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Sep 04 2022 
Dominique Strauss-Kahn revisited
By Larry Romanoff and posted with the author’s permission
Introduction
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) was a former minister in various French governments and most latterly the Managing Director of the IMF. In 2011 he was involved in a sexual scandal in New York, eventually exonerated but ruined nonetheless. This story is of vital importance in understanding and making… Continue reading
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Sep 04 2022 
Series: How countries adopt multipolarity – Venezuela.
The modern history of Venezuela is perhaps that of the country most disrespected and clobbered on various tracks by the US and collective west, either in keeping quiet, supporting draconian sanctions or generally not standing up for what is right. They are so disrespected that a new President was simply appointed for this country. It… Continue reading
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Botched Kherson counteroffensive.
You may disagree with some details. But the issue is, how long for Zelenski? The next two weeks or so will be crucial.
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Sep 03 2022 
Here comes China
The image presents some Hanfu clothing, a growing cultural trend in China with people moving back to their traditions. The clothing is quite spectacularly beautiful and there is a major revival to present their own culture, and of course one sees the break with the west with comments such as ‘Cultural power not a suit… Continue reading
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An economic discussion
Sometimes when you sweep away what you have been doing, and open space for new, the new comes in. It is just how the universe works for me at least sometimes.
What happened is that I am now part of an economic discussion with some heavy economists about the structuring of the new multipolar world. The… Continue reading
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Sep 02 2022 
Daily Chronicles
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Feel free to use as open thread. Wherever you see a ,
you can… Continue reading
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SMO Update – happening now!
We commented on the Kherson offensive here:
There is a threat of a new offensive, toward Kharkov. Are we going to be honest here and call these suicide missions? Because this is what they are.
The RuMod reported that over 1,700 Ukrainian forces were killed in action in the Ukrainian Khersov offensive. Taken off the battlefield from… Continue reading
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Sep 01 2022 
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and other American Myths — The Myth of American Competitive Supremacy (with Russian transcript)
By Larry Romanoff and posted with the author’s permission
Russian Transcript
Americans boast incessantly about their competitiveness and the miracles of their predatory capitalist system, but on examination these claims appear to be mostly thoughtless jingoism that transmutes historical accidents into religion. If we examine the record, US companies have seldom been notably competitive. There is more… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2022 
Ukraine: Somewhere between Afghanization and Syrianization
Ukraine is finished as a nation – neither side will rest in this war. The only question is whether it will be an Afghan or Syrian style finale.
First posted at The Cradle : By Pepe Escobar : posted with permission.One year after the astounding US humiliation in Kabul – and on the verge of another… Continue reading
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The time has come, the walrus said (update)
I do trust today’s technical work will not do this to any oyster:
O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter,
You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none —
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.”We’re on the verge of implementing a decent commenting system. They tell us that the old commenting… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
Daily Chronicles
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Please also use as open thread.
On the other side of the world:
⚓️ Pacific… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
Lavrov on the non-aligned movement and multipolarity
Takeaway Quote: … a process that is driven by life itself. It cannot be artificially initiated or expedited.
28 August 2022 20:30
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Zvezda television channel for a documentary covering the Non-Aligned Movement, Moscow, August 28, 2022Question: How would you describe the potential and prospects of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) as they… Continue reading
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Aug 30 2022 
UKRAINE’S KHERSON “COUNTEROFFENSIVE,” A PYRRHIC “VICTORY”
Guestwriter: Lone Wolf
The so-much cackled, for months on end, Ukrainian “counteroffensive,” finally launched yesterday, is not worth the ink to write about it, or the waste of bandwidth to publish it.
For weeks Ukrainians have been doing reconnaissance-in-force along a sector of the Inhulets river, natural boundary line between them and the Allied army. Over the… Continue reading
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Yeah! Pepe Escobar said it!
Its long been my belief that this shift is being played with. And here Pepe says it on his telegram channel https://t.me/rocknrollgeopolitics/4556.
THE SLEEPWALKERS – REVISITED
From one of my top Beltway intel sources. That’s as much as I’m allowed to quote – what’s not included is even more incandescent:“Germany and the US want to reenact World… Continue reading
