WHAT DOES VICTORY IN UKRAINE LOOK LIKE?

19 February 2023Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban cautioned Europe on Saturday that it could sleepwalk into a direct armed confrontation with Russia by sending increasingly deadly weapons to Ukraine. https://sputniknews.com/20230218/hungarys-orban-says-europe-may-end-up-sending-troops-to-ukraine-1107582191.html"If you supply weapons, provide satellite data, train soldiers of one of the warring parties and have its entire...

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WHY AMERICA'S STRATEGY IS DOOMED

8 February 2022 This war with Russia goes back a long way. Why and how to find a permanent peace?There was The Great Schism even, that's how far back. But the basic fundamental truth is (my opinion) found in the geography. Russia is a huge plain without natural borders, hence v likely it will have one regime, be one country ... one empire in a sense, as fighting originally united all the tribes.Russia from the Urals to the Atlantic? That...

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PREPARING TO CONCEDE UKRAINIAN TERRITORY

7 February 2023The reshuffle in Kiev began with the replacement of the comm director a couple of weeks back.The new MoDefence is much closer to Washington.Is America, who manages this war, replacing tje Zelensky govt with its own? ...And Zelensky?The Americans have been telling Zelensky to pull out of Bakmut before it's lost and the best Ukraonian troops with it.There's also been multiple warnings - from RAND, CSNA, Wadington Post articles...ieAmerican advisors and the Pentagon - that this war is draining The West's resources at a time when it...

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THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR IN UKRAINE

5 February 2023 Nuclear will happen if Russia concludes it will otherwise cease to exist. This would be in Ukraine itself, only in Ukraine, and in this case the West would not respond with nuclear, imho.Unless America re-prioritises this conflict (on its own initiative, America withdraws or negotiates), there is the risk that America use nuclear. This could provoke a Russian nuclear response outside Ukraine, and we'd be in WW3 and incineration.An...

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A LESSON IN FLATTERY

4 February 2023 https://youtu.be/xwPq7xAKi9I Fully agree with Tucker's analysis and conclusions. The way he sensationalises is so funny and that is why people watch him. After all, what has he just said?  Boris went to Washington to promote a world war, but refused an invitation to appear on Tucker's show because he is afraid of the questions he'd face. It would be a war for democracy except the people haven't been consulted...

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RETIREMENT PLAN - THE SPREADSHEET YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASY

27 January 2023PUT IN TO TAKE OUTWhat is the one number you'd really like to know for a happy retirement? Yup, it is how much should I tuck away each month - not percentages or formulae, just the number please?THIS NOTE IS ABOUTFinancial planning is boring but unavoidable. So start here. Plus, a note on how to build a neat and tidy spreadsheet.GOALpeople typically aim for somewhere between half and two-thirds of their final salary as their retirement income. NEEDSBy the time they retire, many people have paid off their mortgage, and their...

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GEORGIO

Georgio is seeking the voice of the island, ie the voice of the people of Cyprus. He finds what is dear to themFamilyTraditionsSeaNatureReligionFoodCostumeAnd in his own way and style, he expresses this. He is a conduit.His paintings are more naive than childish. He is not a trained artist, he is self-taught. He is honest, he expresses what he sees, for you to see through his eyes.EXHIBITION BLURB:The George Pol. Georghiou - Timeless Cyprus exhibition has been organised on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the artist's death. The title, suggested...

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BYZANTIUM

On Byzantiumhttps://youtu.be/2JHCfe86A8UFascinating. Right from the beginning where Paul Cooper tells us how the Mediterranean Sea was created (offset Part I, 8 minutes).To his explanation of how the Eastern wing survived for  another thousand years after the fall of Rome.And America has managed 80 years and looks to be on its way out, having learnt nothing of the power of diplomacy from the rulers of Byzantium. ...

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MODERN LOVERS

https://youtu.be/VXMTG8prP7swhy are relationships seemingly so hard for so many people when it's the thing we need the most to feel alive to feel happy and feel connected?Love and work are the two pillars of our lives.The simple feeling of loving and feeling loved is actually a very complex thing just as nature is very complex, so too is human nature very complex. I'm a boomer and in my life I have seen Human Nature change at its fastest pace ever recorded. Human relationships today are certainly more complex and often more painful than in the...

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CYPRIOT SALAD

18 January 2023I like the salad and tahini very much.  Cucumber, tomato, olives, cos lettuce, feta cheese, red onion, red peppers, dressing (olive oil and lemon juice), herbs. https://youtu.be/0N6h_m5u...

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ELEFTHERIA SQUARE, NICOSIA

18 January 2023Nicosia is "the last divided capital in Europe". It is a city with 16th century city walls and a moat and a new park in the dry moat.Amongst the many modern buildings of Nicosia today, there is Eleftheria square, known as Freedom Park. Freedom meaning freedom from invaders, notably the Turks, and the possibility for the Greek Cypriot population to live an independent life. But also, freedom in the sense of one unified island where...

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