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    • #52953
      AHH
      Blocked


      Useless People

      wannabe natives

      Last Thread: #52948

    • #52968
      Mr P
      Participant

      Trivial noting> Closely observe Zelensky’s peu voir dire and one sees that the little feller is sniffling, facial contortions an’ all. imho he might have found Hunter’s stash! Maybe he brought his own…Maybe (gasp) Agent Orange gave him some before the chat… One way or t’her he’s high on cocaine. Bet on it. Not that I object, but using dope can muddle the higher cranial function, alas! Like Burroughs said, in the end, the hustler hustles himself. “Cocaine’s fer horses, not for men, they say it’ll kill me, but they won’t say when- Cocaine! Runnin’ all ’round ma brain…” The song tells us the sad end...clientis scelestos in brevi vitas.

    • #52981
      amarynth
      Keymaster

    • #52985
      Nico Cost
      Participant

    • #53011
      Nico Cost
      Participant

    • #53015
      amarynth
      Keymaster

      Nico, this fellow is asking for another chance for the US right now because …. Trump.  The poor deluded .. well … Ritter always does this .. find some cause he can run towards that makes him feel good and he preaches it brother. Tomorrow it will be ingrowing toenails.

      And then he tries to scare an Indian guy with being dead because of a nuclear war.   Who will start such a thing?  Just think.  Since ripper turned Trump he rewrites history just as fast as Trump and Netanyahu does.

      I wonder if we all know why Trump wants the rare earths – at least his Good for Ukraine excuse?

      He says … US staff, engineers and miners and so on will be in the Ukraine and Russia will not attack Ukraine.  Stupid stupid man!  If there is not security and indivisible security Russia will keep on shooting.   Trump cannot fix this problem and it irks him terribly!  He wants to be the hero!  Scott, since he turned full-on Trump – his new cause – has gone stupid.  They all go dilly.

      Trump is trying to break free?  Oh Puhleeeze.  He is trying to balance his budget by plundering everything else he can plunder from others.   Nothing has changed.  Just Scott has picked up Trumpism.  I cannot even tell you what they say about him in other war theaters.  There is a word .. verbal diarrhea.   Aaargh .. life is too short to give Trump a chance.  The stupid US killed Europe and Europe enthusiastically participated.

      Cheers.

       

      • #53017
        Nico Cost
        Participant

        I agree with you Amarynth and at the same time it is good to hear this viewpoint if only to start seeing through more and more. I particularly liked Ritter’s point about the character of Europe to bring into the limelight because there is indeed a toxic sting there.

        As for the idea that Trump deserves a chance, I see little reason for it. The only thing we hope for is a controlled demolition of the hegemon, and who knows, Trump might just play a nice role in that.

         

      • #53030
        Mr P
        Participant

        He’s a US Marine officer. The indoctrination is very deep, permanent I think. Within that compass he believes and hopes.  The old fatal flaw in the hero gag. A classic.

    • #53016
      amarynth
      Keymaster

      Let me rant once more.  Listen to Tulsi Gabbard .. not all the stuff about Ukraine, but where she says the US is at war with Russia and China – flatout in the open.

      • #53025
        emersonreturn
        Participant

        thank you, amarynth.  i haven’t followed tulsi since she came out as a full on zionist.  it wasn’t a surprise, just as this isn’t, simply another epaulet on her uniform.

      • #53031
        Grieved
        Participant

        It’s important to know where the commas fall, and do not fall, in a person’s claims.

        I listened closely, and in full context, it parses this way: she’s talking about the internal enemy of the US (Dems, Deep State, Soros, whatever) propagandizing the culture to accept suspending the Constitution and elections on the basis that we’re at war with Russia and China – in other words, grammatically, the war with Russia-China needs to be seen and heard as part of her hypothetical rationale.

        She never said as a standalone statement that the US is at war with Russia and China. She’s using this concept, if anything, as an illustration of lies.

        • #53034
          Anil
          Participant

          I too think it was a metaphorical comment, Amarynth. 

        • #53037
          emersonreturn
          Participant

          grieved, as always i appreciate your keen perception & so listened a second time.

          what struck me this time around was the assumption—subtext— that americans agree that there is a war—that they are @ war—not with each other but some much more fearsome external force, so fearsome that there is no need of a declaration it is that obvious—a given—one which the population accepts as fact.  that, yes,  the country (west/empire/hegemon) is @ risk as never before & therefore their way of life (capitalism!) faces an existential threat.  the ago old warning, so hackneyed to be devoid of effect, has unexpectedly come to be & is too terrible to ignore, it’s that desperate, time for debate is long past, all aboard!

        • #53039
          AHH
          Blocked

          It is actually not as clear either way, and appears so by design.

          It can be both rhetorical and a subtle admission of the blindlingly obvious. She used to be a Democrat, and like RFK Jr were brought over to add polish to the orange turd. These Dems are always more clever and subtle and sanctimoniously predict the crimes to come.

          Really, the most interesting reveal is the coming plan to use the 404 precedent and openly discard (what’s left to) the Constitution and suspend elections. And her Orange boss is creating other more “beautiful” precedents through rule by signing Executive Diktats, no?? He’s really set up who ever is next, if it does happen, which i agree is most unlikely.

          IMO, all this is further kabuki, of the left hand of the same rotting corpse pretending to fight the right hand. We’ll judge them through not fancy well-delivered words, but deeds, both here and abroad, especially abroad where their crimes are most egregious. See another peacock who postures against the Swamp:

    • #53026
      cronetoo
      Participant

      VIA Steve Hanke @steve_hanke

      Iran’s Parliament has just impeached Finance Minister Abdolnasser Hemmati.

      This follows the collapse of the Iranian rial. In the last year it shed 38.5% of its value against the USD and is now trading at nearly 1 million rials/USD’

      THE IRANIAN RIAL IS UP IN FLAMES.

    • #53027
      amarynth
      Keymaster

      Poor Babies!

    • #53035
      Mr P
      Participant

      Fresh targets and material for the Red Army Trash Compactor?

      “Not every nation will feel able to contribute, but that can’t mean that we sit back. Instead, those willing will intensify planning now with real urgency. The UK is prepared to back this with boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others,” Starmer told the press.

      https://www.rt.com/news/613593-uk-france-troops-ukraine/

      Half a league, half a league,
      Half a league onward,
      All in the valley of Death
      Rode the six hundred.
      “Forward, the Light Brigade!
      Charge for the guns!” he said.
      Into the valley of Death
      Rode the six hundred.

      Of course it goes on…but the ending’s always the same, isn’t it.

    • #53075
      Mr P
      Participant

      Geewhiz! Take this stuff with plenty salt…and the bigbig Agent Orange blab for Tuesday may be unrelated, and that cop spy fella, Hal the Fink…he may be full of borst…

      anyway…big Iran attack secret papers “leaked”…Hal has copies to snatch…

      and Orange’s see intelslava. https://t.me/intelslava/73634

      “Tomorrow night will be grand. I’ll tell it like it is!” Sez Orange.

      Trump announced something interesting for tomorrow….

      Hal Turner Radio Show – Leaked TOP SECRET Documents Show Israel to Attack Iran Nuclear Sites “Early March”  https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/leaked-top-secret-documents-show-israel-to-attack-iran-nuclear-sites-early-march

      Gee, I guess it ain’t so secret now…I am rememberin’ that two kin play…

       

       

    • #53110
      Mr P
      Participant

      In troubled and turbulent times armies and conscription provide an instrument by which the State may keep order and power, thus preventing civil disorder and the danger to the rule of the superior class and their wealth. So? So this is innarrestin’ : Be prepared to die for Germany, conservative parties demand return to conscription”  https://de.rt.com/bundestagswahl_2025/238605-bereit-sein-fuer-deutschland-zu-sterben-konservative-parteien-fordern-wehrpflicht/

      The stuff about “defending Germany” and “national defense” is absurd. Nobody is going to invade Germany. And no German Army is even potentially capable of effecting war outside of the borders. The State lacks the basic material of industry, fuels, mostly, to support a war.  However, conscription manages unemployment and a portion of the population that otherwise has the potential for non-disciplined violence. 

      20,000 can rapidly become 200,000.Red Bavaria  German Revolution

      Armies do crowd-control. They obey. And there is tradition!

    • #53115
      Mr P
      Participant

      In political realms coincidences happen rarely… Conscription calls coincide with scuttlebutt: “Well, the buzz is that last Friday’s debacle has 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐉! all fired up and ready to announce the withdrawal of the US from NATO at the State of the Union address or whatever his speech will be called by the President before the Congress on the night of March 4. Well, it’s buzz at the moment until 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐉! actually reads those words aloud….” Geewhiz!

      (SEAN FOO —Geopolitical Finance, Update: March 4-5, 2025. #1, locals)

      Und jetzt eine revanchistische und eingängige Melodie!  Eine eingängige Melodie für einen neuen Krieg! Wunderbar!

      “Never kneel again | Epic hate-filled song | National pride & unbroken power”

      Nie wieder knien | Epischer Hasserfüllter Song | Nationalstolz & Ungebrochene Macht

      Ah! How some long for the old days! Remarkable coincidence, eh? Vorwärts! Angriff!

       

      • #53125
        Mr P
        Participant

        Titles of similar songs of “national pride”, rather suddenly appearing online.

        Ich bin Patriot, du Idiot!

        Wir kämpfen weiter | Epischer Song | Nationalstolz & Unzerstörbare Einheit

        Feuer über Dresden – Ein episches Lied über den 13. Februar 1945

        Legion Germania | Epischer Hasserfüllter Song | Nationalstolz & Unaufhaltsame Macht

        Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Bitte tragt dieses Lied um die Welt!

        I took the time to listen to the lyrics, most have option of English subtitles. There may be more songs of this nature forthcoming.  If US leaves NATO, or when it does, there seems to be a “snap-back” feature in Europe, the Europe that generally went along with the nazis against the USSR and the several untermenschlich “races”, often with considerable enthusiasm.

    • #53117
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      dear cronetoo,

       

      it was great to see your post on the chronicles.  you’ve been in my thoughts.  blessings.

      • #53140
        cronetoo
        Participant

        Blessings dear emerson … your thoughts and blessings are much appreciated …

         

    • #53139
      Nico Cost
      Participant

    • #53144
      Mr P
      Participant

      Fun with maps!

      The freshly printed maps started to arrive in the offices of Russian officials. For direct placement on the wall. On them, the Kharkov, Odessa and Nikolaev regions are already included in Russia.”

      https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1897019323665015123

      ………

      Putin speech (fragment) Today’s speech by President Putin VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVIČ PUTIN OFFICIALLY WARNED THE WEST WHAT WAR WITH RUSSIA WILL COST IT    Dear colleagues, media, journalists and guests. Today, again, the European Union and NATO member states are calling for a “war against Russia”. This story is repeating itself. Again! The views of our colleagues from Europe and NATO on Russia n…

      FOFA!

      https://x.com/peacemaket71/status/1897004383529009194

      • #53146
        Mr P
        Participant

        Far out! (take with salsa) (Just now Agent Orange is about to speechify bigly… gunna be a feature of the big freak show! Maybe the Putin speech is related… 😉 )

        Non aggression pact?”

        Russia Put The World’s Most Powerful IRBM ‘Oreshnik’ on FULL ALERT amid Putin’s Order To Take ODESSA

      • #53147
        emersonreturn
        Participant

        reply to 144:

         

        thank you, Mr.P!   the essence of all his speeches condensed, aromatherapy for our world.

        • #53165
          Mr P
          Participant

          Your thanks are appreciated!

          To Putin’s speech let us regard the speech of Frau Alice of the AfD… Recommending the very logical and proper Bismarckian pathway- Peace, with Russia, and lots more…. (English subtitles. I run the speed at 0.75 ’cause makraut is pretty bad.)

    • #53150
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      china declassifies tech of world’s first high-orbit radar satellite, worrying us

       

      https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3300083/china-declassifies-tech-worlds-first-high-orbit-radar-satellite-worrying-us

    • #53166
      Mr P
      Participant

      Rigging the Kraut elections   9 minutes. (spoiler, they did) These elections if honest would have made an alliance ‘tween AfD and BSW (imho) near certainty. Thus the German Heart of Europa would have turned away from war.

    • #53176
      Mr P
      Participant

      Sal the Intrepid Sailorman he am wot he am, like Popeye… small navigation error…

    • #53178
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      ben norton

       

    • #53185
      Mr P
      Participant

      New comedian!  Have a hearty laugh at the funny feller…, er, remembering…

      The not-funny officer in charge of the station…new joke: US ready for war with China – Hegseth – by Robe Warrior    “We are prepared,” Hegseth said, adding, “Those who long for peace must prepare for war.” Ahahemrecollectin’ that the very powerful US of the old days wus whupped rhait to the choppers leaving the embassy – by Vietnam… China? Hoooboy, y’all got some learnin’ ta do!

      https://kerykeion.substack.com/p/us-ready-for-war-with-china-hegseth

      wiki is innarrestin’ too

       

    • #53191
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      al mayadeen en

       

      The historic kurdish pkk offers its disbandment in exchange for its share in the partition of syria

       

      https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/the-historic-kurdish-pkk-offers-its-disbandment-in-exchange

    • #53212
      cronetoo
      Participant

      Click for your morning smile …

      https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/39735

    • #53220
      Mr P
      Participant

      Strange and queer tails, er tales…which in some respect account for the delusional disengagement and poor decisions of the little willie, er, Willie, der Wilhelm – his (sorta secret) “circle”, and their blundering, well- exploited by the perfidious, and probably equally queer, er “odd” English ruling class – all of which led to the ruin and slaughter of WW1, thence also to the Russian Revolution!

      The German General who Died Dressed in Tutu and Crown of Roses Dancing for the Kaiser

      https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/04/the-german-general-who-died-dressed-in-tutu-and-crown-of-roses-dancing-for-the-kaiser/

       

    • #53228
      Mr P
      Participant

      Here’s a story for “Comrade” Sal the intrepid historian ?

      poor audio…

      Submarine obstacles chain anchors and submerged bouys… bashed into own trap? Bad weather prevented, delayed, rescue, fellas died. hypoxia. anoxia ?

      [audio src="https://content.blubrry.com/dryan/The_accident_of_PLA_093-417_nuclear_submarine_General_Miao_Hua_s_suspension_and_CCP_s_spy_in_Pentagon.mp3" /]

      55 Chinese sailors KILLED as nuclear submarine got caught in a trap intended for Western sub-surface vessels

      https://militarytechnology.news/2023-10-04-55-chinese-sailors-killed-caught-in-trap.html#

    • #53240
      amarynth
      Keymaster

      Oops .. this is a segment and sorry, I don’t have anything else but this Telegram clip and I don’t want any more ..
      Going off the rails on the theater in the white house with Zelenski. Educational on many levels.

      https://t.me/ScottRitter/3789

    • #53242
      Mr P
      Participant

       

      The well nourished Alex Jones says Nuland was the honcho in a plot to whack the Orange wreckin’ ball. Factionalistic fascism it’s a la mode! Didn’t we see this movie before? In den 1930er Jahren in Europa? Jawohl? 

      Speaking of whacks…. Uncle Ray and Comrade Garland discuss the murder of Seth Rich …an’ what might happen now.

       

    • #53244
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      thank you, Mr.P!  bless you & brother ray.

       

      nima & alex

       

       

       

      • #53245
        emersonreturn
        Participant

        i don’t believe city has lost.  alex says it has.  alex is one of the few to address the phenomenon of city, & i appreciate that.   while many discuss schism, upheaval & chaos, most only allude to city, that makes alex worthy of consideration.

        alex views our current upheaval as a battle between agent orange & city.  i appreciate his read of the eagle’s entrails, they’re more helpful than most, yet i cannot believe orange is a renegade but simply another hired gun, an agent.  purchased years ago for such a time as this, when a crucial predestined battle has been lost, regardless, the war still rages, far from over.

        china next.   yes, the game is in play.  having lost a watertight battle, city is moving on, hurriedly setting its knights & kings against each other, fighting amongst themselves for yet another invitation to joust another round.   china sea ahead.

        • #53260
          AHH
          Blocked

          Well said, agreed on all points. He’s brave and tries, but fails to comprehend that whatever abomination possesses City has many minions and guises and options, and will not hesitate to sacrifice any Host to perpetuate itself elsewhere, as already occurred countless times since even before Babylon or the Great Flood.

          And indeed, how can he, or most geopolitical commentators, bereft of the fundamental sprititual component which is the glue of the entire?? They miss the very current running through all geopolitics, taking events in dry isolation.

          And the abomination CANNOT lose, even if most of its larger pieces fall away, until the Second Coming. This informs the preternatural patience of the Orthodox and Islamic Axes of Resistances, content to whittle away, to degrade, and to deny, rather than shatter themselves in futility against the sea of Legion. It is a bitter marathon. And those who laugh last shall laugh best

    • #53255
      Mr P
      Participant

      China? Russia? They’re dreamin… The then-mighty empire was defeated by the then impoverished China in Korea and again in Vietnam, primarily in Vietnam by proxy forces. the relatively impoverished USSR also supported the proxy in both examples as well.  The ardent beliefs of the fading empire increase in passionate hope inversely to the reality. As they say, hope dies last.  thats all folks

    • #53289
      Sudhi
      Participant

      Renowned Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga predicted that a conflict would erupt in the East in the spring of 2025, warning of large-scale destruction of Europe. She allegedly foresaw that Russia would “survive and dominate,” with Europe facing significant turmoil.  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/astrology/others/baba-vangas-2025-prophecy-whats-in-store-for-europe-and-russia/articleshow/118472800.cms

      Baba Vanga, the “Nostradamus of the Balkans,” and Nostradamus himself both predict devastating European wars in 2025. Vanga adds alien encounters and telepathic advancements, while Nostradamus warns of “cruel conflicts.”  https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/baba-vanga-and-nostradamus-predictions-for-2025-telepathy-cruel-wars-and-more-glbs-2659480-2025-01-04

       

    • #53323
      cronetoo
      Participant

      Donald Trump was introduced to the world of business by his father, Fred Trump.  An ‘apprentice’ to his father, a slumlord at the time, among other things… DJT was instructed to “collect the rent” … in mafia slang the term is ‘Shylo’.

      DJT appears ‘hung up’ at this point of his development … even as US president, he continues in the role of ‘Shylo’ … barking out orders/threats through the ‘loan shark’s’ megaphone doing whatever is necessary to get the Mafia’s money back.  (He calls it a ‘deal’.)

      That’s what the world is seeing.  No 8th level chess. DJT tells us all … “Money is first with me”.

      The mask “I’m a man of peace” … has dropped … for those with eyes to see.

      • #53325
        Mr P
        Participant

         

        Fathers and sons, families….we see in dogs that what we call bad breeding produces often puppies with the undesirable character of the stud and bitch. We see in the Soviet foxes that it’s easy to breed friendly animals. It’s not a great leap to expect that greed, angst-biting, , cruelty, can be conserved in humans, as in dogs and fox, and probably in any critter.

        😉 Peace is spelled piece, as in Mafiaspeak “a piece of the action”. The Orange is merely a probably brief actor, the igniter. His role is a speaking part, and probably his last performance. Poor fella…  Seriously, the man is a very limited actor. Uncle Ray, and others, often politely speak of the possibility of “Dallas”.  Interestingly the well nourished A. Jones reported the claim that V. Nuland was the primary figure in one of the attempts… Factional fascism… what else! Criminal gangs often whack the bosses of the other gang, history shows. Me? I watch <i> ;)</i> JDV… et tu, Brute?    Ahbetcha he doanlast very long either.

      • #53340
        emersonreturn
        Participant

        decades ago when i lived in nyny, i had a friend, jersey, that grew up in fred’s neighbourhood.  jersey’s best friend’s home was right next door to fred’s.  jersey spent his childhood in his friend’s back yard (it was big; jerryrigged basketball court, pool, & what passed for a tennis court), dealing with fred.  fred would jump up & down yelling, swearing @ them over the fence, through the bushes, threatening to call the police, pitching debris.   kids…then teenagers, ready to party, they’d routinely tell him to FO or just give him the finger & ignore him, o/c increasing the noise.

        fred was a developer among other things, just like his father, he was also a pimp, loan shark, & wanna be mobster.  the kids, a fairly large pack, were an income mix, their parents included wage slaves, postal clerks, chief of police, teachers, politicians & real mobsters….  fred was an object of ridicule by all.

        • #53362
          Mr P
          Participant

          Fred being the daddy Orange? As they say, six degrees of separation (or less)!

          fwiw, analyzing the rhetorical aspect of keywords, the label “developer”, having been appalled since childhood by the ruin these people bring… It’s a deception.  We all are forced to use this lying term.  “destruction” is what they do, increasing aesthetic and physical entropy. In small measure maybe they “develop”, arguable, since the word means>  “a change or growth into a more superior form through a sequence of stages”, but primarily they exploit ruins they have made.

          As a small child we too had nasty neighbors. From that it’s a lesson, and I make it a policy to tolerate in friendly mode almost any disagreeable neighbor’s irritations.  I never complain to them or anyone else, and NEVER call the cops. I just try to enjoy what they’re doing, smile as honestly as possible, and wave hello.

          Dear Freddy seems to have had an internal conflict. Poor fella…

           

          • #53375
            Anil
            Participant

            “destruction” is what they do, increasing aesthetic and physical entropy.

            Well said, Mr. P! Gaza is next, if they have their way.

          • #53376
            AHH
            Blocked

            This is a most pertinent observation about the upbringing and younger adult life as a “developer.”

            It sets the mold, for the main role in the fullness of time.

            For example, on the other side, the prophets were each shepherds of sheep in their youth.. to learn for carrying, in as gentle a manner, for similar flock of wayward and unruly humans in the fullness of their position.

            Wouldn’t the Moshiach instill the obverse in his trumpets and agents as well?? Those who can mingle yet predate without a second thought, and be acclimated to deconstructing and selling off the most precious assets of peoples.

            One truly builds up, nurtures and works to safeguard; the other a beautiful siren of utter destruction

            • #53379
              Mr P
              Participant

              My Granny held the pastoralist John Brown in high esteem. His ‘druthers was sheep herding. In her youth the burning of Lawrence as a fresh memory. Brown avenged it. Brown was heroic. Some might say a prophet; she certainly did. I heard her stories about him as bedtime stories, old now-lost songs as well. I think it significant that there’s a close correlation between occupation and character.

            • #53383
              emersonreturn
              Participant

              thank you, Mr.P, for Kandinsky!  viewing it takes us there, a place we hope to never leave; the miracle of a masterpiece, be it painting, music, theatre, poetry or prose is the art of delivering us to hallowed ground.

              & “...destruction is what they do, increasing aesthetic & physical entropy“;  an indelible  descriptor, one which will accompany every walk through an avenue of cement towers where once stood a cathedral grove with a long view to the sea.

              thank you for granny…her inspiration continues even today.

               

              yes, fred was agent orange’s papa; frederick, i believe was the grandpa.

    • #53329
      Mr P
      Participant

      Good ol’ days… Wassily Kandinsky, Odessa Port, 1898

      No reason, I just think it’s beautiful…I can almost hear the gulls and smell the tar.

      odessa harbor long time ago

    • #53359
      Anil
      Participant

      So refreshing to see the take-down of Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, et al, over their promise to release the Epstein tapes on “day one”. I guess, as always, it’s all a charade, there’s only one power behind every government, and it’s in Isreal:

    • #53378
      amarynth
      Keymaster

      Tossing red meat at wild dogs and shifting history is the name of the game right now.

      I laughed .. Trump says .. ‘Zelensky took money from US like candy from a baby’ — instead of .. we gave bunches, massive amounts of money and weapons to Ukraine. A big shift of emphasis everywhere. Of course they cannot expose the Epstein files because their friends are there.

    • #53426
      Mr P
      Participant

      The quote from Daily Chronicle “(This is unbelievable – besides all the previous challenges, he has just been through four court battles – reason: Georgescu had “failed to comply with the rules of the electoral procedure, violating the very obligation… to defend democracy.”) ” Minds me of the western contradiction… Hey! did you feel that?

       

    • #53429
      Mr P
      Participant

      Of the MOATS cronetoo posted elsewhere…

      Seth R…  Some years ago in an interview Uncle Ray described a group of his cohort walking to, iirc, the Kennedy Center, through a DC park. Alistair Crooke among them. These fellows were all of spookish background, sophisticated fellas. Crooke dropped off “I’ll catch up with y’all” and they all understood that he was, Ray said, going to meet a contact. Ray, iirc, said that he suspected that the contact was Seth, and that the hand-off of the famous thumb drive with the Hillary emails was transfered there to Alistair, thence by some discrete means to wikileaks. I have never again seen that interview. I wish I had a copy. And suppose that RT does, since it must have been their channel that transmitted the footage I saw.

      At MOATS Ray speaks of the Treaties. Let’s visit catch 22 again… The Prez swears to faithfully obey and enforce the laws of the United States. Treaties are US law, when they’re ratified. Then we see that presidents abrogate them by decree, or simply by action and mere statements. Then the administration, and the army, follows by actions, “deploying” soldiers and weapons. Does the President have authority to destroy a law, if so where in the Constitution do we see this stated?

      This leads to the conclusion that treaties with the US are no more than the equivalent of verbal assurances from used car salesmen. And that more generally the Laws of the US are no better.

      Quiz Question> How does this realpolitik not describe an insane and criminal contradiction?

      Extra Credit> If the several agencies also do as they please, why would they obey the President?

      Extra Extra Credit> Why would an Nth foreign State treat with the US?

      (I’d like to see that clip again, memory is frail)

      • #53432
        AHH
        Blocked

        “This leads to the conclusion that treaties with the US are no more than the equivalent of verbal assurances from used car salesmen.”

        Yes, this is the clear conclusion of the big deciders too, if we zoom out to the big view and review the history since 2019..

        As these salesmen also possess tremendous tools of destruction on a global scale, the corollary is that the salesmen must be efficaciously destroyed, once and for all. Their possession of big grenades necessitates the indirect approach, like the Kursk meat-grinder, where they shall be attrited past the point of even being a further nuisance.

        This is the tag team process apparently underway, courtesy of the civilization-states…….

        Can they maintain the successful thrust to date??

      • #53451
        emersonreturn
        Participant

        reply to Mr.P & alistair:

         

        very interesting!  when i used to follow craig murray’s site & his commenters closely, it was widely rumoured & believed that craig had been the conduit.  it explained for many the crazed witch hunt as well, he & julian were very close, & still are.  my suspicion is that it may’ve gone like this:  seth hands to craig (a close friend & legal counsel) & craig who was involved in brit politics handed it to alistair.  it’s not improbable that alistair & craig were acquainted but not so tight to be closely monitored.  they could’ve easily been both attending some sort of meeting & casually bumped & passed.

    • #53434
      Mr P
      Participant

      In time the internal contradiction of fading criminal enterprise, like those of an infection, a disease, may be expected to act as any pathological process, ahem…with the natural result. Hence rational tag team wait for end result strategy.

      Speaking of, politely said, disingenuous pathological prevaricators…. Heeerr’s Vikkie> Recorded conversation between Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt

    • #53438
      cronetoo
      Participant

    • #53444
      Mr P
      Participant

      Uncle Ray…

      • #53456
        cronetoo
        Participant

        Alastair Crooke and Ray McGovern both stated in talks with the Judge above that US/Trump had halted/cut intel sharing with Kiev … however TASS quotes Trump’s RE buddy (‘handler’) Witkoff as stating the US has never halted  intel sharing with Ukr/Kiev … and that will be one of the topics for discussion in SA on the 11th

        https://tass.com/world/1925123

        On another note Trump has commented that Russia will be participating in talks in Saudia Arabia on the 11th with US and Kiev … and Russia denies that they are …

        https://tass.com/world/1925123

        https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/39963 and https://t.me/VA_Nikonov/39964

        Can we believe anything Trump says ? (rhetorical of course) And how does Witkoff who does not hold any elected office or a position in the cabinet or even a newly created agency such as DOGE  know what orders the Defense Dept is carrying out…? and what business does a Special Envoy to the Middle East have in the matter of Ukraine and Russia’s SMO? Is Mr. Witkoff Secretary of State? What is Rubio’s role? and WHY was VP Vance in the meeting in the Oval Office with Trump and Zelensky? In the past the VP has only existed to cut a tie in the Senate and sit behind the President during the SOTUA.

        (end of tirade)

         

    • #53446
      Mr P
      Participant

      Nazi fubar zone Kursk…

    • #53450
      Mr P
      Participant

      Banging about in ships…Tanker afire…it was at anchor, small navigation error, crowded seas…

      The Intrepid Sailor Sal will have a fine topic!

      https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t?page=2

      • #53454
        AHH
        Blocked

        Message being sent to the opposing “shadow fleets” of the Anglos?? The nature of the cargo and the location! But if skullduggery, more likely intra-imperial .. a factional foodfight
        Comments from https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/141610?single

        • 🔻C1: Allegedly carrying Class 1 Jet Fuel … From Greece … on an American flagged ship …
        • 🔻C2: Check out the Marine traffic website. The ship ID is shipid:4651569
        • 🔻C3: Very weird. Almost no one flags a ship in the US. At least not for regular commerce. It’s too costly.
        • 🔻C4: Oh fuckin hell, it’s near Grimsby and Hull! Guess cash-converters are about to start selling black market weapons an all
        • 🔻C5: Yeah – and I am struggling to think why the UK needs to get Class 1 Jet Fuel from Greece of all places ??! 🤷
          🔻C6: From Sky News UK:
        • “Tanker part of programme to supply US army with oil ‘in times of need’
          The tanker involved in the crash was part of a programme to have ten ships capable of transporting oil for the US army in “times of need”, according to the American Maritime Officers.
          The group said the Stena Immaculate was reflagged in August 2023, as part of a programme by the US Department of Defence and the US Maritime Administration.
          The programme was to comprise of a commercial fleet of ten ships ready to transport supplies “in times of need” for the US.
          They would continue commercial operations but could be chartered by the US government on a short-term basis.
          It isn’t known whether the Stena Immaculate was chartered under the programme at the time of the crash or not.”
        • 🔻C7: Curious as to why such a ship would be moored off the coast by Hull.  Too many shortages of fuel in Europe for the US army’s liking?  What ‘time of need’ would be happening now?

        And funny

        • 🔻C1: Did they really collide? Or were they taken out for carrying weapons to the undesired people??
          🔻C2: Let me guess, the captain was an Ukrainian ?
          🔻C3: Hopefully that’s oil they stole from Syria and Libya
          🔻C4: Was Russia blamed yet?
          [If they DON’T  .. the dog that didn’t bark at night]
          🔻C5: Definitely the work of pro-Ukrainian fishermen
          🔻C6: Solong. 🫡
    • #53460
      cronetoo
      Participant

    • #53461
      cronetoo
      Participant
    • #53462
      cronetoo
      Participant
    • #53469
      cronetoo
      Participant

      Shahid Bolsen @ Middle Nation

    • #53473
      Mr P
      Participant

      Kerosene… longtimeago there were two kinds. Illuminating and motor. The difference being vapor pressure and volatility. Otto cycle engines with spark plugs were not uncommonly designed to run on motor kerosene. To some extent they still are. I suppose motor kero evolved to jet kerosene.  Kero engines had to be low compression due to knock, therefore they had poor efficiency. They were safer than gasoline engines due to the explosive nature of gasoline fumes in air.

      It’s said that the cargoship in collision is or was carrying sodium cyanide. 6.4 mg per 1 kilo is LD 50.

      It’s soluble in water. Probably not in kero, but ahdunno about what chemistry might take place if the dissolved NaCN as steam vapor mixed with kero flames and smoke in a fire… and I wouldn’t wanna find out!

      Yeah, maybe accidentally on purpose?

    • #53485
      Mr P
      Participant

      Sal the Sailorman on the ramming of tanker. Notably he does not mention collision alarm. That’s to say a steady radar azmuth with closing range means a collision, unless one party changes direction or stops or reverses. I don’t know if the rammer had collision alarm or if they did if it was turned on. Nobody watching the radar? Who was on watch? It may indeed have been deliberate. Rammer evidently on autopilot…

      That said, the tanker was at anchor in the track.

      Anyway hit portside @ 16 kts midships. bang! nice square hit.

      Come to think, I have vague memory from a ship radio operator of story> Cap come on bridge. No one there. Ship steams. Cap look for the watch. Finds ’em playing cards in the mess. When? Maybe 1965…

    • #53486
      Mr P
      Participant

      Comrade Dugin!

      Comrade Larry

    • #53499
      Nico Cost
      Participant

    • #53528
      Anil
      Participant

      Online Interview Etiquette
      Just a personal opinion, for what it’s worth.
      Don’t smoke cigarettes, cigars, whatever.
      Don’t snack.
      But okay to take an occasional sip of water.
      When interviewing someone, not interested at all in your personal opinions, expressed in a long winded way.
      Don’t show off your muscaluture, or your tattoos. There are other venues for that.
      Don’t bring your animals online (dogs, cats). There are also other venues for that.
      Go with the flow of the conversation, instead of always looking down on your list. Don’t interrupt your guest when, for instance, he is recalling a fascinating episode from his past about how the CIA were training the Taliban. If you must, try to do it with courtesy, such as – “excuse me for interrupting, Alastair” or “we will get back to that in a moment, Pepe” or words to that effect.

    • #53538
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      inside china business

       

      kevin charts what ‘everybody knows.’

       

    • #53540
      cronetoo
      Participant

      Feb 25, 2025

    • #53553
      emersonreturn
      Participant

      china iran railway opens oil to china

       

      • #53562
        Grieved
        Participant

        Well done, both countries. I was surprised to hear the video claim that oil by rail is more economical than by maritime – I had not thought that was the case. But either way, the land route is a massive step.

        And although one thinks of sabotage, how bad could it be compared with a naval blockade or piracy? And I have heard that railroad sabotage is – comparatively, among all the threats to transport – rather straightforward to fix, for the most part. Probably harder if they get a bridge over a gorge or something, but even so.

        Rooting for you both, friends.

    • #53564
      Mr P
      Participant

      bab al mandab sinking ship Oil-rail-ship-pipeline… It depends. The more it has to be handled the costlier. Rail can go almost directly from area of the field’s collecting tank farm to the refinery…both of which may be far from the sea and suitable terminals. I think pipeline are the cheapest, but they’re spendy to build, and made for essentially one “cargo”. Tankers run often with no cargo, in ballast, and they  can carry only oil. Rail can carry anything, pretty much.

      Then there’s the question of torpedoes and rockets…

      “convoy attack” das boot…(just a favorite film)

      ……………….

      Democracy Romania…or Kansas. (I brought this up, the Kansas bit, before…)

      It’s the Old Army Game, pick any card from the stacked deck…”Heads I win, tails you lose…”

      “Brinkley got almost 30 percent of the vote, according to the website of the Kansas State Historical Society. But Republican Frank Haucke and Democrat Harry Woodring both received more, and Woodring won the governor’s office.

      Some historians think Brinkley lost only because the state’s attorney general had ruled that votes for him wouldn’t count unless they gave his name properly as “J.R. Brinkley.” Many ballots didn’t give his name properly.”  (including rejecting ballots misspelling, or even with with non dotted “i”) In fact Brinkley won… (Ahgot family memorystories about it)

      https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2018/10/18/history-guy-tells-of-goat-gland-doctor-who-ran-for-kansas-governor/9522593007/

      (I don’t imagine Romania has write in ballots)

    • #53567
      emersonreturn
      Participant
    • #53569
      Mr P
      Participant

      Recalling the Power of Names…

      A cutting away of deceptions…

      “With any luck the same fate still awaits the current leaders of the Bormann Brotherhood — aka the EU — but that seems far-fetched at this point, Down the road, who knows.”

      (geewhiz, I wish I’d thought of that!)

      (829) Romania December 1989 On December 21, 1989 Ceaucescu… – The Duran Community

      https://theduran.locals.com/post/6748044/romania-december-1989-on-december-21-1989-ceaucescu-attempted-to-resurrect-his-flagging-popular

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