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What stage of democracy is this?
"The majority of Italian society is against military aid to Ukraine. But we must not listen to society if it is wrong."
-- Italian Minister of Defense.
R.Shearman. staying put for the vibes retweeted
Don't be gaslit on the Serbian elections.
Student List has won on an anti-corruption and free speech platform.
It is definitely not pro-NATO or anti-Russian.
It is mildly pro-EU, but so was the previous largest party.
The main explicitly pro-EU party got zero seats.
It's not unusual to prefer using your native language rather than English in international forums Zelensky by contrast is a native Russian speaker who uses an interpreter when meeting with Russians.
普京明明能讲一口流利英语，外事谈判却全程装作听不懂。
英国前首相鲍里斯在一次公开谈话里，提到了他近距离接触普京的细节。
他说普京个子不高，身上带着一种阴森的气场。
有一点特别明显：
普京明明英语极好，但在正式场合见外国元首，偏要装作一句不会。
非要在中间安插一个同传。
这其实是特工常用的观察方式。
在谈判桌上，同传把一句话从头翻译到尾，通常需要十来秒。
普京不需要听翻译。
他是在用这多出来的十几秒时间，观察对方的面部表情、瞳孔和肢体动作。
你在等翻译把话翻给他，他已经在脑子里推演你的下一步。
克格勃的习惯，就是把一切细微动作变成心理判断。
但鲍里斯接着讲了另一件事。
他说现在的普京面对乌克兰，表现得像极了《指环王》里的咕噜。
身上那股执念，已经到了悲剧的地步。
看懂《指环王》的人都知道咕噜。
一个被至尊魔戒彻底套住的角色。
整天守着那个发光的圆环，嘴里念叨着“我的宝贝”，哪怕身体枯槁、理智丧失，也绝不可能放手。
鲍里斯用这个比喻，点出了普京如今最大的困境。
这场仗早就不讲什么实际利弊了。
它变成了一个统治者晚年无法走出的个人执念。
他把吞并邻国，当成了证明自己历史功绩的魔戒。
为了这枚魔戒，几十万年轻士兵死在战场，外贸和金融被全面封锁，整个国家被紧紧绑在战车上。
外人都能看出代价有多大。
但他已经不可能松手了。
这就是封闭权力结构最致命的逻辑：
所有的纠错机制，在一个人的执念面前全部失效。
下面没有人敢递真实的情报，身边的幕僚全在顺着他的偏好说话，整个机器只能跟着他的执念往前狂奔。
当年在谈判桌上靠装不懂英语来观察对手的小动作，终究换不来大局的胜算。
当一个人像咕噜一样把一切都押给眼前的执念，
故事的收尾，从来都只有一种可能。
The West’s double standard on global unrest
sc.mp/d7q7p?utm_source=twitt… via @scmpnews
‘The relationship has never been stronger’ update
This is a classic
El-Sayed: In my Neurology unit, I would have to give that MOCA exam, that cognitive test he's so proud of… The only people you give that test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you’re taking one of those tests, something is wrong.
And you know the doctor who gave it to him was like, I just want to see how smart you are, sir. And he's like, me too.
He brags about having taken it. He's like I remembered the rhinoceros. You're like Habibi, everybody remember the rhinoceros.
And the funny thing about it is, you know, he's taken it multiple times. So he's not even bragging about the first time he took it. He's like, I took it the 1st time and then I took it the 2nd time. So with Donald Trump, you can't blame him for this, he's just dumb.
But for Mike Rogers, can you imagine how small of a human being you have to be to know that he has real deficits and to just nod your head approvingly at the most ridiculous shit that the man proposes?
It’s very much understood. Labor adopted the LNP foreign and defence policy, in its entirety. The only difference being Labor is more focused on delivering US policy in the region and slightly more competent
Albanese: “I don’t think it’s much understood that a precondition of American support was that there be bipartisan support for it in Australia
Without Labor’s support, it wouldn’t have happened”
"On a range of issues including the South China Sea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet and the treatment of the Uighur minority, Albanese says Labor would implement exactly the same policies as the Morrison government today"
Labor Enabled AUKUS – Mick Lawless
dingo.news/voice/labor-enabl…
ALT "Albo" a gimp for American militarism
R.Shearman. staying put for the vibes retweeted
🇧🇷 MASSIVE celebrations in Brazil as thousands take to the streets to celebrate Lula’s presidential election victory!
R.Shearman. staying put for the vibes retweeted
Lula has won a fourth term in spite of Meta, after Brazil’s electoral court had to order platforms to stop throttling his reach while they boosted his Trump-backed opponent. Big Tech tried to rig this but the Brazilian people had the final say ✊
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While I was using the Confucius Institute in Wellington, I was literally working in parliament for a political party leader.
Not once did anyone at Confucius ask me about my job, about politics, or anything close.
We studied Chinese, and sometimes made dumplings.
While I was learning Chinese, we used to love the Confucius Institute because they'd give us free text books so we didn't have to buy them from the university.
I remember in my city, the Confucius Institute had native Chinese speaking volunteers who could help with our study, and practice chatting and so on.
When it was time for Chinese exams, which are super difficult for native English speakers, they'd do their best to help us go over our class material etc.
Absolutely invaluable.
Sometimes we could also take classes making dumplings and traditional fans and other arts. It was fun because you could learn new Chinese words and phrases at the same time.
And I can tell you this: never once was politics brought up, let alone anything else apart from our study.
Seeing that the US has classified Confucius Institutes as a national security risk literally made me laugh out loud.
Honestly, what is up with the US and why are they adament on accelerating their own descent so freaking quickly?
We've always known that the West, especially the US-led West, was declining, but I could never have guessed it would happen this fast, and it would be completely and utterly at their own hand.
The US is scared of shadows, and it's freaking hilarious. 🤣
Shape of things to come.
Ironically France will get regime change and the rest of Europe will move quickly to normalise Le Pen. This happens whenever far right parties join EU governments. Paves the way for Marine to become ‘a good friend’ of Australia
Everyone who dealt with Russia had direct or indirect dealings with the Russian mafia during the Yeltsin years. Oligarchs . domestic and foreign, were beneficiaries of the corrupt privatisation bonanza:Trump was one of many. The mafia provided ‘protection’ for privatised assets
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Hydrants of hatred gush open after attack on Helen Haines
~ @AlanAustin001
independentaustralia.net/pol… via @IndependentAus
One Nation. The rise of the far right.
In the regions and the outer suburbs of Melbourne it seems Labor didn’t see this coming
Choosing One Nation: Disillusioned or just fed up? thenewdaily.com.au/news/poli…
R.Shearman. staying put for the vibes retweeted
ROTHSCHILDS FINALLY TAKE OVER UKRAINE
Ukraine's Ministry of Finance has officially signed agreements with the international financial group Rothschild & Co, which will handle preparations for the privatization of Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank.
Together with the company FinPoint, the Western financiers will conduct an asset valuation and organize the sale of state-owned share packages to foreign investors.
Kiev justifies this process with statements about "reducing the state's share" and "the need to attract foreign investment."
Soon all that will remain of the "sovereign state" is the flag and the trident, while all real property will be finally transferred to Western jurisdiction.
YOU FIGHT THEY GET RICH
#Ukraine #Rothschild #banks #news #newsupdate #newsupdates
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So sick of this disingenuous bullshit. There is a hierarchy of racism because the government is literally putting antisemitism into a category where it will be treated more seriously than other forms of racism. xitter.cf/robertshrimsley/status…
This was the great strength of Obama.
A US instigated coup becomes ‘we negotiated an agreement for a power transition in Ukraine’
Trump would say ‘ We put good people in charge who agreed to give us full control over Ukraine’s rare earths. It was all over in a day’
2015. Obama sur Poutine prenant la Crimée :
"Poutine n'a pas une grande stratégie.
Poutine a été pris au dépourvu après les manifestations de Maïdan et après que nous ayons négocié un accord pour une transition du pouvoir en Ukraine."
Obama déclenche le coup d'État de la place Maïdan 🇺🇦 qui a renversé un président démocratiquement élu et se vante dans cette interview que le président Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine n'a pas été à la hauteur des évènements.
Bilan de l'opération de déstabilisation planifiée et déclenchée par le président Obama depuis 2014 :
- 2,5 millions d'Ukrainiens tués
- 55 000 soldats occidentaux tués
- Un pays complètement détruit et amputé du Donbass, soient 30% de sa superficie.
Les principales richesses naturelles de l'Ukraine sont situées dans le Donbass.
- L'Europe, ruinée et endettée, est à feu et à sang.
- Le pétrodollar est détrôné de son rôle de monnaie incontournable de transactions internationales.
- La création des BRICS est un évènement géopolitique majeur
- Les États-Unis ont définitivement perdu leur hégémonie
- L'Europe est devenue un appendice des États-Unis
- Le partenariat stratégique entre la Russie et la Chine renverse le rapport des forces sur la scène internationale.
- La Russie n'a jamais été aussi riche, opulente et puissante.
- Les États-Unis ont essuyé face à la Russie, par Ukraine interposée, une défaite militaire, technologique, scientifique et industrielle humiliante.
Félicitations Obama !
Le pire stratége de l'Histoire des États-Unis qui ne se relèveront pas de ce fiasco ruineux face à la Chine, à l'Iran et à la Russie.