Forwarded from Archived.
Lawrence of Arabia.
Thomas Edward Lawrence, recipient of the Order of the Bath and the Distinguished Service Order, alongside dozens of rewards I do not care enough to mention, was born on 1888, had a rather average childhood, with an abusive mother and a non-present father, he became interested in archeology fairly early in his life, and his mastery of languages became evident during that time as well, he was noted to speak extremely fluent French.
He basically became an archeologist, and he was sent to Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt, learning Arabic and participating in several excavations.
He was already involved with the British Army by then, as he has submitted several land surveys about Lebanon and the Negev desert, and there's a high chance he may have fed intelligence reports of the German efforts on the Baghdad-Berlin railway to his country.
When the war began, he was commissioned in the army as an interpreter, he served in the Arab bureau in Cairo and studied the Middle Eastern situation and the prospects of a Revolt, he was then sent to Iraq, but his efforts there ended in failure.
As for his namesake, when the revolt began in 1916, he was dispatched to the Hejaz, and filtered out Arab leaders who would be the most suitable for this revolt, he acted as an attache to Faisal's staff (the future king of Syria and Iraq), Faisal apparently liked Lawrence so much, he retained him permanently for the duration of the war.
Lawrence generally led intelligence gathering operations, and participated personally in several raids and battles on Ottoman infastructure, that includes railways.
Anyway, he was eventually captured by the Ottomans, it is said that he was beaten and tortured and had some things done to him, no one knows if it is real or not, but Lawrence explained that his "integrity has been forever lost."
Lawrence was aware of the Sykes-Picot agreement, and, to his credit, he found it cringe, but then the world doesn't work on one man's opinion.
Well, what else to add? Lawrence was probably a faggot, he was a bureaucrat after the war and tried to live a life that was "exciting", and ended up dead in a motorcycle crash, and it is also noteworthy that he tried to exaggerate some of his efforts during the war to inflate himself, but the Truth usually comes out, sooner or later.
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Thomas Edward Lawrence, recipient of the Order of the Bath and the Distinguished Service Order, alongside dozens of rewards I do not care enough to mention, was born on 1888, had a rather average childhood, with an abusive mother and a non-present father, he became interested in archeology fairly early in his life, and his mastery of languages became evident during that time as well, he was noted to speak extremely fluent French.
He basically became an archeologist, and he was sent to Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt, learning Arabic and participating in several excavations.
He was already involved with the British Army by then, as he has submitted several land surveys about Lebanon and the Negev desert, and there's a high chance he may have fed intelligence reports of the German efforts on the Baghdad-Berlin railway to his country.
When the war began, he was commissioned in the army as an interpreter, he served in the Arab bureau in Cairo and studied the Middle Eastern situation and the prospects of a Revolt, he was then sent to Iraq, but his efforts there ended in failure.
As for his namesake, when the revolt began in 1916, he was dispatched to the Hejaz, and filtered out Arab leaders who would be the most suitable for this revolt, he acted as an attache to Faisal's staff (the future king of Syria and Iraq), Faisal apparently liked Lawrence so much, he retained him permanently for the duration of the war.
Lawrence generally led intelligence gathering operations, and participated personally in several raids and battles on Ottoman infastructure, that includes railways.
Anyway, he was eventually captured by the Ottomans, it is said that he was beaten and tortured and had some things done to him, no one knows if it is real or not, but Lawrence explained that his "integrity has been forever lost."
Lawrence was aware of the Sykes-Picot agreement, and, to his credit, he found it cringe, but then the world doesn't work on one man's opinion.
Well, what else to add? Lawrence was probably a faggot, he was a bureaucrat after the war and tried to live a life that was "exciting", and ended up dead in a motorcycle crash, and it is also noteworthy that he tried to exaggerate some of his efforts during the war to inflate himself, but the Truth usually comes out, sooner or later.
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"The Russian army has run out of cruise missiles"
That's what the Ukrainian, American, and Brussels propagandists said. But there is a nuance.
▪️"How Was Russia Able to Launch Its Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine?
Western and Ukrainian officials have said Moscow’s stockpile of missiles was dwindling. But the assaults this week raise questions about that" - The New York Times reports.
Journalists offer four options as to where the Russian Armed Forces are getting their missiles.
▫️ The first is that they are foreign missiles from China and Iran, but even the Pentagon disagrees.
▫️The second option is that Russian defense enterprises were able to speed up production.
▫️ The third variant is that these are missiles from the S-300 Triumf SAM system, but this is the version of Ukrainian journalists.
▫️The fourth version is that these are Russian reserves in case of a large-scale conflict with NATO.
The second is considered the most realistic. Moscow has most likely been stockpiling the chips needed to build high-precision missiles since 2014.
▪️"Russian missiles are probably being produced as we speak," the interlocutor told The New York Times.
That's what the Ukrainian, American, and Brussels propagandists said. But there is a nuance.
▪️"How Was Russia Able to Launch Its Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine?
Western and Ukrainian officials have said Moscow’s stockpile of missiles was dwindling. But the assaults this week raise questions about that" - The New York Times reports.
Journalists offer four options as to where the Russian Armed Forces are getting their missiles.
▫️ The first is that they are foreign missiles from China and Iran, but even the Pentagon disagrees.
▫️The second option is that Russian defense enterprises were able to speed up production.
▫️ The third variant is that these are missiles from the S-300 Triumf SAM system, but this is the version of Ukrainian journalists.
▫️The fourth version is that these are Russian reserves in case of a large-scale conflict with NATO.
The second is considered the most realistic. Moscow has most likely been stockpiling the chips needed to build high-precision missiles since 2014.
▪️"Russian missiles are probably being produced as we speak," the interlocutor told The New York Times.
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❓What is your opinion on IAEA and the work they do? Twitter limits the number of characters, so I had to condense my reaction.
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"The Russian army has run out of cruise missiles"
That's what the Ukrainian, American, and Brussels propagandists said. But there is a nuance.
▪️"How Was Russia Able to Launch Its Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine?
Western and Ukrainian officials have said Moscow’s stockpile of missiles was dwindling. But the assaults this week raise questions about that" - The New York Times reports.
Journalists offer four options as to where the Russian Armed Forces are getting their missiles.
▫️ The first is that they are foreign missiles from China and Iran, but even the Pentagon disagrees.
▫️The second option is that Russian defense enterprises were able to speed up production.
▫️ The third variant is that these are missiles from the S-300 Triumf SAM system, but this is the version of Ukrainian journalists.
▫️The fourth version is that these are Russian reserves in case of a large-scale conflict with NATO.
The second is considered the most realistic. Moscow has most likely been stockpiling the chips needed to build high-precision missiles since 2014.
▪️"Russian missiles are probably being produced as we speak," the interlocutor told The New York Times.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation: Node of Time EN
That's what the Ukrainian, American, and Brussels propagandists said. But there is a nuance.
▪️"How Was Russia Able to Launch Its Biggest Aerial Attack on Ukraine?
Western and Ukrainian officials have said Moscow’s stockpile of missiles was dwindling. But the assaults this week raise questions about that" - The New York Times reports.
Journalists offer four options as to where the Russian Armed Forces are getting their missiles.
▫️ The first is that they are foreign missiles from China and Iran, but even the Pentagon disagrees.
▫️The second option is that Russian defense enterprises were able to speed up production.
▫️ The third variant is that these are missiles from the S-300 Triumf SAM system, but this is the version of Ukrainian journalists.
▫️The fourth version is that these are Russian reserves in case of a large-scale conflict with NATO.
The second is considered the most realistic. Moscow has most likely been stockpiling the chips needed to build high-precision missiles since 2014.
▪️"Russian missiles are probably being produced as we speak," the interlocutor told The New York Times.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation: Node of Time EN
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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Since February the US has sent 88,000 tons of weapons and military equipment, costing in total $21.5 billion — according to State Department data.
▪️More than 230 artillery systems:
- 142 towed 155 mm howitzers М777А2
- 36 105 mm howitzers
- 38 MLRS HIMARS
- 20 120-mm mortars
▪️26 patrol boats
▪️15 helicopters
▪️More than 1 million shells, 108,500 anti-tank rockets, 46 radars
▪️1400 portable anti-aircraft missile systems
▪️10,200 machine guns and pistols, over 70 million rounds for small arms.
❗️ Heavy military and civil transport aircrafts did 878 flights to Europe for the Pentagon. Also 48 ships and 4000 trailers have been transferring weapons.
💥 Source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
▪️More than 230 artillery systems:
- 142 towed 155 mm howitzers М777А2
- 36 105 mm howitzers
- 38 MLRS HIMARS
- 20 120-mm mortars
▪️26 patrol boats
▪️15 helicopters
▪️More than 1 million shells, 108,500 anti-tank rockets, 46 radars
▪️1400 portable anti-aircraft missile systems
▪️10,200 machine guns and pistols, over 70 million rounds for small arms.
❗️ Heavy military and civil transport aircrafts did 878 flights to Europe for the Pentagon. Also 48 ships and 4000 trailers have been transferring weapons.
💥 Source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Forwarded from Russia Wire
⚡️⚡️ Key updates on Russia and #UkraineCrisis as on November 21
🔴Energy catastrophe
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is preparing for all possible scenarios due to attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including by intensifying imports of energy-generating devices, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Facebook post.
As winter looms and the Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the humanitarian catastrophe risks are rising. The head of Ukraine's biggest private energy firm says people should consider leaving the country to reduce demand on the country's power network. "If they can find an alternative place to stay for another three or four months, it will be very helpful to the system," DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko told the BBC.
⚠️Playing with fire
As fighting intensifies in the east of Ukraine, where Russian forces pounded Ukrainian positions along the front line, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his Sunday adress, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more than a dozen blasts shook the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) on Saturday and Sunday.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said the attacks were extremely disturbing and completely unacceptable. "Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. As I have said many times before, you're playing with fire!" Grossi said in a statement.
🇪🇺EU looks east
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, advocated for the construction of transport corridors to Central Asia bypassing Russia. He believes that the European Union needs to tap the region's potential in energy supplies and imports of critical raw materials.
“It is clear that Russia but also China have played a major role in the region and continue to do so. Equally, it is obvious that the region is looking to diversify its relationships and that they see the EU as a partner of choice […] As EU, we have a clear interest to seize on these changes. We must deepen our ties with the region and tap into the vast potential it has to offer, in terms of energy supplies, critical raw materials and new transport corridors that do not depend on Russia (to so-called Middle Corridor or Trans Caspian Corridor),” he wrote.
📹ISW on Russian millbloggers
Following the investigation conducted by Russian independent media outlet The Bell on who is behind one of the most influential Russian Telegram channels, Rybar (it is a former employee of the Russian MoD’s press service, the publication found out), Washington-based Institute for the study of war (ISW) devotes its report to the rising influence of the milblogger (military correspondent or voenkor) community in Russia despite its increasingly critical commentary on the conduct of the war.
“The milblogger community is composed of a wide range of characters ranging from those who support the Kremlin while criticizing the Russian military command to some who have directly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s consistent military failures in Ukraine. That the Kremlin tolerates the miblogger community is astonishing given its censorship of other more traditional outlets including opposition and foreign media,” the report says.
⭕“Boosting morale”
In Belgorod, two servicemen who refused to carry out orders were demonstrativley detained. This is the first time since the beginning of Russia’s “special operation” that a criminal prosecution has been initiated (they dace up to 3 years in prison). The video was widely disseminated on social media. Many commenters believe, it was done in order to prevent others from refusing to go to the frontline.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighbourhood.
🔴Energy catastrophe
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is preparing for all possible scenarios due to attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including by intensifying imports of energy-generating devices, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in a Facebook post.
As winter looms and the Russian missile strikes have crippled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the humanitarian catastrophe risks are rising. The head of Ukraine's biggest private energy firm says people should consider leaving the country to reduce demand on the country's power network. "If they can find an alternative place to stay for another three or four months, it will be very helpful to the system," DTEK chief executive Maxim Timchenko told the BBC.
⚠️Playing with fire
As fighting intensifies in the east of Ukraine, where Russian forces pounded Ukrainian positions along the front line, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his Sunday adress, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said more than a dozen blasts shook the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station (ZNPP) on Saturday and Sunday.
IAEA head Rafael Grossi said the attacks were extremely disturbing and completely unacceptable. "Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. As I have said many times before, you're playing with fire!" Grossi said in a statement.
🇪🇺EU looks east
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, advocated for the construction of transport corridors to Central Asia bypassing Russia. He believes that the European Union needs to tap the region's potential in energy supplies and imports of critical raw materials.
“It is clear that Russia but also China have played a major role in the region and continue to do so. Equally, it is obvious that the region is looking to diversify its relationships and that they see the EU as a partner of choice […] As EU, we have a clear interest to seize on these changes. We must deepen our ties with the region and tap into the vast potential it has to offer, in terms of energy supplies, critical raw materials and new transport corridors that do not depend on Russia (to so-called Middle Corridor or Trans Caspian Corridor),” he wrote.
📹ISW on Russian millbloggers
Following the investigation conducted by Russian independent media outlet The Bell on who is behind one of the most influential Russian Telegram channels, Rybar (it is a former employee of the Russian MoD’s press service, the publication found out), Washington-based Institute for the study of war (ISW) devotes its report to the rising influence of the milblogger (military correspondent or voenkor) community in Russia despite its increasingly critical commentary on the conduct of the war.
“The milblogger community is composed of a wide range of characters ranging from those who support the Kremlin while criticizing the Russian military command to some who have directly blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia’s consistent military failures in Ukraine. That the Kremlin tolerates the miblogger community is astonishing given its censorship of other more traditional outlets including opposition and foreign media,” the report says.
⭕“Boosting morale”
In Belgorod, two servicemen who refused to carry out orders were demonstrativley detained. This is the first time since the beginning of Russia’s “special operation” that a criminal prosecution has been initiated (they dace up to 3 years in prison). The video was widely disseminated on social media. Many commenters believe, it was done in order to prevent others from refusing to go to the frontline.
👉Follow t.me/russiawire for daily updates, analytics, and ground reportage from Russia, Donbass, and the neighbourhood.
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‼️🇺🇦🏴☠️ On 20 November, Ukrainian regime's terrorists attacked the Zaporozhye NPP
"15 missiles were fired. We know that 6 hit the spray pond cooling the reactors, 2 hit the dry storage of nuclear waste. We are not able to assess the consequences of the shelling yet, for the danger of repeated attacks remains," said Karchaa, advisor to the general director of Rosenergoatom /RIAN/
💥Source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
"15 missiles were fired. We know that 6 hit the spray pond cooling the reactors, 2 hit the dry storage of nuclear waste. We are not able to assess the consequences of the shelling yet, for the danger of repeated attacks remains," said Karchaa, advisor to the general director of Rosenergoatom /RIAN/
💥Source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor
💥Translated by @node_of_time_en
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Node of Time EN
🇩🇪Germany has reached its limit in arms supplied to Ukraine's army from Bundeswehr stocks - German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht "We have transferred an incredible amount of weapons from the Bundeswehr reserve to Ukraine, but I will say quite clearly…
On this story: we apologize, but apparently, this is old news republished in Russian Telegram last week, but dating back to August or even April. Or did she say it twice? 🤔
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China explains why it voted against anti-Russian UNGA resolution
China voted against the UN General Assembly resolution on "reparations for Ukraine." But was it only out of an alliance with Russia?
The reasons go deeper than that, answers the Chinese Communist Party's print edition of the Global Times. And along with China's deputy ambassador to the UN, Geng Shuang, after sympathizing for the sake of decency with the victims of the conflict (without specifying the sides), explains:
1. The UN General Assembly has no mandate to judge anyone: it is not an international court.
2. The resolution intended to invoke Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts for accountability but lacks a legal basis. What's more, the resolution intended to endorse the establishment of a mechanism for compensation by countries outside the framework of the United Nations, which is not in line with usual practice.
3. Compensation is certainly not a bad thing. But then someone will have to pay for colonialism. And for unilateral sanctions with an economic blockade (an obvious hint at the main victim - Russia).
4. Do you want to limit it to invasions? "If this logic is followed, should the US be held accountable for the previous series of military actions that caused harm to the relevant countries and people?"
5. By the way, who decided that there was an invasion in Ukraine? "The fact is that the issue is still disputed in the international community," Cui said. "The West thinks it an 'invasion' but developing countries such as China and India remain skeptical about the concept."
6. And in general, It had the lowest level of support out of the five Ukraine-related resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the report said..
However, China is for peace in the world, of course. That is why there is no need for those with stars and stripes on their flag to aggravate and provoke, undermining the credibility of the UNGA in the international community.
China voted against the UN General Assembly resolution on "reparations for Ukraine." But was it only out of an alliance with Russia?
The reasons go deeper than that, answers the Chinese Communist Party's print edition of the Global Times. And along with China's deputy ambassador to the UN, Geng Shuang, after sympathizing for the sake of decency with the victims of the conflict (without specifying the sides), explains:
1. The UN General Assembly has no mandate to judge anyone: it is not an international court.
2. The resolution intended to invoke Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts for accountability but lacks a legal basis. What's more, the resolution intended to endorse the establishment of a mechanism for compensation by countries outside the framework of the United Nations, which is not in line with usual practice.
3. Compensation is certainly not a bad thing. But then someone will have to pay for colonialism. And for unilateral sanctions with an economic blockade (an obvious hint at the main victim - Russia).
4. Do you want to limit it to invasions? "If this logic is followed, should the US be held accountable for the previous series of military actions that caused harm to the relevant countries and people?"
5. By the way, who decided that there was an invasion in Ukraine? "The fact is that the issue is still disputed in the international community," Cui said. "The West thinks it an 'invasion' but developing countries such as China and India remain skeptical about the concept."
6. And in general, It had the lowest level of support out of the five Ukraine-related resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the report said..
However, China is for peace in the world, of course. That is why there is no need for those with stars and stripes on their flag to aggravate and provoke, undermining the credibility of the UNGA in the international community.
www.globaltimes.cn
China votes against UNGA resolution that asks Russia to pay 'reparations' to Ukraine
China on Monday voted against a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which calls for Russia to be held accountable for the alleged “invasion” of Ukraine and suggests that Russia pay reparations for the loss during the military conflict.…
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❗️ The bloody massacre of unarmed captives by the Ukrainian military confirms the animalistic nature of the Kiev regime.
The Russian Defense Ministry commented on footage (https://t.me/anna_news/42972?single) of the shooting of captive Russians mobilized in the village of Makeyevka in the LNR.
▪️Soldiers of the 80th AFU ODSSBr killed at least 10 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces with direct shots to the head.
▪️The deliberate and methodical killing of immobilized soldiers by AFU scum cannot be presented as a tragic misunderstanding.
▪️The shooting of prisoners in Makeevka is not the first war crime committed by the AFU, but a widespread practice that is absent in the West.
▪️The Russian military is holding Ukrainian prisoners in accordance with all the provisions of the Geneva Convention.
▪️The Ukrainian president Zelensky and his henchmen will have to answer for each tortured prisoner.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation: @Node_of_Time_EN
The Russian Defense Ministry commented on footage (https://t.me/anna_news/42972?single) of the shooting of captive Russians mobilized in the village of Makeyevka in the LNR.
▪️Soldiers of the 80th AFU ODSSBr killed at least 10 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces with direct shots to the head.
▪️The deliberate and methodical killing of immobilized soldiers by AFU scum cannot be presented as a tragic misunderstanding.
▪️The shooting of prisoners in Makeevka is not the first war crime committed by the AFU, but a widespread practice that is absent in the West.
▪️The Russian military is holding Ukrainian prisoners in accordance with all the provisions of the Geneva Convention.
▪️The Ukrainian president Zelensky and his henchmen will have to answer for each tortured prisoner.
💥Source: ANNA-NEWS
💥Translation: @Node_of_Time_EN
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Forwarded from Right to Dissent.
❗️Top Secret. US / EU Officials User Guide.
* I got to admit. I was inspired by someone else's idea, but I drew this myself 😎
* I got to admit. I was inspired by someone else's idea, but I drew this myself 😎
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Forwarded from Russia Wire
New read from Kit Klarenberg and The Greyzone
(While personally I am often sceptical about Klarenberg’s sources since I have encountered this author few years back and had a chance to look into his unedited copies, I believe into different perspectives, alternative agenda & non-MSM journalism. It’s up to readers to fact-check, sorry to say that)
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go?
Online records unearthed by The Grayzone claim tens of millions were raised by FTX for the Ukrainian government, and put to a variety of belligerent uses. But with the company now exposed as a Potemkin village lacking underlying assets, and major question marks hanging over whether its operations were from day one fraudulent top to bottom, where does that leave the supposedly successful donation scheme? Were those sums truly raised, and if so, to what purposes were they actually put?
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/15/ftx-ukraine-western-aid/
(While personally I am often sceptical about Klarenberg’s sources since I have encountered this author few years back and had a chance to look into his unedited copies, I believe into different perspectives, alternative agenda & non-MSM journalism. It’s up to readers to fact-check, sorry to say that)
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go?
Online records unearthed by The Grayzone claim tens of millions were raised by FTX for the Ukrainian government, and put to a variety of belligerent uses. But with the company now exposed as a Potemkin village lacking underlying assets, and major question marks hanging over whether its operations were from day one fraudulent top to bottom, where does that leave the supposedly successful donation scheme? Were those sums truly raised, and if so, to what purposes were they actually put?
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/15/ftx-ukraine-western-aid/
The Grayzone
FTX partnership with Ukraine is latest chapter in shady Western aid saga - The Grayzone
The Ukrainian government mysteriously disappeared online records of its fundraising arrangement with the FTX crypto scam just days before the scandal erupted. The initiative claims to have raised $60 million for Ukraine, but where did the money go? The demise…
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Forwarded from Archived.
Iranian Coup Of '53
Iran happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, if you were not a part of the West or the East bloc during the cold war, chances are you may have had CIA officers or British agents roaming around your country trying to start shit, Iran was not a stranger to this, mostly.
The difference is that Iran by 1953 has already been torn up and divided by European powers, the Russian Empire - and then later the USSR, generally occupied or influenced the northen part of the country, with the British taking the lower half, a feast for them, as one would say.
The kings and leaders at this time were weak, and when you are trapped by 2 empires, it's not going to be easy for you to break out of it.
One of those kings, who's name disgusts me that I refuse to refer to him by name, granted the British empire extremely exclusive rights to oil found on Iranian soil, and as you can tell, this did not age well.
British oil production in Iran was nationalized by London, they openly intervened in revolutions against the king, and were overall showing ill treatment of the locals.
After a Constitution was introduced in 1906, there the office of the prime minister in it's modern form popped up, and a delicate power balance existed between the King, who still had executive powers, and the Prime Minister.
The Persians had enough of foreign intervention and the lack of a functioning state, and so the King was deposed in a coup in 1921, in favor of a general who himself became king in 1925, his name may sound familiar, that is Reza Shah.
Reza Shah was a pragmatic statesman, he introduced many policies, but also cracked down on several oppositional figures in the country for the sake of peace and prosperity, one of then would be the future prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddegh.
Reza tried to play the British, Soviets, and Germans against each other, it didn't work out well and he was invaded in 1941.
His son, the infamous Mohammed Reza, the very same king who would be deposed in 1979, took after his father.
People had enough of the British and at this point were standing at the ready with pitchforks, and that happened with Mohammed, the prime minister, nationalized the oil.
The British, to put it bluntly, seethed and coped like an angry woman tearing her hair out, they immediately rejected attempts at negotiations and started to plan the overthrow of Mohammed.
The British did everything they could, they refused to share technical knowledge, documents, and their navy blockaded some oil fields in Iran, they also froze sand sanctioned Iranian funds in British banks.
The British bribed politicians, army governors and key businessman to cease their support of Mohammed, they also convinced the Americans that Iran is in reality a Soviet puppet, you know what that means.
Mosaddegh was deposed, sent to prison, and was put under house arrest until his death, the army took control, and the king was supreme.
Massive purges took place, and Iran ceased to be an independent country and became nothing more than a lackey for Washington, until the 1979 revolution.
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Iran happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, if you were not a part of the West or the East bloc during the cold war, chances are you may have had CIA officers or British agents roaming around your country trying to start shit, Iran was not a stranger to this, mostly.
The difference is that Iran by 1953 has already been torn up and divided by European powers, the Russian Empire - and then later the USSR, generally occupied or influenced the northen part of the country, with the British taking the lower half, a feast for them, as one would say.
The kings and leaders at this time were weak, and when you are trapped by 2 empires, it's not going to be easy for you to break out of it.
One of those kings, who's name disgusts me that I refuse to refer to him by name, granted the British empire extremely exclusive rights to oil found on Iranian soil, and as you can tell, this did not age well.
British oil production in Iran was nationalized by London, they openly intervened in revolutions against the king, and were overall showing ill treatment of the locals.
After a Constitution was introduced in 1906, there the office of the prime minister in it's modern form popped up, and a delicate power balance existed between the King, who still had executive powers, and the Prime Minister.
The Persians had enough of foreign intervention and the lack of a functioning state, and so the King was deposed in a coup in 1921, in favor of a general who himself became king in 1925, his name may sound familiar, that is Reza Shah.
Reza Shah was a pragmatic statesman, he introduced many policies, but also cracked down on several oppositional figures in the country for the sake of peace and prosperity, one of then would be the future prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddegh.
Reza tried to play the British, Soviets, and Germans against each other, it didn't work out well and he was invaded in 1941.
His son, the infamous Mohammed Reza, the very same king who would be deposed in 1979, took after his father.
People had enough of the British and at this point were standing at the ready with pitchforks, and that happened with Mohammed, the prime minister, nationalized the oil.
The British, to put it bluntly, seethed and coped like an angry woman tearing her hair out, they immediately rejected attempts at negotiations and started to plan the overthrow of Mohammed.
The British did everything they could, they refused to share technical knowledge, documents, and their navy blockaded some oil fields in Iran, they also froze sand sanctioned Iranian funds in British banks.
The British bribed politicians, army governors and key businessman to cease their support of Mohammed, they also convinced the Americans that Iran is in reality a Soviet puppet, you know what that means.
Mosaddegh was deposed, sent to prison, and was put under house arrest until his death, the army took control, and the king was supreme.
Massive purges took place, and Iran ceased to be an independent country and became nothing more than a lackey for Washington, until the 1979 revolution.
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Forwarded from The Kyiv Independent
⚡️ DTEK chief: Ukrainians should consider leaving country during winter to save energy.
Maksym Tymchenko, the CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK, said Ukrainians should consider finding an alternative place to stay for the winter if possible amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reported BBC.
Tymchenko said reducing household energy consumption will help secure supply to critical facilities, such as hospitals housing injured soldiers.
Maksym Tymchenko, the CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK, said Ukrainians should consider finding an alternative place to stay for the winter if possible amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reported BBC.
Tymchenko said reducing household energy consumption will help secure supply to critical facilities, such as hospitals housing injured soldiers.
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Stage 1 – Political ‘Cleansing’
In Poland, NATO has already designated a group of Russians for power, who have largely exiled themselves from Russia, and consist of disgruntled oligarchs, fraudsters, conspiracy theorists, propaganda whores, foreign agents and sociopathic mercenaries. Let’s call this the ‘Tinkoff Government’. As NATO tanks ‘liberate’ the capital, firing indiscriminately at civilians as they come, and looting their way to the Kremlin, they will bring with them the new government of the free, democratic Russian Federation. They will seize all of the media buildings first, and arrest journalists they consider connected to the former regime. If they can’t find the journalists they want, they will arrest proxies. Those that remain in their jobs, mainly technical staff, will be given new bosses with a pre-arranged series of broadcasts announcing the new ‘Tinkoff Government – Liberators of the People’.
'Tinkoff' will become the ‘temporary’ dictator of the RF, and use the emergency powers of the previous government to maintain order, and to keep a sense of continuity with the old regime. He will portray his seizure of power as a legal and constitutional act. To safeguard the people he will declare all political parties in Russia illegal, and he will ban any displays of media, flags, or signs from the previous era. This will include religious and Soviet symbols as he will rule them fascist organisations. The new, and final, President of the Russian Federation will then issue arrest warrants for all the previous politically significant chiefs, including all Duma Deputies, Governors and members of the previous government. He will seek to find as many members of the old regime as possible, including bloggers, celebrities, local mayors, sportsmen, comedians, and anyone at all, to suggest that the 'Tinkoff government' is progressive and friendly. Citizens who turn against their former leaders will be rewarded, and gradually they will use the new regime to settle scores against their neighbours. Businessmen will have their property seized because of their loyalty to the old regime, and some businessmen will actively work for the 'Tinkoff government' for personal gain. Foreign ‘advisors’ will be visible everywhere. Within a short time, a new judiciary will be appointed, which will oversee the political trials. In the end, most of the former low-level apparatchiks will be released back to their jobs on the promise that they will obey the 'Tinkoff Government' in all things.
During this early phase of the take-over, 'Tinkoff' will seek to stabilise society with a mixture of bribery, political and extra-judicial assassinations, military force, and ‘progressive’ policies designed to appeal to women. All political promises beneficial to the people will never happen because of Stage 2.
Stage 2 – Economic ‘Appropriation’
The first business to be taken over, will be Gazprom. This will quickly be followed by all the mining industries, power stations, and heavy industrial enterprises. This will be done by declaring all existing shareholder agreements void, and issuing new shares to 'Tinkoff' and his Western backers. For the new regime this is the whole point of the destruction of Russia, so this will be a priority, and will start immediately, even before the whole country is under control of the 'Tinkoff Government'. If there is any resistance from the former owners, the military will be sent in to ‘secure’ the assets. The old money will inflate into dust, to be replaced by a new currency, linked to the US Dollar. This will be issued by the banks now under control of 'Tinkoff' and his friends. It should go without saying that any surpluses derived from the new economic reality will leave Russia for the West.
In Poland, NATO has already designated a group of Russians for power, who have largely exiled themselves from Russia, and consist of disgruntled oligarchs, fraudsters, conspiracy theorists, propaganda whores, foreign agents and sociopathic mercenaries. Let’s call this the ‘Tinkoff Government’. As NATO tanks ‘liberate’ the capital, firing indiscriminately at civilians as they come, and looting their way to the Kremlin, they will bring with them the new government of the free, democratic Russian Federation. They will seize all of the media buildings first, and arrest journalists they consider connected to the former regime. If they can’t find the journalists they want, they will arrest proxies. Those that remain in their jobs, mainly technical staff, will be given new bosses with a pre-arranged series of broadcasts announcing the new ‘Tinkoff Government – Liberators of the People’.
'Tinkoff' will become the ‘temporary’ dictator of the RF, and use the emergency powers of the previous government to maintain order, and to keep a sense of continuity with the old regime. He will portray his seizure of power as a legal and constitutional act. To safeguard the people he will declare all political parties in Russia illegal, and he will ban any displays of media, flags, or signs from the previous era. This will include religious and Soviet symbols as he will rule them fascist organisations. The new, and final, President of the Russian Federation will then issue arrest warrants for all the previous politically significant chiefs, including all Duma Deputies, Governors and members of the previous government. He will seek to find as many members of the old regime as possible, including bloggers, celebrities, local mayors, sportsmen, comedians, and anyone at all, to suggest that the 'Tinkoff government' is progressive and friendly. Citizens who turn against their former leaders will be rewarded, and gradually they will use the new regime to settle scores against their neighbours. Businessmen will have their property seized because of their loyalty to the old regime, and some businessmen will actively work for the 'Tinkoff government' for personal gain. Foreign ‘advisors’ will be visible everywhere. Within a short time, a new judiciary will be appointed, which will oversee the political trials. In the end, most of the former low-level apparatchiks will be released back to their jobs on the promise that they will obey the 'Tinkoff Government' in all things.
During this early phase of the take-over, 'Tinkoff' will seek to stabilise society with a mixture of bribery, political and extra-judicial assassinations, military force, and ‘progressive’ policies designed to appeal to women. All political promises beneficial to the people will never happen because of Stage 2.
Stage 2 – Economic ‘Appropriation’
The first business to be taken over, will be Gazprom. This will quickly be followed by all the mining industries, power stations, and heavy industrial enterprises. This will be done by declaring all existing shareholder agreements void, and issuing new shares to 'Tinkoff' and his Western backers. For the new regime this is the whole point of the destruction of Russia, so this will be a priority, and will start immediately, even before the whole country is under control of the 'Tinkoff Government'. If there is any resistance from the former owners, the military will be sent in to ‘secure’ the assets. The old money will inflate into dust, to be replaced by a new currency, linked to the US Dollar. This will be issued by the banks now under control of 'Tinkoff' and his friends. It should go without saying that any surpluses derived from the new economic reality will leave Russia for the West.
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(Continued) Stage 3 – Federal ‘Restructuring’
Within six months of the take-over, 'Tinkoff' will announce a new Federation of autonomous regions and free ethno-nationalist states. Autonomous regions on western borders will vote to join neighbouring European countries. Kaliningrad will be split between Poland and Lithuania. After Belarus is invaded and occupied, it will be divided between Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland, and whatever is left will be absorbed into a new state called the ‘White-Russian Republic’, or some such pseudo-historical nonsense. Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh will be given to Ukraine, and Karelia to Finland. Sakhalin and the Kurils will be given to the US colony of Japan, and Kamchatka to the US itself. All the ethnic groups will have their ‘independence’, whether they want it or not, under the ‘supervision’ of the United Nations. These new nations will then ask the United States to help them with their security problems, especially the new republics bordering China.
Stage 4 – Personal ‘Freedom’
In the new reality, the former Russian citizens will be allowed to be poor, but have the freedom marry a tree, service a U.N. peacekeeper (ask the Africans), create wealth for Western kleptocrats, but never be able to afford the things they produce (ask the ordinary U.S. citizens), and be free call yourselves whatever you like, but never a patriotic Russian (ask the English). Consumerism will be mandatory, and traditional ideas will be mocked and derided. Traditional ways of life will be put into a museum, and globalist ‘culture’ will take over. Serious intellectuals will be challenged and marginalised in favour of bloggers and actors, who are famous for nothing, and debase the language with slang, and express themselves by showing the world pictures of their private lives and sharing their sex videos. ‘Me’ will take over from ‘we’, because ‘me’ is weak, and ‘we’ are strong.
Author’s Note
The article above is not fantasy. There is indeed a self-declared government in exile in Poland, staffed by precisely the people I describe. Biden has wished for regime change in Russia, as Bush did for Saddam Hussein, Clinton did for Milosevic, and Obama did for Assad. Zelensky has explicitly stated it many times. The rest is inferred from the actions of NATO countries in Iraq and Afghanistan. This dismantling of both those countries, and the attempt on Syria were identical.
Stage 2 fits the model for Iraq, but also, in slow motion, for Europe. Inflation and de-industrialisation takes wealth, and power from local elites and the native population. This is the colonial model of control the US operates in Latin America.
Stage 3 is outlined in the CIA-backed, and European sponsored, organisation known as the ‘Forum for the Free Peoples of Post-Russia’. It is an attempt to pre-shadow the new political structure by setting up ‘popular front’ of existing opinion, to which the new regime can ‘respond’. This is similar to operations carried out in South-East Asia and China. For analogues see the ‘Uyghur Freedom Forum’, the ‘Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong’, and the ‘Free Burma Rangers’. All of these are front organisations for the CIA-backed ‘National Endowment for Democracy’, as are nearly all organisations with “human rights”, “freedom”, or “democracy” in their name.
Stage 4 is obvious to anyone paying attention. I’ll leave it to the reader to work out why.
By Pat X for @Node_of_Time_EN
Within six months of the take-over, 'Tinkoff' will announce a new Federation of autonomous regions and free ethno-nationalist states. Autonomous regions on western borders will vote to join neighbouring European countries. Kaliningrad will be split between Poland and Lithuania. After Belarus is invaded and occupied, it will be divided between Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland, and whatever is left will be absorbed into a new state called the ‘White-Russian Republic’, or some such pseudo-historical nonsense. Belgorod, Kursk and Voronezh will be given to Ukraine, and Karelia to Finland. Sakhalin and the Kurils will be given to the US colony of Japan, and Kamchatka to the US itself. All the ethnic groups will have their ‘independence’, whether they want it or not, under the ‘supervision’ of the United Nations. These new nations will then ask the United States to help them with their security problems, especially the new republics bordering China.
Stage 4 – Personal ‘Freedom’
In the new reality, the former Russian citizens will be allowed to be poor, but have the freedom marry a tree, service a U.N. peacekeeper (ask the Africans), create wealth for Western kleptocrats, but never be able to afford the things they produce (ask the ordinary U.S. citizens), and be free call yourselves whatever you like, but never a patriotic Russian (ask the English). Consumerism will be mandatory, and traditional ideas will be mocked and derided. Traditional ways of life will be put into a museum, and globalist ‘culture’ will take over. Serious intellectuals will be challenged and marginalised in favour of bloggers and actors, who are famous for nothing, and debase the language with slang, and express themselves by showing the world pictures of their private lives and sharing their sex videos. ‘Me’ will take over from ‘we’, because ‘me’ is weak, and ‘we’ are strong.
Author’s Note
The article above is not fantasy. There is indeed a self-declared government in exile in Poland, staffed by precisely the people I describe. Biden has wished for regime change in Russia, as Bush did for Saddam Hussein, Clinton did for Milosevic, and Obama did for Assad. Zelensky has explicitly stated it many times. The rest is inferred from the actions of NATO countries in Iraq and Afghanistan. This dismantling of both those countries, and the attempt on Syria were identical.
Stage 2 fits the model for Iraq, but also, in slow motion, for Europe. Inflation and de-industrialisation takes wealth, and power from local elites and the native population. This is the colonial model of control the US operates in Latin America.
Stage 3 is outlined in the CIA-backed, and European sponsored, organisation known as the ‘Forum for the Free Peoples of Post-Russia’. It is an attempt to pre-shadow the new political structure by setting up ‘popular front’ of existing opinion, to which the new regime can ‘respond’. This is similar to operations carried out in South-East Asia and China. For analogues see the ‘Uyghur Freedom Forum’, the ‘Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong’, and the ‘Free Burma Rangers’. All of these are front organisations for the CIA-backed ‘National Endowment for Democracy’, as are nearly all organisations with “human rights”, “freedom”, or “democracy” in their name.
Stage 4 is obvious to anyone paying attention. I’ll leave it to the reader to work out why.
By Pat X for @Node_of_Time_EN
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Forwarded from Archived.
I am not even Russian, and I find this shit.
We refuse to recognize the Ukrainian language as a separate one, your institutions that are still functioning were the ones the Communists left when the state collapsed, you were the center of Soviet Production, you had the largest shipyards on the Black Sea, you inherited the second largest country in Europe, with the second largest army, and, resource wises, the second most richest land, let's also not forget that the Russian federation paid Ukraine's debt as its own.
Instead you became a shithole, you're the poorest country in Europe, and Ukraine has not contributed anything useful to the global community in the last 30 years.
We refuse to recognize the Ukrainian language as a separate one, your institutions that are still functioning were the ones the Communists left when the state collapsed, you were the center of Soviet Production, you had the largest shipyards on the Black Sea, you inherited the second largest country in Europe, with the second largest army, and, resource wises, the second most richest land, let's also not forget that the Russian federation paid Ukraine's debt as its own.
Instead you became a shithole, you're the poorest country in Europe, and Ukraine has not contributed anything useful to the global community in the last 30 years.
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