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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:20 pm

International Law Is A Meaningless Concept When It Only Applies To US Enemies
"I’ve been asked if I think the invasion of Ukraine is illegal.

My answer is: If we don’t hold our own leaders to account, we can’t hold other leaders to account.

If the law is not applied consistently, it is not the law.

It is simply an excuse we use to target our enemies.

We will pay a heavy price for our hubris of 2003 in the future.

We didn’t just fail to punish Bush and Blair: we rewarded them. We re-elected them. We knighted them.

If you want to see Putin in his true light imagine him landing a jet and then saying ‘Mission Accomplished’."

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p ... ngless?s=r



Unholy Crusade: White House leads KOL on anti-Russia propaganda, Western ‘rights groups’ turn blind eye to hate speech

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/ ... html?id=12



Washington’s Sanctions War – A Futile Attempt To Control the World Economy

https://original.antiwar.com/David_Stoc ... d-economy/



The US Press Again Becomes a Conduit for Pro-War Propaganda

https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Galen_ ... ropaganda/



Kremlin Says Russian Oil Embargo Would Hurt Europe, Not U.S

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/artic ... eakthrough
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:23 pm

Lordo wrote:
Get Real! wrote:Yesterday in Nicosia, we had the first of what I soon expect to become a cataclysm of demonstrations.

Apparently, the “goat herders“ or something like that… were out in protest in front of some government and EU buildings complaining of not being able to make ends meet.

Some government official eventually made his way to the scene to announce some kind of handout to help them out and they then seemed satisfied and dispersed.

So far so good right?

OK, well here’s the problem…

As more and more industries feel financial pressure there’ll be more and more of them out on the streets demanding the same… financial relief!

But our government can only handle so many handouts (and EU permitting) before collapsing itself!

This should gradually progress to the point where fewer and fewer companies will be paying taxes as more and more industries will be placed on life support.

So we are gradually shifting from a free market economy to a handout economy!

Now imagine two dozen EU member states gradually falling into such despair… it can only lead to the EU’s capitulation and that’s when we’ll see all the EU technocrats grab whatever stashes of money they can from the depleting kitty bank while they can, and flee to South America!

I so anticipate this happening in the near future… I don’t know if I should be laughing or crying! :?

Hang on a moment GR.
The whole problem is the same all over the world. The corporations and rich bastards are not paying their taxes and as if that's not enough they are not paying the workers a living wage. The old herders are consequently not being paid enough for their products so handouts are needed. In reality these handouts are not really being given to those who receive it, they are being given to corporations in a roundabout way. The answer is make the bastards pay a living wage to their workers and you will not have anybody needing handouts.

Interesting bit of news today from one of our Tory ministers. He announced that he was helping people by increasing the the threshold for having to pay Nat Ins to 9500 pounds a year so 6 million workers will not have pay the increase in Nat Ins. He said it it as if it is a big achievement. Like fuck it is. Just stop a moment and think about that. In UK there are 6 million workers who are working and earning less than 9,500 a year. Add to that about 4 million sick and unemployed and you get an idea what it is like to live in the west. In the meantime the rich cunts pay no tax.

You’re talking about individuals and the tax threshold, but I was talking about industries complaining about PROFIT MARGINS approaching break-even.
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:53 pm

Ridiculous BBC shorts… (Yes, I kinda like the BBC, it’s like the Benny Hill Show!)

Russian soldiers suffering from frostbite - US defence official
Whereas Ukrainian soldiers are snow resistant! :lol:

Is Russia really likely to resort to chemical weapons?
Russia will do whatever you say in your US-controlled media. :?

Nothing left of Mariupol only ruins, Ukraine's president says
I guess surrender is pointless then! :wink:

Ukrainians are enduring a living hell – Guterres
Whereas Iraqis are living the dream! 8)

10,000 Russian deaths a reasonable estimate - Western official
As reasonable as all your other “news”... :lol:
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Lordo » Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:35 pm

Get Real! wrote:International Law Is A Meaningless Concept When It Only Applies To US Enemies
"I’ve been asked if I think the invasion of Ukraine is illegal.

My answer is: If we don’t hold our own leaders to account, we can’t hold other leaders to account.

If the law is not applied consistently, it is not the law.

It is simply an excuse we use to target our enemies.

We will pay a heavy price for our hubris of 2003 in the future.

We didn’t just fail to punish Bush and Blair: we rewarded them. We re-elected them. We knighted them.

If you want to see Putin in his true light imagine him landing a jet and then saying ‘Mission Accomplished’."

https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p ... ngless?s=r



Unholy Crusade: White House leads KOL on anti-Russia propaganda, Western ‘rights groups’ turn blind eye to hate speech

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/ ... html?id=12



Washington’s Sanctions War – A Futile Attempt To Control the World Economy

https://original.antiwar.com/David_Stoc ... d-economy/



The US Press Again Becomes a Conduit for Pro-War Propaganda

https://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Galen_ ... ropaganda/



Kremlin Says Russian Oil Embargo Would Hurt Europe, Not U.S

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/artic ... eakthrough

That's not quite right about who International law applies to. They do not apply to any of the 5 permanent security council members aa well as who they decide to protect. The cause us the make up of the UN and how it is run. Sooner people realise it and make it a democratic entity the better the world will be.
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:15 pm

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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 pm

Ukrainian Nazis have Created a “No-Sailing Zone” on the Black Sea

https://journal-neo.org/2022/03/22/ukra ... black-sea/


The End of United States’ World Hegemony Looms Large

https://journal-neo.org/2022/03/21/the- ... oms-large/


Information Sovereignty More Important Than Ever

https://journal-neo.org/2022/03/14/info ... than-ever/
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:48 pm

You don’t wanna miss this… pictures and videos of some pretty crazy shit going on! :?

Sadistic Abuse Of Civilians In Mariupol Emerges Via Telegram Channel

https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/sadi ... riupol?s=r
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby repulsewarrior » Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:13 am

...a visit to beautiful St. Petersburg.



...police, police, police; no tourists: wow, this guy is brave, no "Russian" a Russian and a Citizen of the world.
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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Londonrake » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:25 am

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Re: Ukrainian Issue

Postby Get Real! » Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:48 am

Exactly what I've been saying to you about the speed of Russian military success...

NB: Larry C. Johnson interviewed below is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.


"The Ukrainian Army Has Been Defeated. What's Left Is Mop-Up"

Russia’s arrival in Kiev within three days of the invasion also caught my attention. I recalled that the Nazi’s in Operation Barbarossa took seven weeks to reach Kiev and the required 7 more weeks to subdue the city.

https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/larry-c-jo ... is-mop-up/
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