GIVE US THE FACTS

25 August 2023 Can the MSM tell us the truth about anything  or is it simply the official voice of government ?Stop telling the public stories, "narratives", just give us the facts and let us form our own opinion. We don't need the MSM to tell us what to think. If a broadsheet has an opinion that they want to broadcast, then by all means do so, but save it for the editorial pages - that's what they are there for.All subscribers are...

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BRICS CURRENCY

21 August 2023 Worth defining a few terms.1. Common currency. I gather because alliance means enemy and China wants money not military there may be bloc(s) and banks, but not inter-operable military stuff. Believe it when I see it.2. Also, not see this as "closing the parenthesis" on Western liberal democracy and human rights. No, we would like these good things back please. But recognise that there are other, what you might characterise...

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE UK ECONOMY - PT 3

20 August 2023 Most people reading this question would give a financial kind of answer rather than others who think the problem is down to a mediocre political leadership.And most people would say that the UK's problems come from its being a declining great power that doesn't really recognise this reality of decline, and doesn't see that the problems it has are a result of its past successes and a country that generally suffers from too...

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WHO ARE THE TROLLS?

19 August 2023 Many of those sympathetic to Ukraine's cause writing in the Western MSM, broadsheets, are in fact Ukrainians living abroad, outside their country, to escape the call-up. I have met them.They are sympathisers with Ukraine's cause, but who have fled the country to dodge the draft - but unlike Vietnam, they are not anti-war protesters. They are likely living on small incomes or the children of Ukraine's oligarch elite.They...

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WHEN TWO WORLDS CLASH - THE WORLD OF PAPER ASSETS V. THE REAL

19 August 2023 https://www.wallstreetprep.com/knowledge/real-assets/We live in a world of paper assets v. hard assets. These worlds are more and more at war and many International Relations experts see a non-peaceful resolution of the conflict later this decade, with a New, or Reformed, World Order to be built in the mid-30s, doubtless by Gen X - who get things done - when they take over from the Boomers who were not very good at maintaining...

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WESTERN WISHFUL THINKING AND ITS DANGERS

17 August 2023 Article from the FT 16 August 2023. There are a couple of things that provoke thought by the thoughtful reader. One is that this article and other articles use the West's broad stream media as a place to share - from sharing ideas right through to sharing catchy or elegant turns of phrase. The result is an impressive unanimity of understanding, but of course that is also its weakness.Because the other "thought...

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NATO'S PEACE PLAN

16 August 2023As to this plan from NATO that Ukraine cede territory in exchange for membership.is.gd/bFnngoWhat the West doesn't consider is the Russian point of view and position of strength. Russia is not looking for empire or land in this war, it is looking to its security and protection of ethnic Russians in Donbas region. In other words, even though this was NATO's next step, the point of Russia's entry into an overt military operstion is to ensure that Ukraine cannot join NATO.The proof of this is that Putin has said he has no objection to...

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THE FURIOUS EXTREMES

14 August 2023 We all recognise that civil society is being hollowed out and that there are increasingly furious extremes but isn't the same thing the case in international relations?Thought for today: the hollowing out of the center, where the moderates are forced out or to take an extreme position, we are all familiar with this argument and we see it happening. There is serious civil unrest, two sides opposing each other, neither will...

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AN OPEN CESSPOOL IN THE E W CREASE

12 August 2023 The US pushed Russia into its invasion of Ukraine and has pushed Ukraine into this counter offensive, with the lure of Nato membership if it prevailed over Russia.Nato knew all along that the chance of military success was very small - the Wall Street Journal has made that clear in a widely-quoted article. The West seemed to have relied on sanctions although any study of the efficacy of sanctions shows that they are a non-starter. In...

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EUROPE SHOULD PLAN FOR ITS INDEPENDENCE

9 August 2023 It has to be said that it was probably a mistake, or at least premature, to admit East European countries into the EU without considered trade and security policies worked out with Russia.In fact if you look at Europe's place in the world it would have been very wise to include Russia in future plans for membership of the EU - Russia has a lot more in common with Europe than it has with Asia, and Europe would have had the...

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IS THE TYPICAL MODERN FAMILY REALLY MIXED RACE?

6 August 2023 These are photos of typical family units in America today, we are told. Is this true and if not what is going on here?Maybe the Melting Pot worked well for America at the very beginning, but despite the 1960s Civil Rights Movement "awakening", multi ethnicity and mass immigration hasn't really worked out for ordinary people, it's led to a lot of conflict and as can be seen in the grievances of the Woke seemingly to a march...

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