Source, paywall: https://boosty.to/cluborlov/posts/ Since diplomacy, in the western understanding of the term, has degenerated into an exchange of insults and the laborious process of negotiating agreements which nobody ever intends to keep, all that remains is war. Or, perhaps, the plural form — wars — is more appropriate, since there are several ones going on …

Patrick Henningsen short sums up a simple fact. Capital is heading East despite US efforts to block world trade.

Itapirkanmaa2 Rules-based piracy. This will call for more red lines surely from Putin. “The Telegraph: London wants to sell Russian oil from the Smyrtos tanker and transfer the money to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine It’s about 98 thousand tons of Russian Urals oil worth about $46.2 million, according to the author of the article. The Smyrtos …

Does Putin want to win the war? He doesn’t use his air force to overpower Ukraine, and blast through Ukrainian defences. Why not? Putin humiliated as troops threaten to ‘turn their weapons’ on him State of emergency declared over power supply crisis in Crimea Russians declare state of emergency in Crimea Russia’s fourth-largest refinery …

Source: https://sonar21.com/13-18-days-the-practical-diesel-buffer-does-it-preclude-bombing-iran/ I am indebted to my new friend who is an energy expert ,and currently working in the Persian Gulf, for explaining why the US is facing a very serious risk of a domestic energy crisis. If ignorance is bliss then I’ve spent my last 71 years happily believing that the conversion of oil to …

  Source: https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/how-to-push-back-against-the-advancing The big-picture lesson from the Covid era should have been obvious. It should have screamed loud and clear to every freedom-loving American: The power elites who run things at the local, state and federal levels want to tag and track our movement, but not just our movement. They want to track our diet, our …

Source: https://johnhelmer.net/after-the-us-president-ordered-the-british-prime-minister-out-of-office-whats-left-of-the-anglo-american-special-relationship/ When President Donald Trump (lead image, 3rd left) announced the resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) to make sure he would announce it himself without delay, he threw overboard the special relationship. He also declared that British foreign and domestic policy is to become – already has become — a colonial one. In the …

The New Atlas 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭 US Continues Turning Philippines into “Asia’s Ukraine,” Using US-Ukraine Drones ▪️USNI reports US is arming the Philippines with the same drones used against Russia via Ukraine – including maritime drones used to target/destroy commercial shipping and military vessels; ▪️The NYT previously revealed Ukraine drone strikes are actually carried out by the US, meaning similar …

Where is Netanyahu headed? He’s ruined Donald Trump with the failure of the Iran war. He’ll ruin any other US regime that replaces Trump. Netanyahu could be replaced by a more aggressive character. Max Blumenthal explains Zionist philiosophy, believing any opposition must be met with genocide. Yet the attempts to commit genocide …

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Col. Larry Wilkerson examines how America’s strategy toward Venezuela may have backfired, exposing the risks behind sanctions, military pressure, oil interests, and Washington’s push for political control. What went wrong and could the consequences reshape U.S. influence across Latin America? This American Deep Dive analysis explores Venezuela, U.S. foreign policy, regime-change strategy, geopolitical rivalry, energy politics, …

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief of Miles Franklin Media, speaks with Catherine Austin Fitts, Publisher of The Solari Report, about what Fitts warns could become a “digital slavery system” built around programmable money, digital ID, AI, surveillance, and financial control. Fitts argues that while much of the debate has focused on CBDCs, the bigger threat may …

Source: https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=328294 Money that Britain doesn’t have Pictured above, a Royal Navy Type 26 frigate. A new report argues that the Royal Navy needs to purchase eight new Type 26 submarine frigates on top of the eight already ordered Britain’s military needs an extra £70bn to make it war-ready, a report has warned. A study published by the Centre …

Source: https://jupplandia.substack.com/p/blind-deaf-and-dumb-the-british-political It’s incredible watching British TV studios discussing Starmer’s departure and the problems that face the next Prime Minister. This morning’s Good Morning broadcast was a typical and representative example. Good Morning includes former Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls as one of its main presenters. It doesn’t seem to occur to anyone involved that Ed might be somewhat …