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Mar 23 2025 
Scorch Marks in the Sand
“Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin”
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
Javelin, Stinger, M-777 howitzer, HIMARS, Excalibur, Switchblade, all manner of electronic warfare gizmos and counter-battery radars, Bradley IFVs, Stryker, Leopard, Challenger, Abrams, Patriot, JDAMs, HARMS, Storm Shadow, ATACMS … I’m sure I’m forgetting some.
Oh, yeah … remember in early 2022 when the unveiling of the Bayraktar strike drones… Continue reading
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Mar 23 2025 
Lumping everything together
Man’s tendency to lump everything together is a major impediment to our evolution. Tribal man sees the world in black and white. You are either a friend or you are an enemy, nothing exists in between. This survival strategy was embedded in our fearful brain thousands of years ago. Our primitive fear is very difficult… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2025 
Patrick Lancaster reporting from Kursk
Casper? Casper the friendly ghost?
I’m Patrick Lancaster, reporting from the Kursk region, where Russian forces have pushed out Ukrainian troops and encountered foreign mercenaries on the battlefield. In this frontline report, we hear what Russian soldiers have to say about POWs, including Americans and Polish and how Russia views captured foreign fighters under international… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2025 
Geography
If the US is foolish enough to start a big war against Iran .. geography is the indomitable god of war.
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
So the US is sending Carrier Strike Group One (CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson) to the Middle East, leaving CSG-5 (CVN-73 USS George Washington) to “hold the fort” in the western Pacific from the semi-safe environs… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2025 
Chinese Sanctions are Now Destroying the US Dollar! Watch Out!
Seun Foo and Cyrus Janssen
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Mar 22 2025 
Egregious pressure on Cuba and Caricom states
There are two notable outreach programs in Cuba, despite the blockade.
The first is a medical program. This is two-fold. There is a free training and education program called CubaHeal. Cuba selects from applicants a number of aspiring young medical doctors and support personnel in various disciplines and trains and educates them. There is no cost,… Continue reading
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Mar 21 2025 
Max Blumenthal & Aaron Mate : Venezuelan Migrant Deportations
The State of Exception – Yemen, Iran, Israel
A state of exception – The Grayzone live https://t.co/NDmqx9JJzt— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) March 21, 2025
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Mar 21 2025 
Trump wants A Deal — not Peace
It’s called opportunism
with gratitude to Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics.
The Western Media seem to think that Trump gave Putin his marching orders —just because Putin is articulate, civil and polite —if, as they say in Russian – “nuanced’.
There are at least 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers, mercenaries, and NATO personnel trapped in Kursk. Trump asked Putin to… Continue reading
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Mar 21 2025 
Has the Turkish Spring started?
Türkiye braces for a third night of mass protests, the potentially most intense one yet. Opposition parties vowed to mobilize “millions”—despite a government-imposed ban on public gatherings and an expected police crackdown.
By Farhad Ibragimov – expert, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the… Continue reading
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Mar 21 2025 
Historical Denial and Nihilistic Thinking–2 Serious Mistakes That People Make
From Eric Arnow, our BumbleBuddist from the CWG (China Writer’s Group)
Table of Contents
Historical Denial and Nihilistic Thinking
You Can Learn a Lot by Talking with People and Listening to What They Say
Willful Avoidance of Reality
Nobel Prize Winner Harold Pinter Speaks
Conspiracy Theory As Rationalization
Nihilistic Thinking As a Psychological Defense Against Objective Facts and Truth
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Mar 21 2025 
Nathan Rich: Republicans Try Collective Punishment Against Chinese Students
Nathan seems to be moving back to commenting again. He is always so direct, and so ‘kindly’ sarcastic. Enjoy! This is less than 6 minutes.
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Mar 21 2025 
Development of Special Economic Zones in BRICS
Wang Shouwen, China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce, gives a speech at Progress Meeting for China Center for Cooperation on Development of Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries held in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, on March 21, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of the Ministry of Commerce
China calls for embracing multilateralism through concrete… Continue reading
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Mar 21 2025 
China’s trade triumph: Resilience against US choke point threats
By Angelo Giuliano, Political and financial analyst and first posted at english.dotdotnews.com
China’s economic rise, fueled by maritime trade—60% of its trillion-dollar annual trade value crossing oceans with oil, gas, materials, and goods—stands as a testament to its global reach. The United States, clinging to fading power, eyes choke points to disrupt this: the Strait of… Continue reading
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Mar 20 2025 
US Lays “Minsk 3” Ceasefire Trap for Russia as Europe Prepares “Peacekeepers”
Brian Berletic – There is no interest or wish for peace over primacy.
The US proxy war in Ukraine is collapsing, prompting urgent attempts to impose a ceasefire on Russia;
This includes a European-led “peacekeeping” mission into Ukraine to freeze the conflict and create a bufferzone… Continue reading
