“We are fighting a war against Russia,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told the Council of Europe on January 24. The next day German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to send high-powered tanks to Ukraine, in a major escalation of the conflict.

“Germany has really stepped up,” Biden said, “and the chancellor has been a strong, strong voice for unity…and for the level of effort we’re going to continue.” 

A good way to determine if you are still alive is to ask yourself if you can still feel wonder and amazement as you watch the changes sweeping through the world. Most of these changes are gradual and difficult to detect in your daily experience. It is therefore useful for an important person to stand in front of you for an hour, as Putin did today in front of the Federal Assembly of Russia, and explain to you exactly what happened and what will happen.

 

by Dmitry Orlov

 

The Atlantic Alliance magnifies Ukraine on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian military intervention on its territory. Before our very eyes, we see it resorting to the most deceptive propaganda, handling with skill omissions and sometimes lies. Contrary to what she claims, this war was never illegal, even if today it no longer seems necessary and should be stopped. However, the causes of the war remain and the Kremlin anticipates a second round, not to annex Ukraine or Moldova, but to save Transnistria.

 

The Ukrainian conflict with regard to the responsibility of the rulers

 

I BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO DISTRACT US FROM THE REALITY THAT RUSSIA IS WINNING THE WAR IN UKRAINE, THE BBC INVESTS SOME SILLY TIME IN EXPLAINING THAT THERE ARE IDIOTS ON THE NET WHO DISPUTE THAT THE WAR IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64789737)

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE HEARD/READ ABOUT SUCH DENYING OF THIS WAR. THESE MORONS REPRESENT A MINUSCULE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION/DISINFORMATION/MISINFORMATION RUBBISH — BUT THE BBC IN HER GRAND WISDOM CHOSES TO PAINT THEM AS EQUAL TO HER VIEWS THAT RUSSIA IS LOOSING. 

IT’S NOT EVEN PAINFUL TO WATCH, OR SEE. IT’S JUST RIDICULOUS.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBOURS (A FRIEND — CALLED SAY TUTU) HAS BEEN BORN WITH A DISTORTED FACE. SHE WAS IN HER TWENTIES AND MANAGED TO LIVE WELL DESPITE HER DISFIGURATION. NOW, IF YOU HAVE A SMART-IDIOTIC PHONE, YOU MIGHT HAVE AN APP THAT TAKES PORTRAIT AND DISTORT FACES. IT'S FUN AND YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE SCREAM WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELVES LIKE A PICASSO PORTRAIT.

THE PHOTO APP MIGHT ACTUALLY SHOW TUTU WITH A NORMAL FACE. IS THIS APP AN INSENSITIVE INSTRUMENT TO PEOPLE LIKE TUTU, BY SHOWING ALL THE PEOPLE WITH FACE LIKE HERS? WOULD IT BE A REMINDER OF THE TRAUMA SHE HAD ENDURED ALL HER LIFE?

WE CARTOONIST DO HORRIBLE THINGS TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE RICH, THE POLITICIANS AND POWERFUL. AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THE WEAK AND DOWNTRODDEN. 

PRESENTLY THERE IS A CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE BECOMING THE REJECT OF SOCIETY.

Could kyiv be the new fashionable diplomatic destination? In any case, the Western dignitaries take turns there with application and after Biden or Von Der Leyen, it is the turn of the Spanish Prime Minister to go there. Apparently, the Ukrainian capital would be the essential place to show up to hope to be entitled to a photo in the mainstream media…

Article not to be missed... The author, a Chinese official, describes in a reasoned and rational manner the absurdity behind the ruthless wars, and invites "human society" to adopt other political perspectives corresponding to the traditions and interests of everyone for the peace and development of all.

 

BY Danielle Bleitrach

 

It updates the contradictions of the hegemony of the United States, the distance between the FACTS and their narration, the way of stirring up fears and wars for the sole profit of a handful. China, which passionately wants peace and planetary development, is rightly surprised that we do not see who has worked to make the Russian-Ukrainian conflict a permanent escalation harmful to the whole world.

The US is preparing to stage false flag chemical attacks in Ukraine to pin the blame on Moscow for the use of banned toxic agents, the chief of Russia’s Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense troops, Igor Kirillov, has said.

The Americans believe that the international community wouldn’t be able to organize an effective investigation of such “provocations” due to the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, which would allow Washington to escape responsibility, Kirillov said during a briefing on Tuesday.

Russia’s Defense Ministry has obtained information that a train with a cargo of chemical substances in one of its cars had apparently arrived in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kramatorsk in Donbass on February 10, the commander said.

It’s clear that Australian sovereignty is being seriously, perhaps fatally, imperilled by the policies of successive Australian governments populated by Austral-Americans. 

Defence Minister Richard Marles’ address to parliament on February 9, entitled ‘Securing Our Sovereignty’, deserves a close reading.

It was delivered at a time when, in the minister’s own words, “it has never been more important to guard, reinforce and enhance our sovereignty”.

 

by GUEST AUTHOR MICHAEL CALLANAN

 

However, it’s clear that this vaunted sovereignty is being seriously, perhaps fatally, imperilled by the policies of successive Australian governments.

IF YOU WERE A BETTING MAN, AN INSURANCE ACTUARY AND A COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF AN ARMY OF PASTRY COOKS, WOULD YOU BET AGAINST RUSSIA GETTING WHAT IT WANTS IN UKRAINE? 

AS A BETTING MAN, YOU WOULD SAY THAT RUSSIA WILL EVENTUALLY GET 99.9 PER CENT OF WHAT IT WANTED BACK IN DECEMBER 2021.

IF YOU ARE AN INSURANCE ACTUARY YOU WOULD ASSESS THE RISK OF MOST OF WESTERN WEAPONS SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE BEING BLOWN UP AT ABOUT 90.5 PER CENT. 

THE CHIEF OF THE PASTRY COOKS WOULD PREPARE CAKES FOR A RUSSIAN "VICTORY" — WHICH WOULD BE HUMBLY GETTING THE DENAZIFICATION OF MOST OF UKRAINE, THE DEMILITARISATION OF UKRAINE, THE SPLIT OF UKRAINE AS THE DONBASS REGION IS RETURNED TO RUSSIA AFTER A CENTURY OF VAGARIES. 

THE NEGOTIATIONS WILL HOVER AROUND WHERE THE NEW BOUNDARIES OF WESTERN UKRAINE ARE GOING TO SETTLE. WILL ODESSA AND TRANSNISTRIA BECOME PART OF THE RUSSIAN UNION?

The drills’ commander, Nicolas Le Nen, called the war games the return of major military operations to French territory.

More than 7,000 servicemen are currently taking part in France’s biggest military exercise in decades, which is dubbed Orion 23 and is scheduled to be wrapped up in May.

Apart from French soldiers, servicemen from the US, the UK and Spain are involved in the drills that will simulate parachute operations and amphibious landings along the Mediterranean coast.

The operations, which are currently in full swing across the Occitanie region in France, will then move to the Atlantic coast regions of Nouvelle Aquitaine and Brittany. The drills consist of four stages, with the most important Phase 4 expected to see a major air-land "confrontation" between France and a simulated enemy.

 

 

The domesticated silver fox is a form of the silver fox which has been domesticated — to some extent — under laboratory conditions. The silver fox is a melanistic form of the wild red fox.

 

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky warned Americans to keep supporting Ukraine or risk geopolitical irrelevance, during a press conference on the anniversary of Russia’s military operation in the country. Should it stop funding Kiev’s war effort, the US will "lose the leadership position that they are enjoying in the world," the Ukrainian leader declared on Friday. 

"If they do not change their opinion…they will lose NATO, they will lose the clout of the United States, they will lose the leadership position they are enjoying in the world," Zelensky declared, following a speech in which he declared 2023 the "Year of Invincibility" and vowed to unite the world against Russia.

Perhaps no figure from ancient Rome is as famous as the gladiator — a warrior of the arena that fought to the death against beasts, criminals, and other gladiators, for the entertainment of Roman society.

Gladiators have become heavily mythologized figures, in part thanks to famous works of fiction like the film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, or the classic Spartacus, but what were they like really?

EXISTENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT HAS INCLUDED WAR IN MOST EPOCH OF HUMAN SOCIETIES. AT THE LIMITS OF OUR ERRANDS, HOW MUCH LIES, PORKIES, BULLSHIT ARE WE PREPARED TO ACCEPT IN OUR SYSTEMIC SHARINGS OR LACK OF THEM — AND IN OUR CONQUESTS OF "OTHERS" WHICH WE DISGUISE AS PROTECTION OF OUR OWN SPACE?