Blatant Bias and Hypocrisy

The Ukrainian invasion, to my mind, is primarily due to the actions and inaction of NATO. I'm against all wars including this one, but it has become an excuse to morph Russiagate into Russiahate. As though the US doesn't have a long list of countries it has invaded and destroyed in the last twenty years....just a short list includes: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen...not to mention the coups conducted all over the planet from Honduras to Ukraine in order to install puppet governments. Sorry folks but Ukraine is not a democracy...(from 2018)

If America’s successful February 2014 overthrow and replacement of Ukraine’s democratically elected neutralist Government doesn’t soon produce a world-ending nuclear war (World War III), then there will be historical accounts of that overthrow, and the accounts are already increasingly trending and consolidating toward a historical consensus that it was a coup — that it was imposed by “somebody from the new coalition” — i.e., that the termination of the then-existing democratic (though like all its predecessors, corrupt) Ukrainian Government, wasn’t authentically a ‘revolution’ such as the US Government has contended, and certainly wasn’t at all democratic, but was instead a coup (and a very bloody one, at that), and totally illegal (though backed by The West).

Much of the world is supportive of Russia in this conflict.

If you went looking for evidence of international unity in the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there was plenty to find. Switzerland dispensed with its traditional position of neutrality to freeze Russian assets. Germany, reliant on Russian natural gas and reluctant to arm overseas combatants, halted certification of a major natural gas pipeline and shipped hundreds of anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons to Ukraine. Even FIFA and UEFA, not exactly exemplars of responsible geopolitical statecraft, suspended Russia from international soccer.

But that tale of unity is deceptive since it generally only includes Western countries. In the rest of the world, support for Ukraine is far more fragmented. Most notably, two of the world’s largest democracies, India and Brazil, have pointedly not criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin. The silence from India has been especially concerning for the Biden administration, which reportedly has spent days trying to align Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the West’s anti-Russia position.
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Global divisions were laid bare at the United Nations on Friday, as India, Pakistan, and dozens of other countries across Latin America and Africa declined to support a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion. (Brazil voted for the resolution, but its far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro has refused to sanction Russia.)

A scholar and Ex-CIA analyst in an excellent description of the situation

Putin's Invasion of Ukraine | John Mearsheimer and Ray McGovern

I've cued it to John presentation (about 25 min), Ray's starts here and lasts about 30 min.
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To an empire, everything looks like a crisis to justify a multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-security complex as dictatress of the world. The crisis du jour for the American empire is Russia‘s aggression against Ukraine. The political establishment and the mainstream media assign responsibility to President Putin’s megalomaniac ambition to recreate the Soviet empire. Ray McGovern and John Mearsheimer offer a breath of fresh air. They shoulder the United States with a fair share of the blame: the never-ending expansion of NATO cheek by jowl to Russian borders provoked the invasion; Russia fears nuclear weapons on its borders as more menacing than the Cuban Missile Crisis was to the United States. Ray and John will offer some thoughts regarding how to bury the hatchet and move forward. ...Q&A session is the last 30 min.

Another insightful conversation... (a fascinating hour)

Anya Parampil speaks with Moscow-based international affairs analyst, Mark Sleboda. Sleboda assesses Russia's military maneuvers in the early days of the conflict in Ukraine and evaluates the possibility of a Syria-style dirty war erupting in the country. Sleboda also explains how the war has ushered in a "great decoupling" between Russia and the West and why he believes it represents the "end of the unipolar world."

According to documents declassified in 2017, the deal essentially was that the Soviets would allow German unification with the written “ironclad guarantees”, that NATO would not expand “one inch eastward”, in the words of James Baker. More here.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.
Insights from Chris Hedges

The MSM have done a great job whipping up furor over the invasion. Where was the outrage when it was the US conducting illegal invasions? And how about the accusations of war crimes as we imprison Julian for revealing ours? Yes, the hypocrisy is palpable.

Not to mention as we criticize Russia, the US is bombing Somalia, Yemen, and illegally occupying about a third of Syria. Additionally the US has umpteen countries under sanctions for not submitting to corporate domination.

Sanctions are essentially the imposition of arbitrary measures of economic and inhumane
hardship on a country. US sanctions affect a third of humanity with more than 8,000
measures impacting 39 countries. Economic sanctions are also known as embargoes

https://sanctionskill.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/39SanctionedCountri...

Whitney Webb writes that the CIA is creating a new al-Qaeda. This time as a white supremacist rightwing militia. A part of these are mercenaries currently getting recruited by western 'security' companies. These militia will use all the 'small' weapons NATO countries are now delivering to the Ukraine to attack Russian troops and their supporters.

Excellent comparison of Syria's coverage versus the Ukraine hysteria... (17 min)

"There are no surprises over the hypocrisy and double standards of the US." Kevork Almassian

The US citizenry has proven time and again they are easily hornswoggled. Just this century we have the lie of WMDs in Iraq, an oil grab in Libya, a pipeline across Syria,... all as excuses for US led war. Now we have Russia invading democratic Ukraine...another lie...Ukraine like so many US vassal states is run by our puppet.
worth the full read...

This is the case with the globalist empire that is provoking Russia by way of Ukraine. Of course by “empire,” I mean the Anglo-American-Zionist Empire of the New World Order headquartered in the City of London with offices in Brussels, New York, and Washington, DC.

The Empire’s goal of world domination over the decades of the last century has been achieved through both deception and the force of arms. By the use of propaganda and disinformation, along with color revolutions, the Empire has funded proxies used to destabilize nations they seek to topple and absorb.

This is what is happening in the Ukraine right now. This ginned up “crisis” is not about the wellbeing of Ukraine, but rather it is about the Empire’s attempt to chip away at Russia and isolate them, since they are a firewall to the Empire’s goal of world subjection.

Again and again Americans are duped into thinking the US has the moral ground. What a deluded population of misled fools.

"We're willing to fight this war to the last Ukrainian"
Max Blumenthal

Politicians and members of the media have nearly universally expressed shock and dismay at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but their incredulity is belied by the fact that numerous Russia experts and historians have been predicting these events practically since the fall of the Berlin Wall, pointing out that a Russian response to ongoing NATO incursions was virtually inevitable. Jimmy and The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discuss the past predictions of noteworthies ranging from Noam Chomsky and Stephen Cohen to Henry Kissinger and Pat Buchanan.

Ukraine Neo-Nazis Infiltrate EVERY LEVEL Of Military & Government (26 min)

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting cries of “We are all Ukraine,” many have been eager to downplay the proliferation of neo-Nazis in Ukrainian paramilitary groups, the Ukrainian armed forces and even parts of the government.

As Jimmy and The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discuss, reports of neo-Nazis in Ukraine are not at all exaggerated, and the Zelensky government is, in fact, largely beholden to these racist, xenophobic, anti-gay groups that brag of the “fun” they get from fighting and killing.

One more, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liofcQjoRk4 (16 min)
The rising tide of censorship that has caught the likes of Alex Jones, Joe Rogan and countless others in its web lately has been ramped up dramatically since the Russian military assault on Ukraine.

Jimmy and The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discuss the state-run media enterprises that have been censored, along with the tech companies, online payment services and even cat breeding organizations that have ridden the censorial wave.

If Jimmy drives you nuts, fast forward to Max' insightful comments.

New revelations about Hunter will hit President Joe Biden's already plummeting popularity

If the war in Ukraine was going to distract Americans from Joe Biden's poor performance as President, as some critics have suggested, his son Hunter's past will swing the political attention back home.

Hunter's business dealings and personal life are now so obviously tainted that even the New York Times and the Guardian can no longer ignore them.

A likely outcome is this war triggers a massive economic collapse.

Looking at economic and empire cycles teach us what is likely in our future. Here's an excellent description of how the world order changes over time...

In the first 18 minutes, you’ll get the gist of what drives the “Big Cycle” of rise and decline of nations through time and where we now are in that cycle. If you give me 20 minutes more to watch the whole thing, and I will show you how the big cycle worked across the last 500 years of history—and what the current world leading power, the United States, needs to do to remain strong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lv5DjOV8UU (13.5 min)
This video discusses the move to freeze Russian FX reserves as part of sanctions against Russia. This is easily the biggest financial news story of 2022, and will have many unintended consequences and repercussions for many years to come, as countries and central banks realize that US Treasuries and other fiat currency bank deposits are no longer a neutral store of value. This is a giant blow to the global US dollar financial system and the US dollar as a global reserve asset. It will only serve to accelerate the movement into neutral money like gold and Bitcoin.
These are the articles he covers...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-currency-reserves-arent-really-money-the...
https://fortune.com/2022/03/03/russia-sanctions-central-bank-ruble-us-eu...
https://twitter.com/M_C_Klein/status/1496927339984277536
https://www.politico.eu/article/will-china-fund-moscows-war-chest-amid-w...
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59733321
https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/goldvault.html
...plus more under the clip.

Chris sees it as oil or energy driving a coming collapse. (39 min)

A troublesome shortfall in oil has been converted into a very real shortage that will translate into an economic nightmare. In this video I 'do my thing' and connect dots for you in a way that provides you with insights you can turn into concrete actions.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/disarming-ukraine-day-9-europe-inc...

Energy and wheat prices have doubled. With inciting a longer fight Europe only increases its own loses.

This war will echo far and wide and impact people on a variety of levels.

So the US poked the bear in the eye, and here we are in a real pickle. Inflation is soaring. I'm seeing my regular purchases up at least 10% and gas of course much higher. Fortunately I don't have to drive much...typically two trips a week to town using about a gallon of gas for each trip. I average about 5 gallons a month for my old tractor. Road trips are going to be more costly for sure. Food is up significantly too. If you have not started your garden and you have a spot where you can, you might want to consider it. At least get to know some of your local growers and producers. Use these directories in the links to find farmers and create relationships before SHTF. If you have a freezer buy extra food during cheaper summer production and store it. This too will pass. Sadly it didn't have to be this way. All this could have been prevented had we kept our word and not expanded NATO.

I look forward to your thoughts, questions, or anything else on your mind. The thread is open...