Let’s start with the biggest, most momentous update of all. The BRICS summit, which has just ended, ended up in ways surpassing my expectations. The official acceptance of 6 new members was announced, which is more than a doubling of the current size of the BRICS:
Javier Milei seems to be another charismatic bigot. If he doesn't win, then Brazil and Argentina's strengthening ties would interlock with BRICS.
I despise how homophobia has become normalised in support of conservatism which, in turn, is associated with Trump, Putin etc. Extreme reaction to the Democrat's extremities is two wrongs, and not the kind that sums up as right. I'm interested in a multipolar world, not a bipolar one.
Aug 26, 2023·edited Aug 26, 2023Liked by Simplicius
The key event was when the West stole $350 billion of bank deposits by Russian citizens. A system that steals all your money whenever it is moved to do so is intolerable. An alternative had to be built, quickly as possible. This task strikes me as much easier than sending a space capsule to the moon.
What do you make of the various YouTube commentators who are following the conflict? I followed Military Summary (dima) and Weeb Union but I find both to be initially interesting but neither really captures whats really happening
"BRICS members did verbalize an initiative to begin work on an inter-BRICS settlement payment system and currency.. But even in the meantime, they will increase initiatives towards settling in their own currencies away from the dollar".
Indeed. On September 17, mBridge will be open to all comers, so any country with a CBDC can trade with any other – in its own currency.
Thailand, where I live, has been using mBridge for the past 12 months, buying oil from UAE for Thai baht, while the UAE producer receives payment in dirham 12 ms. later.
mBridge was created by PBOC and is based in Hong Kong, the alternative to Switzerland for safe, offshore banking.
No US$, no 24-48 hour delay, no US oversight.
I expect the developing world to follow Russia's example..
At the time of the Prig coup (just after the start of the UAF counter-attack) he also said that Russian losses were huge, weapons and ammo short, morale low, badly led and betrayed by the high command. All western talking points. All seemed scripted to me. And therefore evidence of treachery.
Great analysis of the Belorussian and African moves. It does seem Prig still thought he was bullet proof. All the evidence points to the dead man walking theory.
This Gunther Fehlinger is quite the character. Who under heaven does he think he is to propose the breakup of a country that doesn’t comply with his world views? Unbelievable. Question is, will people follow and fulfill his proposals?
I am worried about the reports that the Allied troops in zaporizhia/Robotyne and other places simply are not being rotated. Have been in action since early June. Surely not? This would be almost criminal conduct by the allies - meaning, I guess, Russian high command, I'm assuming they have the say everywhere along the front?
And that seemed a piss poor attempt to interdict those boats didn't it? Is that the best that can be done?
U.S. Patriot systems are operated by the Army. There are no Army units at Tinker AFB, much less any Patriot ADA units. So it's extremely unlikely that personnel from Tinker were secretly operating Patriots in Ukraine.
We can imagine various reasons that USAF personnel from Tinker might secretly be deployed in Ukraine (and getting killed there) -- but if they are, that's not what they were doing.
With the 'World Island' slipping through their hands, I guess South and Central America will be the next US target for 'colour revolutions.' Perhaps that's the reason behind the open border policy? Recruitment of mercenaries to overthrow those governments, no doubt using the Manuel Noriega argument that they're responsible for the drug crisis sweeping across America. Basically, grab what you can of what's left of the non-BRICS world while denying Russian access to them. Can it work, and how do Mexico and the cartels play into it? Maybe I'm hallucinating, but given the history of the region, it seems obvious to me.
The UAF was and is a big military and has absorbed a lot of punishment. But it is looking like this is the beginning of the end. It is short of men, ammo, weapons and now increasingly hope. The RF dynamics are opposite.
This can only go one way and the issue is timing, and how much blood and treasure it takes to get there. Ukraine should immediately enter negotiations to salvage what it can. I doubt it will. Its leadership will sacrifice the nation and its people until the last minute before they flee abroad to enjoy their looted dollars and superstar status. Saigon or Kabul style.
The sickening and now pointless loss of life will continue way past any rational point. The western MSM will continue to report Ukraine is on the verge of victory or would be if its wily generals had not suddenly contracted a dose of stupid.
Scott Ritter has an interesting theory about Prigozhin's plane crash. He thinks it could be Prig's bodyguards ammo stash that blew up and trashed the plane. He's referring to an incident with US marines transport plane in which some HE stuff blew up mid-flight because of mismanagement.
To me this theory seems more plausible than idea that Putin/SBU/CIA/whoever rigged the plane with explosives.
A week ago or so, western media reported about an Ukrainian group that reached the western shore of Crimea and blew up a S-400, and rescued another group of ukranians.
But I have not seen a word about that in non-western media. Is there any truth in this, or is it just figments of western imagination?
If SMO is like a movie, it will be an interesting plot twist if Gonzalo Lira is behind everything. Like Littlefinger in Game of Thrones or Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects.
No pressure! but I'd find it useful if you could provide links to all (especially Western) articles (rather than just screenshots as you do with some), as well as Youtube or other linkable versions of your embedded videos.
Sigh. Another "Putin killed Prigozhin" from Simplicius, who forgot to put on his thinking cap this time.
Never mind that all the press is running with a theory that the security forces say the main suspect is Prigozhin's pilot who planted a bomb in the landing gear, is now being sought, and has now probably left the country.
Any evidence that Putin, FSB, Shoigu, or other Russian state agents did it? Of course not! So let's all run with that theory!
Javier Milei seems to be another charismatic bigot. If he doesn't win, then Brazil and Argentina's strengthening ties would interlock with BRICS.
I despise how homophobia has become normalised in support of conservatism which, in turn, is associated with Trump, Putin etc. Extreme reaction to the Democrat's extremities is two wrongs, and not the kind that sums up as right. I'm interested in a multipolar world, not a bipolar one.
Milei is not far right. Milei is a libertarian who wants to slowly dismantle the state. How could a libertarian be defined “far right”?
The key event was when the West stole $350 billion of bank deposits by Russian citizens. A system that steals all your money whenever it is moved to do so is intolerable. An alternative had to be built, quickly as possible. This task strikes me as much easier than sending a space capsule to the moon.
What do you make of the various YouTube commentators who are following the conflict? I followed Military Summary (dima) and Weeb Union but I find both to be initially interesting but neither really captures whats really happening
"BRICS members did verbalize an initiative to begin work on an inter-BRICS settlement payment system and currency.. But even in the meantime, they will increase initiatives towards settling in their own currencies away from the dollar".
Indeed. On September 17, mBridge will be open to all comers, so any country with a CBDC can trade with any other – in its own currency.
Thailand, where I live, has been using mBridge for the past 12 months, buying oil from UAE for Thai baht, while the UAE producer receives payment in dirham 12 ms. later.
mBridge was created by PBOC and is based in Hong Kong, the alternative to Switzerland for safe, offshore banking.
No US$, no 24-48 hour delay, no US oversight.
I expect the developing world to follow Russia's example..
At the time of the Prig coup (just after the start of the UAF counter-attack) he also said that Russian losses were huge, weapons and ammo short, morale low, badly led and betrayed by the high command. All western talking points. All seemed scripted to me. And therefore evidence of treachery.
Great analysis of the Belorussian and African moves. It does seem Prig still thought he was bullet proof. All the evidence points to the dead man walking theory.
This Gunther Fehlinger is quite the character. Who under heaven does he think he is to propose the breakup of a country that doesn’t comply with his world views? Unbelievable. Question is, will people follow and fulfill his proposals?
I am worried about the reports that the Allied troops in zaporizhia/Robotyne and other places simply are not being rotated. Have been in action since early June. Surely not? This would be almost criminal conduct by the allies - meaning, I guess, Russian high command, I'm assuming they have the say everywhere along the front?
And that seemed a piss poor attempt to interdict those boats didn't it? Is that the best that can be done?
U.S. Patriot systems are operated by the Army. There are no Army units at Tinker AFB, much less any Patriot ADA units. So it's extremely unlikely that personnel from Tinker were secretly operating Patriots in Ukraine.
We can imagine various reasons that USAF personnel from Tinker might secretly be deployed in Ukraine (and getting killed there) -- but if they are, that's not what they were doing.
With the 'World Island' slipping through their hands, I guess South and Central America will be the next US target for 'colour revolutions.' Perhaps that's the reason behind the open border policy? Recruitment of mercenaries to overthrow those governments, no doubt using the Manuel Noriega argument that they're responsible for the drug crisis sweeping across America. Basically, grab what you can of what's left of the non-BRICS world while denying Russian access to them. Can it work, and how do Mexico and the cartels play into it? Maybe I'm hallucinating, but given the history of the region, it seems obvious to me.
The UAF was and is a big military and has absorbed a lot of punishment. But it is looking like this is the beginning of the end. It is short of men, ammo, weapons and now increasingly hope. The RF dynamics are opposite.
This can only go one way and the issue is timing, and how much blood and treasure it takes to get there. Ukraine should immediately enter negotiations to salvage what it can. I doubt it will. Its leadership will sacrifice the nation and its people until the last minute before they flee abroad to enjoy their looted dollars and superstar status. Saigon or Kabul style.
The sickening and now pointless loss of life will continue way past any rational point. The western MSM will continue to report Ukraine is on the verge of victory or would be if its wily generals had not suddenly contracted a dose of stupid.
Or we might have WW3.
Scott Ritter has an interesting theory about Prigozhin's plane crash. He thinks it could be Prig's bodyguards ammo stash that blew up and trashed the plane. He's referring to an incident with US marines transport plane in which some HE stuff blew up mid-flight because of mismanagement.
To me this theory seems more plausible than idea that Putin/SBU/CIA/whoever rigged the plane with explosives.
A week ago or so, western media reported about an Ukrainian group that reached the western shore of Crimea and blew up a S-400, and rescued another group of ukranians.
But I have not seen a word about that in non-western media. Is there any truth in this, or is it just figments of western imagination?
If SMO is like a movie, it will be an interesting plot twist if Gonzalo Lira is behind everything. Like Littlefinger in Game of Thrones or Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects.
No pressure! but I'd find it useful if you could provide links to all (especially Western) articles (rather than just screenshots as you do with some), as well as Youtube or other linkable versions of your embedded videos.
Sigh. Another "Putin killed Prigozhin" from Simplicius, who forgot to put on his thinking cap this time.
Never mind that all the press is running with a theory that the security forces say the main suspect is Prigozhin's pilot who planted a bomb in the landing gear, is now being sought, and has now probably left the country.
Any evidence that Putin, FSB, Shoigu, or other Russian state agents did it? Of course not! So let's all run with that theory!