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an old remedy: kill all for peace.....

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Western military aid to Ukraine is what is needed to bring peace to the Eastern European country in the shortest time possible. He claimed that Russia will only agree to peace talks when it faces a situation in which it cannot achieve its goals militarily.

In an interview with German news outlet DPA, parts of which were published on Friday, Stoltenberg said: “It may sound paradoxical, but military support for Ukraine is the quickest way to peace.”

The Western military bloc’s chief claimed that for the conflict to end, Russian President Vladimir Putin has to come to the conclusion that his forces are unable to take over Ukraine. It is only then that the Kremlin would be ready to negotiate a settlement.

US boots on the ground in ukraine....

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that “hundreds” of American servicemen are deployed to Ukraine, claiming that US soldiers, military advisers and intelligence officers have long been direct participants in the conflict.

Sitting down with Russia’s Channel One for an interview on Wednesday, Lavrov spoke at length about Washington’s deep involvement in the hostilities in Ukraine, which has steadily grown despite repeated assurances from American leaders that US personnel would have no role in the fighting.

Angela and François were flirting, with bullshit....

The 2014 Minsk Agreement was indeed a ploy to buy Ukraine time and should be credited for Kiev’s “successful resilience” now, former French president Francois Hollande said on Friday. Confirming former German chancellor Angela Merkel’s assessment of the truce, Hollande also blamed US weakness for the failure to deter Russia.

Earlier this month, Merkel described Minsk as “an attempt to give Ukraine time” to build up its military. Speaking with the Kyiv Independent, a pro-government Ukrainian outlet, Hollande agreed, saying Merkel was “right on this point.”

grafting the piper rather than pay tax to the burghers.....

Public subsidies for coal plants are merely the icing on the cake of a triumphant year for multinational fossil fuel corporations operating in this country. Michael West and Callum Foote report on Fossocracy Australia.

If democracy is government of the people by the people for the people, surely a government whose two major parties are financed by fossil fuel payments, and which returns the favour with favourable policies and billions in fossil fuel subsidies each year, can reasonably be labeled a fossocracy.

 

a question of trust.....

Tony Blair argued Vladimir Putin should be given a seat at the world's "top table" despite misgivings from officials, newly released files reveal. 

Papers released by the National Archives show in early 2001, the then-prime minister believed it was important to encourage the new Russian president to adopt Western values. 

the end of it all.....


Vous n’êtes pas sans savoir, cher Dmitri Medvedev, que vos dernières prévisions politiques et économiques pour l’année 2023 ont provoqué la stupeur des chancelleries européennes et occidentales. Il est vrai que cette nouvelle année s’annonce pleine d’incertitudes et d’inquiétudes… d’aucuns redoutent non pas la fin de l’Histoire, non pas la fin de la civilisation mais carrément la fin de l’humanité…

Letter to Dmitry Medvedev

 

by Lotfi Hadjiat

 

canadian syrup, made in the USA......

In a recent article in the Ottawa Hill-Times, journalist David Crane asked an important question: “Is Canada trying to match or outdo American hostility to China?”

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (CIPS), announced in Vancouver recently by Liberal foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly and other ministers, answers that question unequivocally: “China is an increasingly disruptive global power” begins the CIPS assessment of China. True enough if taken in isolation. Insidious, however, in the way it is used in this report.

 

little chance for the truth to survive......

Cathy Vogan, the executive producer of Consortium News‘ webcast CN Live!, recently coined a new term to describe rule by psyops, or psychological operations: psyopcracy.   According to Wikipedia

territorial mischief created by the american empire in the middle-east and eastern europe......

THE US EMPIRE HAS BEEN A BIG INFLUENCER IN THE SHAPING OF THE MIDDLE-EAST AND EASTERN EUROPE. THE MAP ABOVE SHOWS WHAT THE AMERICAN EMPIRE HAS PLANNED FOR THE MIDDLE EAST IN TERMS OF REDRAWING BORDERS AND SMASHING "TERRITORIAL INTEGRITIES".... THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, THOUGH MULTIPOLARITY HAS BECOME A TEN-TONNE STONE IN THE "BOOTS AND ALL" OF THE AMERICAN UNILATERAL CONTROL OF THE PLANET.

IN 1954, THE US THREW OUT THE "SECULAR" GOVERNMENT OF IRAN AND REPLACED IT WITH A FAKE DYNASTY… BY 1979, IRAN THREW THE SHAH OUT AND BECAME AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. BY 1980, IRAQ DECLARED WAR ON IRAN. WE COULD SUGGEST THAT THE USA PUSHED SADDAM TO TAKE OVER THE LARGEST OILFIELDS OF IRAN... BUT THERE WERE SOME COMPLICATIONS. 

old colonial gin....

At a meeting of the European Parliament's committee for combating foreign interference earlier this month, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell stated that the sincerity of African support for Russia is questionable since they “do not know where Donbass is or maybe they do not even know who Putin is.” This points not only to Europe’s frustration with Africa’s position on Russia over the course of 2022, but the deep-rooted racist and condescending attitude Europeans have towards Africans.

Judging by his public appearances, it is noticeable that the current head of EU diplomacy refers more often to the so-called “African issue” compared to his predecessors. It is recalled that Borrell had also made another racist remark recently by referring to Europe as a “garden” amidst a global “jungle.”

 

old useless stocks.....

Current and former Western leaders, from Boris Johnson to Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden have queued up to shake hands with the khaki-clad Volodymyr Zelensky, as he tries to re-mould himself from comedian to statesman and war-leader.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may be unpopular in parts of his own country, but he is the darling of Western politicians.

Since Russia launched its military operation to de-Nazify Ukraine on February 24, Zelensky has received dozens of foreign VIP visits and done his own share of jet-setting around European and North American capitals.

As part of his constant appeal for handouts of cash and military arms, the former comedian and actor has addressed national parliaments by video-link and occasionally in person.

Stealing the BoJo Mojo

when cartoonists become part of disinformation.....

THE CARTOON ABOVE BY CATHY WILCOX WAS REPUBLISHED IN THE SMH YESTERDAY (I THINK)… IT LEADS TO INTERPRETATIONS… 

  1. "UKRAINE" IS A DECENT OLD LADY.
  2. THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS BROKEN-HEARTED FOR HAVING TO INVADE THE OLD UKRAINE.
  3. THE OLD LADY CAN DEFEND HERSELF WITH A HANDBAG.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE REALITY IS FAR FROM THIS SIMPLISTIC VIEW.

  1. "UKRAINE" IS A SPLIT COUNTRY WITH FEROCIOUS NAZI DOGS ON ONE SIDE AND OPPRESSED RUSSIANS ON THE OTHER.
  2. THE HANDBAG OF THE OLD LADY HAS BEEN FILLED UP SINCE 2014 WITH AS MUCH MILITARY HARDWARE AS POSSIBLE, SUPPLIED BY NATO, THE US AND THE UK.
  3. THE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAVE TO DEFEND THE RUSSIANS IN THE DONBASS BECAUSE THE WEST CHEATED ON THE MINSK AGREEMENTS.

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green to a point.....

Australians are getting a clearer idea of the Albanese government’s approach to the environmental crisis and it amounts to the maintenance of its long-held environmental denialism.

Denialism is the rejection of strong evidence when it doesn’t suit your ideology or political agenda. Evidence has accumulated for at least 50 years that economic growth (GDP) and population growth are the main drivers of environmental decline. Neither are addressed in Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent announcements.

 

BY STEPHEN WILLIAMS

 

First the ‘good’ news

not cricket....

After November 11 1975, I came to the conclusion that even a Governor General, some High Court Judges and a powerful media proprietor were not honourable and trustworthy. 

An updated repost from November 11, 2020

 

BY JOHN MENADUE

 

I was brought up in a lower middle-class home, a Methodist Manse. I assumed that the great and the good must somehow be honourable and trustworthy people.

After November 11 1975, I came to the conclusion that even a Governor General, some High Court Judges and a powerful media proprietor were not honourable and trustworthy. I learned that powerful people would trample on long-established conventions and institutions to protect the interests of themselves, their powerful friends and their class.

Some 45 years later my trust has not been restored.

of spinach, broccoli and beans.....

HERE I WAS SEARCHING WHY PYTHAGORAS (BRILLIANT MATHEMATICIAN FROM THE 6TH CENTURY BC) HATED BEANS, THAT MY ERRANDS WENT ONTO BROCCOLI THAT WAS SPINACH… PYTHAGORAS WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS “ABSTAIN FROM BEANS”. AND SUDDENLY I (RE?)ENTERED THE WORLD OF CARL ROSE — ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CARTOONISTS. WE MIGHT HAVE PUBLISHED ONE OR TWO CARTOONS FROM ROSE ON THIS SITE, UNDER THE FAIR USE OF THE WHATEVER RELEVANCY TO NEWS, ETC.

I HOPE THIS ROSE CARTOON ANSWERS MY CRITICS WHO SAY THAT THE USA NEVER SUPPORTED FASCISM, THE NAZIS OR HITLER…

 

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