While staying in Germany, he promoted his wife, in fact introducing her into active politics. For example, in one of his interviews, he said that his wife has even more radical point of view on the internal political situation in Russia and actively took part in political discussion.Highly likely, Russia may face the implementation of the scenario that took place in Belarus, where the opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky was replaced by his wife Yulia. The nomination of a female for the role...
Read More »China Newsbrief and Sitrep — Godfree Roberts
Godfree Robert's new book. China is taking off.To put the World in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the Family in order; to put the Family in order, we must first cultivate our personal lives by setting our hearts right. — ConfuciusThe Vineyard of the SakerChina Newsbrief and SitrepGodfree Roberts
Read More »Sputnik — ‘Hinduphobic’: Netizens & Hindus Outraged Over New ‘Tandav’ Web Series, Complaint Filed
As I have been saying, liberalism is engaged in a historical dialectic with traditionalism. Here is another instance of it. This is a big deal in India day to day, but the West seldom hears about it, since it is a "family fight."This is important since the historical dialectic is foundational to the world system, and the world system is now in transition, e.g., from liberal-traditional to ?, from analog to digital, from unipolar to multipolar, from Western-centric to global-centric, from...
Read More »IRS working to redirect millions of stimulus payments sent to unused bank accounts
Nice job....yeah let’s get these same people to administer a JG or a UBI... real good idea...Many Americans are still waiting for their $600 stimulus payments and your tax preparer could be part of the problem. According to Jackson Hewitt, the IRS blindly sent the stimulus payments to over 13 million bank accounts that are no longer open or valid. Leaving many still asking, where is my stimulus?Las Vegas 3 News.
Read More »Prospect of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Potential role in vaccine and therapeutic development
Paper at NIH here.28 proteins, including ofc the Spike:The viral genome of the coronavirus encodes four structural proteins named spike (S), envelope (E), membrane (M), and nucleocapsid (N), 16 non-structural proteins (nsp1–16), and 8 accessory proteins. The S protein plays the most critical role in viral attachment, fusion, and entry into the target cell mRNA gets a mention but not much else... this is it:mRNA has been used as a template for endogenous expression of proteins selected as a...
Read More »Tubular Bells – The Mike Oldfield Story
A superb video about Mike Oldfield and the making of his classic, The Tubular Bells. When Mike Oldfield was about 14 years old his sister, Sally Oldfield, who played a bit of folk guitar, taught him three chords on the guitar, but two weeks later she went into his room and he was running his fingers all over the fretboard. She said he learned how to play the guitar at striking speed. Within a year Mike Oldfield was an accomplished musician - a virtuoso.At 16 years old Mike Oldfield played...
Read More »Scott Bicheno: US blacklists Xiaomi because reasons
Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi has been belatedly added to one of the US lists of companies its citizens aren’t allowed to interact with.But the tech guys aren't fooled!The US government is, of course, obliged to protect its citizens from foreign threats, but the nature of the threats addressed by these last-minute measures is very vague. Is Xiaomi actually accused of anything? If not, then surely this just amounts to collective punishment for the crime of being Chinese.Telecoms.com US...
Read More »Why America Should Look To China To Contain COVID-19, by William A. Haseltine
Since the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, American news media has been rife with stories about how China handled – or according to many of the reports, mishandled – the initial outbreak. The most recent is a story in the New York Times, A Year After Wuhan, China Tells a Tale of Triumph (and No Mistakes). On the surface, it is the story of China’s “whitewashing” of the early days of the pandemic. But simmering just below is an unmistakable sentiment of anti-Chinese propaganda.There...
Read More »Links — 16 Jan 2021
The Unz Review (falling into the Thucydides trap?) Trump’s Not-So-secret Art of Containing ChinaPepe EscobarThe Vineyard of the Saker (analysis)Joe Biden’s WarJ. Hawk, SouthFrontVoltaire Network (the enemy of my enemy is my friend)The Iran-Al-Qaida Axis according the USAMike PompeoMoscow Times (Putin's successor?)A Year After Shock Appointment, Russian Prime Minister Mishustin’s Star is RisingFelix LightAndrew Batson's Blog (defense)What makes China want growthAndrewVisual Capitalist (loaded...
Read More »RT — Germany’s ruling party picks centrist Armin Laschet as its new leader
The first-ever digital election was held by CDU on Saturday, with Laschet defeating his main contender, hardliner conservative Friedrich Merz, in a runoff ballot.The centrist politician and self-styled Angela Merkel continuity candidate, Laschet, narrowly won the election scoring 521 to 466 votes. The digital election’s results will be further confirmed by a postal vote with final, legally binding results expected next week.Runner-up Merz congratulated Laschet, wishing him “success” as the...
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