Wednesday, August 24, 2022

The Reasons Why An IRS Agent Could Be Paying You A Visit — Jack Kelly

MMT. (I am not kidding.)
The sucking of billions or trillions of dollars is a feature of MMT and will cool down the economy, as people have less money to spend.…..

You know, "...and then they attack you..."

Forbes
The Reasons Why An IRS Agent Could Be Paying You A Visit
Jack Kelly, Senior Contributor
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/08/23/the-reasons-why-an-irs-agent-could-be-paying-you-a-visit/

Bill Mitchell — It all adds up to the conclusion that system change is required not progressive tinkering

It’s Wednesday and some short items that caught my interest over the last week. The FAO’s latest – Food Price Index – shows that even though food prices fell 8.6 per cent from June (to August), “the fourth consecutive monthly decline”, they are still massive inflated (13.1 per cent higher than August 2020) and the “world’s top four grain traders” are profiting from record sales in the face of supply disruptions. The World Food Program informs us that 345 million people are enduring ‘acute food insecurity’ which is nearly 3 times the pre-pandemic number. The system is not working and I have some things to say about that below. Further, latest PMI data from Europe shows that price pressures are declining, which brings into question those (with vested interests) calling for even higher interest rates. And then some music....
Bill Mitchell – billy blog
It all adds up to the conclusion that system change is required not progressive tinkering
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Links — 23 August 2022 Part 2

A Son of the New American Revolution
U.S. Embassy Kiev Warns AMCITS To Flee Ukraine (Poking the bear is his lair is a dangerous thing to do. US warns of a Russian attack on Kiev and Lvov.)
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/u-s-embassy-kiev-warns-amcits-to-flee-ukraine/

Zero Hedge
US Alerts All Americans Still In Ukraine To 'Leave Immediately' Ahead Of Expanded Russian Strikes
Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-urges-all-americans-still-ukraine-leave-immediately-ahead-expanded-russian-strikes

1945
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis (USA ret.), Senior Fellow and Military Expert for Defense Priorities
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/08/the-russia-ukraine-war-at-six-months-the-war-that-should-have-never-been/

The American Conservative
Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine
Col. Douglas Macgregor (USA ret.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/reinforcing-failure-in-ukraine/

Southfront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
Kiev Is Not The Only One To Be Blamed For Assassination Of Daria Dugina
https://southfront.org/kiev-is-not-the-only-one-to-be-blamed-for-assassination-of-daria-dugina/

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Other Persons Than Vovk May Be Behind Dugina's Murder, Russian Investigative Committee Says
https://sputniknews.com/20220823/other-persons-than-vovk-may-be-behind-duginas-murder-russian-investigative-committee-says-1099908583.html

Irrussianality
Putin’s “Ally” – A Case of Misreporting [about Alexander Dugin] ("Research indicates that the vast majority of English-language media stories are taken, almost word for word, from just two sources: a handful of press agencies (primarily AP), and government or corporate press releases. The existence of a large number of media outlets might lead us to believe that we are getting a wide variety of takes on world events. In reality, no matter what we read or watch, we mostly get the same few stories told in exactly the same way. This is especially true of foreign affairs, as the number of Westerners working as foreign correspondents is extremely small.… Were just one media outlet to have characterized Dugin incorrectly it would be a simple case of poor reporting. The fact that almost the entire Western press corps has done so is indicative of a more systemic failing. The impoverished picture one gets of the world as a result of this failing leads to ill considered policies, grounded in ignorance. It’s a problem that needs urgent attention." Or maybe it is narrative-shaping?)
Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa

TASS (Russian state media)
West supports neo-Nazism while professing democracy — Russian Security Council
https://tass.com/politics/1497237

Lavrov says West’s neocolonial policy also manifested in post-Soviet zone
https://tass.com/politics/1497213

Most Russians see Western civilization as useless, poll reveals (This is a huge reversal that will have far-reaching consequences. It is the view that the Russian world –Russkiy Mir–is civilizational itself.)

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
US could be preparing Ukrainians for ‘closer combat’ – WaPo
https://www.rt.com/news/561380-us-military-aid-ukraine-counteroffensive/

Defense One
7 in 10 Americans Want To Send More Weapons To Ukraine, Poll Finds
Jacqueline Feldscher
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/08/7-10-americans-want-send-more-weapons-ukraine-poll-finds/376224/

US Expected to Unveil Biggest Arms Package Yet for Ukraine
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/08/us-expected-announce-3b-more-arms-aid-ukraine-independence-day/376213/
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/back-ussr-story-behind-beatles-131609702.html













Headlines, Again— EU on the Way Down. And It Is Spectacular. No, It Is Not Schadenfreude — Andrei Martyanov (video 27:22)

 


Headlines, Again— EU on the Way Down. And It Is Spectacular. No, It Is Not Schadenfreude
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as Laboratory Director in a commercial aerospace group. He is a frequent blogger on the US Naval Institute Blog. He is author of Losing Military Supremacy, The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs, and Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse — Clarity Press
https://youtu.be/aW6Xee_78kY

Discussing Ukraine. Glenn Diesen interviews Scott Ritter and Alexander Mercouris — The Duran (video 1:58:08)


 Discussing Ukraine. Glenn Diesen interviews Scott Ritter and Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
https://youtu.be/fD44Eb1xDhE

Col Douglas Macgregor -Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine — interview by Judge Andrew Napolitano (video 16:52)


 Col Douglas Macgregor - Reinforcing Failure in Ukraine
Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom
https://youtu.be/5gSeR5eaueA

Links — 23 August 2022 Part 1

http://thesaker.is/western-ruling-elites-have-dariia-duginas-blood-on-their-hands/

Awful Avalanche
Ukraine War Day #181: Dasha [concluded] ("Once it was seen that the counter-offensive was off, then the Zelensky regime had only two choices left: Either negotiate a surrender to Russia; or to go off the wall and become an outright terrorist state.")
yalensis
https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/ukraine-war-day-181-dasha-concluded/

Vanessa Beeley Substack
Journalists who challenge NATO narratives are now 'information terrorists'
Vanessa Beeley, British independent journalist (mainstream considers her a "conspiracy theorist."
https://beeley.substack.com/p/journalists-who-challenge-nato-narratives

Moon of Alabama
How To Manipulate Readers With 'Expert' Slanted Reporting (NYT doing what it does best.)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/how-to-manipulate-readers-with-expert-slanted-reporting.html

Zero Hedge
Russian FSB Identifies Alleged Dugina Assassin (Interesting angle involving conditions that potentially triggers NATO Article 5, and a hot WWIII.)
BlueApples
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-fsb-identifies-alleged-dugina-assassin

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
'But Her Emails': Why Clinton and Trump's Espionage Act Cases Were Treated so Differently (Many are wondering about this apparent double standard).
Etkaterina Bilnova, Russian independent political analyst and freelance journalist
https://sputniknews.com/20220822/but-her-emails-why-clinton-and-trumps-espionage-act-cases-were-treated-so-differently-1099873249.html

TASS (Russian state media)
Killed journalist Darya Dugina was Ukrainian secret services’ sole target (Another interesting twist in the plot.)
https://tass.com/society/1496927

UN finishes formation of fact-finding mission into Yelenovka prison attack [in which many Azov prisoners were being held in the DPR awaiting trial for war crimes.)
https://tass.com/world/1496939

Counterpunch
Putin & the Emerging Order
Patrick Lawrence
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/08/22/patrick-lawrence-putin-the-emerging-order/

India Punchline
Erdogan repairs Syria ties with eye on Eurasianism
https://www.indianpunchline.com/erdogan-repairs-syria-ties-with-eye-on-eurasianism/

US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine (linked to previously but if you haven't read it yet, it is important)
https://www.indianpunchline.com/us-taunts-russia-to-escalate-in-ukraine/
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

Asia Times
US in denial of a hypersonic gap with China, Russia
Gabriel Honrada
https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/us-in-denial-of-a-hypersonic-gap-with-china-russia/

One World
Poland Made Powerful Points About The German-Led EU’s Imperialist Proclivities (It begins.)
Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3167















Monday, August 22, 2022

The Russian offensive has begun — Col. Douglas Macgregor

 


The Russian offensive has begun
Col. Douglas Macgregor
https://youtu.be/y0UVliu5hWI

Russia thinks US will default on its debt. LOLOLOL!!!!

When you have idiots like this at the top of your leadership?? (Yes, we have them, too.)

Russia's done. It's a f*ckng clown show over there. It's like they're praying now for something totally unrelated to get them out of the mess they created.

I hope Ukraine kicks their ass. 

(If you are still listening to Martyanov, Macgregor and Ritter you are nuts.

-Nikolai Patrushev




Links — 22 August 2022 Part 2

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
The only thing keeping US and China from war is running dangerously thin
Scott Ritter, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, serving in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, on General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector
https://www.rt.com/news/561182-china-taiwan-us-war/

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Russia to Raise Murder of Daria Dugina at Emergency UNSC Meeting on Tuesday - [Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily] Nebenzia
https://sputniknews.com/20220822/russia-to-raise-murder-of-daria-dugina-at-emergency-unsc-meeting-on-tuesday---nebenzia-1099870171.html

'Imran Khan is Our Red Line': Possible Arrest of Ex-PM on Terrorism Charges Leaves Pakistan on Edge
https://sputniknews.com/20220822/imran-khan-is-our-red-line-possible-arrest-of-ex-pm-on-terrorism-charges-leaves-pakistan-on-edge-1099860280.html

Roger Waters’ Name Spotted on Notorious Ukrainian Kill List Website
https://sputniknews.com/20220822/roger-waters-name-spotted-on-notorious-ukrainian-kill-list-website-1099867063.html

Will Winter of Soaring Energy Costs & Looming Recession Corrode Europe’s Unity in Propping Up Kiev?
https://sputniknews.com/20220822/will-winter-of-soaring-energy-costs--looming-recession-corrode-europes-unity-in-propping-up-kiev--1099844976.html

TASS (Russian state media)
https://tass.com/politics/1496885


Southfront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
IN VIDEO: UKRAINIAN PRISONER OF WAR DESCRIBED HOW AZOV TORTURED CIVILIANS
https://southfront.org/in-video-ukrainian-prisoner-of-war-described-how-azov-tortured-civilians/

US Space Force Wants To Disrupt Russia-China Space Cooperation
https://southfront.org/us-space-force-wants-to-disrupt-russia-china-space-cooperation/

Internationalist 360º
The Western Strategy to Dismantle the Russian Federation
Thierry Meyssan
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2022/08/22/the-western-strategy-to-dismantle-the-russian-federation/

ECNS (Chinese official English news service)
U.S. sends more stolen oil from NE Syria to Iraqi bases
Xinhua (Chinese state media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-08-22/detail-ihccfwfs9796864.shtml

Global Times
With [US Ambassador to China Nicholas] Burns crossing the line, Chinese will not indulge such words and deeds: Global Times editorial 
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1273525.shtml





























Links — 22 August 2022 Part 1

Moon of Alabama
Ukraine - Dugina Killer Identified - War Of Attrition Continues ("The killer, one Natalya Vovk, is associated with the Azov Nazis of Ukraine. So is her brother. Both are in Ukraine right now." Linked to Ukrainian intel,)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/ukraine-dugina-killer-identified-war-of-attrition-continues.html

The Vineyard of the Saker
Russia releases video of suspected Moscow car bomber (nailed it)
http://thesaker.is/russia-releases-video-of-suspected-moscow-car-bomber/

Ukraine update: Dugina murder and blacklisting of Roger Waters
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-update-dugina-murder-and-blacklisting-of-roger-waters

Short message from Andrei
The Saker (Andrei Raevsky)
http://thesaker.is/short-message-from-andrei/

TASS (Russian state media)
Diplomat [FM spokesperson Maria Zakharova] points to Kiev regime openly talking about ethnically cleansing Russians (terror/genocide as policy, which was Putin's original charge against Ukraine, and the West for supporting it.)
https://tass.com/politics/1496759

A Son of the New American Revolution
A Deadly Glimpse of Russia’s Bombardment of Ukrainian troops (kami-kazi drones, thermobaric salvos.)
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/a-deadly-glimpse-of-russias-bombardment-of-ukrainian-troops/

Japan wants to point 1,000 cruise missiles at China (Japan doesn't seem to get that China has escalation dominance.)
by Gabriel Honrada
https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/japan-wants-to-point-1000-cruise-missiles-at-china/

Reminiscence of the Future
That Sure As Hell Is Going To Impress Russians, Not.
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues.
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/that-sure-as-hell-is-going-to-impress.html

One World 
Putin Officially Declared That Russia Finally Restored Its Status As A World Power (sure to drive the West ballistic)
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3163

https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3161
Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3161

Cross Currents
Dangerous Divide In The U.S., Finds Poll (setting up for civil war?)
by Countercurrents Collective
https://countercurrents.org/2022/08/dangerous-divide-in-the-u-s-finds-poll/

Asia Times
Facts don’t support Western spin on Dugin bombing (Now that the killer has been identified and linked to Ukrainian intel, the speculation in this post is irrelevant. However, Dugin's background is still of interest, although only a facet of a complex character is considered.)
David P. Goldman and Uwe Parpart
https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/facts-dont-support-western-spin-on-dugin-bombing/

The Postil Magazine
“Import Substitution,” and What Comes After
Alexander Dugin (yes, that Alexander Dugin)
https://www.thepostil.com/import-substitution-and-what-comes-after/

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
CIA Carried Out ‘Black Ops’ Mission to Get UK to Drop Huawei Gear in 5G Infrastructure, Book Reveals
https://sputniknews.com/20220821/cia-carried-out-black-ops-to-get-uk-to-drop-huawei-equipment-in-5g-infrastructure-book-claims-1099832251.html

Bill Mitchell — Deep Adaptation – Part 1

As part of the my research on the concept of a ‘poly crisis’, which is the focus of my next book, I have been reading a lot about urban systems, building codes, and other facets of the climate problem. In that vein, I have been considering the concept of – Deep Adaptation – which emerged from the work of British academic Jem Bendell in 2018. His seminal paper – Deep adaptation: a map for navigating climate tragedy – was updated in July 2020 as – Update. The author has a background in geography and makes it clear he is not a climate scientist. His work on deep adaptation came up against a harsh refereeing process because it ran counter to the Groupthink surrounding how we should deal with the climate issue. Most of the resistance I suspect relates to a view that the crisis can be solved within Capitalism. In that sense, his work was dismissed as being overly pessimistic. However, the initial work on deep adaptation is rather scant on how it fits in with the ideas of class conflict within the current economic order. Jem Bendell admitted that is his original essay “the power of capital in keeping us compliant is implied” rather than explicit. His defense was that he was “writing for the sustainability profession” and he was thus “embedded in that system” (Source). This is where I am interested in the concept – to fully embed it within a more radical, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) focused paradigm. This is Part 1 of a series of unspecified Parts at this stage where I explore the concept of Deep Adaptation and try to extent it into the MMT world....
Bill Mitchell – billy blog
Deep Adaptation – Part 1
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Fly like an eagle, Darya Dugina — Pepe Escobar

If Pepe Escobar didn't state it explicitly enough, here it is clearly: Ukraine, acting as a proxy for NATO (read US and UK) has launched a war of terror against Russia. Along with other recent incidents striking into Russia/Crimea, this appears to be the vaunted counter-offensive. Now the question is what will Russia do about it. While the chief concern of most is revenge, the reality is that this is looking like a new tactic, based on an old strategy, undermine Russian public opinion to overthrow Putin. The likely result, however, is that it will enrage Russian against the perps. See Andrei Martyanov's post below, for example.

Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
Fly like an eagle, Darya Dugina
Pepe Escobar
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/21/fly-like-an-eagle-darya-dugina/

See also 

Reminiscence of the Future
About Dugin's Daughter Assassination.
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as Laboratory Director in a commercial aerospace group. He is a frequent blogger on the US Naval Institute Blog. He is author of Losing Military Supremacy, The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs, and Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse — Clarity Press
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/about-dugins-daughter-assassination.html

Can We Still Afford Social Security and Medicare? Breaking it down with MMT economist Scott Fullwiler — Stephanie Kelton

What follows is a series of tweets from MMT economist Scott Fullwiler. Scott is no longer on Twitter, but he sent me an archive of this thread so that I could share it with all of you. If you read it carefully, you’ll notice a sharp departure from the usual focus on Trust Fund balances and financial shortfalls. I wish everyone involved in covering these debates and crafting legislation would take the time to think through what Scott says below. It would lead to a much more productive debate.…
The Lens
Can We Still Afford Social Security and Medicare? Breaking it down with MMT economist Scott Fullwiler.
Stephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders
Scott T. Fullwiler | Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Missouri - Kansas City
https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/can-we-still-afford-social-security

Links — 21 August 2022 Part 1

India Punchline
US taunts Russia to escalate in Ukraine (Important. This post doesn't mention it but Russia keeping its best troops and most advanced equipment in reserves for the expected war with NATO, i.e., the US.)
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
https://www.indianpunchline.com/us-taunts-russia-to-escalate-in-ukraine/

The Stephen Lendman Blog
Undeclared US War on Russia (Russia and China know that the US is at war with Russia indirectly by proxy and threatening war with China directly. This is not about either Ukraine or Taiwan, which are just pawns in the great game. The US is bent on permanent world domination, which requires breaking up Russia and China into smaller nations that can never again threaten US dominance. Conversely, the Russian and Chinese aim is to finish the US as the dominant world power to preclude this threat. This is one of the dominant themes of the present historical moment along with pandemics and the consequences of climate change, all of which could result in massive culling of the human population. We live in "interesting" times.)
Stephen Lendman
https://stephenlendman.org/2022/08/21/undeclared-us-war-on-russia/

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
British soldiers should prepare to fight Russia – top officer
https://www.rt.com/news/561269-british-army-war-russia/

Glenn Diesen: How 'Russophrenia' from supposedly smart people in the West has slowly led us towards a major European war
Glenn Diesen | Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal.
https://www.rt.com/russia/561135-russia-nato-ukraine-propaganda/

One World
The Assassination Of Alexander Dugin’s Daughter Darya Was A Dastardly Terrorist Attack (Outrageous. Another Nazi tactic—eliminate the thinkers.)
Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3156

Moon of Alabama
RIP - Darya Dugina (The terrorist act was directed at her father, Alexander Dugin, one of the most significant Russian philosophers in history and probably the foremost Russian thinker today whose work has been translated into English. The Western media has folded him into its information war against Russia and completely mischaracterized him and his works. His daughter Darya was also brilliant and her death is a great loss.)
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/rip-darya-dugina.html

TASS (Russian state media)
Explosive yield of device in Dugina’s car amounts to 400 grams in TNT equivalent
https://tass.com/emergencies/1496447

Kiev denies involvement in murder of Russian Darya Dugina
https://tass.com/world/1496423

https://tass.com/defense/1496425

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Kiev Denies Involvement in Death of Dugin's Daughter in Russia
https://sputniknews.com/20220821/kiev-denies-involvement-in-death-of-dugins-daughter-in-russia-1099824779.html

Just Who is Daria Dugina’s Father, Described by West as ‘Putin’s Brain’? (This post is more balanced but pays insufficient notice to Alexander Dugin's contributions to philosophy.)
https://sputniknews.com/20220821/just-who-is-daria-duginas-father-described-by-west-as-putins-brain-1099830886.html

The Eurasianist
Alexander Dugin – “The New Program of Philosophy”
https://eurasianist-archive.com/2019/11/26/alexander-dugin-the-new-program-of-philosophy/

A Son of the New American Revolution
The Lies of August, Not the Ides of March (more on US media malfeasance)
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/the-lies-of-august-not-the-ides-of-march/

Reminiscence of the Future
It Is Not Accidental. (more on US "journalism")
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/it-is-not-accidental.html

Oilprice
China Accounts For Nearly Half Of The World’s Renewable Energy Capacity
Felicity Bradstock
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Accounts-For-Nearly-Half-Of-The-Worlds-Renewable-Energy-Capacity.html

Southfront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
Russian Kalibr Missiles Destroyed Depot Of US-Supplied HIMARS Rockets In Ukraine’s Odessa (Video)
https://southfront.org/russian-kalibr-missiles-destroyed-depot-of-us-supplied-himars-rockets-in-ukraines-odessa-video/

ECNS (Chinese official English news service)
(W.E. Talk) Liu Zhipeng: How to look back on the century since the Revolution of 1911 and the founding of the Communist Party of China (A Chinese historian's view of history)
Interview

Bearish QT review

 

The list is endless…












Too many to post!

Quote from Rabbi

 

I have to 99% agree with this Rabbi guy specifically here:

"the Bible represents the great anti-Platonic narrative in Western civilization".

And btw you know its bad because you can see that moron methodology… FAILING… EVERY… DAY..

But go figure the whole of Christendom is run by these unqualified Platonists… ie Christendumb…



Saturday, August 20, 2022

Eighty-Seven Years and Counting — Stephanie Kelton

To preserve Social Security for future generations, we need to move beyond the usual "solvency" fights....
The Lens
Stephanie Kelton | Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Stony Brook University, formerly Democrats' chief economist on the staff of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and an economic adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders
https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/eighty-seven-years-and-counting


Links — 20 August 2022 Part 1

Paul Craig Roberts
Russia’s Destruction of the Ukraine Military (best short summary of the SMO I have seen so far)
Paul Craig Roberts | formerly Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, associate editor of the Wall Street Journal and a columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service, and Creators Syndicate
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/08/19/russias-destruction-of-the-ukraine-military/

Gilbert Doctorow — International relations, Russian affairs
John Mearsheimer’s latest article on Ukraine in “Foreign Affairs” – a critique (must-read)
Gilbert Doctorow
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/08/20/john-mearsheimers-latest-article-on-ukraine-in-foreign-affairs-a-critique/

A Son of the New American Revolution
My Last Dance With Brian Stelter (more about the sorry condition of American journalism than Stelter)
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/my-last-dance-with-brian-stelter/

Asia Times
Guam’s missile defenses to get a massive upgrade (preparing for war with China)
Gabriel Honrada
https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/guams-missile-defenses-to-get-a-massive-upgrade/

Common Dreams
'Deeply Dangerous Nonsense': Treasury Dept. Debunks GOP Lies About 87,000 Armed IRS Agents (Actually, it's working.)
 Kenny Stancil
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/19/deeply-dangerous-nonsense-treasury-dept-debunks-gop-lies-about-87000-armed-irs

Naked Capitalism
Latin America Is Back on the Grand Chessboard, As Race for Resources and Strategic Influence Intensifies in New Cold War (de-colonization)
Nick Corbishley
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/08/latin-america-is-once-again-on-great-gameboard-as-new-cold-war-threatens-to-go-global.html

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Swiss Police Chief Warns Energy Shortages in Winter Would Cause Riots (what happens when you don't think things through.)
https://sputniknews.com/20220820/swiss-police-chief-warns-energy-shortages-in-winter-would-cause-riots-1099804080.html

London's Mayor Warns Millions of Brits Won't Be Able to Afford 'Heating and Eating' This Winter (Of course, Brits won't mind sacrificing for Ukraine. snark)
https://sputniknews.com/20220820/londons-mayor-warns-millions-of-brits-wont-be-able-to-afford-heating-and-eating-this-winter-1099803289.html

Turkey Receives No Response From Finland, Sweden on Extraditions (forget about Turkey approving Finland and Sweden for NATO membership)

Afghanistan Forms Committee to Launch Practical Work on TAPI Gas Pipeline: Official
https://sputniknews.com/20220820/afghanistan-forms-committee-to-launch-practical-work-on-tapi-gas-pipeline-official-1099802480.html

Idea of Banning Russian Citizens From Entering EU Countries is Manifestation of Nazi Policy: [Russian Defense Minister Sergei] Shoigu
https://sputniknews.com/20220820/idea-of-banning-russian-citizens-from-entering-eu-countries-is-manifestation-of-nazi-policy-shoigu-1099793927.html

Zero Hedge
Ukraine Launches Drone Attack On Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ In Crimea (PR purposes only. Fighting the info war.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-launches-drone-attack-russian-black-sea-fleet-hq-crimea

Half Of Companies Planning Layoffs Or Hiring Freezes: Survey (US business appears to be going through a restructuring similar to the downsizing by eliminating middle management back in the Eighties.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/half-companies-planning-layoffs-or-hiring-freezes-survey
Tyler Durden

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Xi asked Biden to prevent Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan – WaPo (This is likely the reason the Chinese have been saying that Biden was in deeply involved in spite of seeming to oppose it.)
https://www.rt.com/news/561224-xi-biden-pelosi-taiwan/

Chinese ambassador outlines BRICS vision (de-colonization and win-win growth)
https://www.rt.com/news/561221-china-ambassador-vision-brics-russia/

Modern empires keep taking what they want from 'lesser' powers and getting away with it (de-colonization)
https://www.rt.com/news/561171-us-uk-empires-stealing/

Southfront (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
Germany To Supply Kiev Forces With Laser-Guided Rockets, Long-Range Artillery Projectiles (biting the hand that feeds it with energy. What could go wrong")
https://southfront.org/germany-to-supply-kiev-forces-with-laser-guided-rockets-long-range-artillery-projectiles/

UPDATED: Drone Rain Over Crimea: Ukrainian UAVs Fail To Reach Their Targets In Peninsula (videos)
https://southfront.org/updated-drone-rain-over-crimea-ukrainian-uavs-fail-to-reach-their-targets-in-peninsula/

TASS (Russian state media)
Poisoning of Kherson senior official with chemical warfare agents being probed
https://tass.com/russia/1496269

Russia to submit evidence of Kiev’s chemical terrorism to OPCW
https://tass.com/defense/1496261

Presence of Putin, Xi at G20 summit to reflect their defiance against West — media (The West is apoplectic over this.)
https://tass.com/world/1496251

Foreign Ministry: Russia ready to strengthen countermeasures if sanctions intensify (confrontation increasing)
https://tass.com/politics/1496239

Shoigu condemns Kiev’s attack on Yelenovka [prison in DPR] as attempt to hide truth about its crimes
https://tass.com/world/1496223

Russia moves from SWIFT to more secure mechanisms – Foreign Ministry
https://tass.com/politics/1496185

Russian Defense Ministry starts mass production of Tsirkon [Zircon hypersonic] missiles - Shoigu
https://tass.com/russia/1496297

Red pill or blue pill?

Mindorenyo
Brave Freedom Fighters of [or] Uncompromising Nazis ( The cost of waking up to reality.)
Detroit Dan
http://mindorenyo.blogspot.com/2022/08/brave-freedom-fighters-of.html

Dilbert
Scott Adams
https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-08-20

CaitlinJohnstone.com
“I’m Worried We’re Becoming A Thought-Controlled Dystopia, Like China!”
Caitlin Johnstone
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/08/20/im-worried-were-becoming-a-thought-controlled-dystopia-like-china/

Bonus

ECNS
Chinese landscape painting (clever animation of Chinese landscape painting)








Friday, August 19, 2022

Headlines of Import for August 19 — Andrei Martyanov (video 26:08)

 


Headlines of Import for August 19
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as Laboratory Director in a commercial aerospace group. He is a frequent blogger on the US Naval Institute Blog. He is author of Losing Military Supremacy, The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs, and Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse — Clarity Press
https://youtu.be/wLxEHxUdcBM

Links — 19 August 2022

Defense One (US)
Sensing Russian Stall, US Rushing Arms to Help Retake Ukrainian Territory
Marcus Weisgerber and Tara Copp
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/08/more-ukraine-weaps/376080/

Zero Hedge
As US Announces New $800M Ukraine Arms Package, Here's The Total List Since War's Start
Tyler Durden
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-announces-new-800m-arms-ukraine-arms-package-heres-list-all-start-war

US Approves Of Ukraine Striking Crimea
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-approves-ukraine-striking-crimea

FBI Raid Targeted Docs Trump Collected To "Exonerate" Himself From Russiagate Hoax; Report
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/report-fbi-raid-targeted-docs-trump-collected-exonerate-himself-russiagate-hoax

Venezuela Stops Oil Shipments To Europe As Alternatives To Russian Energy Dry Up
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/venezuela-stops-oil-shipments-europe-alternatives-russian-energy-dry

http://thesaker.is/why-is-russia-selling-energy-to-her-enemies-the-answer-in-one-picture/

Originally published: Morning Star Online 
https://mronline.org/2022/08/19/poland-says-ukraine-must-recognise-banderas-genocide-during-wwii/

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Russia Explains Terms For Nuclear Arms Use (Nothing not already stated publicly in unclassified Russian military doctrine.)
https://www.rt.com/russia/561096-russia-nuclear-arsenal-use/

US has ‘serious problems’ with branding Russia sponsor of terrorism – Politico
https://www.rt.com/news/561150-us-russia-sponsor-terrorism

One World
The [UK] GCHQ Chief’s Claim Of A Western Infowar Victory Over Russia Is Fake News (explains why the Global South/East is either with Russia on Ukraine or non-committal in spite of Western pressure to join in condemnation of "Putin's war." 
Andrew Korybko, American geopolitical analyst and independent journalist based in Moscow, and member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies and Predictions at the People’s Friendship University of Russia
https://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=3150

TASS (Russian state media)
US close to becoming party to conflict in Ukraine — Russia's MFA [Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov]
https://tass.com/world/1495849

Yahoo Finance
Summers Says MMT Backers Should Look at Erdogan's Turkey Woes - Yahoo Finance (Larry being disingenuous?)
Christopher Anstey
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/summers-says-mmt-backers-look-153013158.html

RealClearInvestigations
FBI Unit Leading Mar-a-Lago Probe Earlier Ran Russiagate Hoax (Conflict of interest? )
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/08/18/fbi_unit_leading_mar-a-lago_probe_previously_led_russiagate_hoax_848582.html

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Kabul Seeks to Import Oil Products From Russia Offering Minerals in Exchange (double coincidence of wants, back to barter)
Xinhua (Chinese state media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-08-19/detail-ihccfwfs9794173.shtml

Asia Times
China’s drills to change US military assumptions
Chen Feng
https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/chinas-drills-to-change-us-military-assumptions/











A Eurasian jigsaw: BRI and INSTC interconnectivity will complete the puzzle — Pepe Escobar

Shrugging off western obstacles, Eurasia's ambitious connectivity projects helmed by China and Russia are now progressing deep into Asia's Heartland….
Caution — Decolonization in progress. First Eurasia and then Africa and Latin America. The real import of globalization — without neoliberalism, neo-imperialism and neocolonialism.

The Cradle
A Eurasian jigsaw: BRI and INSTC interconnectivity will complete the puzzle
Pepe Escobar
https://thecradle.co/Article/Columns/14439

Say it ain’t so — Peter Radford

Peter Radford has a way of cutting to the chase. This is a short post worth thinking about for those interested in the study of economics as a discipline of thought. While it is a highly simplified analysis of an entire field, it avoids being simplistic. (It's about modeling.)

Real-World Economics Review Blog
Say it ain’t so
Peter Radford

The UK Energy Crisis: an MMT Analysis — NeilW

Reminder that MMT is based on availability of real resources for sale (stuff), not their nominal values in the market (prices). In monetary production societies, economics is the study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods rationed by price in markets. Price is therefore more closely related to quantities of goods instead of quantity of money. Monetarists are deluded about this.

New Wayland Blog
The UK Energy Crisis: an MMT Analysis
NeilW

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Links — 18 August 2022 Part 2

http://thesaker.is/sabotage-terrorist-and-other-diversionary-attacks-are-a-real-risk-for-russia/

Turcopolier
Ukraine guerilla and Long-Range attacks on Ruusian forces continue …
Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)
https://turcopolier.com/ukraine-guerilla-and-long-range-attacks-on-ruusian-forces-continue/
 
A Son of the New American Revolution
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/what-is-going-on-with-ukraine-and-its-war-strategy/

Reminiscence of the Future
Self-explanatory.
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/self-explanatory.html

The Grayzone
Ukraine war veterans on how Kiev plundered US aid, wasted soldiers, endangered civilians, and lost the war
Lindsey Snell and Cory Popp
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/18/ukraine-veterans-us-aid-soldiers-war/

Zero Hedge
Tulsi Gabbard: Washington Elite Pose "Greatest Threat" To Democracy (Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard, USAR, a former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate, is conservative enough on some key issues to attract voters on the right and liberal enough on other key issues to attract voters on the left. as a bonus, she is a Hindu.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tulsi-gabbard-washington-elite-pose-greatest-threat-democracy

Apple Reportedly Shifting Watch And MacBook Production To Vietnam (Vietnam is more communist than China. but, for some reason, not politically toxic in the US — yet.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/apple-reportedly-shifting-apple-watch-and-macbook-production-vietnam
Tyler Durden

Russia.Post
The Strange Death of Liberal Russia – Part III ("Liberalism" is ambiguous. The post is useful for clarifying important issues specifically. Russians have never been "liberal" in the US or UK sense, which are somewhat different. The meaning of "liberal" is even more different for continental Europeans and differs from country to country. So it might be expected that "liberal" applies to Russia would also be different from those, since Russia is a civilizational country that shares in some Western values, in its own way, but not all Western values. Then there is the issue of traditional Western value and contemporary Western values. Russian may share some traditional Western values. but they are disdainful of many contemporary Western values, in particular "wokism." The post is worth reading for the numbers.)
Paul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa
https://www.russiapost.info/society/death_of_liberal_russia_p3

Oilprice
Energy Sanctions On Russia Have Been A Boon For China And India (Even with discounting, Russia is still making plenty owing to the generally elevated prices.)
Irina Slav
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Energy-Sanctions-On-Russia-Have-Been-A-Boon-For-China-And-India.html

Col. Macgregor - Ukraine & Russia Latest — Interview by Judge Napolitano (video 21:16)


 Col. Macgregor - Ukraine & Russia Latest
Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom
https://youtu.be/PJdNXR4zBEI

Bill Mitchell – Australian labour market deteriorating as employment and participation contract

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released of the latest labour force data today (August 18, 2022) – Labour Force, Australia – for July 2022. With Covid infection rates rising quickly, and already around 780,000 workers working few hours than usual because of sickness, I predicted last month that there would be a deterioration in the labour market in the coming months. That trend emerged in July 2022. The labour market deteriorated in July 2022 with employment and participation both contracting. While the official unemployment rate fell to 3.4 per cent this was all down to the decline in participation. Had the participation rate not declined the unemployment rate would have risen from 3.6 per cent to 3.9 per cent. Further, the underlying (‘What-if’) unemployment rate is closer to 6.1 per cent rather than the official rate of 3.4 per cent. There are still 1313.7 thousand Australian workers without work in one way or another (officially unemployed or underemployed). The only reason the unemployment rate is so low is because the underlying population growth remains low after the border closures over the last two years. Overall, the situation worsened over July....
Bill Mitchell – billy blog
Australian labour market deteriorating as employment and participation contract
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Links — 18 August 2022 Part 1

India Punchline
Ukraine war of attrition at inflection point
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

TASS (Russian state media)
COVID-related mortality worldwide increases by 35% over past four weeks — WHO
https://tass.com/world/1494905

Two Zaporozhye NPP employees detained for directing Ukraine’s artillery fire — police
https://tass.com/society/1494863

Crimea blames Kiev for sabotage at military depot near Dzhankoi
https://tass.com/politics/1494735

Crimean lawmaker says time has come to target Ukrainian decision-making centers
https://tass.com/politics/1494577

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Fraction of World's Population: China Mocks West's Claim That ‘Global Community’ Isolated Russia
https://sputniknews.com/20220817/fraction-of-worlds-population-china-mocks-wests-claim-that-global-community-isolated-russia-1099700391.html

https://sputniknews.com/20220818/russian-mod-publishes-map-showing-consequences-of-ukrainian-us-provocation-at-zaporozhye-npp-1099724055.html

Southfront
NATO’s 2030 Strategic Concept Threatens To Destabilise The World
Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
https://southfront.org/natos-2030-strategic-concept-threatens-to-destabilise-the-world/

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
NATO ready to intervene in Kosovo – Stoltenberg
https://www.rt.com/news/561027-nato-intervention-kosovo/

US must ‘challenge’ Chinese missiles – admiral [Seventh Fleet commander Vice Admiral Karl Thomas]
https://www.rt.com/news/561025-us-must-challenge-chinese-missiles/

Apple diversifying away from China – media
https://www.rt.com/news/560996-apple-china-us-vietnam/

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Submarines and Copium — Andrei Martyanov (video 38:10)



 Submarines and Copium
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues. Martyanov was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and staff position of Soviet Coast Guard through 1990. He took part in the events in the Caucasus which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In mid-1990s he moved to the United States where he currently works as Laboratory Director in a commercial aerospace group. He is a frequent blogger on the US Naval Institute Blog. He is author of Losing Military Supremacy, The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs, and Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse — Clarity Press
https://youtu.be/JP7jA2APHoQ

World order looks different from Moscow, Beijing — M. K. Bhadrakumar

Important for how geopolitics is relevant to geo-economics, especially with reference to China and the US. The Chines position is similar to what Michael Hudson has recommended, except China is reluctant to give up investing in US Treasuries, unlike Russia, whose central bank has shifted to holding gold reserves instead.

India Punchline
World order looks different from Moscow, Beijing
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador
https://www.indianpunchline.com/world-order-looks-different-from-moscow-beijing/