Dear friends,
Blog migration to new servers
First I would like to update you on the migration of this blog to dedicated servers in Iceland. The short version is this: it is happening, we have already backed up the data, the server is up, WordPress has been installed, and the very kind IT specialists who are helping me are working on a few more matters. It might take a little longer, but it is well worth the wait as everything will become both much easier and much better. Also, no need to worry about “missing” the move – I will double-post here and on the new blog for at least a month. Then I will “freeze” this blog with the last post indicating how to get to the new version. So please have a little more patience and you will get:
1) dramatically improved moderation (thanks to new rules and the assistance of volunteers).
2) no more CAPTCHA nonsense, no more ads.
3) a multi-page blog with special pages for specific items.
4) much improved security and counter-attack options.
5) several easy to remember domain names.
6) the possibility to add features as we go.
And, just to confirm: anonymous blogging will be allowed, but you will have the option to sign up to avoid trolls using your nickname/alias. You will not have to sign up, however. That will be your choice.
Donations
First, I want to thank the people who have sent me donations this month:
Via PayPal: JEM, MB, RF, DK, JMM, TD, AW, MF, ALP, VC, PN, NGG, GA, MT, LB, SK, JN, YF, JRL, AC, SF, JS, ET, SC, AT, ND, BB, AW, PB, MM, LH, CW, AA, RH, PM, HS, MB, SE, HRS.
Via Snail Mail: (all anonymous this month)
Thanks a lot to all of you – you are making this blog possible and you are helping me and my family to make ends meet at a time when this is not easy for us. To all of you an immense and heartfelt ‘thank you!’ not only for your generosity, but also for what is a very tangible sign of support.
Your support
I will be honest with you, this has been a very tough month for me for personal and blog related reasons. On the family front, my oldest daughter left for college while my oldest son is in trouble with the law – a taxing combination, I assure you. On the blog front, I have been shocked by the sharp rise of nasty, condescending and even outright rude comments and emails I got recently, so it was particularly heartwarming to also receive very kind expressions of support from so many of you. Let me immediately reassure you, the ratio of hatemail to kindmail is still overwhelmingly in favor of the latter, but even though I probably shouldn’t say that, the hatred also gets to me. So even as I wrote many times one heartfelt “thank you” weighs more than 100 insults, I am immensely grateful for all the expressions of support I have received from all of you.
I will share another personal thing here: the war in Novorussia literally tears me up inside. I think about it 24/7 and it is gut-wrenching for me to follow it minute by the minute. Being emotionally so involved makes it very hard to keep up a more or less rational and fact-based blog. Over the past months I have been grinding my teeth (literally) at every news of atrocity committed by the junta in Novorussia and every day I daydream about a massive, brutal and decisive Russian military intervention to finally stop it all and give these Ukie Nazis the end they deserve (it would take less than 24 hours, believe me). But then I carefully think about it and I have to agree that making that US Neocon dream come true would pure folly and that the current solution (political and covert support) is the “least bad” one even if it often feels like a torture.
So while I love this blog, it is also very very hard for me psychologically and emotionally to fight that “information war” day after day after day and it takes all of my (so-called) “free” time (typically 80-100 emails each day, about 100 comments each morning only, 3-4 hours per day on getting the info, reading the sources, etc. Then dealing with organizational issues, personality conflicts amongst friends and collaborators, and, last but not least, doing analysis and writing articles). All this is to say that your support really means the world to me and gives me the energy and motivation to wake up every day and go right back to the”information war” which is no less important than the shooting war. To know that at least one other person out there really cares is immensely encouraging and motivating, much more than I can express in words. So thank you for all your expressions of support.
One more thing: Fulan Nasrullah has had a family member hospitalized so he cannot write his Nigeria SITREP for a while, but he will come back later.
That’s it for this short blog news update. I will keep you posted with similar “blog housekeeping updates” on a regular basis. In the meantime, a huge thank you to all, for your kindness, trust, support and simply for being out there :-)
Kind regards,
The Saker
Thanks to Saker for the great blog, and for honest emotions.
Thanks to the NAF for heroic resistance to Nazis, the US and the EU on behalf of all free people of the world.
Thanks to the Russian Federation for moving in the direction of a peaceful future.
Hi saker,
Please don’t pay the slightest attention to the nazi-banderistas, ukie fascists, hasbarians and other specimens’ hate mails. Such stuff, coming from characters like those, does not deserve a micro-gram of your energy nor of your attention.
Don’t let them vampirize you!
* Worse would it be if the banderistas praised you. Don’t you think so?. :-)) Then that would be a problem to be concerned with… :)
But what they are doing fits perfectly into their mental schemes. It is within their “nature”, so it is normal –> That (and worse than that) is how the fascists use to behave. So, no problem at all.
** Thanks a lot for your hard work. (That’s the reson why they’re rabid)
Keep it up!
.
Saker, thanks for your work! You do a good job, an excellent job.
I hope that your son’s trouble with the law is an accident and not a life choice. Most of us have had accidents.
I am certain that you are a good enough parent that your son has merely had an accident!
Hope your son is doing OK and that he isn’t in TOO much trouble.
We talk of an end to dollar hegemony as though it is a good thing, as though a multipolar world is a good thing.
In the long term, if we survive the transition, that might be true. However we might just not survive the transition.
I have been going on about the end of empire for the US and as a cause the end of dollar hegemony since the early 2000’s when to economists the reality became apparent – and yes, I count myself as an economist.
The crash of 2008 ignited by the real estate crash of 2006 in the US nearly brought to an end the world as we know it. I think that most of us simply have no comprehension of how close we came and what the effects of such a collapse would have been. (As evidence look at the poor idiots who think that for the US to print money will solve its problems!)
In the US this was a wakeup call and while it is true that they already knew what was going on and were actively managing matters by a mixture of fiscal and monetary measures carried out in concert with other major economies the crisis spurred a focus and level of activity that was unexpected.
Matters in Ukraine are simply the closest (for most of us) that this has come to home.
We are reaching a tipping point where several different streams will flow together making a rip tide of history that can wash humanity away.
We are coming to a point where choices must be made. But here’s a thing, it is no good for a person in the US to say ‘waytago Putin’ and claim support for an end to dollar hegemony as long as that person is living in the US because your fate will be tied up with the millions of other USAians sharing your land, economy and fate.
Unless you are willing to uproot yourself and move to Russia, China or Brazil you’d better get on message with whatever the US is going to do because you are a part of it!
The same applies for those of us living within the orbit of the BRICS. If we do not buy into the policies of Russia, China et al then we better move to another place because comes the time when we must commit to our survival.
The US and allies will not go quietly, they’ll be destructive because it makes sense for them to do so. This is about survival. Worse yet it is about resources. Humanity simply can not exist on this planet with current living standards, let alone with the desired improvements of those in the BRICS countries and elsewhere.
It is better for humanity if most of us die off suddenly and soon, very soon becasue if most of us do not die off soon then all of us will do so shortly thereafter.
Imagine a bucket. Now, place a single bacterium into that bucket and let the thing reproduce. For the sake of this experiment assume that the only resource that this bacterium needs is space.
Imagine that the population of bacterium divides and doubles every minute and that the bucket will be full in 1 hour. At what point is the bucket half full?
Answer: at minute 59 the bucket will be half full.
But if we assume that these are clever bacteria and they find a way to find more resources (space) and that they do so when there is still plenty of space left.
So, when the bucket is 1 quarter full they make another bucket. What does that do for the clever bacteria?
It gives them just one more minute of survival before extinction:
25% full point is reached at minute 58
50% full point is reached at minute 59
100% full is reached at minute 60
At minute 61 the second bucket is filled, no more space and the bacteria all die.
We are not finding new energy resources at an exponential rate. The only variable that can be changed is population.
Right now major powers are shuffling around trying to find and secure energy resources. Already we go to war for them,
Ending dollar hegemony is a game of ‘Beggar My Neighbour’ played by Russia and China designed to reduce the ability of the US to control the world’s energy resources. The US will fight back. The problem is that this war will not, by itself, deal with the population problem. That’s going to take a nuclear winter.
Malooga says —
Colonel Cassad has a brief but powerful post about the “Donbass Prisoner March,” pictures of which knocked Porky’s Party off the front page of every paper around the world. An absolute block-buster propaganda coup — completely changing the framing of the conflict — which the West works so hard to control.
The idea was so profound, bold, and successful in execution — that one is forced to ask a most cheeky question. What if the men we saw paraded before us weren’t prisoners of war, but only Donbass men dressed as prisoners of war, acting the part. Would that not have been simply audacious?
I have no evidence, of course, but my heart hopes that it is true — and that it will be selectively leaked later on — throwing western propaganda tactics back in their face. After all, do we have any evidence, and proof, beyond mere assertion, that those men really were prisoners of war? What theater!
The western media propaganda machine is working overtime today. The NAF counteroffensive must have rattled them – and Poroshenko is in Minsk, pretending to be a statesman. I’m sure Putin will offer him some concession, but it won’t work. After all, the RF diplomatic position has not changed since Day 1: ceasefire, then federalization. And we all know that the US will not accept either. And for Porky Pig, ceasefire = right wing coup. Will there be another parliament? Or since the Communist Party and Party of Regions will be banned, will it even matter? And would Novorossia accept ‘federalization’ – no.
Onwards to Odessa and Kharkiv!
Dear saker,
I am french and I live in France.
During the winter olympic games, I was disgusted to see that the olympic intermission was not respected and that the atlantist bloc had chosen this period to act in Ukraine. So I started to investigate and discovered many interesting analysis, which led me to shift from pro-UE and to anti-UE.
Among these interesting analysis, was of course “the vineyard of the saker” which I follow on a daily basis. In french we also have the blog http://www.les-crises.fr/ which gives us information on events in Ukraine, free of atlantist propaganda.
Thank you for your blog. I strongly believe that the future of France and Europe (not UE which is bound to explode like USSR did)lies in the hands of Russia and Poutine and of a handful of resistants who fight in Novorussia for “liberty, egality, fraternity”.
Your blog contributes to maintain my hope in an alternative to euro-atlantist methods.
Thank you so much.
@at not so fast
I agree with your post and I would like to add this .
There is a concerted efforts by Zionist entities to push for multiculturalism in Europe . More migrants that will not assimilate in Europe and will try to change the society that accepted them . This is a trick to reduce the coesion of society and destroy its values .
Combined with Hollywood’s propaganda about homosexuality , pedophilia ,mindless violence and kinky sexual habits . We are subjected to a barrage of propaganda about alternatives that are deleterious to a civilized society . While in Israel the government deports migrants of African origin , our societies are sent bankrupt supporting medical services and accommodation expenses for new arrivals of dubious integration values and dubious value as workers ( no art , no part ) .
Those migration policies have been imposed on the populations by unelected know all from the EU .
Those so called EU leaders are terrified of referenda . have been bought off by Zionist bankers and work to the detriment of the population .
Anti NWO from Trst
Can you add an option to donate Bitcoin?
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@danielrichjp
There is such a thing as coincidence. Just as there is such things as conspiracy, propoganda and presstitutes.
I fear that Poroshenko is being drawn into a trap. Russia has recognized him as president of Ukraine. That means he is now responsible for war crimes, using the army on civilians, etc. The price he pays for ‘dignity’ today in Minsk. Some Russian soldiers strayed into ‘Ukraine’ . . . could Russia have allowed Ukraine a propaganda victory on a crucial day? Putin will offer Poroshenko some kind of deal or concession that will look good on the surface and cause the western partners to claim that Putin is ‘backing down’ . . . but it will be a deal that Poroshenko cannot follow through on. And the revolution will roll on.
@ Yonatan,
Q: Excellent prose and beautiful expression.
R: Thank you. In most cases, after I’ve sent a reply and watch it pop up when it’s approved, it looks like I’ve been typing with two wet socks for gloves. My apologies.
Strength and Honor.
Saker, Stumbling upon your blog has meant a lot to me. I am delighted to have found such a resource for events in Ukraine and elsewhere and appreciate the intelligent and informed community. It still seems to me very unique and one of the best sites I have found on the internet over many years of looking around. I am going to send out a check tomorrow, which I had neglected to do previously.
My son left for college a year ago and I know how difficult that is. May your daughter have a blessed journey and may your son find his way “back home” quickly.
As others have said, many people hate the truth. It is a reflection of their spiritual journey, which has been sidetracked somehow, and has nothing to do with you personally.
Blessings to you and your family, Pat
For your readers: If you haven’t done so yet, I would strongly recommend you have a look at the US Govt’s blueprint, PNAC, the Project for the New American [21st] Century, by the neocons and cheney. They were so arrogant that they published their plans.
Now some might say that the Repubs are no longer in power, yet, America is really just a 1 party state in 2 forms, with people behind the scenes pushing the agenda, whichever party is in power. As the saying goes (paraphrased): it doesn’t matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in.
Then, there is an interesting article on the CFR site, written by Mearsheimer, titled Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141769/john-j-mearsheimer/why-the-ukraine-crisis-is-the-wests-fault
wherein he states:
‘…’it is clear that Washington backed the coup. Nuland [a Jew, and wife of Robert Kagan and co-founder of PNAC] and Republican Senator John McCain participated in antigovernment demonstrations, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the US ambassador to Ukraine, proclaimed after Yanukovych’s toppling that it was “a day for the history books.” As a leaked telephone recording revealed, Nuland had advocated regime change and wanted the Ukrainian politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister in the new government, which he did.’ In PNAC, the neocons wanted ‘regime change’ in Iraq too, with SH’s removal.
Dear Saker
Reader for a few months of your inspirational blog. First time writer. What bonds us all (well except for the paid Zionist trolls) is that we are all lovers of peace and we are simply tired of the criminal elements which keep guiding us into dangerous ways. We have simply had enough of the US/UK world dictatorship, their lies, greed, corruption and blood lust.
We simply want a better world for our children. Your writings help us hold onto our core values and hope that the end is nigh for the criminals who still believe in their ‘exceptionalism’.
I don’t want to ramble on but through your blog, I continue to believe that Bush, Cheney, Blair, Obama, FoghOfWar and others will be tried for their war crimes and that figureheads of the MSM will be locked up for treason.
Stay strong and look after your family.
Strength also to Novorussia and to mother Russia.
Dear Saker,
I wanna thank you so much for your inspiring blog. Since I have discovered it, MSM is all but dead for me. I can imagine what feelings these hate-mails create in you. Couple of days ago I had a bad dispute with my father about the Crimea independence referendum. He is very MSM-brainwashed and his arguments made me mad.
Best regards,
Big O from Luxembourg (once independent nation, now occupied by EU)
http://deepresource.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/nuland.jpg
Anti-Americanism (anti-neocon-ism rather) somewhere in the south of the Netherlands, 20 miles from where I live :)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuland
You are an inspiration Saker and your blog and analysis in indispensable.
I am sorry to hear of your personal challenges, but I hope you have any idea how much streangth and assurance you are giving to so many of us who rely on your blog to sift through the crap we are fed by the media.
exomike here.
I saw and interview or a bio on Strelkov’s understudy who replaced Strelkov. Like an idiot I have lost the article. Can anyone tell me where I can find it?
Whats with the video of the interviews from captured Russian POW’s caught inside Ukraine?
Supposedly from an armored column 25 km inside Ukraine..
Oh the Operation Hornets Nest: Alleged Snowden document says US/UK/Israel are behind ISIS was put out as a joke by Iran.. But it has a lot of truth in it.
I also would like to add Saker that I am noticing a very real shift in the public perception of this conflict on the blogs I am reading. The articles are still the same, but the comments sections are turning against the propaganda being fed to the public. Your blog has played a vital role in that awareness.
There is an excellent article here
that provides more evidence that Europeans are waking up to the truth and getting sick of the lied they are being fed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39502.htm
The comments sections in German publications are showing a clear revolt against the Atlanticists.
If anything Merkel needs to be trolled..
Ich spreche mich hiermit gegen die Pro-israelische Berichterstattung deutscher Medien aus.
Ich spreche mich hiermit gegen die Verharmlosung des Genozids an den Palästinensern aus.
Fakten und Beiweise hierzu, werden von den Medien bewusst unter den Tisch gekehrt. Ohne Erfolg.
Israel hat erneut Phosphorbomben eingesetzt.
Der Einsatz von Brandwaffen gegen Zivilpersonen bzw. in einer Art und Weise, in der es leicht zu sogenannten “Kollateralschäden“ kommen kann, ist entsprechend den Zusatzprotokollen von 1977 zu den Genfer Abkommen von 1949 verboten.
Diese Protokolle hat Israel NICHT unterzeichnet. Warum nicht?!
Israel verstößt somit auch gegen die Chemiewaffenkonvention.
Ich fordere die Medien und die deutsche Regierung auf, nicht länger in MEINEM NAMEN zu sprechen.
Ich teile nicht die Ansicht der Bundesregierung, dass Israel sich bloß “verteidige”.
Ich spreche mich ganz klar gegen diese Lüge aus.
Ich lasse mich nicht länger manipulieren und zum Narren halten.
https://www.facebook.com/AngelaMerkel?fref=ts
“German/Russian people against fascism in Ukraine.” Video from Rus Berlin. Anti-fascist, anti-Kiev-junta May 2014 demonstration in Berlin that gathered 35-40 thousand people. As the crowd walks, the Russian anthem starts playing.
Hallo Dear Saker!
It is very important what you do and please continue if you can.
Wrestling with evil is always a very hard thing, so do not expect just nice responses :-)
The evil side and especially the paid evil side is doing their job also :-) It is just that simple. So do not let their comments too close to your heart!
You are one of the few beacons of light in this information war.
Robo_IC, Central Europe
@Anonymous25 August, 2014 23:09
Spot on with all you say [e.g religion is the opium of the masses] but particularly re this “Noble”:
“virtuous, good, honourable, honest, upright, upstanding, decent, worthy, uncorrupted,
anti-corruption, moral, ethical, reputable, magnanimous, unselfish, generous, self-sacrificing, brave”
person we have come to know as “The Saker”.
@Ann 26 August, 2014 05:40
“I feel like a friend is out there everyday when I think of your blog.”
Exactly – so please Saker, never give up the good fight.
Thank you.
PS Saker – all in the wordlist above do apply to you and, at least some, in great measure.
Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard on this site, it is truly a gift. There is so much information here, we are all lucky to have this amid all the propaganda.
I hail from the land downunder. This is my first post so I thought I should sort of introduce myself.
Saker,
Thank you so much for the hard work you do every day, it is very much appreciated by many around the world. You provide a welcome oasis in the desert of lies and propaganda. It gladdens me to see so many good people from many cultures, all over the world letting their voices be heard in the vineyard. You writing and the wealth of information shared by readers of the site has helped shape my view of Ukraine, Syria, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq the list goes on; and sadly for the poor people caught up in it, it is a long list. For a long time I refused to believe that the world could be run by a small group of evil men manipulating populations to increase their personal wealth, but in the past months I have had to accept the staggering reality of it.
I don’t normally talk like this but the abundant genuine positive emotion in this thread has moved me. There is a real sense of community among the vast majority of posters to this board. Sites like this remind us that our personal struggles are not in vain.
Mindfriedo,
Thank you for the information you share with us about developments in the East. You have also helped open my eyes.
Fulan Nasrullah,
My heart goes out to you in your time of need. May peace and health be with your family. Thank also for fighting the good fight.
Not SoFast,
“I feel that because of the contact with your blog I am changing internally – I am beginning to grapple with the dark side of human nature and I’m starting to look at people with the feeling do these have a dark side too?”
I too have felt a similar change recently. I have found the change somewhat unsettling. I guess deep down everyone wants to be able to trust their fellow man. It is commonly known that this is what enables conmen to do their job. This change has affected the way I look at people. But I find it helps to remember that it is a gift. It is part of the process of freeing one’s mind from the chains that many don’t know exist.
Also, I can see your point when you talk about gender role manipulation. I have witnessed a change in the young men here in Australia. For the most part they seem to be getting softer and softer. I echo your words about the erosion of human relations too, the family unit is indeed a thing of the past in the minds of many. It saddens me greatly to have seen this happening. It’s one of the worst parts of the nefarious plans that evil people seem to be hatching everywhere. The joy that comes from spending time friends and family is in my eyes life’s greatest treasure and should be prized above all wealth or material possessions. To see that this could all be a deliberate plan is worrisome indeed, but not at all surprising. It makes a lot of sense. Divide and conquer.
colinjames,
“but I was wondering if anyone else felt like there was something singularly important and special about Ukraine”
Yes! I started reading about what was going in Ukraine in about January. I don’t remember why, there was just something about it that stood out. Probably something to do with the way MSM has been playing the ‘End of the World Showdown between Russia and USA’ line. It is only since MH17 went down that I learned anything close to the truth. The story about how the plane went down caused me to look deeper, then I found this website. I learned about the horrors of Odessa and the Maidan Sniper, the Biden’s, George Soros, Nuland. Hahaha, I don’t need to tell you guys, you already know :P
Anyway, it really does feel like this fight between the NAF and KJ is really between the SOS and the defenders of human liberty and justice. I do what I can to share this information with the people around me, but many people are deep in the fog as was I. As I was saying to NotSoFast people don’t want to believe how evil we can be to eachother and the version people see in the MSM is much more comforting than the truth. The power of the media, education and various forms of conditioning does not help either. But I digress, there really does seem to be something special about this fight, it could represent a turning point, a stepping stone on the path to a better world. I really hope so.
Nora,
I read your post on another thread about a name for the evil beasts who want everyone to have a bad time. I like sos too, but I don’t think the scumbags deserve to have their name spelt with capitals :P
Peace,
Track 7.
Dear Saker, inspiring bloggers,
my deepest thanks for your endless and invaluable commitment.
We shall be free.
Love and blessings from the Alps. M.
There are some incredible, and incredibly perceptive, comments on this thread. Please do take them to heart, Saker!
And for anyone wondering about the corporate takeover of Ukraine, please do take a good look at the corporate takeover of Wisconsin, checking out in particular detail what the Club for Growth, Gogebic Taconite LLC and Bulletproof Securities, among others, hath already wrought. Here’s a summary, with some decent references for those with strong stomachs. (It can’t happen here? It already is!)
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Scott_Walker_And_The_Mine
Now that more and more stuff is reaching the MSM I was amused to hear – on an Italian anti-fascist lefty radio – an interview with la Stampa’s resident Russia-baiter downplaying the rumours that the Kiev junta is backed by out and out fascists, “No, not really…” etc. Taken at face value – as the interviewer did – the claim is bizarre, especially on a show that never misses an opportunity to exalt the record of the Italian resistance partisans during WWII.
But anyway it looks like there is actually some tension now in Kiev, with the nazis challengng the regime over imprisoned fellow nazis
http://www.globalresearch.ca/nazis-splitting-with-kiev-regime/5397541
ps – as for hate mail, read until the first sign emerges and then stop and just snip immediately! all very best
ps – as for hate mail, read until the first sign emerges and then stop and just snip immediately! all very best
@ anon,
Q: There is such a thing as coincidence…
R: Just because you say so?
Irrefutable evidence please.
Please Saker, never give up fight for freedom.
Zagreb
Saker, take heart. Your blog means so much to so many of us. The nasty comments means you are effective.
I wish to say something about the James Foley story.
The MSM has pretty much acknowledged that the video was totally staged. No beheading takes place in it. They are now saying he may have been killed a year ago.
I am having serious doubts about the whole business around James Foley. He is very likely a CIA operative of some kind. He seems to have a knack for becoming a hostage in countries the US is itching to attack. He was a hostage in Libya before the bombings. He was supposed to be a hostage of the Syrian government when the US wanted to attack it. Now he has become a victim of ISIS when the US wants to attack ISIS Syria (or Syria in ISIS). What are the chances of these being coincidences? Plus his family seems pretty upbeat whenever they are interviewed. In a recent interview with the parents, the father had to correct the wife into the past tense when speaking about her son. In another interview when he was a hostage, his sister seemed pretty giggly all the time.
Take a look at the info here, for example.
http://maxmalonewp.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/james-foley-his-secret-life-and-the-cia/
Falcon,
Your professional journalism leaves an indelible mark on the moral conscience of us all. We support freedom of truth and you have given a full measure of that to your readers.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton was right; the pen IS mightier than the sword and your work proves it to be true.
For all those who have troubled teenagers in 13-17 age.
Please check the website:
http://www.redcliffascent.com
I have had the most profound experience with them. And they accept teens from other countries.
Regards, Spiral
Dear Saker,
Evil always tries to confront good.
My advice to you is when you see an email that it’s very personally negative or just plain mean in general, do *not* keep reading it.
The writer wants to upset your soul.
Don’t give evil the satisfaction.
God bless you & your family.
Regards,
Carmel by the Sea
P.s I am very busy lately & will be for the near future just letting you, Nora , Mohamed and those that would see my posts more often.
However, I do read when I can and will be posting a bit more in the future. God bless all!
Saker, bless you. There is no truth out there about the situation unless one spends hours piecing it together. Obsessed about Donbass? I’ve had one friend ( not close) forbid me talking about it and another one thank me for spending the time to sort it out. This I could not do without your blog and the help of many of the faithful commentators. The more powerful a voice you become the more support you will attract and rightly so. Blessings for your son –this, too, shall pass and for the better.
Just posted — southern extension of self-defense forces to Sea of Azov (northern extension of the Black Sea) is displayed on this Slavyangrad.org map (in English):
Novorossiya Map of Hostilities – August 10-25, 2014
Zoom in for 20 explanatory notes keyed to the map.
Nine white areas are trapped Ukrainian forces; estimated numbers:
Rock Solid Politics @BradCabana
SIT REP: By my count there are now 11 Pockets of #Ukraine troops trapped without resupply – approx 15-19,000 UKR troops trapped. #cdnpoli
BBC and UPI have reported today that Russian troops were captured well within Ukraine border. It is also reported that the Russian gov ackowledges this to be true and that it is a mistake and that the troops surrendered peacefully.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/08/26/Russians-claim-soldiers-crossed-Ukraine-border-by-accident/8561409050072/
Hey Saker,
I am pretty sure you have considered this but,are the cia/nsa/fbi/whoever,
looking to pin-stick you or your family with vineyard being a prime truth venue now?
Stay strong,
XbNB
Thank you Saker!!!
I would echo Dusty that realistically the situation for human beings living at this moment in time seems grim. I’m sure there is a calculation at play that in order to save us we must all be kept in the dark, and many of us must perish. That is being done far from the states, we can’t see it with our eyes, we have to read and understand it here at you blog.
I’m like everyone else here, I’ve witnessed the decay of the earth during my lfe time. I’ve worked out doors and I know the weather is changing in ways that are not going to be conducive to how many of us experience life. I do not want to live in a dystopia.
I do think that the central conflict is not in the Ukraine, but in Palestine/Israel. That is the problem itself expressed right there. The Ukraine we all sense is where the problem is nearing its end game. One may wish to say “good,” but the encroaching future seems grim on its current tack.
Re: is Ukraine special?
Many posters on this blog share this feeling, and I am one of them. Why? Because I see it as a fight for survival of the last defender of freedom and human values, namely Russia. The Empire of Lies wanted the Ukraine to become a NATO member and accept US missile bases so as to negate Russia’s second strike capability. This scenario would put Russia (and most likely the world) in the AZ Empire’s pocket with catastrophic consequences for all of humanity (i.e. total degeneracy + the realization of the zionist dream). And I feel that humanity has been extraordinarily lucky that a very strong and able leader has arisen in Russia at this crucial time: I sometimes have the feeling that life itself is giving us a chance at a time of great need. This is why the Ukraine conflict touches me deeply: I believe that Russia and the very courageous pro-russian militias do not only fight for a new life for themselves but also for a new life for humanity that is worth living.
My strongest possible wishes of strength, good decisions and of success go to Russia, to Novorussia and to you Saker.
Merkel making constructive noises? Hard to tell but it looks that way to me.
http://novorossia.today/main-news/germany-s-angela-merkel-has-said-ukraine.html
“Germany’s Angela Merkel has said Ukraine is free to “go to” Russia’s “Eurasian Union”, amid signs of a new willingness to make peace with Russian leader Vladimir Putin”
Perhaps due to pressure from business community as a recent Handelsblat article (which went viral) suggests.
Check out this headline, for example:
German Exports to Russia May Shrink by One Quarter This Year – German Businessmen
Cf. http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/08/26/german-exports-russia-may-shrink-one-quarter-this-year-businessmen.html
Don’t grind your teeth too much – get a gum-guard because dental bills can be bad news, trust me…Less tangentally – another well done and keep up the good work for all our sanity’s sakes.
This will pass – your son will recover and make ammends, your daughter will flourish and the chaos in the east will die down in ‘the good guy’s’ favour.
Head up breathe and be well so you can carry on with this beacon in the fog of propaganda that passes for a free press.
Thank you
Sympathize all to well, it
is infuriating and agonizing
to watch this. Do NOT give
up…this is war for you of
a different nature but just
as tough…dig in, move
forward.!
Keep up the good work! Don’t let the haters get to you. Truth is a radical idea in the West these days. At least most people who lived in USSR knew they were being lied to unlike current paradigm we live in.
1 John 5:4
and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
KJV
Anonymous 13.17
Thanks god you nailed it.
It is obvious that it was staged the mother is talking about it like she is washing her teethes, it is so disgusting and very primitive
Anonymous wrote :
“There is a concerted efforts by Zionist entities to push for multiculturalism in Europe . More migrants that will not assimilate in Europe and will try to change the society that accepted them . This is a trick to reduce the coesion of society and destroy its values”.
It really makes me sad when I see otherwise intelligent and most probably decent people write posts like these. This is the elephant in the room nobody is willing to own up to and confront. Racism. It doesn’t matter if this is racism against black people (which is most probably the most common there is), or racism against Russians, or Pakistanis, etc. When are the white peoples of Europe going to wake up and realise that these “migrants” are as much victims of the policies of the global corporations and their corrupt and bought politicians as they are ? Here in the UK over the last 15 years I have witnessed a greater and greater hostility emerging from the general public towards immigrants and foreigners who they seem to blame for all their woes instead of diverting their anger towards their so called “leaders” who are actually the real architects of their gradually declining quality of life. Maybe if your politicians stopped bringing “democracy by bombs” to their various countries and stopped exploiting the natural resources of their countries these migrants might not have been migrants in the first place.
It seems wherever you look in this stupid world Africans and black people have been nominated to be everybodys whipping boy, right from the days of slavery through to today and the mass genocide committed against sub-Saharan Africans by the western backed lunatics (“freedom fighters” as they were called in western MSM) who overthrew and murdered Ghaddafi and were hanging blacks upside down from lamp posts while they slit there throats and took videos of themselves doing it. This is the real problem we face today and the problem is not the hegemon, as the devil only has power over us which we give to it. The real problem is us. Mankind has since time immemorial been riven with divisions along racial, ethnic, social and religious lines. We have never loved nor accepted each other and it is these very fault lines which the evil ones amongst us exploit to sow discord, division, war and destruction for their own personal profit. There is indeed no hope for the vast majority of mankind.
My much appreciated Saker,
I understand your feelings about what is happening in Russia and The Ukraine and I can not imagine the pain you feel, when it hurts so much myself.
Although I started my fight alone when everyone started blaming Russia for what happens in The Ukraine, I can not express what it meant for me to get to this blog and find a community who share the same views or, if while not the same, at least being able to reason arguments civilly and politely.
As I said some other time, with my environment, friends, colleagues, even family, fully abducted by the official propaganda with few exceptions, this blog is for me an intellectual and moral oasis.
It occupies most of my free time to be here and even though I sometimes think it’s too much and neglect other aspects of my life, I also think that we are living in historic times and we will be always proud to have taken part in this struggle, although finally we can not see the result in our lifetime.
Saker Imagine telling your grandchildren about the times in the blog, or we may perhaps still together when we’re retired, who knows, only God …..
I think this is being poured great energy, despite occasional disagreements, and is building something very beautiful that always carry in your heart.
Saker, even though I have always admired the Russian people (and I include the people of Ukraine), thanks to this fight, thanks to this blog, I’ve also learned to love them, to learn more of the “Russian soul” and I was born an unprecedented interest in all the Russian, history, political situation, I’m even willing to travel there and I would not mind learning Russian (after dozens of videos in Russian, I have become familiar with the sound of the language to the point that it could recognize a Russian talking behind my back, but I’m dying of curiosity when we have no subtitles) BTW, what it means (_katore) that is repeated a lot?
Well, I’m sorry about your boys, I see my friends suffering with their teens and I can imagine what you’re going through. It is life, everything will return to its site for sure. They have had a good example at home and that will definitely pay off, you’ll see, in spite of an error due to disorders of this age.
I wish you good luck, good health and a lot of strength to carry all along.
A big hug.
See you in the trenches, informational so far, but who knows….
Thanks for all your hard work! I hope everything gets better at home. Your blog is the best site I go to for information on the Ukraine crisis
Dear Saker,
Thank you for this very inspirational blog, true learning experience, friendly place to express our support for humanity.
Best wishes to you and your family!
Hang in there!
One more thing – there is a saying:
“If they are shooting at you, then you must have done something important”
To The Saker:
Do not tire of flying!
“It would just be a bird …. but I wanted the bird”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJxSnYWdp0
Dear Saker –
Every ‘knock’ is a ‘boost’. Shows you’re doing something right.
Your detractors, your trolls – a turd for them!
Remember how many Ukies served in the Waffen SS. That ideology still holds sway. Killing Jews is a national sport in the Ukraine – That’s why the adulation of Bandarism. Rejoice in their discomfort at your truthtelling.
My only contacts with Ukrainians were Petlurists, with one remarkable exception – an anarchist from the Makhnovschina. Hardly a cross section of modern Ukraine.
@Dusty
But here’s a thing, it is no good for a person in the US to say ‘waytago Putin’ and claim support for an end to dollar hegemony as long as that person is living in the US because your fate will be tied up with the millions of other USAians sharing your land, economy and fate.
Unless you are willing to uproot yourself and move to Russia, China or Brazil you’d better get on message with whatever the US is going to do because you are a part of it!
There it is — the voice of a rich guy economist willing to sacrifice everyone and everything just to stay rich.
You are pathetic.
Saker, thank you so much for blogging!
There are always going to be haters, take no notice.
Keep ya chin up old chap!
Thanks and Best wishes!!!
No where-wolf, you might want to read what I wrote. Give it a go! When you read what I wrote you will see that I was telling people that if things get back then a choice that is simply some kind of team support without actually doing something is pointless.
Truth be told, when things get sticky people – you – will end up becoming a patriot because it is all that is going to enable your survival, and maybe that will not be enough.
You get to make a choice, but it may well need to be a real choice, not just some bloke chanting slogans in his basement.
In truth that is no different to the bloke running the defence in Llovaisk at the moment. A short while ago he was in the Ukrainian army. He understood a real choice was needed and he made it. Not sitting in front of a computer screen – albeit he had http://www.warmaps.info on a monitor behind him. ;)
He is making a real choice, for life or for death, hopefully not the latter.
I was writing upthread about the reality that an end to dollar hegemony REALLY means. Stuff that, in a small scale, people are already seeing in Lugansk, Donetsk, Llovaisk right now. Money does not work any more and so there is nothing to buy. People exchange their possessions for a bottle of water or a can of food. Much like many people were doing in Russia when I was first there in the late 90’s.
When the banking system breaks down NOTHING works, nothing is made, nothing is sold. The question that one might want to ask is whether what we have now is better than that eventuality.
Here’s a thing. When that time comes it will affect Russia, Ukraine, China and, yes the US. Guess where the people are likely to have the least ability to deal with the problems?
If you want to see how things are when money breaks take a look at Graham Phillips’ Facebook page, look at how life is in Lugansk right now and have a big long think about what you really want. https://www.facebook.com/grahamwilliamphillips?fref=nf
As I noted, if we survive a change away from dollar hegemony the outcome might be, on the whole, a good one. The journey to that point may be a little more bumpy than just changing the symbols on our credit cards.
Where-Wolf, this stuff is not a game, for millions of people, right now, it is life. Do you want to join them?
Dear Saker.You always have a bed and food in australia.Your tireless work is appreciated by all.dave thomas.