A very Cold War ahead and Putin’s successor

 

Ukraine update from Brian Berletic

 

Garrincha

 

Pele gone.

 

Update from Military Summary

 It seems that Russians are grinding their way through Eastern Ukraine

Some speculations from The Duran, some about trap for Poland

 When not much is happening on the ground

Russia ‘s challenges in Ukraine by Brian Berletic

 

Two from Nouriel Roubini

 From FT

Merry Christmas

 Reading tea leaves: military part of the Ukraine crisis will be over by next summer with Russia prevailing. Political and economic adjustments will go on for at least ten years. No nuclear flare up; too much money at stake for the military industrial complex.

Update from Scott Ritter

 

Transcripts of Putin latest events

 

From a comment in MoA (I have not read them yet) 

 “transcripts of Putin's latest events, today's presser and the Council of State Meeting that preceded it. That makes for five very important events this week that started with Russia's Meetings Plan for Tomorrow: Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, ‘

A brief discussion at The Duran. Wide ranging discussion of various factions in US and changing attitudes of different countries in Europe.

A question which keeps coming up is whether there will be nuclear confrontation. My guess that it is unlikely since there will be no profits for the military industrial congressional complex.

Mike Whitney says that there will be escalation in Ukraine

 Why Putin's Winter Offensive Will Prompt US Entry Into the War

Douglas Macgregor article quoted by Mike Whitney Washington Is Prolonging Ukraine's Suffering

The beginnings of Putin era

 This article seems to be written soon after 200 based on work done during that year.Putin’s path to power by Peter Rutland.

(Putin's Path to Power

Peter Rutland 

Pages 313-354 | Published online: 15 May 2013

Post-Soviet Affairs 

Volume 16, 2000 - Issue 4)

The end according to Scott Ritter

 

A discussion with Jeffrey Sachs by’The Duran’

 Jeffrey Sachs had a ringside seat with Russia since Gorbachev and Yeltsin times. He has been involved in in economic development issues as an advisor to various country from Poland and Russia to Latin America. As far as I can see, his record is mixed. The response fromWashington to his suggestions were positive in the case Poland and negative in the case of Russia, he says. He attributes this to the influence of neocons. In the discussion there is not much about the attitude of other Eastern European countries; the role of nationalism as well as the attitude of the nations to the then attractive side of western life. Module this, it seems to correspond to the opinions of various people like Douglas Macegregor, Alexander Mercouris, Scott Ritter and others that we have been following. The general feel is now Russia has an upper hand and cannot really loose unless there are unexpected developments like nuclear options.

Latest from Dougla Macgregor

 

Qatar warns EU

 Qatar warns EU of consequences amid graft probe

Straight talk from Douglas Macgregor

 

A comment from Moon of Alabama about controlling the oligarchs.

 Though Chinese trajectory to wealth is known, Russian trajectory is not clear. It certainly had an industrial base which might not have been very efficient. The following comment give some plausible reasons.

@wagelaborer 14

You misunderstand China is and Russia too.

87% of China's economy is owned by regional banks which are responsible for recycling profits directly into their regional economies. Basically an inversion of the capitalist system where the bulk of the capital serves the oligarchs, with a tiny trickle going to the workers and even less supporting the public sector.

This is how China has sustained its growth while financing urbanization, public infrastructure and facilities, increased median income almost ten times over since the 1990s, eliminated extreme poverty and almost eliminated poverty in all but the most rural backwaters.

In China the billionaires step very carefully, because they know that they, along with any politicians they suborn, are, if caught engaging in corrupt practices, likely to be tried, and if found guilty, executed pour encourager les autres.

As for Russia, the post-Soviet jewish-Ukrainian oligarchs who looted the public and purchased the government enabling them to make out like bandits under Yeltsin (principally buying up Soviet assets for pennies on the dollar using funds from the USA and Israel see e.g. Braguinsky Serguey (2009). Postcommunist Oligarchs in Russia: Quantitative Analysis. The Journal of Law and Economics. 2009 52:2, 307-349) were decimated under Putin, who offered the семибанкирщина (Seven Bankers, six jewish) and other oligarchs a simple choice. Stay out of politics or join their dead, jailed, exiled or bankrupted peers (See e.g. Harding Luke (2007-07-02). The richer they come: Can Russia's oligarchs keep their billions - and their freedom? The Guardian). 

Posted by: Hermit | Dec 17 2022 22:05 utc | 

So the moral May be control the oligarchs. The remark is from the thread https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/12/ukraine-sitrep-more-missiles-attack-plans-artillery-hits-morale.html#comments

Why White and not Keynes? Inventing the postwar monetary system

 IMF working paper 2002. Keynes comes out as a British imperialist, I think.

Postwar monetary system

Interview with Woody Guthrie’s daughter

 

In another interview, she found this poem of Woody Guthrie I say to you woman and man

Multipolar future for Africa & the Middle East w/Matthew Ehret

 

Merkel’s perfidy

 More for the record.Merkel on Minsk agreements

Patriot missiles for Ukraine

 They were used by Saudi Arabia but Yemen seems to have managed well against them. Here is Brian Berletic about the possibilities of profits for Lockheed-Martin.

More troubles brewing

 Now in Mongolia from Indian Punchline

Long interview with Douglas Macgregor

 Parts of these appeared before the MoA post.

The Duran update on Mongolia gas pipelines

 

Latest update from MoA with three videos of Dr. Michael Vlahos & Col. Douglas Macgregor

 Ukraine SitRep - Catastrophic Losses, Failing Wonder Weapons, NATO Escalation

About M.P.Murthy

An article and an interview

Douglas Macgregor on the current state of affairs in Ukraine.

 I think that there will be more escalation with hits inside Russia.

Dethroning the dollar

Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time by Yves Smith

China’s Century of humiliation

 

Leela Naidu later years in Colaba

 Bad liver and a broken heart

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/50361/

States vs centre, a book review from The Outlook

 North vs South india

Missiles Ukraine, drones Russia etc from Alexander Christoforou

 Alexander Christoforou attributes the current escalation to the recent visit of Victoria Nuland to Kiev

Long discussion between Alexander Mercouris and Gonzalo Lira

 

Lack of understanding of Russia

Scott Ritter explains the problems of negotiations with Russia

Situation on the ground

 In Ukraine and Taiwan and China with Patrick Lancaster and Alex at Reporterfy

The Coming European Economic Apocalypse

 By Seshadri Kumar Seems a comprehensive summary; I found it only today and did not read it completely.

Scott Ritter predicts the end of war in Ukraine by next summer

 

Bhadrakumar’s latest on Ukraine

 Conflict in Ukraine is doomed to escalate

A overview of the Ukraine crisis

 

John Helmer the next possible steps in Ukraine war

 Here

Peace in Ethiopia?

 

Also the French influence in Africa seems to be decline. There are several Al Zazeera videos on French influence in Africa. Eurasian influence seems to be increasing. Putin May be sincere but I am not sure of the rest of the Eurasian powers.

The Duran discuss Syria, US isolated?

 

Another Glenn Diesen interview

 

Collapsing European security order. Glenn Diesen interviews Richard Sakwa & Alexander Mercouris

 Douglas McGregor has been mentioned a couple of times in the above discussion. Here is the latest from him https://youtu.be/k0BhWNWl0Q0

One point that is missing from the discussions above is the role of bureaucracy in the EU. The power of bureaucracy seems to vary from country to country and I think that is like a deep state in EU. In India it is generally subservient to politicians and the deep state seems to be some sort of Hindutva RSS combine. Intone US it may be associated to the military industrial congressional complex. What about Russia, China etc?

Why she’ll Zaporozhie NPP

One theory: possibilities of a dirty bomb

Douglas McGregor Polish interview

 

Neocon takeover of EU

 

Latest update on Ukraine from The Duran

 

Somewhat different reading from Scott Ritter https://youtu.be/Js21pJyRbPY

Amazing beak

 

Mike Whitney on Ukraine

 Putin’s sledge hammer

Brian Berletic with The Duran

 As long as it takes

Cory Doctorow writes about John Deere farm equipment and related matters

 Those kill-switched Ukranion tractors “ Here’s a delicious story: CNN reports that Russian looters, collaborating with the Russian military, stole 27 pieces of John Deere farm equipment from a dealership in Melitopol, Ukraine, collectively valued at $5,000,000. The equipment was shipped to Chechnya, but it will avail the thieves naught, because the John Deere dealership reached out over the internet and bricked these tractors, using an in-built kill-switch.”

Douglas McGregor latest: The cal before the storm

 

Discussion on covid effect on immunity from The Agenda with Steve Paikin

 Can contracting COVID-19 have lasting negative effects on the immune system? Then, what is needed to better understand how coronaviruses cause lung injury?

Shorter with running transcript https://youtu.be/bD2gZ9UP9Y4

Brian Berletic: Russian Ops in Ukraine - Update: What is the Goal & is Moscow Achieving it?

 

About Telugu writer Tenneti Hemalatha (Lata)

 A write up by MalatiBy Malati with links to an interview, an article by Kaplana Rentala and another to an English translation of her work.

She is in this photo

Interesting interview with Douglas McGregor on geopolitics by Staight calls

 Alan Mate and Katie Halper at the other end. From Ukraine to American administrations of Obama Trump to China and Taiwan

Long grind ahead in Ukraine saysThe Duran duo

 

A quote from James Vincent “Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants”

 “To measure something, after all, is to impose limits on the world: to say this far but no further. It means fitting reality into categories that can never capture its full complexity. For when we try to measure some particular aspect of the world, we are inevitably making a choice that reflects our biases and desires. Measurement is a tool that reinforces what we find important in life, what we think is worth paying attention to. The question, then, of who gets to make those choices is of the utmost importance.

These dynamics can play out in very different ways. Some examples of mismeasure may be petty and slight, like the humiliations of workplace bureaucracies – painful in the moment but forgotten easily enough. Others are difficult to fathom in the extent of their cruelty. Consider the horrors of eugenics or scientific racism: movements motivated by ugly notions of racial hierarchy but justified through the pretend objectivity of measurement, conveyed through comparisons of skull sizes and IQ tests.

For Blake and his sympathisers, such barbarism is an expected product of the civilised world. The twentieth-century philosophers Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno noted that the entire process of abstraction – of creating generalised rules and categories – is one of the foundations of modernity, for better or worse. It is a product of the same Enlightenment thinking that made Blake shudder and that continues to shape the societies we live in today. ‘Classification is a condition of knowledge, not knowledge itself, and knowledge in turn dissolves classification,’ they wrote. The world as we know it today is ‘ruled by equivalence’; by a desire to reduce everything to number and make ‘dissimilar things comparable by reducing them to abstract quantities’.”

Some disquiet about Russian management of the Ukraine operation from The Duran

 

Two books on measuring temperature

 A recent one by James Vincent.

An old classic by Hasok Chang

China and the retreat in Kherson with Douglas McGregor

 

Withdrawal from Kherson by Russian troops

 Both suggest that there may be a deal From MoA and Military Summary 

If it is a deal, the implications for the future of the conflict are not clear. There is a suspicion of a deal because of lack of attacks during the Russian withdrawal.

P,S. Perhaps there is no deal. See https://www.rt.com/russia/566332-kherson-region-withdrawal-update/

Douglas McGregor reviews the American situation

 

See also https://youtu.be/ry7j-DaabpQ

Brian Berletic on the recent Kherson withdrawal announcement

 

India GDP to double in the next ten years

India gdp to double  ‘We forecast that India will be the third-largest economy by 2027, with its GDP more than doubling from the current $3.4tn to $8.5tn over the next 10 years. ’ from FT

New developments with Brics

 

Einstein and the Quantum

 This seems to be a continuation of the same book mentioned by Ashutosh Jogalekar earlier https://gaddeswarup.blogspot.com/search?q=Einstein+and+the+quantum

Updates from Dima (military summary) and The Duran

 They seem to differ a bit. Both discuss Jake Sullivan visit and some disorganisation in the Russian offensive but with different emphasis.

Maradona in Naples

 

More about British and US involvements inside Ukraine

 https://youtu.be/aP-2ljzWHyE

And the ‘geayzone’ article mentioned in the first video https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/03/british-spies-terror-army-ukraine/

Another Michael Hudson interview

 

Interview with Jomo Kwame Sundaram

 Could the Ukraine Conflict Be an Opportunity for the Global South?

Russia grinding down Ukraine economy

 

Similar to the post yesterday https://gaddeswarup.blogspot.com/2022/11/puzzling-aspects-in-kherson.html

Free grain and fertiliser to poor countries

 "During our call with Mr. Putin, he said, 'Let's send grain free of charge to countries like Djibouti, Somalia, and Sudan.' In that, we were on the same page." From https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/türkiye-s-erdogan-vows-to-send-grain-fertilisers-to-countries-in-need-62249?fbclid=IwAR3f4aaivB77UuzPn_kDFmvtakdZbA-XlxsjgQGpRVAulR0MqSRVJjB9oIU

True Grit

 True Grit ‘Biologists only recently recognized that cows have complex social behaviors, involving depths of comprehension that we might not expect of animals stereotyped as grungy, placid, and dull-witted. A feral herd, for example, will organize nurseries by dividing calves into age groups, each usually overseen by one adult cow while the rest go out to graze. For this to work, the sitters need to understand that their role is to look after calves that are not their own, even if it means settling for low-grade fodder while others enjoy greener pastures. The calves have to grasp that they are under vigilance despite their mothers being out of sight.’

Colonel Douglas McGregor update on the possibilities of American boots on the ground

 

Long video from Scott Ritter

 Explains some of his background and discusses the war in Ukraine in RedPillDiaries

UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba

UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba 

Resolution condemning embargo on Cuba passes 185-2, marking 30th time the UN has rebuked the decades-old US policy.

Puzzling aspects in Kherson

 The following is a discussion by Alexander Mercouris 

There is also a discussion at https://youtu.be/pHQgCGwj2Kc

The puzzle is that Ukraine stopped throwing soldiers in its usual fashion and started shelling as in Donbas. And Russia’s moves are even more puzzling. Russia seems to have enough forces to resist assaults but is not taking any initiative and the moves of evacuation etc are confusing various people and Russia does not seem to be doing enough to improve its supply situation. So far the dirty bomb has not materialised. One possibility is that Russia feels that time is on its side. There is gradual deterioration of Ukraine’s armed forces, infrastructure and economy and also of  Europe and there is continued decline of supplies from the west. Russia seems capable of further damage to infrastructure whenever it wants and there are further possibilities of destroying bridges connecting Eastern Ukraine. Such moves may damage Ukraine’s potential to continue war without too much effort from Russia. May be.

Book review of ‘Trade Wars’ by Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis

 By Noah Smith Full title: Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace! 

Comparison

 Medieval Europe’s analogue to America’s New Cold War against China and Russia was the Great Schism in 1054.

Grain deal again,

 

Colonel Doug Mcgregor analysis

 

The Duran on ‘It’s done’.

 

John Helmer on electric shock therapy in Ukraine

 Electro-Shock Therapy for Slow Learners in the Ukraine Electric War (Part III)The earlier articles which have different totes can befoundinJohnHelmer’ S site. Possibly the following:

http://johnhelmer.net/russian-army-fires-old-sparky-us-loses-the-electric-war-in-the-ukraine/

http://johnhelmer.net/what-next-in-the-electric-war-for-ukraine-how-marshal-kutuzovs-golden-bridge-for-napoleons-retreat-is-working-today/

Can Lula make a difference?

 

Ukraine updates fromThe Duran and Scott Ritter

 

Paths to mathematics

 In old age: https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Language-Learning-Geometry-Calculus/dp/1250168570/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WPVW0ODR01JO&keywords=alec%20wilkinson&qid=1667262260&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjMzIiwicXNhIjoiMS4zMiIsInFzcCI6IjEuMzUifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sprefix=alec%20wilkinson%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-1&fbclid=IwAR1Fr-myJ51JcVIbdskoU186UQ8KtxO68wjHocwmEoNSX8Sphi-0q9LY7Xk

More regular , the first of a series https://www.ias.edu/ideas/paths-to-math-terrence-blackman?fbclid=IwAR1JV-eyJuA53QKjPewR8Styq0QryaBQoGUKItun7gMIAfiDMaPe-EuXNP4

The beginnings of my father’s career

 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vYRuuQQmMyeA6QbZeWy2dkij7xoeywzyzZBub4gLoB2D4RqQEcdfBamTQyzFZjgml&id=749518284

Larry Johnson on the British role in various attacks

 ‘It is done’

https://mmnews.tv/its-done-did-liz-truss-text-antony-blinken-after-nord-stream-attack/

Ukraine updates

 The battle front 

And the new attack near Sevastopol, grain deal dead etc

Another theory of consciousness

 Conscious Reality Is Only a Memory of Unconscious Actions, Scientists Propose In Radical New Theory

Sarod in film music

 Zarin Daruwala Sharma

Drone attack again in Crimea

 From Moon of Alabama

Floating farms

 As floods rise Bangladesh farmers revive floating farms

Differences brewing between allies

 Scholz and Macron threaten trade retaliation against Biden

Superlatives continue to flow for Kohli’s Melbourne innings ‘song by god’

 Virat Kohli most complete Indian batsman of my time, says Greg Chappell 

 “It was an innings that showcased the art of batting like no other that I have seen in a lifetime of watching cricket.

“Ironically, it was also the innings that legitimised T20 cricket as, dare I say it, an art form, more than any that I have seen in the past 15 years. Nobody can dismiss T20 cricket as simply entertainment ever again,” 

A short write up on the Ukraine Crisis

 An interview with Gilbert Doctorow

A Usha Kiran dance song from Adhikar

 

Putin’s latest at Valdai Discussion Club

 Putin continues to impress. I have been looking at his speeches for a number of years. He does not seem to have any particular economic philosophy. He is not a communist. If at all he seems a Russian nationalist with some sort of possibly mythical beliefs. He built up Russia after various collapses till it can take on USA and leading to a more self reliant and confident Russia showing the way to a multipolar world. 

Alexander Mercouris also has a video about this speech https://youtu.be/accaQtzi_7Y

The occasion https://valdaiclub.com/events/own/19th-annual-meeting-of-the-valdai-discussion-club/

Two shots by Virat Kohli

 The Melbourne shot is linked. Against Woakes years ago

The story of eggplant

 Here via Pramathanath Sastry

Ukraine update from Alexander Mercouris

 

Russia is not backing down on the dirty bomb story

 Russia asks for security council meeting

See a,so Lavrov talks about dirty bomb

Alexander Mercouris discusses the dirty bomb story

 

He now seems to think, though still somewhat sceptical, that Russians probably have some suspicions and it may be related to the Kherson evacuation. He feels all the noise might have averted the threat.

Two about dirty bombs in Ukraine

 

Russia tries to help Europe

 

Russia preparing for big war

 

Possibilities in the Kherson offensive in the next few days from. Ilitary Summary

 

Another excerpt from ‘Einstein and the Quantum’ by A.Douglas Stone

 It seems that Einstein had a hand in so many developments in quantum mechanics. Here is one of th3m:

“Some months earlier Einstein had met privately with Heisenberg to dis- cuss quantum mechanics. Heisenberg had presented his view that the new theory should restrict itself to describing observable quantities, and not un- observable electron orbits. Einstein rejected this view, leading Heisenberg to rejoin, “isn’t that precisely what you have done with relativity theory.”35 Einstein responded, “possibly I did use this form of reasoning . . . but it is nonsense all the same.36 . . . It is the theory which decides what can be ob- served.”37 This conversation stuck with Heisenberg, and a year later, while pondering the meaning of quantum mechanics, it came back to him. “It must have been one evening after midnight when I suddenly remembered my conversation with Einstein, and particularly his statement, ‘it is the the- ory which decides what we can observe.’ I was immediately convinced that the key to the gate that had been closed so long must be sought right here.”38 Within days he had used the new quantum mechanics to prove his uncertainty principle.” From ‘Einstein and the Quantum’ by A. Douglas Stone.

As I mentioned earlier, this book was recommended by Ashutosh Jogalekar, one of the best science writers I know.

Germany knows who sabotaged Nord Stream

 But I do not find any other links confirming this.

An excerpt from ‘Einstein and the Quantum’ by A.Douglas Stone

 A few days ago Ashutosh Jogalekar recommended the book ‘Einstein and the Quantum’ by A. Douglas Stone. It has an interesting section on S.N.Bose which seems to suggest that Bose did not quite realise what he did. He also seemed to have missed a good opportunity. “…..Bose tarried in Paris nearly a full year learning x-ray techniques before working up the courage to move on to Berlin in October of 1925 and finally meeting Einstein a few weeks later. In the intervening year, Einstein had taken up Bose’s novel counting method and extended it to treat the quantum ideal gas, leading to truly remarkable discoveries, about which Bose was unaware. For Bose, “the meeting was most interesting. . . . he challenged me. He wanted to find out whether my hypothesis, this particular kind of statistics, did really mean something novel about the interaction of quanta, and whether I could work out the details of this business.” During Bose’s visit, Werner Heisenberg’s first paper came out on the new approach to quantum theory known as matrix me- chanics (of which we will hear more later). Einstein specifically suggested that Bose try to understand “what the statistics of light quanta and the transition probabilities for radiation would look like in the new theory.”33 However, Bose was not able to make progress. He seems to have had a difficult time assimilating these rapid new developments and wrote some- what despairingly to a friend: “I have made an honest resolution of working hard during these months, but it is so hard to begin, when once you have given up the habit.”

A review of the book

US midterm election effects

 Alexander Mercouris suggests that the pressure on Ukraine government to show some success in Kherson  offensive by mid November is due to the Democrats desire to show some thing by the midterm elections. There was a similar suggestion about the pressure on  Saudi Arabia to increase oil supply.

Putin on the early Kiev pullout

 

Joe Lombardo and Scott Ritter ‘Issues that matter with Cynthia’ (Pooler)

 

Turkish pipeline attack stopped

 

Jaynes on cosciousness

Jaynes on consciousness I have been wondering about some of these things and came across this today.

Dmitry Kulikov exolains the Russian point of view in the Ukraine conflict

https://youtu.be/KMwJoL6cPuA

‘Swimming camels’ of Jamnagar

https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/jamnagars-swimming-camels-in-deep-waters/

Long and interesting discussion

but unsatisfactory as they did not quite explain the economic factors except Yves Smith to some extent. Gonzalo Lira seems right but a bit of a loose canon. This video is also posted in Naked Capitalism. inthe comments, Yves Smith explains a bit of the unpleasant commements by Gnzalo Lira about Scott Ritter: Yves Smith October 13, 2022 at 9:22 pm Lira did an unnecessarily nasty takedown of Ritter not long after Lira was detained by the SBU and had all of his channels taken from him by them, which led to Lira being demonetized. Lira’s beef was Ritter’s tendency to make sharp changes in his readings of the war, without similarly sharp changes in underlying facts. I had relied on Ritter unduly early on and was also persuaded by his bullish take on Russia’s prospects, and I think Lira was mad at feeling duped. Ritter was aggressively saying Russia would wrap up the war quickly, as in a few weeks. He then flip-flopped when NATO was going to arm Ukraine and said it would be a game changer. He’s also made questionable statements about NATO being effective at training, which might have been true when they had the leisure of time, but can’t be now if nothing else based on how the Ukrainians have to be trained out of country, in too little time (a mere 3 weeks for the ones in the UK) and too few in number. Ritter also declared Lira to be dead when he disappeared. If you read Ritter”s Wikipedia entry (and there’s no reason for the pro-Establishment Wikipedia to cut Ritter any slack), Ritter was found guilty 2x, both time stings, both time with no actual sex, just phone and IIRC sexting. The first time was supposed to be sealed. It was nevertheless presented in the second case, where Ritter maintained the woman he never met was pretending to be 15 but wasn’t. When he was being prosecuted, you can guarantee the police got his computers and communication devices. If they had found any kiddie porn or evidence of solicitation or sex with minors, you can be sure that would have been brought in.

Robert Trivers and reciprocal altruism

https://quillette.com/2022/10/07/on-evolved-altruism/

Scott Ritter update with Anita K on nuclear exercises etc

Col. Doug Macgregor update on the Russian strikes

On Nord Stream 2 by Pepe Escobar

https://www.unz.com/pescobar/nord-stream-2-offers-germany-a-date-with-destiny/

Gilbert Doctorow on some awakening in Russia

https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/10/11/partial-mobilization-and-democracy/

The Duran interview with Tim Kirby

ann American origin journalist living in Russia. it is different from usual interviews in that we get some glimpses of everyday life in Russia. it is possible that Tim Kirby is connected with particular sections of the people and one has to go through the comments to get some sense of the discussion.Gilbert Doctorow too wrote about everyday life in Russia but as a visitor.

Russia hits back after the Crimea bridge fire

Col. Douglas Macgregor Debunks Latest Ukraine Myths

Anil K interviews the Duran duo

Interview with Rukmini S

India Far Less Committed to Liberal Values Than Imagined, Data Shows https://consortiumnews.com/2022/09/16/india-far-less-committed-to-liberal-values-than-imagined-data-shows/?fbclid=IwAR116qP1iOjyJ9XcBSxJSGidjCWe5UrnfCXZ7huhS0yox_q3gXa9C6chyzY second part: What the Numbers Say About Women, Caste, Religion & Voting in India https://consortiumnews.com/2022/10/07/what-the-numbers-say-about-women-caste-religion-voting-in-india/?fbclid=IwAR17BYn7HarWOKZLwC53PLv97iydRviZdb1ZI3huBP0A0DxGxt8vthbxYFY

The Duran on war zones

there is a discussion on the referendums and the situation on the ground during that period explained by Patrick Lancaster and then China discussion with Alex

The Duran on the situation in Germany

Brian Berletic on the current Ukraine offensive

Ukraine conflict paradigm shift

Putin’s speech

compared tohis Munich2007speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Munich_speech_of_Vladimir_Putin

An update from Brian Berletic

A retrospective of respective troop strengths and performances by Alexander Mercouris

Reckless administration and Pentagon the only hope

Another theory of the pipeline sabotage

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/09/the-bornholm-blow-up-repeats-the-bornholm-bash-poland-attacks-germany-and-blames-russia.html

About the pipeline damage

Surprising take on the referendum from Larry Johnson

https://sonar21.com/more-on-the-referendum-game-changer/

Blog traffic statistics from UNZ review

https://www.unz.com/announcement/less-than-200-million-but-also-more/

Volatility of prices

"The evidence is that the volatility of commodity prices is in the fiat currency they are priced in, and not the commodities themselves. Figure 3 shows this relationship, by comparing the price of oil measured in legal money (gold) and the fiat euro currency." From https://www.goldmoney.com/research/geopolitics-the-world-is-splitting-into-two

A Hugarian poll

Direct Democracy

Doug McGregor’s analysis

About Caratheodory with a tribute from Einstein

https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/constantin-caratheodory-greatest-greek-mathematician/?fbclid=IwAR1RZIgr6aJ7eThLP2yQndLBhI30Y7zx8kB0KMfMANbHgYs2elaNln5SQ2o

Update from Brian Berletic

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for September 21, 2022 - Referendums have been announced across Russian-held territory in Ukraine; - If incorporated into the Russian Federation, Moscow could upgrade the special military operation significantly; - The US Department of Defense, in a recent briefing, seems to acknowledge the limits of what aid it can provide Ukraine; - Western analysts appear to agree that Ukraine’s offensives may have been a final gamble, exhausting their reserves and leaving them at the mercy of subsequent Russian escalations;

Ukraine Update from ‘the Duran’

I have been following closely for some time the Russian SMO. it seems to me that it will go on for at least six more months. Russia has the upperhand and the coming winter will bring more economic woes to EU and Ukraine. Russia seems to be keeping its main army mostly in reserve to face possible NATO threats and is numerically at a disadvantage in Ukraine. But despite this it seems inevitable that Russia will prevail in due course and i will probably stop following the events clisely. Meanwhile herethe Alexander duo answer various queies from their audidnce Another phase inthe war Earlier report https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/blackwater-mercenaries-training-far-right-militia-ukraine-donetsk-military-commander-claims

Putin May Upgrade SMO to Counter Terror Operation; Modi Says India Russia Friendship Unbreakable

where the meetingof Putin and Modi is described for 15 minutes from 48:30. Even more interesting, a description of Prime Minister of Pakistan speech below

DerridaHaramda!

https://www.thefridaytimes.com/2022/09/10/derrida-haramda-reading-deconstruction-in-pakistan/?fbclid=IwAR1nrutOAw-NZtY7Y4Wc74KHZ3QH5dKFM6SdC5wfIgDOH4vR074jg0gzcpo some problem. i am not able to post links properly. Those interested have to copy and search.

Lokayata

http://library.bjp.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/848/1/Lokayata%20-%20a%20Study%20of%20Indian%20Materialism%20-%20Philisophy.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1phUBQp59WSRUu78gwUk5uyTc5lriSqdB-kcDO8ftjm0_PutFtdsEued4 by Debirasad Chattpadhyaya. more about the author https://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-43-2010-11/vol-43-12-15/lokayata-43-12-15.pdf?fbclid=IwAR21QRVbjCS_BsXgDiUQFGsC2roAKq1_A1pvJZlwN__TQBjJTYN1hCkmuuQ

Scott Ritter on Kharkiv retreat

Another update from ‘the duran’

The Duran discussion ( over two and half hours) on the coming winter in Europe

twi Alexanders, Brian Berletic and Gonzalo Lira.Scary.

Russia 'Encircling' Bakhmut, Putin Sticks with SMO, Rebuffs Scholz, Macron

https://youtu.be/5RdTnaP5plk A comprehensive overview including estimates of troop numbers. I get the impression that Russia can end this quickly if it wants by increasing the infantry numbers but letting it burn slowly. May be it wants to preserve as much as possible of its troops if there is a bigger war with NATO.

From Mousiqar, Nadeem Begum, Salamat Ali and Nazakat Ali

 

An update from Duran

 

The coming winter in Europe

 But Russia seems to be supplying some LNG to Greeceand Sweden

Some deleted songs from films

 Mostly of Greta Dutt Here is one of the songs 

Russia starts hitting at civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

 

Hopefully temporary. See more details at https://youtu.be/cYbtKbJ37-M  Longer discussions by Alexander Mercouris https://youtu.be/96F5a0k3t8U

And Brian Berletic https://youtu.be/q-IE4094j14 My impression: Generally, it has been easy for Russia and there seem to be some miscalculations. Slow grind, economic pressure and coming winter are probably expected to do the job by Russia and one of the two counteroffensives seems to have been a tactical victory for Ukraine.

Alexander Mercouris is critical of the Russian approach

 

Sayee-Subbulakshmi

 Their background and relationship to Periyanaki from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayee–Subbulakshmi

Articles by Richard Singer and Minai, the first link has comments from some of their relatives. Here are couple of their dances 

The above are all from different language versions of the same film and all a bit different from each other. Periyanayaki sings in the Tamil and Telugu versions.

Dian Berletic and Alexander Mercouris differ a bit in their analyses

 https://youtu.be/n3zNxBahukU And https://youtu.be/JoroqK1QuCA

Scott Ritter on the new phase in Ukraine

 

In the new phase in Ukraine war

 By Gilbert Doctorow 

U.S. ups the ante: are we indeed headed into WWIII and what can save us?

Brian Berletic update on the two Ukraine counteroffensives

 

Saker explains the Russian military strategy in Ukraine

 Sekar explains. Check also the previous post by Chris Cappy which discipusses other aspects.

Chris Capp on Ukraine counteroffensive around Kherson

 This seems more objective than the others that I have been posing

Russian SMO in Ukraine, reports on the Ukraine counter-offensive

From Bhadrakumar and Brian Berletic

A Father’s Day in Australia

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid027XriJVSg3VaLfHJqwfZJdDSrAhbeBQsNFHEHQbqrDjBnFUDJX3pQLWFa4YVRheRSl&id=749518284

A poem by Jeannette Encinias

 https://www.jeannetteencinias.com/beneath-the-sweater-the-skin

Beneath the Sweater
and the Skin

How many years of beauty do I have left?

she asks me.

How many more do you want?

Here. Here is 34. Here is 50.

 

When you are 80 years old

and your beauty rises in ways

your cells cannot even imagine now

and your wild bones grow luminous and

ripe, having carried the weight

of a passionate life.

 

When your hair is aflame

with winter

and you have decades of

learning and leaving and loving

sewn into

the corners of your eyes

and your children come home

to find their own history

in your face.

 

When you know what it feels like to fail

ferociously

and have gained the

capacity

to rise and rise and rise again.

 

When you can make your tea

on a quiet and ridiculously lonely afternoon

and still have a song in your heart

Queen owl wings beating

beneath the cotton of your sweater.

 

Because your beauty began there

beneath the sweater and the skin,

remember?

 

This is when I will take you

into my arms and coo

YOU BRAVE AND GLORIOUS THING

you've come so far.

I see you.

Your beauty is breathtaking.