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  • in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76582
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Naval Gazing in my opinion. Firstly this will not be a war between Iran and the US. This writer is not clear in terms of some very simple facts.

    THINK-BRICS is generally a fine grouping, but do remember, we have a journalist infiltration into BRICS matters directly from the BRICS journalist training group. There is a organization that pays way too much for way too many journalists. If you see a new BRICS journo, take it with a grain of salt. BRICS is quiet now, so,they all should be quiet or write about what the various think-tanks are doing, because that is where the work is being done now. They should be following the Sherpas to figure how India is setting up or has set up. I have seen none of that. Anything else may be either a reach or a plant. Pepe, and I and Mr Lavrov spoke about it. I think Pepe must have had a heart attack when he saw my small note. It is a hot story and it remains hot. Nobody gave too many details. There are those that want to own BRICS. There is a live BRICS 5th column. The story is too hot for us to handle as these are not nice people.

    in reply to: Africa VI #76581
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Moving goods in the Sahel States – Its a little romantic, but it is real.

    in reply to: Chronicles of the Apocalypse – 07 Feb 2026 #76578
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Very nice Cronetoo. But oh heavens, the Africans are still lying about what they actually did.  The lands that they took, they had to pay for eventually – In the last few years with court cases that was brought against them.  It is still a question of might makes right.  The previous elections saw literally 100 court cases filed in Zimbabwe.  What is happening there, (Excepting in the Alliance of Sahel States), is that the Africans are now full of hubris.  It a long story.  That is why I love Femi Akomolafe with “I am an unapologetic Pan-Africanist who is unconditionally opposed to any form or manifestation of racism, fascism, and discrimination.”  He lives that creed and calls the African leaders out almost daily.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76550
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Something for everyone.  Now that our favorite 12 foot ladder is fut, here are some alternatives.  Note, I have not tried them all, just one of them.

    Better to copy and put in one’s own files.

    https://techpp.com/2025/09/01/best-12ft-ladder-alternatives/

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76484
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Only a few hours after ‘negotiations’ with Iran, the US slaps sanctions.  Details on the dailies.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76479
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Not my favorite but I think the history on the various arms reduction treaties is correct.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76410
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Just generally folks … Pepe does not let himself get used by his sources.  I can quote cases in point.

    It is known that Saudi has the bomb ..what bomb, I don’t know. And it is known that it was a Pakistani deal.  For what it is worth, here is Pakistan and take your pick.  Saudi is like if Israel has these weapons of mass destruction, we have to have some too.   If AHH was around, he would tell you in no uncertain terms that those guys are not reliable, but I’ve had some first hand dealings as well.  They are wicked!

    https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/forces/pakistani-forces.html. 

    Something really interesting, after so many years the ecosystem at Chernobyl is almost completely repaired. Animals are back, healthy and came back in the right sequence – their biggest predator animal is wolves, and from there onwards, a full ecosystem.  It is not general knowledge.  And then with Fukushima, before the Japanese went crazy, China after many years of prohibiting seafood from there, eventually declared the seafood fine for consumption – this was about two years ago.

    Depending on size of weapon and quantity employed, it is not always nuclear winter.  The weapons used in Japan were tiny.    The Russians will keep cool .. the Chinese will keep cool, but nobody else is to be trusted really.  Why did Trump let the new START expire?  It is not innocent.  He is not looking for a new treaty.  He is looking to act as capriciously as he decides.  It is really very worrying.

     

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 5 February 2026… Open Thread #76404
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Yup .. we don’t really buy processed foods but the little that I buy I check every now and again.  Just waiting for the coffee the other morning, and my eyes caught the OJ box, and suddenly it is only 30% OJ and the rest is stuff.   And I know that brand was orange juice once upon a short time ago, otherwise I would not buy it.

    Food is such a thing these days.  Eyes in the back of your head!

    in reply to: Chronicles of the Apocalypse – 05 Feb 2026 #76374
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    I hope this does not mean what I think it means .. to get babies to suck more vigorously on pacifiers.  There is little that shocks these days, but that shocked me silly!

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 2 February … Open Thread #76231
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    On the satellites and what can go up and what can work there. We’re lost if we do not watch China. They are on the way to two satellite ‘super-constellations,’ CTC-1 and CTC-2, totaling 200,000 satellites – all networked. Starlink’s long-term target is 42,000. So the two superconstellations are a netcentric design, one does not fiddle with one or two for positioning, but with batches in a certain segment of the space defined as applicable for geostationary satellites. Their three ‘weather satellites’ or ‘earth monitoring’ (ha) up there are fully networked. I am still convinced that it is these ones that helped the Houthis with targeting – very quietly but there were dots that could be connected.

    This satellite system from Musk is what Putin and Zi Xinping refer to when they speak about space having to remain a non warfighting domain. Of course, it is not going to remain this and between Russia and China, concern has been expressed about the so-called Golden Dome. The suspicion is that it is not a defensive system (if in fact it is designed even at this stage).

    In terms of temperature control: The Chinese Space Station, Tiangong is modularly designed. Anyone, those that are invited, can go and hook their module to share resources. I don’t believe it is farfetched to think such a module could have temperature controls. Of course the Tiangong must have to keep the taikonauts at a livable temp despite controls within the space suits. I mean, if we need heat, here is some: https://futurism.com/science-energy/china-fusion-artificial-sun
    And cooling (unfortunately an unbreakable paywall) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340053/chinas-supercooling-tech-packs-40-more-punch-chips-used-military-radar?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=email

    Musk is a baby in this space. I don’t necessarily post up the screeds of information that floats in consistently, but can do so if there is an interest.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 2 February … Open Thread #76226
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    On the 15 minutes worth watching video.

    So much work to hide the fact that they keep on killing and murdering. You know, it is not working.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 2 February … Open Thread #76225
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Trump may be pretending to play it easy, but he is worried. Latest on the E.Files .. TRUMP ON EPSTEIN: ‘Time for the country to get on to something else… it was a conspiracy against me by Epstein’
    (Poor Baby!)

    in reply to: Chronicles of the Apocalypse – 03 Feb 2026 #76223
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    I think Iran is mocking … See how much we can make you spend. They are really overreacting .. it is a massive mistake. Greasy Pete might think he looks strong, he just looks pathetic. There is a thing about wait to see the whites of their eyes.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 2 February … Open Thread #76110
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Aah, I love Chrstina, but she is off here with ‘crypto’.  She has no understanding of cryptocurrencies and should leave it alone.

    The cryptocurrency market today has a value of $2.73 Trillion. 

    Compare that with the Dollars that are sloshing around across the world, not even to talk about the US debt.  It dwarfs the crypto market by many orders of magnitude.

    The national debt clock racks it up at 38 Trillion .. 38,000,000,000,000.  The markets hold massive amounts beyond that.

    So, it is not cryptocurrencies per se that is the problem or if it is, it is small.  There is much more evil in the US dollar than in all the cryptocurrency markets combined.

    We always read about the crime because it is titillating, but we do not read about the solid cryptocurrencies that are used today by countries and people that are fine and good.  Again, we have to point to China and their CIPS .. half of Africa live on the MPesa and the other half on CIPS.  Brazil lives on their PIX.  Russia’s internal system is called MIR.  And we are not touching yet the cross border settlement mechanisms now.  This is a massive business.

    Cryptocurrencies are just a modern depiction of money.  https://sovereignista.com/2026/02/01/history-of-money-the-3-world-firsts-all-from-china/

    The thing is, these off-books usage of cryptocurrencies are not counted by the like of the World Bank or the IMF.  So we do not know how big it is, and if we wanted to know, we would need a thinktank of those who count for months.   Trump and his payment with his non-valuable name coins is just crap.

    Trump coins, Melania coins – are by definition criminal enterprises- cut as currencies and crooked from the day that the first Trump family member thought of it.  It is just a dollar with a different name.

     

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon, 2 February … Open Thread #76064
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Lots of fun out there – Trump’s new Arc de Triomph:

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