Dear friends,
Some of you may have noticed that a few comments have been posted here accusing me of spreading the rumor of Strelkov’s death. The same nonsense has also been posted elsewhere on the Internet.
Just to make things clear, I was told about these rumors this morning from several readers. I replied to them that I did not believe that this was true. The origin of these rumors might be this:
http://crimelist.ru/archives/49674-kriminalnaya-hronika-rossii
Just in case somebody removes this page, here it is:
Apparently, Wikipedia also picked up this story.
You can check for yourself what I actually posted here.
For the life of me I cannot imagine how anybody mentally sane could take a paragraph containing the following and conclude that I was announcing Strelkov’s death (emphasis added)
While I cannot prove a negative, so far NOT A SINGLE RUSSIAN OR NOVORUSSIAN SOURCE HAS CONFIRMED THIS including his friend el-Miurid. So I suggest that we take a deep breath, say a prayer, and wait before coming to conclusions.
Maybe a drooling idiot can, but not somebody mentally normal. Alas, it appears that drooling idiots are the least of my problems.
I am sorry to announce that I have come to the conclusion that the people “systematically misunderstanding” what I write here are neither idiots nor trolls. There is a group of individuals which have embarked on a campaign to slander and discredit me. If they only called me names, that would not be too bad, the problem is that they systematically distort what I actually write here and “creatively re-interpret” it in order to make me say things I never said. The example with the Strelkov death rumor is just the latest example of that. Then, when I prove that they twisted and misrepresented what I actually said, they say that I changed my tune and that I am a liar. Lately, they have also been hinting at some dark nefarious “agenda” of mine (-: I suppose that Wikipedia is on it too, that we are all part of the same conspiracy :-)
I suppose that this was to be expected and that the success of this blog and the community around it is making some circles very angry, though dumb jealously might also play a role.
My warning to you all, my friends and readers, to be aware of this campaign to slander and discredit me comes with a request. If tomorrow you read that I said X, Y or Z – please come back here and carefully check what I did or did not say.
My second warning is that I will not answer any strawman posts or comments. If some folks cannot read what it actually says, they need to learn that skill before reading this blog. As for those who deliberately try to twist my words, I have nothing to say to them anyway.
I am sorry to have to bring up this distasteful matter, but this latest nonsense about me spreading rumors about Strelkov’s alleged suicide is really to disgusting and too toxic to ignore.
Kind regards to all,
The Saker
They seek to get you to waste your time just to maintain your good name and integrity. Hang in there – you have a great deal of support from individuals all around the world who seek the truth.
Speaking of worldwide support, the letter to President Putin is at 20,167 as of 10:30 EDT:
http://dearputin.com/
John
I am happy to hear there are over 20,000 signatures ! That’s fantastic ..
Oh fergawdsakes,
I emailed Saker about this rumor this morning.
He replied, and I quote: “I don’t believe that this is true
let’s wait and see”
I then emailed him a copy of that disinformation post.
He replied, and I quote: “yes, that is the only one and no body else confirmed.”
He then told me to relax.
This whole thing is not only utter horse-padiddle, but a darned good indicator, frankly, that certain folks (hi guys! How are you all?) are getting a bit nervous. God Bless them.
Or something.
Sorry to be totally off topic, but RT is reporting that Ukraine is postponing its EU association until January ,2016. This is like going back to square one. There will be many ramifications from this, obviously. It’s hard to put this in context of the current situation, but it seems to be a game-changer, at least from the Russian perspective.
Saker, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. I’m still digesting the news.
Congratulations Saker,
You have achieved the sort of audience and notoriety that I recall being part of the investigation into 9/11 that lead to the profound misrepresentation and slander of a number of very honest researchers.
You are to be congratulated for attracting the attention of the Empire’s psyops dissemblers. Sorry to see that you are taking it so personally. Don’t let the bastards grind you down like they did to Gary Webb and Michael Ruppert. The end for truth-seekers and truth-spreaders is often not a just reward.
Thanks for your months of diligent truth-seeking on the Ukrain matter. You’re one of the best in category. Sorry to see you so upset by the scurrilous louts who would create disinformation in order to defile your blog’s content.
Keep up the good work!
A friend in Oregon, USA
Political sovereignty without economic sovereignty is nothing but a mirage.
I sincerely hope that whoever negotiates terms of peace on behalf of Novorossiya will avoid the grave mistake of forfeiting economic sovereignty in exchange for hollow promises of political sovereignty.
Novorossiya MUST collect its own taxes and pay for its own services and municipal works.
Novorossiya must NEVER accept loans from the IMF, either directly or through Kiev, and must NEVER allow itself to be subordinated to IMF austerity measures.
Heed the above, O valiant Novorossiya, or all shall have been for naught!
Dear Saker,
Indeed, better not be naive.
You are doing a needed job.
Thanks
Kind regards
‘dumb jealousy’, i.e. vanity, is certainly the predominant element among your newfound naysayers.
it’s certain you’ve procured an immunity to such low-level toxins.
Saker,
I have noticed this distinct anti-Saker turn of certain Twitter feeds too and ever since the Minsk agreement and your bending over backward, patient efforts to point out how it would not doom Novorossiya and that the NAF had NOT been stabbed in the back or stopped from marching into Kiev, I wondered if it’s purely envy/jealousy and over-emotionalism or if there was something more orchestrated.
Having closely observed the ‘packs’ that develop around particular characters say on the NSA issue with the former Naval War College Prof. John Schindler’s drive to discredit Wayne Madsen and to smear NSA critics in Congress, it seems to me there are most definitely ‘psyops’ underway targeting many sites. Many of the ‘Anons’ were sincere but others were persistent in their maneuvering, mixed in with cruder Ukie propagandists. I have often wondered despite my misgivings about the constant use of the ‘Z’ word and term ‘hasbara troll; if many of these psyop types weren’t actually Israelis, because an Israeli psyops specialist might be of Soviet origin himself and understand the right buttons to push against Russians better than a more ignorant American counterpart. The hours kept and IPs for Israelis or Britain/EU based psyop trolls would also be slightly different than the schedule for keyboard warriors based in the USA.
However unlike pushing NSA talking points using ‘academic freedom’ as a cynical cover in Newport, RI and a network of sold out pro-Agency/Beltway presstitues at Business Insider, it seems there are more subtleties at work here that would require the manipulation of sincere personalities into taking positions that they will likely regret later. Strelkov in particular made it very clear at his presser that he won’t be manipulated into an anti-Putin talisman of ‘true Russian nationalism’ nor betray his commander in chief. And even if I felt uneasy about the Minsk deal and found Porky’s gloating about how he saved Mariupol with it unseemly, the fact of the matter is taking Mariupol would’ve been bloody, would’ve killed dozens if not hundreds of civilians trapped in the city, and probably would’ve left the NAF vulnerable to a sudden influx of NATO mercs. The perfect cover for which would have been this big NATO exercise in Lviv region now underway — a lot of troops and equipment could’ve been ‘left behind’ or ‘fallen off the truck’ to give the next Ukie offensive much more (NATO-SIGINT/S2 intelligence and drone aided) competency and punch.
Again after the rout of the junta’s forces in August and the bloodless re-annexation of Crimea in March Putin had gained enough ‘cred’ as a wily strategist for me not to assume the worst. Even the so-called ‘5th Column’ which others would simply describe as the ‘New World Orders’ men in Moscow and close to the Kremlin are not all-powerful nor capable of pushing their agenda much longer without revealing themselves.
Finally, while I don’t begrudge the people of Novorossiya using Soviet symbols since no one asked them their opinion whether they wanted to be Ukrainian on January 1, 1992, it seems to me your critics all lean very much to the Soviet/Red/hardcore socialist side. While I’m all for de-oligarch-ization and hitting the NWO’s minions in the pocket book, I’m no socialist or communist. Nor am I comfortable with some of the occultic mythos surrounding Alexandr Dugin’s English-translating publisher in Sweden or his use of the Phoenix as a symbol.
@Nora: thanks a lot, I appreciate it. A lot. Though I should not better, it feels like shit to be slandered although when I look back at this past month of August I should have seen that coming, “they” had been building up towards this for a while. But now that I finally figured out that this is not some bad luck or a few low-IQ dummies, it won’t be as tough on me.
Anyway, thanks a lot and kind regards,
The Saker
Saker,
With all due respect, take this nonsense as a) high praise bc you’re obviously quite a threat; and b) a damned good indication that they’re scrambling like hell right about now bc most of their little plans have come to naught.
But I’m not so sure their IQs are very high — they’ve shown no evidence of that so far, despite some mighty efforts! ;~)
Psychopathy otoh… yeah, I’d say so.
Last thought of the night: the ‘hanging’ of Strelkov was not so much a death threat against Strelkov himself, who I suspect enjoys the company of many fiercely loyal spetsnaz or other types of men deadly with guns or other weaponry, but to frighten those who may be cooperating with Strelkov’s campaign against the ‘5th column’ in Moscow who enjoy no such protections.
Saker, I hope you had the chance to view my article on Viktor Orban’s July 26, 2014 speech and will have the opportunity to post it this weekend. Hit me up on my .is webmail account if the piece needs to be changed or tightened up. A good and restful Saturday and Sunday to all.
AK: I hope you had the chance to view my article on Viktor Orban’s July 26, 2014 speech and will have the opportunity to post it this weekend
I replied from the other email account asking you to resend it to me in MS Word, RTF, ODT or any other format. Check your email and please re-email me the article.
Cheers and thanks,
The Saker
Similar rumors were circulated these past few days regarding the death of D. Yarosh. What was the veracity of those?
@Л: Similar rumors were circulated these past few days regarding the death of D. Yarosh. What was the veracity of those?
LOL! I am probably going to get crucified for saying this but, what the hell, let’s do it again: I cannot prove a negative, but I have see no confirmation of that so I suggest that we not jump to conclusion and wait to get the facts.
Please keep most posted if you hear something.
Cheers,
The Saker
@VINEYARDSAKER
Humble advice (if I may, forgive me): ***filter out any comments that contribute to such rumor***
There is even a concept called “rumor control” – actually even an office set up in cases of emergencies. It recognizes the fact that people, naturally, *acting without any malice whatsoever*, tend to promptly transmit superficially absorbed news, superimposing their own idea of what was actually said! Most people act that way, they are not careful readers, they see some key words and phrases – and then “interpolate” them (“connect the dots”) with their sheer imagination.
An example by way of a confession: I just saw the posted “Список преступлений” article on your post – and “thought” it was a confirmation (!) of Strelkov’s demise … and thought of immediately transmitting the “news” to a Serbian web site. Then I calmed down, read what *you* wrote above it, and … I got horrified by what *could* have happened if I didn’t hesitate!… (And look, I am a doctor of mathematics, accustomed to painstaking careful reading letter by letter … and I could have “royally” messed it up…)
My Dear Saker,
At this point, the little lovelies are gonna smear you if you say the sky is blue.
Eff ’em.
All they’re doing is trying to create as big a mess in our minds as they’ve already got inside theirs.
No. Thank. You.
It’s amazing how threatening intelligence and honesty can be to folks who have very little of either.
Saker, don’t let the SOB’s get you down. Wear their efforts as a badge of honor worn by very few in this world. In the end your efforts at truth and analysis will win.
Kulak. I deeply respect your views and writing, however if I may I will ask just one favor of you and all who post here. Krimea was not annexed by RF. The citizens of The Autonomous Republic of Krimea and the Federal City of Sevastopol had a referendum on what to do after the citizens of both entities seized their respective governments from the traitors who were caught in the very act of turning over the keys to right sector and svoboda thugs quite literally on the way down to do to this city and this peninsula what they have done to Novorossiya.
The two choices in that referendum were very clear and concise and printed in 3 languages, Tatar, Ukrainian and Russian. The choices were stay with Ukraine with increased autonomy or independence. With the huge voter turnout in the referendum the choice was made for independence. It was after the referendum that both entities asked for admission to Russian Federation ergo there was no annexation per se.
The use of the word ‘annex’ makes the citizens a tad annoyed from which sprang the local anecdote.
“Why did you name your Pit Bull ‘Sevastopol’?”
“Try to pet him and you will understand.”
“There is a group of individuals which have embarked on a campaign to slander and discredit me”
I told you their demeanour would become more urgent and vicious.
Saker don’t circulate unsubstantiated rumours, especially rumours of someones death !
Adding a cautionary note does not make it OK…
Admit you made an error, and move on, it’s that simple unless you want to make it complicated.
Update to above post 13 September, 2014 03:25:
Saker keep your chin up, you’re doing invaluable work.
Go with God.
Petar,
Yes. Especially when the material is — what a phrase here — “emotionally-tinged”. But the very speed of Internet communication also fosters in us a less-than-painstaking perusal of whatever we’re reading. Which is part of why I keep hammering away at the importance of facts and data.
But this whole incident is a good lesson for all of us — to read more carefully, react more cautiously, think things through and recognize the gaps in our knowledge — as well as work harder, I think, to discern the trustability of people here on the blog we think we know. Bc of course we really don’t for the most part and a whole lot of folks here really do have hidden (and not-so-hidden) agendas. Which you can pick out if you’re really looking for them. Kind of a shame we’ve got to, but hey, there are some big battles going on and we’d might as well each of us harden ourselves if — let me change metaphors here, but this is the significance of this blog — if we’re going to play in the big leagues.
@Saker,
Keep in mind that the Empire of Trolls is in panic mode and are very desperate to discredit anyone/anything that threatens to expose their deception. This is especially true for those that are hitting core points of their ideology and have galvanizing effects. The fact that the contributors within the Vineyard are pretty quick to spot and out the disruptive trolls poses a significant disadvantage. Their usual comment flooding tactics are not very easy to accomplish either.
As AK has pointed out, those that are a part of the 5th column work social media relentlessly and when compounded by those the just want to believe anything that suits their uninformed opinion, things take on a life of their own.
Many of us have had to deal with such dubious and nefarious personas, but your “reach” draws a certain exponential response.
Keep the faith, take a few deep breaths, relax a bit and consider the value of your efforts and the impact on others. You cannot be all things to all people but you must stay true to yourself and your family, first and foremost, period.
Peace and Luv Brother :)
DumpHarper!
Dear Saker,
I have always understood what you wrote, even with an occasional typo. I clearly saw you were debunking the ‘Strelkov death’ rumor. I too would suspect the motives of some of your distractors, especially those who make wild accusations to discredit you. I see more and more strange things across the Internet lately. One begins to see patterns after a while. You’re correct to suspect something’s rotten in Denmark.
While I’m an old independent leftist with Latin American ties, your blog is an excellent source of information with honestly written clear-headed analysis, as is logical from your background. I haven’t commented lately as my interests have been historical (looking back) and not of the future telling variety. My heart tells me ‘On to Odessa and Kiev’, but my head tells me ‘All in good time’ as I certainly don’t have access to all of the Intel that Vladimir Putin does. Meanwhile I watch him up on the highwire and hold my breath.
I’m an old gringo, a generation older than you are. I live in self-imposed exile in South America. In my youth I knew people who had known Ché when he was alive. They all said the same thing. The legend was true. I believe Ché was the hero of the 20th century. And now I believe Strelkov is the hero of the 21st century. While very different in political beliefs, they both have the same inner strength of moral charactor. In both men, there is very little distance between their principles and their actions. This is all too rare in human beings.
Thank you for all you have done to enlighten so many people. It cannot be easy for a man of modest means with family and work obligations. In my youth in Amerika, we used to say ‘Don’t let the bastards get you down’ You must be doing something right to attract all this attention.
When some people call Putin a ‘traitor’ I shake my head and think ‘If he was, they would not demonize him so in the controlled MSM’.
Yours in struggle, hasta la victoria siempre,
Pedro de Hungria.
I have to read your posts every day just to filter the bar age of news
Please don’t quit because of your own 5th column. You got it too so take your inspiration to the next level. I need it
Thank you
Elens
Hey Saker,
Be happy you uncovered either a troll, psyops, or imbecile. I suggest putting it on the crap-list of sites and publishing it from time to time with a funny comment. As if you have plenty of time to spare.
Best regards to you and all the constructive contributors to your site, Spiral
You did it, now you wash yourself
you are loseing number of comments.
Don’t use word
Anglo-Ziounist or West, use Natoists and nobody will be offended.
Don’t offend the Croats because in Croatia is growing support for Russia, the Croats love Russia but she is enslaved by NATO,don’t offend anybody and love everybody.
Just a Croat
They descend like a pack of wolves, and they feed on weakness. Tighten the ship, lay the ground rules, and defend the work, you must defend against the worst of the attacks or else be overcome, in a death by a thousand cuts.
Anyone who ventures on the path of truth will encounter the attacks, intelligent defense and not weakness is the only reply. Their absurdities ought to be pointed out, their dishonesty brought to light. It is the way it is, until it’s not.
Saker. I have only been coming to your website for a couple of months…but you are such a breath of fresh air to anyone in need of true oxygen.
Please don’t let these negative things get to you too much. I used to struggle immensely with life in general…and as a fairly youg person (years ago) I worked out a strategy…don’t let the bad things change your life…let the good things rule your life…
Another great philosophy is “Don’t give them free rent in your head”
I know you think its really important to respond to these horrible comments etc…but please please don’t forget that we love you here Saker…
Auslander,
heh heh I like your style…
Anonymous 03:28,
Huh?
Dump Harper,
Yes. ;~)
Anonymous 03:57
You have a lot of chutzpah.
In the non-chutzpah part of my Bible there is a parable about people who throw stones. And shouldn’t.
Dear Saker,
When I first read what you wrote regarding the rumors, that is exactly what I did,
Took a deep breath, prayed for him, for Putin, and for you, and the countless crusaders fighting injustice.
We are fighting these battles every day of our lives, and we know exactly what pressures you must be working under. Please do not lose heart, look at the bigger picture, ignore these scabied beasts and move on to the next task facing you.
God bless and have a peaceful and productive weekend,
Saker — Am less worried about Strelkov’s health than yours, my friend. You must learn to let it roll off your back. Easy to say perhaps. Hard to do. Especially when one has a strong moral compass. Those who matter know what you are about.
In terms of Strelkov, my sense is that he’s well protected by VV. Am thinking he’s being “groomed” for bigger things. Which frankly is why they yanked him out of Ukraine. Putin’s a sharp cookie. The more I see, the more I like. And frankly, that’s what scares the AZ bonkers. That “westerners” will not only admire VV — but actually find him likeable.
Oh my. We all need a trip to Valaam. Must be nice this time of year. Sigh.
Saker
Heads-up post. Apparently you have upset some of the sayanim at Moon of Alabama. They are being very “anti-zionist-zionist” about you there now (to quote Atzmon when referring to his attackers). And one of them, malooga, is being especially clever about it. He/she works with the owner of MoA (IE: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/08/malooga-on-ferguson-the-bigger-picture.html#more ) and is undoubtedly zio-connected as MoA is very much a closed zio-shop in what is posted there as part of the blog material. Follow the posts from this point on here:
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2014/09/ukraine-as-economic-war-escalates-fighting-may-resume-soon.html#c6a00d8341c640e53ef01a73e14ea65970d
Malooga essentially “steals” ideas and concepts from the more critical left to give itself cred, including their posts which it harvests on the web. It’s a new form of ZPC web manipulation where the sayanim use slightly altered material, including copying even the writing style sometimes, which is gathered from those very critical of their zio-establishment, then reword it slightly so as not to be obvious in a web search, and then use their thus created “credibility” as “opposition” to attack those Israel finds to be a threat.
This attack on you is very similar to sort of MO that “Mark Elf” and “Tony Greenstein” used to try and destroy Gilad Atzmon. Initially by a slander campaign to discredit the person in the eyes of others, then through outright gagging attempts. They, and their network of phony leftwing sayanim, of which Bernard of MoA is a part of (one thing I learned well from dealing with these people is that they are a very closely connected network, over the web, and personally in real life) have been hounding Atzmon for many years and it was Greenstein who probably organised the “shun petitions” against him. With this lot, it’s more often than not what they write so much, which is professionally calculated to give the correct impression, as who they associate with and the odd occasions when their services to Israel are front and centre.
The Demian character, posting also in that exchange I linked, and who also posts here occasionally, it’s a classic agent provocateur type who plays all sides against each other. There are others
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Has anyone ever noticed that Strelkov is a dead ringer for Oskar Werner (Fahrenheit 451, Jules and Jim, The Man From Uncle). His voice even sounds exactly the same.
I wouldn’t worry Saker. As long as you remain honest, candid and consistent, only eejits will believe the slanderers. In fact it would be suspicious if they weren’t vilifying you. As one proudly banned from numerous websites for Thought Crime (I did once or twice err in labeling racists as, well, ‘racists’, but I haven’t used any of the numerous schoolyard epithets thrown at me, principally, of course, by pro-Israel elements)I cannot say that I agree with you 100% (for which I suspect you ought to be relieved)but, as far as I know, I do not agree 100% with anyone. However your type of honesty and speaking truth about Power is a very rare commodity indeed, during these darkest of days.
hey fuck them. stay up. keep your head up. give us a little credit, this aint our first dance, we can discern bullshit from bullshit on good days.
dont take it personally, do not let it stress you out man. shrug it off.
understand, they win if youre stressing.
pat yourself on the back for getting the attention of the assholes and remember
” If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all”
stay up playa, you’re not alone, we got your back.
dont waste time responding and defending every comment or attack.
just keep doing what youre doing dude.
the onus is not on you to prove shit. you have a life. youre doing and have done way above the call of duty.
fuck them.
Pedro de hungria, I agree that Che was a great hero, like Malcolm X, MLK as he was becoming when they topped him, Giap and Ho, Nasrallah and Fadlallah, Chavez, Castro and a few others in the sphere of ideas rather than action, like Russell, Einstein, Chomsky, Pilger (he gave a powerful speech that I was privileged to attend on Thursday night). We need heroes, and, despite his faults (which I see as not great) for we all have them, I see Putin as one, too. Che really understood the radical evil of the USA’s ruling elite, but how could a decent Latin American after 100 years of the Monroe Doctrine, not?
Hi Saker,
Your original post was very clear and was not ambiguous in any way. I heard the rumour through you but didn’t stress out about it because of your words to the effect of “nobody else is reporting it or confirming it, lets wait and see” which I did.
I suspect that there are some real lunatics out there and a few others who are just trying to discredit you and waste your time and energy.
In regards to the latter (those that are trying to distract you and us) it tells me that you (and us who share many of your views) are in the ascendancy and those who seek to discredit are in descent.
Try not to let them distract you too much, you are needed helping to find and publish the truth for us (and again I think you/us are slowly winning).
Regards,
Stepping Razor
Your work is important and is attracting attention, so you will of course become a target of the same forces you speak in opposition against. They specialize in disinformation and will attempt to discredit you.
I made a post today, on another site, that noted that “we” in The West, were for the most part, a mass of low functioning sociopaths, ruled with an iron hand, by high functioning sociopaths.
If I want to know what you say, I will come here and read it for myself
This could be the same as why insurance companies take eyewitness testimonies at accident scenes as unreliable while they are admitted in in a court of law. In one case a powerful group has to PAY someone and in the other the one who pays is not a player..
You also have a lot of people who learnt English differently. When you translate things literally it loses the meaning and can mean something else entirely. I was just helping my wife grade a paper and she could not understand the English in it. Although it was English, someone wrote down what they understood and then someone else read it who translated it back to what they knew. Which was not decipherable. But someone who understood English without translation would get the meaning of what they wrote a lot better than someone else who had to retranslate it it again.
look, it is not paranoid in this day and age of surveillance to understand that we are all players in the game to different degrees.
it is not tin-foil hattery to suggest that if youre going to play in this game to such an extent where your actions cause others to take actions counter to the established narrative; then son, youre going to get a hard look.
you ought to know and expect that and react accordingly in a manner in which you are most comfortable and in a way which best suits your life and needs. maybe you have to stop blogging personally. this blog is now global.
as you have stated it has taken on a life of its own, it has reached critical mass, possibly self-sustaining, maybe for your mental, emotional and physical(stress not assassination) well being you can reduce youre exposure, tighten up other areas of your life, immigration, legal, taxes etc, you know just for fun’s sake. for goofs. shits and giggles.
on the other hand, you may feel like you have to go on the offensive and spend your entire waking hours and more to attack those who attack you or to keep up some imagined integrity of something, like this site.
truth is, if you were to stop blogging right now, youd be missed, but youre started something and the world and you would all move on.
either way, understand that because of the evidence and information provided here, I have personally called the white house and congress critters regarding the ukrainian situation quite a bit.
and most times it has been simply to make them aware that their media narrative and agitprop is not working.
so they must realize there is an information leak somewhere that is huge. lots of leaks everywhere, theyve in fact lost the main narrative, hence the narrative du jour AKA tits & ass beheading droning peace prizing islamic lands spectacle and hey shit man the nfl is back homie! highlights every 3 seconds on espn dude! wtf.
So they will have BLARNEY or BOUNDLESS INFORMANT or PRISM or STORMBREW or MOONLIGHTPATH or any of the other NSA programs, to i.e.
look for websites that get 20k hits plus per day with key words novorossia and nazi and
bam!
youre in their books now your ip address, and entire life history is now theirs and algorithmically threat ranked and monitored.
but so are we all. so what i am saying is legally youre not doing anything wrong…but understand that can change depending how far youre willing to go. if tomorrow we’re in a hot war in the ukraine, understand nothing ever gets deleted from the internet.
the nsa broke https, there is no anonymity to the nsa. and just in case it needs to be said, you, we all, need anonymity from them, the nsa, the most. not each other, so the fact that they broke the entire security protocol of the internet is something to consider when using the internet.
Imam Ali said: if you want to know who our enemies are, just see from where the arrows are fired!
Dear friend, you are a serious threat to international bullshit and you can expect these attacks to increase in frequency and intensity.
It proves that you are on the right track!
It may be hard to ignore but it is the best advice.
Imagine the increase of readers of your blog as a result of their negative ‘advertising’!!!
Keep up the good work…
The US just cleared the way for ISIS to take over Syria..
Nearly fifty senior commanders of a major coalition of Islamic ‘moderates’ opposed to ISIS in Syria have been killed by an explosion at their secret command bunker as they met to discuss strategy against the the Islamic State.
The blast in the Northwest region of Idlib, Syria on Tuesday killed senior members of rebel group the Ahrar-al-Sham brigade (AaS), including leader Hassan Abboud and 45 others including senior members from other rebel alliance groups, reports The Times. The Idlib region stands in AaS territory, but it is close to the front-line with ISIS in neighbouring Aleppo.
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Anonymous said…
The Saker, you should NOT spread the rumours like this.
It does not help and breaks one’s heart above all.
We are not in Hollywood.
please don’t do it in the future.
Did you even read what I posted?! If yes, sorry, this blog is not for drolling idiots.
The Saker
I am sorry, perhaps I should say CIRCULATE instead SPREAD.
Regardless I still did not like your post. We have enough recycle news on Internet these days.
I am NOT individual who have embarked on a campaign to slander and discredit you.
In contrary I like your blog and value very much. It was the first time I did it, and I did not meant to attack you, rather correct you what you should avoid.
And the last thing – don’t call me idiot !!!
Setting the stage.. Of course including Iran would mean Iran would wonder why the US is bombing those resisting the ISIS rather than the IS itself.
Kerry: Not Appropriate to Include Iran in Anti-ISIS Coalition
Moderates’ Sign Non-Aggression Pact With ISIS
You have used words with careful precision in your articles. It is remarkable how clearly you define your writing and is not in any way sloppy or journalistic, quite the opposite
Please don’t sweat the small stuff. You are handling your business in the right way and (as only you can know) your readers (and likely financial supporters) grow by the day.
I know because I forward many of our posts to about 200 people every two or three days.
I’ve read enough of your posts to know that you are one of a very few “go to” sources – particularly on the Novorussya conflict. don’t stop.
from one of your (likely) few – born in Texas, Black (made in) America(ns) – Nesta
Dear Saker,
Please read this link carefully and you will get the answer that who is working to disturb your life and fight with you because you are exposing the truth to the world
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_illuminati_21.htm
The best weapon against these low IQ something is to put their hatred against you into a humour style, like Nora did. On this network you have lots of people with the very good sense of humour including you, that they will feel ashamed to even post anything against you.
Yes, above link is nothing just the information about who is going to spread the false rumours and they are going to even laugh how they spread the disinformation.
Of course most of us here on this blog we would be very upset if the information about Mr. Strelkov would be true, but as you have posted we have to take any information regarding to this case very ,very carefully.
Don’t worry, we know you are the best and be always above these idiots, they don’t deserve your time and attention. You just post some of these idiotic comments and we will take care of them in an appropriate manner. Some trolls need to be advised that they are doing harm only and only to themselves. Truth has a much more stronger energy.
Peace to everyone
Anonymous @ 03.28 sAker – pretty sure after re-reading the original posting you did about Strelkovs NON death and the one that these comments are addressing, the post above I’ve hi-lit in Bold needs to be banned. He has well and truly “outed” himself (though not in the way “outing” is usually associated) as an idiot for carrying on with exactly what you were talking about and as a psyops troll. Maybe do away with anon postings . . . make us all use some sort of name. If they are trolling they’ll have to keep changing names, which costs THEM time & energy
Cheers
Chris in Ch-Ch
Sounds a bit concerted and COINTELPROish to me. The fact that these guys are trying to discredit you is surely acknowledgement of your perspicacity and also predictable given the gravity of the issues that you illuminate. Hang in there the minority position always finds unexpected support.
The pattern is clear, we see them everywhere and very much on RT´s comment section. Some drooling unorganized idiots indeed if the subject matter is the ukraine, Russia and Novorossiya and easy to detect as ukie´Nazi retards if it is written in spitting rage and poor English, but mostly and most certainly paid Zionazi Hasbara trolls from some call centre in Tel Aviv or independently, Trolling For Shekels (TFS). They are very well organized and their English is obviously splendid.
This valuable blog of yours has been drawing attention to such a level that it can not be ignored. So more attacks is to be expected. We can only hope that you wont give in to it and that the new servers offer some better protection to sort out the filth.
Mikhas.
The saker wrote:
“
For the life of me I cannot imagine how anybody mentally sane could take a paragraph containing the following and conclude that I was announcing Strelkov’s death (emphasis added)
While I cannot prove a negative, so far NOT A SINGLE RUSSIAN OR NOVORUSSIAN SOURCE HAS CONFIRMED THIS including his friend el-Miurid. So I suggest that we take a deep breath, say a prayer, and wait before coming to conclusions.
Maybe a drooling idiot can, but not somebody mentally normal. Alas, it appears that drooling idiots are the least of my problems.
“
Dear The Saker,
Have you not been following prowesses of members of the Empire of Chaos and their minions in disinformation from their White House?
There are quite a lot of sick people out there ready to twist everything for their dirty purposes.
Just ignore those idiots and keep up the fantastic work that you and your crew are delivering.
Exactly right, Saker! Moderate your site ruthlessly, and just delete all the liars at the first hint of them getting up to their tricks again. Going further, simply ban proven malevolents permanently. They contribute nothing useful to this outstanding blog – a near-unique source of utterly vital English-language reliable information – and have only ill intent towards the necessary work you do. Scumbags like that are always going to be around. Just wall them out!
Great respect and gratitude for the work that you and the volunteer teams are doing, in various languages. Wonderful! Journalism as it should be, in stark contrast to the USuk mediawhores’ massed mind-sewage.
Dear Saker,
You are doing what most will not because everyone is afraid who is listening or watching.
You are doing what I could not do because I am afraid too.
You are doing something that is brave.
I am not sure who you are doing it for.
But let me tell you that those who matter appreciate what you have done, and those people will never misunderstand you.
Just relax man. Just ignore all the idiot trolls.
they are fooling no one among us. your readers.
Saker,
Just keep your cool and do your thing. Dark forces are at work trying to drive wedges between those of us who are with the resistance which is growing world wide. Whether we are Communist, socialist (I count myself as one), nationalist, Orthodox Christian etc. There is a conscious effort to spread dis-information, distort, remove from context, rearrange and disseminate our words. It is frustrating in its simplicity and baldness. It is extremely provocative and the use of this tactic is growing. Take it as a sign of the enemy’s desperation.
Respectfully,
RRH
There are certain individuals who thrive on attempting to discredit individuals whose views are not aligned with (or in opposition to) theirs. They also seek to provoke and thrive on reaction. I would recommend that you do not unnecessarily engage with agitators.
As you have previously stated, honesty is essential for establishing and maintaining credibility. Agitators/spin doctors/trolls that engage in distortions/misrepresentations, spin, false accusations and/or false narratives clearly establish that they have little credibility. Truth has a tendency to overcome their distortions. Simply put, veritas vincit (truth conquers).
It is inadvisable to waste too much time on such individuals as reason, facts and/or logic will generally not change their established beliefs (selective vision serving their confirmation bias) and positions. As they are generally unable to contribute in a meaningful or intelligent manner, engagement is futile (merely a waste of time and effort). As they thrive on provocation and reaction, my advice is do not feed the trolls.
If a limited response is required, I often reply to agitators that they are welcome to mock, distort or dismiss my comments and are entitled to believe whatever they want to believe (as detached from reality as it may be). I stand by my statements and am comfortable for others to come to their own conclusions.
Merely present facts as such, unverified information as such, and opinion as such. What others believe is their issue.
Kind regards,
Deiiudicium.
Relax and please don’t let all this smoke sap your energy.
Blogs like yours are lights in the fog. For what it’s worth (not nothing) a Russian fb friend dismissed the story of S’s death as fake.
All the same, if I were him, I’d be keeping a low profile. The world, the proper world, needs disrupters like him. And you.
Bon continuation as they say here in France.
Trouble is Saker, lots of people simply don’t read very well. They pick a few words out then their emotions/prejudices/pre-conceptions kick in.
Just had that happen to me over at Ian Welshs’s excellent site. Said something (complimentary) about FDR …wow a couple of people took real umbrage at it, even though they were FDR supporters.
Even got this great criticism about me…which I love and I will treasure forever:
“To constantly produce such lengthy and detailed tracts must involve a massive investment in time and resources, akin to a well funded newsroom – or a CIA/NSA station of operation, the presentation has all the hallmarks of techniques used by hasbara, flooding and overwhelming the discourse with preselected, spurious or extraneous unconfirmable information.”
Oh well, this unemployed transgendered person is sort of honoured at that …lol… or have I really been insulted because the people he mentioned are such fracking idiots…hmmmmm.
Dorogoi Saker,
You have said that Russians are not European.
Then why were both my Russian Profs blonde and blue eyed? (And they are Russian.)
Sorry to be off topic again, but reading your blog everyday,as informative as it is, just gets me down.
Spaciba,
Lindka
As far as I know, Strelkov’s last interview was given after the alleged suicide date.
Nevertheless, he will need out prayers!
Dear Saker,
With all due respect, I believe that there was a problem with your post concerning the rumors on Strelkov. The way I have read your post with the title “Short news update”, it sounded like “according to unconfirmed information…” (yes, I know that this is not what you wrote, I’m just trying to explain how a misunderstanding could have developed). The term “news” in the title further suggested that this could have been a factual information that was just not confirmed yet. It is true that you emphasized that not a single news agency had confirmed this, presumably you did this with the intention to explain that the information was not reliable. Unfortunately this statement came just a few hours after you pointed out that not a single Russian news agency had even reported about Strelkov’s conference the day before. Therefore the confirmation by news agencies, or absence thereof, could have been perceived as less important in spite of your emphasis.
I believe that for many of your readers it was difficult to judge the reliability of the source of this information. Your readers tend to trust you, even if news agencies don’t confirm what you write. You have earned this reputation of trustworthiness with your sober and accurate analyses that you generously share with us on a daily basis. Moreover, I believe that you have access to more information on the situation in Novorossia than most of us, the readers of your blog. This is why I think that some misunderstanding could have been avoided if you had included in your post what you have written to Nora: “I don’t believe that this is true. Let’s wait and see”. I’m convinced that your judgment matters a lot to the readers of your blog, and in this case your suggestion to take a deep breath and to pray did not sound very reassuring to me.
Please don’t take this as a personal criticism. Your work is very important and much appreciated. This comment is only an attempt to explain some unintended consequences of your recent post. Not everyone who interprets something that you write in a way that you didn’t mean is necessarily hostile to you or incapable of reading. Misunderstandings happen, as any diplomat knows. I think that words can never represent a person’s thoughts in an infallible and perfectly unambiguous way.
Good morning Saker.
You know, I have been through this several times on a much smaller scale. Now I am working on a theory that inside some minds, maybe to be called human somehow, exist a kind of evil, much worse than envy, jealousy, hate and other negative sentiments. I call this, for lack of a better word, mental cancer.
You are doing the right thing, pointing itheir evil activities out to us, and further ignoring them.
These people are beyond reason and rationale. Intelligent arguments are useless. I even wonder if the theory about reptilians living among us has something to it?
Anyway, I think most readers of this blog are sufficiently sane to distinguish between what you wrote and what they claim you wrote. Ignorere the useful idiots nurturing themselves on pure evil, and keep up the good work. As another blogger write, as long as God is on the side of Rodina, it doesn’t
matter who is against her.
I saw the same wikipedia site containing the rumor right after watching the Strelkov interview because i wanted to know more about him and what is being said about him. The point is that, being from the Netherlands, we only heard of him since the planecrash.
After the wikipedia page and connected link, I also saw this: http://belsat.eu/en/wiadomosci/a,21851,terrorist-strelkovgirkin-ukraine-getting-ready-for-fullscale-war-against-russia.html
I decided to wait and see, and later saw that you came to the same conclusion on how to act.
Speaking about the situation in its totality re. Russia and the West, I have been doing my own research and have come on my own to pretty much the same thoughts and conclusions as you. Including the atlanticism vs Eurasia, fifth column, etc etc.
Re. Strelkov I would add that from the Dutch perspective he is seen as an enemy of the state (even the no.1 enemy of the state according to some newsoutlets), in addition to the terrorist and warcriminal he is seen already by the West at large. I think that this too played a role in August when he left Novorussia.
It is my feeling (for now) that the various investigations about the crash will finally come with a conclusion that will feature his name prominently.
Thesaker,
I feel with you and understand your feelings. Just remenber that fifth column is also on internet looking ways of control and misscredite free alternative media and that also means attacking and twisting the words of people like yourself that tell the true that the controlled media will not tell and do not want anyboddy to know.
You do a great job. Through history, dark forces supportive of the status quo, have always oppossed to changes and progress, and that is why people that stand for true like yourself are attacked and slander.
Do not give importance to negative and selfish Groups attacking you, because they simply want you to give up. The Power of Words is much stronger than guns and bullets.
Sincerely,
brave cabbage
Saker, this proves you are a thorn in the side of the opposition, they have to resort to lying to try to discredit you, from what I have read of all your comments you speak the truth. Keep battling on as your friends will support you. God will always bless and strengthen those that speak the truth. An Australian Friend
This proves that you are doing something worthwhile keep it up and don’t be discouraged.
Brilliant website, brilliant Saker, the whole has changed my life.
re comment 03:19, agreed to some extent. be very, very careful Saker, watch your back, and be totally professional in the manner that something of this nature is conveyed.
Praises to all people of the world with conscience and the voice to speak the truth – praises without ending to the Motherland Russia
dear friend
even saker maker mistaker
(now and again)
may god preserve you
amen
Aka ‘Welcome to the wonderful world of ‘Counter-Psy-Ops.’
And guess what?
It works.
Use your common sense.
When they want you to look over there, keep looking over here.
Hi Saker,
PART 1
I keenly follow couple of blog-sites and news sites, including that of yours. During past 4 years, found two pieces in your blogs, which can be treated as part of all-time greatest articles that ever appeared in web-magazines: Russia & Islam, 1993-2013 period in Russia.
I appreciate your warning to the readers. While going thru the readers’ comments at your blog-site, I found 3 categories of active readers:
(1) readers who wish to explore the morally upright and truthful analysis of current/historical events. They share your zeal to expose the 1% AngloZionist Plutocracy and its 5th column followers everywhere
(2) readers who want to obfuscate the reality and truth, are trying to undermine the increasing prominence of your blog-site by making comments which are either straight-forward or very subtle to discredit you. The subtle players are aligned with 1%, but would like to appear to you as ‘your followers and idealistic peoples’, and slowly ruin any voice that ‘call the names’
(3) readers who just want to make their presence felt in the blog-site by making comments that are genuinely their instantaneous feelings which might/might not essentially align with your views. They are likely to become positively influenced by truthfulness of your writings.
Pls. be watchful about the second group of readers (which might as well include your known ones). Also be careful about your safety (AngloZionist Plutocracy plays unthinkable dirty plots).
With your article “Strelkov: from swimming with Piranhas to swimming with Great White sharks” I conclude that, along with the ‘Eurasian Sovereignists’ like Strelkov, ‘The Saker’ is also fighting against the omni-present and omni-potent 1% Plutocracy. You are 100% correct in your assessment of global situation, which I define using 5 pointers:
(1) Since onset of industrial revolution around 1750, world order is led by 1% AngloZionist Plutocracy (primarily based in 5-eyes) destroying the 99% peoples’ livelihood and happiness, plundering mother earth’s resources and mercilessly ruining ecology. DOING EVERYTHING CROOKED TO CONTROL POLITICAL POWER & ECONOMY OF THE WORLD.
(2) Except 5-eyes countries, 1% AngloZionist Global Plutocracy rule other countries by placing their camp-follower class of Country-specific Oligarchs as Ruling Elites. These OLIGARCHS WILL DO WHATEVER NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN & ENHANCE WORLD-DOMINATION OF 1% PLUTOCRACY, IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR WEALTH & LOCAL POWER.
(3) Leaders of post-WWII AngloZionist world order are the core members of BILDERBERG GROUP, WHO ELIMINATE ANYONE CHALLENGING THEIR POWER & EXPLOITATION, AND EXERCISE ‘DIVIDE & RULE’ POLICY GLOBALLY. Hence, billions of Dollars are spent to ignite friction and clash among 99% peoples based on religious, cultural, tribal aspects
(4) 1% Global Plutocracy + Local Oligarchy holds on to power and influence through CONTROLLING THE CURRENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE & CONTROLLING THE MASS MEDIA. Story is same whether it was Pound in 19th century or Dollar in 20th century.
(5) Among the 99% there exist a group of peoples about 2% who are intelligent, knowledgeable, hard-working, immoral and understand how to succeed in oligarchy-driven economy. THIS BAND OF ‘MANAGERS’ ARE THE FOOT-SOLDIERS OF COUNTRY-SPECIFIC OLIGARCHY TO CONTROL ECONOMIC-POLITICAL-CULTURAL-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LIFE, AND THEIR OBJECTIVE IS TO GET INTO ‘GROUP OF OLIGARCHY’.
I will look forward to a informative detail article from you in 3 / 4 parts on ‘1% plutocracy driven world order since industrial revolution’, in near future.
CONTINUED …
PART 2
Being on the 99% side, I can only note that struggle against 1% side is as old as written history. Irrespective of ideologies, one can mention that:
(1) during past two centuries, some of the leaders in Russia, China, South-east Asia, South America have been trying to resist 1% Global Plutocracy and work for betterment of their 99% peoples. The programmes and attempts of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Min, MK Gandhi, Simon Bolivar had lots of controversies and loopholes in their countries, but their sincerity to fight 1% Global Plutocracy + Local Oligarchy can’t be doubted.
I’m not a fan of any ‘ism’ (except spiritualism), but I must admit, STEADFAST RESISTANCE TO 1% GLOBAL PLUTOCRACY IS THE ONLY IDENTITY OF SOUTH AMERICAN SOCIALIST MASS LEADERS LIKE FIDEL CASTRO, HUGO CHAVEZ, & RAFAEL CORREA. Compared to that, MOST OF THE NATIONALIST LEADERS ARE FOUND TO BE CORRUPT LACKEYS OF 1% GLOBAL PLUTOCRACY+LOCAL OLIGARCHY
(2) during past one millennium, some of the religious sects like Orthodox Christianity, Shia Islam, Zen Buddhism stood for simplicity, equality, tolerance, compassion, justice and fought against greed, injustice, hatred and inequality. PHILOSOPHIES RELATED TO ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY, SHIA ISLAM AND ZEN BUDDHISM CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORAL & ETHICAL SUPPORT TO THE WORLD-WIDE OPPRESSED MASSES
(3) the struggle against 1% coterie of crooks will continue… today with Putin-Xi-Nazarbayev as the core leaders… it will continue tomorrow even if these leaders get removed from power by those who decide to join the global 1% plutocrats … Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Spartacus, Simon Bolivar, Karl Marx all stood for power and glory to the 99% masses. WHATEVER MAY BE THEIR BACKGROUND, THEY HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON- THEY NEVER SUPPORTED GREED & INJUSTICE.
Kind Regards,
Anonymous Indian
Here is a very interesting development indeed, even though it hasn’t happened yet.
“US and EU sanctions are a solid argument in favour of creating a major oilfield services provider in Russia, possibly, a state-run one, Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Sergey Donskoi believes.” Hopefully the Russian Halliburton will never have a Dick Cheney at its head, of course, but it’s pretty obvious that the engineering challenges involved in developing and building state-of-the-art equipment can be met a whole lot more easily than those involved in extracting oil from places where there is none.
http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/749394
Thinking ahead is clearly not our strong suit. It’s not even my earlier thoughts of chess vs. tiddly-winks: it’s more like walking through a rock-strewn field with your eyes open vs. ordering your slaves to run full-steam ahead blindfolded.
“Some of you may have noticed that a few comments have been posted here accusing me of spreading the rumor of Strelkov’s death.”
Not everyone that criticised your post had any ill intention towards you, or thought that you stood by the rumour. Many just pointed out it was mistake on your behalf for repeating such a rumour. It’s very dangerous to repost such news.
Who ever planted this rumour wanted it spread and most likely were the ones behind the editing of the Wikipedia page. Like you said, it maybe a thinly veiled threat or just a bunch of angry Ukrainians. I think it’s angry youth.
It would not be so difficult to check the location and plausible identity of such sources to avoid these unfortunate “misunderstandings”.
In this case it’s obviously garbage from Romania despite the ‘.ru’ domain.
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;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 10
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;crimelist.ru. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
crimelist.ru. 465 IN A 93.115.94.213
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