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pig lipstick and glittering turds....I guess calling Ursula von der Leyen’s €800 billion defence spending plan, “ReArm Europe,” as she did initially, didn’t test well – probably because Europeans are too busy wondering why there’s no money for literally anything else that isn’t a weapons buying bonanza. So, what’s with this new name, Readiness 2030, that they’ve suddenly started using as a replacement term? And why 2030?
Paranoia rebranded: The EU is desperate to sell its people more Ukraine war
Turns out that’s the magic number that European intelligence agencies, notably Germany’s, have cooked up for when Russia will supposedly be all set to roll into Europe. You know, the same intelligence outfits that just now decided that the EU is a sitting duck and could really use desperate measures now that its economy is circling the drain. Like, for example, the new proposal for French citizens to invest their personal savings of a minimum €500 euros, for at least 5 years, to help mitigate the dwindling public support for military over social spending, as the French economy minister just announced. That 2030 date definitely has nothing to do with the fact that politicians need a solid five years of blank checks from taxpayers to funnel cash into the defense industry, conveniently boosting GDP after tanking their own economies with their self-inflicted crises. To really hammer home the “readiness” vibe while European leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron riff nonstop about war with Russia, the EU is now mass-marketing a self-assembled emergency kit to all member state citizens. “Today, the EU launches its new #Preparedness Strategy. ‘Ready for anything’ — this must be our new European way of life. Our motto and #hashtag,” wrote EU Crisis Management commissioner Hadja Lahbib on social media. She also posted a video that she called a “what’s in my bag — survival edition” and started pulling out of her purse things like a Swiss Army Knife, something that looked like a can of tuna, playing cards “for distraction”, and a radio. “Everything you need to survive the first 72 hours of a crisis,” she said. After that? Well, maybe the Russian soldiers who have invaded Europe will have just gotten their fill of selfies with the locals (courtesy of the go bag’s backup phone charger) – #TanksForTheMemories – and their travel chess set matches – and will be on their way. Because it’s not like the EU is going to get anything under control in 72 hours. As if that was the point anyway. Oh, and Queen Ursula’s EU Commission isn’t stopping at just one dumb rebrand. The bloc is also giving a fresh coat of paint to what was once known as “fiscal responsibility.” EU rules used to cap member states’ deficits at 3% of GDP – now, that little restriction is being rebranded as a “National Escape Clause”. As in, congratulations! You’re finally free from the oppressive burden of not bankrupting your country. Not long ago, a stunt like yanking off national debt brakes would have just gotten member states a spanking from her. Now? It’s “spend whatever you want – as long as it’s on weapons.” And let’s talk about the official name for this giant spending spree: SAFE – as in, “Security Action For Europe.” Because nothing screams “SAFE” like blowing your savings together, like a group of teenagers maxing out their credit cards at the mall. Except instead of Sephora lip gloss or Louis Vuitton bags, it’s missiles and drones. And speaking of drones – all this rebranding of the defense spending spree was sparked by objections from some folks like Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who was like, hey, we should at least pretend this is about dual use – you know, the drones we’re cranking out for Putin’s completely hypothetical invasion could also fight wildfires. Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni also brought up the fact that if this is all supposed to be about security, then why is the focus on just making weapons and not also on improving essential service that are also kind of important if this is really about an emergency. Well, because that won’t make defense shares go up, will it, silly? These latest attempts to sprinkle glitter on a raging dumpster fire are right on schedule. Europe isn’t getting “ready”; citizens are just getting robbed. Again. At this point, you have to wonder how long it’ll be until someone rebrands inflation as “Freedom Pricing.” They almost have already, arguing that sacrifices are needed in the European way of life to really own Russian President Vladimir Putin. Oh wait, here we go again! Already! Barely a few days later, yet another rebranding has emerged! A “reassurance force” is what French President Emmanuel Macron is now calling potential European boots stomping into Ukraine after Thursday’s big gathering of Ukraine-allied Western nations in Paris. Before that, he was pitching British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s “coalition of the willing” cerebral faceplant, because, hey, if it worked out so well for Iraq 20 years ago, why not give it another spin? And before that, Macron floated the idea of “peacekeepers,” which didn’t exactly land because, well, that was just NATO troops in Ukraine with a fancy new label – and Russia wasn’t buying it. But will Moscow notice that the “reassurance force” isn’t there to offer Ukraine emotional support and free therapy sessions, despite how the name sounds? Seems that all the ginning up for war that’s been going on here in Europe to wash every euro they can into the defense industry hasn’t escaped Moscow’s attention. “The leadership of the European Union has adopted the propaganda techniques of the Third Reich to intimidate the European man in the street with the Russian ‘threat.’,” noted Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. ”The Directorate General of the European Commission for Public Relations has drawn up a plan for a centralized campaign to introduce stable Russophobic narratives into the public consciousness.” Well, that certainly would account for the frantic spinning. Just last month, Macron insisted that the fighting in Ukraine had to stop before so-called European peacekeepers could roll in. Now? He’s apparently totally fine with the fact that there’s still zero peace to keep before forging ahead. He just won’t call them peacekeepers. There, all fixed! “The reassurance forces is a Franco-British proposal. It is not universally agreed upon today, but we do not need unanimity to do this,” Macron said. “The two defence chiefs, British and French, will set up a team to work with Ukrainians, who will tell us exactly what their needs are.” Macron’s partner in strategic brilliance, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, also doesn’t seem too fussed that the US hasn’t exactly rushed to offer air cover for these troops – something he himself said, just weeks ago, would be a deal-breaker for British troop presence in Ukraine. But Macron now says that he “wishes” the US would be involved. “I wish the US were engaged alongside us and provided meaningful support. It would be good for Europe, good for NATO, good for all of us,” he said. “But we must prepare for a situation where perhaps they might not join us and that we would be required to act entirely alone. It’s an exit from geopolitical minority status. It’s a good thing for Europe.” He sounds like a guy sending a dramatic “I’m about to do something crazy” text to an ex, hoping they rush over to hold their hand. But unfortunately for him, Washington is busy trying to negotiate peace. Also, some members of Trump’s cabinet, including the Vice-President and Defenыe Secretary, just basically called Western Europe a bunch of pathetic freeloaders in a leaked chat on the Signal app. So good luck with that. Steven Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy for the Russia talks, made it clear in a recent interview with journalist Tucker Carlson that Washington isn’t interested in babysitting European troops while they run military obstacle courses with their Ukrainian counterparts in an active war zone. America is quite clearly focused on a peace deal that would make this whole circus unnecessary. But hold up! it’s not like French and British troops are strapping on their helmets and marching into battle tomorrow. No, they’re just heading over for a fact-finding mission – you know, to figure out what it might look like if the rest of the EU ever decides to join them. Which is totally happening any minute now. That’s why France and Britain are the only ones even talking about these troops. But don’t worry – Macron swears all of the EU will jump in once peace magically breaks out. Because nothing prevents war like sending troops into an ongoing conflict zone. Don’t think that’s exactly what this would be? Ask Zelensky, who keeps insisting that what Ukraine really needs is soldiers who can actually fight, not a bunch of peacekeepers, which he makes sound like glorified hall monitors. So again, the latest buzzword is “reassurance force”. Try to keep up, as there will probably be even more whitewashing coming down the pipe again shortly. Macron’s out here naming military plans like they’re self-care retreats. Next up from Camp Reassurance: the ‘mindfulness missile strike’ and the ‘holistic artillery barrage.’ Only the optics-obsessed, directionally-challenged EU would try giving war a glow-up at a time at a time when peace has never seemed closer. https://www.rt.com/news/614919-eu-ukraine-war-rebranding/
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Kiev has no money to pay for its army. Zelensky complains that the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has tripled its pre-war number. According to the current head of the Kiev regime, the Ukrainian army should be funded by Europe and the United States, since Ukraine itself cannot cope with an army of this scale.
The entire county ruled by the puppet regime lost a large part of the population and industrial capacities actually came under external financing. Fully dependent on its foreign patrons, Kiev has nothing left but to squeeze the last drop of the Europeans. While European bureaucrats are ready to stand insults and constant demands from the Ukrainian leaders and sacrifice the prosperity of their own population.
NATO has taken control of all military aid to Ukraine instead of the United States with the US-Ukrainian system of bilateral agreements. Now the supply of military equipment will be carried out under the control of the alliance. First of all, it concerns the logistics control.
European warmongers do not stop spending money on military supplies to the doomed Ukrainian military. One of their leaders, Macron, announced a new package of military aid for Ukraine in the amount of two billion euros.
Europeans can no longer hide their bellicose intentions, veiled by hypocritical peace plans.
Ukraine needs combat troops, not peacekeepers, declared Deputy head of Zelensky’s office. Kiev is counting on a large European presence on Ukrainian frontlines and on foreign soldiers ready for various scenarios.
Europe is not against it. Macron confirmed that the so-called Western peacekeeping forces in Ukraine could provide a military response in the event of an attack.
He added that Europe will lift sanctions against Russia after any ceasefire, but only when it fully returns all territories to Ukraine.
Moscow responds that following the policy of Russophobic Brussels officials, the European Union is becoming more and more similar to Nazi Germany. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service confirms the EU leadership has adopted the propaganda techniques of the Third Reich aimed at intimidating the European population with the “Russian threat”, which in fact does not exist. The European Commission has drawn up a plan for a centralized campaign to impose Russophobic narratives based on the techniques of the Goebbels Ministry of Education and Popular Propaganda of the Third Reich. In Brussels, they got tired of their democracy, freedom of speech rhetoric and switched to the Nazi methods of mass manipulation.
https://southfront.press/europe-turning-into-third-reich/
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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.
Gus Leonisky
POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.
micronic....
Frédéric Aigouy is a former journalist for RT France, the channel censored by Leyen and Macron's EU. He now offers geopolitical analysis on X.
on @frederic_RTf, his account, he analyzes the crazy day of Emmanuel Macron, who believed himself to be the prince of a decaying Europe, a great resister of peace, and of the Trump-Putin axis. A strange case of a tadpole who wants to be as big as a cow.------------------
Stillborn — The "coalition of the willing" explodes in mid-flight, Macron's isolation is total, even within Europe
Forced to acknowledge, in a mild euphemism, that there is no "unanimity" on the issue of sending troops to Ukraine, the head of the startup nation, in his perpetual headlong rush, is attempting a rapid rebranding.
He is now proposing only "reassurance forces," which "are not intended to be peacekeeping forces," "are not intended to be forces present on the contact line," and "are not intended to replace the Ukrainian armies."
Apart from London, "a few member states" would like to participate, he assures us to save face.
But since he doesn't mention any of them, we must include Estonia and Lithuania, now Paris's privileged allies, whose strategic shift will be studied for centuries to come.
Obviously, even if Western troops are reduced to flowerpots, the project still has no chance of being approved by the only decision-makers, Moscow and Washington.
How do you say "to talk shit" in Ukrainian?
https://x.com/frederic_RTfr/status/1905286368646869049?
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POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.
neutrality.....
Our neutrality is in danger!
by Günther Greindl, Retd. General, President of Aufbruch Österreich
On 26 October 1955, Austria declared its permanent neutrality and committed itself to defending it with all the means at its disposal. The overwhelming majority of Austrians are in favour of maintaining it. Nevertheless, it has recently been increasingly called into question by leading figures in politics and diplomacy, as well as by journalists in the mass media. It is said to be outdated, to offer no protection and to have little place in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Europe must become war-ready, they say.
However, neutrality is more than just a security policy concept designed to protect the state. It represents progress in the peaceful coexistence of nations. Perpetual neutrality is not the enemy of anyone; it threatens no one and is not threatened by anyone. It is in line with the ideals of the United Nations, which was founded to spare future generations from the scourge of war.
Austria has actively used its neutrality for the maintenance of international peace within the framework of the United Nations. I have personally experienced how much the international community has appreciated our active peace policy. When the United Nations peacekeeping forces were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988, the then Secretary-General chose me to accompany him to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Oslo. An Austrian officer, in Austrian uniform, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Austrian soldiers 43 years after the end of the Second World War. I felt proud that Austria was once again a respected, esteemed and exemplary member of the international community. It became clear to me that neutrality is a convincing concept of an idea of a state.
Why should this idea not be contemporary? Why should it have no place in an EU that is guided by its founding principles? When we joined the EU in 1995, the then Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock declared: “Austria’s neutrality is its specific contribution to maintaining peace and security in Europe.” The European peace project, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012, is on a dangerous wrong track. The voice of peace has been silenced and the language of war dominates events. Just as a river is fed by many small channels, so politics is formed from the voices of citizens. It is time to raise our voices for peace in Europe and for our neutrality. •
https://www.zeit-fragen.ch/en/archives/2025/nr-7-18-maerz-2025/unsere-neutralitaet-ist-in-gefahr
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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.
Gus Leonisky
POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.