Sunday, January 30, 2022

Links — 30 Jan 2022 AM

AntiWar
Russia and the Collective West: What Comes Next? (Russia keeps them guessing. Nerves cracking.)
Gilbert Doctorow
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2022/01/30/russia-and-the-collective-west-what-comes-next/

India Punchline ("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
US reminds India it’s showtime
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service
https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2022/01/30/russia-and-the-collective-west-what-comes-next/

RT (there are no such plans. Russia has not assembled an invasion force.)
https://www.rt.com/russia/547644-nato-source-russia-invasion/

Defend Democracy (this is what the Russian "invasion force" is designed to deter.)
Kiev actively gearing up to resolve Donbass conflict through use of force, DPR says
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/kiev-actively-gearing-up-to-resolve-donbass-conflict-through-use-of-force-dpr-says/

Moon of Alabama (reminiscent of Russiagate)
British Government Laundered Fake U.S. 'Intelligence' On Ukraine
https://www.rt.com/russia/547644-nato-source-russia-invasion/

https://sputniknews.com/20220130/north-koreas-missile-approximately-16-times-faster-than-speed-of-sound-reports-suggest-1092620154.html

Biden Should Defend US Border Instead of ‘Obsessing’ Over Ukraine, Trump Says
https://sputniknews.com/20220130/biden-should-defend-us-border-instead-of-obsessing-over-ukraine-trump-says-1092613694.html

https://www.rt.com/news/547766-trump-pardon-capitol-rioters

Crooks and LIars
Trump Desperate To See Riots In DC, Atlanta, And NYC
Red Painter
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/01/trump-really-wants-see-more-riots-dc

Crooked Timber (is the US returning to the Reconstruction era?)
The end of American democracy is unimaginable
John Quiggin | Professor and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland, and a member of the Board of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government
https://crookedtimber.org/2022/01/30/the-end-of-american-democracy-is-unimaginable/

Sputnik International (talk about bad optics for NZ)
Pregnant Kiwi Journalist Barred From Re-Entering New Zealand, Offered Refuge by Taliban
https://sputniknews.com/20220130/pregnant-kiwi-journalist-barred-from-re-entering-new-zealand-offered-refuge-by-taliban-1092617029.html

Dances with Bears ("At the point of no retreat, words no longer count. Only force.")
THE DONKEY TURD BOMB AND THE US EMPIRE IN EUROPE – HOW IT BEGAN, HOW IT IS ENDING
John Helmer
http://johnhelmer.net/the-donkey-turd-bomb-and-the-us-empire-in-europe-how-it-began-how-it-is-ending/

RT ("NATO is developing the capacity for devastating nuclear strikes against Russia")
Russia warns of NATO nuclear threat
https://www.rt.com/russia/547552-nato-prepare-nuclear-strikes/
 
Oilprice (Russia's output would head to Asia. Prices in the West would rise.)
How Would A Russian Incursion Impact Commodities?
Ag Metal Miner
https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/How-Would-A-Russian-Incursion-Impact-Commodities.html

Turcopolier (sanctions useless. Russia-China too big for sanctions to work. They will just take advantage of the opportunity to develop workarounds. What the West loses will never come back.)
“China will impede vital US strategy to stop Ukraine-Russia conflict: Former defense official”
Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)
https://turcopolier.com/china-will-impede-vital-us-strategy-to-stop-ukraine-russia-conflict-former-defense-official/

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/01/30/msm-pundits-push-idea-that-criticizing-us-policy-on-russia-makes-you-a-russian-agent/

bneIntelliNews (US and UK isolating themselves. Oh, and follow the money.)
Ukraine – no war today, and probably none in future
Gav Don /
http://intellinews.com/ukraine-no-war-today-and-probably-none-in-future-233306/

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