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'And Ukrainians are right to think that Russia today, like Nazi Germany in 1945, is a fascist imperialist regime that can and must be defeated. Fascism was defeated last time because a coalition held firm and applied its superior economic power. The same holds true now.'
'..the Russian Empire also lost wars. It lost the Crimean War in 1856. It lost the Russo-Japanese War in 1905
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Archive 'Based on real-world experience of what is most important, here is my definition: Inflation is a net increase of money supply and credit with credit marked to market.
Deflation is the opposite, a net decrease of money supply and credit with credit marked to market.'
- Mike "Mish" Shedlock, Zero Hedge Provides Empirical Proof of Deflation (However, He Does Not Even Realiz
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Archive '..Let the Russians attack, attack, attack. Greet them with now better supplied forces, hopefully in better entrenchments, and take a terrible toll.'
'And this brings out the other real story. Even a weakened Ukraine without ammunition can take a terrible toll on the attacker. Maybe, just maybe, people will realize the true story of the last few months is that attacking, even wi
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Archive 'We should not be scared of Russia's collapse. Instead we should accelerate it by helping Ukraine regain its full sovereignty. Russia can become a normal country, living within its own borders. European security will be better for decades. Prepare for it, don't be scared of it.'
- Ben Hodges (Source, May 4, 2024)
'It’s absurd many Western political leaders refuse
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Archive 'The US economy “looks more like the 1970s than we’ve seen before,” he said earlier this week at a discussion hosted by the Economic Club of New York. He repeated that message in a Wall Street Journal interview published Thursday before the GDP report was released. “Things looked pretty rosy in 1972 — they were not rosy in 1973,” Dimon said.'
- Fears about stagflation are mounting in
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Archive 'The European intervention would dash Russian hopes within 24h, and present Moscow with a situation where they have to concede that the war is lost..'
- Tendar, April 27, 2024
'..Tellingly, the countries that are most likely to be targeted in a nuclear attack—those that border Russia, particularly Poland and the Baltic states—are the least concerned about that prospect..�
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Archive '1.5 years ago the Russian government was developing a strategy paper how the AfD can get votes in Germany. The core method was to saw division and hate, exactly what the AfD is doing. Top members were caught using the content of this manifest, almost word by word.'
'The Spiegel Cover [ Alternative gegen Deutschland ] is quite something.
"Landesverräter" means trai
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Archive 'JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is concerned the US economy could be in for a repeat of the problems that hampered the country during the 1970s.
"Yes, I think there’s a chance that can happen again," he said during an appearance Tuesday at the Economic Club of New York.
The economy in that troubled decade was constrained by stagflation, a combination of low growth and h
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Archive 'The attitude suggests is simply for allies to adopt Ukraine’s strategic objective – restoring the 1991 borders.
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“‘We’re going to do what it takes’. That’s a statement of a strategic aim that then allows the development of a policy.”
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Restoring Ukraine’s 1991 borders would include winning back Crimea, the territory Putin annexed in February 2014. “Whoever controls Crimea w
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Archive '..This aid, even if Trump comes into power in January 2025[,] therefore provides a precious window for Ukraine (and Europe) to make 2024 a year that Ukraine can use not just to hold on, but also to prepare to win the war.'
'..a successful Ukrainian Active Defense campaign will be done along side an increasing Ukrainian ranged campaign against Russian infrastructure in Crimea an
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Archive 'Since COVID began in March 2020, the cost of food at home has jumped 24.6%.'
- Inflation: Grocery prices reaccelerate, now 25% higher than pre-pandemic, April 10, 2024
'Shelter costs rose 5.7% year over year..'
- Housing inflation still sticky in March: 'Little progress over the past nine months,' April 10, 2024
'Home maintenance fees have risen
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Archive 'The Mossad briefing about Iran’s nuclear programme in 2012 was in stark contrast to the alarmist tone set by Netanyahu..'
- Netanyahu's "politics of fear." - '..Mossad .. opposed an order from Netanyahu to prepare a military attack on Iran.', 2015
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(Extremism) - '..Israel's intention - to force Iran out of its comfort zone of relyi
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Archive '..Further escalation will truly take the region into perilous, uncharted territory.'
'The attack that Iran is mounting on Israel is more extensive than had perhaps been anticipated.
But it was inevitable that Tehran would have to ratchet up its response after sustaining what it saw as a violation of its sovereignty with the strike on its diplomatic compound in Syria.
That
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Archive '..Russia can be defeated if Ukraine is armed properly.'
'..the US is reinforcing a policy that will lead to the world-wide spread of nuclear weapons.
Overall, it shows that Ukraine is being made to suffer because its not a nuclear power.
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..It also shows that great intellectual poverty of the US trying to delay the delivery of F-16s for so long. They could at least
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Archive 'The gauge measures services inflation excluding food, energy and housing and has been roaring higher lately, up 4.8% year over year in March and more than 8% at a 3-month annualized pace.'
- The ‘supercore’ inflation measure shows Fed may have a real problem on its hands, April 10, 2024
'..Another critical characteristic of the earlier inflation era was frequent temporary
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Archive 'This unfolding drone campaign aims to hamper the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, while also dealing a painful economic blow to the Putin regime. By using long-range drones to strike energy facilities across Russia, Ukraine seeks to disrupt the logistical networks supplying Putin’s invasion force and reduce the mobility of the Russian army in Ukraine.'
- Putin’s Achilles Heel: U
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Archive '..The USA remains unreliable as a defense partner .. the US government is being manipulated by a pro-Putin wing of the Republican Party .. the US cannot be relied upon..'
'There has been a great deal happening in and out of Ukraine this week—so I will try to cover a number of different topics this week. However, the continuing Russian campaign against Kharkiv might be the most
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Archive '..The Financial Times reports that Russian attempts to destabilize European energy & transport infrastructure are well documented-- but thousands of incidents of sabotage have been swept under the carpet.'
- Chuck Pfarrer (Source, April 5, 2024)
'Prague has become increasingly hawkish on Russian influence campaigns after it approved a law in 2022 that allows the gover
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Archive '..help reinvigorate Turkey’s application to enter the European Union..'
- '..Sweden would help reinvigorate Turkey’s application to enter the European Union..'
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(Choose The Young) - 'Turkey has been waiting at the gate of the European Union for over 50 years now.'
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Archive '.. shows a total lack of understanding of war..'
- (Ukraine must win) - '..the US not providing aid to Ukraine .. shows a total lack of understanding of war..'
'..Havana Syndrome shows all the markings of a Russian hybrid warfare operation .. such a sustained, decade-long campaign would easily count as one of Vladimir Putin’s greatest strategic victories agains
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Archive 'We must plan and prepare for a prolonged confrontation with Russia. We must counter Russia’s expansion of power by constraining its influence, its freedom of action, and – ultimately – its ability to do harm.'
- Tobias Billström (Source, March 27, 2024)
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'..the vast majority of Ukrainians see no room for compromise between Russian genocide and their own surviva
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Archive '..It was attacks on German fuel that really damaged the German economy in World War II.
The question is not whether its a good target—its whether the Ukrainians have the material to keep it up. So far they do—and that is heartening for their war effort.
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..the US not providing aid to Ukraine while asking the Ukrainians to limit their war fighting to suit US domestic interests i
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Archive 'Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets in the first half of this year, with the first planes arriving from Denmark, announces Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.
She explains that Danish aircraft will be the first to arrive in Ukraine, but later in 2024, Dutch aircraft will also arrive.
"I'm very confident that we will start delivering F-16s this summer," she says.
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Archive 'By killing Russian troops faster than the Kremlin can train good replacements while also boosting their own training efforts, Ukrainian forces could win the battle of attrition in 2024—and set conditions for successful offensives in 2025.
This requires endurance and patience by Ukraine and its allies. Patience the Kremlin doesn’t believe its enemies possess. “Russia’s regime remains conf
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Archive 'Ukrainians are well aware of Russia’s genocidal agenda. They see the daily incitement to genocide on Kremlin TV, and are regularly confronted with fresh evidence of efforts to eradicate Ukrainian identity throughout occupied regions of Ukraine. Understandably, the vast majority of Ukrainians see no room for compromise between Russian genocide and their own survival. Instead, they are commit
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Archive 'Yesterday the Polish government went even further. The Foreign Secretary Radek Sikorski, said publicly it was not inconceivable for European forces to be deployed into Ukraine. At the same time, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, used extremely war-like rhetoric, when discussing the present reality. The old war was over, a dangerous new one had been born, and European states needed to under
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Archive 'The amazing thing is that this campaign of reflexive control is working even though there have been countless unfulfilled Russian nuclear threats over the past two years, and many different Russian red lines that Ukraine has crossed. Ukraine has regularly attacked Crimea and many targets inside Russia—and Russia has normally downplayed the attacks after they happen..
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Who has not be
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Archive 'Of course, Ukraine needs more anti-air ammunition to keep this up. Reports are circulating that stocks of anti-air missiles for Patriots (which seem to be doing most of the damage) are perilously low. Once again, it shows that Ukraine can win the war if armed properly—and just how devastating it is that Putin has such influence in the Republican Party.'
'..Over the last month,
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Archive ''Speaking directly to the camera, Navalny proceeded to tell the director, Roher, and future viewers of the documentary, how to respond in the event of his death — which even then seemed very possible, if not likely.
Navalny said, “Listen, I’ve got something very obvious to tell you. You’re not allowed to give up. If they decide to kill me, it means that we are incredibly strong. We
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Archive 'Western governments are drawing up plans to issue debt to help fund Ukraine, using Russian assets as a backstop for the repayment in a move that would force Moscow to start paying for its invasion.
Under the plans, Kyiv’s allies could raise debt to fund the war-torn country. The coalition supporting Ukraine would demand that Russia repays the debt and, if it fails to do so, would seize f
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