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Nov 23 2024 
It can get worse
Remember this?
And he lost it! Trump’s ex-Deputy Assistant Dr. Sebastian Gorka & Afshin Rattansi
To see what the issue is, go and play it again, Sam. Why? He is now the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism. At the time that we posted that video he was an ‘ex’ having ridden in the first time around on Steve Bannon’s coat tails. This time he… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2024 
US Foreign Policy: Continuity of Agenda Target China
By Brian Berletic and first posted at New Eastern Outlook
The incoming Trump administration is poised to pick up where the Biden administration has left off on the decades-spanning centerpiece of US foreign policy ‒ the encirclement and containment of China.
US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump
This includes through an intense US military build up… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2024 
A few snippets from China: The new Dalai Lama in waiting is a Tibetan kid from Minnesota
The Dalai Lama seems to be getting to the end of his life. The US appointed one already:
It looks like the Dalai Lama is going to die.😃His supporters have gotten a Tibetan teenager from Minnesota, US, to say he's a reincarnated lama and let him inherit Dalai's career.Even though he only likes football & rap… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2024 
Putin: State awards for the novel Oreshnik missile
Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Kremlin with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. (He really likes that Oreshnik!)
He kept using the word ‘novel’ in his speech yesterday, and I took it to mean new .. new concept. Not five minutes later the talking heads were speculating on which older technology this was… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2024 
What else happened yesterday?
Two major news items appeared yesterday, seemingly out of nowhere. There were others.
The first was Mr Putin’s address where he introduced the world to the short and intermediate-range new missile, the Oreshnik. The world was aware of a new weapon that Russia used the previous night and the controversy ran hot in terms of what… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: America’s Collapse: Economy & Endless Wars!
A Dialogue Works interview:
A Concept of a Plan … for the National Interest
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, November 14th, and Michael and Richard are here with us to talk about what’s going on in the United States. Let’s start with Richard. Here is a video in which Scott Bessent (it seems that he’s… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
❗️ ❗️ Putin: Address to the nation — in progress (Update, now complete with transcript))
This is happening now but the RT live stream does not want to work for me. No doubt we will have Putin’s full address from another source quite rapidly.
https://www.rt.com/on-air/607958-putin-president-russia-statement/
Here are the notes as taken down from other streams:
Putin stated that Western missiles were used to strike military facilities in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions.
The conflict… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
Alliance of Sahel States: A model for Africa?
This is the question. Is this a model for Africa? I would enthusiastically say, YES! Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it hard? Of course yes. Are these countries being pressurised? Of course. Are they withstanding the pressure? Yes, and they even have an international Solidarity Conference to spread the word.
This is how… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
Economics: China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia – strategic and elegant
This is a devastating move and oh so clever. I’ve longs since said that China is using their US dollar bonds to invest in developing countries. And this is true. China reduces their massive US Dollar Bond load and uses the money for Belt and Road. But, now there is a twist in the tail. … Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Fu Cong on the UN Security Council Draft Resolution on Gaza Ceasefire
http://un.china-mission.gov.cn/eng/hyyfy/202411/t20241121_11530286.htm
President,
China is very disappointed with the result of today’s vote. Guyana, Algeria, and other E10 members of the Council demonstrated maximum sincerity and constructiveness during the consultation of the draft resolution. The US single use of veto has shattered the Gazan people’s hope for survival and pushed them further into darkness and desperation.
During the Council’s… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2024 
On Obasanjo and the other Forgetful African Misrulers
A note on African leaders who became wise ONLY after leaving office!
By Femi Akomolafe on his substack.
Note: This is posted as a further elucidation on Pepe Escobar’s work and specifically the comments: https://sovereignista.com/2024/11/20/the-brics-spirit-alive-and-well-in-south-africa/
While Femi Akomolafe speaks about Nigeria, what he describes here is a common problem right across Africa.
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I was going to write an article… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
First international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg
From red@redstreamnet: https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1859289753159647628
On the loose theme that I’ve been following on recreation of history.
Did you know that the first international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg, which is often credited as a US invention, was, in fact, brought about by the Soviet Union?
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British PM Winston Churchill… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
Marwa Osman exposes US Takeover of Lebanon | Syriana Analysis
Kevork Almassian from Syriana Analysis posits that israel is breeding a new kind of warfare and this will be used in the rest of the world.
Dr. Marwa Osman is such a wonderful journalist and educator with a tremendous zest for life and support of Lebanon. We know there are frustrations in Lebanon and… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
Explanation of vote by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia on a UNSC Draft Resolution on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
https://russiaun.ru/en/news/20112024
Main statement:
We are grateful to Guyana and other non-permanent members of the Council for their courage and efforts to move the draft resolution forward. We supported that document. We pay tribute to those responsible members of the Security Council who, like us, are aware of the need for a speedy and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza… Continue reading
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