Tag: UK
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[Sharing] Ursula von der Leyen’s flight to Plovdiv: what the data tells us – Ian Petchenik, Flightradar24
On 31 August, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was en route from Warsaw to the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv aboard a luxaviation Dassault Falcon 900. During the initial approach to Plovdiv, the pilots reported an “issue with GPS” and requested an alternate approach. The pilots coordinated with the controller, who provided instructions for…
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[Sharing] A Nobel for the Donald? – David Stockman, Antiwar.com
Donald Trump doesn’t really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Not after his unprovoked bombing of a country (Iran) that is no military threat whatsoever to the American Homeland. Not after continuing to green-light and arm Israel’s genocidal madness on Gaza and elsewhere. And not, most especially, after fronting for an even bigger defense budget than…
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[Sharing] Declassified: CIA’s Covert Ukraine Invasion Plan – Kit Klarenberg
On August 7th, US polling giant Gallup published the remarkable results of a survey of Ukrainians. Public support for Kiev “fighting until victory” has plummeted to a record low “across all segments” of the population, “regardless of region or demographic group.” In a “nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022,” 69% of citizens “favor…
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[Sharing] Russophrenia: the West’s favourite delusion about Russia – Brian McDonald
Ten years after I coined the term, the media’s still convinced Russia is both collapsing, and conquering the world There’s a peculiar affliction that’s gripped the Western commentariat for decades now. I first diagnosed it in June 2015 and gave it a name: Russophrenia. The tell-tale sign? That deep-set conviction that Russia’s about to keel…
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[Partage] La Russie est notre Rorschach – Emmanuel Todd
En avril dernier, interrogé par une chaîne de télévision russe sur la russophobie occidentale, j’avais eu une illumination. J’avais à peu près répondu : cela va vous être désagréable d’entendre ça, mais notre russophobie n’a aucun rapport avec vous. C’est un fantasme, une pathologie des sociétés occidentales, un besoin endogène d’imaginer un monstre russe. Pour…
