Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world (and a joke or two) for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Jul 9
Slow for new news. The old news is being regurgitated and the discussion is around cluster munitions. Every two weeks or so, a new piece of meat is thrown into the discussion sphere and everybody happily grabs for a piece.
The other issue that is being discussed but in a muted way as yet, is Erdogan’s release of prisoners that by agreement had to stay in Türkiye, until the end of the conflict. https://www.rt.com/news/579406-kremlin-kiev-ankara-deal/
If nothing else serious happens today, enjoy the day and feel free to use as very open thread.
Jul 7
Jul 7
South African Prez Ramaphosa has invited the leaders of ALL AFRICAN NATIONS to the BRICS summit next month in Johannesburg.
Jul 7
Is #Yellen nuts?
Basically she’s saying the US should be able to do what it wants (sanctions, sabotage etc) but China can’t retaliate in any way.
Piss off, lady. pic.twitter.com/it43GJR4MU
— Andy Boreham 安柏然 (@AndyBxxx) July 7, 2023
Jul 6
A few comments pulling things together.
It is wall-to-wall coverage of a terrorist attack on the escalation at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant and it obviously did not happen last night. The other wall-to-wall coverage is Zelensky threatening NATO to finally sign adoption papers.
Mr Lavrov had some words to say: “In my opinion, they are trying to temporarily freeze this conflict, secure a ceasefire and bide their time, so they can again flood Ukraine with weapons, create new military infrastructure and transfer new long-range lethal weapons. At least, this scenario is favoured by American political scientists.”
and
“Look at the tone they use talking to their Western partners. An aide to Vladimir Zelensky declared they were demanding that the upcoming NATO summit decide on launching the process of Ukrainian accession to the Alliance, otherwise Zelensky would not attend it. This is how they talk to their patrons on whom they fully depend both financially and in all other respects.”
Note that this Lavrov transcript is now posted and can be found in the thread: Briefing and Q&A by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on topical foreign policy issues, including humanitarian aspects of the situation around Ukraine. If you read this carefully, it sure seems like a discussion of what needs to be done quite immediately to create conditions to finally move to a different stance, a different world view, a new era, different actions to place our world into a productive and beautiful place, as it should be.
Both the threats to the Zaporozhye nuclear plant and the insane statements about Ukraine being allowed into NATO, are paper tigers. They are both propaganda wars. The pendulum is swinging and the situation is fast evolving. The time is coming soon when we will be discussing exactly what I tried to lay out here: Weekend Discussion: How will the Ukraine war end?
Take a listen to Martyanov’s video from yesterday where quite early on, he makes the statement: The West has been defeated militarily. Then again, his recent video with the two Alexes, from time stamp 1:05, he explains again that the SMO is one aspect of the removal of hegemon power in the world, and lists a number of the other initiatives. We see things through different lenses, and we weigh the importance of the SMO vis a vis the importance of the many other initiatives somewhat differently – at this point – but we get to similar conclusions. NATO is a paper tiger currently trying to put lipstick on its pig, the West has been defeated militarily. Now we will move to a phase of building out from the foundations given to us by Russia, China and now Iran with SCO membership, the gathering of ancient civilizations.
India today plays somewhat of a dark horse, and please go and read the comment by AHH on this thread: SCO is meeting
Jul 6
From the Russian MoD
▫️The Russian Federation Armed Forces launched a concentrated strike with long-range sea-based high precision weapons against temporary deployment sites of AFU personnel and foreign mercenaries, as well as storage sites for foreign-manufactured armoured vehicles.
All the assigned targets have been neutralised. The goal of the attack has been reached. The enemy strategic reserves have sustained significant damage.
The AFU continued to attempt offensive actions in Donetsk, Krasny Liman and Kupyansk directions.
UPDATE: MOSCOW, July 6-RIA Novosti. “The armed forces attacked a place of accumulation of military equipment and barracks in Lviv, where there were about 800 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries, a source in the Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti.
“The target of today’s strike on the enemy’s strategic reserves was Western military equipment and militants on the territory of the Ground Forces Academy in Lviv. The high-precision weapon strike was carried out on the park area of the academy, where there were Western-made armored vehicles and, with a high degree of probability, including British Challenger tanks, ” the source said.
Jul 6
Those Chinese!
But it is more important than this. Carl Zha visited Moscow and sent back signage with Russian and Chinese languages used. Jeff Brown during his latest China visit says: “Rejection of Western empire is going cultural. China, Russia and Iran are removing English from public signs. Russia is even removing Latinization.”
Another example of decolonization from Western empire. Like India changing Bombay to Mumbai and Burma to Myanmar, China is quietly changing “Tibet” to “Xizang”, which is the Pinyin for it in Mandarin (西藏).
Read/listen to/watch all about it: https://t.co/ukUVRGeeoT pic.twitter.com/co0BPlnAjG
— Jeff J. Brown (@44_Days) July 5, 2023
Jul 5
NATO, you know that NATO that is not involved and is not a co-belligerent, just created a little cozy special space for Ukraine. They call it a NATO-Ukraine Council and it will meet at the level of heads of state in Vilnius on July 12 – NATO Alliance statement.
The NATO involvement deepens. I wonder if the NATO-Ukraine Council can be seen as a decision-making center?
Jul 5
51 Intelligence officers signed a letter stating that the cocaine found in the White House Library is Russian disinformation. /end joke!
Jul 5
Ukraine is really doing everything it can rhetorically to create an escalation at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Energodar. Very dangerous situation right now.
Reports are coming in of major shelling by Ukraine into the Donbass and other areas. Mostly civilian residential and healthcare facilities have been targeted over the past 24 hours. I prefer to wait for the formal MoD statements. This will however continue until at least the NATO conference early next week.
I’ve posted up the current MoD Russia briefing as the action is wide-spread. https://sovereignista.com/globalsouthforum/topic/daily-war-room/#post-15935
4th of July – and just sometimes, one finds a little miracle. This is not the whole speech, but a clip that comes to me out of China, with a US presidential candidate that I’ve never heard about. Short, only about 4 minutes.
That portion of the video here. https://t.co/P9fi43DVRr pic.twitter.com/w2rWeaHsOQ
— Daniel Dumbrill (@DanielDumbrill) July 4, 2023
Jul 4
As expected the SMO front line is very busy as Ukraine looks for a little bit of a win that they can report to the NATO meeting next week. Multipĺe attacks are being tried against Russia and little and big meatgrinders are operating non-stop. Russia will not give Ukraine the opportunity to create even a little bit of a win anywhere. From a captured Ukrainian soldier comes the story that they do not want to use Western supplied materiel, because these weapons are being specifically targeted by Russia. Of course! The first million rubles have been handed to the first soldier of Russia that took out the first Leopard tank!
The biggest talk is that of an attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. The Ukrainians are talking about this possibility non-stop.
Rosenergoatom Raises Concerns Over Potential Attack on ZNPP Storage Facilities by Ukrainian Armed Forces
Rosenergoatom is concerned about a potential attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom, who made the statement during an interview on Soloviev Live.
Karchaa mentioned the possibility of the cooling system being disrupted through missile strikes. While acknowledging the dangers associated with such an attack, he expressed confidence in being able to manage the situation, albeit with great difficulty.
The expert believes that the enemy’s objective is to create a heightened radiation background within the plant’s premises, placing the blame on Russia. The intention is to spread contamination across large areas and then exploit the resulting crisis to raise allegations of Russia being a nuclear terrorist state.
It is important to note that the Zaporozhye NPP is currently located within an area of special military operations, which is a cause of significant concern for Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly emphasized the international community’s obligation to prevent any shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP by Ukraine, considering it unacceptable.
Jul 4
The concept of multipolarity applied as it should be, is united old enemies and making new friends:
After 10 years Turkey and Egypt have fully restored diplomatic relations. The countries have officially exchanged ambassadors.
Jul 4
Drone attacks on Moscow region (New Moscow) and the attacks failed:An attempt by the Kyiv regime to attack the area where civilian infrastructure facilities are located, including the airport, which by the way accepts foreign flights, is another act of terrorism.
Considering that Zelensky is carrying out these terrorist attacks with weapons supplied by the West or purchased with Western funds, this is international terrorism.
The world community must realize that the United States, Britain, France – permanent members of the UN Security Council – finance the terrorist regime. – Maria Zakharova
Jul 4
Israeli attacks on Yenin Refugee CampIran has asserted that Palestinians could achieve their goals against Israel only through the use of force, as the regime continues its unabated onslaught on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations told Newsweek that Tehran is ready to help Palestinians win over the regime through use of “force.”
“Based on Iran’s assessment, Palestinians cannot regain their seized rights from the Israeli regime through negotiation, as the Israeli regime only responds to force,” the mission said.
“Therefore, Iran supports any request for assistance from the Palestinian resistance,” it added.
Jul 4
Stoltenberg Announced That He Will Remain NATO Head Until October 2024. (Given the candidates, it would have been from bad to worse!)
Jul 3
The Israeli army has launched a large-scale operation in the city of Jenin, according to an announcement by the IDF. The city is reported to be completely blocked off. The stated objective of the operation is to eliminate local armed underground groups.
Significant forces of the Israeli army, including armored vehicles and bulldozers, have been deployed to the area to remove barricades. It is known that ten Palestinians have been killed in the clashes. The Israeli army has lost a drone, and at least one soldier has been injured.
Jenin resistance confronts largest Israeli siege in 21 years
Over 1,000 Israeli troops have sealed off the Jenin refugee camp as part of the ‘open ended’ operation which is expected to last for at least 48 hours
and
Israel Conducts Missile Raids On Syria
The Syrian military said that Israel launched airstrikes near the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, causing material damage but no casualties.
According to Israel, a Syrian anti-aircraft missile exploded over Israeli territory, which prompted another round of strikes.
Syria’s government media said that some of the country’s air defenses have also shot down Israeli missiles over neighboring Lebanon.
Jul 3
France is pulling down social networks“We will take several measures in the coming hours such as the removal of the most sensitive content in connection with these platforms [social networks]”. Emmanuel Macron pinpoints the role and place of social networks in the spread of violence in recent days.
🗣 “Nous prendrons dans les prochaines heures plusieurs dispositions comme le retrait des contenus les plus sensibles en lien avec ces plateformes [réseaux sociaux]”.
Emmanuel Macron épingle le rôle et la place des réseaux sociaux dans la propagation des violences de ces… pic.twitter.com/Ly42itV3i5
— franceinfo (@franceinfo) June 30, 2023
Jul 3
China and Russia should hold more joint drills and continue working together in other areas to propel their military cooperation to a “new level,” Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu said during talks with the head of the Russian Navy Nikolay Evmenov in Beijing on Monday.
https://www.rt.com/russia/579126-china-li-evmenov-navy/
Jul 3
China has just held a peace conference. There are two articles of note from the Global Times. This one, that talks about Chinese Vice President Han Zheng’s opening speech, and this one, that handles Dilma Rousseff’s comments. A reminder – Dilma is from the New Development Bank (commonly known as the BRICS Bank.
The core is: “…China’s core propositions of promoting dialogue and a political solution to the Ukraine issue have gradually become a broad consensus in the international community. And recently, the reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran brokered by Beijing has also caused a chain reaction, sparking a wave of reconciliation in the Middle East, creating a good demonstration effect to the international community…”
Jul 3
The business program of the Second Russia–Africa Summit (https://summitafrica.ru/en/) has been released. It is divided into four tracks.
1⃣The New Global Economy block is devoted to the prospects of running a Russian business in Africa.
2⃣International security, political stability, food security are the main topics of the Integrated Security and Sovereign Development track.
3⃣Within the Cooperation in Science and Technology block, experts will discuss Russia–Africa cooperation in the field of advanced technologies.
4⃣Interaction in education, culture, sports, and ensuring rights comprise the agenda of The Humanitarian and Social Sphere: Working Together for a New Quality of Life track.
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The NATO-Ukraine council will soon be NATO-404 council and then NATO-Russia Council. Because Ukraine is near 404 and will eventually be mostly within Russian border when redrawn. The rest of it will be diced up in exchange for security arrangements (no missiles or alliance with US). Poland (if it keeps… Read more »
Yellen’s “constantly smiling and nodding” ( https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202307/1293956.shtml ) is going to bear as much fruit as Blinken’s constipated look. Let’s wait for the inevitable threats. Meanwhile, one of Yellen’s side missions is revealed: “Yellen told the women – one of whom described herself as a feminist economist – she was… Read more »
From Russia with Love to Vilnius?? Apparently a new hyper-destructive weapon struck a Lvov rats’ nest. (Thx Larch’s Disqus) They had 2 days of mourning. Rus MoD claimed about 800 died. An entire city block was razed. Lil Blinkie bleated, er tweeted, in pain…
thank you, ahh, thank you, larch. after my morning round @ global south i visited smoothie & loved this post. like sunshine set up a perfect day. next visit was strategic culture…where i found a new pepe—gold, @ least as pure as dear larch’s, unfortunately it’s in spanish & my… Read more »
Yellen’s practising extraordinary diplomacy here. I imagine her staff created a solid plan of action. Something along the lines of: Step 1) Take a tough stance before meeting your hosts. Step 2) Upon meeting, engage in small talk. Suggestions: talk about how your flight was, the food, the weather Avoid:… Read more »
Another Baltic limitrophe whines their sanctions weren’t respected, LOL! The total inadequacy of this transatlantic cabal…
“The exit of Finnish companies from Russia has failed to have an economic impact on Moscow, as many firms from other countries have stayed, Finnish President…”
Ripping China off. bigbigplan> “The first would be to acquire the Chinese bonds held by the ABF and utilize them to offset (partially or in whole) the $850 billion-plus of U.S. Treasurys owned by China (reducing up to $95 million in daily interest paid to China). This would lower the national debt… Read more »
Oh this gets better. the Chef — an intrepid triple agent?? How many lives did he lead? A closet of wigs, multiple IDs, a well-equipped medical room, and a dedicated prayer room were found in his dacha. I would regularly pray too if leading that lifestyle. Oh the egg on… Read more »
Where is Prigozhin? Alexander Lukashenko denied rumors about the founder of the Wagner private military company, saying that Yevgeny Prigozhin is not yet in the republic. He reminded that PMC Wagner is a Russian company, and therefore questions about it are not for him. The president also announced the location… Read more »
it appears procedural. Luka had said he did arrive that weekend in Belarus. He’s just being flown back & forth (in his own plane, on his own dime, lol) to St. Pete, his hometown, likely to add to the humiliation of the Questioning he’s undergoing. Now he’s firmly in Russian… Read more »
curious and thoughtful (in ruski) telegram post sequence machine trans> https://archive.ph/brGYT (some) Ruski citizen militia (whatever ya call it) get weapons. Good! NPS-Z > “Once again, if anyone watched this at Solovyov’s today. I understand that the Ukrainian side is escalating before the NATO summit. If you bomb these spent… Read more »
The practiced unblushing liars of British Royal Navy, with a “fine tradition of rum, sodomy and the lash” per Churchill, upped the ante into openly ecstatic raving lunacy. Loss in the Ukraine is causing instant frothing convulsions! If only words could kill! They woulda murdered 99% of humanity to hide the… Read more »
with 27th Week the stream of the year keeps us of the northern hemisphere immersed by a yearning for some intimate collective abundance. The great collective cancer-‘ceremonies’, what’s their secret? It’s the drama of our unconscious soul, conceivable by the holy images of time. 27. Week: “Cancer, When the Soul… Read more »
The difficult fella from the lone star says> “Prigozhin was returned premium Glock from Shoigu Other weapons that were found during searches in St. Petersburg were also returned. According to media reports, Prigozhin personally came to the FSB department for weapons. He was returned two Saiga carbines, a rifled Austrian… Read more »
While Prigozhin gets pensioned off, Shoigu’s son-in-law can continue prancing about in Dubai along with other Russian oligarchs wallowing in their riches. Can we even have the temerity to ask about the “rewards” awaiting a true Russian patriot, General Sergey Surovikin, who was last seen with a 9mm PP-2000 submachine… Read more »
Ah! Yes… Comrade Helmer has thoughts about the Chef and the affair>https://johnhelmer.org/silence-of-the-lambs-how-the-russian-communists-have-responded-to-the-wagner-mutiny-and-prigozhins-empire/#more-71008 Recalling film “Moscow Does not Believe in Tears… they still don’t. War is war. States use criminals a lot.
ELLIOT ABRAMS – Presidents just keep on hiring him. When you’re so gross that even CNN is disgusted by you, you’re a special kind of gross. … quoted from the link… “It’s actually a damning indictment of our entire civilization that swamp monsters like Elliott Abrams remain esteemed members of… Read more »
What is the US Navy trying to tell us today? Are they commiserating with the Comedian? How can they surrender and “Total War (© XJP) in the Indo-Pacific” hasn’t started yet!
Proof that Americans aren’t that stupid after all?
They recognize cool design and superior weaponry when they see it.
There’s hope for the US after all 😁
Haha, yes it would be political suicide to call her prospective voters stupid. Although it would have made for some great TV 😄 The fact that she felt compelled to compliment her own people as “not stupid” just demonstrates how difficult the political landscape is in the US. Paraphrasing Ms… Read more »
Ms Marianne Wilson talks a lot of sense in this video. But I disagree with her on “Americans are not stupid”.
It will be a longshot for her to get into the Oval Office.
Melville’s ignored and better novel is “The Confidence Man”…the devil on the riverboat… Yes indeed, the Americans are, long have been, credulous and ignorant game units for every Rockefeller snakeoil gag… But this does not mean that the Americans have the exclusive rights to utter stupidity, this is a democratic… Read more »
I’ve never even heard of her. But she cannot say that Americans are stupid lol. That would be cutting her own throat. I was just happy that I could put up a fairly positive something – and that I could feel that there is someone that actually gets it. I… Read more »
Americans are not stupid by any means. It’s the opposite. Americans are a nation of mass-murdering Orwellian sociopaths who disguise their character behind their fake moral values like liberty, human rights, or democracy. In its essence, America is a Crusader Empire and people who believe that they have a God-given… Read more »
I don’t entirely agree. It is stupidity to deliberately or unconsciously follow the path of evil and (self-) destruction.
Sociopaths like to style themselves as intelligent, for their vanity compels them to do so.
But that isn’t intelligence, it’s cunning.
Peace
An essay in noncanocal history > https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/mendeleyev-witte-and-the-revival-efc Speaking of Ruskiamericanskiplans…and the 4th of July. And what’s been stole.. fragment> “The late 19th century was shaped, in large measure, by the growing U.S.-Russian alliance which saved the USA from dissolution during its Civil War. Masterful diplomacy at the time resulted in… Read more »
Remind everyone that Russia helped America gain independence and helped again to support Lincoln in the civil war.
https://russiancouncil.ru/en/blogs/alexey-viryasov/how-russia-saved-the-united-states-twice/
One cannot buy character and professionalism! Their patience and due diligence will live in the annals of History, up there with certain biblical confrontations we read of in the arrogant & vile Courts of Pharaonic Egypt!
Comrade Meyssan has written Les services secrets russes et occidentaux face à rébellion d’Evgueni Prigojine Very interesting, see yandextrans F>E @ https://archive.ph/lTNQGor original> https://www.voltairenet.org/article219580.html
He names specific persons. Somewhat blunt. Happy 4th of July….
“Exits” are. But it’s sailboat in storm or shanks’ ponies. And then what? Interesting that the Universal Declaration includes> “Article 13 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State. 2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own,… Read more »
yes, MrP, you are spot on, it’s a question of changing citizenship. i have never been a patriot. the idea sickened me. now it sickens for very different & wholly more crucial reasons. if i could i would in a heart beat commit my heart & soul to russia. i… Read more »
Well, yes. We are in similar circumstance. They say only a few academics are able to actually master Russian! Quakers by in-breeding tend to be pretty selective about patriotism and law….by nature being skeptical, constantly checking with Heaven to make sure the State is not making a mistake. If, if,… Read more »
Geewhiz, fella gives the watered down second draft…https://archive.ph/tEU1E Not much time…a bit late for rounding up all the cuties and looking for mineshaft space. Bigbigplan ZPS-Z. Fries with that? Pickles perhaps.
Very interesting code name for Russia’s first direct airliner flight to Cuba since the start of the SMO: “Anadyr” from the hot fall of 1962. Similar gifts on the way?
That’s certainly an “up yours” to the US !!
Isn’t it great that Russia and China, for so long subjected to mind games, are now dishing it out.
i was elated to read this news. canadian snowbird flights to cuba are well & truly ensconced, it may be a very real way to exit empire & fly to russia. yes, i dream, but in situations such these dreams may be the only thing of value. thank you, ahh,… Read more »
How wonderful that is. For us, where I am, the possibility to go to Russia has increased, if one wants to. But I prefer to fight the fight where I am!
But the pressure everywhere is increasing but the skies are opening up.
you are fortunate, mexico is part of the global majority, here, in empire, the exits are monitored & no longer welcomed. it’s an opening.
You’re too kind dear emerson! 🙏🏼 Continuing our thought… Russian War Forges bellow. (See Medvedev in bottom right in proper German (?) leather, lol). Good videos w/ Shoigu. It has sufficient capacity to even deliver jets & helicopters to four African customers.. if keep scrolling, will see Mogilev’s Wagner field… Read more »
It’s about time Russia did it’s own little psyops against psychotic NATO.
The Chef may have more lives than a cat??! Or he sang such a sweet tune as to permit a focused recycling… hints that 25,000 Wagner are going to Belarus: