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CSTO summit
The President of Russia took part in a regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in a restricted format.
Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in a restricted format.
Talks continued in an extended format with… Continue reading
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Bolsonaro Rises
Bolsonaro Fights Brazil Election Defeat
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is arguing some votes from the knife-edge election battle defeat to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be “invalidated” after his coalition found “signs of irreparable malfunction” in older models of electronic voting machines.
Gleisi Hoffmann, President of Lula’s Workers Party, branded the move as “chicanery” and an… Continue reading -
COP27: No Commitments on Climate Change
Climate change is a hot topic. We know of course that there is a portion, a large percentage of the climate change playbook that is pure twaddle and pure commoditizing of climate in order to be able to sell it, and trade on it. But our climate changes all the time. Currently, it is measured… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Notes: The technical commenting issues are looking better. In the main, the comment formatting now works as designed, but there are still conditionalities where it loses… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2022 Bombs away: in Jerusalem
The first blast was during the morning rush hour close to the Central Bus Station in the city. The second, just a scant 30 minutes after the first, happened near the Ramon intersection in northern Jerusalem with a bus as target. There are injuries and deaths. These were nail bombs. This has not happened in… Continue reading
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A BRICS Reserve Currency
This is a discussion from the Valdai Club
Comment: I admit that I was a little disappointed – But it seems we have a name and it is 5R or the 5R Project. My impression is that they are using the idea of a new reserve currency only for determining price in trade (instead of using… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2022 Provocation: Building Conflict
Chaos has become a policy. Within the western core, there is a great ability to make trouble, but no real ability to actually make a war unless they pile up. Then enters provocation which is an incitement to get others to act in some predetermined manner. In what is before us, we see Europe acting… Continue reading
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Nov 21 2022 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. Kindly also use it as an open thread.
Good Monday Morning all these Kind Humans!
I hope for a slow week. There is nothing earthshattering so far today.
(it did not last long – not even… Continue reading
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A little tech talk
We have the problem in the new commenting system identified and it is not an easy one to deal with. Of course, I insist on having the nice commenting system in and up and functional. There are reasons for this, as this system has an extensive social media ability that I want to roll out… Continue reading
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A Lie so Large, it takes the breath away
So, I don’t read theepochtimes, because it is really a Falun Gong newspaper.
But I do take note of Chris Martenson and this is from him. The FDA says that they never said not to use Ivermectin for Covid treatment. I cannot get over the size of this lie. Here it is (not sure if… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2022 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in.
Kindly bear in mind that we are still wrestling with a very nice commenting system, that is giving us trouble at the moment. Kindly be patient with commenting. You can comment all you like,… Continue reading
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Goodbye G20, hello BRICS+
By Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at the Cradle.
The redeeming quality of a tense G20 held in Bali – otherwise managed by laudable Indonesian graciousness – was to sharply define which way the geopolitical winds are blowing.
That was encapsulated in the Summit’s two highlights: the much anticipated China-US presidential meeting – representing the… Continue reading
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A number of articles – We Fight!
It seems we are getting busier across our world. Here are a few articles each introduced with comments from me. Enjoy. It is a weekend’s reading.
First, we have Xi Jinping’s formal and written speech at APEC CEO Summit:
He consistently repeats the main and major Chinese message. First he describes the world:
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WEF Klaus Schwab @ G20
Somebody is recognizing the restructuring of our world. But, it is not yet surrender.
WEF Klaus Schwab admits at the G20 summit that globalization is over, US dominance is over, and the multipolar order (BRICS+) is next. Time for world peace and shared prosperity instead of endless wars and global theft. pic.twitter.com/5MIQ8T4Snt— Kim… Continue reading