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Just Say NO! to Peace
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This week the NATO warmongers gathered in DC to rattle their small ineffectual sabres like petulant children led by a blithering idiot. Neil Oliver suggested this week that these leaders reminded him of the sorcerer's apprentice in Fantasia, when Mickey gets carried away with the use of magic to do his chores...but things quickly get out of hand. (Fantasia - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Part 1), (Part 2). (Part 3) posted below...3 min)
In this analogy, who is the sorcerer that comes in and straightens out the mess?
Putin, Orban, Trump,...?
Trump shooting update:
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Trump Gunman Reported To Be Thomas Matthew Crooks
• Shooter identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, NY Post
• Trump has responded, saying on Truth Social “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.”
• Secret Service says one spectator was killed and two were critically injured.
• Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear by a would-be assassin at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.
• Trump could be seen grabbing his ear and falling to the ground, before standing up and walking off stage.
• Approximately nine shots rang out.
• A member of the crowd, as well as the shooter, are dead following the assassination attempt.
• One Trump supporter says he alerted Secret Service before the shooting and was ignored.
• Trump’s team reportedly asked for ‘beefed up protection’ and was rebuffed over and over by Biden DHS.According to The Federalist’s Sean Davis, “A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS. DHS, which oversees Secret Service protective detail “wasn’t responsive to those requests” for more resources, the source said.”
Based on the link above of the shooter witness. one might think it was a deep state inside job.
Now back to the regularly scheduled OT...
Much like Mickey, western leaders have let things get out of hand. As Chas Freeman says, "They've inhaled their own propaganda and are now deluded"...and I'll add with their own false narrative of power and ability. Now they plan on war with China...why?...because China is aiding Russia in Ukraine. Well, China is now in Belarus participating in war games as Belarus joins the SCO
Pepe, Michael, and Alex address the importance of the SCO below...
Pepe Escobar : SCO Summit a Geopolitical Game Changer (26 min)
Could the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) become the cornerstone of a new multipolar world order? Join us as Pepe Escobar returns to "Judging Freedom" to unravel the seismic shifts ignited by the recent SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. Despite scant Western media coverage, this gathering brought together ten formidable nations, including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, and Iran, to forge a powerful Eurasian security framework that stands in stark contrast to NATO and Western-centric paradigms. We also delve into the intricate web of relationships within the SCO and its burgeoning alliance with BRICS, emphasizing the collaborative efforts reshaping global geopolitics.
Furthermore, we explore the nuanced positions of key SCO member states, such as India's balancing act in a multipolar world and Kazakhstan's strategic partnerships amid East-West tensions. This episode provides a gripping narrative on recent events in Ukraine, debunking initial reports and presenting a clearer picture of a missile strike's true origins.
World Shaking Up! Epic Political & Economic Earthquakes Rock the Globe! | Michael Hudson (51 min)
The SCO is quite the contrast to NATO.
MICHAEL HUDSON and RADHIKA DESAI discuss NATO as an offensive organization since its inception in this transcript.
One more discussion of the SCO with Alex Krainer
You Won't Believe What Russia and China Are Planning—This Will Change History Forever | Alex Krainer
(40 min)
Let's contrast the SCO with NATO this week...
NATO Summit: Collectively Losing Their Mind
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So what changed since March 2022 to allow the U.S. and NATO to risk, in the previous words of Biden, “World War III?”
What’s changed is that back then the White House and the Pentagon still thought the strategy of economic and information warfare plus a proxy ground war would defeat Russia in Ukraine, and ultimately bring down Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
But for more than a year now it’s been evident that the U.S. — and NATO — have lost the economic and information war, as well as the proxy fighting on the ground in Ukraine. One year into the war, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a dinner in February 2023 that he had to face facts: Ukraine would lose the war and should negotiate a settlement with Moscow.
The Wall Street Journal quoted Macron as telling Zelensky that “even mortal enemies like France and Germany had to make peace after World War II.” Macron told Zelensky “he had been a great war leader, but that he would eventually have to shift into political statesmanship and make difficult decisions,” the newspaper reported.
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The economic war, intended to spur Russians to overthrow their government, has failed spectacularly. The ruble did not collapse despite sanctions on the Russian central bank. Nor has the economy.
Instead an alternative economic, commercial and financial system that excludes the West has arisen with China, India and Russia in the lead, and most of Asia, Africa and Latin America taking part in what appears to be the final chapter of Western colonialism. The sanctions instead backfired on the West, especially in Europe.
The information war has failed across the world. Only the United States and Europe, which consider itself “the world,” believe their own “information.”
The proxy war is being lost on the ground, though more than $100 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine has created a bloodbath. There will either be a negotiated settlement in which Ukraine loses territory; a total Russian victory; or potentially the final war.
The U.S. pushed Russia to the brink to provoke its intervention. It began with a 30-year NATO expansion eastward with NATO exercises on Russia’s borders while calling for Ukraine to become a member, a call reiterated at the summit yesterday.
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In his speech to the summit, Biden on Tuesday couched NATO’s aggressive designs as defensive moves to counter a non-existent Russian threat to the rest of Europe. It’s similar to dressing up Israel’s genocide as “self-defence.”
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Until the U.S. and its Western allies accept that the World War II era is ended they will continue to lead the world towards a Third World War.
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All this adds up to a collective madness. After innumerable wars since history began, the world is being led to perhaps its final confrontation.
At the core is NATO’s apparent belief that Putin is bluffing about using nuclear weapons to defend Russia’s sovereignty. It is simply a bluff that cannot be tested.
The only solution is the two treaties Russia offered in December 2021 and a neutral Ukraine as it was under President Viktor Yanukovych, whom the U.S. helped overthrow in 2014 in part because of it.
NATO leaders haven’t demonstrated a willingness to give up any of their collective or individual power, which is devolving rapidly into collective and individual madness.
The irony here is the west military power is extremely weak and ineffective...all as they push for escalation and more war.
— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) July 11, 2024
US Bodycount 35 KIA After Russian Missile Strike
“During the day [July 9],” said the Defense Ministry briefer in Moscow, “the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with high-precision weapons on American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems prepared for strikes on the territory of Crimea, as well as the venue of an official meeting of the AFU [Armed Forces of the Ukraine] command staff. The objectives of the strike have been achieved. Four US-made HIMARS MLRS launchers were destroyed, as well as up to 35 foreign specialists who serviced them.” Several hours later, the Pentagon briefer, Major General Pat Ryder, announced “a great kickoff to NATO summit events this week.”
General Ryder wasn’t referring to the largest number of US battlefield deaths ever recorded under hostile Russian fire. He had nothing to say about the Ukraine battlefield action, and the reporters attending failed to ask him about it.
We are NATO. And we’re comin’ to get ya
We are the world. We are the people. We are NATO. And we’re comin’ to get ya – wherever you are, whether you want it or not.
Call it the latest pop iteration of the “rules-based international order” – duly christened at NATO’s 75th birthday in D.C.
Well, the Global Majority had already been warned – but brains under techno-feudalism tend to be reduced to mush.
Cut to the 2024 NATO Summit Declaration – obviously redacted, with stellar mediocrity, by the Americans, with the other 31 assorted vassal members duly assenting.
So here’s the main 2024 NATO “strategic” trifecta:
- Extra tens of billions of dollars in “assistance” to the upcoming rump Ukraine; the overwhelming majority of these funds will be slushing around the industrial-military money laundering complex.
- Forceful imposition of extra military spending on all members.
- Massive hyping up of the “China threat”.
As for the theme song of the NATO 75 show, there are actually two. Apart from “China Threat” (closing credits), the other one (opening credits) is “Free Ukraine”. The lyrics go something like this: it looks like we are at war against Russia in Ukraine, but don’t be fooled: NATO is not a participant in the war.
Well, they are even setting up a NATO office in Kiev, but that is just to coordinate production for a Netflix war series.
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The joint declaration directly blames China for fueling Russian “aggression” in Ukraine: Beijing is described as a “decisive enabler” of the Kremlin’s “war effort”. NATO script writers even directly threaten China: China “cannot enable the largest war in Europe in recent history without this negatively impacting its interests and reputation”.
To counter-act such malignity, NATO will expand its “partnerships” with “Indo-Pacific” states.
...“Indo-Pacific” is a crude “rules-based international order” invention. No one across Asia, anywhere, has ever used it; everyone refers to Asia-Pacific.
Pepe deals with the topic with humor and insight...
Biden sees ‘no reason’ to talk to Putin
US President Joe Biden has said he has no reason to talk with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, including about the Ukraine conflict. However, he also said he would not refuse to engage with any world leader.
Alex did a great job this week covering Biden and the NATO meeting.
We have President Putin of Ukraine and US Vice President Trump...on the same day. Hey, you laugh or cry. I prefer laughing with Alex. (30 min)
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Trump, Orban, Putin: Why are all the ‘dictators’ hellbent on peace?
Back in 2008, the “dictator” Vladimir Putin delivered his now-famous speech at the Munich Security Conference where he warned his Western colleagues on the dangers of military expansion.
“NATO expansion… represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask: against whom is this expansion intended? And what happened to the assurances our Western partners made after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact? Where are those declarations today? No one even remembers them.”
Despite Putin’s explicit warning, NATO went on to add an additional six members to the alliance, bringing the total number to 32, with Ukraine, ignoring Moscow’s major red line, scheming to be number 33. For anybody who asserts this is only a “defense alliance” would do well to consider what America’s response would be if all of Latin America and the border state of Mexico were joining a military alliance led by Moscow.
Orban meets Trump to talk ‘peace mission’
Why Viktor Orbán Deserves The Nobel Peace Prize
Orbán’s vigorous diplomatic activities have undoubtedly stirred the waters in Brussels. Critics argue that Orbán’s methods sometimes breach diplomatic protocols, but his engagement with pivotal figures in the Ukraine conflict illustrates the kind of bravery and initiative that many modern politicians lack. Orbán’s actions transcend superficial diplomacy; he is actively striving to move continents towards real solutions during a time of great division.
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NATO preparing for ‘protracted wars’ – Pentagon
“That includes ensuring we are prepared for the possibility of protracted war, which every ally must be prepared for – and not just in Europe, either,” Hicks warned.
Why Is the West Preparing for War?
One result of the just concluded NATO Summit is Germany’s decision to host US intermediate-range missiles. Prior to 2019 when Washington cancelled the INF Treaty, the treaty prevented such deployment.
The INF Treaty was signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8,1987, and the treaty was ratified on June 1, 1988. The treaty was part and parcel of ending the cold war. Reagan called the treaty a “step toward a safer world.”
... what is clear is that Washington is pushing both Europe and Russia into preparing for war, and is itself preparing. The US Senate has joined the House of Representatives in creating a draft registration system from which to field a conscripted army. The Senate’s version includes women in the draft, as equal treatment requires. Clearly, Washington sees the need for a larger army than a volunteer army can provide.
Now that the Biden regime is supplying F-16s and long-range missiles to Ukraine, weapon systems that Biden said would never be given to the Ukrainians, along with targeting information, clearly Washington’s intent is to further widen the war by carrying it deep into civilian areas of Russia. Simultaneously, Washington is using its NGOs in Georgia to orchestrate a color revolution there in order to open a second front against Russia.
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China is the main focus of Washington’s strategy of isolating Russia. At the recent NATO Summit China was accused of being a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. By allegedly supplying armaments to Russia, China is accused of challenging “our interests, security and values.”
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There are so few people willing to fight for America that Congress entertains proposals to enroll immigrant-invaders, paid with citizenship for fighting for American hegemony.
America has reached the point that Rome reached. Once the Roman military was German, the Germans became the emperors. The Germans did a fairly decent job compared to the decadent Romans, but the Empire was exhausted by its internal conflicts and collapsed.
Perhaps it is the collapse of the West that Putin and XI are banking on. Why bother to fight people busy destroying themselves.
They are mad, and may drag us all into nuclear annihilation.
There's no doubt the US empire is falling. Interview after interview examine the collapse...
The Summit Of Retreat: Global NATO Is Finished | Amb. Chas Freeman (37 min)
Col. Larry Wilkerson: This is the American Empire Collapsing Before Our Eyes! (40 min)
Ray McGovern EXPOSES: How NATO's Actions Are SHATTERING Any Hope for World Peace! (55 min)
Larry C. Johnson: Ukraine Crumbles as NATO Scrambles - Israel Faces Humiliation Against Hezbollah! (62 min)
It isn't just NATO, but also the oligarchs who are declaring war on the people...
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More from Jimmy and James Corbett...
Here’s How Cryptocurrency Lost Its Way! w/ James Corbett (2.5 min)
“Climate Change Is A GIGANTIC Global Power Grab!” – James Corbett (9 min)
Free Speech Means DECENTRALIZING The Internet! w/ James Corbett (10 min)
Debunking The Official 9/11 Story! w/ James Corbett (18 min)
Entire 1 hour interview here...
I caught a couple of interesting interviews that discussed safety...and how keeping us safe has led to a weakening of our nations, cultures, and society.
Ivor discusses his wakening to propaganda through diet and food misinformation, and later the pandemic lies re-enforced his doubt in the system. Toward the end they discuss the need for risk and how the promise of safety is really no promise at all but a threat. I found it interesting. (57 min)
Prof. Doctorow also touches on the use of "safety" at about 45 min in this 56 min clip.
NATO's Unity Crumbles: Pursuing Delusional Goals Leads to Catastrophic Failure! | Gilbert Doctorow
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So as the world focuses on the NATO gathering, the genocide continues in Gaza.
Gaza apocalypse and the four horsemen (2.3 min)
There is now a famine in all of Gaza. A famine on the edge of the Mediterranean, where NATO navies are lined up. With tens of thousands of aid trucks blocked from entry
George Galloway continues in a 1.5 min clip...
Gaza. If you tolerate this your children will be next
The only surprising thing about October 7 and the breakout from the Gaza concentration camp is that it doesn’t happen every October 7, or every six weeks
Chris Hedges: The Old Evil
The Palestinians want their land back. Then they will talk of peace. The Israelis want peace, but demand Palestinian land. And that, in three short sentences, is the intractable nature of this conflict.
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Israel has ordered the largest West Bank land seizure in more than three decades, confiscating vast tracts of land northeast of Ramallah. The extreme rightwing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in a Jewish colony and is in charge of colonial expansion, has promised to flood the West Bank with a million new colonists.
Many outlets are now reporting on the Israeli "Hannibal Directive".
Max Blumenthal: Israelis Killing Their Own - #HannibalDirective (30 min)
Max Blumenthal investigates the complex and controversial topic of Israelis killing their own, exploring the implications of the Hannibal Directive. In this thought-provoking discussion, Blumenthal examines the internal conflicts within Israeli society and the military policy's role in shaping the narrative broadcast on main steam media. Blumenthal and The Grayzone were one of the first to bring to light the order from the Israeli Government to issue the Hannibal Directive to the IDF. Gain insights into the societal tensions, political dynamics, and human rights considerations at play in Israel today.
Only an anti-fascist front can save us from the abyss - 972mag
Israeli society will emerge from this war more violent, nationalist, and militaristic than ever. The work of curbing its worst impulses must start now.
...it is impossible to ignore how Israel adopted a new national ethos under the auspices of this war - one that completely abandons any lip service to the idea of democracy in favor of fascist values.
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza - 972 magazine
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
Israeli Newspaper Says Country ‘Collapsing’ as 46,000 Businesses Shutter
Israel’s GDP fell by nearly 20% from October to December 2023, though it rebounded with a 14% gain the next quarter, that was less than economists expected. Roughly 46,000 Israeli businesses have shut down since October 7, according to the Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv. The Israeli economy has been declining rapidly since it launched its campaign in Gaza,particularly after the Yemen Ansar Allah movement (aka Houthi) and the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon have been taking action in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. The Houthis have blockaded the Red Sea from ships it says are connected with Israel or the United States. Because of their actions, the southern port of Eilat –the country’s busiest port before the war– has been virtually shut down since October 2023. Exacerbating the situation further, foreign tourism has also collapsed during the war, and as of December, nearly half a million Israelis have left the country and that was before tensions inflamed significantly between Iran and Israel.
Meanwhile, the Ansar Allah movement has been attacking Israel’s north, forcing tens of thousands of Israelis to evacuate the area, virtually wiping out businesses in the area. However, businesses around all of Israel are struggling, the paper said, with construction and ancillary industries being hurt the most but it noted that nearly every industry is being affected. Yoel Amir the CEO of Coface Bdi, a services and credit risk management firm, told the paper that they estimate 60,000 Israeli businesses could shut down by the end of the year. “This is a very high number that encompasses many sectors. About 77 percent of the businesses that have been closed since the beginning of the war, which make up about 35,000 businesses, are small businesses with up to five employees, and are the most vulnerable in the economy,” Amir said.
The Houthis continue disrupting shipping Pepe suggests the conflict between the Saudis and Yemenis may increase.
Riyadh abhors the Yemeni resistance like the plague. Instead of Sanaa, Yemen’s recognized capital city, it supports an anti-Ansarallah’ government’ sitting in Aden, sort of recognized by the ‘rules-based international order.’ In truth, though, that government actually sits in a luxury Riyadh hotel. Ansarallah has tried hard to negotiate a prisoner exchange involving captured Saudi pilots traded for jailed Hamas members in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh has not only refused but threatened that bank transfers to and from Yemen would be blocked, and Sanaa’s international airport and sea ports would be shut down. Ansarallah’s response was stark: if Yemeni banking is blocked, the Saudi Arabian banking system would be destroyed. If Sanaa airport is targeted, the same would happen to Saudi airports.
So, the war that never ended is suddenly and ominously back on track. Ansarallah would have no problem targeting Saudi Arabia’s oil production as retaliation to a full blockade – considering its proven capability with brand-new missiles and naval drones. The consequences for global oil markets would be catastrophic. Yemen represents the classic case of a fierce resistance actor in the context of the emerging multipolar, multi-nodal world. So that begs the question of where multipolar/multi-nodal champion Russia stands when it comes to Yemen’s fight. Which brings us to the fascinating case of two Yemeni delegations that recently visited Moscow. One of them, led by a senior Ansarallah official, met in Moscow with the Russian President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East (West Asia) and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov.
They discussed not only the ongoing Gaza genocide but also what Ansarallah describes as “the American–British aggression on Yemen,” a reference to ongoing western naval operations in the Red Sea that have – unsuccessfully – sought for months to thwart Yemeni ops against Israel-bound and Israel-associated shipping vessels.
I find it almost humorous to hear the bellicose rhetoric coming out of the west. They want to take on China, but can't defeat the Houthis...nor the Taliban. As Biden would say.."come on, man."
Biden or Not, U.S. Policy on Palestine Stays the Same
Time to Cool Down!
I know many of you have been experiencing extreme summer heat. Well this last story might be cooling ...as well as amusing.
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You can't make this up. Nature is curious.
Well friends, I hope you all have a great Sunday. Lot of news this week, so I hope you'll share your insights, stories and thoughts below.
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Good morning LO, love the ice phallus off Didlo.
Should we seriously consider adopting "Never attribute to mear ignorance that which could be explained by malice." as a motto or maxim. Or, are we already there?
we have orioles fighting over one of our hummingbird feeders, and maybe also feeding off of some of our apricots. This is pretty novel, we haven't spotted any orioles in our yard for well over a decade. We also have active coopers hawk nests (plural!) in the general vicinity of our court, keeping all those of the avian ilk on their toes all of the time.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I thought the iceberg was funny...
Maybe the arctic giving us the middle finger?
We ave some coopers hawk around. For us this has been the year of the cuckoo or rain crow. We hear them all around us and occasionally see them around the house in the trees.
The cardinals are trying to work on my apples, pecking at the red as they ripen. They built in the muscadine arbor and think the garden is theirs.
We had a visiting bear the other day. I caught a couple of photos (which I've not yet downloaded). I'll post sometime soon...
Stay cool!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
orios?
What kind of orioles? Bullock's or Hooded? Hooded are big on hummer feeders, Bullock's not as much.
very cool!
happy trails!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
My guess is hooded. The times that I have seen them
I've also startled them and they vanish around a corner of the house almost immediately, so I don't get really good looks.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Overnight scattered
showers have taken
the edge off the heat for now
let’s hope it helps with fire containment
Too many people reported the ‘dupe’
was spotted and le was notified
yet no response. Curious
this script was written more than a year ago
people openly discussed this exact scenario
sorta like event 201 just Happened to
blueprint the next two years for the Coof
I smoke too much pot to be this cynical
love how they proper full name the guy
for the history books
maybe they should hire rittenhouse to
show how to shoot the gun out of their hands
and keep the shooter Alive for questioning?
notice how the ‘shooters’ Always perish
somehow?
Put on
Set up
‘ware the Next act.
and what’s their Other hand doing
under the table right now?
thanks for the ww lo
stay safe in the holler
edit; auto incorrect
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
My suspicion was aroused...
Maybe we'll never know what happened in the attempted killing...kinda like 9/11?
Glad you got a little relief from the heat. We still need rain, but it is what it is. Luckily we have a good well.
Take care and keep your eyes open!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Don’t read
the comments at Zerohedge today. They are doing a fine job of stoking up the two-minutes hate against “them”.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Thanks for the warning...
The spin around the Trump shooting is fast and furious.
My thought is if he survives till Nov, he's assured the job. Now he's a surviving hero!
Beware the comments for sure...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I don't know
TR: "Ladies and gentlemen, you may not be aware I have just been shot. But it will take more than that to kill a Bull Moose."
And after that well-publicized considerable act of personal bravery and stoicism, he went on to ... lose the election.
running in a third party as I remember...
IMO this assures Trump's election, but we'll see. I've been wrong many times before.
Thanks for the trip back a century or so!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, dear friend!
I can't find it now, but the first news (speculation) about the shooter was that he was Chinese. Last evening, the photo of him lying dead on the roof did look like a Chinese. I don't know where I saw it.
Then this morning, the photos of the shooter show a typical blondish white guy, typical looking American kid.
Lots of unanswered questions about this attempted assassination. No doubt, it has spun up MAGAs to come after lefties, all the while distracting us from the NATO threats, the acceleration toward WWIII.
Beware poking the bear, friend.
I hope to actually read some of the articles and watch some of the videos you posted, and maybe coherently comment on them, but until then, Nature really topped The Babylon Bee with that iceburg!
Thanks for the WW, LO.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
George is talking the Trump shooting...
It is live so you'll have to rewind to the intro monologue...
I hope his challenge to his election defeat is successful! I like George.
Glad to hear your power is back. Slow but steady getting your house back in order!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I'd been waiting for someone
...in the community to come forward. Although, this account of the alleged shooter's background doesn't surprise me, I thought the photo might be indicative of why he would be "inexplicably" bullied.
It's hard to believe only one person has come forward thus far as far as I know.
Thanks for the Weekly Watch Lookout. I've been going through the posts and videos.
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語必忠信 行必正直
It will take a few days for things to clear...
...and maybe not even then. Thanks for the bully story. Who knows what the motivation was. We'll wait and hope to see.
Glad the FL hurricane scene has been calm and quiet! Take care.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I don't have any idea about motive
To me the picture of the suspect, and the report of the witness suggest a medical issue to me. I see the suspect is believed based on a newspaper report to have received a math and science award. WSJ just reported based on an FBI report no indication of any mental health issue. I disagree with their assessment. Just an opinion.
語必忠信 行必正直
There's lots of speculation...
...but time MAY tell the story. As I often say, "We live in interesting times". I'm hearing little leaks about the supposed shooter. We'll see.
Take care and be cool!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Well, if running around in camo all the time is a symptom of
something then at least 25% of the country seems to have it whatever it is.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Hey, here in the SE...
Camo is what you wear and how you decorate your truck....I regret reporting.
We forget how our various regions differ, me thinks.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I had a camo ball cap
That the truck company provided once. I had worn their ball caps as a practice while driving because they were practical. I still almost always wear one when outdoors or driving. The truck company had issued generic caps with their trademark logo on it. The camo ballcap was a new design for them, but I wore it anyway because the old cap had gotten filthy. I found out that people reacted to me differently when I wore the camo hat, while the generic ball cap had never generated any particular response. Black people were no longer friendly toward me, and rural types were friendlier. Lately I wear a generic ball cap maybe with a military theme, and this one too elicits responses or reactions I might not otherwise get. I consider attire a kind of disguise or social marker.
I wasn't referring to the shooter's attire, but his facial features. This is controversial in scientific terms so I won't say anymore about it.
語必忠信 行必正直
funny how attire shapes peoples opinions.
Remember "dress for success"?
I was always a Hawkeye type...forget looks, be effective.
Maybe I was, but at last I was me, not some pretend presentation of myself.
Bet the same is true for most of us.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
This is the best compilation of warfare activities
....on the Internet. Very, very impressive.
Populations don’t like wars. They have to be lied into it.
That means we can be “truthed” into peace. — Julian Assange
oh, many thanks!
It was an interesting week and there were many great analysis about it. Hope I caught some of the best.
I appreciate your kind review!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
LO, I am almost done with the posted vids.
The info about SCO that the msm does not ever mention is truly the game changer.
Importantly, since the attempt to assassinate Trump has brought him hero level contributions and support, and he is extremely anti-China, we are in a turning point toward one way or another, neither of them positive, without the miracle of a sensible person coming forward in this country to calm down the storm.
I think, in order to fight back on the CIA manipulation of my thinking, I will only casually inform myself about the movie script-like shooting of Trump, and stay focused on the consequences of his way, way likely victory.
You have a wonderful week, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
interesting analysis...
We're in an odd place. Promoting war that impacts our people negatively.
It is about promoting profit and power not people, but we've known that for a long time. But on we go...
Hope y'all are doing well in an improving environment!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I've been singing Eve of Destruction
with my modified lyrics, but maybe it is time for "Masters of War" by Dylan?
(4.5 min)
Over and again my friends...
Good night see you tomorrow...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Hi all,
Hey LO,
Hope it's all good on the mountain. Thanks for the great roundup!
For a headline I would have gone with something like... Amazingly satisfied population of Dildo concerned if large floating phallus is friend or foe.![Smile](https://caucus99percent.com/sites/all/modules/smiley/packs/kolobok/smile.gif)
Those Yellow-billed Cuckoo are great birds. Frequency of the cooing calls increases with humidity right before rains. Instead of the knocking on wood regular calls. They eat caterpillars mostly, so great to have in the trees. They are the only thing that tears into tent cat tents, and they also eat woolly bears and other super hairy types nothing else touches. Very cool birds. Roadrunner is a terrestrial ground cuckoo actually. Our Yellow-billed cuckoos here arrive in the third week of April, nest and fledge usually a single young by late June and depart in early July. They do what many birds do after breeding, called a molt-migration. They go somewhere and molt after nesting, usually where food is plentiful. We do not know where, many birds do this. We are just starting to understand this but it seems fairly common in songbirds. Then they go south from somewhere else unknown, with a new set of feathers. My breeding Ash-throated Flycatcher will leave in a week or so, where they go is a mystery.
Thanks for the OT LO!
happy trails all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
But now, Jeff Bezos & WaPo also wish “Hitler” a speedy recovery…
https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1812326779178168530
Trying to have it both ways, are we?
Always
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Even worse
But sure it’s the MAGA deplorables and Trump who are calling for violence.
Dems are squeaky clean….pffft.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
I'm sure that's what motivated the shooter
As for comparing Trump to Hitler, did you know that Hitler was initially appointed by the "lesser evil" candidate? Yeah, that's right. The SPD decided for everyone in the non-Stalinist Left in Germany, and put its weight behind Paul von Hindenburg in the spring 1932 Presidential elections. Hindenburg was, of course, the guy who appointed Hitler. January 30, 1933: look it up.
Within eight weeks of his appointment Hitler had an absolute dictatorship over Germany. Donald Trump had four years and lost Congress after the first two. But he MUST be Hitler! The New Republic said so!
The Dems like to boast that the economy is really good. Hitler was appointed in the midst of the Great Depression. So, Dems, if the economy is really good, you have nothing to worry about.
"I don't think you can do worse than Biden." - Aaron Mate
The big clue here
....Is that the shooter had to be Jack Ruby'd.
I expect everyone to overlook that.
And, of course, the shooter was visible to the crowd below.
But to security, not so much.
Populations don’t like wars. They have to be lied into it.
That means we can be “truthed” into peace. — Julian Assange
Jimmy and others suggest dim rhetoric led to the shooting...
Video: Was Shocking Anti-Trump Rhetoric The Cause? (12 min)
Hope all is well with you across the pond! Take care.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
This
Obama and Biden say that violence has no place in America. Bullshit. Violence is as American as apple pie. I’m supposed to feel bad that Trump was almost assassinated after what he did to the Iranian general? But are they saying that it’s not right to go after people in their class?
People are giving Caitlin crap for saying that 2 presidential candidates were both almost brain dead.
Obama is full of shit too after he assassinated 2 Americans without due process? Presidents should feel lucky that more people aren’t after their lives.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
You can smell the hypocrisy...
War brings out human's worse side for sure. Thanks for the X posts!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”