Doctorow is a twat. He is another Paul Craig Roberts.

Treating Putin as if Putin is stupid and always but always pretending knowledge from a ‘higher class’ that nobody knows about. Of course people talk about when Putin must go — and they talk about who to take over. That is normal.

If nobody heard it yet, Putin serves the Russian people. He will go when they want him to go or when he cannot continue or when he feels he is slowing down. And he will leave Russia in very good hands.

Mr Lavrov looks tired these days but there are a number that can take over from him. Not with the same flair, except for one or two that flair but a little different. Ryabkov? a very clever person of course, but he is a dumpling.

I think this is 5th column work and thumbs up and thumbs down on a video is not a reliable metric excepting for quantity. One certainly cannot derive quality or meaning from it. And if he gives and anti-Putin speech, just image how many ‘Putin Must Go’ westerners will turn up.

This is what this is all about and the types of Doctorow are all over the media trying to cancel this message. It is behind a pay wall and we can only see a little. We will probably find it with a bit of searching. Of course Seymour Hersh reports “what his contact say”.

IS TRUMP IN COGNITIVE DECLINE?
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The view from inside is that the president has been slipping

Seymour Hersh

Oct 7

Perseveration is a medical term used in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and speech-language pathology to describe a particular response such as a phrase that is repeated or a gesture that is inappropriate. It’s a symptom most commonly seen in patients who have PTSD, autism, traumatic brain injury, or dementia. I thought of the term, which I heard many times over several years when a close relative was experiencing the degeneration of dementia, while viewing President Donald Trump’s seventy-one minute speech to an estimated eight hundred US military leaders who were assembled, for reasons still not clear, at the order of Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard reserve major who is now the secretary of war, at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, on September 30.

After a rah-rah opening speech by Hegseth, the president delivered his usual mixture of personalized history and complaints—most notably, he has repeatedly claimed credit for solving international crises that he did not solve—that some of his close aides in the White House understand to be yet another sign of his increasing mental disorganization and inability to focus at high-level meetings.

Most significantly, I was told, Trump, always masterful in dealing with crowds, large or small, is no longer able to “read the room”—quickly size up the audience and let his instincts as a showman take over and get the audience engaged. It would have been refreshing, and perhaps unprecedented, for Trump to outline his views on foreign policy and give the assembled generals and admirals a chance to ask questions of their president. Instead, they got a reprise of Trump’s greatest triumphs. The president returned to one of his most misguided views—that of himself as a settler of wars. “I have settled so many wars since we’re here,” he said. “I’ve settled seven and yesterday we might have settled the biggest of them all,” referring to ongoing talks between Israel and Hamas. “Although,” Trump added, “I don’t know. Pakistan, India, was very big, both nuclear powers. I settled that.” There have been many newspaper reports from around the world disputing Trump’s accounts of the issues at hand, as well as his definition of what it means to “settle” a conflict…

In general I see an inability to understand the fascism.  I mean, it is there, in the face.  Brownshirts, extreme racism, management by imposing abject fear in the population, the joy of seeing the other guy arrested, tortured and put into camps, blaming the people that they are throwing out for the situation whereas this is a US administration issue – and in that way replace where the anger should go.

The modern word is dark – but like AHH, I was also talking to a friend and even I am scared.  I am scared because I cannot trust these people.  I always said it is the administrations and not the people.  Hhhmmmm????  Something is shifting inside of me and I don’t like it.

So we’re going to have young clever macaques? Just joking .. its one of those days.

I posted the last MamoodOD on the ‘formal’ thread: https://sovereignista.com/2025/09/27/the-war-genocide-thread-9/

The non-existent Trump Gaza plan is indeed non-existent. We have some semi-official info that it won’t fly in the region as a whole. Putin handled this very smartly today but — will talk about this tomorrow – but I was glad that Putin said they are in touch with Hamas. Life is too fast!

This plan was of course yet another ‘false flag’, if you like. I have had this sick feeling that Trump knew that Netanyahu was changing what everyone agreed to and covered for Netanyahu. I have this further sick feeling that there was a conversation — hey Bibi, you’re not looking good, so, let’s do this thing and we can let you loose on Iran – something like that.

Anyway .. Mañana!

Flotilla – protests erupting all over Europe — Protests have erupted across European cities following Israel’s interception of vessels from the Sumud Flotilla and the activists on board.

PressTV Channel has lots of info.  https://t.me/presstv/159285

Brussels, Berlin, Italy, Turkiye – Union announced general strike in Italy …

Kirk: Murder most strange. Why is it that the authorities do not want to disclose anything real? Are they protecting the entity. Larry Johnson has some information: https://sonar21.com/was-trumps-meeting-with-the-us-military-brass-today-a-cover-for-action-and-a-charlie-kirk-update/

Danny Davis on the war party today:

This is the follow up with Doug Macgregor that was referenced:

AHH – question por favor.  This has come to my attention, and, of course, I have no idea whether it is significant or not, and if it is, how.  Or perhaps of no account whatsoever.

The Saudi-led coalition has ordered the withdrawal of approximately 12,000 reserve fighters from Marib, including forces affiliated with the Islah Party and other allied factions. According to resistance spokesman Amir al-Humaiqani, the move signals a formal end to combat operations against the Houthis!

👉 This withdrawal represents more than half of the armed personnel stationed in Marib.

✍️ It remains unclear whether the decision is part of a broader strategy to elevate Ahmed, the eldest son of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Marib, or a shift in Saudi policy aimed at consolidating control over occupied areas in Yemen.