“It’s like the Manchurian candidate has reached the presidency. He’s there, it seems if you’re looking at it dispassionately, to promote the cause of Russia, which the security doctrine of the US since 1945 has classified as America’s main enemy, currently run by a murderous megalomaniac.” 4/4
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
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"if the West were serious...it would have gotten involved in defending Ukrainian airspace years ago...[E]very day they watch Russian missiles and bombs blow up things in Ukraine...they’re denying...real experience their own militaries...badly need."
- www.kyivpost.com/opinion/71548
They aren't in the habit of thanking anyone. Pretty sure their attitude would be that Zelenskyy should be grateful for the opportunity.
Ukrainian meme with the following text: 2022 Ukraine: HELP US CLOSE THE SKIES OVER UKRAINE! NATO: WE CAN'T. 2026 NATO: HELP US CLOSE THE SKIES OVER THE GULF! Ukraine: OK.
"So exactly one year after Trump and Vance are yelling at Zelensky that Ukraine “has no cards,” Ukraine is going to send its technicians so the White House can counter the narrative it didn’t really think through the Iranian Shahed threat."
- www.kyivpost.com/opinion/71548
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A U.N. investigation found on Tuesday that the deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children by Russian authorities since Moscow's full-scale invasion of the country in 2022 amounted to crimes against humanity.
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#Russia #Ukraine #RussianWarCrimes
A comprehensive update on the war in #Ukraine from Stefan Korshak at the @KyivPost www.kyivpost.com/opinion/71548
The role of #child deportation in maintaining #Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories 👇🏼
"Changing your mind about the goals of war after you’ve started one is never a good idea." That is what happened in Afghanistan. See how that turned out.
"The metrics by which we judge our lives are wrong, and the money is rewarded to those who stand for nothing and are the least willing to give any consideration to the people around them."
"In response to the global #misinformation crisis, education and media #literacy remain the most common solutions. The assumption is that if people are taught to spot #falsehoods, they will be more resilient to manipulation."
- misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/refr...
Indeed. History is full of lessons/guidance if we care to look back. My impression is that contemporary culture seems too short-term forward looking, and now with Trump, highly transactional. As the saying goes, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
“Wars are started only on the theory and in the confidence that they can be won. Personal punishment, to be suffered only in the event the war is lost, will probably not be a sufficient deterrent to prevent a war where the war-makers feel the chances of defeat to be negligible."
#cdnpoli Because Toronto’s largest financial institutions have funneled over CAD$1.43 trillion into #fossilfuel companies and large pension funds are heavily invested, don't expect the #Carney government to do different.
Ask politicians running for office if they support a crackdown on money laundering. “I don’t want more crime in Canada, and I certainly don’t want criminals profiting from me, taking money from my investments or retirement, and generally making me poorer.”
#cdnpoli
#Misinformation risk: "People share false claims not simply because they are misled, but because those claims feel true, reinforce loyalties, or signal political alignment. No fact check can easily compete with that kind of resonance..." - misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/refr...
#cdnpoli "I will explain why everyone should care about money laundering...Hopefully, by the end of this article, you’ll be raging mad that anti-money laundering isn’t at the top of the political agenda in your country." That includes #Canada.
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Not just the US; also their Middle East allies. They buy cost-effective Ukrainian drones and expertise, #Ukraine gets money & missiles to help defend itself and, possibly, some leverage to get its new customers to put more pressure on #Russia.
#cdnpoli "...many politicians don’t want to collect taxes on the superrich, because the ultra-wealthy have used their wealth to achieve immense political power...failure to tax them effectively is reinforcing the vast accumulation of wealth at the top." - paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ultra-...
#cdnpoli Does your day-to-day struggle make you feel like a serf? You're not alone! The top 1% of wealth holders in #Canada now hold nearly as much as the bottom 80% combined. They hold all the cards, rig the system.
It's not immigrants. Follow the money: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0o...
#cdnpoli Is Poilievre cosplaying PM or does he have government authority to do this?
#cdnpoli "Perhaps the thinking in Ottawa is that by becoming mired in a Middle East war, Trump will be distracted from his obsession with breaking our nation. Playing nice with crocodiles in the hope that they will be nice to us never ends well." - charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-fee...
Alberta excessively vulnerable to foreign interference? Isn't the premier and UCP encouraging it?
First U.S. submarine torpedo kill since World War II?
Out now! Ep 15 of the Steady State Sentinel: Might Makes Right?
Former CIA Deputy and Acting Director Michael Morrell on the Dangers of “Might Makes Right.”
Watch @ zurl.co/cadNk , on Apple: zurl.co/tptvx, YouTube @thesteadystate1336, or wherever you get your podcasts.
@johnsipher.bsky.social
My latest book, Replaying the Second World War, is now officially out. I explain how Russia's instrumentalization of the history of WW2 dehumanizes Ukrainians while highlighting the many parallels, and direct connections, between WW2 and Russian actions today. www.ibidem.eu/en/Topics/So...
“Trump wrote re US munitions stockpiles that Biden gave everything to Ukraine & didn’t replace it. That’s not true. There’s a stockpile of weapons we sell or give to foreign governments. That is separate & distinct from what we have in stock to contribute to every one of our contingency plans.”
#vanpoli "On Tuesday, Sim said...he would be issuing an apology through a statement to the media organizations that attended the event...CTV News reached out to the media that were present...OMNI and Fairchild TV News confirmed they did not receive the statement."
- bsky.app/profile/ctvn...
"Corruption keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why you and I are prancing around in here instead of fighting over scraps of meat out in the streets. Corruption is why we win."
