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title: The Lost Confucian Philosopher Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship [part 4]
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/jruQplClvfM" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Lost Confucian Philosopher Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship [part 4]"></p>The Rising Tide Foundation reading group continues studying the introductory text to confucian philosopher and educational reformer Gu Hongming (download the essay here: https://risingtidefoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gu_Hongming_and_Chinese_Religion_of_Good.docx<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruQplClvfM

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title: Mariupol 2024: construction, renovations, pulse of life
author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/b512759d3e9f511c547c058dc21a331e.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Mariupol 2024: construction, renovations, pulse of life"></p>On my last visit to Mariupol, one morning I walked ~15 minutes (if I didn't keep stopping to film) from the centre to the site of newly constructed apartment buildings. While doing so, I kept stopping every 5 or so metres to film renovations on the street I was walking on, so prevalent are the ongoing renovations.<br><br>I would like to reiterate that rags like the Guardian which claim Mariupol was completely "destroyed" were/are lying through their teeth, as they did re Syria (where the Guardian rendered terrorists into fuzzy "rebels" and whitewashed al-Qaeda in Syria (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/how-the-mainstream-media-whitewashed-al-qaeda-and-the-white-helmets-in-syria/)). They also do not mention the reason for what damage and destruction there was in Mariupol (In summary: Ukrainian troops, and Azov Nazis, occupying upper floors of apartment buildings and firing on Russian troops (and also on civilians).<br><br>I'll be writing an article which will address some of the dirty tricks the Guardian used in an article (2023) I only recently came across, wherein they grossly distorted satellite images to fit their lying narrative that Mariupol was completely destroyed (as in levelled like the US actually did to Raqqa, or as Israel actually has been doing all over the Gaza Strip). <br><br>For now, this clip, which includes some conversations I had with a woman who lived in Mariupol during 2022 (when Ukraine was severely bombarding Donetsk (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-years/), where she was from), and her notes on changes in Mariupol that surprised even her.

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title: Mariupol pulse of life, May 2024
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/8a485c63ac204efb07f1ada83339a71d.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Mariupol pulse of life, May 2024 "></p>Following my re-visits to Crimea (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/18833) &amp; Donbass (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/19036), 🇷🇺 I've finally found the time to stitch together some of my footage from Mariupol!<br><br>The city is brimming with life &amp; construction. This short clip is a taste of what I saw in my recent visit, with a couple of clips from visits last year &amp; late 2022.<br><br>I'll be putting together more videos from my last visit—there is so much construction that's happened since I visited last year. I was astonished. <br><br>For a city "destroyed" (as Western mouthpieces claim), Mariupol is pulsing with life.

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title: Interview with Revolutionary Blackout Network
author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/1b62f5323f3e44704e4f5466e9e84ab6.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Interview with Revolutionary Blackout Network"></p>I spoke recently with Nick of Revolutionary Blackout Network on a variety of issues, including the on the ground community-building work he is involved in, supporting Palestine—especially Palestinian Resistance, and why average people have been conditioned to hate places like the DPRK (North Korea).<br><br>A very interesting conversation, I'm grateful to Nick for his time. <br><br>Follow him at:<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/@revolutionaryblackout7315<br>https://www.revolutionaryblackoutnetwork.com/<br>https://x.com/SocialistMMA<br>https://www.patreon.com/RevolutionaryBlackout<br><br><br><br>Related Links:<br><br>-The Palestinians’ inalienable right to resist. 22/06/2021, Louis Allday<br>https://www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/the-palestinians-inalienable-right-to-resist n<br><br><br><br>-Bilin &amp; nonviolent resistance<br><br>https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/protesters-take-rubber-bullets-to-head-and-stomach-at-bilin/ <br>https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/good-ole-cnnenterprise/ <br>https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/no-iof-love-for-bilin-non-violent-protesters/ <br>https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/reflections-on-accountability/<br><br><br>-Bassem Abu Rahme, killed by Israeli army in Bil’in protest against the Wall<br>https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/bassem-abu-rahme-killed-in-bilin-protest-against-the-wall-rest-peacefully/<br><br>-Great March of Return protests <br>https://electronicintifada.net/tags/great-march-return <br><br>-Deconstructing the NATO Narrative on Syria (regarding “nonviolent” “rebels” in Syria )<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/ <br><br>-My report from visit to the DPRK<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/photo-report-the-north-korea-neither-trump-nor-western-media-wants-the-world-to-see/  <br><br>-We Went To North Korea To Get A Haircut<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E <br>Interview With The Makers of “The Haircut (2017) A North Korean Adventure”<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/interview-with-the-makers-of-the-haircut-2017-a-north-korean-adventure/ <br><br><br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/photos-and-videos-zionist-massacre-of-gaza-2008-2009/<br><br><br><br><br>

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title: The dubious legend: Jim Simons and RenTec Medallion Fund
author: ;Alex Krainer
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<p>The legendary investor behind Renaissance Technologies (RenTec), <strong>Jim Simons</strong> passed away on Friday, 10 May 2024. May he rest in peace. Having said that, I have to address all the fawning commentary that burst forth all over the internet over the weekend. Example: an admirer posted <a href="https://twitter.com/gurgavin/status/1788972147567661394">a Tweet stating in all caps that</a>, “IF YOU INVESTED JUST $1,000 IN JIM SIMONS MEDALLION FUND IN 1988 YOU WOULD HAVE OVER $42 MILLION DOLLARS, [BLA, BLA, BLA…]”</p>



<p>There’s a number of reasons why I don’t buy <em>the legend</em> of the RenTec Medallion fund or their performance figures, and neither should you. Over the last 25 years, I’ve devoted a good deal of time and effort into researching the performance of active investment managers and found that while there are some outliers, over the long term the best among the best tend to perform in the mid to high <em>teens</em>: around 16-17%. The outliers may go to low 20s, but almost invariably, such outperformance (like <strong>Peter Lynch</strong>) overlaps a major boom cycle, or like <strong>Buffett</strong>, they systematically follow the momentum strategy (even while they sell it as ‘value investing’). In that context, it is very extraordinary to encounter a fund that managed to outperform even <strong>Nancy Pelosi</strong>, delivering a 62% performance for over three decades wit zero negative years. According to themselves, that is.</p>



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<figure data-sanitized-class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Simons.jpg?itok=C7KNs8F1" alt="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/Simons.jpg?itok=C7KNs8F1"></figure>



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<h2 data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The strategy: mostly mumbo jumbo</strong></h2>



<p>The company is very secretive, and for the longest time Simons has been reluctant to discuss the fund’s performance. But he has given some interviews, and here’s how he explained the fund’s strategies: “Our trading models tend to be contrarian, buying stocks recently out of favor and selling those recently in favor.” Having spent over 25 years researching markets and price fluctuations, I would award Simons zero credibility points for that particular statement. It is extremely unlikely that the fund earned 62% <em>buying stocks out of favor and selling those in favor</em>. Not. A. Chance!!!</p>



<p>In a November 2000 interview with <em>Institutional Investor</em>, Simons offered a different, but slightly more detailed explanation of Medallion’s strategy: “We look at anomalies that may be small in size and brief in time. We make our forecast. Then, shortly thereafter, we reevaluate the situation and revise our forecast and our portfolio. We do this all day long. We’re always in and out and in. So we’re dependent on activity to make money.” Err… that sounds like high-frequency trading – why hasn’t anyone else thought of that?</p>



<p>I’ve come across another few statements from Simons, including crediting his success to luck (what, for 3 decades straight and without a single ‘unlucky’ year in between?). In all, I never found anything that felt even half-way authentic; it’s all <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-07/worlds-most-successful-hedge-fund-manager-ever-reveals-some-medallions-secrets" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">mostly mumbo-jumbo</a> about “a great computing system, good scientists and low turnover,” at the core of the company and about never stopping improving the models to stay a step ahead of competition, bla, bla, bla…</p>



<p>According to Simons, Renaissance was basically doing what all other active hedge fund managers do. Yet somehow they outperformed the best of the best by a factor of 3 – and over a 33-year period!! Why would anyone believe such a story without independent verification (there is no independent verification) is a mystery all in itself.</p>



<p><strong>Believe us… because we say so!</strong></p>



<p>Medallion is open only to company insiders, so there’s no independent administrators, independent accounting nor external auditing of its performance: they can report whatever figures they like and I can think of a few reasons why they might like to spike those figures. Would you be surprised that <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-14/irs-claiming-hedge-fund-owes-it-68-billion-dollars-0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a dispute arose</a> when the IRS wanted to collect its due share of those famed profits. It appeared that RenTec short-changed the IRS by a whopping $6.8 billion over a 15-year period. Was it because the firm’s profits weren’t quite as rich as advertised? We don’t know because RenTec settled quitely with the IRS. But wait, there’s more…</p>



<p>In 2005, RenTec launched the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF). Unlike their insider-only Medallion fund, RIEF was open to outside investors and Simons expressed the hope that it could grow to $100 billion under management. Well, who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to invest in such a stellar outfit? But somehow, in spite of the very same “good scientists, good computing systems, and low turnover,” RIEF turned out to be a disappointing flop. From launch in July 2005 to its closing in 2009, the fund lost 4.42%.</p>



<p>These figures were reported in a 17 Feb. 2010 Financial Times article by hedge funds correspondent <strong>Sam Jones</strong>. Interestingly however, all traces of that article have subsequently been removed from the internet. That’s a sure sign of power public relations agency work. Another of RenTec’s funds open to outside investors, the Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund (RIFF) performed even worse than RIEF and had a short shelf-life. But wait, there’s more…</p>



<p>Like many famed, high-flying outfits, RenTec has strong deep-state and political connections. Before setting up his investment management firm, Jim Simons worked at the Institute for Defense Analyses under the auspices of the National Security Agency. RenTec’s long-time CEO, <strong>Robert Mercer</strong> (1993-2017) was also recruited from the defense industry (before joining the firm he worked at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base) and became a huge political donor with very extensive involvement in politics. In 2015, <em>The Washington Post</em> called Mercer one of the ten most influential billionaires in politics.</p>



<p>There’s more still, but as fascinating as the case of Renaissance Technologies may be, my point is simple: the legend of RenTec doesn’t pass the smell test and its stellar reputation is almost entirely based on what RenTec and their paid PR agents have to say about RenTec. </p>

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title: "Eva Bartlett Joins RBN Live. Zionists Push Censorship Regime. TRUTH About North Korea"
author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/f1733259b8805d5e14c0e6e4b6e5d6b2.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="" eva bartlett joins rbn live. zionists push censorship regime. truth about north korea></p>Conversation on RBN yesterday on matters occupied Palestine &amp; a bit about my DPRK visit (2017) &amp; impressions. <br><br>First pubished here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ACBnHZmxeBw<br><br>My Related:<br><br>-My entries from occupied Palestine, April-December 2007 (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/my-entries-from-occupied-palestine-apr-dec-2007/)<br><br>-Overview of time in West Bank (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/observations-from-occupied-palestine-part-1/)<br><br>-Huwara lines: one of Israel’s degrading &amp; deadly military checkpoints (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/huwara-lines-one-of-israels-degrading-deadly-military-checkpoints/)<br><br>-We were arrested for protesting Israel’s illegal roadblock cutting Sarra village off from Nablus (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/arrested-for-protesting-illegal-roadblock/ )<br><br>-Illegal Israeli colonists assault Palestinian farmers &amp; me (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/illegal-colonists-assault-palestinian-farmers/ )<br><br>-Bil'in entries (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/bilin/)<br><br>-Susiya entries (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/category/susiya/)<br><br>-Nablus After the Israeli Military Invasion (https://opt2007.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/nablus-invasion-aftermath/ )<br><br>-Israeli massacre of Gaza December2008-January 2009 (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/photos-and-videos-zionist-massacre-of-gaza-2008-2009/)<br><br>-Israeli massacre of Gaza November 2012 (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2012/11/)<br><br>-Gaza overview (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/)<br><br>-Gaza videos playlist (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/Gaza-Strip%2C-from-Nov-2008-March-2013:c?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs&amp;lid=ce33a0a4910ada76a21dffe25319f136eb6e96f6)<br><br>-DPRK overview (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/photo-report-the-north-korea-neither-trump-nor-western-media-wants-the-world-to-see/)<br><br>-DPRK videos playlist (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/DPRKorea%2C-a-visit-to-the-north%2C-2017:e?lid=e2e1e1158cfb7640c4e42a3d212b189d7c941c7d) <br><br>[Excuse the blurred background, couldn't figure out how to unblur.]<br><br>

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title: Assurer l’avenir de la chasse au phoque : passons à l’action
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title: Bill Burch RTF science
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/AkM37Af7SRA" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Bill Burch RTF science"></p>Since the start of 2008, there's been a quiet monster growing in the USA oil fields of how to dispose of the radioactive isotope laden, toxic heavy metal contaminated waters that come with the oil and gas production. As the number of wells drilled increased, so did the size and extent of the problem - and nowhere is it more evident than the Zombie Wells phenomena happening in the Permian Basin. Three of the five biggest Earthquakes in Texas' history have occured in the last 18 months and the regulators still haven't addressed the issues surrounding the proven groundwater pollution that's already occured.<br><br>Join the Canadian Patriot Review for a special live presentation and Q and A where special guest Bill Burch<br><br>Speaker Bio: William “Bill” Burch is an oilwell firefighter and drilling engineer based out of Houston, Texas. He’s worked in 60+ countries and holds patents in water treatment and hydrogen production. Bill recently ran for executive office in the State of Texas for the Texas Railroad Commission which is one of the most powerful Energy positions in the United States.<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br>4) Buy some RTF Merchandise:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/merchandise/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkM37Af7SRA

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title: A new paradigm in cosmology and climate science
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/c5V-BQMyqlM" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="A new paradigm in cosmology and climate science"></p>This Sunday July 14, 2024 Richard Moore was featured guest at the RTF lecture series on the topic of a New Paradigm in Cosmology and Climate Science. A wide range of topics ranging from the electric universe model of climate, to metaphysics and philosophy will be developed in this presentation and discussion.<br><br>Richard’s Bio is here: https://cyberjournal.org/about-richard/<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br>4) Buy some RTF Merchandise:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/merchandise/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5V-BQMyqlM

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author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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Canadian journalist &amp; author, Yves Engler, on Canada's complity in Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/6c3bf420c0f039aa3aa8471b09cf6a05.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Canadian journalist &amp; author, Yves Engler, on Canada's complity in Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza"></p>I spoke with prolific Canadian journalist and author Yves Engler about Canada's unconditional support to Israel, even, or especially, as Israel has slaughtered up to nearly 200, 000 Palestinians in Gaza (Lancet), or potentially double that number (Gilbert). <br><br>Yves lays out Canada's long history of support to Israel, including during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Gaza, and including over 7 decades ago with Canadian pilots participating in the Zionists'  ethnic cleansing of Palestine. <br><br>He talks about Canada's arms to Israel, and providing components to the fighter planes which bomb Gaza now, and about the Canadians fighting in the Israeli army, and those being recruited by various charities and organizations in Canada.<br><br>Important information you won't hear on legacy media.<br><br>Yves is author of 13 books, and publishes at yvesengler.com &amp; https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/articles?author=57f2952659cc6814c896c9fa   <br><br>He tweets at https://x.com/EnglerYves <br><br>Some of his books:<br>https://www.barakabooks.com/?post_type=dd-product&amp;s=yves+engler <br><br><br>My blog post with related links:<br><br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2024/07/18/canadian-journalist-author-yves-enger-on-canadas-complity-in-israels-genocide-of-palestinians-in-gaza/<br>

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title: RTF Montreal Symposium part 1: Matthew Ehret on Science of History and global dynamics of 1776
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/vPDeDNHuRRg" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="RTF Montreal Symposium part 1: Matthew Ehret on Science of History and global dynamics of 1776"></p>Universal History as a Function of Science and Art Montreal Canada July 6, 2024<br><br>Part one: On the Tragedy and Hope of the American Revolution<br><br>In this first of three presentations delivered to a live audience in Montreal Canada, Matthew Ehret introduces the study of history as a function of science and a study of potential (both actualized and aborted) using the case study of the American revolution and the failure of the people of Canada and France to recognize the proper principles of the universe at play during the pregnant moments that pressed upon either nation...<br><br>Watch part 2 here: https://youtu.be/f2z89mzVwFs<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br>4) Buy some RTF Merchandise:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/merchandise/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDeDNHuRRg

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author: ;Rising Tide Foundation
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RTF Symposium pt 2: Cynthia Chung on the Tragedy of the French Revolution &amp; Jacobin Birth of Fascism

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/f2z89mzVwFs" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="RTF Symposium pt 2: Cynthia Chung on the Tragedy of the French Revolution &amp; Jacobin Birth of Fascism"></p>Universal History as a Function of Science and Art Montreal Canada July 6, 2024<br><br>Part two: How the French Revolution was subverted, by British Masonic and Dominican psyops, and the 18th century origins of fascism: from the Jacobin Terror to Giuseppe Mazzini and Pan Europa by Cynthia Chung<br><br>Watch part 1 by Matthew Ehret here: https://youtu.be/vPDeDNHuRRg<br><br>Watch part 3 by David Gosselin here: https://youtu.be/L5l3LwqkGMY<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br>4) Buy some RTF Merchandise:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/merchandise/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2z89mzVwFs

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title: RTF Symposium pt 3: David Gosselin on Breaking out of Tragedy with Friedrich Schiller
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/L5l3LwqkGMY" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="RTF Symposium pt 3: David Gosselin on Breaking out of Tragedy with Friedrich Schiller"></p>Universal History as a Function of Science and Art Montreal Canada July 6, 2024<br><br>Part 3: Schiller vs the Savages and the Barbarians (or 'The Art of the Republics) by David Gosselin<br><br>Watch part 1 by Matthew Ehret here: https://youtu.be/vPDeDNHuRRg<br><br>Watch part 2 by Cynthia Chung here: https://youtu.be/f2z89mzVwFs<br><br>Subscribe to David Gosslin's work here:<br>https://ageofmuses.substack.com/ and thechainedmuse.com<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br>4) Buy some RTF Merchandise:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/merchandise/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5l3LwqkGMY

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title: The Lost Confucian Philosopher Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship [part 5]
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/zVJ2wgzVSuA" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Lost Confucian Philosopher Gu Hongming and the Chinese Religion of Good Citizenship [part 5]"></p>The Rising Tide Foundation reading group continues studying the introductory text to confucian philosopher and educational reformer Gu Hongming (download the essay here: https://risingtidefoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gu_Hongming_and_Chinese_Religion_of_Good.docx<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJ2wgzVSuA

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title: Is Civil War 2.0 coming to the USA?
author: ;Alex Krainer
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<p>One week ago today, the most powerful man in the world, US President <strong>Joe Biden</strong> tested positive for COVID (Covid-19 <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html">according to CNN</a> and just Covid according to most <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13645251/joe-biden-covid-tests-positive-age-president.html">other outlets</a>). Who knew that they were still testing the President for the virus that allegedly produced a pandemic five years ago? But how can there be any doubt? </p><p>As we have learned over the past few years, the PCR and other tests are very exact and reliable and if they come out positive, that can only mean one thing: the President's got Covid. Covid 19, or whatever. Thankfully, the president has been vaccinated against this terrible disease, otherwise he probably would have tested even more positive and he would have to isolate even harder.</p><p>I can hardly help my sarcasm from spilling all over my keyboard: the narrative management politburo must be the most talent-free bunch of apparatchiks ever assembled and their media toadies the most talent-free, supine bunch of stenographers ever recruited. As a result, the news today read like the inmates have taken full control of the asylum. </p><h2>Are they planning to put Joe to sleep?</h2><p>I can understand that they wanted to remove Biden from the limelight to interrupt his series of spectacular gaffes. I can even understand that some might want to remove him from the scenes altogether and some day announce how sad it is that Mr. President succumbed to the terrible disease. </p><p>That could give quite a PR boost to the DNC. Imagine: suddenly, we'd have an outpouring of sympathy for the man... The state funeral would be such a solemn, sobering event, it would absorb the nation’s and the world’s attention for days, maybe weeks during which everyone could pretend that criticizing the late President would is utterly distasteful and un-American. The party could now call for the nation to come together during this sad and difficult moment, bla, bla, bla… Hugs and unity would flood all over the place and the DNC could all play the good guys like it’s 1999.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4663b60f-4948-47eb-902b-9b8faf6ce840_1065x655.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4663b60f-4948-47eb-902b-9b8faf6ce840_1065x655.png" width="1065" height="655" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4663b60f-4948-47eb-902b-9b8faf6ce840_1065x655.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":655,"width":1065,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":882308,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>They’ve done it all before…</h2><p>But who would actually think up such a monstrous scheme? Last August, I wrote an article titled, "<a href="https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-death-of-george-v-in-1936-and?utm_source=publication-search">The Death of George V in 1936 and why it still matters?</a>" <strong>George V</strong>, the monarch of Great Britain was unceremoniously put to sleep once his existence had become inconvenient for the powers behind the throne. This is no longer a conspiracy theory: we know that for a fact. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14e0a68e-2571-4a3d-bd6e-5bce77b791a7_962x748.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14e0a68e-2571-4a3d-bd6e-5bce77b791a7_962x748.jpeg" width="962" height="748" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/14e0a68e-2571-4a3d-bd6e-5bce77b791a7_962x748.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":748,"width":962,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Picture background","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="Picture background" title="Picture background" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">The imperial nation united on the solemn occasion of king George V’s funeral, as the imperial cabal was planning World War II</figcaption></figure></div><p>But surely, such a thing couldn't possibly happen in this day and age in our precious liberal democracies, all bursting at the seams with the rule of law, tolerance, freedom, democracy, human rights, free press, and all things good and decent? That would be unthinkable! It would imply that the most powerful man in the world is merely a pawn in some hidden power network's schemes. It would mean that our precious democracy is  a sham from start to finish and that we are only voting for political puppets. That just can't be, so we can dismiss such silly conspiracies straight away.</p><h2>Covid? Really?</h2><p>But so far as Covid itself is concerned (19 or otherwise), it did seem to be making a comeback of sorts. Last week we saw the Australia's national swim team arrive in Paris, <a href="https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/aussie-swimming-team-under-fire-on-world-stage-before-paris-olympics/news-story/48b4f53c28c799987b49a578affb2591">all wearing face masks</a> like it was 2020. Earlier this month the Tour de France ordered the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12251883/Tour-France-tells-riders-staff-wear-MASKS-not-racing-ban-selfies-fans.html">cyclists to wear masks when not racing</a> and banned selfies with fans and dinners in restaurants. Clearly, the terrible, deadly virus is back and perhaps it will soon be time for us all to go back to PCR testing, masks, social distancing, mail-in ballots and all. </p><h2>Bird Flu to the rescue!</h2><p>And just in case the great unwashed should remain unconvinced that the threat is real and that the measures, once more, are strictly about public health, Covid 19 might need to get reinforcement from Bird Flu. I’m grateful to my friend <strong>Ivor Cummins</strong> for drawing my attention to this. Namely, some organization called Sylabus X, located in Reston, Virginia is planning an International Bird Flu Summit for 2-4 October this year (IBFS 2024) in order to "address the pressing concerns surrounding the recent developments in avian influenza." </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47e2a5b3-a467-49b0-8e93-2475f6dcef29_619x773.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47e2a5b3-a467-49b0-8e93-2475f6dcef29_619x773.png" width="619" height="773" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47e2a5b3-a467-49b0-8e93-2475f6dcef29_619x773.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":773,"width":619,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":715215,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Apparently, "it is imperative that we come together to discuss preparedness, response strategies, and the future implications of this evolving situation. The topics of discussion at the <a href="https://birdflusummit.com/about-us/">IBFS 2024</a> will include the following:</p><blockquote><p>·       Mass Fatality Management Planning</p><p>·       Surveillance and Data Management</p><p>·       Preparing Communities Strategies</p><p>·       Local Partnership &amp; Participation</p><p>·       Delivery of Vaccine and Antiviral Medication</p><p>·       Medical Countermeasures</p><p>·       Socio-Economic Impact on Poultry and livestock Industries</p><p>·       Benefit-Risk Assessment: Public Health, Industry and Regulatory Perspectives</p><p>·       Prevention Education Efforts and Risk Communication</p><p>·       Command, Control and Management</p><p>·       Emergency Response Management</p><p>·       Business-Based Planning</p><p>·       School-Based Planning</p><p>·       Community-Based Planning</p></blockquote><p>And yes, strategies of countering disinformation and misinformation will be discussed, so please refrain from doing your own research. Ignorance is strength. It looks like we'll all be in this together again, just in time for the US Presidential elections. For everyone's safety, mail-in ballots should be used for US elections one more once, since they have proven as safe and effective as the PCR tests. </p><p>If all this were a dystopian sci-fi plot, I would wager that it would flop because nobody would buy it. It's too stupid. Even the willing suspension of disbelief has its limits. Today however, we are so deep in the twilight zone that even the 1980s Soviet politbureau members would blush with shame.</p><h2>Where’s Joe?</h2><p>I wrote the above in my <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/trendcompass/">TrendCompass report</a> on 18 July and perhaps my intuition was on the right track. Two days later, on Sunday, 20 July Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential elections. But the way he announced this move was extraordinarily odd. He, or <em>somebody</em> on his behalf, made the announcement via Twitter, posting his letter without the White House letterhead and with a signature that appeared to be a forgery. Even Biden's closest aides only learned about his announcement after the fact through social media. Coupled with the fact that Biden has not been seen nor heard from for five days prior and that nobody seems to know where he is, this raises a lot of difficult questions.</p><p>Of course,<em> somebody</em> does know where Biden is, but the public, which supposedly elected him to run the executive, are being kept in the dark. Why? Are they really planning to announce that the "president" had died? According to <strong>Laura Loomer</strong>'s sources at the White House, the "president's" condition is terminal. Terminal, really? From Covid? Only people who think that men can get pregnant would buy such nonsense. </p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-civil-war-20-coming-to-the-usa?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it.</p></div><p data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-civil-war-20-coming-to-the-usa?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton" data-sanitized-class="button-wrapper"><a href="https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/is-civil-war-20-coming-to-the-usa?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share" data-sanitized-class="button primary"><span>Share</span></a></p></div><h2>It walks like a coup and it quacks like a coup…</h2><p>But people’s attention spans are really being overwhelmed with events over the last two weeks, especially with the incredible saga around the attempted assassination of <strong>Donald Trump</strong> and the even more incredible fact that to this day (10 days and counting), we still have not had an official press conference about the shooting either by the FBI, DHS or the DOJ.</p><p>The political establishment seems intent on forcing the issue down a memory hole, pretending that we can simply let bygones be bygones and move on like nothing happened. The head of the Secret Service, <strong>Kimberly Cheatle</strong> had to be hauled to congressional hearing about the event by a subpoena. But instead of answering the questions from congressional representatives, she lied, obfuscated and stonewalled in a way that was shocking to see. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d706a21-2954-4ebf-95cc-c2fd12f4a45b_1000x562.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d706a21-2954-4ebf-95cc-c2fd12f4a45b_1000x562.jpeg" width="1000" height="562" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9d706a21-2954-4ebf-95cc-c2fd12f4a45b_1000x562.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":562,"width":1000,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Picture background","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="Picture background" title="Picture background" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Incompetent, powerful and dangerous: former Secret Services director Kimberly Cheatle</figcaption></figure></div><p>Most likely, the reason for her stonewalling was because it is becoming increasingly clear that Trump's would-be assassin wasn't acting alone. Apparently, someone was making frequent trips between the home of the shooter, <strong>Thomas Matthew Crooks</strong>' and a building in Washington DC that's located near an FBI office. This revelation was based on a Heritage Foundation analysis of metadata of 9 pertinent smartphone devices. Perhaps the only notable statement from Ms. Cheatle was her <a href="https://t.co/97vjYbliYo">reference to the recently deceased representative </a><strong><a href="https://t.co/97vjYbliYo">Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee</a></strong>: </p><blockquote><p>"I would be remiss if I did not also extend my condolences on the passing of your colleague, congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Ms. Jackson Lee was always engaged in the oversight of the Secret Services and her passing is a great loss to this body."</p></blockquote><p>Those who think that men can get pregnant will appreciate the magnanimity of Ms. Cheatle's condolences. Everyone else will recognize the statement for the chilling threat that it was: don't rock the boat for us; we have six ways from Sunday to get back at you... </p><p>We will certainly learn a lot more over the coming days and weeks, but it would appear that we are looking at a real, if covert, coup d'etat unfolding in the US. Is it too far out now to consider that the 2020 election was also rigged and stolen? Either way, the country's democratic facade is now disintegrating to the extent that again, only the cohort that thinks men can get pregnant may still believe in it.</p><p>These are entirely uncharted waters for the United States and the "free" world. Key events are unfolding outside of institutional bounds and if one side of the political spectrum is engineering a coup, their rivals might decide to do the same. They might move to preempt the Democrats' covert coup with an overt, in-your-face one, led perhaps by a group of Pentagon generals, who knows... The US could now be sliding towards its second Civil War and the unfolding sequence of events will turn the tides of history in ways that nobody can predict today.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. 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title: Have It All: External, Styleable, &amp; Scalable SVG
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<p>It has been a few years since I'd last tinkered with approaches for embedding SVG into webpages, but <a href="https://me.micahrl.com/blog/svg-triangle-of-compromise/">a nice post</a> making the rounds today prompted me to take a look back at where I'd last landed. While that post cites a few perfectly good ways to include SVG into a page, here I'll demonstrate a 4th approach that I think hits the center of the venn diagram for External, Styleable, and Scalable SVG.</p>
<h2>External, Styleable, and Scalable SVG</h2>
<p>First, a demo. The SVG below is external (so it's cacheable), styleable, and scalable. Its colors use the global CSS custom properties that are defined in this page below, which could either be shared across icons in the page, or set differently per SVG using CSS selectors.</p>


<div><use href="/sandbox/svgtopia/wrench.svg#icon"></use></div>
<p>For demo purposes, I've made the styles above editable (I put a <code>contenteditable</code> attribute on the style block and set it to <code>display: block</code> if you're curious), so you can edit those rules to see that they carry through not only this page but through to external SVGs. This little editable trick has nothing to do with the SVG embedding though, fwiw.</p>
<h2>How It Works</h2>
<p>Long story short, the <code>svg</code> <code>use</code> element now offers a nice means of referencing SVG symbols, whether they're in the same page or in an external file.</p>
<pre><code>&lt;svg width="100" height="100"&gt;
&lt;use href="/sandbox/svgtopia/wrench.svg#icon"&gt;&lt;/use&gt;
&lt;/svg&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>In this case, the SVG references the external <code>/sandbox/svgtopia/wrench.svg</code> file, plus a <code>#icon</code> hash that points to a <code>symbol</code> element inside the SVG file that contains our wrench icon, which has an ID attribute of that same name.</p>
<pre><code>&lt;symbol id="icon" viewBox="0 0 390 390"&gt;...
</code></pre>
<p>In order for the CSS color variables to do anything with the CSS, the SVG file needs to use those same CSS custom properties for its fills and strokes on its polygons and paths (or whatever else you'd like to be configurable). Note that I've used a style attribute that references the preferred CSS custom property first, followed by the fallback color again.</p>
<p>Here's an example:</p>
<pre><code>&lt;polygon points="145.69 300.383 257.48 300.383 257.48 257.422 145.69 257.422" style="fill: var(--svg-color-2,#64C5E5);"/&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>Of course, this kind of prep is a little tedious, which is why I think some tooling can make it a little nicer. More on that in a sec.</p>
<p>Anyway, from here you can either style the custom properties across the page for a shared color scheme, or target a specific icon by giving the svg element a selector, eg:</p>
<p>HTML:</p>
<pre><code data-sanitized-class="language-html">&lt;svg class="my-icon" width="100" height="100"&gt;...
</code></pre>
<p>CSS:</p>
<pre><code data-sanitized-class="language-css">.my-icon {
  --svg-color-1: red;
}
</code></pre>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
<p>While this satisfies most requirements for including SVG in a page, it doesn't work for SVG files that are on an external domain. So you'll need to self-host the SVG file for it to work.</p>
<p>Also, you won't be able to carry those CSS custom properties through to  CSS background images, or really most any other means of including SVG in your page. It's totally possible though, to reference the same svg from CSS, but you'll need to be happy with fallback colors in the SVG. (See the Iconoclash demo at the bottom for examples that are prepped to work with CSS backgrounds, as they require even more internal prep to do that.)</p>
<h2>Tooling Would Make It Nicer!</h2>
<p>When I'd originally started playing with this approach, I made a tool to handle the preparation. <a href="https://filamentgroup.github.io/iconoclash/demo/output/icons.html">It's called Iconoclash</a> and it's been a little while since I last worked with it, but perhaps it's due for an update?</p>
<p>If anyone's interested LMK!</p>
<h2>Thanks for reading!</h2>
<p>I hope you found this useful and thank you to <a href="https://me.micahrl.com/">Micah R Ledbetter</a> for writing the post that led me to get this up on the blog!</p>


guid: https://scottjehl.com/posts/html-web-components-shadow-dom/
title: HTML Web Components Can Have a Little Shadow DOM, As A Treat
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<p>Well, I swore myself off blogging until I get <a href="https://scottjehl.com/learn/webcomponentsdemystified/">this course</a> launched and sure enough, here I am again. But a little idea about HTML Web Components has been squatting in my brain for a little while and I needed a place to put it.</p>
<p>There's been a lot of great writing about <a href="https://adactio.com/journal/20618">HTML Web Components</a> in the past year, and as an advocate of performant, resilient, progressive enhancement patterns, I'm a big fan of the whole ethos of it. That said, some of the discourse around HTML Web Components tends to conflate a couple of things that I have come to understand need not be conflated.</p>
<p>Those are, 1) wrapping already-useful HTML and augmenting it via custom element lifecycle features is a great pattern for websites, and 2) Shadow DOM is probably not a helpful part of that process.</p>
<p>Now to be fair, I've dunked on shadow DOM a bit in the past myself... such as when it's used as a container for piles of JavaScript-generated HTML that would be better off in the page from the start. But the more I've worked with web components, the more I've come to see that shadow DOM (and slots in particular) may still play an interesting role in the HTML Web Components story.</p>
<h2>Cascading before the light</h2>
<p>A post that led me to come around to this idea was <a href="https://knowler.dev/blog/a-mental-model-for-styling-the-shadow-dom">Nathan Knowler's late 2023 article about shadow DOM styles and the CSS cascade</a>. Did you know that shadow DOM styles cascade before the light DOM styles we typically write in our <em>site.css</em> files and the like? I'll admit that I didn't know that before I read Nathan's post about it. To put it a different way, the styles that sit inside a shadow DOM root are applied to the page's CSS cascade <em>after</em> the "user agent" styles (as in the ones that give you the default appearance of a <code>button</code> element) and after the "user styles" (as in, the ones you can optionally configure in browser settings)–but importantly, still <em>before</em> the global page-level styles that authors like us typically write (eg, your average site.css file).</p>
<p>It's due to this situation that a global, inheritable style like <code>* { color: red; }</code> will override a shadow DOM style <code>:host { color: green; }</code>. Even if that <code>*</code> style comes first in the HTML source, it will be added to the CSS cascade <em>after</em> the shadow DOM's styles in the overall cascade. (That said, if you really do want a shadow DOM style to "win", you can use <code>!important</code> in a shadow DOM rule to ensure it won't be overridden by styles that cascade over it from the light DOM authored CSS. And in that case, <code>!important</code> is considered good practice!)</p>
<h2>Making <em>realer</em> elements</h2>
<p>Anyway, more recently over on Mastodon, <a href="https://sunny.garden/@knowler/112887743077104732">Nathan noted</a> that we might do well to consider our shadow DOM styles and their order in the cascade as a sort of "user agent styles" for our custom elements: providing some default, low-specificity styles for our slotted light-dom HTML elements while allowing them to be easily overridden.</p>
<nice-quote>
    <blockquote cite="https://sunny.garden/@knowler/112887743077104732">
        <p>As we gain further abilities to extend the Web Platform, I think it’s helpful to consider how we might approach our custom elements less like authors and more like a user agent would.</p>
        <p><cite>Nathan Knowler</cite></p>
    </blockquote>
</nice-quote>
<p>I think this a pretty powerful idea. If we think of web components as our tool to create somewhat "real" elements for other authors to reuse, it's neat that we can follow some "real HTML element" patterns when it comes to styling them in ways that defer to the author's preference in the cascade. Light-DOM-only HTML web components can't really offer this in an equally reliable way, because their styles will compete in the same cascade as the other light DOM styles that the author adds, where specificity battles are everything. Depending on where and how those styles are added to the page, they could easily override author styles in ways that aren't as friendly as those that a built-in element would offer.</p>
<h3>Maybe slots make it okay?</h3>
<p>There's a lot of focus on the unique encapsulation aspects of shadow DOM, so it's easy to forget that <code>slot</code> elements flip that on its head: slots are just a window revealing our ordinary HTML elements that sit alongside the shadow root. They receive regular-old styles from site.css as you'd expect, they submit their data expectedly with forms, they don't have the accessibility issues that can occur with shadow DOM, because they're really just regular DOM!</p>
<p>A shadow root with a slot gives us a means to style slotted light DOM in a way that defers to the author, should they choose to do so. Just like a built-in element! This makes me think that there's a world of potential use cases for HTML Web Components that imperatively attach a shadow root and perhaps only use it to insert some styles and a slot, allowing the light DOM that is already there to do what it does well.</p>
<p>Let's try...</p>
<h2>An Example HTML Web Component with Shadow DOM</h2>
<p>I'm going to make a component called <code>nice-quote</code> that is designed to wrap a <code>blockquote</code> element and extend the default <code>blockquote</code> element's presentation a bit, in a light-handed way. It's a simple example, but it should get the idea across.</p>
<p>First, the HTML:</p>
<pre><code>&lt;nice-quote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Your HTML Web Component should be fine with a piece of shadow DOM sometimes, as a treat.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/nice-quote&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>As for the JavaScript, we'll start with a typical custom element definition:</p>
<pre><code>class NiceQuote extends HTMLElement {
...
}
customElements.define('nice-quote', NiceQuote);
</code></pre>
<p>Now, if I was building a typical HTML web component, I might add a <code>connectedCallback</code> handler next to manipulate or add behavior to the light DOM elements inside <code>nice-quote</code>. And again, that's typically the best lifecycle callback for doing those things, since it runs when the component is actually connected to the DOM (as opposed to say, an element created with <code>document.createElement</code> that is not yet appended), and so within <code>connectedCallback</code> we're able to query for elements inside it. <em>(Small caveat: there are situations when even <code>connectedCallback</code> will run before the element's light DOM children are available to it, and one way to avoid that is to have <code>type=module</code> on your script element, but that's another article).</em></p>
<p>Anyway, instead of <code>connectedCallback</code>, this time I'm going to use the <code>constructor</code> because all I need to do is attach and populate a shadow root, and that's one of those tasks the <code>constructor</code> is good for. So I'll use it to do just that, so I can add a slot and a stylesheet.</p>
<p>Here are those steps.</p>
<ol>
<li>Always call <code>super()</code> first because we're extending the <code>HTMLElement</code> class,</li>
<li>Attach a shadow root,</li>
<li>Insert some HTML in that root: I'll add a style element to contain my CSS, and install a window to see my light DOM elements shine through (that's the <code>slot</code> part).</li>
</ol>
<p>Here's how that looks:</p>
<pre><code>class NiceQuote extends HTMLElement {
    constructor(){
        super();
        this.attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
        this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
            &lt;style&gt;...&lt;/style&gt;
            &lt;slot&gt;&lt;/slot&gt;
        `;
    }
}
customElements.define('nice-quote', NiceQuote);
</code></pre>
<p>Okay, lastly, let's add those styles into the shadow DOM. For this, I'm going to use <code>:host</code> and <code>::slotted</code> to style the <code>nice-quote</code> and <code>blockquote</code> elements from inside the shadow DOM (these are some of the few ways shadow DOM styles can style light DOM elements).</p>
<p>Here's that final web component code:</p>
<pre><code>class NiceQuote extends HTMLElement {
    constructor(){
        super();
        this.attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
        this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
            &lt;slot&gt;&lt;/slot&gt;
            &lt;style&gt;
                :host {
                    display: block;
                    max-inline-size: 34em;
                }
                ::slotted(blockquote) {
                    margin: 2rem 0;
                    font-family: serif;
                    font-style: italic;
                    line-height: 1.2;
                    font-size: 2em;
                    padding: 1em 2rem;
                    line-height: 1.3;
                    background: #ebfffd;
                    border-inline-start: .5rem solid salmon;
                }
            &lt;/style&gt;
        `;
    }
}
customElements.define('nice-quote', NiceQuote);
</code></pre>
<p></p>
<p>I've added this JavaScript on the page here too so here's how that <code>nice-quote</code> component looks in HTML:</p>
<nice-quote>
    <blockquote>
        <p>Your HTML Web Component should be fine with a piece of shadow DOM sometimes, as a treat.</p>
    </blockquote>
</nice-quote>
<p>Looks nice I hope.</p>
<h2>The Cascade Benefits</h2>
<p>So yeah, perhaps the nicest part of this is that global styles can override the presentation of this nice quote if I'd like, because the component styles cascade before them in order. For example, if I didn't want the <code>nice-quote</code> to make my <code>blockquote</code> text italic, I can override it with a regular <code>blockquote</code> element selector, like this, and that style could come long before the component in source order without any worries.</p>
<pre><code>&lt;style&gt;
blockquote {
    font-style: normal;
}
&lt;/style&gt;
&lt;nice-quote&gt;
    &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Your HTML Web Component should be fine with a piece of shadow DOM sometimes, as a treat.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/nice-quote&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>In fact, I didn't mention it but the first quote from Nathan in this post was using this shadowy component already, and wouldn't you know that several of my site's ordinary styles are overriding it in various ways in this page.</p>
<p>Embrace those priorities of constituencies!</p>
<h2>Looking Ahead</h2>
<p>Admittedly, the example in this post is purposefully simple as it's meant to show the pattern itself without involving too many other concerns. It's likely that an actual component that appropriately calls for this pattern would be a bit more complex, augmenting behavior in addition the styles, to say the least.</p>
<p>I'd love to hear about others experimenting with these sorts of patterns in their HTML Web Components.</p>
<p><strong>Some kind folks read early drafts of this post and offered feedback. I want to say thanks to <a href="https://knowler.dev/">Nathan Knowler</a> and <a href="https://www.mayank.co/">Mayank</a></strong></p>
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title: Plato's Philebus (on the Purpose of Pleasure and Nature of the Good) Reading Session 02
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/gSP6tjPtaFs" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Plato's Philebus (on the Purpose of Pleasure and Nature of the Good) Reading Session 02"></p>Reading #2 of The Philebus Dialogue.<br>Click here to access reading #1:<br>https://youtu.be/41_N-S952xc<br><br> the Philebus dialogue, Plato's teacher Socrates tackles these questions and more with a look to the quantized nature of the universe and all ponderable elements within it recognizing that a trifold relationship exists within all things that co-exist as a One, an Infinite and a Many<br><br>Download the Philebus by clicking here:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PHILEBUS-by-Plato.docx<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSP6tjPtaFs

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guid: https://odysee.com/unravelling-the-world-historic:9f9712d301c499cd0959b47173432a173eb4d343
title: Unravelling the World-Historic Achievement Called the American Revolution with Nancy Spannaus
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/IE6DtxyuOjk" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Unravelling the World-Historic Achievement Called the American Revolution with Nancy Spannaus"></p>As the world careens into a storm of epoch-shifting proportions, it is incumbant on citizens and leaders to keep their heads on their shoulders and move with the greatest poise and understanding of those historical dynamics shaping our world. And so, it is my greatest pleasure to host the historian and author Nancy Spannaus (author of Hamilton vs Wall Street and Defeating Slavery) during this Sunday’s RTF weekly lecture.<br><br>The real nature of the American Revolution has always been controversial, and today is no exception. Was it, as Abraham Lincoln said, a nation dedicated to the principle that "all men are created equal" and dedicated to using the power of government to achieve that goal?  Or was it a complex power struggle, which enshrined the libertarian principle that rejects the idea of the general welfare, and pits the individual against the any exercise of power?<br><br>In her talk today on Sunday Aug. 4 at 2pm Eastern Time, Nancy will introduce this topic with a discussion of the Declaration of Independence, and then delve into a historical review of the "Causes of the American Revolution," and an analysis of "How Revolutionary was the American Revolution." For reference, much of the material in her talks have been introduced in her 2023 book, Defeating Slavery: Hamilton's American System Showed the Way, available from Amazon in ebook and soft cover.<br><br>Buy Nancy's books here:<br>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNP5RY3N?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_4EV8QVEABBGNWJK0FJRK<br><br>and here:<br>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNP5RY3N?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_4EV8QVEABBGNWJK0FJRK<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE6DtxyuOjk

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title: Camila Escalante on Venezuela's Presidential Election &amp; Opposition Violence
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/c0a4ffca5b7c06cc50d42c87099da6a7.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Camila Escalante on Venezuela's Presidential Election &amp; Opposition Violence"></p>I spoke with Latin America correspondent for Press TV, Camila Escalante, about what she saw and heard on the ground in Caracas, Venezuela, before, during and after the recent Presidential Election. <br><br>A well-travelled, longtime correspondent all over Latin America, Camila brings a deep understanding of the history of the country and region, and of the people. With ample experience in Venezuela in years prior, she speaks with first hand knowledge on the positive changes in the country, in spite of the brutal Western sanctions against the Venezuelan people. <br><br>Follow Camila at:<br><br>X: camilapress<br>Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CamilaPress<br><br>My Related Links:<br><br>-My Venezuela (2019) playlist: https://rumble.com/playlists/YCmDnKNOVWc<br><br>-The US is manufacturing a crisis in Venezuela so that there is chaos and ‘needed’ intervention<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/us-is-manufacturing-a-crisis-in-venezuela-so-that-there-is-chaos-and-needed-intervention/<br><br>

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title: The Arctic: Theater of War or Global Cooperation?
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/DncisMFT_BQ" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Arctic: Theater of War or Global Cooperation?"></p>In this new film, the Arctic is presented as you've never imagined it: Both as a strategic battleground over the future of the human species today, and as pivot of world history shaping the Russia-USA partnership that saved the Union during the Civil War.<br><br>This film showcases how the Arctic represents either a domain of total warfare, or represents the basis of a new era of rail development and friendship among world civilizations characterizing the end of the 19th century. If you didn't know why Russia sold Alaska to the USA in 1867, or why the two transcontinental railways (Russian and American) completed by 1905 werre meant to extend through the Bering Strait (as was planned by Lincoln and Czar Alexander II) then this film is for you.<br><br>The Arctic: Theater of War or Global Cooperation' introduces this sweeping history and thereby helps the viewer understand the real reasons Canada remained loyal to the British Empire in 1867, and how the age of assassinations and war overturned that paradigm of cooperation ushering in a war-ravaged 20th century. <br><br>We also introduce the attempted revival of this positive vision in the form of the FDR-Wallace plans to build rail and roads across the Bering Strait during WW2, and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's plans to adopt a northern vision during the 1950s-1960s, leading all the way up to Donald Trump's plans for an Alaska-Canada railway in 2020 and the Russia-China Polar Silk Road today.<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DncisMFT_BQ

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title: Venezuela &amp; The Resistance Fight Against Yankee Imperialism with Eva Bartlett
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/9086a55a775c6310e51fbc394f2614cb.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Venezuela &amp; The Resistance Fight Against Yankee Imperialism with Eva Bartlett"></p>Wednesday, August 7, 2024<br>[ https://rumble.com/v5a1xeb-venezuela-and-the-resistance-fight-against-yankee-imperialism.html] <br><br>Eva Bartlett, independent journalist who goes to the places she talks about. Based in Russia with extensive, ground-based knowledge in West Asia including Gaza, Syria and Donbass. But Eva has also been to Venezuela which is why she's here today to talk about the similarities the country faces today as well as connections that operation could have in the Middle East.<br><br>"Fi" Fiorella Isabel:<br>===============<br>Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/FiorellaIsabelM<br>Fiorella Isabel on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-5021915<br>Fiorella In Moscow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FiorellaInMoscow<br><br>**<br><br>My Related Links:<br><br>My Venezuela (2019) playlist:<br>https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/Venezuela:1e?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs&amp;lid=1e213e88fef5948f7c2faafebe20bf423242a37b<br><br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/us-is-manufacturing-a-crisis-in-venezuela-so-that-there-is-chaos-and-needed-intervention/<br><br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/observations-from-occupied-palestine-in-gaza/<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/syria/syria-my-published-articles-from-and-on-syria-2014-2022/<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/

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guid: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-slow-dying-of-american-democracy
title: The slow dying of American democracy
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<p>The "special relationship" between United States and Britain seems to be turning American democracy into something that increasingly resembles its former colonizer. The metamorphosis has been so slow and gradual that it's been difficult to recognize it for what it is. </p><p>Somehow, in 2020, a very unpopular Democratic party candidate who could not pass his own party's primary elections without industrial-scale rigging, ended up as the nation's president. Supposedly, he won the largest number of popular votes ever obtained by any candidate. </p><p>Not everyone is convinced that this is what actually happened. The party itself twice cheated their most popular candidate in the primaries: the pied piper of the American working class, turncoat <strong>Bernie Sanders</strong>. This year, the party boldly skipped the primaries altogether, anointing the staggeringly inept and even more unpopular <strong>Kamala Harris</strong> as the party's candidate. So far, all this has elicited waves of shrugs and feeble protests from much of the voting public.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f05c6e1-4866-4a0d-9a53-0fd4ace6e3d2_1620x1620.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f05c6e1-4866-4a0d-9a53-0fd4ace6e3d2_1620x1620.png" width="1456" height="1456" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f05c6e1-4866-4a0d-9a53-0fd4ace6e3d2_1620x1620.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1456,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":5538062,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The obvious question is, why. Why would they choose such a dismal candidate as Harris, unless they were planning to cheat again and steal the 2024 elections? Evidence that they are already doing so is already piling up. Fake polls show Kamala is as popular as Trump, and a few bizarre videos and photos of her political rallies emerged over the recent days. They seem a tad inauthentic:</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3628e39a-71ca-4843-84f7-8fd73ceaaf5f_2290x1190.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3628e39a-71ca-4843-84f7-8fd73ceaaf5f_2290x1190.png" width="1456" height="757" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3628e39a-71ca-4843-84f7-8fd73ceaaf5f_2290x1190.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":757,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":7512561,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Kamala Harris rally: her voters are all very special people.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>The most extensive voter fraud organization in history</h2><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-slow-dying-of-american-democracy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it.</p></div><p data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-slow-dying-of-american-democracy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton" data-sanitized-class="button-wrapper"><a href="https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-slow-dying-of-american-democracy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share" data-sanitized-class="button primary"><span>Share</span></a></p></div><p>A partial, but still shockingly candid account of the way the DNC stole the 2020 election appeared in a long 2021 Time magazine article titled, "<a href="https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/">The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign that Saved the 2020 Election.</a>" That history was never really secret, it was only viciously censored. </p><p>Time magazine described the “vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election<strong>” </strong>consisting of “shadow campaigners,” whose “work touched every aspect of the election.” For example, the article explains that, “They got states to change voting systems and laws and helped secure hundreds of millions in public and private funding. They fended off voter-suppression lawsuits, recruited armies of poll workers and got millions of people to vote by mail for the first time. They successfully pressured social media companies to take a harder line against disinformation and used data-driven strategies to fight viral smears.”</p><p>Time magazine revealed all this, and much more, but did so on the pretense that this vast conspiracy was organized not to steal the elections for Joe Biden, but to protect American democracy. For his part, <strong>Joe Biden</strong> was a bit more candid. He said this: “<a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/24/joe-biden-touts-most-extensive-inclusive-voter-fraud-organization-in-history-of-american-politics/">we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics</a>.”</p><div data-attrs='{"videoId":"WGRnhBmHYN0","startTime":null,"endTime":null}' data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM" data-sanitized-id="youtube2-WGRnhBmHYN0" data-sanitized-class="youtube-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WGRnhBmHYN0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"></iframe></div></div><p>Now, why would Joe say that? Was it just a case of Joe Biden misspeaking again (yawn!) or was it deliberate, in-your-face disclosure by the secret ruling establishment to the US voters: we did it, we told you that we did it, and you all acquiesced, so everything that follows is on you. </p><h2>The British new normal for the U.S.?</h2><p>Whatever the case may be, they got away with epic election fraud in 2020 and so, what's to keep them from doing it again in November, even more brazenly this time? If the people acquiesce again, will the practice of getting deeply unpopular politicians with almost zero public support into office become the U.S. democracy’s new normal? If so, this would be just the fake democracy that's been perfected by Great Britain.</p><p>The fact that the American political system seems to be evolving toward the model of its former colonizer, Great Britain is very significant. It suggests that like Britain, the U.S. is being ruled by a hidden oligarchy. Behind the establishment's self-serving facade, Britain is not a democracy at all, and that fact is obvious once you scratch below the surface. In his 1966 book, "Tragedy and Hope," professor <strong>Carrol Quigley</strong> had much to say about the British political system. </p><p>Quigley wasn’t just any old college professor: he was a trusted insider in the Western political establishment and a mentor to the future U.S. President <strong>Bill Clinton.</strong> As a privileged member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he was allowed to peruse their archives (which are strictly closed to the public and to most CFR members) for two years which enabled him to write one of the most eye-opening accounts of our modern history (1890-1965). In fact, when the establishment finally understood the revealing nature of “Tragedy and Hope,” the book was abruptly withdrawn from sales and all remaining copies were destroyed, together with the printing-plates. </p><p>Here's what Dr. Quigley had to say about the British political system: </p><ul><li><p>“…the greatest difference between Britain and the US rests in the fact that the former has no constitution. This is not generally recognized (p. 461)” </p></li><li><p>“… many of the relationships which are covered by conventions are based on precedents that are secret (such as relationships between monarchy and Cabinet, between Cabinet and political parties, between Cabinet and civil service, and all the relationships within the Cabinet) and in many cases, the secrecy of these precedents is protected by law under the Official Secrets Act… (462)” </p></li><li><p>“It is seriously stated in many books that the Cabinet is responsible to the House of Commons, and controlled by it. In truth, the Cabinet is not controlled by the Commons but the reverse." (463) </p></li><li><p>[<strong>This should sound familiar</strong>:] The fact that there are no primary elections in Britain and that party candidates are named by the inner clique of the party is of tremendous importance and is the key to the control which the inner clique exercises over the House of Commons, yet it is rarely mentioned in books on the English political system." (463)</p></li><li><p>“There is also no separation of powers. The Cabinet is the government and ‘is expected to govern not only within the law, but, if necessary, without law or even against the law’ There is no limit on retroactive legislation, and no Cabinet or Parliament can bind its successors. The Cabinet can enter into war without Parliament’s permission or approval. It can expend money without Parliament’s approval or knowledge… It can authorize violations of the law, as was done in regard to payments of the Bank of England in 1847, in 1857, or in 1931. It can make treaties or other binding international agreements without the consent or knowledge of Parliament…" (469) </p></li><li><p>"The idea, widely held in the US, that the Commons is a legislative body and the Cabinet is an executive body is not true. Legislation originates in the meetings of the inner clique of the party, acting as a first chamber. If accepted by the Cabinet it passes the Commons almost automatically. The Commons, rather than a legislative body, is the public forum in which the party announces the decisions it has made in secret party and Cabinet meetings and allows the opposition to criticize in order to test public reactions. Thus all bills come from the Cabinet, and rejection in Commons is almost unthinkable…" (469)</p></li><li><p>“It is not generally recognized that there have been many restrictions on democracy in Britain… effectively curtailing the exercises of democracy in the political sphere. (470)” [things got a lot worse since 1966]</p></li><li><p>“Since the two chief parties in England do not represent the ordinary Englishman, but instead represent the entrenched economic interests directly, there is relatively little ‘lobbying,’ or attempting to influence legislators by political or economic pressure. (477)” </p></li></ul><p>This is only a small sampling of verifiable facts. These facts clash with the subtle propaganda that’s been diffused through our societies and which has by now become part of Western civilization’s cultural folklore. Britain, in spite of its imperialistic, colonial past somehow came to be regarded as the cradle of modern democracy and human rights in the West. Unfortunately, once such beliefs are embraced, they are extremely difficult to dislodge from the public mind, and this is where many of our difficulties take root.</p><h2>Leveraging the groupthink</h2><p>The fact that many people will embrace and defend false beliefs should not come as a surprise. If they can convince a large percentage of the population that men can get pregnant, then they can convince them that Great Britain is a model democracy and that Kamala Harris is so popular that the primary elections shouldn’t be required. Recall that a <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/3a036676-9c00-4408-a08f-2f4e5d9c38be?r=cpxww">poll by WPA Intelligence</a> found that among U.S. democrats, 22% believe that the statement, "<em>Some men can get pregnant</em>" was TRUE. Among white, college-educated female democrats, 36% deemed that the statement was true. That's more than one in three!! </p><p>If such a large proportion of people are willing to believe absurdities, why should the DNC stop cheating? Why not steal elections again and then brazenly state that they were won fairly and browbeat anyone who questions that as Vladimir Putin’s useful idiot? They’ve done it before, they reaped their rewards and they got away with it. Does anybody really believe that they’ll suddenly start abiding by the law and the Constitution, even to their own detriment? </p><p>Of course they won’t. They'll move the new normal to increasingly resemble the British fake democracy. Fortunately, today the facade around the British political system is crumbling, revealing Britain for what it is: a neofeudal oligarchy, still deeply attached to its colonial past, still keen on “ruling the waves,” and still contemptuous of its subjects. It is not the model to emulate, but to transcend and leave behind where it belongs: in the dustbin of history. Let us hope that the American people will be able to reclaim their democracy and their nation.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. 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Témoignages visuels 2024 : Une nouvelle exposition d’art connecte les visiteurs à une étude du Sénat sur la santé des sols

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L’Europe doit abroger son interdiction injuste des produits dérivés du phoque : sénateurs Manning, Busson et Duncan

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Crimean Tatar &amp; Interethnic and Interfaith Relations Chair, Ibraim Shirin, Counters Western Lies on Crimea

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/85ab680cf4f354c2c233d6ad4409b733.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Crimean Tatar &amp; Interethnic and Interfaith Relations Chair, Ibraim Shirin, Counters Western Lies on Crimea"></p>This interview was conducted in Simferopol, Crimea, May 2024.  <br><br>Mr. Shirin Ibraim Reshatovich, Chairman of the Commission on Interethnic and Interfaith Relations and Public Diplomacy in the Public Chamber of the Republic of Crimea—is himself Tatar. The West has for years tried to claim Tatars are oppressed in Crimea &amp; didn't support the 2014 referendum to (rejoin) join Russia. Listen to this delightful man to hear the truth on how life improved dramatically for Tatars in Crimea, and for Crimeans as a whole! <br><br>—My related 2019 article after visiting Crimea then: Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/return-to-russia-crimeans-tell-the-real-story-of-the-2014-referendum-and-their-lives-since/)

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<p>The good intentions were there but in the HTML and Accessibility world, less is sometimes more.</p>
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<h2 data-sanitized-id="bad-code">Bad code</h2>
<pre data-sanitized-class="language-html"><code data-sanitized-class="language-html"><span data-sanitized-class="highlight-line"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>label</span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">for</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>textinput<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span>First name<span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>label</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span></span><br><span data-sanitized-class="highlight-line"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>input</span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">type</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>text<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">id</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>textinput<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">aria-label</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>First name<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">placeholder</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>First name<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">title</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>First name<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span></span></code></pre>
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<li>The <code>aria-label</code>, <code>placeholder</code>, and <code>title</code> attributes all provide the same informaton ("First name"), leading to the screenreader reading the same text multiple times.</li>
<li>The <code>aria-label</code> is unnecessary since the input is already correctly labeled by the <code>&lt;label&gt;</code> element. <code>&lt;label&gt;</code> elements should be preferred to <code>aria-label</code> since they are also visible to sighted users.</li>
<li>The <code>title</code> attribute is not needed here, as the label and placeholder already convey the necessary information. Using title in this context adds unnecessary complexity.</li>
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<pre data-sanitized-class="language-html"><code data-sanitized-class="language-html"><span data-sanitized-class="highlight-line"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>label</span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">for</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>textinput<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span>First name<span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>label</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span></span><br><span data-sanitized-class="highlight-line"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token tag"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>input</span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">type</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>text<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span data-sanitized-class="token attr-name">id</span><span data-sanitized-class="token attr-value"><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span>textinput<span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span data-sanitized-class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span></span></code></pre>
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<h2 data-sanitized-id="resources">Resources</h2>
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<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/label"><code>&lt;label&gt;</code> on MDN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-label"><code>aria-label</code> on MDN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/placeholder"><code>placeholder</code> on MDN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/title"><code>title</code> on MDN</a></li>
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title: The coming collapse of Britain
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<p>Quick update: I’ll be joining <strong>Tom Luongo</strong> later today to discuss the contents of this report. It’s bound to be a riot…</p><p>A series of bizarre developments that have unfolded in Great Britain over the last few weeks suggest that its financial system came to the verge of collapse, probably as a consequence of Ukraine’s debt default. The last thing the people in power will tell us is the truth, but if we dig in dark places and connect the dots, I believe the conclusion practically makes itself. The consequences for Britain, and probably for “his majesty’s” other dominions will be extreme. Let’s dive in…</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10b86f48-d2e2-4777-acc5-fa349e6759ef_960x546.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10b86f48-d2e2-4777-acc5-fa349e6759ef_960x546.png" width="960" height="546" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/10b86f48-d2e2-4777-acc5-fa349e6759ef_960x546.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":546,"width":960,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1067670,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>The riots that weren’t (quite)</h2><p>The stabbings of three young girls (6, 7, and 9 years of age) that happened in Southport, UK on 29 July apparently unleashed widespread rioting and clashes in Britain, notably between the immigrant Muslim community and what PM <strong>Keir Starmer</strong> called, right-wing thugs. The authorities' reaction has been nothing short of Orwellian including a radical and ongoing crackdown on free speech.</p><p>But it would appear that the riots and clashes haven't been quite as widespread or as violent as the media portrayed them to be. In a recent podcast, <strong>Alexander Mercouris</strong> pointed out that not only did everything seem calm in London, but that a number of his friends and acquaintances around the UK all told him the same, even for the cities where rioting had been reported. Could it be that the government overreacted and exaggerated the threat in order to justify stepping up its authoritarian control which is now gripping Britain?</p><p>Rather than appealing for calm, the government’s messaging clearly aimed at intimidating the population. The UK's <a href="https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/1823671812917444803">Home Office warned</a> that "Actions have consequences," and boasted that over 1,000 arrests have been made thus far. British courts already sentenced many people to stiff prison terms for wrongthink expressed on social media and they made sure that these sentences got wide publicity.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3cede34-2e4b-451c-9b3b-23352f20e35d_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3cede34-2e4b-451c-9b3b-23352f20e35d_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d3cede34-2e4b-451c-9b3b-23352f20e35d_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":167843,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Wrongthink shall not be tolerated.</figcaption></figure></div><p>For a supposedly free society, recent <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1821178852397477984">statements by policy makers and public officials in the UK</a> started to sound as though they came from the plot of the 2005 dystopian sci-fi film, "V for Vendetta." The media personalities, even after a lifetime of indoctrination with free speech as the core Western value, suddenly seemed to have <a href="https://twitter.com/liz_churchill10/status/1821224456968192202">no qualms about advocating curbs on freedom of expression</a>.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8afc0827-40f7-4aba-9b5d-a0f55f1c0315_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8afc0827-40f7-4aba-9b5d-a0f55f1c0315_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8afc0827-40f7-4aba-9b5d-a0f55f1c0315_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":127268,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>On Friday, 16 August, I joined <strong>Tom Luongo</strong> at the <a href="https://odysee.com/@cryptorich:e/talex-AUGUST:1">@CryptoRich podcast</a> to discuss the situation, which turned into a bit of a brainstorming session: given that violent crime and knife stabbings are nothing new in Britain (they've been on the rise for years) and that people's resentment against immigrants isn't new either, it occurred to me to wonder, why is the government turning as radically authoritarian? And why now?</p><p>If the crackdown is being deliberately orchestrated and I believe that it is, then what is the reason for it? Our discussion converged on the idea that Britain might be facing an imminent financial crisis which could accelerate her economic and social collapse. My suspicion was that it might have to do with the fact that Britain got overextended in Ukraine trying to regain the leadership, affluence and the prestige which it has been steadily losing over the recent decades.</p><h2>Britain’s long descent</h2><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20325fac-e46e-44c8-86fc-9a77f84db5e9_818x462.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20325fac-e46e-44c8-86fc-9a77f84db5e9_818x462.png" width="818" height="462" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/20325fac-e46e-44c8-86fc-9a77f84db5e9_818x462.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":462,"width":818,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":600704,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Indeed, Britain's decline has been long in the making. In October 2021 I published an article titled, "<strong><a href="https://isystem-tf.com/2021/10/27/the-fall-of-global-britain-an-investment-hypothesis/">The Fall of Global Britain - an Investment Hypothesis</a></strong>" together with a <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHUv3s5iQ8">video report</a></strong> with the same title. Noting that Great Britain is displaying many of the symptoms of imperial powers in decline, I predicted that it won’t revert to simply minding its own domestic business as a neutral island nation. Here’s what I wrote back then:</p><blockquote><p>"<em>Today the UK could be in the early stages of the same sequence of events </em>[as all other imperial powers in decline]<em>: a severe crisis at home coupled with the dramatic loss of international leverage and a very costly addiction to imperial prestige. The UK will likely make all the mistakes made by other powers in that similar position through history: it will suffocate its domestic economic growth by imposing hard austerity at home while at the same time increasing military spending and foreign adventurism. Britain’s public debt will continue to outpace its GDP growth and the government’s budget deficits will be covered by Bank of England’s monetary inflation. This recipe reliably leads to stagflation and possibly to hyperinflation.</em>"</p></blockquote><p>So far, so good: three years later, it is clear that the UK has continued making all the mistakes made by other decaying empires, particularly in terms of foreign adventurism.</p><p>A sudden deterioration, which developed during the course of this year seems to be related to the Western powers’ impending military defeat in their proxy war against Russia. Britain has been the principal cheerleader and sponsor of that conflict, and she seems to have gone "in over her head.” In addition to providing at least £7.5 billion in military aid (nearly $10 billion), Britain gave another £5 billion ($6.5 billion) to Ukraine in financial support. </p><p>Furthermore, Britain has also guaranteed multiple tranches of World Bank loans to Ukraine and many British financial institutions have purchased billions’ worth of Ukraine's bonds. Others made extensive direct investments there. In the timeline that follows we’ll trace the way Britain’s perfect storm shaped up in Ukraine.</p><h2>Timeline of Ukraine’s slow-motion train wreck</h2><p>It is clear that 2024 wasn’t going to be a good year for Ukraine. Public sentiment across Europe picked up on that, as confirmed in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/barely-10-per-cent-of-europeans-believe-ukraine-can-defeat-russia-poll">a poll of 17,023 respondents in 12 EU nations</a> conducted in January by the European Council of Foreign Relations. It found that only 10% of the EU citizens believed that Ukraine could defeat Russia. A few weeks later things got still more bleak after Russian forces captured the strategically important town of Avdeevka.</p><p>But in addition to the near-certain military defeat, Ukraine was also facing a looming economic and financial collapse. Ukraine’s economic performance was already dismal before the conflict with Russia started in February 2022. But since that time, it has collapsed by another 25%. With tax receipts dwindling, Ukraine's 2024 budget deficit is expected to rise to nearly $44 billion. If Kiev were to service its debt obligations, they would eat up fully 15% of her GDP, the second largest expense item after defense (which stands at 31.3% of the GDP).</p><p>Keeping Ukraine’s government and military in operation has become entirely dependent on her Western backers. But by 2024, that support began to dry up as more and more decision makers started to doubt Ukraine’s prospects. In late March 2024, while the $61 billion US aid package was still stalled in US Congress, the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-receives-15-bln-funding-tranche-under-world-bank-programme-says-pm-2024-03-29/">World Bank approved $1.5 billion</a> in financial support for Ukraine. The draft document on the allocation of these funds underscored the “catastrophic” state of Ukraine’s public finances and acknowledged the “extremely high” risk of cooperating with Ukraine.</p><p>A World Bank official involved with the matter <a href="https://www.rt.com/business/595212-ukraine-bankruptcy-world-bank/">noted that</a> Ukraine was facing bankruptcy. Significantly, he added that, as with previous transactions, the World Bank did not provide its own funds for Kiev, but <em>“once again took advantage”</em> of guarantees from two of Ukraine’s donors, primarily Japan and the UK. Ukraine’s Prime Minister<strong> Denis Shmigal</strong> <a href="https://aboutinsider.com/ukraine-secures-vital-1-5-billion-funding-tranche-from-world-bank/">divulged that</a> out of the $1.5 billion given to Ukraine, $984 million of the sum originated from Japan and $516 million from Britain. But Ukraine is now unable to service her mounting foreign debts.</p><h2>Sunday, May 4, 2024: bondholders pressure Ukraine</h2><p>On May 4, the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/ukraine-debt-payments-russia-war-1c0c301e">Wall Street Journal reported</a> that a group of foreign bondholders, including such behemoths as BlackRock, PIMCO and France’s Amundi put pressure on the government of Ukraine to start repaying some of its debts. Back in July 2022, this group <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-wins-investor-approval-to-pause-payments-on-foreign-debts-11660146243?mod=article_inline">granted Kiev a two year grace period</a> to pause repayments of some $20 billion in bonds they had previously issued. That agreement was due to expire on August 1, 2024.</p><p>According to the media reports, the interest payments on those debts alone would amount to $500 million annually. I’m not sure how they came up with that figure: the bond issues in question are all listed in <a href="https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/PYP2/ukraine-reaches-agreement-with-bondholders/16578910">this document</a> and the average interest rate on these bonds is about 7.54%, suggesting that Ukraine’s annual interest expense was $1.487 billion, nearly triple what media reports suggested.</p><p>And here we’re still talking about only $20 billion out of Ukraine’s total debt of $161.5 billion! Given the catastrophic state of the country’s finances, the repayment of these debts would collapse Ukraine’s government and its economy.</p><h2>Sunday, June 30 2024: one month to avert default</h2><p>The Economist published an article titled, “<a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/30/ukraine-has-a-month-to-avoid-default">Ukraine has a month to avoid default</a>,” or until the end of July 2024. Something had to be done.</p><h2>Friday, 12 July 2024: negotiations with bondholders start</h2><p><a href="https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/PYP2/ukraine-reaches-agreement-with-bondholders/16578910">Private discussions began</a> about restructuring Ukraine’s debts with members of an ad hoc creditor committee. The discussions would conclude on July 19. The government of Ukraine was advised by Rothschild &amp; Co as financial advisors and White &amp; Case LLP as legal advisors (odd how the same names tend to crop up in the works wherever a land is drenched in blood). Ukraine <a href="https://www.rt.com/business/600269-ukraine-debt-restructuring-default/">demanded a 60% debt reduction</a> while creditors thought that 22% was <em>“more reasonable.”</em></p><h2>Thursday, 18 July 2024: Zelensky arrives in London</h2><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc32a12e3-320b-411d-b2ce-378210491aba_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc32a12e3-320b-411d-b2ce-378210491aba_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c32a12e3-320b-411d-b2ce-378210491aba_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":241580,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Zelensky arrived for an official visit to London. First, <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-uk/">upon arrival he met with </a><strong><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-uk/">General Valery Zaluzhny</a></strong>, former Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and recently appointed Ambassador to Britain. Later in the day Zelensky participated at the <a href="https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1813988448354681196">European Political Community summit</a> held at the <a href="https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1813831570203291844">Blenheim Palace</a> in Oxfordshire along with delegates of 44 other countries. Speaking at the event, Zelensky underscored that the UK had been “one step ahead in its determination to support Ukraine” since the Russian invasion began. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ac346fd-dfe9-4aa2-837a-7efb9a7bebb9_900x600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ac346fd-dfe9-4aa2-837a-7efb9a7bebb9_900x600.jpeg" width="900" height="600" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ac346fd-dfe9-4aa2-837a-7efb9a7bebb9_900x600.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":600,"width":900,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Photo of European leaders outside Blenheim Palace.","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="Photo of European leaders outside Blenheim Palace." title="Photo of European leaders outside Blenheim Palace." loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The summit concluded, apparently with the <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/2024-07-18/zelenskyy-to-address-cabinet-in-first-downing-street-visit-under-starmer">participants reaching an agreement</a> to target Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers: some 600 vessels enabling Russia to evade West’s oil sanctions. On the sidelines of the Summit, Zelensky also met with UK’s king <strong>Charles III</strong> and Prime Minister <strong>Starmer</strong>. Allegedly, he also met with the <a href="https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/07/18/zelensky-showed-charles-iii-who-is-the-king-in-britain">representatives of some of Ukraine's financial and corporate backers</a> like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Bridgewater, Blackstone and ArcelorMittal.</p><h2>Friday, 19 July 2024: Zelensky addresses Starmer’s cabinet</h2><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94b3be80-cb6a-4dae-b52f-5b5a86316d69_1333x884.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94b3be80-cb6a-4dae-b52f-5b5a86316d69_1333x884.png" width="1333" height="884" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/94b3be80-cb6a-4dae-b52f-5b5a86316d69_1333x884.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":884,"width":1333,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2156400,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Zelensky paid an official visit to Prime Minister Starmer and on the occasion <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/show-support-uks-starmer-invites-ukraines-zelenskiy-attend-cabinet-2024-07-18/">addressed the meeting of the British cabinet</a> which greeted Zelensky with a standing ovation. This was the first time another head of state has done so since 1997, when <strong>Bill Clinton</strong> addressed <strong>Tony Blair</strong>’s cabinet. In opening the meeting, Keir Starmer said that, “Ukraine is, and always will be, at the heart of this government’s agenda and so it is only fitting that President Zelensky will make a historic address to my cabinet.”</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11104202-8937-4b85-9b7d-ef0632dd413b_1342x750.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11104202-8937-4b85-9b7d-ef0632dd413b_1342x750.png" width="1342" height="750" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/11104202-8937-4b85-9b7d-ef0632dd413b_1342x750.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":750,"width":1342,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1786967,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">If you can’t, if you can’t give us money, OK, OK, just give us credit and we pay you back!</figcaption></figure></div><p>Addressing Zelensky, Starmer said that, “This is a very, very important meeting for us and you’re very welcome here. It is a real pleasure and a privilege to be able to welcome you to Downing Street this morning. This is a real piece of history.” The invitation extended to Zelensky to speak to the British cabinet, Starmer continued, was indicative of “the esteem you’re held in… in this country and around the world.” Incidentally, this same Friday was also the last day of discussions about restructuring Ukraine’s debts, so we can infer that those debts to private bondholders were among the “very, very important” matters discussed by the Starmer cabinet that day.</p><h2>Monday, 22 July 2024: we have a deal!</h2><p>Almost as soon as Zelensky’s visit in London concluded, the Government of Ukraine <a href="https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/PYP2/ukraine-reaches-agreement-with-bondholders/16578910">announced that a deal was reached</a> with its main bondholders to restructure the country’s near-$20 billion worth of bonds, including a 37% reduction of the amounts owed. But this was only "an agreement, in principle," reached with an “ad-hoc creditor committee,” and it wasn’t binding on all the bondholders. </p><p>Instead, it imposed on Ukraine’s government “the Restructuring as soon as practicable,” to be implemented through a “consent solicitation.” In other words, Ukraine was expected to chase after its creditors and beg them to accept the deal, even offering them a 1.25% “consent fee.” Well, things were about to take a sharp turn for the worse…</p><h2>Wednesday, 24 July 2024: Ukraine strikes the Fitch iceberg</h2><p>Only two days after Ukraine announced the deal with their bondholders, <a href="https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-ukraine-to-c-24-07-2024">Fitch downgraded Ukraine’s credit rating from CC to C</a>, reflecting extreme credit risk reserved for countries that "entered default or default-like process." Significantly, Fitch made it explicit that “the publication of sovereign reviews is subject to restrictions and must take place according to a published schedule…”</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b5d35ca-f33c-4b44-a557-50c8d3766c4d_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b5d35ca-f33c-4b44-a557-50c8d3766c4d_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0b5d35ca-f33c-4b44-a557-50c8d3766c4d_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":42738,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Bad day: Ukraine and her sponsors struck the Fitch iceberg</figcaption></figure></div><p>For Ukraine, the next scheduled review date was set for 6 December 2024. However, Fitch determined that there was a “material change in the creditworthiness of the issuer” which would have made it “inappropriate for us to wait…” Thus, Fitch brought forward their credit rating review for Ukraine by nearly six months, either because her financial position suddenly and significantly deteriorated, or because <strong>somewhere, someone who had the power to pull strings, decided to capsize Ukraine</strong> (and the UK and EU along with it).</p><h2>Monday, 29 July 2024: stabbings in Southport</h2><p>The stabbing of three young girls took place in Southport, UK. The event reportedly unleashed widespread rioting and clashes around Britain. End of July was also the time when <a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/06/30/ukraine-has-a-month-to-avoid-default">The Economist predicted</a> Ukraine would face bankruptcy.</p><h2>Wednesday, 31 July 2024: Zelensky ‘temporarily’ suspends debt repayments</h2><p>Zelensky <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-signs-law-allowing-ukraine-debt-payment-suspension-2024-07-31/">signed a law</a> enabling Ukraine to suspend payments of external debts for two months (or longer).</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf5f46b9-2a8f-46f1-8b6d-b97a4d4f317d_1500x845.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf5f46b9-2a8f-46f1-8b6d-b97a4d4f317d_1500x845.png" width="1456" height="820" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/af5f46b9-2a8f-46f1-8b6d-b97a4d4f317d_1500x845.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":820,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":105266,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">July 2024 was a pivotal month which induced the panic, reactions and the fallouts shaping the fall of Ukraine and Britain with it.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Thursday, August 1 2024: debt repayments freeze takes effect</h2><p>Bondholders’ grace period expires; Zelensky’s unilateral debt repayments freeze takes effect.</p><h2>Tuesday, 6 August 2024: Ukraine launches Kursk incursion</h2><p>Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Kursk region of Russia. The plan to attack the Kursk region had been made at least a year earlier, but it was never implemented, most likely because strategically, it made little sense. In fact, Prof. <strong>John Mearsheimer</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlhX30TeGq4">called the attack a fiasco</a>. Here’s a part of his statement:</p><blockquote><p>“I think it was a huge mistake on the part of the Ukrainians to invade Russia. … it's going to speed up their defeat. … It’s a giant killing zone. … the Ukrainians cobbled together a strike force that’s comprised of some of their most formidable fighting forces. That strike force went on the offensive. … you're presenting the other side with a huge number of targets. … the Ukrainians have been losing twice as many armored vehicles on a daily basis than they were in the war before August 6. … I think it [was] a remarkably foolish thing to do. … It's hard to believe that to make the Kursk offensive work, the Ukrainians had to pull forces off the Eastern front where this war is being settled, and where they're in deep trouble. And to pull forces away - it's not only that they didn't send reinforcements to the Eastern front, they pulled forces away from the eastern front. … it's quite clear that the Russians are doing better by the day because Ukrainian resistance is weakening by the day. Because Ukrainians have funneled and are funneling forces away from the Eastern front and into the Kursk region. This, in my opinion, is remarkably foolish…"</p></blockquote><p>Noting that the Russians were taken by surprise at Kursk, the professor thought they were unprepared because “it's such a crazy idea that the Russians didn't think that the Ukrainians would be foolish enough to do it.” </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe01435f2-0da3-4680-9368-a9f645d2ecfd_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe01435f2-0da3-4680-9368-a9f645d2ecfd_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e01435f2-0da3-4680-9368-a9f645d2ecfd_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":291800,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>If Professor Mearsheimer is right, this raises an important question: why did the Armed Forces of Ukraine pull the trigger now, as the country was already on the verge of military defeat and financial default?</p><p>What we do know is that Ukraine launched the incursion only 18 days after Zelensky’s visit in London. Zelensky’s security advisor <strong>Mikhailo Podolyak</strong> admitted that <a href="https://en.news-front.su/2024/08/15/podolyak-said-that-kiev-had-discussed-with-the-us-and-britain-the-invasion-of-kursk-region/">the Kursk invasion was discussed with the British</a>. On August 18, The Sunday Times of London revealed that Britain played the pivotal role in the operation:</p><p>“Unseen by the world, British equipment, including drones, have played a central role in Ukraine’s new offensive and British personnel have been closely advising the Ukrainian military… on a scale matched by no other country.”</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53cee476-8e7c-45b7-9977-939566a58ec2_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53cee476-8e7c-45b7-9977-939566a58ec2_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/53cee476-8e7c-45b7-9977-939566a58ec2_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":45311,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>ZeroHedge commented that the operation was, “<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/more-disclosures-kursk-op-british-plan-british-weapons">A British Plan With British Weapons</a>.” The leadership of Ukraine gave at least three unconvincing explanations for the incursion: (1) to improve Ukraine’s negotiating position vis-à-vis Russia; (2) to divert Russian forces from the Donbass front; and (3) to create a buffer zone inside Russia.</p><p>Neither explanation made much sense, but the move did create a window of opportunity for the West to talk up Ukraine’s great military success which could prove to be a turning point in the war. Wasting no time, on that same Tuesday, 6 August the <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-08-06/eu-governments-give-green-light-to-4-2-billion-euros-payout-to-ukraine">European Council approved 4.2 billion euros in financial support</a> for Ukraine. It would be the first regular payment out of the 50 billion euros financial aid package set aside for Ukraine by the European Union.</p><p>The European Council’s decision to approve the funds was based on the EU Commission's assessment that Ukraine had satisfactorily fulfilled nine reform indicators related to the first regular quarterly payment. These conditions included the government’s public financial management, management of state-owned companies, business environment and energy and mine clearance. </p><p>It was unclear however, whether the European Commission was equally impressed by Ukraine’s credit rating downgrade and the government’s suspension of external debt repayments, but what is important is that <em>somehow</em> the decision was made, and the money was transferred to Ukraine without undue delay.</p><h2>Tuesday, 13 August 2024: Ukraine receives EU funds</h2><p>The European Commission <a href="https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/13/7192016/">transferred €4.2 billion to Ukraine</a> as part of the first tranche of the Ukraine Facility program.</p><h2>Wednesday, 14 August 2024: WHO declares Mpox pandemic</h2><p>In addition to all this, on 14 August, the World Health Organization Director-General declared Mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. We’re all in this together (again) and now further restrictions on public gatherings and freedom of expression might be justified.</p><p>Another two events coincided with Ukraine’s de facto debt default. On 30 July 2024, Israelis assassinated senior Hezbollah commander <strong>Fuad Shukr</strong> and an Iranian military advisor, <strong>Milad Bedi</strong> in Lebanon, along with five Lebanese civilians (including two children). The following day, on 31 July they also assassinated <strong>Ismail Haniyeh</strong>, the political leader of Hamas, in Tehran.</p><p>We can’t be sure whether all these events are related, but they do have this in common: they all had the potential to precipitate worldwide states of emergency either due to escalation of military conflicts or due to a pandemic. And they all took place within days from Ukraine’s default, which has put the western financial system in jeopardy. Further signs of panic in the banking circles came from the mothership itself…</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F391e8d31-94a6-4447-a970-a91445c3ece9_1499x843.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F391e8d31-94a6-4447-a970-a91445c3ece9_1499x843.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/391e8d31-94a6-4447-a970-a91445c3ece9_1499x843.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":819,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":84666,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">And the month ain’t over yet…</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Panic at the Bank of England?</h2><p>On 22 July, the same day when the agreement between the government of Ukraine and the “ad hoc committee” of her private creditors was announced, the Bank of England also <a href="https://www.cmdportal.com/events/the-future-boe-balance-sheet-a-new-system-for-supplying-reserves/">announced</a> a seminar titled "The Future Bank of England Balance Sheet – managing its transition towards a new system for supplying reserves." The seminar took place the same day (a bit of a short notice for most people) and featured a speech by <strong>Victoria Saporta</strong>, Executive Director of the bank’s Markets Directorate. In the announcement, the BOE explained that its “balance sheet plays a key role in helping [the bank] achieve its financial stability and monetary policy objectives.”</p><p>Saporta’s speech, titled “Let’s Get Ready to Repo!” laid out the Bank’s latest thinking on the future of its balance sheet which would transition towards a <em>demand-driven system for supplying reserves</em>. Saporta suggested that the bank would need to accept a “broader range of assets” as collateral to make the system “usable for the widest range of firm business models.” She added that, “The single punchline is that both we, the Bank and you, the market, need to prepare ourselves for increased usage of both our short term and long term repo operations. Or in short, let’s get ready to repo!”</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faeb8f2ac-6295-4735-94f5-9b74cae3b626_1565x815.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faeb8f2ac-6295-4735-94f5-9b74cae3b626_1565x815.png" width="1456" height="758" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aeb8f2ac-6295-4735-94f5-9b74cae3b626_1565x815.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":758,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1467100,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Seriously, where do they find these people?!</figcaption></figure></div><p>Here’s how Bloomberg’s macro strategist <strong>Simon White</strong> put it: in a <em>demand-led</em> system, “<em>what banks use to settle balances each day *must* be ‘shiftable’ on to the central bank’s balance sheet in a crisis. If they are not, liquidity is at risk of seizing up altogether. </em>Thus, in a crisis, potentially no asset under this scheme will be turned away.” That could include even Ukraine’s bonds.</p><p>What is clear from this and from the BOE’s language is that the bank is now anxious about Britain’s financial system collapsing and it has resolved to avert the collapse in the worst possible way: by loosening its credit standards and accepting junk quality collateral in exchange for cash. This is the clearest possible sign that the system came to the verge of collapsing. Not so long ago, we had a glimpse of just how fragile Britain’s financial system is. </p><h2>Kwarteng’s “mini budget” was a foreshadowing</h2><p>On Friday, 23 September 2022, shortly after the new cabinet led by Prime Minister <strong>Liz Truss</strong> took over, her Chancellor of the Exchequer, <strong>Kwasi Kwarteng</strong> presented his "mini-budget." The markets did not react well and both the British pound and the price of gilts sold off sharply (gilts are British government bonds). This in turn caused thousands of British pension funds to face margin calls. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68605c0c-5f49-431f-b6e6-7ed48bd9f515_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68605c0c-5f49-431f-b6e6-7ed48bd9f515_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/68605c0c-5f49-431f-b6e6-7ed48bd9f515_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":363664,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">The red and black labels on their vests read, “Proud to be safe,” I shit you not!</figcaption></figure></div><p>To come up with cash for those margin calls, the pension funds needed to urgently liquidate some of their gilt holdings. However, by Tuesday, 27 September, there were no buyers for long-dated gilts. To avert a price collapse, the Bank of England had to intervene. As the bank subsequently informed the Parliament in a letter dated 5 October, on September 27 and 28, the system had "come within hours" of collapsing. The bank came through as the buyer of up to £40 billion in gilts.</p><p>What’s peculiar about the British financial system is that the taxpayers are obliged to reimburse the Bank of England for any losses it sustains on its balance sheet assets. If the price of gilts on the bank’s balance sheet collapses, British taxpayers must cover those losses and make the bank whole. So, what kind of money are we talking about? As the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ee8e33ee-e16e-459b-af32-5709db6874de">the FT reported last July</a>, the BOE has estimated it will require the Treasury to transfer a total of £150 billion by 2033 to cover expected losses on the central bank’s quantitative easing program.</p><h2>Stand and deliver!</h2><p>So how much is £150 billion? Provided that things haven’t deteriorated since July 2023 (they have), we’re talking £2,240 per man, woman and child in Britain. Stand and deliver: that’s the ransom that the BOE is claiming from them! But given that the British workforce is only about half the population, and that private enterprise accounts for less than 55% of the British GDP, this sum represents nearly £10,000 per employee working in the private sector. </p><p>In all, the situation is impossible and all the cabinet reshuffles and cosmetic patches changed nothing of substance in the UK; they amounted to a sort of rearranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic as the ship is already sinking. So where is all this headed? Let’s have a peak at the economic and social conditions in the UK to consider the possible outcomes of the crisis.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><h2>The dying economy</h2><p> In addition to making heavy direct investment in the “project Ukraine,” Britain has sustained high indirect costs as a consequence of sanctions imposed on Russia. Today, large segments of British society are slumping into Dickensian era poverty.</p><p>According to last year’s figures from <a href="https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/#factsheets">Trussell Trust</a>, the number of people in the UK who needed emergency food supplies from food banks more than <a href="https://www.trusselltrust.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/EYS-UK-Factsheet-2022-23.pdf">doubled in the last five years, to 3 million</a>. One in five households have trouble paying their water bills, and many more are struggling to keep up with their energy bills. Electricity bills in the UK are over five times higher than the European average and will substantially increase this winter again, as the suppliers’ <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy54r9r1355o">wholesale costs increased by 20%</a> over the last few months! It’s little wonder that as many as <a href="https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/one-in-four-people-could-be-forced-to-turn-off-their-heating-and-hot-water/">48% of Britons said</a> that they would have to turn down the heat, or switch it off completely to survive the winter financially.</p><p>In February this year, The Guardian published an article titled, "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/08/gordon-brown-slams-obscene-levels-of-destitution-in-the-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw">Gordon Brown slams 'obscene' levels of destitution in the UK</a>." Its opening paragraph states that, "Britain is in the throes of a hidden poverty epidemic, with the worst-affected households living in squalor and going without food, heating and everyday basics such as clean clothes and toothpaste..." The Guardian also published a column written by Brown himself titled, "<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/08/child-poverty-britain-anger-gordon-brown">Tables without food, bedrooms without beds. Grinding child poverty in Britain calls for anger - and a plan</a>."</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b6c3a35-b304-4c7e-9556-e3a3a96785b9_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b6c3a35-b304-4c7e-9556-e3a3a96785b9_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2b6c3a35-b304-4c7e-9556-e3a3a96785b9_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":419990,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Brown lamented that in some neighbourhoods of his own home town of Kirkcaldy, 70% of children were in poverty which is the worst he had seen in his lifetime. He described Britain as being "haunted by poverty we thought had been consigned to history." Indeed, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/02/energy-profits-british-gas-prepayment-meters-scandal">as The Guardian put it</a> last year: </p><blockquote><p>“Everything points… to a horrific cliff-edge looming… and an avalanche of debts, defaults, evictions and unpaid bills to follow. ... Put simply, frighteningly large numbers of people just don’t have enough money to absorb the shocks that are coming. Wages are too low, benefits too mean, and the cost of living too high for them to afford even the basics. ... The CEO of one British retailer complained that his stores were losing customers to food banks or simply “to hunger.”</p></blockquote><h2>The parasite is killing the host</h2><p>When businesses are losing sales to poverty, rather than competition, we know that the parasite is killing the host. The parasite, of course, is the banking cartel and it doesn’t care about the plight of the ordinary British people. In an interview last year, Bank of England's top economist, <strong>Huw Pill</strong>, thought that <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/uk-inflation-unexpectedly-comes-red-hot-remains-double-digits">the best advice he could offer to his fellow Britons</a> was to just accept being worse off. </p><p>He literally said that, "Somehow in the UK, someone needs to accept that they're worse off and stop trying to maintain their real spending power by bidding up prices..." Parroting the same mindset, the Bank's Governor, <strong>Andrew Bailey</strong> admonished British workers not to demand pay raises in order to do their part in the fight against inflation.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf9f7427-0cf8-41f3-8265-1adc26e08aa5_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faf9f7427-0cf8-41f3-8265-1adc26e08aa5_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/af9f7427-0cf8-41f3-8265-1adc26e08aa5_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":83037,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>None of this is accidental; it’s not like Britain has been cursed with the bad luck of having consistently incapable or uncaring governments. Rather, the policy of immiserating the British people has been sustained and deliberate. According to a report written in 2018 by Prof.<strong> Phillip Alston, </strong>UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, a "systematic, willful, concerted, and brutal economic war" was being waged against the poor and vulnerable sections of British society. Since then, things have only gotten a whole lot worse: for British families, “2024 was shaping up to be, financially, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/08/gordon-brown-slams-obscene-levels-of-destitution-in-the-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw">the worst year in living memory</a>.”</p><p>Now, if these policies were deliberate, then what is their objective? Well, Gordon Brown did spell it out in his February op-ed: he called on the chancellor <strong>Jeremy Hunt</strong> (who had then replaced Kwarteng) to "undertake a root-and-branch review of universal credit." But the “universal credit” Brown was mentioning is merely the lure. The actual bill of goods that Brown was selling as he feigned outrage over poverty he himself helped create, was forcing a neo-feudal subjugation on British citizens by making them dependent on the nanny state for handouts. </p><p>This is why his partner in crime, <strong>Tony Blair</strong> has been pushing so hard to introduce a digital ID in the UK. It will be needed to police British people’s obedience and compliance with whatever rules, norms or restrictions that the ruling establishment might demand. It could be vaccinations, confinement to 15-minute cities, carbon quotas, death panels, insect protein fodder, love for the big brother, military conscription, forever wars, etc. Now that their ship has sunk in Ukraine (and in the Middle East), they need these measures in place, yesterday!</p><p>This is not progress toward greater prosperity and freedom but rather a future that George Orwell described as, “a boot stamping on the human face, forever.” Britain’s not so excellent misadventure in Ukraine tore the last shiny fragment from her democratic façade, revealing her feudalistic, authoritarian rule by an unelected, unaccountable and depraved oligarchy. </p><p>History suggests that such regimes ossify and have a certain tendency to drag their host nations into dark ages where they may remain mired in backwardness for generations. It remains to be seen whether the British people will find the strength and determination to fight back and win a better future for the coming generations.</p><p>I sincerely hope that they will fight back. The same fight is gathering for all of us in the Western world. In my next report I’ll address the changes that will likely impact the financial markets in Britain and her dependencies like Australia and Canada. As the empire unravels – good riddance – it will create opportunities for major windfalls, possibly one of those rare occasions worth paying attention to. In concluding, I’ll only foreshadow what I believe is possible by presenting the chart of the German Imperial Bond at the turn of the 19<sup>th</sup> century.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8c9d234-3be0-4a9c-9cca-24dc1165b0aa_581x329.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa8c9d234-3be0-4a9c-9cca-24dc1165b0aa_581x329.png" width="581" height="329" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a8c9d234-3be0-4a9c-9cca-24dc1165b0aa_581x329.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":329,"width":581,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":114225,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Current British circumstances are in many ways similar to those faced by the Weimar republic a century ago, suggesting that it might travel along a similar trajectory to a similar end.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/the-coming-collapse-of-britain?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading! 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<p>Big news! My new online course, <a href="https://scottjehl.com/learn/webcomponentsdemystified/">Web Components Demystified</a> has launched and is open for enrollment!</p>
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Miser sur l’esprit entrepreneurial du Canada pour éliminer le dioxyde de carbone présent dans l’atmosphère : sénateur Deacon

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/595f7a137abec2ccab08691bfdc083c3.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Coffee and a Mike: Eva Bartlett"></p>Michael Farris had me on his podcast recently for a conversation spanning many topics.<br><br>First published: https://rumble.com/v5cs0e5-coffee-and-a-mike-eva-bartlett-blissfully-unaware.html<br><br>Please visit his rumble to see where to follow him &amp; how to support his work.<br><br><br>My Related Links at this post: <br><br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2024/08/30/interview-on-coffee-and-a-mike/

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/FRTw599mFXY" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="UpThinking Finance : Emerson J. Fersch &amp; Cynthia Chung | Energy Wars"></p>We’re being told that there isn’t enough energy to go around, and that we have to focus on green initiatives. But is that true? Dive deeper with us in this episode of UPThinking Finance™.<br><br>**********************************************<br>You can find Emerson J. Fersch’s work on:<br>YouTube: https://themelkshow.com<br>Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1727191<br><br>**********************************************<br>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Cynthia &amp; Matt's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch the Docu-series “Escaping Calypso’s Island” here:<br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/escaping-calypsos-island/<br><br>Watch the Docu-series “The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs” here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRTw599mFXY

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title: The History of Web Performance
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(2019) Accused of Treason and Imprisoned Without Trial: Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky Recounts His Harrowing Time in a Ukrainian Prison

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/70bf607dcd5e6a4e03adbe22ea5cf04a.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="(2019) Accused of Treason and Imprisoned Without Trial: Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky Recounts His Harrowing Time in a Ukrainian Prison"></p>October 2019:<br><br>In November 2018, I became aware of the case of Kirill Vyshinsky, a Ukrainian-Russian journalist and editor imprisoned in Ukraine without trial since May 2018, accused of high treason. <br><br>Soon after, I interviewed Vyshinsky via email. He described his arrest and the accusations against him as politically-motivated, “an attempt by the Ukrainian authorities to bolster the declining popularity of [then] President [Petro] Poroshenko in this election year.” <br><br>Vyshinsky noted that his arrest was advancing the incessant anti-Russian hysteria now prevalent among Ukrainian authorities, as he holds dual Ukrainian and Russian citizenship. He noted that the charges against him, which pertain to a number of articles he published in 2014 (none of them authored by Vyshinsky), became of interest to Ukrainian authorities and intelligence services four years after they were published. To Vyshinsky, this supports the notion that neither the articles nor their editor were a security threat to Ukraine, instead, he says, they were a political card to be played. <br><br>In early 2019, I traveled to Kiev to interview Vyshinsky’s defense lawyer Andriy Domansky about the logistic obstacles of his client’s case. Domansky viewed the Vyshinsky case as politically motivated and expressed concern that he could himself become a target of Ukraine’s secret service for his role in defending his client, an innocent man. <br><br>Domansky told me at the time,<br><br>The Vyshinsky case is key in demonstrating the presence of political persecution of journalists in Ukraine. As a legal expert, I believe justice is still possible in Ukraine and I will do everything possible to prove Kirill Vyshinsky’s innocence.”<br><br>To the surprise of those following the case against Vyshinsky, in late August 2019 he was released with little fanfare after serving more than 400 days in a Ukrainian prison but still faces all of the charges brought against him by the Ukrainian government and is “obliged to appear in court or give testimony to investigators if they deemed it necessary.” <br><br>By early September, Kirill Vyshinsky was on a plane to Moscow. Despite never being tried or officially convicted, he found himself the subject of a prisoner exchange between the Russian and Ukrainian governments.<br><br>I interviewed Vyshinsky in Moscow in late September. He told me about his harrowing ordeal, the Ukrainian detention system, other persecuted journalists, and what lies ahead for him.<br><br>He also touched on the inhumane conditions he experienced in Ukrainian prisons. He noted that a pretrial detention center as we know it in Western nations is a very different entity in Ukraine and that Ukrainian prisons were so over-crowded that it was common for inmates to sleep in three shifts in order to allow enough standing room for inmates crammed into a cell.<br><br> ...SEE FULL description here: <br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/accused-of-treason-and-imprisoned-without-trial-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-recounts-his-harrowing-time-in-a-ukrainian-prison/

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<p>Nothing says "our values" like reducing deficits by killing pensioners. Britain's new Prime Minister <strong>Sir Keir Starmer</strong> has recently announced his government's plan to cut winter fuel subsidies to 10 million pensioners in Britain. It's a tough decision, it will be unpopular and it'll hurt, but it just must be done. Namely, Sir Keir and his cabinet discovered, to their utter shock and consternation, that there was a £22 billion "black hole" in Britain's public finances! This is an emergency that must be rectified even if it causes some discomfort to a few pensioners.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f405765-23df-46d9-bd91-b95111b39aab_1638x921.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f405765-23df-46d9-bd91-b95111b39aab_1638x921.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8f405765-23df-46d9-bd91-b95111b39aab_1638x921.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":819,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2432696,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>How much discomfort, and to how many pensioners? Back in 2017, when Tory Prime Minister <strong>Theresa May</strong> floated a similar proposal and Labour was in opposition, their own research determined that cutting winter fuel allowances would kill an estimated <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1946329/Labour-pensioners-dead-winter-fuel-thousands">3,850 pensioners that winter</a>. And that was five years ago - practically the good old days, before the "<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9491/">typical household energy bills increased by 54% in April 2022 and 27% in October 2022</a>."</p><h2>Selective discernment and sizing of black holes</h2><p>Saving money by killing people may seem wrong, and Sir Keir himself had no trouble understanding this before he was Prime Minister: as recently as May of this year, he righteously lambasted the then PM <strong>Rishi Sunak</strong> about black holes and killing pensioners. He boldly confronted his predecessor: "So will [the Prime Minister] now rule out taking pensioners' winter fuel payments off them to help fund his £46 billion black hole?" </p><p>Yes, you read that correctly: Sir Keir already knew about the black hole and said it was £46 billion, not £22 billion. Well, let's not be too fastidious about these details: the black hole is there and it's size 22 or 46 or some other number, whatever. Who knows, maybe science had changed since May 2024. Whatever the case, Labour is now in government and, confronted with the 22B-size black hole, they no longer see what the big fuss with killing pensioners is all about.  And it’s not exactly like this is a new thing - here’s a Daily Mail headline from 12 years ago:</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ef19c05-2416-44ec-9b02-495553610ae5_919x487.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ef19c05-2416-44ec-9b02-495553610ae5_919x487.png" width="919" height="487" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ef19c05-2416-44ec-9b02-495553610ae5_919x487.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":487,"width":919,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":92851,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Losing power, regaining the moral compass </h2><p>Meanwhile the Tories, now that they're in opposition, suddenly regained their moral compass: on Sunday, 8 September Tory chairman <strong>Richard Fuller </strong>said that, "this week's vote on the Conservatives motion is a vote to protect millions of vulnerable pensioners. No MP from any party should run scared from stopping Labour's cruel plans... It's time for all Members of Parliament to put aside party politics and do the right thing." </p><p>Again, to avoid any confusion, by "the right thing" he meant continuing to pay out the pensioners' heating subsidies, not plugging the black hole with their corpses. Even the Tory establishment aristocrat <strong>Jacob Rees-Mogg</strong> rushed to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0mVh6CYJm4">seize moral high ground and pile in on Starmer</a>. Apparently, discerning right from wrong is only given to those who are in opposition, then cruelly taken away as soon as they're in power. This is such a wonderful, top-grade democracy, it must be exported everywhere around the world and by force if necessary, especially to dark tyrannical autocracies like Russia. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F949fd149-fe23-42f3-b6a2-d17aa907412f_1092x607.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F949fd149-fe23-42f3-b6a2-d17aa907412f_1092x607.png" width="1092" height="607" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/949fd149-fe23-42f3-b6a2-d17aa907412f_1092x607.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":607,"width":1092,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1331884,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Meanwhile, folks are cozy in Russia</h2><p>In spite of not enjoying our sterling liberal democracy, it would appear that ordinary Russians don’t fear winter, black holes or utility bills. </p><p>Just yesterday, Irish businessman <strong>Chay Bowes</strong> who now lives in Russia <a href="https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1833123151833616856?t=IVefxdyhb55Tvz3XOkrLrQ&amp;s=03">shared his own utility bill on X</a> and wrote as follows: "Dear Europeans. I've just paid my annual energy bill here in Moscow Russia. It covers all electricity, heating (on all through winter automatically from the city), and Water (hot and cold) and rubbish disposal. It cost me €146 for everything for the entire year." </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a2d1b62-0c84-48c3-bf5f-c875fcf3fe05_888x650.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a2d1b62-0c84-48c3-bf5f-c875fcf3fe05_888x650.png" width="888" height="650" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7a2d1b62-0c84-48c3-bf5f-c875fcf3fe05_888x650.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":650,"width":888,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":600286,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>How does that compare with the democratical UK? In Britain, the average energy bill is a bit higher: it’s <a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/articles/property-news/average-uk-energy-bills-how-to-save-money/">it amounts to £176</a>, or in euros, it’s 209. But that’s <strong>per month</strong>, which works out to just over €2,500 per year - a whopping 17 times what Mr. Bowes pays in Moscow! Given that the average monthly retirement income in the UK is <a href="https://www.unbiased.co.uk/discover/pensions-retirement/planning-for-retirement/what-is-the-average-uk-retirement-income">only about £1,512</a>, these are very high rates, forcing many pensioners to choose between heating and eating.</p><p>The Russians do seem significantly more comfortable and less anxious about having such basic things as hot water, electricity and heating available to them. They are even free to use wood-burning stoves if they prefer - it’s a luxury that could result in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11700317/Woodburning-stove-leave-300-penalty-criminal-record-new-regulations.html">a £300 penalty or a criminal record</a> in democratic Britain.  </p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><h2>Russia’s social welfare state</h2><p>Enjoying certain comforts in Russia is not a fortuitous accident of chance: in its constitution, Russia is explicitly defined as a social welfare state. Welfare of its citizens is the government's core responsibility. In my book "<a href="https://www.redpillpress.com/shop/grand-deception-pdf/">Grand Deception</a>," I highlighted two well known examples of the way this works in reality. Here's one:</p><blockquote><p>During [<strong>Vladimir Putin</strong>'s] first winter as President [in 2000], entire towns and villages across the far east of the country counting as many as 400,000 inhabitants, lost heating for the lack of coal. A serious crisis emerged with mines shutting down, workers out in the streets and even hospitals ceasing to function because of the cold. But the coal for heating was available in Russia, only most of it was already allotted for export. Vladimir Putin didn’t think that Russian people should suffer freezing conditions all winter in order for that coal to be exchanged for American dollars. He decreed that export of coal be stopped immediately and that all available quantities be sent back to Siberia to fuel the boiler stations. ... in Putin’s world, well-being of the people takes precedence over financial profits of the investor class. This concept may seem exotic and alien to Westerners who for a generation had been brainwashed with neoliberal economics where profits trump any and every other concern, including health and well-being of the people. Nonetheless, I believe that beyond the brainwash, every normal person – even western-educated economists – would agree that in a crisis, the decent thing to do would be to take care of the people and let the oligarchs cope with one quarter or a year of impaired profitability of their enterprises.</p></blockquote><p>Unfortunately however, in western liberal democracies, this ability to discern right from wrong depends on being in opposition or, for most public officials, being in retirement. While in power, Western officials seem to lose this faculty. </p><h2>About economic theories and neoliberal ideology</h2><p>Thankfully however, we always have ideology and economic theories to fall back on. They provide a compelling case for why ours is the best economic system in history of creation, why ensuring people's welfare is socialism and therefore bad and evil, and why unscrupulous selfishness by the individual magically yields the best possible outcome for the collective. For decades now, we’d been sold the bill of goods that privatized, for profit, deregulated enterprise automagically result in the most reliable service, enhance consumer choice and lower the costs, and so utilities, trash disposal, postal services, roads, railroads, ports and most other infrastructure has been sold to private investors and turned into for profit enterprises. So far as utilities are concerned, the result is that in the UK, the mothership of neoliberal economics, people pay some of the most extortionate utility bills in the world.</p><p>Well, so far as our ruling establishment is concerned, the solution is that we first need to regime change Russia and get rid of the evil Mr. Putin. He is ruining our neat theories and the ideology they support. Once we can force our neoliberal order along with democracy and freedom onto Russia, everything else will fall neatly into place. It is therefore just and right for the British establishment to call on their nation to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/14/uk-must-be-ready-for-war-with-russia-says-armed-forces-chief">prepare to go to war against Russia</a>, no matter the cost in black holes, freezing pensioners, or any other such undignified trifle. For king and the country, by jingo!</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/our-values-killing-pensioners-to?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thank you for reading! 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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/00041b1ef719473b808175f9c07d3421.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Maria Butina, Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee member, discusses her politicized incarceration in the United States and describes the horrific conditions in US prisons"></p>Maria Butina was a student of foreign affairs at the School of International Services (Washington, D.C.) in 2018 when she was convicted as acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and was imprisoned for 18 months—including 4 torturous months in solitary confinement.<br><br>In this conversation, Maria describes her incarceration and the harsh, inhumane and filthy conditions she experienced in various US prisons. She was subjected to psychological torture via sleep deprivation and prolonged isolation.<br><br>She now advocates for people facing political persecution. <br><br>“Now I help people who want to come to Russia, looking for asylum here, they fear their own state.”<br><br><br>Excerpts from her memoir, Prison diary, can be read here:  <br>https://www.rt.com/russia/507910-maria-butina-prison-book-journal/<br><br><br>[Regarding my reference to the likewise horrible conditions journalist and editor Kirill Vyshinsky endured, imprisoned without trial for nearly 1.5 years in Ukraine, see my 2019 interview with Kirill.]<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/accused-of-treason-and-imprisoned-without-trial-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-recounts-his-harrowing-time-in-a-ukrainian-prison/

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/25b931ac0b43fef932c14e77c8dd4608.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Ukrainian drone terrorism in my southeastern Moscow district"></p>Starting early Tuesday, September 10, Russian air defense shot down 144 Ukrainian drones in 9 regions, including 72 drones above Bryansk Region and 20 above Moscow Region, according to the Ministry of Defence. <br><br>Three drones managed to hit three different apartment buildings in the Ramenskoe district, one impact tragically killing a 46 year old woman and injuring at least three other civilians. These were completely civilian, residential, areas. Ukraine sending drones to strike there was pure terrorism. <br><br>Just over one week prior, on September 1, Russian air defense shot down or intercepted 158 drones, some of those again in the Ramenskoe region.<br><br>From my nearby district just after 2:15am Tuesday, I heard the first air defense blasts targeting drones, followed by several more until daylight. <br><br>On Wednesday, I went to the area within Ramenskoe district where the drones impacted. Irina Medvedeva, a friend's sister, was in an apartment next to one of the buildings struck. She witnessed the first explosion which killed Zinaida Akhmetovna.<br><br>While there, we met a man who had come from Kursk (which Ukraine started attacking last month) for a week of quiet. He said he would go back to Kursk, in spite of Ukraine's continued (failed) attacks on the city, spoke of how the people there support their army and said Russia would defeat the Ukrainian terrorism.<br><br>Related links here: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/20594

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title: How Saudi Arabia Broke Free of the Empire
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/QI6uowqDxQQ" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="How Saudi Arabia Broke Free of the Empire"></p>On Sunday Sept 15 The Rising Tide Foundation hosted Gordon McCormick who unpacked some extremely important historic lessons of British Imperial manipulation of Southwest Asia and the battle of the two Saudi Arabias.<br><br>Follow Gordon's work on Badlands.substack.com<br>and https://x.com/GhostofBPH<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI6uowqDxQQ

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/Rb2Ri29td88" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Schiller Workshop: Of the Sublime (Reading 01)"></p>The RTF weekly study group dives into the second Schiller philosophical study in the 1794 'Of the Sublime'<br><br>Download the original text here: https://risingtidefoundation.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Philosphical-and-Aesthetical-Writings-of-Friedrich-Schiller.docx<br><br>The previous Schiller reading session can be viewed here:<br>https://youtu.be/Fd6_sxBMP-M?si=sxprQ7jeOQ3Axu7P<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb2Ri29td88

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title: Tarik Cyril Amar on Palestine, Zionism, and Ukraine's failed tactics
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/9b0d0553cb5fc9413ea4d7e58c8b4856.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Tarik Cyril Amar on Palestine, Zionism, and Ukraine's failed tactics"></p>Tarik is an author, a historian and an expert on international politics. He has a BA in Modern History from Oxford University, an MSc in International History from the LSE, and a PhD in History from Princeton University.<br><br>Follow him at:<br><br>https://substack.com/@tarikcyrilamar<br>https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com/p/the-icc-israel-and-the-gaza-genocide<br>https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/ <br>https://x.com/TarikCyrilAmar<br>

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guid: https://odysee.com/JacquesBaudNATOThreatenedRussia:507d646aac8546eea7d79389636e7466da5256af
title: JACQUES BAUD: NATO ATTEMPTED TO DESTABILIZE &amp; THREATEN RUSSIA DECADES BEFORE 2022
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/7897330d6cb535bfe20547dfa6718320.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="JACQUES BAUD: NATO ATTEMPTED TO DESTABILIZE &amp; THREATEN RUSSIA DECADES BEFORE 2022"></p>This is a must-listen interview for those who think Russia “invaded Ukraine without reason”, and those who believe the West’s propaganda about Russia “failing” in its objectives, and many other lies put out by Washington and parroted by Western corporate media.<br><br>Former Swiss intelligence, Jacques Baud, on the Ukraine-NATO history that forced Russia to start its Special Military Operation in February 2022.<br><br>He is the author of numerous books, including: “The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat”and “Operation Z: The Hidden Truth of the War in Ukraine Revealed”.

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title: The AI LIE
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title: The Truth behind the LTT Linux Challenge
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guid: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/was-there-a-palace-coup-at-the-white
title: Was there a palace coup at the White House?
author: ;Alex Krainer
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<p>Did we just have a palace coup in Washington?</p><p>The events have taken a very strange turn in Washington DC this month. Britain's new cabinet has made it a priority to escalate the West's proxy war against Russia and to bring the U.S. and other allies onboard by hook or by crook. Part of the agenda was enabling the Ukrainians to strike at Russia with western supplied long-range precision missiles. This wouldn't be a new thing exactly, but the escalation they are gunning for is quite substantial, involving possibly even nuclear weapons.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46fa5015-eae6-4a08-86ac-816191c9a149_1742x985.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46fa5015-eae6-4a08-86ac-816191c9a149_1742x985.png" width="1456" height="823" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/46fa5015-eae6-4a08-86ac-816191c9a149_1742x985.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":823,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":739177,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The groundwork for this escalation was being prepared for months. In March this year, the Biden administration approved a new "Nuclear Employment Guidance" in preparation to fight and "win" a three-front nuclear war against Russia, China and North Korea. They followed up with plans to deploy long-range nuclear missiles in Germany and Holland. The preparations were being coordinated between the Neocons in the Biden administration, led by the Secretary of State <strong>Antony Blinken</strong>, NATO and the members of British cabinets, both under Prime Minister <strong>Rishi Sunak</strong> and under the new PM <strong>Keir Starmer</strong>.</p><h2>Starmer’s diplomatic charm offensive</h2><p>Since its inauguration on July 5, 2024, the new Labour government in Britain immediately engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity and meetings with many government leaders across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, much of it a charm offensive to “reset” the previously strained or neglected relationships. Within the cabinet’s first ten days, their Defence Minister <strong>John Healey</strong> visited Ukraine, Foreign Minister Lammy called his Ukrainian and American counterparts on his first day on the job, then on July 6 flew straight to Germany to meet with the German FM <strong>Annalena Baerbock</strong>, then to Poland the next day to meet with FM <strong>Radek Sikorski</strong>, and after that, straight to Sweden to meet then FM <strong>Tobias Billstrom</strong>.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64713010-22d3-4263-8cc2-729cdefc03db_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64713010-22d3-4263-8cc2-729cdefc03db_1080x1350.png" width="1080" height="1350" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/64713010-22d3-4263-8cc2-729cdefc03db_1080x1350.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1350,"width":1080,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2504178,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>On July 9, his fifth day on the job, Keir Starmer flew to Washington for the NATO summit and a meeting with president Biden. On July 16, Starmer’s government published the new “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-strategic-defence-review">Strategic Defense Review</a>” – a “root and branch” revision of UK’s defence, so that it is “secure at home and strong abroad for decades to come.” Of course, all these ambitious initiatives ultimately depend on the <em>special relationship </em>itself. Without it, Britain would be punching way, way above its weight.</p><h2>Trump-proofing the “special relationship”</h2><p>In terms of military power, the UK is pretty much a lightweight with a handicap, so securing the American protection was top priority. Accordingly, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US%E2%80%93UK_Mutual_Defence_Agreement">Mutual Defense Agreement</a> (MDA) between the U.S. and Great Britain needed an urgent upgrade. The agreement was last renewed in 2014 and was set to expire on 31 December 2024. The new major upgrade was <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukusa-amendment-to-the-agreement-for-cooperation-on-the-uses-of-atomic-energy-for-mutual-defense-purposes-cs-usa-no12024">formulated by the British government in July of this year</a>: it would make the MDA indefinite, turning it into a de-facto treaty. The idea was to Trump-proof the Agreement in case the DNC fails to steal the presidential elections again this November. The treaty also joins the two nations’ nuclear programs.</p><p>Indeed, the nuclear saber-rattling does seem to emanate largely from out of London. For example, <strong>Malcolm Chalmers</strong>, the deputy director of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Britain's oldest and most prestigious think-tank, proposed already in 2022 that the West should resort to nuclear brinkmanship in order to destabilize Russia. It was this same Malcolm Chalmers who was jubilant about the new Mutual Defense Agreement, seeing it as a diplomatic win for the UK: "It is good news for the UK that it doesn't need to worry about a future US administration using a future renewal [of the MDA] as leverage." How clever! Now we can stir the pot around the world and if things get ugly, the Americans have to come to our rescue. This is a good position from which to manipulate the U.S. into fighting Britain’s wars of choice.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11ccd2cc-ffea-40da-9475-c548299fc6c8_390x521.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11ccd2cc-ffea-40da-9475-c548299fc6c8_390x521.png" width="390" height="521" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/11ccd2cc-ffea-40da-9475-c548299fc6c8_390x521.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":521,"width":390,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":267843,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This episode once more reinforces the impression that the "special relationship" between the US and the UK is a Master-Blaster arrangement (for those old enough to remember Master-Blaster from the movie Mad Max 3). In this arrangement, Blaster is the powerful, muscular giant who is manipulated around by his Master, a vicious old dwarf riding on the giant's back. Once you start to pay attention to this dynamic, you’ll find more and more evidence that the drive and the ideas shaping the west's permanent wars, especially against Russia, originate from London.</p><h2>Parading the alliance</h2><p>All the diplomatic activity under the Starmer government also involved much public parading of the “special relationship” with the view of projecting the image of a powerful, rock-solid alliance that remains 100% committed to defending the international “rules-based order” and intimidating any uppity newcomer who would dare to challenge it. On 7 September we saw, for the first time ever, <strong>Sir Richard Moore,</strong> the head of Britain’s MI6, and <strong>William Burns</strong> the CIA chief, appear together and on stage!</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F696a0750-057a-4437-89f2-d46359872bef_1350x762.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F696a0750-057a-4437-89f2-d46359872bef_1350x762.png" width="1350" height="762" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/696a0750-057a-4437-89f2-d46359872bef_1350x762.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":762,"width":1350,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1320524,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">The body language is interesting: CIA’s Burns’s body is turned away, legs crossed and arms folded, looking at Moore over his shoulder. Sir Richard’s open, facing Burns and the audience directly.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>For anyone who missed the occasion, the talented Mr. Moore published <a href="https://x.com/ChiefMI6/status/1832414346229785075">a tweet about it</a>, linking to the video recording of the event. Two days later, the pair published <a href="https://t.co/zN2JpVFW2i">an OpEd in the Financial Times</a>, waxing eloquent about the threats to the rules based order and how to defend it. Most importantly, they expressed their iron-clad commitment to defending Ukraine for as long as it takes.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32c037fa-4469-4f5d-9c75-d2721a63f5f8_1319x1106.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F32c037fa-4469-4f5d-9c75-d2721a63f5f8_1319x1106.png" width="1319" height="1106" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32c037fa-4469-4f5d-9c75-d2721a63f5f8_1319x1106.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1106,"width":1319,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2071940,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The following day, on 10 September, US State Secretary <strong>Antony Blinken</strong> came to London to <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1833469773218230486">meet with his British counterpart</a> <strong>David Lammy</strong> and the day after they both went to <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1834189981864132811">visit Kiev together</a>. On the occasion, Blinken and Lammy almost certainly finalized the plan to commit both nations to aiding Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with western-supplied long range precision missiles. Only two days later, the Prime Minister Starmer flew to Washington again to meet with President Biden, ostensibly to “discuss” the events in Ukraine among other things.</p><h2>Something went wrong in Washington</h2><p>Now, the Prime Minister wouldn't normally travel and meet with his U.S. counterpart just to "discuss" things. Their meeting would take place only at the point when the agreement could be signed and announced in a joint press conference: a public showing of their unity, shared objectives and determination. In fact, according to British government sources, the decisions had already been made, and Sir Keir brought all the paperwork with him. However, the signing ceremony never took place and neither did the joint press conference. Something went wrong.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bdaac7c-26cc-4b6b-95e5-a42268e96477_3426x940.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7bdaac7c-26cc-4b6b-95e5-a42268e96477_3426x940.png" width="1456" height="399" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7bdaac7c-26cc-4b6b-95e5-a42268e96477_3426x940.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":399,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":5363221,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">The awkward meeting didn’t produce the ceremonial signing or the joint press conference.</figcaption></figure></div><p>It appears that the U.S. military leadership took <strong>Vladimir Putin</strong>'s warning about this escalation seriously. His words are worth pondering carefully:</p><blockquote><p>“There is an attempt to substitute concepts. Because we are not talking about authorizing or banning the Kiev regime from striking across the entire territory. They are already striking with the help of drones and other means. ... The Ukrainian army is not able to strike with modern long-range precision systems of Western manufacture. It cannot do this. It can only do so using intelligence from satellites, which Ukraine does not have. This is data only from EU satellites or from the United States in general, from NATO satellites. … And so this is not about allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike. It is about deciding whether NATO countries are directly involved or not. If this decision is made, it will mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, European countries in the war in Ukraine. This is their direct participation. And this already, of course, significantly changes the very essence, the nature of the conflict. This would mean that NATO, US and the European countries, the United States are at war with Russia. If that is the case, then bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will take appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us.”</p></blockquote><p>According to some sources, Putin’s warning was reinforced through back-channel communications between the Russian military leadership and their American counterparts who understand that they were being pushed over the edge of total war. In response, it seems that the American military leadership took over the conduct of the US foreign policy, both in terms of military and diplomatic affairs. State Secretary Blinken and his merry band of Neocons appear to have been sidelined. This is why the US-UK agreement to escalate against Russia didn’t get the Blaster’s signature.</p><p>The change in leadership could also be felt in the Middle East. <strong>General Michael E. Kurilla</strong>, the head of U.S. Central Command <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-centcom-chief-meets-idf-generals-presented-with-plans-for-lebanon-operation/">visited Israel</a> last week (the second time in a week's interval), apparently also to announce a new policy. Allegedly, he informed the Israelis that if they provoke a war against Hezbollah or against Iran, the U.S. will not come to their aid: they're on their own. </p><p>The palace coup at the White House wasn’t officially announced and it almost certainly won't be. We will probably only know of these changes with time, by observing the pattern of events. If the U.S. policy really changes course in a substantive way, this would corroborate that the coup did indeed take place. This may seem inconceivable, but it shouldn’t be. Secretary Blinken has been conducting a truly insane foreign policy, inflicting massive damage to the United States in material, strategic as well as reputational terms. Such conduct would unavoidably provoke disapproval and opposition within the ranks of the American defense and foreign policy establishments.</p><h2>When Hitler’s general staff mutinied in 1938</h2><p>The latest escalation, concocted with the British, would put the U.S. in severe jeopardy. The burden of coping with the resulting fallout would fall squarely on the military. At the same time, it remains unclear what, if anything, could be gained from Starmer's and Blinken's reckless adventurism. This is a textbook recipe for provoking a mutiny, and such mutinies do tend to happen at critical junctures throughout history. </p><p>For example, when, on 21 April 1938 <strong>Hitler</strong> ordered General <strong>Wilhelm Keitel</strong> to draft plans to invade Czechoslovakia, German military brass were deeply alarmed – so much so that a group of top commanders, clustered around Hitler’s Chief of the General Staff, <strong>General Ludwig Beck</strong>, hatched a three phase strategy to disrupt Hitler’s reckless pursuit: (1) they would try to dissuade Hitler from pursuing his plans; (2) they implored the British to stand firmly by Czechoslovakia and warn Hitler that Britain would oppose him; and (3) if Hitler persisted in his resolve to wage war, they would proceed to assassinate him. The date for this act was set for September 28, 1938. </p><p>Of course, General Beck and his General Staff had no idea that it was exactly the British who were maneuvering Germany to war (though not against Czechoslovakia but against the USSR), just as they are maneuvering the U.S. to war today. In fact, the most recent episode hopefully helped dispel the idea that the imperial adventures are all hatched in the U.S. and that the UK is only being dragged along reluctantly, their only fault being their unshakeable, steadfast loyalty. </p><p>Incidentally, that’s the same defence <strong>Prince Andrew</strong> used to explain his continuing friendship with the convicted sexual predator <strong>Jeffrey Epstein</strong> (the Prince’s only regret was being "too honourable"). The truth is that through channels unseen and unknown, London is often in the driver’s seat when it comes to fomenting dirty tricks and military misadventures in defence of the empire. Again, the more you pay attention to this, the more unmistakeable the relationship becomes.</p><p>Whatever the case may be, if there was indeed a mutiny at the Pentagon and a palace coup in the White House, the escalation to World War III might have been averted, and this would be the best news you'll read all day today. Meanwhile, on Thursday, 19 September European Parliament voted in favor of escalating the war, but that move might only serve to accelerate the disintegration of the European Union. The MEPs can vote whatever they like, but as Poland’s Foreign Ministery <strong>Radek Sikorski</strong> revealed to the Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus earlier this month, "there is no willingness to enter the war in Western Europe." 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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/XHfwgoI3iu4" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Forum for Peace: American University in Moscow Roundtable 02"></p>In this second roundtable hosted by the American University in Moscow and the Rising Tide Foundation, Matt Ehret, Dimitry Lascaris and Hall Gardner discuss the causes and solutions to the current world crisis.<br><br>The official website for Dimitry Lascaris is here:<br>https://dimitrilascaris.org/about/<br><br>Hall Gardner's website is: https://www.hallgardner.com/<br><br>To register for future round tables (which will be held every two weeks), contact Ed Lozansky or register online here:<br>https://russiahouse.org/american-university-in-moscow/<br><br>Also visit<br>www.risingtidefoundation.net<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHfwgoI3iu4

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<div data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs='{"mediaUploadId":"1ccc8f72-45d5-4fa2-b157-6a03aa6d04d5","duration":null}' data-sanitized-class="native-video-embed"></div><p>Kickstarter page is here: <strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/646650391/alliance-for-truth-phase-one">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/646650391/alliance-for-truth-phase-one</a></strong></p><p>In March last year I have introduced <strong>Admiral Davorin Domazet</strong> in my article, “Why hypersonic weapons change everything.” Admiral Domazet said that the conflict we are witnessing in the world today is the clash between Christ and Antichrist. He described it not as a world war but as a much bigger conflict, a “global total war” because it is affecting us all across the world and in nearly every aspect of life. The most powerful sword we can possibly wield to prevail in this struggle is the written and spoken word.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/alliance-for-truth-kickstarter-campaign?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Sharing this post would be very helpful and highly appreciated!</p></div><p data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/alliance-for-truth-kickstarter-campaign?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton" data-sanitized-class="button-wrapper"><a href="https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/alliance-for-truth-kickstarter-campaign?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share" data-sanitized-class="button primary"><span>Share</span></a></p></div><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f7a9fa6-a228-4984-900d-bcc2752a8f26_1742x985.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f7a9fa6-a228-4984-900d-bcc2752a8f26_1742x985.png" width="1456" height="823" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8f7a9fa6-a228-4984-900d-bcc2752a8f26_1742x985.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":823,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":2056107,"alt":"","title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" title="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Two veteran Croatian journalists, <strong>Roman Latković</strong> and <strong>Branko Mijić</strong> have joined forces to launch an independent investigative news publishing outfit. I’ve personally known Roman for about 35 years – from even before the 1990s war in the Balkans. His fearless war reporting ultimately marked him for death and he had to flee Croatia in 1996 to save his life. </p><p>Roman is also one of the very few people I know whose personal integrity is beyond reproach. Branko has devoted his life to investigative journalism and is the winner of multiple awards for his journalistic work. He’s also one of the few who had the the professional integrity and the backbone to raise his voice publicly and campaign for the release of <strong>Julian Assange</strong>. </p><p>As we all know however, uncovering and revealing the truth does not pay in today's free world. To the contrary, it has become a punishable offence. But truth is worth fighting for: it is the essential antidote to the chaos that's being fomented by our ruling establishments. </p><p>Truth is the key to humanity's emancipation and our ability to transcend the current state of oppression, censorship and endless wars. I have therefore decided myself to contribute to this project, both financially and as an author. </p><p>A truthful source of reporting from the Balkans could prove particularly important because this region has been designated as one of the flashpoints that could precipitate future European wars. Recall, the assassination of the Austrian archduke Ferdinand, which triggered the descent into the first world war, took place in Sarajevo in the heart of the balkan peninsula. </p><p>At the same time, journalism has been systematically eviscerated in most of the Balkan nations. We need to know what goes on there. If you can, and if you feel so inclined, please consider making a contribution to this initiative which launched on Kickstarter today.</p><p>Roman and Branko are looking to raise 14 thousand us dollars. It is a very modest sum needed to cover the bare essentials. The way crowdfunding algorithms work, even a contribution as small as 1 dollar can make a huge difference as it raises the project's profile and makes it more likely that it will reach its funding objectives.</p><p>This is an all or nothing fundraiser and no money will change hands unless the full sum is reached. Making a contribution (it’s the algorithms again) is particularly important during the next 8 hours. The link to the project's kickstarter page is above, below the video introduction.</p><p>For all who can contribute, I hank you in advance.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde795ecb-e4d6-4c97-9631-082d6d3ef7ed_673x797.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde795ecb-e4d6-4c97-9631-082d6d3ef7ed_673x797.png" width="673" height="797" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/de795ecb-e4d6-4c97-9631-082d6d3ef7ed_673x797.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":797,"width":673,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":624090,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p>

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<div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d44e960-fc9e-46c2-be30-ef43cd66d2dc_1511x577.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d44e960-fc9e-46c2-be30-ef43cd66d2dc_1511x577.png" width="1456" height="556" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4d44e960-fc9e-46c2-be30-ef43cd66d2dc_1511x577.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":556,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":925296,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>During the night of 2nd October 2024, Iran unleashed their operation "True Promise 2," launching between 200 and 400 ballistic missiles into Israel. As the video footage coming from Israel has shown, many of these missiles reached their targets inflicting substantial damage on the ground. Apparently, some offshore gas platforms were also struck. Claims and counterclaims are a bit all over the place at the moment: Israelis have claimed that the Iranian attack failed and that most of the missiles were intercepted. Netanyahu's aide <strong>Hananya Naftali</strong> even <a href="https://twitter.com/HananyaNaftali/status/1841202859481649297">tweeted a "BRAVO"</a> to Israel's aerial defence systems for intercepting "nearly all the missiles." </p><p>But the footage from last night gives a very different impression; it corroborates those who claimed that many missiles hit their targets. A few of the videos also confirm that the Iranians do indeed possess hypersonic missiles. We also know now that these have a long range and seem accurate enough. This lesson alone could be a game changer.</p><h2>Why hypersonic missiles are a game changer</h2><p>Hypersonic missiles can't be intercepted. The most advanced Western air defence systems can shoot down incoming projectiles flying at up to mach 3. So far as the Patriot Missiles are concerned, their success rate is very poor even at that. Nothing in Western powers' arsenal can defend against hypersonic missiles and this certainly got the Pentagon's attention. The implication is that all US Navy assets and military bases in the Middle East are defenceless, and that Iran has the capability to strike them. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba9422b6-cb06-43fa-8838-a5eb6c29a790_1576x873.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba9422b6-cb06-43fa-8838-a5eb6c29a790_1576x873.png" width="1456" height="807" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ba9422b6-cb06-43fa-8838-a5eb6c29a790_1576x873.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":807,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":3064292,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>During yesterday's attack, two U.S. destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean <a href="https://twitter.com/imetatronink/status/1841285332706394371">launched twelve SM-3 ballistic missile interceptor rockets</a>, their most advanced air defence system. The problem is that the <a href="https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-u-s-navys-missile-production-problem-looks-dire/">current production rate</a> of SM-3s is down to zero! Thus, even if SM-3s are effective, Western air defence systems are not for the long haul and will deplete rapidly in case of further escalation. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F78f4ec7a-e76e-43f7-a791-884ffa196692_1080x1512.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F78f4ec7a-e76e-43f7-a791-884ffa196692_1080x1512.png" width="1080" height="1512" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/78f4ec7a-e76e-43f7-a791-884ffa196692_1080x1512.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1512,"width":1080,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1230791,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>At the same time, Iran has many thousands of missiles ready. <a href="https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/iran/">Here's what CSIS says</a> about Irans' arsenal: </p><blockquote><p>"Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles, some capable of striking as far as Israel and southeast Europe. For the past decade, Iran has invested significantly to improve these weapons' precision and lethality. Such developments have made Iran's missile forces... a credible threat to U.S. and partner military forces in the region.”</p></blockquote><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ed055c7-b394-4bd2-8c6f-22b8c31d306e_1496x1023.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ed055c7-b394-4bd2-8c6f-22b8c31d306e_1496x1023.png" width="1456" height="996" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ed055c7-b394-4bd2-8c6f-22b8c31d306e_1496x1023.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":996,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1511544,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Hezbollah can shoot 3,000 missiles a day?</h2><p>Then there's Hezbollah. According to a 130-page report titled, "The Most Deadly War of All," compiled by a group of six Israeli think-tanks and based on three years of research and the opinions of over 100 Israeli defence experts and IDF commanders, war on Hezbollah would be, as the report's title suggests, the most deadly war of all for Israel. According to the report, Hezbollah would be capable of launching 2,500 to 3,000 missiles per day, a combination of long-range precision guided and unguided rockets. </p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><p>The barrages would be launched toward specific targets in Israel with the potential of destroying the Iron Dome air-defence capability. IDF's reserves of Iron Dome and David's Sling interceptor missiles would likely be depleted within a few days from the start of a full-scale war with Hezbollah, leaving Israel exposed to thousands of missiles and drones launched by Hezbollah. This all could result in thousands of casualties and widespread panic among the settlement populations (already an estimated 200,000 settlers have abandoned their settlements  in the north of Israel since the start of hostilities).</p><p>Not to mention, both Iran and Hezbollah have been preparing for this outbreak for over two decades now, and the Iranians now promised a much more painful strike if Israel decides to escalate further. Western powers won't be able to stem the tsunami that Netanyahu is working to unleash, any more than the Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea has been able to restrain the Ansarallah in Yemen.  But therein lies the good news, I think. </p><h2>The good news, inshallah!</h2><p>Certain political factions in Israel and in the West have been working overtime to provoke a major war and draw in both Iran and the United States. Some of the pro-Israel voices are utterly rapturous about the prospect; the things they say sound utterly deranged and surreal. It’s as though they convinced themselves that Israel is somehow endowed with superpowers and that it can instantly turn anyone they wish into a smoldering heap of ashes. They also seem to think that by killing <strong>Hassan Nasrallah</strong>, Israel eliminated Hezbollah. They ignore the fact that Hezbollah is a very extensive military and political <strong>organization</strong>. If the Israelis bombed the Vatican tomorrow and killed the pope, that wouldn't be the end of Catholic Church.</p><p>Indeed, very childish and dangerous delusions gripped the most fanatical cohort of Israel supporters and saner heads must by now be aware of the extremely reckless adventure they’re dragging us all into. If a wider war erupts, all of US, UK and NATO assets in the Middle East are sitting ducks and will be destroyed or expelled from the region. </p><p>Furthermore, an interruption of crude oil traffic from the Persian Gulf would inflict a devastating blow to G7 economies at a time when they least need it. In addition, all of this could be hitting the proverbial fan just ahead of the elections, and they haven't even managed to assassinate <strong>Trump </strong>yet! It is all reckless in the extreme; the odds of victory (which is yet to be defined) are slim to none, while a cataclysmic failure is nearly certain. </p><p>I may be succumbing to wishful thinking myself, but I believe that we will shortly see leaders in the West pull hard on the handbrake and effect the quickest 180 degree turn yet! In the end, perhaps they will arrive at the calculation that sacrificing <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu</strong> and allowing Israel a break so they can sober up and reassess their predicament is a much better deal than following the unhinged fanatics and committing a collective suicide. We'll know soon enough. Who knows, maybe we can avoid World War 3. </p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/iran-missile-attack-what-we-learned?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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Further information is at <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/solutions/u-s-investors/">link</a>.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png" width="1456" height="785" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":785,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1745626,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p>

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/CUZr3JONq_o" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Forum for Peace: American University in Moscow Roundtable 02"></p>In this third Roundtable co-sponsored by The American University in Moscow and Rising Tide Foundation, experts Alistair Scott, Martin Sieff and Anton Chaitkin deliver their analysis on the geopolitical landscape and the historic and philosophical undercurrents shaping today's crisis.<br><br>Martin Sieff's work can be accessed at: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B002T3QW26<br><br>Anton Chaitkin's work can be accessed at: <br>https://www.amazon.com/stores/Anton-Chaitkin/author/B005VGWXXA?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1728269374&amp;sr=1-2&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true<br><br>Alistair Scott's work: https://pravda-en.com/world/2024/08/28/710925.html<br><br>To register for future round tables (which will be held every two weeks), contact Ed Lozansky or register online here:<br>https://russiahouse.org/american-university-in-moscow/<br><br>Also visit<br>www.risingtidefoundation.net<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZr3JONq_o

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/b3eb93abd78f33b4f23a5be11ba78591.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="JACQUES BAUD: US MEDIA SHIFT NARRATIVE ON UKRAINE BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS"></p>Former Swiss intelligence, Jacques Baud, is author to numerous books, and offers critical commentary--while bringing needed historical context--on current issues.<br><br>In this conversation, Jacques speaks on the media's shift regarding reports on Ukraine, noting it aligns with the Biden administration needing some sort of perceived success before election (eg: peace talks).<br><br>He notes that Ukrainian media is more critical (than at first) of Zelensky, with even a recent Kiev Post article stating that the war is between the West &amp; Russia, on Ukrainian territory.<br><br><br>See our previous conversation: JACQUES BAUD: NATO THREATENED RUSSIA DECADES BEFORE 2022

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<p>After hurricane Helene wreaked havoc through Southeast of the United States, <a href="https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2024/hurricane-milton">hurricane Milton</a> is about to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf coast, also with catastrophic potential. US Government’s inability or unwillingness to adequately respond to the resulting disasters has unleashed heated discussions on social media, including the speculation that they are somehow deliberately engineering these storms. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F269de785-9957-4698-a04c-fca1b90db8b5_2880x1620.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F269de785-9957-4698-a04c-fca1b90db8b5_2880x1620.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/269de785-9957-4698-a04c-fca1b90db8b5_2880x1620.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":819,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":9501970,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The conspiracy theories can’t be dismissed; our government agencies as well as certain oligarchs like <strong>Bill Gates</strong> have been busy playing God with climate-engineering technologies like cloud-seeding, HAARP (High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), AAI (atmospheric aerosol injections), carbon sequestration, sun dimming, and who knows what else. These technologies exist, and they can and do <em>influence</em> the weather. Here’s the former CIA director <strong>John Brennan</strong> talking about AAI in 2016: </p><div data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs='{"mediaUploadId":"6670d02c-759e-4821-817a-217d5f7f96c8","duration":null}' data-sanitized-class="native-video-embed"></div><p>Clearly, they’re busy messing with the climate. At the same time however, I very much doubt that they are capable of controlling anything much. In fact, tropical storms and hurricanes vividly expose the limitations of science and technology at understanding and forecasting the behavior of complex systems. Hurricane forecasts have greatly improved over the last few decades and the 24 and 48 hour forecasts of their <em>trajectories</em> tend to be fairly good. <em>Good</em> however isn’t the same as <em>accurate. </em>But our ability to predict a hurricane’s <em>intensity</em> isn’t even good. If we can’t predict something, how would we even begin to control it?</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><h2>How hurricanes form</h2><p>Scientists’ ability to predict a hurricane’s trajectory has improved thanks to our greatly enhanced understanding of how hurricanes form and why they move the way they do. Here’s a condensed account of what we <em>do</em> know about hurricanes. They likely originate from the low and mid-level atmospheric winds blowing from the east across the Ethiopian highlands. As they blow over these high mountains, they form vortices that drift westward. When they reach the Atlantic Ocean, moist monsoon winds from the Gulf of Guinea inject humidity into the vortices. If enough humidity meets a sufficiently strong vortex, masses of clouds begin forming rapidly.</p><p>Out of the total of around a hundred such easterly waves, twenty to thirty will move each season across the Atlantic with the potential to turn into tropical depressions given the right conditions – primarily high humidity and heat. As water temperatures off the west coast of Africa warm to their late-summer peak, moist air begins to rise high into the atmosphere adding more energy to the system and providing humidity for continued cloud formation.</p><p>For a large storm to form, the following ingredients are required: the ocean’s surface temperature must rise above 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Farenheit); the pool of warm water must span at least a few hundred square miles and be at least 60 meters deep (196 feet); a large layer of warm, very humid air must also be present, extending from the ocean’s surface to an altitude of some 5,500 meters (18,000 feet). In such conditions, normally in place from June until December and peaking from August through October, the atmospheric disturbances caused by the easterly waves can trigger the formation of large storms.</p><p>One element however, must be absent for a hurricane to form: winds in the atmosphere over the large pool of warm ocean must be mild or consistent from the ocean surface to an altitude of at least 12,000 meters (40,000 feet) because strong and varied winds tend to tear cyclones apart. This is the key reason why hurricanes don’t form in the southern Atlantic.</p><p>The trajectory of hurricanes is determined in part by Earth’s rotation, so they predictably move from East to West rising gradually in latitude along the way. A large area of high atmospheric pressure usually present around the Bermudas (the Bermuda high) causes the hurricanes to swerve northwards and then continue to move toward the North-East following the Gulf currents. The regularity of these conditions gives hurricanes a somewhat predictable trajectory as the map below shows.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cd6ea1e-5eea-4462-bba9-1b9c9fe6f507_1920x1076.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cd6ea1e-5eea-4462-bba9-1b9c9fe6f507_1920x1076.jpeg" width="1456" height="816" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1cd6ea1e-5eea-4462-bba9-1b9c9fe6f507_1920x1076.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":816,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"undefined","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="undefined" title="undefined" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Trajectories of all hurricanes and tropical storms from 1851 to 2019</figcaption></figure></div><p>What I presented above is only a very crude summary of a vast and detailed body of knowledge scientists have accumulated about the formation of hurricanes. But in spite of all that knowledge and a great deal of technology enabling storm monitoring in real time, we can never be sure about which disturbances will grow into hurricanes and which ones will dissipate or pass with only minor rainstorms. The structure of hurricanes is largely variable and can change from one day to the next leaving scientists unsure about how exactly all the factors in the atmosphere interact to cause hurricanes to gain or lose strength.</p><h2>Modelling the storms</h2><p>Mind numbing advances in computer modelling of the storms have enhanced meteorologists’ ability to work out probable outcomes, but not accurate prediction. Weather forecasting models used by meteorologists today fall in three distinct categories:</p><ul><li><p>statistical models,</p></li><li><p>dynamical models</p></li><li><p>hybrid statistical-dynamical models.</p></li></ul><p>Statistical models start with the information such as a storm’s location and the time of the year to make a prediction based on previous observed storms at the same location and at the same time of the year. Such models are based on the assumption that over the next 24 or 48 hours, the present storm will behave similarly to the previous ones. </p><p>Dynamical models analyze all the available information about the storm and its adjacent weather conditions and use the basic laws of fluid dynamics in the Earth’s atmosphere to forecast the future development of the storm. Concretely, scientists use six specific mathematical equations to describe the Earth’s atmosphere: three hydrodynamic equations that rely on Newton’s second law of motion to find horizontal and vertical motions of air caused by air pressure differences, gravity, friction, and the Earth’s rotation; two thermodynamic equations that calculate changes in temperature caused by water evaporation, vapor condensation and similar occurrences; and one continuity equation that accounts for the volume of air entering or leaving the area.</p><h2>Building up the monitoring grid</h2><p>With the rapid evolution of computer technology, scientists could handle increasing levels of complexity these equations entail. They have advanced by modelling the Earth’s atmosphere as a three-dimensional grid consisting of a number of horizontal data points stacked in a number of atmospheric layers. </p><p>One of the first such models was developed in the mid-1950s by the US Weather Bureau. Its grid was rather crude, consisting of a single level of the atmosphere at about 18,000 feet (5,500 meters) and data points spaced 248 miles apart. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Hurricane Center developed a much more complex model consisting of ten layers of atmosphere with grid points 37 miles apart. At the time, computers couldn’t handle this model’s complexity over a large area, so the grid had to move about with the storm, keeping it in the center of an area covering 1,860 miles on each side (it was called the Movable Fine Mesh model).</p><p>In the 1990s, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research center in Princeton, New Jersey developed a model that analyzed data at 18 levels of the atmosphere within three nested grids, the finest of which covered an area of 345 square miles with data points 11.5 miles apart. GFDL’s model thus consisted of some 16,200 points receiving data in time steps of 15 seconds. Even at such fine resolution, the model could only represent a hurricane with an idealized vortex structure based upon only a handful of parameters of the real storm (maximum winds and the distance of maximum winds from the storm center).</p><p>In parallel, the US Navy developed its own, somewhat less detailed model named Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS). NOGAPS consisted of a horizontal grid resolution of about 52 miles with 45 data points in each layer over an area covering 345 square miles. Running on the Cray C90 supercomputer, NOGAPS took about 20 minutes to produce a 24-hour forecast. If the NOGAPS model were run with the finer grid of the GFDL model, it would require about a week’s time to produce a 24-hour forecast. </p><p>Since the late 1990s, further advances have taken place both in increased model resolution,<a href="https://isystem-tf.com/2021/07/02/hurricane-science-for-investors-and-traders/#_ftn1">[1]</a> speed of computation and processing capacity. Nevertheless, the practical reality of the problem seems to be converging upon the theory (of computation): as computer models of storms have gone from cruder to finer grid resolution, their complexity has increased exponentially requiring exponentially greater computing power to produce timely forecasts. A <a href="https://blog.mapbox.com/3d-animated-hurricane-map-from-radar-data-affaed8a3d70">visualization below was generated</a> with data for the hurricane Doublas (July 2020) from NOAA’s Weather and Climate Toolkit:</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac485761-4393-488d-ae18-04908d9b4907_758x474.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac485761-4393-488d-ae18-04908d9b4907_758x474.gif" width="758" height="474" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ac485761-4393-488d-ae18-04908d9b4907_758x474.gif","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":474,"width":758,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The a mount of data that’s collected is impressive, but the resolution is still rather grainy. Nonetheless, the fatal flaw of computer modelling is not only in the resolution of models or in the processing speeds of computers.</p><h2>The brick wall of complexity</h2><p>An impossible problem also lies in the complex models’ sensitivity to input data. Namely, very small differences in the values of initial variables can lead to very large variations in outcomes. The seemingly insurmountable problem in modelling complex systems was discovered by MIT’s theoretical meteorologist <strong>Edward Lorenz</strong>. Lorenz developed a relatively straightforward computer model emulating the weather. </p><p>One day in 1961, Lorenz resolved to rerun the results of one particular simulation starting at the half-way point, using the results he had for that particular point in his print-outs. The new simulation quickly started diverging from the original results and soon bore no resemblance to it.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa42eb6b1-9a7b-4ba5-8e17-6739263aba20_296x156.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa42eb6b1-9a7b-4ba5-8e17-6739263aba20_296x156.gif" width="320" height="168.64864864864865" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a42eb6b1-9a7b-4ba5-8e17-6739263aba20_296x156.gif","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":156,"width":296,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Picture background","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="Picture background" title="Picture background" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Sensitive dependence on initial conditions</figcaption></figure></div><p>The ultimate explanation for this divergence had profound implications for science: while Lorenz’s program took its calculations to six decimal places, his print-outs only showed the values to three decimal places. The minute difference between say, 1.234567 and 1.235 applied in the second simulation led to very large differences in the final results. Lorenz termed this phenomenon, “sensitive dependence on initial conditions.” </p><p>We have every reason to expect that other complex systems will display a similar sensitivity, implying that the problem of accuracy of measurements poses another stumbling block in science’s attempt to get to the bottom of such systems. Indeed, accurate prediction will likely remain unattainable regardless of advances in all areas of research. As <strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3hsdv9A">Bob Sheets</a></strong>, the former director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami put it:</p><blockquote><p>“<em>The grid for the computer models does keep getting smaller and smaller, but we’re still taking in terms of miles, while the actual weather is taking place at the level of molecules.</em>” <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/2021/07/02/hurricane-science-for-investors-and-traders/#_ftn2">[2]</a></p></blockquote><p>Hurricanes, like all other complex systems will continue to defy prediction. Simply, our efforts to understand and predict a system’s behaviour are up against a brick wall of complexity. Beyond the very near-term, the whole business of forecasting amounts to educated guesswork. </p><h2>“They”: cruel, sadistic and stupid juveniles</h2><p>To suppose that anyone would actually be capable of controlling such systems and achieving desired outcomes is to credit them with omniscience and omnipotence that’s beyond the human grasp. It takes a particular mental disposition to venture and play God with our societies, economies, viruses, earthquakes or weather modification technologies. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9ff32669-49c2-4b81-8964-e264bc8a956a_948x643.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9ff32669-49c2-4b81-8964-e264bc8a956a_948x643.png" width="948" height="643" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9ff32669-49c2-4b81-8964-e264bc8a956a_948x643.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":643,"width":948,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1497377,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Masters of the universe or overgrown brats?</figcaption></figure></div><p>Based on what we’ve seen so far, the people who are inclined to do so have much more in common with cruel, sadistic and stupid juveniles than they do with learned, mature and responsible scientists. They can set things on fire and destroy life, but they wouldn’t know how to create or control something if their degenerate lives depended on it. They are good at one thing only: failing. </p><p>Recall, <a href="https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/23-07-2022-who-director-general-declares-the-ongoing-monkeypox-outbreak-a-public-health-event-of-international-concern">on 23 July this year, the World Health Organization declared the Mpox pandemic</a> a public health emergency of international concern. That should have snapped the world into another “new normal,” but the world shrugged, yawned and moved on. They are not omnipotent and they are light years away from being omniscient. They’re losing and we are winning for we have the truth on our side. Slowly but surely we are prevailing in the struggle for truth and we’re doing it every day.  </p><p>The above article was adapted from my 2016 book “<strong><a href="https://isystem-tf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/masteringriskanduncertaintyincommoditiestrading_6x9printlayout.pdf">Mastering Uncertainty in Commodities Trading</a></strong>” which was rated #1 book on <a href="https://www.financial-expert.co.uk/">FinancialExpert.co.uk</a> list of “<a href="https://www.financial-expert.co.uk/best-commodities-books-uk/">The 5 Best Commodities Books for Investors and Traders</a>” for 2021 and 2022. You can download it for free at the link above. 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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/GnFVm_tTjws" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The 2024 Elections: What are the Stakes, and will they happen? (Global Research Radio)"></p>In this episode of Global Research Radio, Matt Ehret discusses the historical dynamics shaping the 2024 presidential elections, and the various scenarios for good, bad and ugly outcomes (with a special focus on the lessons of 1934 and the aborted bankers coup against FDR). To watch the full episode of Global Research Radio click here: https://www.globalresearch.ca/life-beyond-the-duopoly-a-peoples-analysis-of-election-2024/5869976<br><br>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Matt and Cynthia's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch the Canadian Patriot Film “The Arctic: Theater of War or Global Cooperation?”<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKwyquIkbs<br><br>Watch The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs episodes here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>Support the Canadian Patriot Review in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation to the Canadian Patriot<br>https://www.patreon.com/canadianpatriot<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/support-us/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>4) Subscribe to our Telegram Channels<br>https://t.me/CanadianPatriotPress<br><br>Since it is likely just a matter of time before this Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573) gets suspended again or taken down entirely, check out our alternative platforms:<br><br>On Rumble<br>https://rumble.com/user/MattEhret<br><br>On Bitchute:<br>https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FPD8fbk6o541/<br><br>On Odysee<br>https://odysee.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573:4<br><br>On Soundcloud:<br>https://soundcloud.com/mattehret<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFVm_tTjws

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title: Anton Chaitkin in a Peace Forum of the American University in Moscow
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<p>I was the third speaker in a session of a <strong>Forum for Peace</strong> co-sponsored by <strong>The American University in Moscow</strong> and the <strong>Rising Tide Foundation</strong> on October 6, 2024. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUZr3JONq_o">Click here for the link to the video.</a> My own remarks start at 54 minutes into the forum.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://antonchaitkin.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Anton’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becom…</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div>
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title: Il est temps de changer d’attitude à l’égard de la santé mentale : sénatrice Burey
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title: Microsoft Recall &quot;Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wifi&quot;
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/EWi0vdX-R9E" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Forum for Peace: American University in Moscow Roundtable 04"></p>In this fourth Roundtable co-sponsored by The American University in Moscow and Rising Tide Foundation, experts Alex Krainer, Glenn Diesen and Come Carpentier deliver their analysis on the geopolitical landscape and the historic and philosophical undercurrents shaping today's crisis.<br><br>To register for future round tables (which will be held every two weeks), contact Ed Lozansky or register online here:<br>https://russiahouse.org/american-university-in-moscow/<br><br>Also visit<br>www.risingtidefoundation.net<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWi0vdX-R9E

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title: « Nouveau chapitre »: Départ à la retraite de la sénatrice Lankin
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guid: https://antonchaitkin.substack.com/p/note-from-anton-chaitkin-7ce
title: Note from Anton Chaitkin
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<p>I have almost completed the 40+ pages of pictures for Volume 2 of <em>Who We Are</em>. Volume 2 should be published by the end of the year. But meanwhile, I would like to do a slide-show as a preview of the unique contents of this book. I could have that ready for posting soon.</p><p>Edward Lozansky, president of the American University in Moscow, has posted in the New…</p>
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/jsndLxCC6E4" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Ask me Anything with Matt Ehret (Occultism, Deep Politics, BRICS, Trump, and more)"></p>This video features an open dialogue with paid subscribers after a formal presentation on 'The Occult Roots of Fascism'. <br><br>Watch the main lecture The Occult Roots of Fascism here:<br>https://youtu.be/1gXTfDgcwzM<br><br>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Matt and Cynthia's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs episodes here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>**********************************************<br><br>1) Make a donation to the Canadian Patriot<br>https://www.patreon.com/canadianpatriot<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/support-us/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>4) Subscribe to our Telegram Channels<br>https://t.me/CanadianPatriotPress<br><br>Since it is likely just a matter of time before this Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573) gets suspended again or taken down entirely, check out our alternative platforms:<br><br>On Rumble<br>https://rumble.com/user/MattEhret<br><br>On Bitchute:<br>https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FPD8fbk6o541/<br><br>On Odysee:<br>https://odysee.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573:4<br><br>On Soundcloud:<br>https://soundcloud.com/mattehret<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsndLxCC6E4

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guid: https://odysee.com/the-occult-roots-of-fascism-what-you:810cf2c515e6b5f0db3423edd59bbb37c8d5c344
title: The Occult Roots of Fascism: What you weren't taught in school (Matt Ehret lecture)
author: ;Rising Tide Foundation
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/1gXTfDgcwzM" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Occult Roots of Fascism: What you weren't taught in school (Matt Ehret lecture)"></p>In this presentation, Matt Ehret sheds light on the origins of fascism as the 'miracle solution to the great depression' and the occult proclivities of leading occult agencies that didn't disappear after WW2 but simply rebranded themselves under a new strategy to undo the system of sovereign nation states, normalize eugenics (in the form of Transhumanism) and revive a global techno-feudal dictatorship under a post-human New Age.<br><br>To watch the 'Q and A after the main presentation, click here:<br>https://youtu.be/jsndLxCC6E4<br><br>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Matt and Cynthia's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs episodes here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>**********************************************<br><br>1) Make a donation to the Canadian Patriot<br>https://www.patreon.com/canadianpatriot<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/support-us/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>4) Subscribe to our Telegram Channels<br>https://t.me/CanadianPatriotPress<br><br>Since it is likely just a matter of time before this Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573) gets suspended again or taken down entirely, check out our alternative platforms:<br><br>On Rumble<br>https://rumble.com/user/MattEhret<br><br>On Bitchute:<br>https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FPD8fbk6o541/<br><br>On Odysee:<br>https://odysee.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573:4<br><br>On Soundcloud:<br>https://soundcloud.com/mattehret<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXTfDgcwzM

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Les changements apportés au programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires ne s’attaquent pas au fond du problème : sénatrice Omidvar

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title: Rencontrez les participants de Voix de jeunes leaders autochtones 2024
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title: File Explorer Alternatives
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title: Parliament's high-tech rehabilitation / La réhabilitation de pointe du Parlement
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Cruel et inusité : Alors que se poursuit la pratique de l’isolement cellulaire « draconien », les Services correctionnels, le ministre et le gouvernement ne tiennent pas compte des recommandations du comité sénatorial

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guid: https://odysee.com/cutting-through-gordian-knots-with:2490e957273ff0910e1f40e20984e06f56945920
title: Cutting through Gordian Knots with Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/2DRqcNay6mo" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Cutting through Gordian Knots with Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret"></p>In this comprehensive roundtable, Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret share notes and discoveries pertaining to the subtle forces shaping our world.<br><br>Subscribe to Rounding the Earth here: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DRqcNay6mo

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guid: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/eu-living-in-the-bankstas-paradise
title: EU: living in the banksta’s paradise
author: ;Alex Krainer
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<p>European Union’s eventual collapse is a certainty - it has been for a very long time. It’s been rigged for demolition through its financial architecture which institutionalizes a system of governance that’s typical of all historical eras where moneylending oligarchies gained control of the political system. The predictable result of all this is that European economies are floundering: their entrepreneurial dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically suffocated and slowly consumed by the parasitic leech hidden behind the EU bureaucratic institutions. For the ordinary people and businesses, this system is driving a steady, inexorable descent into poverty.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0a91f8a-20e6-46a9-ac17-7972dca441c2_1777x1134.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0a91f8a-20e6-46a9-ac17-7972dca441c2_1777x1134.png" width="1456" height="929" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f0a91f8a-20e6-46a9-ac17-7972dca441c2_1777x1134.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":929,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":4977612,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":false,"topImage":true,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" fetchpriority="high" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>European Stability Mechanism</h2><p>One of the main components of Europe’s pathological financial architecture is the European Stability Mechanism (ESM): Eurozone’s permanent bailout fund. The ESM is not exactly a household name, but you can really think of it as a monstrous vampire leech attached to Europe’s economy. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.esm.europa.eu/system/files/document/2023-10/05-TESM2-HR1.en12.pdf">treaty establishing the ESM</a> is an astonishing legal concoction which established a limitless, institutional conveyor belt of bailout funds from the European taxpayer, ultimately to the banking cartel. ESM’s capital was supposedly limited to €500 million (in some documents it says €700 million), but the Treaty sets no limits on the obligations imposed on European taxpayers, no room for negotiation, no legal recourse.</p><p>As drafted, the ESM Treaty was a violation of the EU Treaty (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) as well as constitutions and/or laws of EU member states as it restricts each member nation’s fiscal sovereignty. Ratifying it necessitated a dismayingly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_establishing_the_European_Stability_Mechanism">convoluted process</a> of amending the EU treaty and circumventing member states’ domestic laws. </p><p>It came to an initial vote in January 2012 when it was passed with barely a mention in the press. The ESM became operational in October 2012 even though it was never fully ratified by all member states. Here are some of the Treaty's provisions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Article 8:</strong> the Treaty does not limit the fund capital to its authorized capital (€500 or €700 billion), but to its issue value which is up to the ESM’s board of governors to decide.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 9</strong>: "ESM members hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay on demand any capital call made on them... within seven days of receipt."</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 19</strong>: ESM governors may extend the scope of the ESM’s operations. ESM may borrow funds to bail out insolvent Eurozone banks in capital markets, without approval by national parliaments.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 21</strong>: ESM can borrow funds from banks or other persons or institutions without any limits. ESM member nations shall guarantee and be liable for the repayment of these sums.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 25</strong>: if one or more ESM members fail to meet their obligations, the other members are liable for the shortfall in proportion to their share of the fund capital.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 30</strong>: "<strong>Governors, ... and staff members shall be immune from legal proceedings</strong> with respect to acts performed by them in their official capacity and shall enjoy inviolability in respect of their official papers and documents."</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 32</strong>: The ESM, its property, funding, and assets... shall enjoy <strong>immunity from every form of judicial process</strong> ... the ESM shall... be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation, or any form of seizure... by executive, judicial, administrative or legislative action." This article further stipulates that <strong>ESM shall be exempted from the legal requirement in any of the ESM member nations’ legal requirement to be authorized or licensed as a credit institution</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 34</strong>: all ESM officials, governors and directors are to observe absolute professional secrecy in relation to any matter relating to the ESM.</p></li><li><p><strong>Article 35:</strong> directors and governors will enjoy full legal immunity beyond their time in office and in both international law and that of the EU member states.</p></li></ul><p>If we boil down the legal language of the ESM Treaty, we have an unelected, supra-national body that can allocate unlimited bailout funds, ultimately to the benefit of Eurozone’s failing banks, at their discretion and in perpetuity.</p><h2>A different social contract</h2><p>ESM officers may not be held accountable at law, nor can their decisions be challenged. Member nations must guarantee such funds, but they can’t challenge ESM’s decisions. Article 9 may well be titled, "Stand and deliver," and articles 30 and 32 amount to what <strong>Nicholas Rockefeller</strong> arrogantly called the bankers' KMA card (KMA = kiss my ass): we can do what we want and there is no agency of government that can limit our power, investigate our actions or hold us to account in any way whatsoever. If we gamble and win, the gains are ours. If we lose, all you debt serfs and tax donkeys must make us whole.</p><p>This is truly a different kind of social contract. It effectively reverses one of the 19<sup>th</sup> century’s key political achievements: the transfer of fiscal sovereignty from unaccountable monarchical bureaucracies to democratically accountable parliaments. It thereby nullifies any notion of democratic governance of the people, by the people and for the people. </p><p></p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe","language":"en"}' data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM" data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor"><div data-sanitized-class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Alex Krainer's TrendCompass is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input-wrapper"><div data-sanitized-class="fake-input"></div><div data-sanitized-class="fake-button"></div></div></div></div><p>This legislation is clearly of the bankers, by the bankers and for the bankers. The <a href="https://www.esm.europa.eu/legal-documents/esm-treaty">ESM treaty</a> was spearheaded by <strong>Mario Monti</strong>, former Goldman Sachs banker, one of the leaders of the Bilderberg group and a prominent member of the Trilateral Commission. He was enabled by another Goldman Sachs banker, <strong>Mario Draghi</strong> who had taken the helm of the ECB just in time for this heist, in November 2011.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb38fdc70-a8bc-41d6-a725-ffc04f73dfe9_1200x630.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb38fdc70-a8bc-41d6-a725-ffc04f73dfe9_1200x630.jpeg" width="1200" height="630" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b38fdc70-a8bc-41d6-a725-ffc04f73dfe9_1200x630.jpeg","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":630,"width":1200,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Picture background","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="Picture background" title="Picture background" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Bankster gangsta: Mr. Mario Draghi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Crushing the resistance</h2><p>For a few days in October 2011, a group of Slovakia's MPs actually looked into the contents of the treaty. They held out and refused to approve the ESM bailout funds arguing that it was wrong, punishing prudent nations (their banks, actually) and rewarding the profligate ones. <strong>Richard Sulik</strong>, the leader of Slovakia's liberals conveyed the scale of the heist when he said that, "Since we joined the EU, our net receipts from the Brussels budget have come to just over 1 billion EUR. Under ESM, we are liable for 13 billion!" </p><p>The EU and ECB came down hard and fast against Slovakia. Within 5 days the government fell and the parliament quickly ratified ESM funds. The ESM became the industrial-sized conveyor belt, transferring wealth from those who created it to the gamblers in financial markets. In doing so, the ESM removed all accountability and constraints on the gamblers to act responsibly. </p><p>Twelve years after the ESM was established, the ordinary Europeans have seen their standard of living collapse even if they can’t tell how or why that happened. According to Eurostat, in 2023 <a href="https://twitter.com/NakedHedgie/status/1848657092128727146">more than 45% of European people struggled to make ends meet</a>. In some nations, like Slovakia, more than 65% struggle. This is not exactly the prosperity we'd been promised.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcc1c785-2a48-484b-951c-ba094ab0fc2e_968x1146.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdcc1c785-2a48-484b-951c-ba094ab0fc2e_968x1146.png" width="968" height="1146" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dcc1c785-2a48-484b-951c-ba094ab0fc2e_968x1146.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":1146,"width":968,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":789164,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Of course, rather than fixing the system, the bankers will blame the Russians and demand war. Throughout history, when failure became undeniable and social pressures built up, the oligarchies always cried, “barbarians at the gates!” Then the military-aged men could be sent to fight and die in far off lands, safely away from the vampire leech’s seat of power.</p><p>As Mario Monti's BFF and fellow Trilateral Commission alumnus <strong>Zbigniew Brzezinski</strong> wrote in The Grand Chessboard, you get away with such schemes only "in the circumstances of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat.<em>" </em>Therefore, that perception is being constantly manufactured for us: <strong>Putin </strong>evil, Russia bad. If you're disenfranchised and broke, blame the Russians who, by the way, are coming to get you! Real men go to war! </p><p>In spite of all that, socialism for the bankers will end as all socialist experiments have done through history: with stagflation (we're there already), hyperinflation (give it time), wars and civil wars (let us do all we can to avoid that outcome). It is time for the plebs to realize who the real enemy is.</p><div data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/eu-living-in-the-bankstas-paradise?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share"}' data-component-name="CaptionedButtonToDOM" data-sanitized-class="captioned-button-wrap"><div data-sanitized-class="preamble"><p data-sanitized-class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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One-month test drive is always free of charge, <strong>no jumping through hoops to cancel</strong>. To start your trial subscription, drop us an email at <a href="mailto:TrendCompass@ISystem-TF.com">TrendCompass@ISystem-TF.com</a></p><p>For<strong> <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/solutions/u-s-investors/">US investors</a></strong>, we propose a trend-driven inflation/recession resilient portfolio covering a basket of 30+ financial and commodities markets. Further information is at <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/solutions/u-s-investors/">link</a>.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png" width="1456" height="785" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a3c69459-312b-4e98-ba06-aa46095b665d_1940x1046.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":785,"width":1456,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1745626,"alt":"","title":"","type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false}' alt="" title="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div>

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/b15f6c30cad81617c3c3cde165d75f4e.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Troubles with Elon, A Defense of BRICS and US Election Scenarios"></p>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Matt and Cynthia's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs episodes here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>**********************************************<br><br>1) Make a donation to the Canadian Patriot<br>https://www.patreon.com/canadianpatriot<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/support-us/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>4) Subscribe to our Telegram Channels<br>https://t.me/CanadianPatriotPress<br><br>Since it is likely just a matter of time before this Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573) gets suspended again or taken down entirely, check out our alternative platforms:<br><br>On Rumble<br>https://rumble.com/user/MattEhret<br><br>On Bitchute:<br>https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FPD8fbk6o541/<br><br>On Odysee:<br>https://odysee.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573:4<br><br>On Soundcloud:<br>https://soundcloud.com/mattehret

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/rSLvuErdymM" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Cutting through Gordian Knots with Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret"></p>October 25, 2024<br><br>In this comprehensive roundtable, Mathew Crawford, Cynthia Chung and Matt Ehret share notes and discoveries pertaining to the subtle forces shaping our world.<br><br>Subscribe to Mathew Crawford’s Rounding the Earth here: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/<br>Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/RoundingTheEarth<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch the Docu-series “Escaping Calypso’s Island” here: <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/escaping-calypsos-island/<br> Watch the Docu-series “The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs” here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>and follow us on https://risingtidefoundation.net/ and https://t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLvuErdymM

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/tQN79fUjAyk" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="The Rules Based Order Has it all Wrong About China: It can be a partner, not an Enemy (RTF Lecture)"></p>In this first of two Rising Tide Foundation presentations delivered by Africa expert Lawrence Freeman, the truth of China's intentions, methods and philosophy for development are laid out with a focus on Africa and putting out fires of war. <br><br>Follow Lawrence Freeman's work on https://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/<br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQN79fUjAyk

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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/MZmroGODK2s" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Forum for Peace: American University in Moscow Roundtable 05 (ELECTION SPECIAL)"></p>In this fifth AUM/RTF Peace Roundtable, SIX expert analysts are brought together to share their assessment of the dynamics shaping the USA going into the 2024 election and the global dynamics (economic meltdown, emergence of new multipolar security/economic architecture), civil war danger etc. Is Trump a fascist who will launch WW3 or a pragmatic patriot who will stop the forever wars? What about his entourage? Is Kamala a preferable candidate or is there something else being missed?<br><br>Garland Nixon, Peter Kuznick, Tom Luongo, Alex Krainer, Joaquin Flores and Martin Sieff hammer out these questions and more in this heated roundtable.<br><br>Websites to follow the work of the guest speakers:<br>Garland Nixon: rokfin.com/garlandnixon<br>Joaquin Flores: t.me/NewResistance<br>Tom Luongo: https://tomluongo.me/<br>Alex Krainer: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/<br>Peter Kuznick: https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/kuznick.cfm<br>Martin Sieff: https://pluralia.forumverona.com/en/authors/martin-sieff/<br><br><br>Also visit<br>www.risingtidefoundation.net<br>and risingtidefoundation.substack.com<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmroGODK2s

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title: Understanding China with Lawrence Freeman (and dialogue with audience)
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/LrSlGPUheR0" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Understanding China with Lawrence Freeman (and dialogue with audience)"></p>Lawrence Freeman delivers a presentation featuring his recent trip to China.<br><br>Watch Larry's main presentation here: https://youtu.be/tQN79fUjAyk<br><br>Follow Lawrence Freeman's work on https://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/<br><br>Supplementary reading from Lawrence Freeman<br><br>Chinese Amb Xie Feng Rejects “zero-sum” Mentality of the West at 75th Anniversary<br>https://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/2024/10/13/chinese-amb-xie-feng-rejects-zero-sum-mentality-of-the-west-at-75th-anniversary/<br><br>Replace Menacing Talk of War in The Horn of Africa With Designs for Economic Growth<br>https://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/2024/10/05/replace-menacing-talk-of-war-in-the-horn-of-africa-with-designs-for-economic-growth/<br><br>“Rules-Based Order” Complicit in Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza<br>https://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/2024/11/03/rules-based-order-complicit-in-crimes-against-humanity-in-gaza/<br><br><br>Support the Rising Tide Foundation in the following ways:<br><br>1) Make a donation <br>https://risingtidefoundation.net/support-the-work/<br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>matthewehret.substack.com<br>cynthiachung.substack.com<br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>and follow us on www.risingtidefoundation.net and t.me/risingtidefoundation<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSlGPUheR0

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title: New Lyre Podcast #27: Poetry Fireside Chat - Autumn 2024
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<div data-sanitized-class="pullquote"><p><em>The Chained Muse</em> is happy to announce the return of the weekly podcast for our flagship journal, <em>New Lyre Magazine </em>(old school episodes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@newlyremagazine/videos">here</a>).</p></div><p>In the latest discussion, we begin by reflecting on the current state of culture and poetry. We explore some of the timeless poetical gems featured in <em>New Lyre’s</em> autumn issue, happily putting to rest any fears of …</p>
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title: Can the “Bay of Pigs” Men Force the Hand of the Next President?
author: ;Anton Chaitkin
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<h4><strong>Can the “Bay of Pigs” Men Force the Hand of the Next President?</strong></h4><p>By Anton Chaitkin; Copyright Anton Chaitkin</p><p><strong>Back in 1960</strong>, the pro-imperial faction within the U.S. government looked forward nervously to the November election that would bring in a new President.</p><p>Would candidate John Kennedy defeat candidate Richard Nixon (the sitting Vice President)? Might K…</p>
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title: Emergency Election Broadcast with Anton Chaitin: Lessons of JFK's War with the Deep State for Today
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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/LVcHJRGLWxM" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Emergency Election Broadcast with Anton Chaitin: Lessons of JFK's War with the Deep State for Today"></p>Read the two referenced articles by Anton (and subscribe to Anton's Substack):<br><br>Can the “Bay of Pigs” Men Force the Hand of the Next President?<br>https://antonchaitkin.substack.com/p/can-the-bay-of-pigs-men-force-the<br><br>The Coup, Then and Now – The Enemies of Humanity Try to Give Trump the JFK Treatment <br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2024/11/02/the-coup-then-and-now-the-enemies-of-humanity-try-to-give-trump-the-jfk-treatment-by-anton-chaitkin/<br><br>Get Science Unshackled here<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/p/my-new-book-has-now-hit-the-press<br><br>Matt and Cynthia's books:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>Watch The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs episodes here:<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/11/01/the-hidden-hand-behind-ufos-episode-1-lifting-the-esoteric-veil/<br><br>**********************************************<br><br>1) Make a donation to the Canadian Patriot<br>https://www.patreon.com/canadianpatriot<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/support-us/<br><br>2) Subscribe to Matt and Cynthia's Substack<br>https://matthewehret.substack.com/<br>https://cynthiachung.substack.com/<br><br>3) Buy some books!<br>https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books/<br><br>4) Subscribe to our Telegram Channels<br>https://t.me/CanadianPatriotPress<br><br>Since it is likely just a matter of time before this Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573) gets suspended again or taken down entirely, check out our alternative platforms:<br><br>On Rumble<br>https://rumble.com/user/MattEhret<br><br>On Bitchute:<br>https://www.bitchute.com/channel/FPD8fbk6o541/<br><br>On Odysee:<br>https://odysee.com/@canadianpatriotpress3573:4<br><br>On Soundcloud:<br>https://soundcloud.com/mattehret<br>...<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVcHJRGLWxM

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