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Jul 27 2023 
Congratulations Russia! For once you’re getting your IT right!
So what is wrong with a little propaganda? I’m impressed with the programs of the Russia-Africa summit and the speed with which information is being disseminated.
I’m also used to waiting .. waiting for the Russian leader’s formal statements which sometimes take days to become publically available. Ruptly (RT) usually has the important speeches live, but… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Jul 31
– Africa has just recently led a peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, saying the war should end in… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2023 
Putin meets with New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff
Vladimir Putin met with Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank, established by the BRICS states, at the Constantine Palace.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Ms Rousseff, I am very glad to see you. I remember our contacts during your tenure as President of Brazil.
I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the position as the head of BRICS’ New Development Bank. I would like to note that in 2014… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2023 
Debunking the myth of US military supremacy, once again – Part II
By Ramin Mazaheri and first posted at PressTV
The first part of this article discussed how Russia’s recently reclaimed military supremacy should be viewed as the continuation of a historical trend that was acknowledged as recently as the 1980s, and how the expeditionary/for-profit view of the war of the US laid a cracked foundation upon which their… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2023
Debunking the myth of US military supremacy, once again – Part I
By Ramin Mazaheri and first posted at PressTV
The past decade has rendered American boasts of global military supremacy so false and obsolete that it increasingly reveals their amateurism, jingoism, or both.
Running out of basic ammunition to the point that they have resorted to using cluster bombs deemed illegal by the world, a long-awaited counter-offensive by Ukraine which… Continue reading
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Jul 26 2023 
Brian Berletic: Ukrainian Offensive Nears 2 Month Mark: Little Left to Replace Heavy Losses
Brian’s approach is pragmatic. For some or other reason the videos refuse to embed, so there are two options.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFiJ37Uwi8
Summary:
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for July 26, 2023:
-Ukraine’s offensive nears the 2 month mark, having failed to breakthrough the security zone along the line of contact and reach the first of several layers of… Continue reading
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A few Chinese Funnies
These folks are funny!
This fellow is correct but at the end of this short list, you laugh with him because of the absurdity!
The US has used 14 cards to against China.1. Trade war2. Tech war3. Financial war4. Public opinion war5. Judicial war6. Taiwan7. HongKong8. Xinjiang 9. Tibet10. East China Sea11. South China Sea12.… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2023 
The Sorry Tale of the Provincial Actor and the Anglo-American Empire
With thanks to Batiushka, our author
Not allowing our imperial history to be rubbished is important because if indeed our imperial history was all that they say it was, namely a litany of atrocity, then the moral authority of the West is eroded.
The Oxford Professor of Theology, Nigel Biggar, interviewed on the Conservativehome website, 16 September… Continue reading -
Jul 25 2023 
What Peak Oil?
With thanks to Dmitry Orlov, our writer
A quick note on where we stand with regard to the terminal crisis of global oil production. Spoiler alert: Peak Oil is doing just fine, sharpening its claws, getting ready to take a big bite out of your flank. Why isn’t everyone running around with their hair on fire… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2023 
Safeguarding against maritime drones
By Nat South and first posted at Livejournal
Ed Note: This is how important this study by Nat South is. Just a few hours ago from the Russian MoD:
Last night, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” of the Black Sea Fleet, which was conducting navigation… Continue reading -
Jul 24 2023 
Barbie and the mobilization of imbeciles
From RealQuantumBird and translated by Lady Bahrani, our friends at Comunidad Saker Latinoamérica
The hegemonic machine of brainwashing and civilizing degradation engendered by wokeness – social networks + corporate media – is conducting a test to assess its real capacity to mobilize the masses of human beings pushed into anomie and imbecility in recent decades due… Continue reading
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Jul 24 2023 
BRICS problems, BRI solutions
While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals… Continue reading
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Jul 24 2023 
About China
Two Philosophical Chinese tracks:
First is from Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong based and editor of FridayEveryday.com
Why does the international media endlessly demonize China? Because the west is locked into their “end of history” thesis, which says that the world’s adoption of the western political model will cause all conflict to end. But it’s clearly… Continue reading
