Dear friends,
I am home. That is the good news. The bad one is that my network is at 1/10th of its normal speed and that it often simply disconnects.
Other bad new: over the past couple of days I got well over 100 emails. I don’t have the time to answer them. So here is what I suggest:
==>>IF YOU WANT ME TO REPLY TO YOUR EMAIL, PLEASE RE-SEND IT ON WEDNESDAY<<==
(and if you missed that message, you are out of luck. Sorry!)
Now about the debate:
As much as I thought that Killary had one the first one, this time around I feel that Trump beat Killary by a big margin: she was on the defensive and he was very effective. And it was a 1 against 3, as Trump himself said. The two “journalists” were a joke, to put it mildly. And Trump beat them all.
While I am not a Trump supporter, I have to say that I am amazed at how the US corporate media unanimously bashes him all day long. They clearly fear something, don’t they?
Sorry, that is all I can write. We need to re-occupy our house, get it in order and just catch a breath.
I hope to be back to work on the blog on Wednesday. Until them, consider me on sick-leave or something similar, okay?
Hugs to all,
The Saker
Saker
Probably quite a relief to be back home. I didn’t see the candidate debate, but did read some articles about it. Trump made some good points and held his own. I suspect that for many watching that debate, that was the first time they heard anything remotely resembling reality on Syria, given the overwhelming saturation of propaganda by the zio-gay media. As expected, the zio-gay media moderators helped clinton.
Both Wikileaks and Guccifer2 released new leaks, some of which specifically deal with the zio-gay media working with the clinton campaign to ensure her selection.
New leak reveals extent of Clinton ties with US media
https://www.rt.com/usa/362249-clinton-leaks-press-elections/
Well… when she was trying to answer the question about the Supreme Court (taking full advantage of how much she knows about the inner workings of being in Office for so many years) while also peddling the now tired trope that Trump is inexperienced and/or somehow unhinged/unstable to govern….
Here’s the money shot of the debate delivered by Trump…
Donald Trump: “Because you’d be in jail”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFGiZT-MnI4
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Short and sweet, as they say ;-)
-TL2Q
I am not a supporter of either candidate as well but please please do not fall into the trap of making Donald Trump out to be anything more than a despicable piece of human garbage.
The pedophile rapist deserves everything he’s getting and more so stop whining about the sniffing turd.
Seriously, what is the problem w/ normally astute people that they seem to have to suspend their critical thinking skills during this election cycle/Spectacle? Is the propaganda that effective? Why the need to treat a pedophile rapist billionaire as anything more than the crap he is?
Hating Hillary and recognizing Trump for the despicable scum he is are not mutually exclusive positions but judging by the support – and by this I mean making him out to be both a serious candidate and a decent human being – for Trump among spurned fake-lefties and others, the propaganda arsenal is only leaving room for one cognitive reality.
Sad.
So you prefer clinton and the never ending wars for israel. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll take that into consideration next time I see your name above a comment, Ron.
Ron
You assert DTrump is a “pedophile rapist”. I have not come across that one before. Have you evidence for your assertion or is this intended as an outburst of emotionalism?
Siotu
I’ve heard two things on the rape charge. One is, Ivanka Trump accused Donald of raping her in their divorce proceeding. Unfortunately in the US spurious allegations are often made in divorce proceedings for two reasons: first, there is immunity for libel suits for claims made in legal proceedings, and, second, usually the woman is trying to get huge sums of money from the man and/or gain custody of children, and smearing the man is a very effective technique. In any case, Ivanka recanted the accusation.
A second occurrence was a civil lawsuit which has been filed against Trump three times by an anonymous woman, accusing him and notorious pedophile Epstein of raping her numerous times commencing at the age of 13. See here and here. As the lawsuit was filed anonymously, and appears to be politically motivated (particularly given the timing), it has zero credibility.
Some people will jump on any accusation if they like what they hear.
Thanks CalDre
That makes sense.
Siotu
Trump is sort of friends with Jeffrey Epstein. (“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy”, said Trump in 2002. Epstein’s villa is also not too far away from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago on Palm Beach, FL.)
Of course Trump himself owns one or two modeling agencies. (How conservative. There’s also one or two lawsuits in connection to that and some controversy about visas for ‘imported’ young models.)
There also exists photos of:
Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell (daughter of supposed Mossad agent Robert Maxwell) on a photo with Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell on a photo with Nathaniel Rothschild (Son of Jacob Rothschild).
Which is somewhat interesting because some tabloid sources around 2009 mentioned that Nathaniel Rothschild dated Ivanka Trump in the 90s and Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife vacationed together recently. Ruppert Murdoch is a friend of Jacob Rothschild.
Maxwell was not a ‘supposed Mossad agent’, he was a Mossad agent, besides being a British Intelligence agent and at times a KGB one.
“So you prefer clinton and the never ending wars for israel.”
And what about ex-CIA director / PNAC member / Herzliya conference attendee James Woolsie as advisor of Trump? How does something like this even come about, how comes there’s contact between Donald Trump and an ex-CIA director?
Or the Michael Glassner types behind Trump. And Trump is buddies with Netanyahu.
The prob. with you assertions is that Clinton will continue a very dangerous game in the ME where an accident easily may start an avalanche of unstoppable events leading to a repeat of WWI. This time with nuclear weapons. Much better way is the one advocated by Trump: cooperate with Russia to eliminate ISIS and rapidly develop energy independence that would lead to a drastic drop of the price of oil. And both Saudis and Qataris will have much less money to fund religious idiots. I think that we can drop the price to about $30. At that price they will have very little spare cash.
The problema about that price is we are living The Oil Peak.
That means we need to go deeper to grab the oil.
Brazil new fields is the future because the geological info is all new and the entire world could go for this new frontier….but NOT with only 30.
The clincher is the closeness of Rudi Guliani. guiliani is defintely an operator for the Deep State. An indispensable person to have as mayor in order to ensure the coverup of the crime of 9/11. It is of course just a coincidence that Guliani was in London on 7/7. Trump – Clinton two cheeks of the ass of the Deep State.
I don’t think people are blind to Trumps faults
We see them all too clearly
We all wish for a better candidate that is not a globalist, neo con, Russophobe.
Hillary is all those things and she named Russia an Adversary in the stage at that debate – think about that
she has already shown she is a killer look at libya, those thousands of people dying in the Mediterranean and Syria she advocates Assad must go and a no fly zone – war!!!
you are way off base
Trump negatives are form over substance –
your issues raised are silly – the man has built many building complexes in the most stringent market in the world NYC – that have stood the test of time required organization and risk assessment
Hillary is substance over form
she is a dangerous criminal who has “proven” to subvert the entire justice system and will get us all killed – no judgement – she has nothing to lose and we have everything to lose
Very perceptive comment
I term her “the destroyer of nations,”
and I include Ukraine, sice the media
only tend to look at Lybia, Syria, and maybe Iraq.
Ron, I think you having too much from MSM. Most of those are fiction from fear mongering establishment who fear a unknown. What really bugs me is not Trump is not one of them, but Trump trying hard to show them he is one of them. Had he not doing that, I’d freely say I support him.
I think he in his original form are much better than the one trying hard to get votes by please one faction or other. He could have considered as visionary.
To paraphrase everyone’s hero, Don Rumsfeld :), “As you know, you go to [the polls] with the [candidates] you have, not the [candidates] you might want or wish to have at a later time“.
Everyone realizes Trump is a disgusting narcissistic jerk. This is the part the media focuses on, exclusively. Only because Hillary is FAR, FAR WORSE (a war criminal, rapist-enabling, utterly corrupt mass murderer of millions of innocents in her 30 years of illegal war mongering and a leading candidate to start WW III), do some people bring up the positive aspects of Trump. As for Hillary, there is not much positive to write about her, hence the mass media is spending half of its space demonizing Trump. The same, by the way, as they demonize Putin, who also is not perfect (though I do wish we could have something like the American version of Putin in the race, alas, see quote above!)
We don’t know he is a jerk, that’s just what our corporate media want us to believe.
Many years ago, a friend of mine was working on a Trump project as a refrigeration specialist. He said that Trump came to visit any that he was very respectful and sincerely thanked the men for doing a great job on a tough deadline.
He said they all felt Trump was a good guy.
I’ve never liked Trump because of his crass 80s materialism, and even went so far as to burn his book but when my friend told me this I became neutral.
Watching him campaign I’m not influenced by what he says but am very impressed by the systematic way he cleared the field, and brushed aside all his detractors, especially the corporate media. No small feat.
I think ambition wise, he does want to do a good job fixing what’s broken and be a good president. As he said in a playboy interview years ago, he doesn’t care about material things, he just likes to win.
Right now, even though I have been a lifelong liberal I support him because in the worst case scenario things will stay the same, but there is a possibility that he can change things.
BE, I agree with your last paragraph. At worse, we get another Obama, he could really change things.
Hillary really is not a option. He has all posts the hawks and cons in place and ready to bomb. Even GOP impeach her the first day in office, she may pull a bill Clinton, and bomb someone right away to distract attention.
He is egotistical. (I have a brother that greatly resembles him.) However, he is also personally gracious. I have interviewed many who work for or are in contact with him, from doormen to golf pros, and uniformly they say he and his children are always nice to them and speak when they pass. Two friends of mine were in one of his casinos a few years ago and encountered him on the floor. He asked how they were enjoing the day (they were) but they lamented they hadn’t won anything. He reached in his pocket and gave a $20 bill to each of them.
Obama is egotistical, in a particularly annoying, sanctimonious way.
Clinton (Bill) is egotistical.
Hillary is egotistical.
The Bushes are egotistical.
The neocons are egotistical.
They are *all* egotistical.
The question is, what feeds these egos?
I don’t even wnat to know what feeds Hillary’s ego.
I actually prefer an ego fed by hittin’ on dames than whatever type of ego Hillary has. Probably pure, unadulterated ambition, leading her to brush away and brush aside anything that hinders her way to the top. And assume that the public doesn’t notice her little nose scratching ploys. How childish. But again, what does she plan to do once she gets to the top? Make war!! What kind of ego is that? The Thatcherite type, with her shaky hand on the nuclear button. Gawd.
Katherine
That’s a despicable allegation to make unless you have substantial evidence to back it up. Either present your evidence or melt back into the shadows where you belong. My life, I cannot stomach this sort of behaviour.
We all know Trump is the new “Rapist /Hitler/Stalin” du jour..yawn.. Not a very original smear.
But please enlighten us how are Trump and Hillary “not mutually exclusive”?
Can he stand up to alpha male groupthink? This was the issue for me. The solidarity of the old boys club is absolute, isn’t it? What if the good old alphas align around a really dangerous idea. Will Trump break from the alpha male solidarity and reject the idea? Examples of this would be welcomed. By me, anyway. :-)
I don’t get it S113, I thought TRUMP was THE anti-establishment candidate?
Considering how the USA projects its power across the globe, I believe all the citizens of the world should have the right to vote for the next US president :-).
The pedophile rapist deserves everything he’s getting and more…
i suppose by that you mean bill…
didn’t you see hs face as the stuff came out on main media?
Trump’s record of making his money in gambling, boxing and beauty pageants, all of which are corrupt, and his obviously embarrassingly crude remarks, his association with gangster attorney Roy Kohn, who destroyed many a career of good people during the McCarthy era speaks for itself. The guy is basically a philistine. I met so many of such ‘businessmen’ in the Rotary club when I was in business in the USA. I avoid such people. He does say that he wants better relations with Russia, but he poor mouths the US military which already exceeds the budgets of the rest of the world combined, factoring military, homeland security, black ops, etc. So he is not only unpredictable, but he has no more of a moral core than all the frat boys I had the misfortune to deal with in my University days.
Clinton’s record of corruption, of suspicious deaths, of overthrowing governments, and worst of all her glee at the anal rape of Moammar Gaddafi, are a mirror of her husband’s sexual sadism.
What that amounts to is 500 years of moral degradation come full circle. As Obama’s pastor–before Obama threw him under the bus for say it, said, “The chickens are coming home to roost….God Damn(s) America”.
The only candidate that advocates major reduction in the US national security state, by 50% and bringing the troops home and ending wars for oil and exploitation is Dr. Jill Stein, whose name is not even mentioned 95%+ of the time.
Trump’s shallowness and bombast, Clinton’s pathology represent the culmination of the spiritual bankruptcy which is one of the main points of the Saker Blog. Though I am not Christian, basic human decency pervades the human spirit, but somehow the US mostly missed it.
And the true Left, as opposed to the Fake Left, of whom Clinton is the most egregious example, followed by Left gatekeepers who deny 911 and even JFK, has been repressed and suppressed since the end of WWII, when FDR was likely poisoned and Truman foisted on the rank and file, like what happened with Sanders getting the shaft (his Stockholm syndrome of internalizing his oppressors didn’t help).
That leaves the Green Party as the heir apparent of the moribund Peace, Justice Equality and Environmental movement. It is not strong —yet. but it is growing. Judging by the number of Youtube channels I am seeing.
So for those of you who mourn the badmouthing of Trump, take heart. We don’t need such second rate excuses for rapprochement with Russia. We need people with a moral compass, which neither he nor Clinton have.
I definitely like how he refuses to be forced to badmouth Putin and Russia and that he openly states the extremely obvious the oddly controversial notion that working on good terms with Russia is a positive for the planet.
Unfortunately he has to compensate for this by constantly badmouthing Iran. But that’s nothing new and I doubt he will want to fight a war against Iran as president.
Yes, he badmouths Iran all the time. BUT, he said this:
“Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS, and Iran is killing ISIS.”
Pretty interesting. You can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb4HBxmf29w
Hi. I agree entirely with your comment. Don´t particularly like him, but I was impressed on how he faced down the moderators and stated the obvious. To me that took balls. Especially since he broke with conventional wisdom, the jewish lobby, press, and both parties.
I watched the whole debate fro Australia. For me, it is vital that Hillary does not get in for the sake of the whole world. Trump appears to not be a globalist and he was so honest about Syria that I nearly fell off my chair! Quite honestly I hope he wins. The strangest election ever held In America, but I would vote for Trump and I do know a few thinking Americas who have decided to vote Trump, mainly to help ensure Hillary does not get in
Thanks for the update. Glad your house is ok.
Hey Saker,
thanks for your update. In DE, today in mainstream media, the first time I saw an article letting someone say something against HLC. I was amazed. Something is up.
Thanks
Recover and come back with the good old “you”.
The total media bashing of Trump shows they have a lot to fear from him.
No doubt the establishment know where Trump stands and what his aims will be if he gains power better than we do.
Watched the debate in the UK
What Stood out for me is Mrs clintons real hatred of Russia and Putin she mentioned this a number of times Calling Russia an adversary.
Her views on Syria were so unbelievable. She was defending the rebels. Trump nailed his arguement that she doesn’t even know who the rebels are, brought up the libya disaster.
She was still talking about the no fly zone.
The moderators were rubbish and it’s getting too obvious now even my daughter ( not too interested in politics) commented on the woman moderator debating Trump.
Trump was able to be himself – he made some funny comments comes over as natural way.
I would imagine that those who were put off by the tape will come back and those who tuned in to see what the fuss was about would choose him over her. She’s a politician lawyer for 30 years, but she sounds robotic and soulless.
I think she has all the media and establishment in her side
Watched the whole debate…couple of notes…
Killary’s mask slipped badly…her true harpy face glowed nicely…
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy was a female monster in the form of a bird with a human face. They steal food from their victims while they are eating and carry evildoers (especially those who have killed their family) to the Erinyes….Erinyes being female deities of vengeance…wikipedia…
Killary tried to repeat her jingle line from the first debate about taking the high road…(as if)…”When they go low…we go high”…making sure to credit that quote to her “good friend” Michelle Obama…
Trump’s “get real” expression said it all…and then he reminded everyone of Killary’s low-blow personal attacks on the Obamas during her 2008 primary run…some “good friend”…
Last question of the night really caught Madame Harpy off guard…”What is the one quality you admire in your opponent…?”
The deer-in-the headlights look seemed momentarily frozen in eternity…Ms. “we go high” knew she had to blurt out something…”I admire Donald’s kids”…she finally blathered…
Hey…nice one…the best thing I can say about you is I like your kids…that’s class…wonder if she has anything nice to say about Gadafi’s kids…?
Yeah…Mrs…”we came…we saw…he died…hee haw…chuckle chuckle…” really went high there…moon shot…
And here is where Trump went high for real…simply by being honest…what he likes about Killary, he said, was her tenacity and fighting spirit… “she doesn’t quit…and I admire that…just call it as I see it folks…”
Bravo Mr. Trump…proving once again that sincerity has long legs…
Also have to note the performance of America’s top “journalists”…
Right after the debate Trump approached Ms. Harpy and extended his hand…which she shook…at the beginning of the debate he had started approaching her…but stopped short of offering his hand…she never offered hers of course…
At the end of the debate the play-by-play announcers…a couple of female news “pros”…quickly jumped on the “fact” that Killary and Trump “never shook hands”…either at the beginning, nor at the end…
…say what…?…
That went on for a couple of minutes until a correction was uttered by same news pro dynamic duo…”correction…they did shake hands at the end…”…apparently some offstage gopher must have handed them a note…
Hey amazing reporting…
one is left to wonder…keeping in mind all the parallel universe stuff we see in the MSM…is there more at work here than just plain stupidity…Is there some actual brain chemistry imbalance involved that precipitates visual hallucinations…?
This is a real question now…
The Democratic/moderator plan for the opening of the debate was for Hillary to refuse Donald’s hand and Cooper Anderson’s first question to Hillary would be ‘why didn’t you shake his hand?’ and she would go on about the audio tape.
Some Democratic staffer leaked this to Roger Stone, Trump’s former campaign manager, as explained in an Alex Jones interview. Trump then knew what the game was. You can see that this report is true, because quite clearly, Trump made no effort to extend his hand at the beginning.
It’s good that you have a headache and a house is a mess – means you still got a head on your shoulders and a home to come to. We are all glad and relieved to hear it.
Get yourself sorted first, we are still here and so is the world (for now at least).
It’s good that you have a headache and a house is a mess – means you still got a head on your shoulders and a home to come to
Bwahahahahaha!!!!! Yes, you are absolutely correct, thanks for a good laugh (along with a very wise suggestion on how such events out to be viewed).
Hugs,
The Saker
Yes, especially when finally “Mathew” reached Florida as Cat 1 around 100km/h which obviously can cause some mess and even disaster and victims but nothing to compare with what have suffered the always-hit Haitian people who were reached by the whole eye of the hurricane.
Yesterday night ( since I am without computer and kinda sleepless because a treatment with dexamethasone, I was viewing the late news program on the second channel of public Spanish TV, and in this little remaining joy so well broadcasted by such a beautiful, simple and compassionate woman who is the conductor, at these wee hours when almost all sleep and rest, there appeared they, in thousands, as always, waiting patiently ( how other way they could ) near the airport that the international aid still arriving as counter-drops more than a week after the disaster. The image showed them very quiet with any hint of anxiety, perhaps because after thousands of years of abandonment they know already that that is for nothing but also they looked at the camera with an expression of exhaustion and deep sadness in their eyes, especially children.
I wonder where Mother Virgin Mary is for this people. Especially I would like this could be explained to me by those so religious here, WizOz or The Saker himself, those for whom the return to an old order with authority and religious hierarchies at the top would solve the bad of this world. For whom? I wonder.
I do not know if some people who pray so much does not do it in order to achieve that be it the Holy Virgin or whoever maintain these pariahs of the earth free of anxiety, because when the day come, and it will, that they decide to solve the issue by themselves, then yes, it will be a revolution, violent, as they always must be, and despite the privileged of the Earth try to retort history to try to convince the new generations that all the revolutions in the world have been, have been plotted by bankers of any other foolery, as if there were not always enough reasons for to revolt, and besides in the worst way.
I have nothing against religion, the more so when for this kind of dispossessed people sometimes it is the only relief, but I fear that what others preach (and try to impose)- a ” world order” to ensure that neither these people nor anybody else can make a move which could menace the unequal stability which maintains their “sacred property” in safety. Who cares what happens to the ‘losers’ of this world?
But they will explode, one day, as happened previously, of this have no doubts.
Anyway, glad that you conserved your head and your home, and that you could find some relief for your worryings, but this was a thought passed by my head last night, after reading some comments in this threads about revolutions and so on.
I have it on good authority, that of Manoubia, that the post was sent unfinished and without name attached. I have spliced the two posts into one. I hope that Manoubia is pleased. fk moderator.
Yes, really pleased moderator-fg. Only I did not dare to ask you to do it. Thanks a lot.
And since you took the job of doing this detail I am going to add another effort for today and going to leave you the link to the whole program, so as you can see the Haithians and know better what I am talking about, but mot only, besides you will be able to see a representation which took place yesterday, National Day, at the Auditorium of Salamanca University, where a real scene from the fascist times of the Franco coup took place between professor Unamuno ( who first had gave his support to the coupists ) and General Millan Astray when the latter shouted in that ancient place of wisdom “Down with intelligence, up with dea
And since you took the job of doing this detail I am going to add another effort for today and going to leave you the link to the whole program, so as you can see the Haithians and know better what I am talking about, but mot only, besides you will be able to see a representation which took place yesterday, National Day, at the Auditorium of Salamanca University, where a real scene from the fascist times of the Franco coup took place between professor Unamuno ( who first had gave his support to the coupists ) and General Millan Astray when the latter shouted in that ancient place of wisdom “Down with intelligence, up with death! to what Professor Unamuno answered really angry “You will conquer but you will not convince”. If you are do scared with the face of your “Killary” take a look to the face he had these fascist beast called Millan Astray. Also it is commented in the same news program that one does not know if by casuality or because it was its shift but the Third of the Spanish Legion chosen to march in the military parade for celebrating this ” National Day” was the one who carries the name of this infamous personage. It is for this script they display to deliver and enchain the news of the day that I find a little joy this program taking into account that, of course, this is still Spanish public Tv.
For those who could understand Spanish, enjoy! ( In case they actualized his web I am referring to the last emission of 12/10/2016
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/la2-noticias/
Please moderator, you can delete the previous comment of mine who went again unfinished and unnamed. You will find it corrected below. Thanks a lot and so sorry. It’s very difficult for me with this phone.
Trump made very clear he wasn’t going to cuck on seeking rapprochement with Russia. How many presidential candidates ‘disagree’ with their VP while debating their opponent? Trump is bringing the neocons to heel. Hopefully, if peace with Russia and Syria can be attained, tensions will subside with Iran too, despite Trump’s rhetoric.
Watched the debate.
I thought Trump handled his ‘locker room’ smut talk (conveniently revealed on the eve of the debate) quite well… he apologised to women and then said they were just ‘words’, whereas Bill Clinton’s were actions. Wow, Trump even said ‘Russia was killing ISIS’ .
I thought Killary’s smirking and fake smile just showed her for the witch that she is… LOL a fly kept buzzing and landing on her face which she didn’t even brush away. Just goes to show that flies are naturally attracted to ….
@Babushka in Oz: “Just goes to show that flies are naturally attracted to ….”
… the smell of rotting flesh. If Hillary wins the election, who will be POTUS? She will be a jerky, floppy puppet like brain-dead Ronald Reagan was in the hands of Vice President GHW Bush (former head of the CIA).
i saw a vid where, with actual names that the leak was by…
republicans.. well timed dirty tricks are ten a penny in the
usa politics. Trump handled it well and did you see bill clintons face
as that dirt on him was exposed on main stream prime time?
It seems from Bush family. There must be more of this for 3rd debate and finial weeks of campaign.
It seems the Lord of the Flies cast his vote for the one he wants in the Oval Office…
Bezzellbub turns up at the critical moment it seems …
Nice little sign, and perhaps a touch of truth (for those with the eyes to see) inside the great debate, imo.
https://www.rt.com/viral/362221-debate-fly-clinton-robot/
some funny comments out there…what no-fly zone…?…
No-fly zone, LOL!!
In he article, Saker for some reason objects to Trump, as if Trump’s faults were almost a serious issue. Trump has not murdered thousands of people, as Hillary has, by for example promoting the Libyan invasion and personally approving 2192 drone assassinations. Trump is not seeking war with Russia, a dangerous obsession of Hillary that many commentators, including Paul Craig Roberts, believe could lead us to World War III. Trump has not broken laws, as Hillary has by violating her security clearance, by deleting some 30,000 emails after being subpoenaed, by lying to the FBI, by using her foundation as a money-laundering operation, and by selling arms to ISIS.
How about some perspective? Hillary’s crimes compared to Trump’s “crimes” are about like comparing the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy (12 million million million miles) to that of the nearest 7/11. What would it be like to watch a video of Hillary’s husband having oral sex in the Oval Office?
Why can so few people think straight anymore? Why has Trump confused them so? (See answer below.) Paul Craig Roberts, infowars, and Russia Insider offer about the only clear insight on the web anymore.
Trump is presenting a solution to the biggest global problem: US aggressive foreign intervention in the form of regime change and policing the world. He’s against these things and will work hard to stop them. It’s a chance, folks. Isn’t that obvious?
I had a feral cat once that had to be caged for two days to be spayed. Accustomed to the wild, she screamed and struggled for hours trying to escape that cage, before finally growing stunned and silent. When finally she was home from the vet and rested, I opened the cage door expecting her to leap with joy into freedom.
But no. To my astonishment, she sat as if frozen and stared at the open cage door. She remained immobile for minutes. I finally had to shoo her out, and when she emerged, her first steps were taken with great hesitation.
That is what most commentators in “alternate” media are like. Trump is the open cage door. And they stare. And they doubt. And they critize. And they are paralyzed. Step out, folks. The solution is right there in front of you. The cage door is open!
Very well put Sandra Buergen…
A lot of people in the US see the election as some sort of a la carte menu…well I like candidate x on this issue…but prefer candidate y on the other issue…etc…
All the while straight-line logic is telling us one simple fact…Killary must be stopped…
she means an escalation of the already out-of-hand wars that will only to continue to claim the lives of more and more innocent children, women and men around the world…as well as a possibly dangerous military escalation with Russia…a de facto military superpower that is the only country on earth capable of physically destroying the United States…
Wake up folks…there is no a la carte…there is no alternative…anyone but Killary…
Well, America, I suggest two options:
1. Donald marries Hillary and they continue their debate. Besides, he becomes a president and she does not go to jail.
2. Give Obama a third term, he has to clean after himself now.
R
“Well, America, I suggest two options:”
And how privileged we all are you made them here, R.
Sorry if my sarcasm offended you vot tak. Как то так.
R
All I can say is that Trump won that debate by far.
All internet independent portals had him winning the debate by huge margin 80 vs 20%.
But guess what, all mass media had it differently, and half dozen stopped polling on line, once Trump start pulling ahead (see Breitbart report about it).
The bottom line is, Trump will not be the new US President.
I predict him winning big time the 3rd debate. If he is by some chance (say all the media smear doesn’t work) ahead in polls before the elections, most likely things will happen, and he will be incapacitated tô participate in elections. All options will be on table to take him out.
Think about it, these guys are ready to bomb other countries, even bring US on the brink of WW3, and this fella going to stop them having their candidate?
Do not think so. It MIGHT AS WELL be the end of US democracy as we know it.
Some sort of early coup. Better before than after the election.
Thoughts?
I think Clinton/Bush have something damage saving up for last week of the campaign. I wonder how one can plan for that.
1. It’s the child rape allegation. Already thrown out of one court. WJC is of course the real guilty one not Trump. They are trying to get old episode outakes from the apprentice. No one is fooled, just disheartened.
2. Why don’t you Google Paul Ryan and Dennis Hastert to get her and see how they relate to one another?
3. They plan to outright rig the election by faking 40% early voting, fake of course.
4. I predict a revolution or severe riots if they do it. People here love Trump.
5. May the alphabet white hats can kill her or get some new leaks. Or maybe Trump can spill the beans on 911.
Pink, It does not have to be real. Just make enough noise to dominate the news cycle, and confuse voters. When smoke is clear, the election will be already over.
a possibility! They killed JFK!
I am for any one but Hillary.
I really question Trump’s strategy of trying hard to please Israel, and neo-cons. They already bad mouth him to no end. it is stupid to show the world he is one of them.
If I were him, i’d go with stop the war, bring back the troops, and start making friends and trade. Drive home the idea that he is a hotelier, he makes money when there is peace and prosperity, he is for peace and prosperity, while Hillary is for war and death.
The owner of The World Order has divided the world in to financial provinces,
not countries, but by money, and such has prevailed for a few hundred years.
By way of inflection points, the owner had Woodrow Wilson finance the Bolshevik
Revolution in 1917, had the Dulles boys put Hitler over the top in 1933, and had
Donovan recruit Ho Chi Minh into the OSS. The owner also did for Napoleon with
first money and then arsenic. The owner is, of course, a Family.
The 25 steps to Hegemony follows:
http://www.spingola.com/before_rockefeller.htm
Bill Clinton’s Alleged Rape Victims Label Him First Rapist, Not First Gentleman
https://sputniknews.com/us/201610111046202918-bill-clinton-rape-victims-election/
“The hands down loser of last night’s debate wasn’t either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump – it was Bill Clinton and his sterling reputation despite years of sexual indiscretion when the Republican nominee brought up in intricate detail the accusations of sexual assault and rape allegedly perpetrated by the former United States President as his accusers sat in the audience.”
Great photo accompanying the article. Sputnik is rather good at that, their choices for articles on netanyahoo being classic.
I agree, Trump won this one by a mile. But all the MSM commentators are constantly bashing him, as expected. And like the Saker, I am not a Trump supporter either, I just support Killary even less.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GiipDbcpnHY&feature=youtu.be
Israel News Live YouTube…
Here’s an interesting tidbit, the Associated Press’ “factchecking” of the debate rated Trump’s claim that the Syrian governmentwas fighting ISIL to be untrue:
https://www.rt.com/usa/362298-media-endorsing-hillary-clinton/
“The Associated Press also raised some eyebrows, tweeting a “fact check” of Trump’s statement that the Syrian government was fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) as “not true”. The agency backtracked on Monday morning, calling Trump’s statement “partially true.” It also tweeted a promotion for its book about Hillary Clinton, published in February.
Only after being exposed as liars did they modify this claim somewhat.
I am definitely a Trump supporter – I dig the guy…..
I was made to feel ashamed the first time I said it here, but today I definitely feel like I would vote for Trump against most other (imaginary candidates)…he’s pretty much the best thing out there these days…I mean lets just compare him to the last 5 presidents…
Ann, No need to feel shame. The guy has a lot of good points, against the wars is one of the best. The close second if taking Bashes to cleaner. I want him dismantle DNC. I hope he does the same to Clintons.
I am in people’s face tell them I will vote for Trump, I dare them shame me.
I do not vote election rigger, or war monger, period.
Know where you’re coming from, Saker. I too was hunkered down just north of Palm Beach on the southern Treasure Coast. If that ‘cane hadn’t zigged instead of zagging just south of Freeport, Bahamas, we would have received the full brunt of the inner eye wall (140-mph Cat 4 winds). But fortune smiled and we didn’t even get the 130-mph Cat 3 outer eye wall, just some 100-mph Cat 1 winds. I hope the earth can avoid what seems to be a looming thermonuclear war without depending on some similar “butterfly event” in Obama’s brain (or facsimile thereof). Our elected “leader” really needs to get his mind right and find the courage to buck the neocons who have hijacked his presidency.
Donald Trump may not be the most organised or articulate man to make the case but, as others here have said, the American public got a rare glimpse of the realities in Syria and about Russia from him. Never does the American media ever dispense anything but the false narrative that Hillary tried to sell again in that debate. They are in lock-step, as though they have all received the same set of marching orders from her royal highness, the once and future president. Unfortunately, Trump, just like Putin, has been so demonized in our media, I’m not sure the public received his critique as anything more than further rantings by an unstable, depraved and desperate man. The American media purposely built him up during the primaries to use later as a foil they would demolish during the general election against an otherwise distrusted, reviled and probably unelectable Hillary Clinton. Who else but an incoherent, angry, racist cad could make Hillary look good in comparison? So the war party establishment and its media subsidiary created the Donald Trump persona that so many love to hate.
Irrespective of Trump’s remarks, I suspect that 95% of Americans will still believe that all the mass slaughter going on in Syria and Ukraine, and all the saber rattling taking place along Russia’s borders with NATO countries, are due to “Russian aggression” and “Putin’s lust to re-create the Soviet empire.” It’s all they hear or read all the time, and Hillary wants them to know that she’s the one to stop those Russkies dead in their bloodthirsty tracks. Seriously, she wants everyone to believe (including the Russians) that she’s Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great all rolled into one fearsome Medusa-in-Chief.
Donald Trump is one of the pioneers of “labeling” – other people do or make something, and you put your “label” on it and make a load of money. It is like “selling your name”. He is not interested in the White House. He is just providing the illusion of competition, making it a cover for the simple fact that Clinton-woman is groomed for this situation and this particular moment. He’ll bill them, all right! On the other side, it is easy to be naive…..
It is clear who Ron and vot tak is.
So let them do del with each other. For the US residents, you have to think twice before involved in this game because:
NSA
The Utah Data Center is a 1.2 million square foot enclosure sitting on close to 250 acres of sagebrush. But what does it do?
The Utah Data Center can “store data at the rate of 20 terabytes—the equivalent of the Library of Congress—per minute”
At a moment when the public was being made aware of the scope of the agency’s surveillance programs, designed to “intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications”.
The archive of documents about various NSA operations detailed the center’s Big Data collection activities: the lives of Americans (and beyond) were being recorded and collected onto stacks upon stacks of servers, connected to computers capable of rapid and complex calculations. Despite these important discoveries, and consequences that expand to a global scale, not enough attention has been paid to the location of the center and the material–environmental consequences of their operations.
Focus seems to remain on government responsibility and complicity, and the privacy implications of wide-scale surveillance by various companies such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Skype, and Apple.
As users, we are increasingly involved and complicit with generating Big Data: for social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), through algorithmic queries (OKCupid, Google Search, etc.), for the quantified self (FitBit, Nike Run, etc.), and for geolocation (Google Maps, Yelp, etc.), and so on. These become part of the upward streams collected and mined by the NSA, in addition to metadata, text messages, Skype calls, drone signals, and so on.
It remains unclear why the NSA’s main storage site—of boring architecture, presumably designed to be anonymous—is located where it is, as a base on an unmarked road off of Camp Williams Road, a highway outside Salt Lake City.
Regarding Trump, if he decide to stay in USA LAND, then he must think and act like the majority of the Americans, or he my be a CLOWN, involved to make election campaign more interesting …
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/10/11/engage-in-sex-not-war-paul-craig-roberts/ Paul Craig Roberts did a great analysis of the Trump comment, IMO. As usual, he slices right through the MSM cognitive dissidence.
I believe one would have to conclude that this debate was carried out as a staged event to force Trump to step down and surrender the nomination to Pence. The intense media outrage over something Trump said (not did) eleven years ago, together with the highly public announcements of Republicans revoking their support, appeared to be both excessive and coordinated.
Trump did poorly in the first debate when questioned on his failure to release his tax returns. And in fact, CEOs generally are not used to being challenged in public. It was reasonable to expect that the pressures in the build up to the debate, in addition to intensive questioning during the debate, might force Trump to lose control of himself and damage his credibility to such an extent that he would be unable to continue his campaign.
Obviously, this didn’t happen, Trump was able to deal with these questions and was a clear winner against Clinton, who seemed defensive and weak. Nevertheless, I don’t believe that Trump will be elected, if for no other reason than election fraud. However, the margin of victory is very important, if Hillary is able to claim strong majority support this gives her much more credibility and freedom of action to implement the policies she wants to push. Given how high Trump’s unfavorable ratings are, a close victory will harm her credibility and weaken her.
Amazing.
Listening to the pathetic excuses the thoroughly brainwashed here make for not only participating in the electoral Spectacle – psst, here’s a free hint: that’s the entire point of the Spectacle from the pov of TPTB, to make you pay attention and participate (please see “consent of the governed”, suckers) – is one thing but to listen to “astute” commentators actually putting aside any semblance of rationality and saying asinine things like “Trump is going to end the wars for Israel” and “Trump is going to shake up the Establishment” is just too rich. Really.
What part about the statement “you are pathetic victims of the American propaganda arsenal and you are not even close to realizing it yet” don’t you understand?
Yikes
You are participating in it as well, Ron.
Even abstainers on the Ship of Fools are still on board the damned thing, even if they run around all decks telling people what idiots they are, then stand on the stern, watching the propeller wake, deciding whether to jump overboard or not.
I would not recommend going overboard in order to distance yourself from this Ship of Fools and feel superior among the fishes.
The aggregate consciousness of The USA is getting the choices it deserves.That’s the bad news.
The good news is that there is a lot of important work to be done on that aggregate consciousness, for a long, long, long time to come. And that work can be very, very, fun and rewarding……… if you don’t weaken.
But yes, Ron I do agree,
It’s definitely time to mutiny!
And there is a revolt brewing.
Dedicated to Ann (and Ron):
Will the Powers That Shouldn’t Be
Co-opt the rebellious with the Donald?
Probably, but maybe not. But Killery?
That’s just much too revolting, Ronald.
True, Trump won’t captain any Love Boat
Nor will he pull the USA into Port Paradise.
But exactly what course do you promote?
We most anxiously await your sage advice.
(Even if you are not on these troubled shores, you’re still affected
So, hang in there, Ron, no matter how much you are disgusted.)
Clinton vs Trump: Lesser of Two Evils or the Devil You Know
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2016/09/26/clinton-vs-trump-lesser-of-two-evils-or-the-devil-you-know/
“In United States politics, what worked like a charm for decades, especially with the fake left, was the lesser-of-two-evils argument. Not a vote for someone, but a vote against someone else. Once again it is at play in the 2016 election cycle, but with many new and unexpected twists. When trying to convince his supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton while holding their noses in revulsion, fake-socialist Bernie Sanders is playing by the book and docilely following a script written for him by the Clinton-controlled Democratic National Committee (DNC). No surprise there, with the anyone-but-Trump argument. By serving his Clinton masters well, instead of running as an independent, Sanders has committed political suicide, and he has discredited himself from ever leading or being part of a real US leftist party.
The options given to the US voters are so dreadful in this election that the lesser-of-two-evils rationale is not that useful anymore. When democracy is dead, it is hard to decide which corpse is less putrid. The question in this diabolic equation should be: which of the two evils will be more resolutely insane to lead World War III? Is it the zombie with 16 years in the corridors of power and a proven track record of blood and mayhem, or the clown backed by Christian fundamentalists and an entourage of shifty handlers? Hillary Clinton is the devil that American voters know. Perhaps ultimately, in a protest vote against a hated political establishment, they will roll the dice and make the quantum leap to vote for the devil they don’t know: aka Donald Trump.
As early as September 2015, I compared the US presidential election to a scripted television reality show set up to give people the sense that the electoral process is real. The premise of the script, illustrated by Dady Chery and me in “Imperial Elections,” was that it was Hillary’s turn to win. Today I still maintain that several characters were cast in this charade: mainly the likable leftist grandfather, Bernie, who would run on the themes of Occupy but graciously not only concede the initial fight but also champion the causes of the Empress after losing a battle he never really fought; and of course, Donald Trump would be cast as the bad guy, the quintessential ugly American. He would be a scarecrow so lifelike and so repulsive about race and gender that voters would flock to someone as unlikable as Hillary Clinton. While Bernie and Hillary were obedient actors in this play, at some point Trump went off script. Some forces in the background of US politics, which could soon be in conflict, realized that the unthinkable could happen, that the reality show could become real and Donald Trump might win.
In this election cycle, most forms of what passes for conventional political wisdom have been turned upside down. The selection of the next figurehead of the Orwellian empire has become Kafkaesque. Case in point: in March 2016, Donald Trump was categorized by many on the left as a racist anti-Muslim endorsed by the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) and European far-right personalities like France’s Jean-Marie LePen of the Front National. Fast-forward to September 2016, however, and African-American leader of Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, endorses Donald Trump….
It is hard to think of any positive outcome. No real important issues such as climate change, a reassessment of US foreign policy, the role of money in politics, the torture of political prisoners, and the excessive power of the US executive branch have been addressed. Donald Trump — if he remains anti-political establishment and doesn’t end up being run by the Bush clan through Karl Rove and company, or fall under the spell of Christian fundamentalists — could become a wrench in the wheels of the empire, a grain of sand in the business-as-usual scenario. Recently, the one and only Dady Chery told me on the record: “I would rather vote for the devil himself than for Hillary Clinton.” She added, “I am more likely to vote for Donald Duck.”
Totally agree, great post, vot tak.
well ronaldo, it’s either gonna be trump or hillary…that’s just the way the US political system is set up. sure, trump is a jerk, but after hillary said she’s still in favor of a no-fly zone over syria, can’t you see that a vote for trump would lead to a little less suffering in this world?
They have been indoctrinated since birth into thinking that they, the people, are in full control of their country and the sacred land of Exceptionalistan is the greatest and most perfect nation like ever apart from Israel. Weak pysically and mentality. Its common to see them cry when there is no air conditioning in a building or their favourite type of burger is not available.
North America, as Dugin says, is not only a nation but a whole religious worldview. The geographic and racial factors make this so. America is the antithesis of a normal country. Founded on stolen land, making use of slave labour, by English and German Freemasonic White Supremacist Protestant-Zionists, and a territory with almost endless agricultural and mineral wealth, it can only be a destructive power, using its economic and military manipulation to advace its interests.
Only a allaince of Eurasian Nations can overthrow this nation/religion named America. Use thier own color revolution concept against them. The Russians should support a armed uprising of Black and Native forces against the Anglo-German-Zionist ruling elite.
You know During is full of himself. I can argue Russia is funded mostly on stolen land as well, and Christians start plenty wars and atrocities. Many Russian friend told me he is a right winger, and it shows.
America’s problem are many, be anthissis is not one of them. Like any society, when on top for too long, you are too full of yourself and need a dose of reality, that is where America is right now. What America will do after the reality sets in will decide the where it end up in world order.
Auto correct is really annoying. “Dugin”
Just about what ever he said about America can apply to Russia. I do not see his point of his attack.
Anyone has a chance to be great, or great failure, please don’t tell me Russia is started feel too full of itself already.
Agree in that Duguin is full of himself and so I find grothesque that thin kind of person is out there promoting the return to an old order in what religion plays an important role in the hierarchical model he is so keen on claimming for, a hierarchical order with a kinda monarchical authoritarian at the top followed by the high religious hierarchies followed by a corp of ruling elite which could resemble the aristocrathic boyars of ancient Tsarist times.
Well, preciselly what the Russian people tool the trouble to make fall with not few fatigues which is what is a revolution.
I find this man so far from the religious and moral values he, and other arrogants and full of themselves ) try to promote that he makes me laugh out loud every time I hear or read him preaching his desired religious and highly moral over any other known order.
A farsant like some others, yes he resembles. You go to see to what interests he works so hard.
Agree. I really do not understand why Russians misses the old Tsarist system so much. Had it were perfect, there’s be no revolution. Under Tsar, the masses were poor, and always fighting a expansionist war. Pissing off neighbors, make the poor people even more power. Incurred big expense pacify locals, or total ethnic cleanse. Even now, disproportionate productive man power are tied up in defense. Had these happen in China, the dynasty would have been over in less than 100 years.
However, the current Russian government seems be learning. It is good news for all of us.
I fear you have an uncritical view of revolution. As bad as things may have been in Russia in the early 1900s, they were worse in many other parts of, not only the planet, but Western Europe.
It was not outrage that created the first Western-financed and directed ‘color revolution’ – the ‘Red’ one – it was Western money and agents. Russia was on the brink of both quite radical political reform and economic supremacy.
Stolypin was assassinated to put a stop to land redistribution and his general reform policy.
He proved as irreplaceable as someone like President Putin would be today.
Political reform has now largely been achieved and Russian economic well-being is very near.
That is why the same people in the West are trying to repeat the old strategy of not only color revolution in Russia, but assassination as well. The murder of President Putin’s driver on the ring road in Moscow for instance and even the murders of used up CIA agents like Nemtsov signal that. (There was also a little publicized attempt on President Putin’s life in Germany about one year ago by affiliates of Soros’s Femen movement) It sets a certain tone of infiltration and destabilization, against which President Putin is so far successfully contending because he was forearmed by his knowledge of history.
I am not argue for which revolution, but a revolution. It is not hard to be better than the red Russian government took place in 1900. The method of revolution although brutal, but very Russian. You can blame foreign money, but you can not ignore the masses were very fed up with the government.
Revolution does not have to get it right the first time. People will not wait for you. They will bury you if you are not ready.
I have not been able to visit Sakers site a couple of times recently. Several important European sites have also been down and none of them is PC.
I don’t know what this means, but I suspect it is a preparation for an October surprise.
In Contrast to Clinton, Trump Has No Appetite for War With Russia
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201610111046231635-us-war-russia-clinton-trump/
“Many will vote for Trump as a form of protest against a political class they despise. One could say, especially considering that this election cycle has become such an exercise in sleaze, depravity and joyful roll in the gutter, that a vote for Trump is a f**k you vote,” the author emphasized.
For her part, Hillary Clinton is supported by American neoconservatives, a rarefied urban elite, in majority Jewish, Mercier continued.
“Since the launch of the so-called Project for the New American Century in 1997, they have been the driving force behind almost every foreign policy decision made by US governments, either Republican or Democrat. Victoria Nuland, the person who masterminded the destabilization of Ukraine from the State Department, is the wife of one of the neocon founding fathers: Robert Kagan,” he stressed.
“You will not find neocons with mud on their shoes minding their fields in Alabama,” Mercier remarked, “Their natural milieu are the corridors of powers in Washington DC, organizations like AIPAC, the Council on Foreign Relations, American Enterprise Institute, and other think-tanks; or institutions like the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA.”
The journalist underscored that “neocons are, by definition, the ideologues and puppet masters of the empire behind the notion of US exceptionalism and uncontested global hegemony.”
“In this regard, Hillary Clinton is, very much, a neocon,” he pointed out.
Will Trump really seek a compromise with Russia on Syria and Ukraine, if elected, or is it part of his campaign rhetoric?
“It is hard to have an accurate read on this. This might sound cynical, but the real question is: which group of people would run Trump if he was elected?” Mercier asked rhetorically.
Mercier called attention to the fact that Trump would like to be perceived as a new Ronald Reagan. But this does not fare well as an indication of the real power he might want to exercise, according to the journalist.
“The man in power during the Reagan era was George Bush Sr. [George H.W. Bush], while the former actor was just a figure head reading speeches that he did not write. Ultimately, if Trump had the intention to assert his independence from Washington’s usual suspects, and truly assume power, it would likely become extremely hazardous to his health,” he suggested.
Referring to his recent article “Clinton vs Trump: Lesser of Two Evils or The Devil You Know,” Mercier stressed that in the context of foreign policy, “Donald Trump is the devil we don’t really know.”
On the other hand, “the devil we know, Hillary Clinton, seems to act as if she already has won the election and is directing US foreign policies in the worst possible way. The no-fly-zone over Syria is a Clinton idea, which is of course designed to put the US and Russia on a collision course,” he warned, referring to the fact that Clinton specifically endorsed regime change operations in Libya, Syria and Ukraine.
“None of the US candidates are good options, but Clinton certainly constitutes a clear and present danger to world peace,” Mercier stressed.
In light of this Donald Trump represents a viable alternative to Clinton, since a potential direct conflict between the US and Russia is obviously not on his agenda.”
Mercier’s article:
Clinton vs Trump: Lesser of Two Evils or the Devil You Know
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2016/09/26/clinton-vs-trump-lesser-of-two-evils-or-the-devil-you-know/
This comment is off-topic, but I’ll ask The Saker to post it anyway. It concerns news site banning pro-Russian or Russia-neutral messages on their comments boards.
Today I read Adam Twardowski’s article on the National Interest titled “Why NATO Isn’t a Threat to Russia.” The author, who works as a researcher for the Center for a New American Security, reveals himself to be bigoted against Russians. In spite of his Georgetown University education, he has no qualms about dismissing Russia as being a country of “alcoholics” who are ruled by “thugs.”
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/why-nato-isnt-threat-russia-17797
Here’s the comment I tried to post on the National Review, in rebuttal to Twardowski’s rant. I encourage all to read Twardowski’s article and then judge whether my response was unreasonable. I’m confident that all of us will agree that the National Review, in this case at least, is trying to pass a certain, heavily biased message to its readers on the subject of NATO expansion.
Rejected comment:
I strongly disagree with Twardowski’s argument.
The reality is that, if NATO is nested along Russia’s borders, the West will possess historically unprecedented coercive leverage over Russia. That’s because the West could use its advantageous strategic position (i.e., in the former USSR) to begin a new, threatening arms race in the event that relations with Russia go sour.
What does this mean, and why is it bad for Russia?
It means that the West could place nuclear missiles, radar systems, anti-ballistic missiles, and bomber airfields on territory that’s very close to Russia’s major cities. Doing so means that Russia must match the Western military build-up tit-for-tat, and risk being driven into economic oblivion as a result of a revived 1960s-80s style arms race. Russia must tolerate this pressure while living with the reality that NATO missiles are close enough to Russia’s heartland to undercut the deterrence potential of Russia’s own strategic rocket force, and to destroy Russian cities within mere seconds if war started.
In short, NATO expansion is tantamount to the West striving to achieve a position from which it could practice the equivalent of gunboat diplomacy against Russia.
To be blunt, this article comes across as neocon rhetoric. It fails — very badly at that — to adequately consider the rightful security concerns of Russia.
The author’s name says he is himself,or is a descendant of Poles, age old Russophobes. Its not surprising that he hates Russia.
Uncle Bob:
That Twardowski exudes visceral disrespect for Russia (and Russians) is one thing. I guess we have to acknowledge his right to freedom of speech.
What really staggers me, however, is that the National Review would censor my reply, which is temperate in comparison to Twardowski’s Russophobia.
What does this imply about the message MSM is sending the American public regarding Russia related political issues? The answer to this question is distressing.
Yes it is distressing. But sadly not surprising. The neo-cons have taken power seamlessly in the US (maybe “been given power” is more accurate). And there bottom line is to destroy Russia,no matter the cost.I fully expect a war to come from their constant actions. And especially if Clinton becomes leader. The only question is whether its a limited war. Or morphs into a full nuclear war.The first we might survive.The second doubtful we would.
Depends who “we” are. If by “we” you mean “US” (as in “we have contacted the enemy and he is US” – ie the West, then I agree our chances of surviving WW3 are slim. But the East has a better chance because, unlike WW1&2, the first Western power to be knocked out of WW3 will be the US (by missiles over the pole, over the Pacific, over the Atlantic and possibly from South America. With the US KO, EU will cave in abjectly and become a colony of Russia or China – the new West Ukraina or Western Territories. Do not plan WW3 because real War will be coming to a Walmart near “US”.
US newspapers overwhelmingly favor Clinton, none back Trump
https://www.rt.com/usa/362298-media-endorsing-hillary-clinton/
Unfortunately it is an ed schultz article, with usual msm style lack of depth, so there is no analysis of why these zio-rags favour clinton.
not much point reading what Dyus write.
Ed Schultz is an MSNBC alumni a MSM junkie and also an Obama groupie who got phased out for blabbing too much about Union Jobs.
RT could do without the likes of him….
I think MSM are afraid Trump (and Bernie) breaking them up. So they puts all eggs in one basket.
This site apparently is carrying an article about the Russian government telling its citizens studying abroad to return home to Russia now, even if it means not finishing their term/semester.
https://www.znak.com/2016-10-11/rossiyskim_chinovnikam_i_deputatam_rekomendovano_vernut_detey_i_roditeley_na_rodinu
Republican Elite Far Prefers Clinton to Win US Election
https://sputniknews.com/us/201610121046244091-clinton-republican-elite/
“Traditional Republican Party leaders vastly prefer Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as US president to their own party’s nominee Donald Trump, but Trump enjoys passionate support across a wide base, former US Senate Republican leadership adviser James Jatras said.
Like Hillary Clinton and the US mainstream media, traditional Republican leaders were committed to globalism, even though their own supporters very much opposed it, Jatras maintained.
Trump had won widespread support by championing economic and security policies that have been supported by many working and middle class Americans, but were anathema to the interests of the oligarchs who had dominated US politics for so long, Jatras noted.
“When it comes down to it on the signature Trump ‘America First’ issues — immigration, trade, and war — the Republican Party elites share the same views and fat cat donor base as Hillary,” Jatras said.
Old Republican establishment figures are terrified, not that Trump may lose, but that he may win, Jatras observed.
“They would much, much rather be a faux opposition to President Hillary Clinton, even as a minority in a Democrat-controlled Congress, than have to work with Trump to carry out a program to which they are deeply opposed,” he pointed out.
Republican leaders are “water-carriers for globalism and the Deep State, and they despise ordinary GOP [Republican Party] voters — and especially ‘deplorable’ Trump voters — as much or more than Hillary Clinton does,” he stated.
Elite Republican Party elders who are abandoning and denouncing Trump are doing their best to reinforce the US mainstream media in their partisan support for Clinton, Jatras remarked.
“It is a full-court press that no one has ever seen the like. On the other hand, it comes down to how many Americans see what is really going on. Trump voters hate the GOP mandarins as much as vice versa,” Jatras added.”
Re: US presidential election debates.
Bottom line is ….
It’s a vote between ‘war and peace’.
Either go out and vote for Trump, sorry there are no none voter participation or third party options here.
Or eternally have the weight on your own conscience of the heinous and gruesome war crimes and death and mutilation of hundreds, thousands and potentially millions and billions of humanity as a result of a nuclear holocaust.
It’s essentially that simple of a choice you have to make here folks. Everything else is a none issue and a distraction from the truth and reality.
Raymond
It seems that Syria and ISIS et al are negotiaiting ISIS’s surrender and evacuation of east Aleppo.
An interesting video about trench life on the front in Novorossia. Perhaps the most notable thing is the total difference between Novorossia and Ukrop camps. The Ukrops are disgusting pigs dumping junk everywhere, while the Novorssians are professional and tidy, clearly a more capable force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzh32D7P7YU
Good site. Good info. Good job. Hope all works out well for you.
Some light entertainment:
The UkroNazis have come up with another expensively produced propaganda video. It uses stereotypical Hollywood WWII montages to portray the Ukrops as the equivalent of the US (who won WWII all on their own, don’t you know) and the Novorossians as the evil Nazis. It shows lots of laughable mass troop / armor groups and lots of trench digging. There is even a scene where a tank (clearly Russian of course) drives over a poor defenseless Ukrop soldier who survives by crouching in his little foxhole. There is even a replay of the iconographic (and clearly staged) WWII flag raising in Iwo Jima (with the Ukrop flag in place of the US).
Geez, how absolutely pathetic. The laughable bit is that the Ukrops use a Soviet era trenching shovels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZlyOmsDjew
I guess the Rita Katz ISIS Production company has moved on to other markets. How this was paid for and by whom is unclear.
Canada was once known as ‘Hollywood North’, since its aging infrastructure could pass for squalid urban US locations – without the shooting.
I guess the former The Ukraine, now CIA Nulandistan, will soon replace Canuckistan.
If Canadians once worked for peanuts, Ukrainians will now work for slices of rubber tire.
I would humbly like to inform everyone on this site that the Clinton-Trump match-up is totally bogus. Sorry to say it, but anyone who talks as though there is a real election going on is self-deluded. Trump is an intelligence cut-out whose job is to throw the election so neocon-corporate-zionist Clinton(s) will become president(s) and goof-off for a few years, serving as tabloid fodder, while the deep state operatives continue to pillage the world on behalf of the Western royalist/banker elite. Using American military firepower of course, with the intelligence services on-call for false flags as needed. Just in case Clinton drops dead the safe nobody Kaine will step in to hold down the fort, reporting to Kissinger, of course, until the next doofus/clown/pervert is ready to appear on the scene. Oh, but what about Russia, Iran, and China, etc.? Well the operatives will continue to chip away at them; that’s fairly obvious. So let’s see if Eurasia has any surprises up their sleeves. Thanks, Saker, for keeping us in the loop.
The Voting Delusion–by Dmitry Orlov
“The normal person has absolutely no say in who the people in charge will anoint as the designated candidates every four years. So, exactly how much power do the people truly wield if they only get a choice of two candidates who have both been pre-approved by The Malignant Overlords? And of late this choice has boiled down to the lesser of two evils.”
https://cluborlov.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-05-08T17:37:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=20&by-date=false
In Russia there is One Choice of President or object to him by not voting. So there is no advantage compared to USA system of Two Choices and not voting.. One less choice. So no smug comments about how USA democtracy is bad but Russia is awesome.
Russia is like USA but poorer and just as immoral. Russia’s sick bombing of residential areas in Syria negatate whatever good it has done against USA. USA killed Iraqis and Russia kills Syrians. Iran helped both. This is why arabs say USA, Russia and Iran are all part of same side. Against the Arab people.
@ Rick and Carmel by the Sea:
Please guys, spare us all here your infantile elementary 101 lessons and lecturing about how voting doesn’t make any difference. Think we here haven’t known that for almost half a century now and ever since President Kennedy (another independently wealthy elite just like Trump) was assassinated for actually trying to govern on behalf of all American people and take back the economy, rein in the CIA and shut down the war in Vietnam and make peace with Russia.
Or that we don’t already know that ever since the coup on 911 against American democracy it’s fate wasn’t sealed with the gutting of the US constitution.
All that said, a vote for renegade Trump is nevertheless a symbolic one of resistance and for world peace and the rebuilding of America’s crumpling infrastructure and reclaiming it’s economy from Wall St and the international bankers and corporations that now totally control it.
Now we all know full well that unless the crazed wildcard Trump changes his tune by 180 degrees, should he come anywhere close to assuming power he will soon be meeting up with the Kennedy’s and resting in peace together with them.
As such a vote for Trump is not for actual effect but purely a symbolic one based on principle and voicing our choice for attaining world peace with Russia and China.
Anything else but for averting world war three in this race is totally insignificant, a distraction and a none issue.
So get with the program here guys and stop all this mindless bickering about nothing EH!
Ray
@ Ray B,
Dmitry Orlov has been featured in Saker’s blog .
His articles are considered serious and worthy of thought.
Why are you asking me to spare “you” ( you are not the spokesman of everyone here) . Spare yourself, Oh Wise One, by skipping my post and “infantile” links, EH?
Go on and vote for “symbolism”, if that makes you feel better. I won’t. In the end all US presidents end up working for the Zio Masters. Same ZioMasters that don’t give a hoot about their serfs’ “symbolisms.”
Carmel by the Sea
There are more than two choices, if one dares to look.
@Carmel by the Sea:
Appreciate your sentiments here, and apologize if I came across as being personal, it’s not really and no offense is intended.
Now I’ve not claimed to be any the “wiser” than you or any one else, but I will say I’m both astonished and deeply disturbed by the basic lack of simple common sense when it comes to assessing and coming to practical grips with political reality, as displayed by a large part of what for lack of a better term, I call the political intelligentsia.
Listening to the tenor of this whole election debate here by people on the left that are otherwise rational and well informed, frankly drives me over the wall.
The reason is essentially this, by arguing that voting doesn’t matter or make any difference anyway and that you will on principle abstain or vote Green or Libertarian, you are in effect by default casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton and war intentionally or not.
Because like it or not, the fact is that Americans will go out in November and give her a majority and mandate to go to war in exact proportion to those that refuse to vote for Trump who says he won’t go to war Russia and China.
Now when you have a gun at your head and are faced with a choice like that (put aside for a moment the question of if Trump will betray his word or not in the end) what are your options and the only rational thing to do in the moment for survival?
I have never personally liked Trump, and expect never really will. but I like what he’s saying he will do for world peace, and even more what he says he won’t do about going to war.
If the guy is elected POUTS and does nothing else but keep the above promise he’ll defacto be a hero and savior of the world.
Now as for the argument that Trump is just a front man for the establishment, was that then also true of President Kennedy? (not that I’m making any comparisons in their stature) And if so then why did they have to “off” him?
With all due respect, I believe that both you and Dimitry Orlov, while correct in many of your assertions are however severely mistaken when drawing the conclusion that Trump is a vetted candidate.
While he may be corruptible in the end, It doesn’t make any sense to me why would the deep state, our rulers throw into the ring a brat spoiler that questions everything (however inarticulately) and challenges the very essence and foundations of their financial and militarily expansionist imperialist empire? by dissing and bad mouthing and being down on it’s hegemonic “Free trade” deals and foreign “regime changes” and countless “military adventures” in the middle east?
What are the motives and possible advantages that they could gain by airing all their dirty laundry out in a public forum, all while the press is ganging up and mercilessly bashing him, spreading anti Putin and Russia phobia all in the face of Trump saying he just wants to get along and be friends with Putin, Russia and China, and take on IS terrorism together with them and Iran.
Does any of this make any logical sense? Particularly at the risk of inadvertently making the public much more aware of the vile machinations of the empire and start to question more both it’s domestic and foreign polices.
My own take on Trump is basically this, being a hustler and a self made real-estate billionaire magnate tycoon that’s successfully played the American capitalist game according to it’s own rules (or lack thereof) that rubs shoulders with the powerful politicians of the day and the rich and famous celebrities alike, is for all his wealth and extravagant excesses, defiantly still a complete outsider.
And not (at least a this stage) excepted by the elites as being one of them and in the inner circle of the deep state and part of their political establishment.
He’s a renegade who is not in the loop of the elites deep states political establishment, else he’d be toeing the line and wouldn’t be uttering the anti establishment and anti imperialist rhetoric that he has through out his campaign.
I liken him more to an aberrant anomaly and an out of control drunk (intoxicated by his own boastfulness and megalomaniac ego). An uninvited guest brazenly crashing into a polite high society political establishments cocktail party, rudely mouthing off at the esteemed invited guests, insulting them and blatantly spouting truths they don’t ever want to hear and attacking the hosts for their bias against him for wanting him kicked out of the party, all while he’s on a rampage in their fine house of state, wildly smashing their fine crystal wine glasses and precious dinner china and cutlery and turning their white (blue and red) clothed tables upside-down to their utter shock, horror and embarrassment.
(Should make a good script for a Saturday Night Alive skit. don’t you think?)
Just witness at the venomous veracity with which the establishment and the press is daily attacking and trying to forever discredit him, if you don’t believe me.
To what ends do you think that Trump serves his would be “masters” of the universe aims and purpose doing this? In all your “wisdom” please tell and enlighten us.
And when I say “us” I speak both for myself and what I believe are most those of us here that don’t require any more lessons about the fact that “democracy” has been bought and sold and largely usurped by the oligarchs in America and most other western countries.
Meanwhile I’ll reiterate once more my argument that there are no other choices to be had or made here, you either get out there and put an X besides Trumps name on the ballot or forever have it on your and all our collective conscience, all the future victims of war we in absence of taking any viable action effectively have voted Hillary in.
Now it will indeed only be a “symbolic” gesture if trump looses, or wins and betrays us all or is otherwise killed, but nevertheless it will be recorded in history as a protest vote. A plebiscite and sign of popular resistance to the status quo. If it does nothing else but reduces the chances of Hillary winning an overwhelming majority victory and hence a mandate to wage war, it will have achieved something of major significance and tell establishment that at best Americans are a deeply divided nation and people.
And they have to care because they are in the business of having to sell us endless wars and having us sacrifice our blood for them, all while suffering ever increased austerity measures and extreme urban and inner city poverty levels.
That’s why they need to feed us endless propaganda lies and forever create false flag events to keep us all in a state of constant fear in order to maintain their perpetual wars.
Now while I’m half American, I’m sitting here north of the boarder as naturalized Canadian citizen (who can’t vote there), and pulling my hair out, watching you guys split hairs bickering over higher principles, being politically correct or self- justifying just doing absolutely nothing at all, because, well what’s the use in trying and anyways they have us by the balls etc., etc . All while we are smugly sitting in our chairs here indulging ourselves in theoretically debating the merits of voting or not, we are on the brink of an all out world war three with Russia over Syria about to happen at any moment.
And when in fact everything you as citizens of the American empire do (or don’t do) effects us up here and the entire world. As witnessed by the over 100 million that tuned into the the TV election debates around the globe.
So I’m sorry but you do have but one choice, even if it’s no choice other than to get off your high horses and rear ends and go out in November and cast a vote for world peace, for yourselves and the sake of all humanity.
Whatever the outcome, at the very least you will have faced political reality, done what’s necessary on the right side of history, being that voting Trump is the only thing you could possibly do under the circumstances in order to vote warmonger Hillary down if not out.
Face up to it, “We came, we saw, he died” Hillary Clinton is a clinical case of psychopathic insanity, as Commander in Chief, with her finger on the nuclear button we all risk being doomed, thus she must be stopped at any cost.
When the sky’s turn black under the shadow of American coalition bombers and the streets run red with blood in Syria, Iran and Yemen as Hillary has promised us all and there are glowing red and orange mushroom clouds over Europe and North America, this whole insane election debate will have become a totally redundant one anyway.
But it’s now entirely your call to make eh! .. Ray
Hi Ray, “Renegade” Trump. Ha ha ha ha ha….
The night OJ was arrested was the opening night of the World Cup on US soil. For a year prior all male sports broadcasts had been absent due to union striking for better player pay. Gridiron, Baseball, Basketball were on strike. US sports followers were hungry for any sport they could watch.
The world game (football aka soccer) looked set to grab a giant size slice of the U S market due to the strikes.
OJ was set up to divert US audiences from potential addiction to a new sports code.
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/us-elections-russia-and-trial-oj-simpson-uncanny-parallels/ri16980