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RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)Ukraine is winning the battle on Twitter, but in the real world Kiev is losing the fight for the DonbassScott Ritter, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, serving in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, on General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspectorhttps://www.rt.com/russia/554729-us-ukrainian-perception-donbass/AntiWarIntel Vets: Nuclear Weapons Cannot Be...

Apparently, the Left/Right Paradigm is dead. This narrative keeps coming back. In the 1980s, when governments, coopted by corporate lobby groups, went on a privatisation spree, which transferred billions of dollars worth of public assets into the hands of private wealth holders, and enriched lawyers, management consultants etc into the bargain, we were told that we are all capitalists now because our pension funds bought the assets. Joke. Anyway, I keep reading and being told that there is...

George Eliason | SubstackIs Nina Jankowicz still working for Ukraine?George Eliason, American journalist who lives and works in Donbasshttps://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2761684730989137546/1676282384091225172#Gilbert Doctorow — International relations, Russian affairs“The Eagle Has Landed”: A voyage to St Petersburg via the far side of the moonGilbert Doctorowhttps://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/05/01/the-eagle-has-landed-a-voyage-to-st-petersburg-via-the-far-side-of-the-moon/The Vineyard...

The situation in Ukraine is approaching a junction point. The US/NATO is determined not to lose and is seemingly committing to do what it takes to prevail.  Nightvision lays out some scenarios involving escalation. How this may unfold is unclear but preparations are underway. While Nightvision does not mention it, NATO honchos are meeting at the US base in Ramstein to discuss strategy, along with the head of Ukraine's military. NATO versus Russia appears to be on.Meanwhile the standoff at...

[embedded content]Danny Haiphong interviews Pepe Escobar: A New Russia and China-led Monetary System Seeks to Replace U.S. Dollarhttps://youtu.be/72uSyoiQRzc

[embedded content]Hitler Also Was SentimentalAndrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as...

[embedded content]FOREIGN POLICY REVIEW: SCOTT RITTER ON LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINEParrot TVhttps://youtu.be/sRy_Ak7sj80

If you haven't read this article yet, here is reminder. Although a month old, it is still relevant. Like Virginia state senator and retired US Marine Corps colonel Richard Black, retired US Army colonel Douglas Macgregor, and retired US Army colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, his credentials are impeccable. They are unanimous in calling BS.The Postil Magazine (April 1, 2022)The Military Situation In The UkraineJacques Baud is a former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic...

We don't know what we don't know, but we are learning. And what we're learning is pretty alarming.What my physician said. It will take long-term studies until we really understand this. By then, there will likely be more. This comes with costs, real and financial. The price tag globally is already in the trillions and the real costs in terms of resources, human resources in particular, have not yet been inventoried. So far, the emphasis has been on deaths. But that is only part of it.Then,...

Moon of AlabamaMedia Are Now Whitewashing Nazis They Had Previously Condemned https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/azovreplist.htmlThe Vineyard of the SakerZaur – Military serviceman of Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov’s RegimentTranslated and subtitled by Leo V. April 25, 2022 http://thesaker.is/chechen-soldier-in-mariupol-recalls-moment-where-he-saw-azov-battalions-true-face/The International Schiller Institute (Helga Zepp-LaRouche is the founder and president)Video: Col. Richard Black — U.S....