Just a remark, X accounts of the form NAME - Commentary, or NAME - Parody are not the real accounts from the names they refer to (And I doubt Trump will follow me if I retweet (re-X?) or like a post).Shivers and Panic!
Just a remark, X accounts of the form NAME - Commentary, or NAME - Parody are not the real accounts from the names they refer to (And I doubt Trump will follow me if I retweet (re-X?) or like a post).Shivers and Panic!
Me too. It's hard to sit back and watch the show.This is a really weird sentiment, on one side I’m so happy with everything that is going on politically speaking, what Trump is doing is basically what we wanted to happen in the USA for a looong time, it’s like everything deep state has created in weeks is getting destroyed in many ways (except for Israel affairs, yet), it’s like symbolically “a triple bad day for Rockefeller” but at the same time no terror attacks or false flags attacks of significance, a few airplane accidents here and there, but I bet they are planing something really really big that can change everything in one day and night.
That have me worried! I mean, I’m enjoying the show, but with a nervous laugh!
That was my take also. Here is a video about Los Zetas cartel, and ironicaly they were trained before going rogue by 7th Spec Operations Group at Forth Bragg that is now assigned to deal with cartels.
Through interviews with former narcotics agents, politicians, and bureaucrats, this exposé documents previously unknown aspects of the history of federal drug law enforcement from the formation of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the creation of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) up until the present day. Written in an easily accessible style, the narrative examines how successive administrations expanded federal drug law enforcement operations at home and abroad; investigates how the CIA comprised the war on drugs; analyzes the Regan, Bush, and Clinton administrations’ failed attempts to alter the DEA's course; and traces the agency's evolution into its final and current stage of “narco-terrorism.”
In both Germany (election this weekend) and France (Macron for several more years) it looks like the globalist puppets can hang on to power for now. But I do wonder how much pressure Trump can and is willing to exert on them and if that can change the political landscape in Europe.Europe might be in for a very rude ride now that the US is withdrawing. What must happen one way or another is that reality re-asserts itself, and this means the sweeping away of the utterly moronic Eurocrats, which eventually will be replaced by an actually competent new elite comprised of those hardened by years of opposition and thinking outside the mainstream box, à la team MAGA. It's the natural course, unless the Eurocrats manage to install full-blown dictatorial tyranny, which frankly I'm not sure they're even capable of. All they know is grift, lies and incompetence. All of that alone will entail a huge amount of chaos.
Ditto here, I suppose topsey turvey world doesn't get uprighted easilyirjO said: That have me worried! I mean, I’m enjoying the show, but with a nervous laugh!
...and he's at it again...JD Vance just mauled 'esteemed gentleman historian' Niall Ferguson, who's complaining about 'giving Putin a free pass'.
Absolutely glorious to watch, the 'hillbilly' towering over the 'intellectual titan'.
Note what Vance says about "moralistic garbage" and "moralisms"... he's pretty much using those terms in the sense Lobaczewski used "paramoralisms":
His response if you can't see it on X:
In this thread I'll respond to some of what I've seen out there. Let's start with Niall:
1) On the general background, yes, you have been more right than wrong on a lot of the details of the conflict. Which is why I'm surprised to hear you call the administration's posture "appeasement." We are negotiating to end the conflict. It is "appeasement" only if you think the Ukrainians have a credible pathway to victory. They don't, so it's not.
2) As far as I can tell, accusations of "appeasement" hinge on a few arguments (not all of them from Niall, to be clear). The first is a criticism that we're even talking to the Russians. Well, the President believes to conduct diplomacy, you actually have to speak to people. This used to be called statesmanship. Second, the idea--based often on fake media reports--that we've "given the Russians everything they want." Third, that if we just passed another aid package, Ukraine would roll all the way to Moscow, raise Navalny from the dead, and install a democratic and free leader to Russia (I exaggerate, but only a little). All of these arguments are provably, demonstrably false.
Many people who have gotten everything wrong about Russia say they know what Russia wants. Many people who know the media reports fake garbage take anonymously sourced reports on a complex negotiation as gospel truth.
But the bigger issue, as I think Niall knows, is that most of those loudly shouting "appeasement" are people who aren't dealing with the reality on the ground.
3) On the specifics of the negotiation, I'm not confirming details publicly for obvious reasons, but much of what I've seen leaked ranges from entirely bogus to missing critical info. The president has set goals for the negotiation, and I am biased, but I think he's awfully good at this. But we're not going to telegraph our negotiating posture to make people feel better. The president is trying to achieve a lasting piece, not massage the egos or anxieties of people waving Ukraine flags.
The idea that the President of the United States has to start the negotiation by saying "maybe we'll let Ukraine into NATO" defies all common sense. Again, it's not appeasement to acknowledge the realities on the ground--realities President Trump has pointed to for years in some cases.
4) Many of the subjective criticisms amount to pearl clutching that don't ultimately matter. I'm happy to defend POTUS's criticisms of the Ukrainian leadership (not that it matters, because he's the president, but I agree with him). You're welcome to disagree. But these critiques of POTUS don't bear on the war or on his negotiation to end it.
A thought: Europe might be in for a very rude ride now that the US is withdrawing. What must happen one way or another is that reality re-asserts itself, and this means the sweeping away of the utterly moronic Eurocrats, which eventually will be replaced by an actually competent new elite comprised of those hardened by years of opposition and thinking outside the mainstream box, à la team MAGA. It's the natural course, unless the Eurocrats manage to install full-blown dictatorial tyranny, which frankly I'm not sure they're even capable of. All they know is grift, lies and incompetence. All of that alone will entail a huge amount of chaos.
I was thinking the same... but then, nukes. Some countries now have nukes which fundamentally changes what is possible. For example, a dispute between Germany and France or whoever and the UK can only go so far. If like Russia the fundamental existence of a nuclear capable country is threatened, then all bets are off.Another thing I suspect might happen is that old historical grievances start cropping up again between European nations. This had been held in check not by the EU or "European integration", as is often claimed, but by the US-led globalists imposing their world order both by raw power and narrative control. The EU was always just a junior partner in this, and if the US withdraws, so goes their power source. Once the entrenched historical narratives begin to lose their grip and people come across alternative takes on their history, questioning the post-WWII order which not too long ago seemed like an eternal feature of reality, I wouldn't be surprised to see old territorial disputes flaring up, old national dreams coming back, revenge fantasies etc. Bitter disputes might erupt between France and Germany, Germany and Poland, among various eastern European countries, and between many continental countries and Britain. Not to mention the hatred for Russia in Poland, the Baltics and other eastern countries. The historical traumata and bitter conflicts run deep, and they have been shoved under the carpet for too long, unexamined, thanks to the pax Americana. It all might not come up while there is a common enemy in the form of EU lunacy, but once it is gone?
Let's not forget aboutSuch a pessimistic scenario might only be held in check if the US and Russia exert their power to keep these things down.
Interesting musings!Or, ideally, people in Europe learn how to integrate new information and narratives gracefully, acknowledging their grievances and complex history, not shying away from revisionism that might not paint their respective nations as "great ancient people who have been eternally victimized and never done anything wrong", dealing with the "blood memory" of ethnic and national bloodshed and injustices without going nuts, while engaging the process of rebuilding a new order based on self-determination, good will and the "rule of normal people".
Well, just some musings. I guess we'll see!
A thought that came to mind is that what is happening may not be against the "plan" per se, insofar as it may be a pathway for certain natural energies perhaps emanating from beyond our density to express themselves. It might be the case that what is happening is the pressure release that needed to happen as otherwise there may be consequences visiting our 4D STS rulers that they'd much rather avoid i.e. due to restricting free will beyond a certain threshold?This is a really weird sentiment, on one side I’m so happy with everything that is going on politically speaking, what Trump is doing is basically what we wanted to happen in the USA for a looong time, it’s like everything deep state has created in weeks is getting destroyed in many ways (except for Israel affairs, yet), it’s like symbolically “a triple bad day for Rockefeller” but at the same time no terror attacks or false flags attacks of significance, a few airplane accidents here and there, but I bet they are planing something really really big that can change everything in one day and night.
That have me worried! I mean, I’m enjoying the show, but with a nervous laugh!