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Jul 24

Take a look at the gathering of data:  Thailand and Cambodia (both ASEAN members): Serious new border clashes – century old dispute.

To gain a basic understanding, the post provides a summary of the theater, the current economic picture in terms of trade alone, and the roots of the conflict.  It is generally expected that this conflict has a high probability of continuing in one form or another.  The conflict between India and Pakistan continues, but on a very low level, and it was short in duration (thanks to Chinese warplanes).  I would not be surprised if this is another attempt to rekindle old colonial-era disputes, aimed at sparking a regional war.    If you take a look at a detailed map of Asia, you will find that the Bay of Bengal is located between India and Thailand.  Two conflicts in such a short time between what can be classified as neighbors?.  https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm

Too close for comfort?  The latest reports state that Thailand’s ground forces have crossed the border into Cambodia.  At the same time, the Royal Thai Air Force (reportedly with F16’s?) struck Cambodian Army positions on the border.

It echoes like a replay of India and Pakistan.  This I heard through the grapevine:  Thailand’s royal family was always the moral leader, a source of pride and a moderating influence.  There are now cracks in that foundation.  Propaganda has started.

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China’s Xi calls for ‘proper handling of frictions’ at tense summit with EU officials

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged top European Union officials on Thursday to “properly handle differences and frictions” as he criticized Brussels’s recent trade actions against Beijing at a tense summit dominated by concerns on trade and the Ukraine war.

“The current challenges facing Europe do not come from China,” Xi told visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa, state news agency Xinhua said.

During the meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, von der Leyen told Xi, “As our cooperation has deepened, so have imbalances,” according to a pool report. “We have reached an inflection point,” she added, urging China to “come forward with real solutions”.

[This will be tone deaf von der Leyden’s last visit to China, which is my expectation.]

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The SMO continues:

Let’s see what Russia’s air defenses shot down over the past 24 hours  (bear in mind this is not the front line fighting, only Air Defenses):   six guided aviation bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile, one Neptune long-range guided missile as well as 256 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

Group strike last night:  against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises and power facilities that support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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File 13: Does China have nothing else to talk about? Candace Owens makes it to the headlines in China because of her series that Brigitte Macron is a man, and the subsequent lawsuit filed by the French President and his wife. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1339157.shtml

Jul 23

The Russian / Ukraine discussions are over.  They lasted about 40 minutes.  There is a press conference now with the Russian delegation, but I cannot pick up sound for this:  https://stream.ruptly.video/202507231400-LIVE20564/channel3?token=44fd92950aef8eb217a86f930a4a27721c39e8e480adab7b26a10992dd85d021&show_modal=false

(It again is Ruptly who lost the feed during the Brazil BRICS plenary session).

The talks handled technical issues but not very friendly.

These were taken from the press conference and the English follows directly after the Russian:  https://t.me/EastCalling/19793

Main points from Medinsky’s statements following the third round of negotiations with the Ukrainian side:

▪The third round of negotiations has concluded, Russia stated that all agreements on humanitarian tracks from previous rounds have been fulfilled;

▪To save time and money, Russia proposed forming three working groups that will work online;

▪Ukraine agreed to consider Russia’s proposal regarding the working groups;

▪It is necessary to first discuss the settlement agreement before the leaders of Russia and Ukraine could meet;

▪Russia conveyed to Ukraine that the meeting between Putin and Zelensky must be well prepared for it to take place;

▪Russia and Ukraine will continue contacts to discuss memorandums on the settlement;

▪The positions of Russia and Ukraine on the memorandums are currently far apart;

▪Russia and Ukraine are currently finalizing the exchange of prisoners of war, 250 people from each side;

▪Russia returned to Ukraine more than 7,000 bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and received a small number of its own;

▪An exchange of about 1,200 people from both sides will be conducted;

▪The issue of returning civilians displaced as a result of hostilities was discussed with Ukraine;

▪Russia stated that 1 point of the agreements were not fully implemented – not all residents of the Kursk region have returned home;

▪Ukraine is holding about 30 civilians from the Kursk region;

▪Russia is ready to exchange Ukrainian military personnel and other categories of persons for residents of the Kursk region;

▪Currently, in the gray zone due to the danger of drone dominance, medical teams are exposed to too much risk; every life is important to Russia;

▪Russia proposes to return to short humanitarian pauses on the front line.

Russia and Ukraine have extensively discussed the positions outlined in the memoranda during the talks, Medinsky says.  The positions of Russia and Ukraine on the memoranda are very far apart, Medinsky adds.

Umerov lays out Ukraine’s priorities:

– Ceasefire (on Kiev’s terms)

– Putin/Zelensky meeting

‘That’s what we’re focused on at the moment’

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One cannot help but ask what happened to the previous three ceasefires?   It is playing games.   Let the SMO continue.

Summary for the last 24 hours

During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in 149 areas. No reports of militant counterattacks have been received in any of the areas.

Destroyed per day: 4 multiple rocket launchers, 4 tanks and other armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 36 vehicles, 256 drones. It has also been reported that 15 artillery pieces and probably mortars have been destroyed.

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Citizens of Belarus will be able to participate in elections in Russia: to vote and be elected to local self-government bodies. The corresponding law was signed by Putin. I am not sure how this will work.

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Regional wars coalescing:

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Among other topics, they discussed how to counter Iran as a shared threat to both nations.

The latest Israeli hasbarra: Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer: “In Gaza today there is no famine caused by Israel. There is a man-made shortage engineered by Hamas.”

This comes after 115 aid organizations confirmed that mass starvation is being committed in Gaza by Israel’s refusal to let the aid enter excepting aid that is weaponized and where Gazans have to run or crawl a ring of fire from both EDF and US soldiers to get to an aid station that is underprovisioned.

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From Middle East Spectator: This morning, the American guided missile destroyer ‘USS Fitzgerald’ (DDG-62) attempted to enter Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf

An Iranian Navy helicopter from the third naval air region was dispatched to intercept the ship. The ship’s captain repeatedly threatened to shoot down the helicopter.

After the American warship threatened to shoot down the Iranian Navy helicopter, Iran notified the ‘USS Fitzgerald’ that it was in the crosshairs of Iran’s anti-ship missiles stationed on the Persian Gulf coast

After several verbal warnings and the pilot’s refusal to leave, the American vessel was forced to change course and left towards a different direction.

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Brazil will formally join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ.

One gets the impression that Brazil is doing this to kick back against their tariffs, and perhaps not for real reasons. It is a little late for these actions. Thank-you anyway, yet we will not hear from the ICJ for many months. I do not know when the ICJ will convene again but countries could follow the Provisional Order that the court already issued. It is now 1 year and 7 months since South Africa opened this case.

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The streets are busy. Continual protests happen right across the world, the majority in support of the Palestinian cause.

-Ukraine burst out in protests yesterday because Zelenski rolled up and closed up the anti-corruption organizations within Ukraine.
-In Israel itself, protests took place with Israeli’s carrying posters of dead and starved children from Gaza, demanding an end to the war.
-Within Israel more and more Rabbis announce that Israel is the chosen nation therefore international law does not apply to them. (You may remember the one that we posted a week or so ago).
-International law is lame. The only hope that I can see for organizations such as the UN and the UN Security Council, is mass change driven by BRICS and SCO, and partner countries. Nebenzia, permanent Russian representative to the UN, laid out the case that peace agreements have become weaponized. He is not wrong.
-Protests are now happening at the Egyptian embassies, demanding that they open the gates for aid to enter Gaza. It is high time! Activists lock the gates of the Egyptian Embassy in the Hague, Netherlands, once again, protesting Egypt’s role in the closure of the Rafah crossing, which aids in the forced starvation of more than two million Palestinians in Gaza by Israel.

Israel is continuing to become a pharia state. Yesterday an Israeli cruise ship with approximately 1,600 tourists on board, was denied permission to dock at the Greek island of Syros as a gathering of pro-Palestinian protesters prevented the passengers from disembarking over the war in Gaza.

There is an outcry again from European countries to stop the war and wanton killing against Gaza, but it is meaningless as they will not impose trade restrictions. It is all talk.

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Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers have convened a conference in the Israeli parliament, where they said the US had given them the “green light” to convert the besieged Gaza Strip into a “resort town” after they had carried out the ethnic cleansing of over two million Palestinians.

“We will occupy Gaza and make it an inseparable part of Israel,” far-right Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich told a few dozen attendees at the event titled “The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality” on Tuesday.

Smotrich said that “a proposed plan to relocate Gazans to other countries will serve as a means of facilitating the settlement of the strip.”

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Iran and Europe return to nuclear talks: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said: Tehran is ready to sit down at the negotiating table with France, Germany and Great Britain on the nuclear program. Despite tough pressure from the West, Iran is showing determination and demands guarantees that a new round of dialogue will not result in another war.

Araghchi said that Russia, as Iran’s strategic partner, is closely monitoring the situation. The more desperately the West tries to dictate terms by force, the stronger becomes the axis of sovereign states ready for equal dialogue, but not for capitulation.

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The third round of negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Istanbul will take place today at 7:00pm Moscow time – the press service of the Turkish president’s administration.

Our Daily Kremlin from Dmitry Peskov:

🔹️The Russian delegation heads to Istanbul, where the third round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine is scheduled for July 23;

🔹️Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky leads the Russian delegation at talks with Ukraine, there are no changes in its composition;

🔹️Russia and Ukraine will discuss in Istanbul the issues related to the draft memoranda on the settlement and the continuation of mutual exchanges;

🔹️The third round of Russia-Ukraine negotiations will be a difficult conversation, as the draft memoranda on the settlement are diametrically opposed;

🔹️All work on coordinating the draft memoranda between Russia and Ukraine is a preparation for a possible meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy;

🔹️It is not advisable to schedule a possible meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy without a lot of preliminary work;

🔹️Corruption is an acute topic for Ukraine;

🔹️It is obvious that a significant part of Western money received by Kiev was stolen, as there is lot of corruption in Ukraine;

🔹️The situation with the law on anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine is an internal matter of Kiev.

Jul 22

I know now why Elvis sang Lawdy Lawdy Miss Clawdy back when Paw fell off the bus .. Yeah I know he is not Southerner, but you know, Southerner jokes come to mind.

.. “We’re gonna have more ammunition than any country has ever had. We’re gonna have more missiles than any country has ever had. We will have the speedy ones, the slow ones, the accurate ones, the ones that are slightly less accurate. We will have everything … more ammunition than any country has ever had.”

Listen and weep! Oh Lawdy Lawdy!!! https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/155645

(If you absolutely hate old Elvis, take it away with some old rock, CCR, Good Golly Miss Molly:

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Jul 22

Azerbaijan Ramps Up Diplomatic War With Russia

Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s hereditary autocrat, made a calculated—and revealing—move. Urging Ukraine to “keep fighting” Russia while awkwardly invoking Karabakh, he wasn’t just offering empty encouragement. His remarks laid bare Baku’s deepening Western tilt—and its growing audacity in provoking Moscow.

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Zakharova on Germany: In her July 17, 2025 briefing in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova responded to a question about the future of Russia-Germany relations. She emphasized that Russia had once extended forgiveness to Germany for the horrors of World War II—millions of deaths, destruction, and inhumane treatment—but now sees Berlin betraying that historical reconciliation. Zakharova accused the current German leadership of historical amnesia, open hostility toward Russia, and direct military involvement in the Ukraine conflict. She warned that Germany is once again heading toward catastrophe, not because of Russia’s actions, but due to its own destructive political course.

This is a chilling message and strenghtens what we’ve been saying since Trump’s ’50 days’ announcement. We are in the foothills of war in Europe. At the time I said that we will have to watch the indicators, and they are present and slowly growing. For example, the US nukes return to UK soil. For the first time since 2008, US nuclear bombs have landed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, UK Defence Journal claims. B61-12 low-yield thermonuclear bombs were flown in from New Mexico to a newly built secure storage site.

Mr Lavrov: “Europe has gone berserk, I can’t find another word to describe it. Whipping up their own populations with Goebbels-style propaganda — convincing them that Russia is an eternal enemy, an existential threat.”

Glenn Diesen: Germans openly discuss striking Russia and think they can attack without retaliation. It is an extremely dangerous stage of the war… a very dangerous gamble that could trigger a much wider war’

Jul 21

UAE sends its largest-ever aid ship to Gaza.  7,000 tonnes of food, medical, and shelter supplies depart under the Chivalrous Knight 3 mission.  The vessel sails via Egypt’s El Arish Port as a ‘gift to our people in Gaza’  https://t.me/rtnews/103706

Update: There is much media on this but it is all questionable. I had a notification that this is perhaps only part of a long list of praising themselves, but it is all only media .. Lipstick on the UAE pig. Of course there are no reports of this aid actually reaching Gaza although it is said that it goes to the Red Cross/Red Crescent.

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Our Daily Kremlin – Dmitry Peskov with Key Statements taken by Ria Novosti

🔹Moscow will inform as soon as there is clarity on the dates of a new round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine;

[There is a background here and it is that parts of the SMO front line for Ukraine are crumbling. This is why Zelenski’s puppet masters suddenly opened the issue of negotiations again.]

🔹There are no changes in the Russian group for a new round of talks with Ukraine;

🔹Russian and Ukrainian draft memoranda on the settlement are diametrically opposed, and much diplomatic work lies ahead;

🔹Russia and Ukraine will exchange opinions on the two draft memoranda on the settlement;

🔹Putin prepares for a trip to China, but Moscow has not heard about similar plans of Trump;

🔹The Kremlin does not rule out that the question of the advisability of a Putin-Trump meeting in China could be raised if the US president is also there;

🔹Investigative actions on the AZAL plane crash are underway, and Moscow awaits the results;

🔹If Baku sues Russia over the AZAL plane crash, it is its right;

🔹Russia hopes that the difficult period in relations between Moscow and Baku will pass;

🔹There is mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan based on mutual respect;

🔹It is important for Russia that Russian citizens are respected in Azerbaijan.

On the rumors that Trump will attend the festivities to commemorate the end of the 2nd WW in China with Xi Jinping and Putin: Peskov has for months now elegantly sidestepped the issue of a Putin/Trump meeting honestly saying that this is possible, but the groundwork and any agreements need to be prepared. “You know that we are preparing for a trip to Beijing. Our president is preparing for this trip. It is indeed on the head of state’s schedule. But we haven’t heard that President Trump is also going there, to Beijing. If it happens that he also ends up there, then, of course, it cannot be ruled out that the question of the expediency of holding meetings will be raised.”

Is there a productive reason why Trump and Putin should meet? The US is at war with Russia, and they don’t hide it. The only solution here is that Ukraine and the Europeans pushing for bigger war puts up the white flag. If you listen to the French, British and specifically German commentary, the clear push for a wider war is evident. Peskov stated a few days ago: “The EU is conducting concentrated efforts to portray Russia as the “spawn of hell” and create the image of an enemy.”

The objective is not to win a war. The point is to entangle Russia into a costly protracted conflict .. And keep Russia busy so that they hopefully cannot respond elsewhere. It is not a pragmatic objective.

Not that I want to report on Zelenski.  He has just called for expanded drone strikes on Russia.  ‘Every site in Russia that Moscow uses to produce weapons must become accessible to our defense forces’ — Zelensky

Drones do not win wars.  Drones as I was patiently instructed and I am thankful for it, falls between air war and infantry.  For a non-complicated understanding, they fill a gap.  Let me state the objective again – this is to draw Russia into a costly and protracted conflict.

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The SCO rolls on: 

“Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range air, ground, and sea-based high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal air-ballistic hypersonic missiles, as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry and military airfields.

✅ The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.

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China’s MFA comment on a Trump / Xi Jinping meet:  When asked to confirm reports that the Chinese and US heads of state may meet in the coming months, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Monday that “head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable strategic role in guiding China-US relations. As for the specific question you mentioned, I have no information to provide at the moment.”

Jul 20

Epstein remains front and center for the splintering MAGA movement.  Have you noticed that they roll out supposedly clean, honest, and pretty Tulsi, as soon as the administration wants to change the narrative?  And they want to change this narrative.  According to reports, the American public will be able to view the court transcripts if a court agrees.  And it is striking that we now read RT, not for Russian news, but for US news.   There is gold in Russiagate, as it works for all factions.  We could start calling Tulsi Incitatus, the name of the Horse Consul of Roman Emperor Caligula.  Trump endorses Gabbard’s ‘Russiagate’ coup claims. A new propaganda feature of how bad Russia is, has made it to the eyes and ears of the peeps. The propaganda movie is slick propaganda: The Evolution of Putin: Bullied Child, KGB Man, Autocrat | ITV News Documentary

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At the Hague Group Summit, Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a searing indictment of global inaction on Gaza, calling it an “experiment by the ultra-rich” to test how far humanity can be pushed into submission. Petro warned that the same powers bombing Gaza may soon turn their weapons on the Global South, crushing multilateralism and silencing collective resistance through fear and fragmentation.

The message is resonating deeply with the agitating masses that do not stop street action on Gaza despite the severe police reaction in most countries.

Pedro, in other speeches, explained the delivery of coal from Colombia to Israel, stating that it was his own fragmented administration that initially allowed this without his knowledge.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMRSj2oPcRv/?igsh=ZG5hNWxodHR1d3Qy

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Syria:  It depends on who you would like to believe.  The astoundingly successful propaganda machine has kicked into action.  The HTS (Syrian government forces but also death squads)  propaganda media is promoting the narrative that the tribal terrorists have left Suwayda and that the situation is now calm. But this is part of the same pattern of deception that has persisted since the outbreak of clashes and massacres. HTS propaganda is a cesspool of lies and fabrications, used systematically as a cover for ongoing crimes. While the coming hours will reveal the exact scenario, what is certain is that these attacks are far from over.

Empire is really good at media and propaganda manipulation.

Jul 19

-Ukraine is recruiting mercenary soldiers everywhere in Latin America. I’ve seen ads run in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia.

-In the past week Russia liberated 10 settlements and carried out 5 group strikes with air-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles hitting Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, facilities for assembling and storing attack unmanned aerial vehicles and uncrewed surface vehicles, arsenals, depots of fuel and materiel, TCC facilities, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

-Russia has informed international regulators that it considers civilian navigation and broadcasting satellites in Europe — which are also used to support Ukraine’s military operations — as legitimate targets and may jam their signals on that basis. The EU is having hissy fits and are trying to gin up court cases.

-Last night was another hot night with a group strike. Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv, Odesa, Pavlohrad, Izium, Rivne, Sumy, Lviv, and Cherkasy Regions. Enemy channels reported the launch of missiles by strategic aviation.

-Ukraine tried to exhaust Russian air defenses with “drone caravans”, constantly launching drones at Russian regions. Overnight, enemy UAVs were shot down in the Moscow Region, Rostov, Bryansk, Belgorod, and Kaluga Regions. Debris from the drones damaged the contact network on the Likhaya – Zamchalovo section in the Rostov Region, suspending rail traffic and delaying over 50 long-distance trains, reported Russian Railways. The Kovyor (Carpet) plan, which is an airport operational safety procedure for airport services and personnel when an unidentified object appears in the sky, was introduced at Russian airports.

Negotiations? Peace deal? No! This war continues and Europe is actively planning and positioning to continue even further into the future. The new EU package of 18 sanctions will hurt Europe. Seemingly they are oblivious or perhaps so indoctrinated on Russian hatred that they don’t mind hurting themselves.

Trump’s ’50 days’ – We see dramatic videos being made and biblically titled: On The 51st Day… speculating how Trump came up with 50 days. That is to be ignored until it maybe plays out. Have these people with their videos forgotten Iran, which believed two weeks for negotiations? One cannot believe this and to be true, Russia does not care. Most of their imminent intelligentsia in the Russian media are advocating for pre-emptive strikes. Target(s)?

Media feverishly reports that Trump will be in China with Putin and Xi Jinping on China’s Sept. 3 commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Major talks are expected between Xi Jinping and Putin, with Putin planning a longer-than-usual visit to China.  Peskov has just stated that they are not aware of this, and Trump just indirectly called Putin a psychopath. I would not place a bet on this.

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Syria – It is difficult to say, except that the killings are continuing. A significant problem is the US special envoy, Thomas Barrack, another Trump Real Estate buddy who has no experience whatsoever in these matters. This is such an example of the Peter Principle that it hurts. Another ceasefire was announced, but the tribal and sectarian killings continue.

How about that?  Of course, the various Druze factions, Bedouins, and Sunnis were not involved.   The self-elected President is not worth quoting, as his speeches are written by MI5.

From Vanessa Beeley: “Damascus believed it had a green light from both the U.S. and Israel to dispatch its forces south despite months of Israeli warnings not to do so, according to the sources, which include Syrian political and military officials, two diplomats, and regional security sources.

That understanding was based on public and private comments from U.S. special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, as well as on nascent security talks with Israel, the sources said. Barrack has called for Syria to be centrally administered as “one country” without autonomous zones.”

But, Assad had to go for the Greater Israel plan to take shape.  See, this is what happens – now sign that accord that came directly from Father Abraham!

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It causes cognitive dissonance to report on two wars (before the war on the Palestinians and the gut-wrenching hunger in Gaza) early on a sweet very early Saturday morning with the roosters crowing in the background and there is not enough time to follow the wars in Africa.   Two years ago I predicted regional wars.  Those regional wars are now coalescing.  We do talk about Africa and you may read from this post onward in the Hearty Salon:  https://sovereignista.com/globalsouthforum/topic/africa-v/#post-61696   

Jul 18

Yikes!  Trump on BRICS.
Who gives this man his briefings?

Trump says ‘Little group’ BRICS is ‘fading out fast’.  ‘Nobody showed up’ at BRICS meeting day after I threatened to slap 10% tariffs

 

Here is another one – six countries basically, he says:  https://t.me/IntelRepublic/47777

Don’t anyone say anything about SCO+ that has just been announced.  Shhhhhhh……

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And we may as well take a look at LULA.  In the Portugese he says “No Gringo will tell us here in Brazil what to do.”  Translations AI and a few speeches are chained.

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Dmitry Medvedev: The European halfwits have approved an 18th sanctions package against our country.

Needless to say, it will be as effective in changing Russia’s position as the previous seventeen. Our economy will certainly endure, and destruction of the Bandera regime will continue. Strikes against targets in the so-called Ukraine, including Kiev, will only intensify.

We should also pursue maximum disengagement from the EU and its most odious members. These now include not just the pathetic Balts, insolent Finns, Poles, whose partition was somehow left unfinished, and Brits, stewing in their own filth, but also Germany and France, whose leaders clearly aspire to the legacy of the Third Reich and the Vichy regime.

How this ends for Europe is well known.

We just need to keep the memory of their vile Russophobia alive as long as possible, and learn to hate them as much as our ancestors did. Hatred is a powerful weapon, allowing us to move most effectively in the opposite direction – towards love. Love for those who deserve it, of course.

P.S. The repulsive old hag Ursula declared that the EU has struck the ‘heart of Russia’s war machine.’ I’m not sure she understands exactly where the heart is, but she always seems to think from one place – the same one she treated before failing as a gynecologist.

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Netanyahu briefed the Pope at the Vatican that Israel is in an advanced stage of prisoner negotiations and said, “We are close to an agreement.”

(Uhm, he would not tell porkies to the Pope now, would he? Just after he shot up the last Catholic Church .. 😳)

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The proxy occupiers of Greater Israel raid and steal again, using the Druze as pretext:
“Israeli PM Netanyahu announces plans to occupy southern Syria, from the Golan Heights to the Druze Mountain near Damascus.” https://t.me/presstv/149408

The proxy now has appointed its own proxy: Israel has given Syrian government forces ‘permission’ to enter As-Suwayda for up to 48 hours in coordination with local Druze sheikhs to de-escalate. There will be death.

If they stay beyond this time period, the IDF will carry out airstrikes against the convoys. President Ahmad Al-Sharaa has assured Israel that his forces won’t overstay.

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The Russian military has carried out five group strikes on Ukrainian military and industrial complex enterprises and military infrastructure in the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry says.

Moreover, the Russian armed forces have taken control over 10 settlements and eliminated 8,495 Ukrainian soldiers.

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Head of EU Diplomacy Kallas – on the adoption of the 18th package of sanctions against Russia:

We stand firm. The EU has just approved one of the toughest sanction packages against Russia to date. We are further cutting the Kremlin’s military budget, pursuing another 105 shadow fleet ships and their accomplices, and restricting Russian banks’ access to financing.

The Nord Stream pipelines will be banned. The price cap on oil will be lowered. We are putting more pressure on the Russian military industry, Chinese banks that help circumvent sanctions, and blocking the export of technologies used in drones.

Jul 17

Statements by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

➡️Moscow considers itself entitled to use weapons against military targets of countries that allow Kiev to strike deep into Russia with their weapons;

➡️Negotiations with Russia are “stalled” in Ukraine, Kiev is avoiding another round or has not set dates when they would be ready to hold them;

➡️Moscow is unaware of any signals from Kiev regarding a third round of negotiations, but the Russian delegation is ready to arrive in Istanbul for talks;

➡️Pistorius’s words about the readiness of German military to kill Russian soldiers in case of an “attack on NATO” show rage; Russia does not intend to attack;

➡️Russia views the idea of a “coalition of the willing” regarding “multinational forces” as preparation for intervention; such “forces” in Ukraine will be a legitimate target;

➡️Defense agreements at the Moldova-EU summit show that the West, with the assistance of official Chișinău, seeks to turn the country into a foothold against Russia;

➡️Russia has conditions for creating additional polling stations for the 2025 Moldovan parliamentary elections, Moscow is ready to cooperate for their opening;

➡️Chișinău’s refusal to open additional polling stations in Russia for the 2025 parliamentary elections is a policy to exclude part of the diaspora’s votes;

➡️Moscow is ready to respond appropriately to any scenario of the situation around Transnistria, including the worst-case scenario;

➡️The defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield is becoming increasingly obvious, and Kiev’s desire to constantly respond with terror only grows;

➡️Behind the European Union’s readiness to “invest” in Armenia lies not a desire to develop the country, but an intention to interfere in the state’s affairs.

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The information pouring out of the White House is even worse than gaslighting. No wonder Trump’s base says that they are being treated as if they are stupid. (Refer Candice Owens for example.)

So, the IDF shot to smithereens the last Catholic Church in Gaza. Our BS Barbie who is looking mighty peaked these days, announced:

Trump’s reaction to Gaza Catholic Church strike is ‘NOT positive’. Leavitt says 47 called Bibi about it and .. ‘It was a mistake by the Israelis’

Oops, so the dead children and dead Palestinians and hunger and water shortage and flattened homes and abodes are also a ‘mistake’? The Syrian shootings and the Lebanon shootings are also ‘mistakes’.

We cannot live with this flailing and faltering empire any longer.

Watch the Trump administration accept this trash:

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Orange Tariff Taco announces One Tariff for All.  What one can read from this, is that despite the talk, countries in our world did not exactly line up to negotiate their payment to the Taco, to pay to breathe and in hopes that they will be left alone (which is not the objective). In what reeks of desperation, Taco announces:  The United States intends to impose import duties of 10-15 percent on goods from 150 countries, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the TV channel Real America’s Voice.

Jul 16

Here is some ‘chosen people’ for you:  “If we are the chosen people, who are you to tell us what to do? International law?.. It doesn’t apply on us. We’re the only victims. Golda Meir once said that we will never forgive the Arabs for forcing us to kill their children. We are the victims. We are forced to kill their children. Poor us… The Palestinians are not equal human beings like us… This is very, very deep-rooted in Israeli society, and maybe that’s the key issue. Because as long as this continues, nothing will move.”  This is an Israeli Journalist – Gideon Levy.

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India & Russia are linking payment systems. Talks are underway to connect card networks and financial messaging systems. 85% of bilateral trade now happens in national currencies.

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China is expressing support to Iran publically. “As a comprehensive strategic partner, China will continue to support Iran in safeguarding its national sovereignty and dignity, resisting power politics and bullying, defending its legitimate rights and interests through political negotiation, and upholding the principle of good-neighborliness and friendship to continuously improve and develop relations with its neighboring countries.

On the Iranian nuclear issue, FM Wang Yi said China values Iran’s commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, respects Iran’s right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and appreciates Iran’s pursuit of peace through diplomatic means.”

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On the Trump side of things I had a local laugh when someone told me “ese hombre está loco”, i.e., that man is crazy. The latest is that Epstein files were written by the democrats and Trump does not even want his base any longer if they are going to continue to agitate about Epstein. There you are Maga. I would recommend taking a look at Ryan Dawson on his X. He did a lot of work on Epstein years ago. https://x.com/RyLiberty.

People need to start looking at Trump.  Today again, he calls Powell a terrible Fed Chair and says he (Trump) was surprised when he was appointed.  Yet, Trump appointed him! and Biden nominated him for a second term.

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Sleuting out out that the European Union (legally) is not able to provide US weapons to Ukraine out of their funds. The countries have to pay themselves. Many are refusing, but hang on, they lie all the time, so, let’s wait for reality to set in. France for example do not want to pay, but they are proposing to build more weapons in Europe, of course not wanting to give the US manufacturers the opportunity to profit from this scheme. Even the Crown Prince of Bahrain was asked for weapons in the White House this morning, and he said a polite NO.

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On the killings and shootings and brutality in Syria mainly against the various Druze communities: These communities are tribal and are not homogeneous. Some tend to Israel and others to Syria. But really, it is just a ‘misunderstanding between the Israeli side and the Syrian side, via Marco Rubio. Take a listen: https://t.me/rtnews/103165 . A Ceasefire was announced but there isn’t an agreement between the Druze community in Suweida and the Syrian Government.
The Syrian Government is spreading this message through their media channels in an effort to stop the Israeli airstrikes against them. If you remember the fall of Syria, the propaganda was unbelievable.

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Our Daily Kremlin: Key statements of Dmitry Peskov:

🔹All provisions of the Russian nuclear doctrine remain in force;

🔹Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump are not planning a phone conversation in the near future;

(Uhm, catch the slight difference there?)

🔹The US scheme for arms supplies to Ukraine is “business”;

🔹Europe declares the readiness to spend untold amounts of money on weapons purchases to keep the Ukraine conflict going;

🔹Moscow calls for all the parties to put pressure on Ukraine so that a new round of negotiations with Russia take place;

🔹Russia proceeds from the fact that there is no talk yet about the supply of long-range missiles to Kiev from the US;

🔹There are “remains of common sense” in Germany on the issue of deliveries of TAURUS missiles to Ukraine;

🔹Moscow carefully monitors all statements on the supply of western weapons to Ukraine, as the topic is high on the agenda;

(He continued on: There will be nothing left for the citizens — Kremlin spokesman Peskov slams Europe’s ‘blatant militaristic’ intention to spend vast amounts of money on weapons purchases to provoke the continuation of war. ‘The French won’t pay, which means the Czechs won’t pay — there will be disagreements’)

🔹Europe will have its own disagreements over who will pay for arms supplies to Ukraine;

🔹Europe is showing a completely extremely militaristic attitude by supplying weapons to Kiev.

Jul 15

Daily now .. one, two three ..

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Russia’s State Duma has passed legislation setting September 1, 2026, as the launch date for the digital ruble’s public rollout and mandating universal QR codes for major banks.

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Our Daily Kremlin – Peskov Key Statements

🔹US President Donald Trump’s new statements are very serious, Moscow needs time to analyze them;

🔹Remarks similar to those made by Trump on possible strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg usually turn out to be fakes, but sometimes they are serious;

🔹If Russian President Vladimir Putin deems it necessary, he will comment on Trump’s new statements;

🔹Decisions made in Washington and NATO are perceived by Kiev not as a signal for peace, but as a signal to continue the war;

🔹Moscow disagrees with NATO chief Mark Rutte’s words that “Russians brought a historian” to the talks with Ukraine, as the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky is higher in rank than the Ukrainian delegation head;

🔹Washington wants to see dialogue between Moscow and Kiev, and Russia is ready for 3rd round of negotiations with Ukraine, but has not yet received proposals for meeting from Kiev;

🔹Everything connected with Transnistria is a matter of concern for Russia.

Combined with Our Daily Kremlin today, China directly supported Russia, which is rare, saying that 500% tariffs are obscene. (OK, they did not use ‘obscene’ but they should have). China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions, long-arm jurisdiction, says FM over US senators threatening 500% tariff on Russia trade. There are no winners in a tariff war, and coercion and pressure cannot solve problems.”

Maria Zakharova made this statement as Rutte in a boorish fashion announced that Xi Jinping calls his junior Putin before he makes any decisions. (Have I mentioned that we’re dealing with the ‘kinder in the garden’?):

Besides all the very serious issues, and on a lighter note, China also cloned a yak, also known as a dzo. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/13/WS68736231a31000e9a573bb56.html

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From SCO, so far, we don’t have any substance yet. All the beautiful diplomatic words of brotherhood are present, including photos of Mr. Lavrov meeting the other FMs, Wang Yi’s meetings with everyone, Xi Jinping shaking hands and addressing the delegates, and a raft of sideline meetings. The portrayal is one of a very friendly meeting held in a warm atmosphere. Mr. Lavrov delivered two speeches, and again, there was no real substance, only form. It is the same with Wang Yi.  This friendly portrayal is accurate, but it also serves to shield earnest discussions taking place. We will have to wait for the SCO final declaration to identify its key decision points. In the background, the planning for Mr.Putin’s visit at the end of September to commemorate the end of the war between China and Japan (2nd WW) is in full swing. There were statements from the Chinese side that it is imperative to maintain the correct history of this period. Mr.Putin is planning a 4-day visit, which is of unprecedented length for him. We can only conclude that global business is to be done and agreed upon.

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Medvedev:

Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin.
The world shuddered, expecting the consequences.
Belligerent Europe was disappointed.
Russia didn’t care.

— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) July 15, 2025

Jul 14

A Penny Drops:

Marco announces the good news.

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— Jason Smith – 上官杰文 (@ShangguanJiewen) July 14, 2025

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Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the day that we are waiting for Trump’s punishment for Russia.  (I don’t think anyone in Russia lost any sleep.)   It remains the same as always; Russia has not bowed to the empire and will act in its own best interests.

🔹The supply of US weapons to Ukraine has continued and continues to this day, that is a fact.

🔹There were many talks about the high cost, but weapons and ammunition have been and continue to be delivered to Ukraine;

🔹 Russia is still awaiting a proposal on the timing of the next round of negotiations with Ukraine, but Kiev is obviously in no hurry;

🔹 Russia is ready for the third round of negotiations with Ukraine;

🔹 Due to the aggressive policies of the coastal European countries, there is currently an atmosphere of tension in the Baltic region;

🔹 Russia intends to defend its legitimate interests in the Baltics;

🔹 The Kremlin received information from the foreign ministry about Count Sheremetev’s request to move to Russia from France.

Jul 13

The week has already started …

This guy apparently was heavily involved in drawing up new sanctions or more illegal measures against Russia. Yeah, that guy, Lindsey Graham, sounding strangely coherent. (Note the video is on repeat so, kindly turn it off before damage occurs to your frontal lobes). Trump wants to get some of his own back and apparently, tomorrow is the day.

Death of MAGA – more war and more sanctions pic.twitter.com/egYruUibHN

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) July 13, 2025

Jul 12

War on BRICS? Perhaps as part of the insanity, but more War on All of Us. This is the list and we can be sure more is coming.  I believe by The Don’s talk that Russia is on the list for Monday.  These percentages may not tell the whole story as there are ‘sectoral’ tariffs as well, for example the substance of the moment now is copper.

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Our new world structure organizations are beginning to thrive. Here is Mr.Lavov (who is a good one to follow as he is right where it is happening), arriving in Beijing for the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO).  We will see WangLav – [one love] ❤️(Sergei Lavrov and Wang Yi) operating as civilized and visionary emissaries with enough smarts to trust in their positions.

Mr.Lavrov had a roaringly successful visit to the DPRK, and enduring brotherly love was expressed by all present.

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In the US the man of the moment is called Epstein, dead or alive.   It is said that only Ukraine loses territory faster than the FBI loses files.  Maga hats can be seen burning, and trust is burning up even quicker.

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Insanity rages – Alt Biology:  A German Green Party politician claims there are 42 genders in nature — and that men can give birth, except “doctors just don’t recommend it.”

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Takfiris are being released everywhere, (Don’t forget to Roll out the Peace Prizes), and we can count the Ukrainian fighters as a part of this phenomenon.  A piece from Marwa Osman:

When Hezbollah moved to defend Syria, they said: “We’re stopping the fire before it reaches Lebanon.”  Washington’s choir laughed it off: “What danger? These rebels are harmless.”

Fast-forward a few years, after Washington armed, funded, and unleashed takfiri death squads on Syria. Suddenly, the same U.S. and its allies are shouting: “Lebanon is in existential danger from Syria!”  But not out of concern, out of blackmail and coercion.

You created the fire.
You fed the flames.
And now you’re warning us of the smoke?

The takfiri terrorists that Hezbollah fought in Syria weren’t just a threat to Damascus, they were always designed to engulf the whole region. And Washington knew it. Because it helped build it.

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BRICS is shaping up to be a real alternative to hegemony:

The West insisted its hegemony was eternal. But BRICS—once just a discussion club—has become the epicentre of resistance, challenging the old world order.

1. From Talk to Action: Timeline of Rising Power
2009: First BRIC Summit (without South Africa) – zero concrete projects.

2014: Launch of the New Development Bank ($100 billion in capital) – the first blow to the IMF and World Bank.

2023: Amid sanctions against Russia, BRICS’ share of global GDP (PPP) surpassed the G7 (32.1% vs. 29.9%).

2024: Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, and the UAE join – now the bloc controls 45% of global oil and key maritime chokepoints (Suez, Hormuz).

Financial Revolution
Ditching the dollar: In 2023, 69% of intra-BRICS trade shifted to national currencies.

Gold Reserves: China and Russia amassed record reserves of 2,500 tonnes, undermining trust in the Fed.

BRICS Pay: SWIFT alternative, already being tested by India and South Africa.

(What I am looking forward to is the first country that institutes reciprocal Tariffs and announces that anything imported to the US must henceforth be paid for in local currencies.  Today I think I’m dreaming, but tomorrow, who knows?)

3. Military and Political Clout
Joint Drills: Russia-China “Naval Interaction” exercises near US shores since 2022.

Tech Sharing: Russia’s GLONASS and China’s BeiDou now rival GPS.

Africa Leverage: Through South Africa and Ethiopia, BRICS is pushing out France and the US (see Niger coup).

4. Why the West is Losing
Sanctions Backfire: Russia’s isolation accelerated alternative trade/payment systems.

No IMF Strings: BRICS offers loans without political conditions (e.g., $10bn to Argentina in 2024).

Demographics: BRICS population – 3.5 billion vs. G7’s 1 billion.

Bottom Line: BRICS is no longer a “talk shop”. It’s the framework of a new world where the West is just one pole among many, and no longer the rule-maker.

Let’s look at what the real uncounted results are of the growth of BRICS

In the UN, the votes will start to be BRICS votes.  The UN Security Council must be reformed.

The G20 is already ‘owned’ by BRICS, and the US conceded ground and is not attending (so far) the next meeting in South Africa.  The G20 members represent around 85% of the global Gross Domestic Product, over 75% of the worldwide trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.  The G7 is irrelevant.

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Here is a thought experiment for you.  You’ve seen the Abraham Accords, Shield and Alliance described here:  https://sovereignista.com/2025/07/12/abraham-accords-abraham-shield-abraham-alliance-a-diabolical-trinity/

Make no mistake, the plan is real.  The lineaments are in place.  Success may be planned in any of many jurisdictions.  A failure in one jurisdiction may not be a failure in another jurisdiction.

At this stage, it is still a plan, but implementation has started with the Syrian Takfiri ‘leaders’.  We’ve seen the brutal attacks on protestors in the UK, Germany, and other countries, who simply testify that they do not vote for genocide.  We’ve seen the cancellation of reporters and commentators on university campuses.  We’ve also seen how many detention facilities are being built in the US, one called Alligator Alcatraz, where attorneys report that they are denied entrance and access to their clients.  People are disappearing.  At the jail in El Salvador, people are disappearing.  El Salvador declared that jurisdiction over prisoners detained in that facility lies with the US; in other words, nobody is responsible.  Alligator Alcatraz will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras, 28,000-plus feet (8,500 meters) of barbed wire and 400 security personnel.  These two detention facilities alone disappear people, as the legal checks and balances are no longer in place.  The Israeli detention facilities we all know are hotbeds of extreme torture.   Other people present in the US are being exported to African countries, where they have no roots, and they will disappear.

Does anyone remember the Japanese detention facilities during the 2nd WW?  There were German ones as well.  What makes you think that this plan, this Abraham Shield, is not going to be implemented in your Western country?  The first lineaments are prepared.  Trump wants to relieve Rosie O’Donnell of her American citizenship, which he may do (I think), but he calls her a threat to humanity.  If one does anything against this evil, one may be called a terrorist and treated like a terrorist, not because you are one, but because the existence of the Takfiris as a cheap killing force is being hidden.  So, you may be the terrorist in this replacement theory, which is a very old one, and described in all of the holy books in one way or another.  Who is the threat to humanity?

Think on these things.   It is time to think of your safety.  Who are the Takfiris in your circumstances?

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