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       #Post#: 3004--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: Phil Potts Date: March 4, 2022, 8:08 pm
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       Copied free intro from Indian news:
       US CONSIDERING SANCTIONS AGAINST INDIA
       A top State Department official recently informed Congress that
       Washington is considering sanctions against India over its
       acquisition of Russian arms. The US is also pressuring India to
       distance itself from Moscow in the present Ukraine situation.
       Why Should India Fight NATO’s War?The West has bombarded India
       with practically everything they have in the last month,
       demanding that we participate in their war. But, Why should
       India, of all countries, fight in NATO’s war. If a conflict
       arose between China and India tomorrow, the West would want to
       remain neutral. So why exactly shouldn't we share the same line
       of thought? Why should India, of all countries,…
       #Post#: 3005--------------------------------------------------
       Gravitas: WION Ground Report from Lviv
       By: RE Date: March 5, 2022, 8:38 am
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZqu1AhP_R4
       #Post#: 3011--------------------------------------------------
       Russian yacht seizures by the US could provoke a legal nightmare
       By: RE Date: March 5, 2022, 3:29 pm
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       The Lawyers are now Partying!
  HTML https://www.businessinsider.com/us-seize-yachts-sanctions-putin-russian-oligarchs-legal-practical-problems-2022-3
       Russian yacht seizures by the US could provoke a legal nightmare
       RE
       #Post#: 3012--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Russian yacht seizures by the US could provoke a legal night
       mare
       By: Phil Potts Date: March 5, 2022, 3:47 pm
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       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg3011#msg3011 date=1646515786]
       The Lawyers are now Partying!
  HTML https://www.businessinsider.com/us-seize-yachts-sanctions-putin-russian-oligarchs-legal-practical-problems-2022-3
       Russian yacht seizures by the US could provoke a legal nightmare
       RE
       [/quote]
       Why don't we describe the US as an oligarchy as well? There is
       just as much, if not more, corruption and conflict of interest
       in its .1%  including politicians with worth's in the billions.
       #Post#: 3014--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: Digwe Must Date: March 5, 2022, 5:00 pm
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       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=70.msg3012#msg3012
       date=1646516820]
       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg3011#msg3011 date=1646515786]
       The Lawyers are now Partying!
  HTML https://www.businessinsider.com/us-seize-yachts-sanctions-putin-russian-oligarchs-legal-practical-problems-2022-3
       Russian yacht seizures by the US could provoke a legal nightmare
       RE
       [/quote]
       Why don't we describe the US as an oligarchy as well? There is
       just as much, if not more, corruption and conflict of interest
       in its .1%  including politicians with worth's in the billions.
       [/quote]
       AH... But we have demockracy.
       #Post#: 3019--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: Digwe Must Date: March 6, 2022, 10:17 am
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       A contrary view.
  HTML http://thesaker.is/how-russia-will-counterpunch-the-u-s-eu-declaration-of-war/
       I like to get information on important topics from as many
       different directions as I can handle.
       Pepe Escobar is virulently anti-US.  I believe he would describe
       himself more as anti-imperialist, but he obviously hates the US.
       This, of course, gives his view a slant in favor of whoever
       fights America.  So it's important to take that into account
       when reading his work.  He often writes on behalf of the "Global
       South".
       I'm afraid much of his take on the Ukraine war will prove to be
       accurate.  I can't envision the transition in Russia to be as
       facile as he proposes - there will at least be scuffling among
       the oligarchs.  But he quotes some very influential (with Putin)
       Russians who have a plan.
       Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the SVR, succinctly described it:
       “Masks have dropped. The West is not just trying to enclose
       Russia with a new ‘Iron Curtain’. We are talking about attempts
       to destroy our state – its ‘abolition’, as it is now customary
       to say in the ‘tolerant’ liberal-fascist environment. Since the
       United States and its allies have neither the opportunity nor
       the spirit to try to do this in an open and honest
       military-political confrontation, sneaky attempts are being made
       to establish an economic, informational and humanitarian
       “blockade”’.
       Arguably the apex of Western hysteria is the onset of a 2022
       Neo-Nazi Jihad: a 20,000-strong mercenary army being assembled
       in Poland under CIA supervision. The bulk comes from private
       military companies such as Blackwater/Academi and DynCorp. Their
       cover: “return of Ukrainians from the French Foreign Legion.”
       This Afghan remix comes straight from the only playbook the CIA
       knows.
       Back in reality, facts on the ground will eventually lead entire
       economies in the West to become roadkill – with chaos in the
       commodities sphere leading to skyrocketing energy and food
       costs. As an example, up to 60% of German and 70% of Italian
       manufacturing industries may be forced to shut down for good –
       with catastrophic social consequences."
       "Lethal counterpunches though are not excluded. Apart from
       completely de-dollarizing – as Glaviev recommends – Russia may
       ban the export of titanium, rare earth, nuclear fuel and,
       already in effect, rocket engines.
       Very toxic moves would include seizing all foreign assets of
       hostile nations; freeze all loan repayments to Western banks and
       place the funds in a frozen account in a Russian bank;
       completely ban all hostile foreign media, foreign media
       ownership, assorted NGOs and CIA fronts; and supply friendly
       nations with state of the art weapons, intel sharing and joint
       training and exercises.
       What’s certain is that a new architecture of payment systems –
       as discussed by Michael Hudson and others – uniting the Russian
       SPFS and the Chinese CHIPS, may soon be offered to scores of
       nations across Eurasia and the Global South – several among them
       already under sanctions, such as Iran, Venezuela, Cuba,
       Nicaragua, Bolivia, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, the DPRK.
       Slowly but surely, we are already on the way to the emergence of
       a sizeable Global South bloc immune to American financial
       warfare."
       #Post#: 3021--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: RE Date: March 6, 2022, 10:52 am
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       [quote author=Digwe Must link=topic=70.msg3019#msg3019
       date=1646583427]
       A contrary view.
  HTML http://thesaker.is/how-russia-will-counterpunch-the-u-s-eu-declaration-of-war/
       I like to get information on important topics from as many
       different directions as I can handle.
       Pepe Escobar is virulently anti-US.  I believe he would describe
       himself more as anti-imperialist, but he obviously hates the US.
       This, of course, gives his view a slant in favor of whoever
       fights America.  So it's important to take that into account
       when reading his work.  He often writes on behalf of the "Global
       South".
       I'm afraid much of his take on the Ukraine war will prove to be
       accurate.  I can't envision the transition in Russia to be as
       facile as he proposes - there will at least be scuffling among
       the oligarchs.  But he quotes some very influential (with Putin)
       Russians who have a plan.
       Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the SVR, succinctly described it:
       “Masks have dropped. The West is not just trying to enclose
       Russia with a new ‘Iron Curtain’. We are talking about attempts
       to destroy our state – its ‘abolition’, as it is now customary
       to say in the ‘tolerant’ liberal-fascist environment. Since the
       United States and its allies have neither the opportunity nor
       the spirit to try to do this in an open and honest
       military-political confrontation, sneaky attempts are being made
       to establish an economic, informational and humanitarian
       “blockade”’.
       Arguably the apex of Western hysteria is the onset of a 2022
       Neo-Nazi Jihad: a 20,000-strong mercenary army being assembled
       in Poland under CIA supervision. The bulk comes from private
       military companies such as Blackwater/Academi and DynCorp. Their
       cover: “return of Ukrainians from the French Foreign Legion.”
       This Afghan remix comes straight from the only playbook the CIA
       knows.
       Back in reality, facts on the ground will eventually lead entire
       economies in the West to become roadkill – with chaos in the
       commodities sphere leading to skyrocketing energy and food
       costs. As an example, up to 60% of German and 70% of Italian
       manufacturing industries may be forced to shut down for good –
       with catastrophic social consequences."
       "Lethal counterpunches though are not excluded. Apart from
       completely de-dollarizing – as Glaviev recommends – Russia may
       ban the export of titanium, rare earth, nuclear fuel and,
       already in effect, rocket engines.
       Very toxic moves would include seizing all foreign assets of
       hostile nations; freeze all loan repayments to Western banks and
       place the funds in a frozen account in a Russian bank;
       completely ban all hostile foreign media, foreign media
       ownership, assorted NGOs and CIA fronts; and supply friendly
       nations with state of the art weapons, intel sharing and joint
       training and exercises.
       What’s certain is that a new architecture of payment systems –
       as discussed by Michael Hudson and others – uniting the Russian
       SPFS and the Chinese CHIPS, may soon be offered to scores of
       nations across Eurasia and the Global South – several among them
       already under sanctions, such as Iran, Venezuela, Cuba,
       Nicaragua, Bolivia, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, the DPRK.
       Slowly but surely, we are already on the way to the emergence of
       a sizeable Global South bloc immune to American financial
       warfare."
       [/quote]
       I have had many discussions with Pepe over the years.  His main
       problem is he is far too optimistic about the outcomes for China
       & Russia, which are just as bad.
       RE
       #Post#: 3022--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: K-Dog Date: March 6, 2022, 11:23 am
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       [img
       width=700]
  HTML https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNEFLbhXoAYUhRC?format=jpg&name=medium[/img]
       The map appears to be suitin Putin.
       #Post#: 3034--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: RE Date: March 8, 2022, 7:01 am
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       Doesn't sound like Vlad is having much trouble mustering support
       for the War.
       Russian tanks emblazoned with ‘Z’ were first spotted on
       Ukraine’s border. Here’s how the letter became a pro-war symbol
  HTML https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/russia-z-symbol-ukraine-war-cmd-intl/index.html
       RE
       #Post#: 3055--------------------------------------------------
       The Ferguson Report: Russian oligarchs endure war, sanctions and
        missing out on Hitler’s car
       By: John of Wallan Date: March 11, 2022, 1:54 pm
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       Fake news you can trust.
       I like this. So much information in so few words.
       Its too close to reality to be actual satire.
       JOW
       Link
  HTML https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/2022/03/11/the-ferguson-report-fake-news-4/
       Text:
       The Ferguson Report: Russian oligarchs endure war, sanctions and
       missing out on Hitler’s car
       MILLENNIAL CLAIMS IMPENDING NUCLEAR WAR ‘MAKES ME FEEL
       UNCOMFORTABLE’
       “Nuclear war is a construct,” said a Millennial during a lecture
       on architectural constructs.
       Another student said, “I get triggered by the nuclear trigger.”
       Lecturers stopped mentioning the risk of nuclear war for fear of
       losing their jobs.
       An inactivist said: “Tweeting about nuclear war has eaten into
       my time correcting people’s pronouns.
       “My days are now consumed by correcting pronunciations of
       ‘Kyiv’. Oops, I mean ‘Kyiv’ … Dammit. One last try … ‘Kyiv’… No,
       wait …”
       From now on, vegans promise to call ‘Chicken Kiev’ ‘Chicken
       Kyiv’ before refusing to eat it.
       Activists are modifying their protest signs:
       Defund Preparations For The Apocalypse!
       Vaporised Lives Matter!
       The Cloud Is A Mushroom!
       NOT Okay Boomer
       RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS ALMOST AS BAD AS EVERYONE ELSE’S
       The United States, UK and Australia have imposed sanctions on
       several hundred Russian oligarchs.
       Russian oligarchs are like Australian oligarchs but even more
       drunk.
       A Russian oligarch said, “the sanctions are a terrible blow,
       like when we recently lost the bidding war on Hitler’s car.”
       KHAKI CAR KEY KEYS CAR ELECTION
       Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared Australia needs more
       submarines to make travel easier during the floods.
       Morrison refused to confirm an election. “It’s just the way his
       trousers hang,” said a spokesman.
       NO COMMENTS ON NO COMMENTS
       The Prime Minister’s office banned media filming during his
       visit to northern New South Wales.
       A spokesman explained. “We banned media out of respect for the
       privacy of those who came to shout abuse.”
       Out of respect for all Australians, the media will henceforth be
       banned from all Morrison’s events.
       A political philosopher asked: “When a prime minister declares a
       national flood emergency with no cameras around, does he make a
       noise?”
       No, he doesn’t.
       ARMAGEDDON EVEN MORE IMMINENT THAN USUAL
       American megachurches claim Russia’s recent actions signal the
       end of the world.
       Thankfully, they’re still accepting donations.
       US Preacher Pat Robertson suggested Russian President Vladimir
       Putin’s attack on Ukraine, wreaking havoc, death and tragedy,
       was “compelled by God” to fulfil the Armageddon prophecy.
       A spokesman for God said – “That’s bulltwang. God is love, not
       war.”
       He added: “So send money now.”
       In other news …
       ASPIRING PUBLIC FIGURE DEEPLY APOLOGISES FOR MENTIONING RACE,
       IDENTITY OR SEXUALITY IN ANY CONTEXT EVER
       GOVT’S SECRET MICROWAVE WEAPONS DESTROYED BY ANTI-VAXXERS’
       TINFOIL HELMETS
       FRYDENBERG PLEDGES $65m FOR IMAGINARY CAR PARK NEAR PRETEND
       SUBMARINE BASE
       ESTATE AGENTS SAY NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BUY WATERFRONT
       PROPERTY!
       MORRISON DECLARES NATIONAL FLOOD EMERGENCY, TAKES REST OF THE
       DAY OFF
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