Dear friends,
After giving it a lot of thought, I have had to take the very painful decision to cancel my trip to Russia. There are several causes which contributed to this decision, but the main one is my health and current inability to embark upon such a trip. Also, the planned dates (July) were probably not the best ones possible, so this trip is probably going to have to be postponed to a better date and, hopefully, better circumstances. Finally, there is the fact that since I have no paid holidays of any kind, every day I don’t work at my daytime job means a day with no income, but still plenty of bills to pay.
I also ask for your understanding if I don’t reply to your email or rarely reply to comments. To say that I suffer from severe exhaustion is an understatement, so absolutely need to pace myself. My number one priority will be to produce at the very least one weekly analysis and to write shorter comments if/when developments require it.
I know that a lot of you expect me to comment upon the developing situation between the USA, Israel, Moscow, Syria and Iran. I am aware of the tectonic shift resulting from these events and I will address them next week. This week my analysis (to be posted tomorrow) will mainly focus on one particularly shocking aspect of the Skripal case, though I will mention the “bigger picture” too.
I have taken the decision to cancel this trip with a very heavy heart and I hope that the future will offer better circumstances.
Kind regards to all,
The Saker
take care of yourself in these trying times. much gratitude and appreciation for your work. let us pray for peace and for your health.
I wish you Saker good health and calm mind. There is too much chaos just now in the world.
Things does not seems ok, and after reading the very sad news about NO delivery of S-300 to Syria and stoping any talk with Syria on that issue by Moscow, I have to make a big pause from all this heavy staff, close all news sites and I will go inside my soul, seraching the answers for anything. This world is so evil and deceiver, so superficial and finite.
I know how you feel.
Maybe it’s the politics of hosting the football. Hopefully it’ll be back to real business once that’s over.
We appreciate your efforts dear Saker and as always you are in our prayers. I am sorry the trip had to be cancelled but hope your health recovers soon.
Wish You a quick recovery. God bless from Belgium.
Feel better saker. We all appreciate your point of view on things taking place in our world. Get well my friend.
Take care of your health. You’ve done a lot. Stay healthy.
Dear saker,
Get well fine and fast.
God speed
Dear Saker,
We, your readers, are a selfish bunch. Do take care of yourself in the first place, don’t take a bigger burden than you can carry. After losing Robert Parry, we do not want to lose one more trusted and clear-headed commenter of the messy world scene. I’ll send a small donation to help with your bills.
July is not a good season to travel to Russia, especially not during the World Cup. (If it can be carried out, there are dark powers which certainly will still do their utmost to disturb the games.)
After spending several years in Russia and knowing the weather conditions, I recommend September-October for travelling, if you have a chance to choose the time.
Saker,
Rest, good healthy food, and regular exercise. I’m giving you this recommendation due to selfishness; I don’t want to see the saker’s wings clipped because of poor lifestyle choices. It would impact one of my favorite websites.
Frankie P
Take care of your health and the health of your family first and always Saker.
Wish you the best in overcoming your ills and exhaustion.
Best regards,
Student
God’s blessings.
Дорогой Saker, выздоравливайте скорей и ждём Вас в России!
Saker, please rest for the good of your health and happiness. Sometimes being away for a while can give one a new perspective when one returns to the fray after the absence.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Saker.
Enrich your days with things that make you happy. The Wilderness, where nature can sooth the stress.
I miss your podcasts. Talking is a breeze for you. Sit, think, talk. Even a 12-15 minute rap would be great for the Vineyard. Any topic your mind generates will have relevance.
Do the easy things.
Excellent suggestion. It would be reassuring to hear those quieting dulcet tones during this madness.
Health is first. Take care.
Please take care of your health!
I’m embarking on a trip today, though I know I may have to turn around and come right back. Severe problems with concentrating that appear to have been triggered by an implant. No fun having to restrict important activities, so I will do my best, but…
Yes, you take care of yourself!
Get rest brother. However much time is needed.
“I have no paid holidays of any kind, every day I don’t work at my daytime job means a day with no income, but still plenty of bills to pay.”
Sorry to hear that, Saker. I’m in the same boat. It sucks living in an ultra-neo-liberal country, like the USA, that does not require that its working citizens get paid vacation time…
Dear Saker,
consider watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60PkwmU44I0
Vasily Nebenzya heartily hugs and kisses Nikki Haley before a Session at the U.N. in New York.
I can not believe what my eyes just watched. It is all just a show.
Wrong analogy. It’s a game. A game has plays.
Prayers and positive energy for our dear Saker!
There has been quite a barrage of bad news recently. It’s feels quite draining, it’s like there is negative energy in the air. Take care!
Please take care of your personal health. Don’t get too work up. From what I read (via Chinese sources), China will help Russia. Timing is everything and they are preparing as quick as they can.
Your health and safety are of paramount importance Saker, and we here do not wish for you to compromise either.
Get the rest that you need, the trip can come later on.
Selah
Samoye glavnoye, derzhis’ bratok!
Eto nastoyashchiya voinya.
Khristos Anesti!
XB!!!
Dear Saker:
I fully sympathize with the condition of being over-extended and having to cut back on certain activities. Wishing you a less overloaded plate!
On the breaking of the Iran agreement, please do take the time to read this short article by Tony Cartilucci. What his reports is the most believable take on the topic I have seen yet.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/america-planned-to-break-iran-nuclear-deal-years-before-signing-it/5639735
Dear Saker
You wear your heart on your sleeve, with your finger on the pulse and your feet on the ground.
But you carry the weight of your readers expectations – you carry the scorn of the many trolls and naysayers who quadruple with each article.
No wonder you are exhausted.
Take a break, take a deep breath, take strength from the army of supporters behind you.
But most of all take care of your health.
Dear Saker—-the trip cancellation is actually a very good thing. There is too much going on in this crazy world right now, but, if the Good Lord and the health & finances are willing, you will eventually go to Russia. Do you have family there? My sweetie and I had to draw a giant red X over and through the entire month of February because of illness –this one was B a d, and when you’re getting older & self employed that sets the whole game into a real tailspin, I know. Some clients understand, some don’t! For the latter group, they’d better hope they never get ill. Peace to you and your family.
Electricity overdose – get out for a walk a day for sure Saker. At least an hour – it would do you and the dogs a world of good.
The physical body also has rights which need to be fulfilled. So please pace yourself intelligently and take the necessary rest. Stay well friend.
ЖалЬ!
I would have loved to see you here.
Your site is my number one english site.
Take the best care of yourself, especially in these troubled times.
Dear Saker,
Dr. Watson , Mrs.Holmes and I wish you whatever you think it is good and healthy for you. And eagerly waiting for the weekly article .
Nothing works better than meditation/stillness for an hour on daily basis.
Hope you feel better soon.
Take care of yourself, Saker. Thank-you for pouring so much of yourself into this irreplaceable blog.
I hope Russia is beautiful for you when you can get there.
– Shyaku.
Many thanks for your heroic efforts in the war against the Satanic force. Please do yourself and the rest of us a favour by not overtaxing yourself to the point of exhaustion. That would be a great loss for both your and your appreciative readers.
Timing is all. If the timing doesn’t feel right, executing a plan becomes an uphill battle.
And, with event developing so quickly and crazily on the ground, maybe it is more important (for us!, and the rest of the alternative media community) for you to be at home, in comfortable and in predictable circumstances, to keep offering eagerly awaited analyses.
I hope you feel better soon.
Katherine
Dear Saker,
Take care of yourself. We hope you come back soon with a lot of health and energy to keep your extraordinary website for many years to come. Thanks.
Dear Saker,
it is tremendous burden you carry. Take it easy and stay well.
What a pity you unable to make this trip in these exciting times. Just love Russia. Cheers.
Take care of yourself, dear Saker! Love from Norway!
May God keep you in his protection…from a Muslim in USA
I wish you good health and I sincerely hope you will eventually go to the birth country of your parents. I am sure you eagerly want to go. After your trip to Russia, we all expect to read what your impressions were. Greetings from Serbia.
You will have my prayer thoughts toward a speedy recovery. God bless you.
Please get your priorities right! We rely heavily on you for your knowledge and judgment, but you do NOT have to maintain a constant stream of output as if you were a newspaper or a TV station.
As everyone else is saying, pace yourself and save your time and energy for what is most important.
You are a vital asset for society, and you have very generously put yourself at the world’s service. Even so, consider that the world does not wish you to redline your engine until you burn out!
Eat plenty of organic vegetables, preferably juicing them and at least one day a week, no political news whatsoever. will pray for you
Saker, friend, brother, measure the burden you take upon yourself lest it brake your back. These times are full of spiritual turmoil which manifests itself in many ways, health included and you are not alone with that problem. You are a husband and a father way more than the blog owner. Time may come when your broken back may serve some purpose but ask yourself did that time come? It was always easier to die for a cause then to live for one. So, continue on a harder path and live. Take shelter in the values you hold dear and allow them to nurture you back to health.
Dear Saker,
it does not surprise me to hear your health is failing. The important work you do for all of us, takes its toll.
I am a devoted (addicted) follower for some time now, and have had lots of guilt feelings for utilizing everything you have on offer for free. (not being able to support you more financially)
Doing what you do, the enormous research coupled with the worries of the financial/ business side of your brilliant blog, by not being able to finance at least part of the not insignificant costs thru advertisement, would be a terrible strain on anyone..
I would normally never make a comment, but after reading the many reply’s with all the good wishes from your devoted followers, I could not help but notice, that hardly anyone addressed the subject of financing
You are ill because of overwork and financial worries. I believe dear Saker you are to proud to ask for more funds. So I want to do it for you!! What about it Saker fans? This is after all a crowd funded blog, lets get together and open not only our hearts but also our wallets (of course only if you are able to afford it)
This would take a lot of worries off Saker’s shoulders and speed his recovery. WE DO NEED HIM FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. Thank you Saker for everything you have done and hopefully will do for many more years in the future. God’s blessing and a speedy recovery. Love from Germany Heidi
Stay away from the hospitals and find a good herbalist. Also, rid your home of wifi and go back to ethernet, as you probably know, frequencies wreaking havoc on us to. It’s a wonder we’re all still here today with the evil roll-out of the new 5G wireless especially, and countless other attacks to deliberately weaken and literally transform humanity in the ‘transhumanism’ age. It would not surprise me if your a ‘TI’ (Targeted Individual) reports all over the world of it’s ‘dissidents’ finding out this stuff and not playing thier game will get it, it’s increasing. I have found a master herbalist on youtube “Tony Pantellaresco” Hope this helps! https://www.youtube.com/user/HerbsPlusBeadWorks there are many simple remedies that will speed up recovery.
All the best, my prays and support as always.
Listen to me, Saker, I have told you this before. Proteins and fat build up the body and strengthen the immune system. Carbon hydrates are for the body like gas for an engine and become fat for those who do not work very hard manually. Take a look at the US where many are overweight today. Alcohol is the worst source of nutrition, it builds nothing. Beer is full of carbon hydrates, but can only be recommended for someone who has trouble eating or who have painful ache after a meal. Take a look at LCHF. God bless.
I am very sorry you had to cancel your trip. I know you were very much looking forward to it. You are in my prayers. I have learned so very much about Russia from you, and really appreciate what you do.
In the meantime, get you some rest, so you will be able to really enjoy going. Hopefully relations won’t be so strained in the future.
Saker, you are a Swiss citizen, you deserve FAR BETTER than what USA can provide you! Leave the USA and build the career in Russia that you deserve!
Wishing that your health improves! Without it, we have very little…
(Not to give useless advice, but have you tried Tai Chi to restore balance?)
Just came back from a very quick trip to Russia – amazing, but also exhausting.
In the best of times, I’d not plan a trip there for July – if possible, try April or October.
Lots of strength and best wishes!
Thanks Saker for the note about your cancelled Russian trip, your daily exhaustion, how you will pace yourself as well as how you will respond to us who read you, write to you.
Please take best care. If you can ever let us know why in detail you canceled your Russian trip, would you do so please?
I plan to soon ask for both asylum and citizenship.
Suzanne de Kuyper
Thank you for all your good work! But take care of yourself. Thanks again.
Bonne santé . Prenez bien soin de vous . Nous sommes désolés pour l’annulation de votre voyage, mais espérons aussi qu’il se présentera une autre occasion . Message de France
Get well soon Saker.
Given the topic of human limits, it is also a prompt for us all to spare a thought for the daily nightmare confronting Assad, the Syrian citizens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Lebanese, Yemenis, Kosovan Serbs and Novorossiyans, who have likely endured acute daily stress and existential pressure for years now without respite. I guess it becomes a way of life, but it must be psychologically very damaging (not least to children) which shows up in no official statistics, so is an unseen human cost.
They face challenges daily, that most of us will not see in a lifetime. We are fortunate to be spared it personally, but we show solidarity and compassion, through participation in blogs such as this.
Dear Saker,
Please take all the time you need to rest, relax and regroup. And don’t feel bad if you don’t write anything for a week, for a month … whatever it takes. In the meantime we will continue to enjoy the other contributors and commentators of this magnificent blog you’ve built, all ready for the pleasure to read you again, and relieved that you did it feeling in great shape!
Very sorry to hear you are not in perfect health and that you have to cancel what must have been a trip to which you were so looking forward.
I cannot thank you enough for the work you put into this website and it is truly the most reliable site even if not all predictions and prescriptions are correct. The point is you give “reasoned” arguments.
I cannot support you now but I hope to do so in a couple of months.
I remain immensely grateful in any event.
That’s a real shame, Saker.
I’m sure you and your family were really looking forward to that trip.
But health comes first, and you wouldn’t get the best out of the trip if you are poorly anyway.
Don’t worry, there is always a future trip ahead of you.
Take care, really looking forward to your next analyses.
Hello Saker I just read your personal comments regarding your trip to Russia and your health conditions. Thanks so much for all you have done. I thought you might benefit from watching the longevity project [https://humanlongevityfilm.com/episode-slad5-v2/]. There are some basic inexpensive things that we can do to drastically improve our health–which also have some very strong political implications.
You might find this book interesting [https://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20Government/Communism/pawnsinthegame.pdf] essentially Albert Pike’s Illuminati combined with the competing globalists [Communists versus Capitalists] and the setting for WWIII. The book was published in 1958 by a US military expert with unlimited access to the global arena.
Peace be upon you Brother,
GaryS
Dear Saker, thank you for taking the time to write your wonderful articles, and reply to us in comments. Through the prayers of Saints Cosmos, Damian and Panteleimon May God swiftly heal you!
Take care. Wished I had enough of money, I would pay you your trip to Russia. Hope you will find some generous soul around.
Harfang-67 (Jean-Marie)
Maybe you will think of moving you and family to Russia where all of you will be safe and happy. The U.S. will never change I think. It will get far worse.The plan to erase Russia is hundreds of years old and the Americans are both obsessed and hysterical, as Hitler was too. Read “The Rise of the Fourth Reich” by Jim Marrs
and “Global War On Liberty” by Jean-Claude Paye, please!
Still looking for your Skripal comment. I am sure the the Teresa May lawless allegations and statements are in order to genuflect to the U.S. need to change global law and to get U.S. help when the weak P.M. goes for re-election.
Britain is coming apart…as is the U.S., now England’s host nation.
The Saker has posted on 11 May “The Skripals will most likely never be allowed to talk” – please check it out. Mod