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Starting from early July and bringing this right up to date

WP How much harm is the US attempting to inflict on the EU with this move? It is Europe that get's it's energy from Russia.

ht to John for bringing this to mindFollowing up on the thought-line of psychological operations that manipulate you into believing or participating in activities that are not really beneficial to you as an individual.

ht freethinker- who brought this video to my attentionI usually catch all of Jan Irvin's stuff, but, missed this one completely. Sigh...... Can't be everywhere at all times. Quite a thought provoking interview. Or not. Maybe, offensive? Or not. Guess that all depends on you, the individual.

This is lengthy,but, worth reading or I would not have taken the better then two hours to put it togetherRussia, China, Ukraine, EU, US, NATO it's all here...Uighurs attack! Bloody car bombing on busy market Absolutely not a surprise. In fact last night, I said to hubby something along the line of- I betcha there is going to be some sort of attack against China involving the Uighurs.

First we will read bit and pieces from WSJ- BBC and Reuters

China gives Putin a diplomatic boost  Weird headline?Why not- "China gives Russia a diplomatic boost"?  It would seem to be more sensible to speak of two nation states bolstering one another as opposed to implying an entire nation is boosting just one individual?It truly seems the western media is creating a cult of personality around Mr Putin.  Do you think there is

For MotherBarbarian and all those who dare to question accepted orthodoxy

According to the NATO media the whole problem in Ukraine is Russia- Yup, it's all bash Russia, all the time.And yet... it was 5 billion US dollars that fomented  the coup. It was F the EU Nuland that handpicked Yats. It NATO affilliated/US/banking interests that groomed Yats. Blame Russia? Absurd Crony Capitalism- In a nutshell collusion/favouritism  between business and state. - Check!Nepotism-  favoritism granted in politics or business on the basis of family relationships. - Check!

*Between Two Ages:America's role in the Technotronic Age- Book*If you haven't read it, you may want to. Published around 1970. So, more then 40 years ago? And yet so timely.  Besides the pdf , you may find this piece from 2004 very appropriate for this present day. Thinking of the US moves on Ukraine, of course.The outrageous strategy to destroy Russia- Excerpted from  quite a large article