own minds and admit our mistakes when we suffer from the ego trip.
The choice was not really a choice, between the thoroughly evil Hilary and the lying pompous imbecile Trump, so easily manipulated.
Maybe the healing experience for the Americans has to become a final realization that they are falsely believing in their false democracy, ‘demos kratein’ is a lie, a hook they have hanged themselves on willingly…They believe they really have a choice? It is stupid.
Again the same now, what choice can you have between two idiots? Both black-mailable, dirty to their gills, and sold out to the interests of the deep state/s…
No choice, but voting for a disaster…
I would be wrong to say I care much, indifferent completely, the rest of us in the world have better things to worry about these days…
Thank you
You’re welcome azra
‘Being There’ is one of my fave films!
Totally agree with your assessment of: “The choice was not really a choice, between the thoroughly evil Hilary and the lying pompous imbecile Trump”
Same as in France between Macron and Le Pen. If you know anyone in France they knew that other more credible candidates were actively dissuaded from running (some by Dassault owner of the aeronautics manufacturing firm) resulting in the two most despised politicians running as the only candidates – and the lowest voter turnout in France for years and years!
Tip: Offering voters the two most despised candidates to *select from is a pattern happening in the Anglo-zionist nations
Regards
Correction- the “prototype” comment was from “mundanomaniac “ not me. Just to clarify, my only intention of discussing Christ is strictly solution oriented vis a vis “The Great Reset”. So within this context, we are facing is an imminent threat to humanity on a global scale that requires action beyond our material means on a corporeal level. This is especially the case considering how we are all divided by identity politics and political ideologies. The reason I came to this conclusion is because all other options unfortunately fall short. I correctly diagnosed the problem, as azra pointed out, when it first appeared some of you might recall. Now I want to see what possible answer exists, even if it is ethereal in nature. This pieces of the puzzle I believe are quantum mechanics, our collective consciousness, and Christ as the medium/representation through which we harness our potential power. Again, since He is directly linked, as opposed to other deities, to us by living and dying a human life, He is the missing part of the equation. That is the only reason I’m interested, and intrigued I might add, by Him. As a disclaimer, I’m not a Christian nor religious yet have a healthy appetite with an open mind for spiritually and metaphysics.
“Now I want to see what possible answer exists, even if it is ethereal in nature…”
Since Divine Spirit is primordial intelligence then It also contains all wisdom, understanding, knowing etc. The individual needs to open his own consciousness to the greater guidance of Spirit, and replace his own limited wisdom with that of Divine Spirit, ie; ask, “Lord, may Thy Will be done, not mine”. If one is sincere and makes the effort to notice and follow Its direction, he will find It working in his favour down to the smallest details of his life.
Seems what you’re asking leads very naturally toward “how does one spiritualise one’s consciousness?”
Because only then can we truly be of service, imho. This question goes beyond religious affiliation and/or political affiliation and gets to the heart of the problem facing man. Man is a firm believer in his own intelligence as the ultimate factor in life, even though we see time and again, that as soon as one becomes partial to a little bit of power, then all good intentions are promptly forgotten.
Fake it until you make it. Someone should really trademark that phrase.
On the continuing them of the last Cafe, an interesting conversation that I decided to respond to here, and to Allen who made the last comment:
@ Allen,
Perhaps in this sense, we become for a second, for as long as we are strong enough, a prototype of Christ.
Christ was and is a God, and can therefore never be a prototype in Himself.
On this theme, the name Michael, having strictly speaking three syllables, Mi-cha- el, means Who is like God ; a name therefore that is a question, and can only be answered by the individual for him or herself. The image of the Archangel St Mi-cha-el, portrayed in many Russian icons, and sometimes appearing on the sidebar of this site, is like a clarion call for the spiritual freedom of the individual.
“Perhaps in this sense, we become for a second, for as long as we are strong enough, a prototype of Christ.”
Soul is a unique expression of God’s love, and therefore can only be it’s own prototype. Christ, for Christians, can serve as an example to his followers, ie; inspiration to achieve the heights of consciousness. As Christ had His own mission, so too, does Soul have Its mission. Every lifetime serves to hone Soul’s spiritual senses, as It makes Its way toward the spiritual realisations that are Its destiny.
Oh Dimitar, Dimitar ! We move towards understanding in slow steps, at times like a turtle, at other’s like a hare – with a leap – and even as the silent bird in its nest asleep, listening to the soul of the world.
Have a wonderful Christ mas,
Thank you, same to you, anonymous… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPScelPMp9s
“Ring Them Bells” Mary Black and Joan Baez
hobbling along
t’ward the clarion call
of spiritual freedom;
sometimes like a turtle,
sometimes like a hare
lying awake at night,
listening to the soul
of the world
the hare and the tortoise
have run their race and the bird
is asleep in its nest
/moveable-feast-cafe-2020-12-19/#comment-887830
the comment-thread appeared under this lighted piece:
/glasses/
I had never seen the ‘ glasses’ piece. Thank you for drawing my attention to it.
Thanks Mundano, I actually looked for that yesterday thinking it was in the MFC
That comment-thread is well worth revisiting.
Regards
Following from sandinED’s comment in the last Cafe:
/moveable-feast-cafe-2020-12-19/#comment-887967
If youre a person of faith – now’s the time to please pray on Julian’s behalf (“Where two or more are gathered in my name, there too, I shall also be” – Matt.18:20)
Because if Julian’s release doesn’t happen with the outgoing Prez – under the new regime – the exact antitheses of a new broom sweeps clean – it most likely won’t happen at all!
“I have a vision that the President will pardon Julian and that he will see freedom after years of confinement. I imagine Julian walking out past the razor-wire that surrounds Belmarsh prison, and into my arms and those of our children.” – Stella Moris
Julian Assange’s Fiancée Sits Down With Revolver to Reveal Deep State’s Plot to Erase Our First Amendment
https://www.revolver.news/2020/12/revolver-exclusive-interview-julian-assange-fiancee-stella-moris-smith-robinson/
Regards
Thanks Tyson,
I have allowed my hopes to rise on Assange’s release.
I wonder if releasing Assange would appeal to Trump’s vanity ? Like you, I have always suspected we are watching a choreographed dance designed to set the people at each other’s throats. The release of Assange would lend support to the idea that Trump really is not a swamp creature, ( despite all evidence to the contrary ) .
The election does seem to have been manipulated, ( not for the first time ), but the election-was-stolen meme is a face saver for Trump. Here’s hoping he may see the release of Assange as a departing grand gesture that plays to his benefit.
With the recent released audio and now Melzer letter, I have been feeling quite hopeful. Is this just the triumph of hope over experience ? We’ll soon see.
Thanks again Tyson – I read and appreciate all your posts .
Best wishes to you.
My Best wishes to you also Sandra – I’ve learnt quite a lot from you during my brief visits to the Cafe.
Mighty blessings!
T
Tyson and sandinED,
Bear in mind that it is the Trump administration that brought the case to extradite Julian. I don’t have hope – sorry, I have more hope that someone will break him out of jail, rather than hope on Trump truly. I have more hope on the Neo-Obama admin (if it gets in finally and Biden gets his tired old body dragged to make a speech on inauguration day) to drop the extradition case. During the Obama admin, they did not start it because of the problems with free speech and so on. It is Trump admin that started this.
And if Trump can pardon Black Water contractor criminals, then how is he going to do anything about Assange? I ask with tears.
https://www.rt.com/usa/510524-outrage-trump-pardon-blackwater/
But, hope dies last and miracles do happen and I hold out for a miracle.
Amarynth,
well, I know hope may be clouding my judgement. I don’t think Assange has much basis to expect anything from either ‘ cheek ‘ – they both hate him. I do wonder if the Dems hate him more ? They didn’t bring the case to extradite – but that had to wait for the chance to grab him – for Moreno to revoke asylum / citizenship and allow him to be dragged out of the embassy. As soon as that was done – the extradition request was produced – though the very idea had always been dismissed as fanciful / Assange was just trying to avoid justice.
The process was begun under Obama – Assange has been under detention of one sort or another for over ten years now. I can’t imagine Biden, “.. he’s a high tech terrorist ..” or Clinton, ” ..drone the guy.. “, who blames him for her loss to Trump, having any mercy. I suspect they’re hoping he dies under his present cruel, inhuman conditions.
Poor, poor Julian. I wonder if it does any good to hold him in our thoughts / send him our love ? I do believe that on some level there is no separation.
Here’s hoping for a miracle.
All the best for Xmas Amarynth :-)
I agree, Amarynth! The black water pardons are a travesty! Hope dies hard but in this case, the evil is overpowering; Extract follows below from a very detailed summation (link below) of the assange outrage:
____________
The CIA holds a massive conflict of self-interest in upholding the Russian hacking claim. The FBI holds a massive interest in maintaining that claim. All of those foreign countries whose intelligence apparatus participated with Brennan and Strzok also have a vested self-interest in maintaining that Russia hacking and interference narrative.
Julian Assange is the only person with direct knowledge of how Wikileaks gained custody of the DNC emails; and Assange has claimed he has evidence it was not from a hack.
This Russian “hacking” claim was ultimately so important to the CIA, FBI, DOJ, ODNI and U.K intelligence apparatus…. Well, right there is the obvious motive to shut Assange down as soon as intelligence officials knew the Mueller report was going to be public.
This is why Julian Assange deserves a pardon, so he can tell his story.
_________________
Above extract from a rabidly pro-trump site (link below) so it may be of some effect but I do not hold much hope as the entrenched evil interests in cia/fbi/mi 6 zionist/neocon are powerful, very powerful.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/12/22/a-reason-to-pardon-julian-assange/#more-206401
France is becoming a true dictatorship.
The prime Minister jean castex is considering a law which would ban anyone who refuses the vaccin from using public transport.
In France people who refuse the vaccin will surely be forced to wear a yellow star on their jacket. It reminds me a very dark period of time.
The US navy is becoming very aggressive.
The destroyer uss john mccain carried another FONOP in the China sea this time against China and not Russia.
The US navy sent 3 ships on the Persian gulf:
– uss georgia Ohio class nuclear submarine armed with 154 tomahawks cruise missiles
-uss Port royal ticonderoga class cruiser
-uss Philippine sea ticonderoga class cruise.
These ships strengthen the US navy in the Persian gulf. The US navy already deployed an aircraft carrier (the Nimitz) a wasp class helicopter carrier and several destroyers near Iran.
They said they sent more ships to deter Iran because they expect an attack from Iran. All of this says one thing: possible false flag.
If an event was to sweep thru the leadership and disturb them, they certainly would want to disrupt the hive too you know, pump up the worker bees into a temporary frenzy.
If ever there was a situation created for a False Flag, it’s this one.
Extremnews cover a story about new research into natural treatments for the SARS-COV-2 virus. The treatment is based on Glycyrrhizin properties of certain fruits and even green tea.
A study was published in BioRxiv:
Glycyrrhizin effectively neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in vitro by inhibiting the viral main protease
https://www.extremnews.com/berichte/gesundheit/84b217f89709c7d
source for article: https://snanews.de/20201222/corona-natuerliche-mittel-259492.html
excerpts:
( translate.google.com/m )
“Recently it was the researchers at the University Hospital Essen who published the results of their laboratory tests on the bioRxiv portal for biosciences. According to the researchers, glycyrrhizic acid, for example, which is found in licorice roots, can contain the virus. An aqueous licorice root extract was used and found that this has a neutralizing effect against SARS-CoV-2, namely as an inhibitor of the main protease of the virus. A corresponding clinical study has also shown that glycyrrhizic acid is safe and well tolerated for humans. Glycyrrhizic acid also has strong antiviral and anti-inflammatory activity Properties: Even if the tested patient has recovered, the researchers conclude that further clinical studies are required to prove the effectiveness of the agent, although they admit that traditional herbal medicines are promising candidates only for the complementary treatment of viral diseases would come into question.
Aronia and pomegranate juice.
In mid-November, a research team from Ulm, Dresden, Kleinrinderfeld and Stuttgart published a corresponding study in which they tested the antiviral activity of plant juices and green tea against SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus in vitrо, i.e. on animal and human cells Cell culture. The aronia juice is said to contain up to 97 percent of SARS-CoV-2 in the human body. According to the study, pomegranate juice and green tea are said to be up to 80 percent effective.
The elderberry juice showed no effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2, but against influenza.
The authors of the study associate the antiviral activities of the plant products with the acidic pH value, which could directly deactivate virus particles, or with the polyphenols such as catechins, tannins or flavonoids, which apparently influence viral and cellular proteins. In the study, the investigated agents came into question as potential mouthwashes. The researchers also come to the conclusion that oral rinsing could reduce the viral load in the oral cavity or reduce virus transmission.
Perilla and sage herbal teas. Another in vitro study by the research team of the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen also showed at the end of November that perilla and sage herbal teas show an effective antiviral effect against SARS-CoV-2. The researchers state directly that the effectiveness of these herbal teas in humans has not yet been investigated in clinical studies – so far there have only been tests on animal and human cells in test glasses. It is not yet known whether these herbal teas will also work for patients. According to the first results, however, one could observe strong antiviral effects after only 30 minutes of treatment of the cells with sage and perilla tea, so that the viruses could only multiply to a very limited extent. The research team used the teas in concentration in their experiments “
Whilst green tea is renown for its effect on preventing development of cancer cells, has the study been peer reviewed? With no disrespect, if not, it ain’t Science.
T
By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
So they are not peer-reviewed yet, and may undergo revisions, but they are certified science by the publisher.
In this case done by renowned scientists
” Mitte November veröffentlichte ein Forschungsteam aus Ulm, Dresden, Kleinrinderfeld und Stuttgart eine entsprechende Studie, in der sie die antivirale Aktivität von Pflanzensäften und grünem Tee gegen SARS-CoV-2 und Influenzavirus in vitrо, also an tierischen und menschlichen Zellen in Zellkultur, untersuchten.”
referring to a team of scientist from Ulm, Dresden, Kleinrinderfeld and Stuttgart researched antiviral activy of plantextract and green tea against SARS-CoV-2.
Journals do peer-reviews but not all science end up being published. This is a case of research and not theory that may form part of a published science report later. To me this counts as the pillar of science. Had they relied on comparable research in climate science for example, CO2 had never been found to create temperature increases. So even with peer-review meaning they review each other and cross references to other publications they monopolize science and work for state run ideas in such case as global warming, medicine and typically diseases. WHO relies on corrupt science that are peer-reviewed (and corrupt). Chinese scientists are perhaps the worst example of state run corrupt science in all fields, where authors even pay to get on the author lists.
“An aqueous licorice root extract was used and found that this has a neutralizing effect against SARS-CoV-2, namely as an inhibitor of the main protease of the virus.”
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/926410/Understanding_Cycle_Threshold__Ct__in_SARS-CoV-2_RT-PCR_.pdf
“RT-PCR detects presence of viral genetic material in a sample but is not able to distinguish whether infectious virus is present.”
We are therefore faced with:
1. A test that cannot confirm whether an individual can ever spread the disease.
2. No particular evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus actually causes the symptoms that are referred to as “covid-19” (rather than a myriad of undefined infections which constitute approximately 60% of Influenza Like Illnesses every year).
On what basis, therefore, do you think it is important to use the licorice root extract as an inhibitor of the main protease of the SARS-COV-2 virus?
Trump pardoned the 4 Blackwater defendants who slaughtered 14 innocent, unarmed Iraqis (injured 17 others).
Is this the kind of decisions you expect from the “freedom fighter” president many talk about on this website?
Some people are really living in a fantasy world.
The second largest factory producing Hydroxychloroquinine (safe, effective & cheap medicine against Covid) goes up in flames:
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4082989
The fire was due to the
“the ignition of chemical solvents” which “spread rapidly” and basically destroyed the entire factory including several nearby factories ..
Christmas Greetings to you too Babushka in Oz and to all the rest of the commentators on the Moveable Feast Café !
Christmas in Bethlehem 1946
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoYznUNUjXU&feature=youtu.be
Thank you Serbian girl…You are a thoughtful clever person…
Important information.
Nothing happens by chance, and everything is mostly planned in the falsely deceiving and upsetting cornucopia of the world events…
This is for you, and few other speakers of our language here:
Dr. Sladovljev says it’s a plan…Corona virus is planned to ‘carry’ the ‘plandemics’ :
https://www.logicno.com/politika/intervju-dr-sc-srecko-sladoljev-korona-virus-je-planski-izabran-da-nosi-plandemiju.html
For the others in the cafe, if interested, maybe use the Yandex translation. Our language is similar to the Russian, the Slav family…
All the best to all of us…
Always a pleasure to read your lines here Azra!
Thanks for this link. The way the Covid testing is done is completely unscientific. They spent such a huge amount of money on developing vaccines but they didn’t develop a reliable serological test….History will not be kind.
Take care Azra xoxo
(For those others not fluent in croat:)
This text, an interview with the molecular biologist Dr. sc. Srec/ko Sladoljev (according to his bio a Srb-hater, thus not necessarily a friend of Serbian Girl and vice versa), is quite long, begins with Sladoljev’s gripes about the RT-PCR test in 1996 already, and then discusses the probability that the Corona virus is no (natural, produced by nature) virus at all, but an artificial bricolage aimed squarely at producing a “plandemia”, a planned pandemia. A link in english to one of the detected absurdities is given:
https://pieceofmindful.com/2020/04/06/bombshell-who-coronavirus-pcr-test-primer-sequence-is-found-in-all-human-dna/
Another factual impossibility of Covid virus + disease being “normal” is a chart of 14 pandemic illnesses with the time it took for finding a vaccine. In 13 cases this took between 12 and 101 years – but less than one year for covid… Luc Montagnier, who isolated the HIV virus in 2008 is convinced that covid wasnt created by nature but by molecular biologists.
Then follows a video
https://youtu.be/7Lq3_rsBJ9w
with a Chinese doctor, Dr. Li-Meng Yan, formerly with Hong Kong university but now in America, who, from there, explains in englishon the channel “Loose Women” that the covid virus was produced in Wuhan’s biolab and that they are now after her for spreading that truth.
Then Slavoljed continues discounting the official narrative, finds it suspicious that Soros is involved and that a so unimportant disease (by the number of true cases) was immediately pushed up worldwidely, synchronised by the media, and says: This is not a pandemy but a MEDIdemy. The PLANdemic nature is supported by the fact that Pfizer – those genii who managed to brew together a “vaccine” against *this* virus in no time – are, “via Glaxo”, also the owners of the Wuhan biolab which, according to Li-Meng, invented/produced the virus: “This can only happen in American films, in Hollywood.” Under these circumstances “this vaccination is the biggest crime in the history of medicine.”
Slavoljed promised to answer the calls for getting vaccined with an open letter to the croat public. This link – if still active – may explain more:
https://twitter.com/safety/unsafe_link_warning?unsafe_link=https://www.bitchute.com/video/jq9r5Rrz1Fq6/
(bp)
Was there not a bunch of fires in China in the previous 2 years?
Couple of fairly decent articles on the obscenity that is the covid bill:
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/12/stimulus-bills-pathetic-600-checks-and-pork-giveaways-are-savaged-on-social-media-trump-belatedly-demands-bigger-checks/
From link above:
Millions of Americans will remember this Christmas as the bleakest moment in their lives. They lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic; they can’t pay their rent or adequately feed their families. They are stressing out over the possibility of getting sick from the virus because their health insurance was attached to their job – both of which are now gone. The $600 weekly unemployment insurance supplement that was part of the CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, lasted only four months and ended on July 31. Likewise, the one-time payment of $1200 under the CARES Act has long been exhausted by struggling families living in high-cost America.
The lobbyists had a field day on this one, to include billions for regime changes:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/detailed-list-us-regime-change-policies-packed-pandemic-relief-bill
From link, not hard to see the neocons in action, i.e. “The Russian Threat.”
The phantom Russian menace
With $453 million appropriated for assistance to Ukraine, $290 million for “countering Russia,” $173 million for NATO, and $132 million for NATO ally Georgia, the legislation comes close to appropriating a billion dollars toward new cold war policies against Moscow.
The rationale for this spending may be the re-emergence of an old menace; a hint buried more than 5,000 pages into the document states that it is US policy “to not recognize any incorporation of Belarus into a ‘Union State’ with Russia, since this so-called ‘Union State’ would be both an attempt to absorb Belarus and a step to reconstituting the totalitarian Soviet Union.”
My comment:
It is fairly well established that these prostitutes in congress, members and staff, do not go near the task of drafting legislation-the lobbyists do this in spades, present it to the prostitutes with a “check”, um campaign contributions, and off we go. These billions for regime changes are a good indication of the rot in DC but of course this is not news.
This speech by Trump yesterday about the election fraud is very direct and clear. I’m suprised it isn’t circulating more.
https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/436515744393744/?_rdc=1&_rdr
re: Trump and election fraud speech. Why is it not circulating? After I pick myself off the floor from laughing so hard, yes, better now … I will answer you.
1. too little too late
2. horse is out of the barn
3. failure to uphold the first amendment rights when Alex Jones got axed off the internet platforms of the techno fascists over 3 years ago.
4 and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Ask me if I care about this phony fraudulent, self centered has-been. ? and Let’s move on…please. It’s not polite to stare at the crippled among us.
Because Pompeo is still on the loose.
Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
·
5h
US government account
This morning, I imposed visa restrictions on 39 individuals and @USTreasury
sanctioned additional officials and entities for their roles in the fraudulent August 9th election and the violent crackdown in Belarus. The Belarusian people deserve free and fair elections.
———
Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
·
Dec 22
US government account
The U.S. sanctioned 18 more individuals and entities today for fueling Assad’s war machine and obstructing efforts to bring the Syrian conflict to an end. We stand with the Syrian people and reaffirm our support for the path to peace laid out in UNSCR 2254.
———
Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
·
Dec 21
US government account
Today, the U.S. added three Cuban military-owned companies to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. We are committed to ending economic practices that disproportionately benefit the Cuban government or its military at the expense of the Cuban people.
———
Secretary Pompeo
@SecPompeo
·
Dec 21
US government account
Today, the U.S. sanctioned three Nicaraguan government insiders who have enabled the Ortega regime’s corruption and human rights abuses. We support the Nicaraguan people’s struggle to restore democracy.
———
And that is just a quick selection — it goes on and on. They’ve been meddling in Nicaragua for months now.
Right around the world Pompeo goes with new sanctions. This last month was about daily new announcements.
Andrei Martyanov: ” The US sanctions list, published by the US Department of Commerce, includes the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Demoralized Russian Armed Forces and intelligence services are about to capitulate unconditionally and declaration of unconditional surrender due to American sanctions to follow shortly, any minute now. Or maybe not. That is why Russian-Chinese full-blown military alliance may be closer than we think–its contours are already visible now. In fact, it could be the only thing which can prevent the US from going rogue fully, but then, God help us all. ”
Pence is still claiming he is as white as the driven snow and will not give up until every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is thrown out. He has his ‘christian values’ to uphold, or so he says.
Too early for me to toss Trump although I think they are on a final hail mary pass now.
Trump and Pence may still be trying to count votes, but Pompeo is counting coup.
I have not yet watched the tv prog where his really shaky body language is exposed by two experts……
The idea that a plant God created is more dangerous than alcohol/pharma/amphetamine/coke/heroin Is
truly Lunatic imho, who started this hate campaign and why?
Only African Americans, Mexicans and jazz musicians use it “they” said🤷♂️
Why is pharma so dead set in stopping A Plant God created for us, Which oil is Very pain reliving and eating; smoking its parts give seriously ill/chronic ill people apetite, pain relief and a escape from reality?
Why, why, why, why, why have been my standard questions on everything since i was a kid, and this was a question where the answer was both satisfying and bias confirming🤷♂️😂
Sorry for ranting, but i had to pick my jaw up from the floor after reading- “Syrian President Assad just slaughtered neoliberalism’s four sacred cows of gay marriage, radical secularism, marijuana legalization and gender theory “
What an incredible week! Pepe and Astrology …
I’m going to write an article: ‘Astrology and Stupidity’. Even cherished Pepe fell for some female beauty astrological prominence – ok, not his fault, he has excellence on other fields, not in Astrology, cause after 3 minutes he would have known: this is a case for Martyanows blog, concerning the incompetence of western big hats.
In Texas they have a saying: “all hat, no cattle”, lots of ‘astrologers’ use to follow the ‘big hats’, appearing on national and ‘world’-events. Too many believers, too little servants of astrology, too many projecting to save the world, too little to save in their individual life their precious ‘Self’ by
developing their unique contribution, big or small, their irreplaceable personal puzzle part for the
whole picture.
My part: notes on the astrology of this 52. week in this strange 2020:
http://astromundanediary.blogspot.com/2020/12/what-week-entrance-in-aquarius-und.html
This is Ron Paul’s annual list of government corrupt boondoggles–my favorite is the project that sprayed alcoholic rats with cougar urine:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/23/rand-paul-releases-festivus-list-grievances-detailing-54b-government-waste/
Why oh why is anyone here still discussing Trump? It is a distraction. His Vice President Pence is there to do what he was placed to do as a ” sleeper” for the deep state: “Et Tu, Brutus”
Yawn.
It is a great wonder that Julius Caesar in his last
traumatic moments still had the presence of mind to use the vocative case instead of the nominative “Et tu, Brute?”
Happy holy days everybody
Anomalous
Location : Home >> TV Series >> Saturday Night Live >> George Carlin/Billy Preston/Janis Ian
https://soap2day.cc/episode_aToxMTUyNjQ7.html
Good article by Russian financial analyst on the situation with Nord Stream 2 and its affect on Gazprom: bottom line, it is beneficial to Gazprom, obviously, in the long term but not in the short term as Gazprom concluded a “pump or pay” at the end of 2019 with ukraine gas transit enterprise (s).
Ukraine pipe transmission systems are in dire need for upgrade/repair at costs of several billion euros. No question, ultimately Nord Stream 2 will be built and no question that it will be cost beneficial to European gas customers: lower cost than transiting ukraine systems and much lower cost than US supplied gas.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4396036-gazprom-going-beyond-nord-streams-2-political-controversy
I was wondering how long it would be before this charlatan war criminal, would be invited to to lecture us on vaccines and how we must , “.. prepare for health passports … it will happen.. ” . So there is no room for doubt, no discussion, no facts, no persuasion, just the bald statement from this odious liar.
As Paul Craig Roberts sometimes says , “.. we don’t need no stinking facts.. “. In the post logic world ( coined by Gilbert Doctorow ), assertion, repetition and suppression of all dissenting voices is now the new normal.
ttps://www.rt.com/op-ed/510577-tony-blair-vaccine-advice/
Thanks, SandinED!
I saw this in a browse and I had trouble maintaining composure; it is evident that these psychopaths are fed by the need to constantly feed themselves with power, greed, attention. It is a constant need for a narcotic fix.
This guy is right up there near the top in terms of evil, running around the world as a “consultant” after lying his way into every circle of power.
It is where we are.
T77, while I agree with your analysis of psychopaths the explanation for their behaviors is much simpler … they’re vulnerable to blackmail (in Blair’s case) or open to accepting bribes, oops, I mean “campaign donations”!
Regards
Oops again !
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/510577-tony-blair-vaccine-advice/
I first listened to the song Uvezu tebya ya v tundru (Увезу тебя я в тундру, “I’ll take you to the tundra”) two years ago when I came across a music video of the song but with completely different lyrics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBzmex7XSk , It’s a snippet of episode 8 of a (satirical?) motion-capture TV show Akademiya Sobstvennykh Ashibok (Академия Собственных Ашибок), featuring the protagonists from this cartoon – who else has seen either one?)
A few days ago I came across a Nightcore remix of Uvezu tebya ya v tundru (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KO4-Bs8Ao). From the 1:39 mark I noticed a snippet of another song from that same TV show (the end of episode 3, https://youtu.be/PUdcjkoudSQ at the 22:21 mark).
Given that the song in episode 8 is indeed to the tune of Uvezu tebya ya v tundru, I naturally assumed that the song at the end of episode 3 was another already existing song from the Soviet era, also with its lyrics rewritten. I have yet to learn the name of that one.
Anyone familiar with either song?
Although the revelations of the Sisters of Sorcha Faal may not be popular among us cafeistas, this time their last publication is relevant to our endeavours here, showing how Russia saved America’s ass three times:
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index3429pl.htm
bp
Actually, I agree totally with the Sisters which is why my dispatches are titled : The techno fascist war against the American working class and Russia. Even the Sinophile Pepe Escobar admitted in an article posted here that the Central Committee of the Chinese party had some Western oriented factions which just might “invite” some big Wall Street players into Chinese financial markets.
I listened to an astrologer rhapsodize about the status of astrologers in the coming times—there may even be a chair of astrology at Harvard!!! Astrologers will be used for jury selection? etc.Medical astrology for timing of surgery and healing?
Oh great, instead of the Piscean age of swimming ,dreaming psychics from the movie, Minority Report, we will have the Aquarian, cold blooded reptilian SJW astrologers tipping the balance. I wanted to say that an Aquarian country, (albeit with Piscean genetics) Russia, had an Aquarian revolution which lasted 4 years and was very bloody…and then it took them 100 years to get to the softer side of their Aquarius which I see beginning now. Aquarius ,the water bearer of the waters of Life, pouring content into the collective pond. Aquarius is just not air element for the sake of air element, nor is it dualistic….it is fixed, has purpose but as Someone wisely said, an Aquarian can step over the bum on the street to donate to a “Save the Whales” fund. Is it that there are too many people and not enough whales? or just tunnel vision?
Do we think that USA ( Aquarian moon) will do this coup/regime change much better or faster? With its Sagittarian rising, the sign of zealous thinking, somehow I doubt it. Russia needs to keep its own side of the street clean keeping the missiles pointed just as much to the South and East as to the West.
… Faraway – Demis Rousso & Hasna …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLx56xxhBA
… along with a Bernardo Bertolucci Faraway Movie …
The American artist couple Port and Kit Moresby travel aimlessly through Africa, searching for experiences and time, to salvage their relationship.
Their flight to faraway places has dramatic tragic consequences for both.
Location : Home >> Movies >> The Sheltering Sky …
https://soap2day.cc/movie_aToxMDY2Ow.html
(the movie concludes with some sobering observations)
James Bond (007) … Dr. No …
Location : Home >> Movies >> Dr. No
https://soap2day.cc/movie_aTo4NjQ7.html
Just a little Xmas offering of a very recent recording of Cohen’s Hallelujah by the extraordinary Bocelli and his eight-year-old daughter…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiqxyIuMJk
And an older but equally moving performance with his son Matteo…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcR2gKt5WM
Wishing you all a wonderful Xmas
Col
Thank you Col; That was precious, especially the duet with his daughter.
Here is a new recording with Andrea Bocelli, singing one of my favourite Christmas Hymns, O Holy Night;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NCDPUX5B7Y
Merry Christmas to one and all
Thanks so much, siljan!
I hadn’t heard that one before…what a superb gift Bocelli is to humanity with such a wonderfully rich vibrant voice and his soaring renditions.
My all-time favourite concert Vivere was performed at Bocelli’s local outdoor venue ‘Teatro del Silenzio’ in Lajatico, Tuscany, July 2007.
The whole concert was absolutely spine-tingling for me… my own personnel pick was the song ‘II Mare Calma Della Sera’ a spectacular example of traditional orchestral instruments being complemented by modern instruments including electric guitars. And of course Andrea himself playing a wonderful grand piano…beautifully!!
Guaranteed to make the hair on the back of your neck stand up…in the most wonderful way…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjl156IBVGY&list=RDgGyeuCEAyWU&index=9
I have to admit though, my taste in music is curiously diverse. I will rank in order my all-time favourite artists in terms of the joy they bring into my personal life…
#1 Van the Man
#2 Van the Man
#3 Van the Man…LOL
#4 Andrea Bocelli
#6 Leonard Cohen
#4 Pink Floyd/Roger Waters
#5 Dire Straits/ Mark Knopfler
#6 Leonard Cohen
#7 Tom Petty
Xmas cheers to one and all
Col
Due to the Jupiter-Saturn Grand Conjunction in 0° Aquarius (brought to our attention by Mundano) it was finally recognized (at least by me) that the much promised and long awaited Age of Aquarius had finally arrived! This is basically the age of Fellowship (in the true sense of that word) that no of us will be happy unless we’re all happy – and offers much hope for the future (altho’ it might be difficult to see at the moment)
So, IIRC, given it was Kinterra in the Cafe that reminded me of Rudolf Steiner (who I’d heard of but never read, I’m sharing the link below with Cafe’istas who have ever attempted to explore the symbolism of Revelations by John the Evangelist (which I attempted as a teenager and again in my early 40’s – to no avail)
It also covers the formation of the Sun, Moon & Earth & Earth’s history (what’s referred to these days as ‘Big History’ – which for a first approximation we can see in a TED Talk)
But there’s more! It also goes into the intellect, soul consciousness, the Christ Consciousness – and why each of the periods of history were necessary to develop these levels of consciousness (awareness)
Unfortunately the narrator’s tone could put even an insomniac into a coma (hehehe), but if you can push past that, these 17 lectures are well worth persevering with – esp. given the times we’re in – they are a-changin’!!!
Anyhoo, if you feel so inspired over the Xmas NY period, go nuts!
Nov 5, 2020 Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse By Rudolf Steiner (5:43:03) https://youtu.be/QAm6Yu27h90
“Reading the Pictures of the Apocalypse, Collected Works 104a, the listener notes of sixteen lectures (+ one lecture given in Paris June 14, 1906) given in Munich and Kristiania (Oslo) in 1907 & 1909 resp. by Rudolf Steiner. Translated by James H. Hindes”
Here’s wishing all Cafe’istas a very merry Xmas & hope for good health & happiness next year!
Something new, something old, something for everyone …
from Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas Bing Crosby & David Bowie – “The Little Drummer Boy (Peace On Earth)” (4:23)
https://youtu.be/n9kfdEyV3RQ
Exclusive Interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif | TOLOnews Interview …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVbDbg4dz3Q
Excellent hint and worth listening to – thank you.
Taras 77
I was thrilled to hear Van Morrison is trying to help people struggling as a result of covid restrictions – there’s no one like him. This is one of his songs which I think is very under rated, Right Side of the Road :
“….Into this life we’re born
Baby sometimes we don’t know why
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye
Let’s enjoy it while we can
Won’t you help me share my load
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road….”
https:youtu.be/rCDZzf4ragg
Thanks for all your great posts Taras.
All the best for 2021,
Sand
sorry link wrong :
https://youtu.be/rCDZzf4ragg :-)
Sand,
I would be remiss to not acknowledge your thanks and the note on Morrison!
Best wishes to you and to others who maintain a civil and informed discourse: Col, Amarynth, Tyson, Per, and most importantly, to the Mods, and to Saker and his family!
I will spend a fair amount of time over next few days listening to Becelli (and to Morrison):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJivIyI26Es
As the saying goes, there are no atheists in foxholes (in time of war)! We are at war and I will say a prayer that some form of truth and sanity comes back to this world!
Wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your beloved ones if these days are your holy days.
Sing, love and pray :-)
Same to you Amarynth and thanks so much for all your great work!
Warmest regards
Col
Once again, news from Russia which shows how she is leaping ahead in so many fields, while the Anglo Empire is sinking into the Western setting Sun.
A descriptive piece accompan ying a video which would be great for those with understanding of spokne Russia, there is this piece of news:
“ Another large-scale project on our list. While the enemies call Russia a “gas station country” that does not produce anything, the Belgorod region has quietly passed tests of a new technology. Next year it will go into mass production. At the Lebedinsky mining and processing plant (part of Alisher Usmanov’s metalloinvest), industrial exoskeletons developed by Kursk scientists have passed their first baptism of fire. Unlike Boston Dynamics robots, this is not a beautiful dummy that can be kicked around for funny videos, but a step towards a real revolution in human labor in enterprises.
It’s a great use of the developing technology of robotics; not for sex dolls and military “search dogs” to control people with, but to do the jobs that are dangerous and disease causing for living beings, yet produce items we need. While I am the first to sound the alarm at many modern developments in the field of robotics and AI – specially in fields currently held by many as a Vocation such as sailors on large ships, that they should do the jobs that maim and kill is brilliant.
I grew up in a coal mining village in Kent, UK. My Father was the electrician running it. I saw what pneumoconiosis did to the miners. Again I say that, that they should man very deep submarines, and work mines, is great. Russia will be a nation where no man has to be exposed to these horrific work environments again, because there are advanced robots, while in the erstwhile empire, slaves will still toil in darkness.
Once again, the Forces of Darkness tried to destabilise Russia using her Near Abroad Caucasian Islamic Nations, only to lose, and Russia to gain.
This today:
“Russia’s proposal to create a second military base in Armenia (!)
Plus the one that already exists in Gyumri.
Quoting TASS, highlighting some of the places:
The opposition in Armenia suggests creating a second Russian military base in the country.
It will be deployed in the Syunik region bordering Azerbaijan in the South of the country.
Armenia should sign a new security agreement with the Russian Federation, including a clause on the creation of a second military base, which will be stationed in the Syunik region bordering Azerbaijan in the South of the country. Edmon Marukyan, leader of the enlightened Armenia party and head of the parliamentary faction of the Same name, wrote about this on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
“The security of Syunik province should take a special place in the new agreement. In this regard, we consider it vital to start immediate negotiations on the deployment of a new Russian military base in the Syunik region. The military base will become, on the one hand, a pillar of effective, dynamic activity of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh, and on the other hand, a guarantor of long — term peace and security in the region,” he said.
According to Marukyan, ” it should be noted that the experience of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri is a guarantee of the effectiveness of this security mechanism. For decades, this base has ensured the inviolability of the Armenian-Turkish border.”
“The United States was afraid of Russia’s entry into the world’s elite aircraft industry”
I felt this was of considerable importance as news- not only in showing how Russia is now advancing at light speed, but outstripping competitors in key issues for international trade.
Given how the mention I made of the development of it’s own engines for passenger airliners developed a fair bit of comment and interest a couple of cafe’s ago, I thought Mods might forgive me copying the entire piece here. I just couldn’t find a good way to precis it and keep all the points, or to leave anything out, and I know many readers use iPhones etc with no access to a Translator, making a link to a Russian language page pointless.
It’s interesting too, the way it shows again this typically limited, predictable mindset of the narcissist who cannot and will not ever believe that s/he isn’t the most brilliant thinker around, and that anything they do must be unsurpassable. Give the massive evidence now of how sanctions only help Russia and Putin by stimulating self sufficiency, it’s curious that they still keep doing it. All efforts to prevent the Russian system of domestic passenger aircraft have failed – and the end result is almost here. I’m curious also to see now, if Russia will start to manufacture Container Cargo ships in the future.
The massive “lock-downs” and collapse of economies world wide engineered using the Covid panic has caused a huge number of ocean going luxury liners and Container Ships to be dumped for scrap. The worlds biggest breaker yard for destroying them for scrap metal in Pakistan has never been busier, with huge lines of new, modern liners waiting their turn for destruction.
Which is only going to make another nice little niche market for Russia, I would suggest.
However, for now, it’s Passenger Air Liners.
“The United States is attacking Russian civil aviation. It happened almost immediately after the first flight was made by a competitor of the American Boeing-a Russian MC-21 aircraft with a domestic, not American engine. As with Nord stream 2, the purpose of the new sanctions is specific.
The United States has announced a new sanctions list, which includes 41 Russian companies. In particular, about a dozen Russian aircraft industry enterprises fell under us sanctions. In particular, MiG Corporation, Sukhoi Civil aircraft, Sukhoi, Tupolev companies, Irkut Corporation, Kazan helicopter plant, Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation plant named after Yu. a. Gagarin, Taganrog aviation scientific and technical complex named after G. M. Beriev, United aircraft Corporation (UAC), as well as United engine Corporation (UEC).
What do the sanctions prohibit? “From the published information, it follows that American companies need to obtain licenses for cooperation with enterprises from the list,” the UAC press service points out.
In fact, the sanctions restrict Russian companies from cooperating with American suppliers of components or suppliers from other countries where the share of American business is large. However, there is a loophole: a supplier from the United States can get a license to supply its goods to the conditional Irkut Corporation or other companies included in the list. However, whether he gets such a permit is a big roulette wheel, and how it works will depend solely on Washington.
It is interesting that in such conditions the Russian aviation industry has been operating since the summer. The fact is that this scheme was spelled out in the June package of sanctions. Only there was no specific list of companies, and it was about the supply of commercial products to a Russian company, which could be called military end user, or “end military user”.
In other words, the regime of requesting licenses for the supply of certain products to Russia has been in effect since June. The only difference is that previously, American suppliers had to assume for themselves which companies belong to the military end user. And the American law adopted on December 22 clarifies the list of these companies.
The source assures that part of the licenses allowing cooperation with Russian companies have already been obtained, while another part of the permits are in the process of approval. But the main thing is that the us sanctions provide leverage – at any time they can not issue a license or not extend its validity.
The UAC notes that they have not received notifications about the termination of cooperation from their foreign partners and the implementation of aviation programs continues.
Experts believe that the main goal of the United States is to strike at the Russian MS-21 project. This unique aircraft threatens to destroy the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus in the global aviation market. Earlier, the United States has already tried to stop the project by depriving it of composite materials. And the composite black wing is the know-how of the Russian airliner. The project timeline has indeed shifted, but Russia has solved this problem by replacing foreign composites with domestic ones. So Washington went further.
The most complex and expensive part in the MS-21 is the engine. And the newest Russian aircraft is equipped with an American Pratt & Whitney PW1400G-JM engine. A ban on its delivery could put an end to the Russian project.
However, this is no longer possible. Just last week, the MS-21 made its first flight with a Russian-made PD-14 engine. This is a huge achievement of the Russian engine and aircraft industry. Actually, the Americans were afraid of such a breakthrough.
“The US is killing two birds with one stone with these sanctions. They do not allow Russia to develop technologically. And they do not allow their loved ones to displace them from our market, “the editor-in-chief of Avia. ” Roman Gusarov.
Russian airlines may gradually refuse to buy American planes in favor of a domestic airliner. Domestic demand for the MS-21 can keep the plant busy for decades to come.
“The United States is well aware that the MS-21 will displace Boeing from the Russian market. Domestic aircraft is both newer and cheaper. Ten Boeing aircraft is a billion dollars, and we have several hundred long-haul aircraft on the market. That is, the price of the issue is tens of billions of dollars. The longer the Americans can delay the commercial operation of the MS-21,the more they will earn from us. We don’t just buy their planes. We also spend money on their spare parts and maintenance. This is a market worth tens of billions of dollars more. No one would want to lose such a jackpot, ” explains Gusarov.
“It should be recognized that the us sanctions are an example of unfair competition. The United States is trying to create problems for competitors to develop their aircraft industry, ” agrees Artem Deev, head of the analytical Department at AMarkets.
And these sanctions may not be the last. “The closer to the implementation of the MS-21 project, the greater the sanctions pressure will be,” Gusarov is sure. Alternatively, he cites an example, the Americans will claim that Russia allegedly stole technology from the United States and therefore created the Russian PD-14 engine. On this basis, the Americans can ban the operation of these engines around the world. As a result, the MS-21 will remain without both the American and Russian engines. And this is the heart of the plane.
Among the risks is the certification of the MS-21 and the Russian engine by the European regulator. Brussels is also not really interested in the successful completion of the Russian project, because the MC-21 is a competitor not only to the Boeing 737, but also to the Airbus A320. It is already difficult for Europeans to fight with an American Corporation on the world market, and then Russia also flies in with its MC-21. Aeroflot also has mostly Airbus aircraft in its fleet, but the domestic carrier has already become a major buyer of the MS-21. Therefore, the Europeans are no less interested in slowing down the Russian project of a long-haul aircraft than the United States. Another question is how much they will decide on such obvious unfair competition.
As for military aircraft, there should be no problems with American components. “In the military unit, we have not used foreign components for a long time,” the UAC assures.
The Il-114-300 regional plane with a Russian engine that took to the skies last week should also not be affected. It was originally created only from domestic components. Because this plane is made for the Russian hinterland – it should be inexpensive, resistant to Russian frosts and be able to land even on bad airfields.
But SSJ-100 and MS-21 are vulnerable to us sanctions. Why weren’t these planes originally made entirely Russian, too?
“These projects were created in the early 2000s, when Russia still believed in international cooperation, in the freedom of the market, that we would select the best products at an international competition and integrate them into a new aircraft. This is what they did when they created the SSJ-100. The MC-21 project also started with this. However, in the process of its implementation, a sanctions war began, ” explains Gusarov.
The positive aspect of all these sanctions is precisely the turn towards import substitution, the creation of our own product with added value.
UAC has already launched the SSJ-NEW project. This is not about creating a new aircraft, but about import substitution of components of the existing SSJ-100. Initially, the SSJ-100 consisted of 60-70% of foreign parts. However, thanks to the new project, the vast majority of aircraft parts should become domestic. “We have grown technologically and modernized in one decade. We have learned how to make good quality parts, no worse than foreign suppliers. But the process of import substitution requires time and additional costs, which we will have to go to, ” says Roman Gusarov.
One of Russia’s main points is the undeveloped radio-electronic industry. “Only in the field of electronic components, Russian aviation uses about 50% of domestic products, the rest is supplied from abroad. In the space sector, the share of Russian electronics is 80%, in the defense industry-60%. All these industries depend critically on supplies from abroad, ” Deev said.
Therefore, the best response of Russia to these unfriendly steps of the United States will be to overcome sanctions using all internal reserves and resources, our labor and our brains, Gusarov believes. “The sale of one MS-21 within Russia will be minus one Boeing that was not purchased by our carriers,” he concludes.
Olga Samofalova“
“Once again, news from Russia which shows how she is leaping ahead in so many fields”
Excellent.
Especially in the totally unnecessary Plandemic vaccine field https://xn--80aesfpebagmfblc0a.xn--p1ai/news/20201224-1944.html:
“The Moscow region is ready for large-scale vaccination of the population against the new coronavirus infection; in total, about 4 million people are planned to be vaccinated in the region. This was announced on Thursday on the air of the TV channel “360” by the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov.
“We need to massively vaccinate, consider, under 4 million people. The figure is large, but we can handle it, I have no doubt about it,” said Vorobyov.
He noted that residents of the Moscow region can sign up for vaccination against a new coronavirus infection through the portal of public services.
“We get the vaccine. I would like more and immediately, but supplies are going to all regions at the same time. We literally received a batch today, I think, under 5 thousand. At the beginning of the week, we received a thousand. Items are ready, electronic record is ready , accordingly, we are maximally included in this work, “added Vorobyov.
As previously reported by the Minister of Health of the Moscow Region Svetlana Strigunkova, residents of the Moscow Region from December 14 can sign up for vaccination against a new coronavirus infection.
Source: https://tass.ru/obschestvo/10348167”
Happy xmas, Russia.
My own very best wishes to all for a lovely, happy, peaceful Christmas, never forgetting the origin of the Festival, and the turn of the year to the Light, as we pray for the turn of Mankind to the Light.
Happy Christmas and Joyous New Year.
And I’d like to add my own personal “fav rav” music which I’ve played every Christmas Eve for the past 40 years – at full blast too :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI6dsMeABpU
To all writers and visitors in the Vineyard
of the Saker, to Saker himself and his family
to the diligent moderators and techies
from mundo and his wife
warm heartfelt wishes to Christmas
and a bright New Year
Tao Te King
Twenty-eight
Know the strength of man,
But keep a woman’s care!
Be the stream of the universe!
Being the stream of the universe,
Ever true and unswerving,
Become as a little child once more.
Know the white,
But keep the black!
Be an example to the world!
Being an example to the world,
Ever true and unwavering,
Return to the infinite.
Know honor,
Yet keep humility.
Be the valley of the universe!
Being the valley of the universe,
Ever true and resourceful,
Return to the state of the uncarved block.
When the block is carved, it becomes useful.
When the sage uses it, he becomes the ruler.
Thus, “A great tailor cuts little.”
cheers, mundanomaniac
The censorship of specific consonants, latest restriction rules from the UK.
Stay Sane and Carry On.
https://youtu.be/0ctZPNppUt4
Merry Christmas ; )
Yes – satire is not easy under these conditions.
In Scotland, music was banned in pubs – too dangerous – people might speak too loudly / dangerously. The ban has since been lifted on the condition that pub owners follow the guidelines that have been issued, on the safe use of music, ( Taliban anyone ? ). It’s a moot point now as a strict Christmas lockdown has been imposed – nothing is open and we have been warned that police will be out and about on Christmas day watching homes and will intervene if they think there are too many people having dinner together. ( No, I’m not making this up ).
Our feudal masters clearly love us very much, they rack their brains daily thinking up new ways to keep us safe. This Berthold Brecht song illustrates very well what how much they love us :
https://youtu.be/21UCE4jHQ-g
I note, lockdown is a term / concept that, up till now has only ever been applied in prisons.
All he best :-)
Some days, or some part of most days i find it hard to know what to think. Million upon million of people without question stepping into a trap without resistance that will be hard to get out of. Not even resistance was needed, simply calm non acceptance and continue on as before. No one, not a single person could have done anything to establish such tyranny without this compliance and foolishness. Fascinating humanitarian situation, future generations will look back in wonder, or might, if there are any.. During the last total lockdown in England eight college students a day suicided. I don’t know the time/ratio, but read many reports. We have a major mental health problem with young people, and all traditionally gets more acute over Christmas time. Not to mention the loneliness of elderly people, that too. What interests me particularly, is the decades of encroaching lead up to enable the fait accompli of a civilizational cultural coup with such ease. It had to snap, the miasma of materialism. I am glad to be alive and witness this, many small, extraordinary experiences and events start to break through, like new grass growing through concrete in the spring, roots that break up the pavement.
And ‘self-isolating’ is a softer term than ‘house arrest’
…. ahh yes! the political use of language – using words as weapons – works every time!
George Carlin – Euphemisms (9:01) https://youtu.be/vuEQixrBKCc
re: Using words as weapons, Orwell’s Politics and the English Language http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200151.txt
All the best Sand
Cheers!
I see the video I posted is no longer available. Here’s another one – same performance :
https://youtu.be/4DgJZADHsyg
It’s very witty and performed very well. Brecht, Eisler on Supply and Demand.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/6425485.html
(important briefing-the world hopes that the clowns in Wash, DC take notice)
General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, met with representatives of the military-diplomatic corps accredited in Russia:
At present, the international situation is characterized by a further exacerbation of global and regional security problems.
The growing tensions in the world are facilitated by the expansion of terrorism and radical extremism, the ongoing global economic downturn amid the spread of coronavirus infection, as well as the destructive foreign policy of a number of states.
Conflict potential remains in the Transcaucasus, terrorist activity in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Libya. The degree of tension in Iranian-American relations is not abating.
There is a significant increase in the military budgets of the NATO countries, a further increase in their military potential.
Alliance troop training activities are carried out with a clearly anti-Russian orientation, in which non-aligned countries are increasingly being drawn. There is an increase in provocative activities along the Russian borders.
The uncontrolled build-up of missile defense capabilities continues, which has a significant impact on the balance of forces, giving one of the parties an advantage in the use of strategic weapons.
The role of non-nuclear weapons with a long range, high accuracy and the power of combat equipment is growing. Their use makes it possible to solve tasks that previously could be performed only with the use of nuclear weapons.
Military confrontation extends to cyberspace and outer space, and as a result, the risk of incidents increases due to interference in the functioning of control systems and ensuring the use of nuclear weapons.
Under these conditions, nuclear deterrence remains a key element in ensuring the military security of the Russian Federation.Official views on the essence of nuclear deterrence are set out in the “Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence”, introduced by the President’s Decree in June 2020. In accordance with the Fundamentals, the state policy of Russia in the field of nuclear deterrence is purely defensive and is aimed at maintaining the potential of nuclear forces at a level sufficient for deterrence.
Nuclear weapons are viewed as a means of forcing a potential adversary to refuse to unleash aggression against our country.
This might help too
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9087309/Arms-giant-Kalashnikov-uses-Christmas-unveil-deadly-fire-forget-self-homing-missile.html
The ‘fire-and-forget’ weapon finds its target without additional missile guidance Mass production has already begun for deployment with the Russian army It can down warplanes, helicopters and drones and incoming missiles
One wonders if it might help to stop Israeli missiles still absolutely dastardly and crimimally attacking Syria as in last night…..
Just a FYI,
Its not that Trump isnt ‘owned’ – Adelson, Ross, etc, etc – but this table of bribes, oops, I mean “campaign contributions” (because its unreasonable to believe that billionaires & corporations would donate expecting nothing in return) gives common people a sense of how much is at stake!
The Top ‘Owners’ Of America’s President-Elect Joe Biden
[quote] “Some of the top owners of America’s President-Elect Joe Biden are entirely secret because a corrupt U.S. Supreme Court, in the infamous 2010 Citizens United case, encouraged not only corruption but corruption that’s entirely secret or “dark money.”
…
Top Contributors, federal election data for Joe Biden, 2020 cycle (totals include subsidiaries and affiliates)
1 Bloomberg LP [Michael Bloomberg] $56,796,137
2 Future Forward USA [largely Dustin Moskowitz] $29,917,229
3 Priorities USA/Priorities USA Action [Hillary backers] $25,841,199
4 Asana [Moskowitz & Rosenstein] $21,937,902
5 Sixteen Thirty Fund [dark money] $19,874,655
6 Democracy PAC [George Soros] $19,000,000
7 Senate Majority PAC [Democratic billionaires] $12,371,874
8 American Bridge 21st Century [largely Soros] $10,260,573
9 Paloma Partners [Donald Sussman] $9,016,248
10 Euclidean Capital [James Simons] $7,006,805
11 Defending Democracy Together [Republican billionaires] $6,776,862
In other words: the distinction between Republican billionaires and Democratic billionaires is no longer quite clear.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-owners-americas-president-elect-joe-biden
Cheers
On US elections:
The Republican vision is that 20 white male billionaires will own everything and rule the world with an iron whip. The Democratic vision is however completely different, in that not all the billionaires will be white men.
… movie … A Christmas Carol …
In 1840s London, Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited businessman who receives his terrifying comeuppance. One Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?
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Merry Christmas and Healthy Happy New Year to all the folks of the Vineyard backend: Herb, Amarynth, the Mods and the Saker.
And for all the commenters who bring erudition, good questions, lively ripostes and insights, my best to you for these holidays and the coming times.
Health, happiness and stay safe.
Thank-you Larchmonter445. Backend huh? I can but laugh out loud at the truth of that.
My best to you too brother friend. You are always there if this backend lol needs a little help.
And the same to you Larchmonter!
Cheers
Col
Thank you…and best in return…..and to all.
Home front: technocratic fascism’s petulant face:
The Sacramento Bee headline for December 24, 2020 read “Newsom’s choice for Senate seat disappoints some Black women” and the first paragraph continues:
” The appointment of Secretary of State Alex Padilla
as California’s first Latino senator on Tuesday marked
an historic moment for a state in which Latinos make up
more than 40% of the population.”
Then the article continues without mentioned the percentage that Afro Americans make up of the population or
making any listing of Mr. Padilla’s credentials which are many or even mentioning how overjoyed Latino women and men might be; instead, it quotes only one Black woman Representative praising him which was buried deep in the article while listing other Black women expressing disappointment. What happened to grace and gratitude? K. Harris is about to become the freaking American President yet there is all this moaning and groaning about a Senate seat especially at a time when Sen. Feinstein looks really wobbly on her legs and all is required is some political savvy and patience from these oh so oppressed Black middle management types.
The next headline using data collected by Google from cell phones: ” Californians still going out despite stay-at-home orders, tracking data shows.”
Yes, Slave masters…bat signal is up…turn up the heat on the plebs…make them obey!!!
Actually, what the article points out is that whereas visits to retail outlets and grocery stores are down some minus 30% from January 2020, that % did not change significantly from before Newsome’s order in November until now, December. No, Christmas was not cancelled this year—it was gravely wounded but not done in.
Curses! foiled again!!!
The next historical milestone is January 20, 2021. After that the trenches will begin to be dug in full measure especially after the snows melt.
A somewhat different post on this Christmas Day, a look at the massive cathedrals in France and the churches in Norway: one can just step back in awe at the massive effort that went into the construction of these historical efforts:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prufrock/french-cathedrals/
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/prufrock/norways-stave-churches/
Merry Christmas all….2020 has been so full of lumps of coal. Hopefully the coming year is better, hug your friends, hug the kids, hug the cat and dog,………spread the love.
Hugs to everyone, Saker and family, all the Cafe regulars, past and present, “may the rising sun always light your way and warm your back as you pass through.”
Cheers, xoxo
Merry Christmas, America….This is a what-if Jesus were to be born in the techno fascist America of today–a bit exaggerated but close enough to be possible to suffer all of the below listed indignities.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-if-jesus-had-been-born-american-police-state
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