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BRICS
TASS reports Mr Lavrov’s comments on BRICS. The list of countries wanting to join, is growing.
Lavrov lauds BRICS as model for true multilateral diplomacy
The top diplomat added that global issues in many spheres can be resolved only through multilateral cooperation and, in this context, pointed to the forum’s broad agenda.I summarize but this is a… Continue reading
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Electric War
By Pepe Escobar, and always with his permission. First posted at Strategic Culture
Current Russian tactics are the absolute opposite of the military theory of concentrated force developed by Napoleon, Pepe Escobar writes.
Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden. My words echo
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Pepe Escobar & Danny Haipong
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Nov 24 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Comment 3 – Today, 29th November seems a quiet day so far.
Comment 2 – Generally today, 28 November seems a quiet day. The Chinese riots were… Continue reading
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Vassily Nebenzia: UNSC briefing-Ukraine
Note: This is one of the best and clearest speeches of Nebenzia at the UNSC. It is excellent reference material. The RT article on this is also good – Amarynth
https://www.rt.com/news/567073-security-council-ukraine-proxy-war/
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Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine (November 23, 2022)
Key points:
☝️ In the course of our special military operation, we have to… Continue reading
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CSTO summit
The President of Russia took part in a regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in a restricted format.
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in a restricted format.
Talks continued in an extended format with… Continue reading
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Bolsonaro Rises
Bolsonaro Fights Brazil Election Defeat
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is arguing some votes from the knife-edge election battle defeat to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be “invalidated” after his coalition found “signs of irreparable malfunction” in older models of electronic voting machines.
Gleisi Hoffmann, President of Lula’s Workers Party, branded the move as “chicanery” and an… Continue reading -
COP27: No Commitments on Climate Change
Climate change is a hot topic. We know of course that there is a portion, a large percentage of the climate change playbook that is pure twaddle and pure commoditizing of climate in order to be able to sell it, and trade on it. But our climate changes all the time. Currently, it is measured… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Notes: The technical commenting issues are looking better. In the main, the comment formatting now works as designed, but there are still conditionalities where it loses… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 
Bombs away: in Jerusalem
The first blast was during the morning rush hour close to the Central Bus Station in the city. The second, just a scant 30 minutes after the first, happened near the Ramon intersection in northern Jerusalem with a bus as target. There are injuries and deaths. These were nail bombs. This has not happened in… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2022 
The Richest Man in the World
By Larry Romanoff and posted with permission
The purpose of this essay is threefold: (1) to bring to the attention of readers the existence of a long-standing conspiracy about the identification of “The Richest Man in the World”, (2) to dismiss from contention the current list of candidates, and (3) to document that a small number… Continue reading -
A BRICS Reserve Currency
This is a discussion from the Valdai Club
Comment: I admit that I was a little disappointed – But it seems we have a name and it is 5R or the 5R Project. My impression is that they are using the idea of a new reserve currency only for determining price in trade (instead of using… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2022 
Provocation: Building Conflict
Chaos has become a policy. Within the western core, there is a great ability to make trouble, but no real ability to actually make a war unless they pile up. Then enters provocation which is an incitement to get others to act in some predetermined manner. In what is before us, we see Europe acting… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Good Monday Morning all these Kind Humans!
I hope for a slow week. There is nothing earthshattering so far today.
(it did not last long – not even… Continue reading
