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Gus Leonisky's blogthe new missionaries of the empire and laura cooper....The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace.
to reach some sort of an agreement.......Europe might soon feel "intense pressure" to reach some sort of an agreement with Russia regarding its war against Ukraine, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in a post on X on Jan. 6. His words came only two weeks before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to quickly bring an end to the war but has not provided details on how he plans to do it. "We could soon face intense pressure to strike a deal with Moscow," Sikorski wrote after delivering a speech for French ambassadors in Paris.
genocide by america via israhell....Joe Biden’s parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. This is a permanent, endless war designed not to destroy Hamas, or free Israeli hostages, but to eradicate, once and for all, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
don is greedier than scarface and crasser than tony soprano....Trump and his team of America’s bluntest and briskest can look funny. Their demands are so bracingly direct; their threats so refreshingly frank. It’s almost as if they are mightily enjoying themselves as they rub in the facts of brute American power: We, the US, are the best-armed, richest mobster family in town, and the new Don is greedier than Scarface and crasser than Tony Soprano!
Here’s why Trump’s talk of annexing Canada and Greenland should not be dismissed The US president-elect’s “shopping cart” of other countries’ properties should worry all American vassals BY Tarik Cyril Amar
remembering 2021 and looking to 2025.....Russia issues list of demands it says must be met to lower tensions in Europe This article [FROM THE GUARDIAN] is more than 3 years old Contentious* security guarantees Moscow is seeking include a ban on Ukraine from entering Nato THE WORD CONTENTIOUS USED BY THE GUARDIAN IS LOADED WITH DISRESPECT FOR THE PROPOSAL WHICH FOR ALL CONSIDERATIONS IS FAIR TO THE WEST AND TO UKRAINE — IN WHICH THE BREAKAWAY REPUBLICS OF THE DONBASS STAY IN UKRAINE, IN AN AUTONOMOUS POSITION. THE WEST, OF COURSE REJECTED THIS PROPOSAL UNDER VARIOUS PRETENCES BUT FOR THE SINGLE REASON THAT THE USA HAS VOWED TO DESTROY RUSSIA SINCE 1917…
loosening the screws...Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, announced on Tuesday that it will discontinue its controversial third-party fact-checking program in the US. In a video address, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the services were “too politically biased” and “have destroyed more trust than they’ve created.” “What started as a movement to be more inclusive has increasingly been used to shut down opinions and shut out people with different ideas, and it’s gone too far,” Zuckerberg said.
bias of the media made us go with the wrong decisions.....Everyone has the odd “if only” thought from time to time. If only you had made a different career choice, if only you had not said the things you have said, or if only you had not done some of the things you have done. All those done and not done moments – those decisions and those things you did which, when you wake up at night, have you squirming with anguish and/or embarrassment. If only… 22 reasons to regret Australia’s missed opportunities By Noel Turnbull
the archeofuturocracy of donald and elon departs from the neo-liberal fascism.....Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Monday tasked Herbert Kickl, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), with the formation of a new government. Van der Bellen's offer came after Chancellor Karl Nehammer handed in his resignation on Saturday over the collapse of coalition talks that had excluded the FPÖ. https://www.dw.com/en/austrias-far-right-freedom-party-asked-to-form-government/a-71228157
the one-sided military bias of most think-tanks.......Just before Christmas, the Albanese Government released the findings of a report into how much funding the federal government contributes to those institutions around the country that research and report on the contemporary challenges facing Australian strategic policy. Marching blindfolded into the new Cold War By James Curran
This is a significant report with important consequences for Australia’s global engagement. But it has not received the attention it deserves.
ten years after the terrorist attack on charlie hebdo....Ten years later, Charlie Hebdo is still there. The causes of the tragedy too. As well as the determination of the members of the newspaper. The geopolitical situation has evolved, even worsened. Authoritarian regimes like Russia or China no longer hide their ambitions to fight democratic values with the same fanaticism as Islamist terrorist organizations like Daesh or al-Qaeda. Democracy is an idea that seems increasingly contested by increasingly active hostile forces.
la france, still trying to be relevant on the international stage...Resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict will not be quick or easy and will require Kiev to face the issue of territory, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned. Speaking to an annual conference of ambassadors at the Elysee Palace on Monday, Macron addressed a number of global issues, including the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. “The Ukrainians need to hold a realistic discussion on the territorial questions and only they can do that,” the French president said.
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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.
Gus Leonisky POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.
HYPOCRISY ISN’T ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SINS. HENCE ITS POPULARITY IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS…
PLEASE DO NOT BLAME RUSSIA IF WW3 STARTS. BLAME AMERICA.
F for future or for failure.....In 1971, Time magazine decided that it might do a friendly cover story on newly installed Liberal prime minister, Billy McMahon, and asked for co-operation from his media office. The office asked that questions be submitted in writing. This was not from mistrust of Time – indeed the office was deeply conscious of what Jane Austen would call the magazine’s condescension in so honouring an Asian backwater. It was from mistrust of Billy, who was capable of almost any media stuff-up. Steering without a compass or a map By Jack Waterford
the crazy world inside the head of the green T-shirt unfunny comedian......Vladimir Zelensky’s recent three-hour interview with Lex Fridman was not merely an exercise in media outreach; it was a carefully orchestrated information operation aimed at advancing his geopolitical objectives. Beneath the surface of the casual conversation lay a calculated attempt to manipulate narratives, provoke reactions, and reinforce the notion that peace with Russia is unattainable.
Switching languages, avoiding truths: Zelensky’s bizarre Lex Fridman interview By Nadezhda Romanenko
EU commission chief von der leyen has fallen ill with 'severe pneumonia' .......EU Commission chief von der Leyen has fallen ill with 'severe pneumonia' and has cancelled all her appointments for the next two weeks, her office has announced. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been diagnosed with "severe pneumonia" and has cancelled her engagements for the first two weeks of January, her office announced on Friday. "She is dealing with severe pneumonia," a spokesperson said in a statement, though he provided no further details on her condition or the cause of her illness. Her cancelled engagements include a visit to Lisbon where she was due to make a speech, as well as a trip to Gdansk to mark "the occasion of the launch of the Polish Council Presidency, which will take place at a later stage," the spokesperson said.
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