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Aug 09 2023 
Introductory speech of Russian Defence Minister Shoigu at Defence Ministry Board session
The reason for posting this introductory speech from Shoigu, is to very clearly understand how the forces against Russia arrayed themselves. They will not be content with any peaceful co-existence. I wonder if people realize how close to a bigger…
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Aug 09 2023 
A public Appeal To President Tinubu
With thanks to Femi Akomolafe, and the second part. You can see the background here:
“People don’t pine for democracy. They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools… with a few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to developing countries.” – Singapore…
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Aug 09 2023
Why Europe continues to get it wrong.
With thanks to Femi Akomolafe, a friend from West Africa and posted on his substack.
There will be two parts to Femi’s postings. This one which you should read first, to set the background and the scene and then a Public…
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Aug 08 2023 
NATO’s World War?
Posted with thanks to Batiushka, our writer
Foreword
My father fought against the Nazis. In 1942 he lost his two best friends to one of their shells. For some mysterious reason it killed them, but only injured him, though he did have…
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Aug 08 2023 
Three short slices: Historical resonance
FIDEL (1986)
: “The IMF, the financial enforcer of imperialism, strictly demands that Third World countries eliminate fiscal and trade balance deficits, reduce education and health expenditures, eliminate state investments, depreciate the currency, raise the prices of consumer goods and services,…
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Aug 07 2023 
Hiroshima, Nagasaki: 78th Anniversary + US military interventions
6 and 9 August 1945 – Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima: “At the moment of detonation, a fireball was generated that raised temperatures to 4,000 degrees Celsius, turning Hiroshima – where many buildings were made of wood and paper – into an… -
Aug 07 2023 
Brian Berletic: US Warns Southeast Asia of “Chinese Coercion,” Then Coerces Southeast Asia into Anti-China Agenda
US Coerces Asia into Joining Anti-China Agenda
– The US seeks to turn Southeast Asia into a united front against China, despite China representing the region’s largest trade partner, investor, source of tourism, infrastructure developer and even defense supplier;
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Aug 06 2023 
Alaska, Bering sea and PLAN
From Nat South at her Livejournal
After the well publicised joint exercises between the Russian Navy (Pacific Fleet) and the Chinese Navy, PLA(N), now reports are in of a group of Russian and Chinese naval ships off Alaska, (probably around the…
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Aug 06 2023 
Here Comes China
China has brought Giant Pandas back from extinction levels. This process has formed a heartwarming part of the Chinese story over the past 30 years. By the 1980s, their numbers in the wild had fallen to just over a…
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Aug 06 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
-On 12 August, at around 15.00…
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Aug 05 2023 
Ramping up: Maritime drone attacks, off Novorossiysk, as well as on a tanker: What does it mean for the Russian Navy.
With thanks to Nat South from her Livejournal
This article covers the latest series of maritime drone attacks, namely a serious attack off Novorossiysk, as well as on a tanker. In light of these attacks, I will look at what it…
