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Andrew Nekrasov: "The majority in Russia supports Putin, for them the war is a form of resistance"
Andrei Nekrasov (lead image, left) is a Russian screenwriter and playwright, film and theatre director, and philosopher who emigrated from Russia in 1980. Born in St Petersburg in 1958, he studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts; literature and philosophy at the University of Paris; and film-making at the film school of Bristol University. He has written and directed plays in German in Bonn and Berlin. He conducted this interview in German, and declined to say where he is currently living, except that it is a "neutral country". Here are his career credits and fifteen films. Comment: Of note, Nekrasov is the director of the censored film The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes, exposing American huckster Bill Browder Florian Rötzer (right), 69, was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Telepolis published by Heise Verlag between 1996 and 2020. Since January 2022, he has directed the online magazine, Krass & Konkret, published...
https://www.sott.net/article/466047-Andrew-Nekrasov-The-majority-in-Russia-supports-Putin-for-them-the-war-is-a-form-of-resistance
Andrew Nekrasov: "The majority in Russia supports Putin, for them the war is a form of resistance"
Andrei Nekrasov (lead image, left) is a Russian screenwriter and playwright, film and theatre director, and philosopher who emigrated from Russia in 1980. Born in St Petersburg in 1958, he studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts; literature and philosophy at the University of Paris; and film-making at the film school of Bristol University. He has written and directed plays in German in Bonn and Berlin. He conducted this interview in German, and declined to say where he is currently living, except that it is a "neutral country". Here are his career credits and fifteen films. Comment: Of note, Nekrasov is the director of the censored film The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes, exposing American huckster Bill Browder Florian Rötzer (right), 69, was co-founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Telepolis published by Heise Verlag between 1996 and 2020. Since January 2022, he has directed the online magazine, Krass & Konkret, published...
https://www.sott.net/article/466047-Andrew-Nekrasov-The-majority-in-Russia-supports-Putin-for-them-the-war-is-a-form-of-resistance
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Humilitainment: How to control the citizenry through reality TV distractions
"Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours.... When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." — Professor Neil Postman Once again, the programming has changed. Like clockwork, the wall-to-wall news coverage of the latest crisis has shifted gears. We have gone from COVID-19 lockdowns to Trump-Biden election drama to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings to Will Smith's on-camera assault of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards Ceremony. The distractions, distortions, and political theater just keep coming. The ongoing reality show that is life in the American police state feeds the citizenry's voracious appetite for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466048-Humilitainment-How-to-control-the-citizenry-through-reality-TV-distractions
Humilitainment: How to control the citizenry through reality TV distractions
"Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours.... When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." — Professor Neil Postman Once again, the programming has changed. Like clockwork, the wall-to-wall news coverage of the latest crisis has shifted gears. We have gone from COVID-19 lockdowns to Trump-Biden election drama to the Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings to Will Smith's on-camera assault of comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards Ceremony. The distractions, distortions, and political theater just keep coming. The ongoing reality show that is life in the American police state feeds the citizenry's voracious appetite for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466048-Humilitainment-How-to-control-the-citizenry-through-reality-TV-distractions
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The Big Arrow War: Understanding Russian strategy and news that they will divert military away from Kiev
Big Arrow War — a primer. For all those scratching their heads in confusion, or dusting off their dress uniforms for the Ukrainian victory parade in Kiev, over the news about Russia's "strategic shift", you might want to re-familiarize yourself with basic military concepts. Maneuver warfare is a good place to start. Understand Russia started its "special military operation" with a severe manpower deficit — 200,000 attackers to some 600,000 defenders (or more). Classic attritional conflict was never an option. Russian victory required maneuver. Maneuver war is more psychological than physical and focuses more on the operational than on the tactical level. Maneuver is relational movement — how you deploy and move your forces in relation to your opponent. Russian maneuver in the first phase of its operation support this. The Russians needed to shape the battlefield to their advantage. In order to do this, they needed to control how Ukraine employed its numerically superior forces,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466049-The-Big-Arrow-War-Understanding-Russian-strategy-and-news-that-they-will-divert-military-away-from-Kiev
The Big Arrow War: Understanding Russian strategy and news that they will divert military away from Kiev
Big Arrow War — a primer. For all those scratching their heads in confusion, or dusting off their dress uniforms for the Ukrainian victory parade in Kiev, over the news about Russia's "strategic shift", you might want to re-familiarize yourself with basic military concepts. Maneuver warfare is a good place to start. Understand Russia started its "special military operation" with a severe manpower deficit — 200,000 attackers to some 600,000 defenders (or more). Classic attritional conflict was never an option. Russian victory required maneuver. Maneuver war is more psychological than physical and focuses more on the operational than on the tactical level. Maneuver is relational movement — how you deploy and move your forces in relation to your opponent. Russian maneuver in the first phase of its operation support this. The Russians needed to shape the battlefield to their advantage. In order to do this, they needed to control how Ukraine employed its numerically superior forces,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466049-The-Big-Arrow-War-Understanding-Russian-strategy-and-news-that-they-will-divert-military-away-from-Kiev
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NATO allies split on whether they should talk to Putin
Berlin, Paris seek dialogue; others say Putin can't be trusted while divisions also emerge over peace terms, weapons for Ukraine As NATO allies discuss the terms of any potential peace deal to be struck between Russia and Ukraine, signs of strategic splits are emerging from within their ranks. With the war now in its second month, a series of dilemmas are coming into sharp focus over which conditions could be deemed acceptable by Ukraine for any accord, especially as regards the security guarantees alliance members might be able to offer Kyiv. There are also divergences over what further weapons to send Ukraine, and on the question of whether talking to President Vladimir Putin is helpful or not, according to people familiar with discussions that have taken place in the past week between leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and documents seen by Bloomberg.
https://www.sott.net/article/466050-NATO-allies-split-on-whether-they-should-talk-to-Putin
NATO allies split on whether they should talk to Putin
Berlin, Paris seek dialogue; others say Putin can't be trusted while divisions also emerge over peace terms, weapons for Ukraine As NATO allies discuss the terms of any potential peace deal to be struck between Russia and Ukraine, signs of strategic splits are emerging from within their ranks. With the war now in its second month, a series of dilemmas are coming into sharp focus over which conditions could be deemed acceptable by Ukraine for any accord, especially as regards the security guarantees alliance members might be able to offer Kyiv. There are also divergences over what further weapons to send Ukraine, and on the question of whether talking to President Vladimir Putin is helpful or not, according to people familiar with discussions that have taken place in the past week between leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and documents seen by Bloomberg.
https://www.sott.net/article/466050-NATO-allies-split-on-whether-they-should-talk-to-Putin
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Tucker in Twitter jail: TV host suspended over 'hateful' trans tweet, 'a biological man is a man'
Twitter has censored Fox News host Tucker Carlson over a tweet defending conservative accounts the platform had censored for saying that a biological man is a man. The Daily Caller co-founder and Tucker Carlson Tonight host's tweet included screenshots of the notices that Twitter had sent The Babylon Bee and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. "But wait," Carlson's tweet said. "Both of these tweets are true." A Twitter spokesman told The Daily Wire that Carlson's tweet violated the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.
https://www.sott.net/article/466051-Tucker-in-Twitter-jail-TV-host-suspended-over-hateful-trans-tweet-a-biological-man-is-a-man
Tucker in Twitter jail: TV host suspended over 'hateful' trans tweet, 'a biological man is a man'
Twitter has censored Fox News host Tucker Carlson over a tweet defending conservative accounts the platform had censored for saying that a biological man is a man. The Daily Caller co-founder and Tucker Carlson Tonight host's tweet included screenshots of the notices that Twitter had sent The Babylon Bee and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. "But wait," Carlson's tweet said. "Both of these tweets are true." A Twitter spokesman told The Daily Wire that Carlson's tweet violated the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.
https://www.sott.net/article/466051-Tucker-in-Twitter-jail-TV-host-suspended-over-hateful-trans-tweet-a-biological-man-is-a-man
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Planet-scale MRI: High resolution illumination of Earth's interior down to the planet's core
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet. Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they pass through, a process known as seismic tomography. For decades, seismic tomography was based on ray theory, and seismic waves were treated like light rays. This served as a pretty good approximation and led to major discoveries about the Earth's interior. But to improve the resolution of current seismic tomographic models, seismologists need to take into account the full complexity of wave propagation using numerical simulations, known as full-waveform inversion, says Ebru Bozdag, assistant professor in the Geophysics Department at the Colorado School of Mines.
https://www.sott.net/article/466052-Planet-scale-MRI-High-resolution-illumination-of-Earths-interior-down-to-the-planets-core
Planet-scale MRI: High resolution illumination of Earth's interior down to the planet's core
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet. Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they pass through, a process known as seismic tomography. For decades, seismic tomography was based on ray theory, and seismic waves were treated like light rays. This served as a pretty good approximation and led to major discoveries about the Earth's interior. But to improve the resolution of current seismic tomographic models, seismologists need to take into account the full complexity of wave propagation using numerical simulations, known as full-waveform inversion, says Ebru Bozdag, assistant professor in the Geophysics Department at the Colorado School of Mines.
https://www.sott.net/article/466052-Planet-scale-MRI-High-resolution-illumination-of-Earths-interior-down-to-the-planets-core
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Zelensky: Don't forget Ukrainian Jewish role in the dispossession of Palestine
The Ukrainian president should be reminded that the Palestinians are the people Ukrainian Jewish colonists displaced and whose land they stole... A few days ago, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Knesset asking that Israel stand with Ukraine against the Russian invasion of his country. He cited the Ukrainian Jewish colonist Golda Mabovitch (later Golda Meir), Israel's former prime minister, who denied that the Palestinian people ever existed. Zelensky spoke of how Ukraine finds itself today in the same situation as Israel, namely that both countries seem to have horrible neighbours who "want to see us dead". Indeed, Israel has been most concerned about Ukrainian Jews, even before the Russian intervention began. As early as January 2022, Israel began planning to transfer Ukrainian Jews to become colonists in the land of the Palestinians. Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption proclaimed: "We call on the Jews of Ukraine to immigrate to Israel - your...
https://www.sott.net/article/466053-Zelensky-Dont-forget-Ukrainian-Jewish-role-in-the-dispossession-of-Palestine
Zelensky: Don't forget Ukrainian Jewish role in the dispossession of Palestine
The Ukrainian president should be reminded that the Palestinians are the people Ukrainian Jewish colonists displaced and whose land they stole... A few days ago, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Knesset asking that Israel stand with Ukraine against the Russian invasion of his country. He cited the Ukrainian Jewish colonist Golda Mabovitch (later Golda Meir), Israel's former prime minister, who denied that the Palestinian people ever existed. Zelensky spoke of how Ukraine finds itself today in the same situation as Israel, namely that both countries seem to have horrible neighbours who "want to see us dead". Indeed, Israel has been most concerned about Ukrainian Jews, even before the Russian intervention began. As early as January 2022, Israel began planning to transfer Ukrainian Jews to become colonists in the land of the Palestinians. Israel's Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption proclaimed: "We call on the Jews of Ukraine to immigrate to Israel - your...
https://www.sott.net/article/466053-Zelensky-Dont-forget-Ukrainian-Jewish-role-in-the-dispossession-of-Palestine
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Russia ditches key demands in Ukraine peace talks - Financial Times
Moscow has apparently dropped several key demands in the painstaking Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times newspaper reported Monday, citing four people briefed on the discussions. According to the report, Moscow is now prepared to let Ukraine "join the European Union if it remains military non-aligned as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations" and drops its NATO aspirations. "The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia's initial core demands - 'denazification', 'demilitarization', and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine." The newspaper added that its sources spoke "under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalized." The reported shift in Moscow's position comes ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled to take place in Turkey on Tuesday. Moscow and Kiev have held three rounds of in-person talks and further contacts via a video link, yet the negotiations failed to yield any tangible result...
https://www.sott.net/article/466054-Russia-ditches-key-demands-in-Ukraine-peace-talks-Financial-Times
Russia ditches key demands in Ukraine peace talks - Financial Times
Moscow has apparently dropped several key demands in the painstaking Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times newspaper reported Monday, citing four people briefed on the discussions. According to the report, Moscow is now prepared to let Ukraine "join the European Union if it remains military non-aligned as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations" and drops its NATO aspirations. "The draft ceasefire document does not contain any discussion of three of Russia's initial core demands - 'denazification', 'demilitarization', and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine." The newspaper added that its sources spoke "under the condition of anonymity because the matter is not yet finalized." The reported shift in Moscow's position comes ahead of a new round of Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled to take place in Turkey on Tuesday. Moscow and Kiev have held three rounds of in-person talks and further contacts via a video link, yet the negotiations failed to yield any tangible result...
https://www.sott.net/article/466054-Russia-ditches-key-demands-in-Ukraine-peace-talks-Financial-Times
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Naming Names
You see, there are real people behind all these disorders of our national life. Many more besides just the notorious Dr. Fauci... One reason American movies are so bad these days is they have forgotten how to tell a story. Stuff just happens to characters. Cause, effect, and consequence no longer exist in the workshops of Hollywood. And one might sense that these imperatives are likewise missing from what used to be known as real life in the USA, with all its stories and narratives. Stuff just happens to the people in this country now. And then sometimes, stuff un-happens. With the Russian operation in Ukraine alarming the populace, you might have forgotten the late Covid-19 epidemic that provoked so much public hysteria and government policy overreach. Stuff happened during those two-plus years of Covid-19, and, even with Ukraine blaring from the cable news channels, Covid-19 stuff is still happening. Vaccine mandates are still in force, in New York City, for instance — except for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466055-Naming-Names
Naming Names
You see, there are real people behind all these disorders of our national life. Many more besides just the notorious Dr. Fauci... One reason American movies are so bad these days is they have forgotten how to tell a story. Stuff just happens to characters. Cause, effect, and consequence no longer exist in the workshops of Hollywood. And one might sense that these imperatives are likewise missing from what used to be known as real life in the USA, with all its stories and narratives. Stuff just happens to the people in this country now. And then sometimes, stuff un-happens. With the Russian operation in Ukraine alarming the populace, you might have forgotten the late Covid-19 epidemic that provoked so much public hysteria and government policy overreach. Stuff happened during those two-plus years of Covid-19, and, even with Ukraine blaring from the cable news channels, Covid-19 stuff is still happening. Vaccine mandates are still in force, in New York City, for instance — except for...
https://www.sott.net/article/466055-Naming-Names
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Biden used printed 'cheatsheet' to answer questions on anti-Putin statements
The president's detractors have repeatedly questioned his mental fitness After an apparent call for the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden read from a pre-prepared 'cheat sheet' to assure reporters that he wasn't actually suggesting regime change in Moscow. However, Biden, whose cognitive health Republicans say is declining, ended up doubling down on his original remarks. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Biden said that his declaration in Poland last week that Putin "cannot remain in power" was not a call for regime change in Moscow. Biden said: "I'm not walking anything back. I want to make it clear: I was not then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel, and I make no apologies for it." Photos from the press conference show Biden carrying a small card, entitled "Tough Putin Q&A Talking Points," in which the president was instructed to answer such a question as follows: "I was...
https://www.sott.net/article/466056-Biden-used-printed-cheatsheet-to-answer-questions-on-anti-Putin-statements
Biden used printed 'cheatsheet' to answer questions on anti-Putin statements
The president's detractors have repeatedly questioned his mental fitness After an apparent call for the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden read from a pre-prepared 'cheat sheet' to assure reporters that he wasn't actually suggesting regime change in Moscow. However, Biden, whose cognitive health Republicans say is declining, ended up doubling down on his original remarks. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Biden said that his declaration in Poland last week that Putin "cannot remain in power" was not a call for regime change in Moscow. Biden said: "I'm not walking anything back. I want to make it clear: I was not then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel, and I make no apologies for it." Photos from the press conference show Biden carrying a small card, entitled "Tough Putin Q&A Talking Points," in which the president was instructed to answer such a question as follows: "I was...
https://www.sott.net/article/466056-Biden-used-printed-cheatsheet-to-answer-questions-on-anti-Putin-statements
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EU rejects Moscow's ruble-for-gas demand
The bloc's refusal follows a similar announcement by G7 countries EU member states won't pay for Russian gas in rubles, the European Commission said on Tuesday, rejecting Moscow's March 31 deadline for switching payment mechanisms. The announcement comes a day after a similar response from the G7 nations. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that hostile countries, which have imposed economic sanctions on Moscow, pay for Russian gas with rubles. On Monday, he ordered the government to develop the necessary tools to accomplish the task and set a deadline for Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia will not supply natural gas to the European market for free, as euros and dollars will not be accepted from March 31.
https://www.sott.net/article/466057-EU-rejects-Moscows-ruble-for-gas-demand
EU rejects Moscow's ruble-for-gas demand
The bloc's refusal follows a similar announcement by G7 countries EU member states won't pay for Russian gas in rubles, the European Commission said on Tuesday, rejecting Moscow's March 31 deadline for switching payment mechanisms. The announcement comes a day after a similar response from the G7 nations. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that hostile countries, which have imposed economic sanctions on Moscow, pay for Russian gas with rubles. On Monday, he ordered the government to develop the necessary tools to accomplish the task and set a deadline for Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia will not supply natural gas to the European market for free, as euros and dollars will not be accepted from March 31.
https://www.sott.net/article/466057-EU-rejects-Moscows-ruble-for-gas-demand
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#GotGoldorRubles? Russia just broke the back of the West
I don't think everyone has yet caught the significance of Russia announcing they are putting a floor under the price of gold. But, to be clear, Russia just broke the paper gold suppression scheme. On Friday the Bank of Russia announced: RUB5000 to the ounce at an exchange rate of 100 RUB/USD implies a $1550 per ounce gold price. For a few days previous to this announcement, which they knew was coming, The West was running around with multiple bits of legislation to try and keep the Russians from selling their gold. The G7 think the sanctions are hitting so hard that Putin will be forced to sell his gold to evade sanctions to pay for things. They are literally running a script in their heads that is not actually playing out in the real world. But, whatever, Neocons never met an ugly stick that they didn't want to use to beat someone over the head with. Too bad all they're doing is hitting a rubber tire. Boing! Because here's the gig, Russia won't be selling any gold. They're buying...
https://www.sott.net/article/466058-GotGoldorRubles-Russia-just-broke-the-back-of-the-West
#GotGoldorRubles? Russia just broke the back of the West
I don't think everyone has yet caught the significance of Russia announcing they are putting a floor under the price of gold. But, to be clear, Russia just broke the paper gold suppression scheme. On Friday the Bank of Russia announced: RUB5000 to the ounce at an exchange rate of 100 RUB/USD implies a $1550 per ounce gold price. For a few days previous to this announcement, which they knew was coming, The West was running around with multiple bits of legislation to try and keep the Russians from selling their gold. The G7 think the sanctions are hitting so hard that Putin will be forced to sell his gold to evade sanctions to pay for things. They are literally running a script in their heads that is not actually playing out in the real world. But, whatever, Neocons never met an ugly stick that they didn't want to use to beat someone over the head with. Too bad all they're doing is hitting a rubber tire. Boing! Because here's the gig, Russia won't be selling any gold. They're buying...
https://www.sott.net/article/466058-GotGoldorRubles-Russia-just-broke-the-back-of-the-West
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BlackRock CEO warns of rising inflation, lower economic activity & high unemployment in investor letter
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that sanctions against Moscow herald the end of an era, implying that the West's global dominance was coming to an end. Blackrock has chimed in with their own remarks on the conflict, stating that the Ukraine crisis marked the end of globalization as we know it. Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, which manages assets worth about half of US GDP, has forecasted that measures to penalize Russia for its aggression in Ukraine will cause globalism to collapse as decision-makers reevaluate their international liabilities. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades," Fink said on Thursday in a letter to investors. "We had already seen connectivity between nations, companies and even people strained by two years of the pandemic. It has left many communities and people feeling isolated and looking inward. I believe this has exacerbated the polarization and extremist...
https://www.sott.net/article/466059-BlackRock-CEO-warns-of-rising-inflation-lower-economic-activity-high-unemployment-in-investor-letter
BlackRock CEO warns of rising inflation, lower economic activity & high unemployment in investor letter
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that sanctions against Moscow herald the end of an era, implying that the West's global dominance was coming to an end. Blackrock has chimed in with their own remarks on the conflict, stating that the Ukraine crisis marked the end of globalization as we know it. Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, which manages assets worth about half of US GDP, has forecasted that measures to penalize Russia for its aggression in Ukraine will cause globalism to collapse as decision-makers reevaluate their international liabilities. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades," Fink said on Thursday in a letter to investors. "We had already seen connectivity between nations, companies and even people strained by two years of the pandemic. It has left many communities and people feeling isolated and looking inward. I believe this has exacerbated the polarization and extremist...
https://www.sott.net/article/466059-BlackRock-CEO-warns-of-rising-inflation-lower-economic-activity-high-unemployment-in-investor-letter
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BEST OF THE WEB: Political Ponerology: The Study of Evil in the Political Realm - Part 3
Pathocracy1 is born from parasitizing great social movements, then becoming a disease of entire societies, nations and empires. In the course of human history, it has affected social, political, and religious movements, distorting the accompanying ideologies, characteristic for the time and ethnological conditions, and turning them into caricatures of themselves. This occurs as a result of the activities of similar etiological factors in this phenomenon, namely the participation of pathological factors in a pathodynamically similar process. That explains why all the pathocracies of the world are and have been so similar in their essential properties. Contemporaneous ones easily find a common language, even if the ideologies nourishing them and protecting their pathological contents from identification differ widely. (Łobaczewski, 2022, p. 202) In a global hysterical crisis2 situation, bold visions of salvation can both inspire people to action and at the same time deprive them of...
https://www.sott.net/article/466037-Political-Ponerology-The-Study-of-Evil-in-the-Political-Realm-Part-3
BEST OF THE WEB: Political Ponerology: The Study of Evil in the Political Realm - Part 3
Pathocracy1 is born from parasitizing great social movements, then becoming a disease of entire societies, nations and empires. In the course of human history, it has affected social, political, and religious movements, distorting the accompanying ideologies, characteristic for the time and ethnological conditions, and turning them into caricatures of themselves. This occurs as a result of the activities of similar etiological factors in this phenomenon, namely the participation of pathological factors in a pathodynamically similar process. That explains why all the pathocracies of the world are and have been so similar in their essential properties. Contemporaneous ones easily find a common language, even if the ideologies nourishing them and protecting their pathological contents from identification differ widely. (Łobaczewski, 2022, p. 202) In a global hysterical crisis2 situation, bold visions of salvation can both inspire people to action and at the same time deprive them of...
https://www.sott.net/article/466037-Political-Ponerology-The-Study-of-Evil-in-the-Political-Realm-Part-3
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Russia blames US for relentless and wide-ranging cyberattacks
The US and its allies have put together a group of international "offensive cyber-forces" and unleashed them on Russia in response to its military offensive in Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has alleged. Russian government institutions, media outlets and critical infrastructure have been "subjected to powerful blows with the use of advanced information and communication technologies," the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of such attacks are being registered in Russia on a daily basis. They're carried out by a sort of "offensive cyber-forces," which were put together by the US at the suggestion of Kiev, it added.
https://www.sott.net/article/466060-Russia-blames-US-for-relentless-and-wide-ranging-cyberattacks
Russia blames US for relentless and wide-ranging cyberattacks
The US and its allies have put together a group of international "offensive cyber-forces" and unleashed them on Russia in response to its military offensive in Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has alleged. Russian government institutions, media outlets and critical infrastructure have been "subjected to powerful blows with the use of advanced information and communication technologies," the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of such attacks are being registered in Russia on a daily basis. They're carried out by a sort of "offensive cyber-forces," which were put together by the US at the suggestion of Kiev, it added.
https://www.sott.net/article/466060-Russia-blames-US-for-relentless-and-wide-ranging-cyberattacks
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Highlights from Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
On Tuesday, Turkey hosted the latest round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Ukrainian side has come up with a written proposal for a peace treaty between the two nations, Russia's top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky told the media after the session, which he described as "substantive." The proposal will now be relayed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for consideration, he added. Here is what else emerged after the talks. Russian offensive scaled down An immediate practical effect of the talks will be a de-escalation of military activities in some parts of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry announced. In particular, it pledged to "dramatically" reduce its operations near the cities of Chernigov and the capital, Kiev. NATO-like security guarantees David Arakhamia, Medinsky's opposite number in the Ukrainian delegation, said Kiev had sought a security guarantee similar to that contained in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. He named Russia, the UK, China, the US,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466061-Highlights-from-Russia-Ukraine-peace-talks-in-Turkey
Highlights from Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
On Tuesday, Turkey hosted the latest round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Ukrainian side has come up with a written proposal for a peace treaty between the two nations, Russia's top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky told the media after the session, which he described as "substantive." The proposal will now be relayed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for consideration, he added. Here is what else emerged after the talks. Russian offensive scaled down An immediate practical effect of the talks will be a de-escalation of military activities in some parts of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry announced. In particular, it pledged to "dramatically" reduce its operations near the cities of Chernigov and the capital, Kiev. NATO-like security guarantees David Arakhamia, Medinsky's opposite number in the Ukrainian delegation, said Kiev had sought a security guarantee similar to that contained in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. He named Russia, the UK, China, the US,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466061-Highlights-from-Russia-Ukraine-peace-talks-in-Turkey
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NY Times' deceitful insinuations: "Frustrated" Putin could use nukes in Ukraine
The New York Times thinks that Putin might use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, but there is a flaw in the Times' reasoning. Putin has nothing to gain from a nuclear blast and everything to lose. A nuclear weapon will not help Putin win the war in Ukraine, in fact, it would further deepen Russia's isolation, strengthen the position of Russia's enemies, and create a justification for NATO to enter the war. Putin would become a global pariah overnight inviting even harsher economic sanctions and criticism while greatly undermining his prospects for success in Ukraine. Detonating a nuclear device in Ukraine would undoubtedly prove to be the biggest mistake in Putin's 22 year-long political career. Only Washington stands to gain from a nuclear explosion in Ukraine because only Washington would benefit from a wider war that involved NATO. But the Times never mentions Washington in its analysis because - according to the Times -the only person capable of such perfidy is Vladimir Putin which...
https://www.sott.net/article/466062-NY-Times-deceitful-insinuations-Frustrated-Putin-could-use-nukes-in-Ukraine
NY Times' deceitful insinuations: "Frustrated" Putin could use nukes in Ukraine
The New York Times thinks that Putin might use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, but there is a flaw in the Times' reasoning. Putin has nothing to gain from a nuclear blast and everything to lose. A nuclear weapon will not help Putin win the war in Ukraine, in fact, it would further deepen Russia's isolation, strengthen the position of Russia's enemies, and create a justification for NATO to enter the war. Putin would become a global pariah overnight inviting even harsher economic sanctions and criticism while greatly undermining his prospects for success in Ukraine. Detonating a nuclear device in Ukraine would undoubtedly prove to be the biggest mistake in Putin's 22 year-long political career. Only Washington stands to gain from a nuclear explosion in Ukraine because only Washington would benefit from a wider war that involved NATO. But the Times never mentions Washington in its analysis because - according to the Times -the only person capable of such perfidy is Vladimir Putin which...
https://www.sott.net/article/466062-NY-Times-deceitful-insinuations-Frustrated-Putin-could-use-nukes-in-Ukraine
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The media on the "warpath"
Swiss mass media: a transatlantic transmission belt? Even though today we are holding one's breath in suspense by military operations and the question of the aggressor seems to be determined, the responsibility of the media for the tensions towards Russia, which they have actively built-up in the past months and years, must be broached. They have hunted down politics and thus serve as a kind of transmission belt of transatlantic military strategies. Although it is hardly possible today to reflect on the one-sidedness of media coverage against Russia before and during the military invasion, given the aggravated mood, this becomes all the more necessary. The sentiments towards Russia did not fall out of the sky. Its antecedents are documented.1 Here, the focus is on the past months. The more recent construction of a hostile image of Russia began with the so-called colour revolution in Kiev in 2004. Shortly before that, Russia and Vladimir Putin were "targeted". Ten years later,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466063-The-media-on-the-warpath
The media on the "warpath"
Swiss mass media: a transatlantic transmission belt? Even though today we are holding one's breath in suspense by military operations and the question of the aggressor seems to be determined, the responsibility of the media for the tensions towards Russia, which they have actively built-up in the past months and years, must be broached. They have hunted down politics and thus serve as a kind of transmission belt of transatlantic military strategies. Although it is hardly possible today to reflect on the one-sidedness of media coverage against Russia before and during the military invasion, given the aggravated mood, this becomes all the more necessary. The sentiments towards Russia did not fall out of the sky. Its antecedents are documented.1 Here, the focus is on the past months. The more recent construction of a hostile image of Russia began with the so-called colour revolution in Kiev in 2004. Shortly before that, Russia and Vladimir Putin were "targeted". Ten years later,...
https://www.sott.net/article/466063-The-media-on-the-warpath
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BEST OF THE WEB: Farmers on the Brink
"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." - Dwight D. Eisenhower It was a spooky time to be out at sea off the US East Coast on Halloween in 1991. A strong storm system over the maritime provinces in Canada merged with the remnants of Hurricane Grace, forming a new, epic, and dangerous Nor'easter. The winds of this new storm breached 70 miles per hour and a wave as high as 100 feet was measured off the coast of Nova Scotia, but the storm was not renamed as either a tropical storm or a hurricane - instead, it is known only colloquially as simply the Perfect Storm. Six fishermen from Massachusetts perished when their vessel Andrea Gail sunk in open waters, and the story of the storm and of that tragedy became the subject of a best-selling book and a blockbuster feature film. While the concept of a perfect storm is often too casually assigned in popular culture, it is difficult to find a more apt description of what has...
https://www.sott.net/article/466064-Farmers-on-the-Brink
BEST OF THE WEB: Farmers on the Brink
"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." - Dwight D. Eisenhower It was a spooky time to be out at sea off the US East Coast on Halloween in 1991. A strong storm system over the maritime provinces in Canada merged with the remnants of Hurricane Grace, forming a new, epic, and dangerous Nor'easter. The winds of this new storm breached 70 miles per hour and a wave as high as 100 feet was measured off the coast of Nova Scotia, but the storm was not renamed as either a tropical storm or a hurricane - instead, it is known only colloquially as simply the Perfect Storm. Six fishermen from Massachusetts perished when their vessel Andrea Gail sunk in open waters, and the story of the storm and of that tragedy became the subject of a best-selling book and a blockbuster feature film. While the concept of a perfect storm is often too casually assigned in popular culture, it is difficult to find a more apt description of what has...
https://www.sott.net/article/466064-Farmers-on-the-Brink
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Ontario cop charged for posting video praising truckers
A Durham police officer who posted a video of herself speaking in support of the Freedom Convoy as it headed towards Ottawa is now facing charges under Ontario's Police Services Act. Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) had originally announced they were investigating Constable Erin Howard in January after she posted the 1-minute video to a now-deactivated Twitter account.
https://www.sott.net/article/466065-Ontario-cop-charged-for-posting-video-praising-truckers
Ontario cop charged for posting video praising truckers
A Durham police officer who posted a video of herself speaking in support of the Freedom Convoy as it headed towards Ottawa is now facing charges under Ontario's Police Services Act. Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) had originally announced they were investigating Constable Erin Howard in January after she posted the 1-minute video to a now-deactivated Twitter account.
https://www.sott.net/article/466065-Ontario-cop-charged-for-posting-video-praising-truckers
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The illusion of evidence-based medicine
In 1990, a paradigm shift occurred in the development of new medicines and treatments. An idea so big, that it was supposed to encompass the whole of medicine. It was to start initially at the level of pre-clinical and clinical trials and work all the way through the system to the care and management of individual patients. This new concept for how medicine would be developed and conducted is called evidence-based medicine (EBM). Evidence-based medicine was to provide a more rigorous foundation for medicine, one based on science and the scientific method. Truly, this was to be a revolution in medicine - a non-biased way of conducting medical research and treating patients. Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available scientific...
https://www.sott.net/article/466066-The-illusion-of-evidence-based-medicine
The illusion of evidence-based medicine
In 1990, a paradigm shift occurred in the development of new medicines and treatments. An idea so big, that it was supposed to encompass the whole of medicine. It was to start initially at the level of pre-clinical and clinical trials and work all the way through the system to the care and management of individual patients. This new concept for how medicine would be developed and conducted is called evidence-based medicine (EBM). Evidence-based medicine was to provide a more rigorous foundation for medicine, one based on science and the scientific method. Truly, this was to be a revolution in medicine - a non-biased way of conducting medical research and treating patients. Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients." The aim of EBM is to integrate the experience of the clinician, the values of the patient, and the best available scientific...
https://www.sott.net/article/466066-The-illusion-of-evidence-based-medicine
