What China means when it talks about NATO…

When Russian armed forces launched an unprovoked assault on Ukraine last month, Beijing appeared to side with Moscow, accusing the United States and its NATO allies of inviting conflict by allowing their security bloc to expand eastward. Now, as China faces pressure from the West to condemn the Russian invasion, it's ramping up similar rhetoric to talk about America's footprint in Asia. In recent days, senior Chinese Foreign Ministry officials and influential Communist Party publications have accused the US of seeking to build a NATO-like bloc in the Indo-Pacific, with one official warning of "unimaginable" consequences if it does. At a conference in Beijing on Saturday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said the Ukraine crisis could be used as a "mirror" to view the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region. Le didn't name the US, but he explicitly referred to the Indo-Pacific strategy — a plan the Biden administration detailed last month to strengthen America's role in the region, such as through supporting democracy and bolstering its alliances and partnerships, including with Taiwan. Building "closed and exclusive small circles or groups" in the region "is as dangerous as the NATO strategy of eastward expansion in Europe," Le said at the event at Tsinghua University, according to a version of the speech published by China's Foreign Ministry. "If allowed to go on unchecked, it would bring unimaginable consequences, and ultimately push the Asia-Pacific over the edge of an abyss," he said. China's criticism of NATO follows attempts to portray itself as a neutral actor in the Ukraine crisis, refusing to denounce Russia's attacks on civilians, while stressing its humanitarian aid to Ukraine and denying it considered providing military support to Moscow. However, China's bid to draw parallels between the US strategy in the Indo-Pacific and NATO's "eastward expansion" in Europe closely echoes talking points from Moscow, raising serious doubts as to Beijing's supposed neutrality. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly attempted to use concerns over NATO to justify his brutal invasion of Ukraine. Now, experts say China is seeking to use the current crisis in Ukraine to not only amplify its portrayal of the US as an alleged instigator of conflict, whether in Europe or in Asia, but to warn of the consequences if the US and countries in the region align against China. Read the full analysis here. — By Simone McCarthy

Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” (Note: I’m now in FB jail for 29 days for publishing this article & suggesting that if true, these Thugs should be strung up for their crimes against US)

Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” is a must-read for any American concerned about the rising threat of Communist China. Schweizer uses no anonymous sources for the book, and every fact is meticulously documented and footnoted (1,037 footnotes total). The book delves deeply into the American elites who are getting rich by accepting cash and other benefits from the Communist Chinese Party in Beijing. This book is ugly. Perhaps the biggest surprise revealed in its pages is how Mitch McConnell’s family is hopelessly compromised by the CCP. The second chapter of the book deals exclusively with the Biden family. The Bidens have always been a group of money-hungry grifters who would say or do anything to make a buck off of Joe Biden’s name. They’re a sleazy bunch. No, really. Do some cursory research on all the time that Joe’s extended family has spent in jail or rehab. Joe’s brother, Frank Biden, was a notorious drunk who once got busted stuffing DVD cases down his pants at a Blockbuster Video store to try to steal them. What a pack of losers! But they’ve gotten rich sucking up to China! Hunter Biden’s business dealings with China started when Joe was in the US Senate. These deals continued while Joe was Obama’s vice president until today. How much has the Biden family made off of shady business deals with four members of the CCP (with ties to the Chinese military)? About $31 million that we know of, according to Schweizer’s meticulous research. Sounds like good work if you can find it, but then, you and I are not powerful American politicians, so… we’re not going to find deals like that. In 1944, an experiment was done in this Nazi medical center… In 1944, an experiment was done in this Nazi medical center… We know from the presidential campaign in 2020 that Hunter’s “Laptop from Hell” contained incredibly compromising information on Hunter Biden and his dad’s involvement in Hunter’s crooked deals. Not to mention those disgusting videos of Hunter with a Chinese hooker spy who put her best foot forward. (Note: The spy was not Fang Fang, who was rolling around in the hay with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at the time the video was recorded.) Most importantly, Schweizer proves without a doubt from documentation that Joe Biden absolutely knew about Hunter’s crooked deals with the CCP and personally benefited from those deals. Joe Biden is a rich man because of China, Ukraine and other corrupt regimes. Schweizer also delves into a number of other elites in America, including the Bush dynasty and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). NBA star LeBron James and Microsoft billionaire/vaccine expert Bill Gates make appearances. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and her husband make an appearance. Feinstein was and is so compromised by the CCP that her limo driver who worked for her for 20 years turned out to be a spy for the Chinese. But perhaps no information is more shocking than how totally compromised and indebted Mitch McConnell’s family is to the CCP. Mitch McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, is a naturalized American from China. She has many family members in China still, and they own an incredibly lucrative shipping business. They ship goods back and forth between China and America on giant container ships like the ones stuck at the Port of Los Angeles for Joe Biden’s first year in office. According to Schweizer, the Chao family business is wildly successful because the CCP has done them a lot of favors. The family’s cargo ships are all built by the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation. The construction of the ships is entirely financed by Chinese state banks, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. The crews on the ships are provided by the CCP. And Schweizer explains how most of the shipping contracts that the Chao family has in the Asia-Pacific region come directly from the CCP. If Mitch McConnell were ever to take some sort of action against China as the Republican leader in the Senate, China could destroy the multimillion-dollar family business overnight. So, McConnell will NEVER do anything to rein in China; he has too much skin in the game. The Chinese call this strategy “elite capture.” Rather than take on America head-to-head militarily, they seek to bribe and compromise elites in American society. It’s a strategy that’s working. Knowledge of this plot is best way to combat, so we highly recommend that you check out Peter Schweizer’s book “Red-Handed.” 223 26 6 37 298 3 Most Popular Sponsored Content Weird fruit grants BLIND man vision? 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These are people who are well known in America, who are very wealthy, and prepared to do whatever is necessary to keep the wealth rolling in!! I doubt that there’s anything that can be done, but it surely can be made obvious just how they manage to keep their finances flowing and growing! Reply Leo Says 6 days ago Even if not a commie, he is still and always has been a squish. Reply Wyatt Earp Says 4 days ago Like the bible say MONEY is EVIL! Guess these fool don’t understand what Bible said about money! YOU CAME INTO THE WORLD WITH NOTHING, YOU WILL LEAVE WITH NOTHING! Or the saying by JESUS — IT EASY FOR A CAMEL TO PASS THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, THAN A RICH MAN TO ENTER GOD KINGDOM! Reply Noe Rodriguez Says 4 days ago It was bound to happen. I heard Mitch is married to a wealthy Chinese trade and business woman. That’s why I wish Tennesseans will not reelect him. Out with the RINO. Reply Dennis C Rathsam Says 4 days ago TRUMP was right again Lizzard Lips McConnell, and China import wife, should be held accountable. Smells like treason… People in Tennesse are not to brite! Reply Gerry Says 4 days ago As I first read the headlines of this article I figured it had to be about the useless mcconnell. He kisses the butts of all the democraps so you know he would never go up against his chinese wife or any of her family or the communist chinese. mcconnell is and always has been a rag of nothing. He betrayed President Trump numerous times . I can’t believe Kentuckians(I believe he is from Kentucky) keep putting this embarrassing POS back in office. Reply Charles A Wilkins Says 4 days ago The man who leads from behind wants to take credit for his very long list of mistakes in leadership,and he had nothing to say.State of the Union address brings false acalaids for piss a poor job, well done. Noticed a few items he neglected to be mentioned, like the total cluster fxxx in Afghanistan, he forgot to take a full credit that issue costing us billions, also noticed there was no mention of any disappearance of secret service records, he as Vice President traveled the world with Hunter to Russia, China on personal deals that were structured with adversaries for personal family gain, of course, on the back of the tax payor. Secret Service, does that now mean corruption records are secrets kept secret? even when requested by Congress? How about the two million illegal’s he let into our Country that no body knows a thing about? and of course the drug problems that now exist because he stopped an approved wall. How about the war in Ukraine he helped financed with the billions in oil he purchases from Russia? I ask you does that make any of our planet any cleaner? The oil is still being drilled and sold and used. It’s all green new deal BS who cut that deal with Putin and why? what’s being made under the table. Shortages, Inflation, loss of Energy jobs, and so much more this modest person forget to take full credit for: 2022 will not only bring promised investigations but impeachment and jail for some, remember vote them out, keep them out return America to Americans. God bless America. Reply Rick Says 4 days ago You “Repubs” think the commiecrats are bad? Look NO FARTHER than your own “party”!! This country will remain in the dumpster until ALL RINO’s are EXTERMINATED!! Rotsa Ruck!! Reply Helga Says 4 days ago McConnell is from Kentucky and people there are voting for him again and again! He is not up for re-election in 2022 as a Senators’ term is 6 years! KY, you can do better!! Reply Robert Kermidas Says 4 days ago He is not from Tennessee . He is from Kentucky … Do not disgraces Tennessee like that. Sorry but you are the idiot. Reply Robert Kermidas Says 4 days ago If your going to talk about something know what your talking about . Not from Tennessee he is from Kentucky . Reply Robert Says 4 days ago Ditch that Traitor Mitch Reply Bruce Says 4 days ago Charles A Wilkins, 100% on the mark. We don’t have a President, all we have is Moron 3.0, with Next-in-Lines Moron 4.0 and Moron 5.0, all long time superflous criminals. Reply Jack Smith Says 3 days ago I Thought we HUNG TRAITORS (just thinking) Reply Craig Says 3 days ago It’s ignorance not to see, we had the biggest attack on our democracy in history with the 2020 election with no redress of grievances. None of this has been stopped. No one has been brought to justice. Traitors and Tyrants walk free, the communist takeover of our country will continue unless we the people make it stop. Countless people before us gave their lives to create a nation, giving us the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Since then, thousands have died protecting our freedom and democracy. How do we honor their sacrifice? We sit watching the fall of our great nation! We allow tyranny and murder by taxpayer funded viruses and deaths by mass injections with vaccines that are not vaccines. What happened to the care we once had for our family, our friends, and our neighbors? We talk proudly about loving and protecting our children but how do we show it? How will they judge us in the future? Where are the courageous patriots I heard so much about growing up? What’s happened to the home of the brave, the land of the free? Are you proud to have others view America as a third world country? Americans have preached to other countries about freedom and democracy and accused communist dictators of crimes against humanity! Wake up! The Biden regime did nothing to deter the Russian invasion of the Ukraine! Who’s defending against the invasion occurring at Americas southern border? We have gone to war to prevent the Tyranny and crimes that are occurring in America today. Taxation without representation was just one example. A new per mile driven tax is on the horizon voted for by both sides of the isle! Taxpayer paid, Racial Equity kits complete with crack pipes which now they appear to maybe be backpedaling on or are they? Mandatory kill switches and camera’s in automobiles and Vaccine Registries, voted for by both sides of the isle. Elected officials on both sides are in Communist China’s pocket, including but not limited to Mitch McConnell, they are chameleons and are a part of the establishment that needed Trump out of the way. Do you feel represented? I’m not promoting violence, however, I am saying it’s time they remember we don’t work for them, they work for us. Our rights are not given or granted to us by the government, they are ours by birth, by God, they were fought for. Further, Do we continue to allow the propaganda and rhetoric MSM to continue to censor or brainwash us? Where and how does it end? Cowardly! Do you want a communist America? Do you want One World Order, how do you think that will work out for the masses? Reply Wyatt Earp Says 3 days ago Folks McConnell is NOT FROM TENNESSEE! KENTUCKY IS HIS HOME! And these bluegrass people need to VOTED HIM OUT! OR RECALL HIM! Reply Camille Gilliam Says 3 days ago It is time for Mitch to go home and stay there. He is corrupt and needs to retire NOW! Reply Wyatt Earp Says 3 days ago Are we start to see a pattern here? Involved more politican in both party? Trump did what needed to be done for ALL AMERICAN TO SEE! NOW we have a VERY CORRUPT CONGRESS! Not just the HOUSE BUT THE SENATE AS WELL! Going to get real ugly in the mid-term and up coming elect for those who time is up! WE NOW KNOW WHY THESE POLITICIANS WERE SELLING OUT TO CHINA! KILLING JOBS HERE TO FORCE CORPORATIONS TO MOVE IT TO CHINA FOR CHEAPER LABOR! And these politicians getting their cut in doing this! What next? They are using the DOJ,FBI,CIA,CAPITOL POLICE,DA, AND LIBERAL FEDERAL JUDGE to keep us from stopping them!Now they are turning the MILITARY AGAINST THE PEOPLE! BY USING THE “WOKE” FOOLS! Reply Wyatt Earp Says 3 days ago Hear, hear ya’ll people! Better get your head out of your butt! Because what was just told was YOU AND I ARE THESE POLITICIANS SLAVE! OUR CONGRESS HAS TURN US ALL INTO SLAVE ON THEIR PLANTATION! So you want to be FREE OR DOING WORK FOR NOTHING? By that I mean these politicians are TAXING YOU AND I UNTIL WE ARE MAKING JUST 10K A YEAR! It does not matter if you black, brown, red,white,or yellow! China took over Washington DC! What is going on is this —- Democrat got media to go along with them in CREATED A DIVIDE BETWEEN THE RACES! I can see it plain and simple in the NEWS everyday! This was all planned out to DESTORY YOUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY! No matter what your skins color is! You see they will be WEALTHY YOU POOR! THEY WILL HAVE POWER AND CONTROL. YOU NOTHING! So you think you are smart? Answer this question! IN WHAT WAY? Reason the border is open is FOR DRUGS DEALER TO GET IN THE COUNTRY! FOR TERRORISTS TO COME IN AND PLANNING THEIR NEXT TARGET! As long as it NOT WASHINGTON DC! Marxist and leftist you are in the same situation as other AMERICANS! You not part of the UNTOUCHABLE IN DC! Reply Paw Paw Says 2 hours ago Money itself is not evil! It’s the Love of money that leads to all kinds of debauchery! So evident now with the people in Congress! VOTE THEM OUT! Reply LEAVE A REPLY Your email address will not be published.

UKRAINE: HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE U.S.

Initially Published by One Citizen Speaking.com 3-6-22 (A great Blogger...ck it out) I was very much shocked to hear Mark Levin, a constitutional conservative, support Lindsey Graham's insane public call for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin by members of his regime. It appears that Levin's comments are rooted in "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" logic that posits if Putin has engaged mercenaries such as The Wagner Group and special forces to root out and assassinate Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, then turnabout is fair play. Likewise, Fox commentator Sean Hannity seems of the same mind. "Cut the head of the snake off, and you kill the snake" "And it's a simple new rule that if you invade an innocent sovereign country, and you kill innocent men, women, and children, you don't deserve to live. That's the bottom line." "You cut the head of the snake off, and you kill the snake. "Right now, the snake is Vladimir Putin." The objective truth... Executive Order 11905 issued February 19, 1976, by U.S. President Gerald Ford prohibits any member of the U.S. government from engaging or conspiring to engage in any political assassination anywhere in the world. And the law of unintended consequences suggests that the reaction of the target of an assassination, especially one with access to ultra-loyal covert operatives, military assets, large sums of money, and the willingness to strike back, is unknown. Moreover, you do not know what the outcome of such an assassination attempt might be. Will it create a martyr or strengthen the resistance? Will it encourage copycats seeking historical importance? Or will it create chaos and further consequences? Look what happened to Libya after the death of Muammar al-Gaddafi. Or what happened in Iraq after the death of Saddam Hussein, which led to the rise of ISIS. The real problem... Once again, it appears that the old maxim, "The first casualty of war is the truth," has been validated. It is next to impossible to judge the state of play in foreign wars. Not only are both sides engaged in psychological operations and spewing propaganda, but, unfortunately, the same can be said of our government under the Biden regime. Even worse, the mainstream media censors or cancels individuals who do not support the regime's narrative. The truth... The escalation of pro-Ukraine rhetoric needs to be examined in the light of day. The Ukraine conflict does not pose an existential crisis for the United States. Many Ukrainians do not view the current incursion as an act of war, but a continuation of Russian military action since 2014. The only way I can discover my version of the truth is to retreat to "cui bono, a Latin phrase that can be translated as "to whom is it a benefit?" Therefore, I must consider the following explanation of what we are seeing… The progressive communist democrats, especially those in the Biden Administration, do not appear to have defined foreign ideological enemies, only domestic enemies; thus, the progressive communist democrats are willing to accept and promote any foreign activity that disfavors their domestic opposition and attack any foreign activity that favors their domestic enemies. Using this rubric, it makes perfect sense, at least to me, that the progressive communist democrats in the Biden regime are using the conflict to distract and divert the public's attention from the current economic crisis and to cover up the criminality of the Obama and Biden Administrations. If Putin takes Ukraine, many of the individuals and documents that would implicate members of the Obama Administration and President Biden and his family in criminal activities (and impeachment should the GOP take the House and Senate) will become unavailable. The intelligence agencies will be given new life in another cold war. The military-industrial complex will generate a new revenue stream from preparedness activities and the sale of taxpayer-financed weaponry. The energy companies will profit. And, the media will fill countless hours with repetitive content and continue to blame former President Trump for anything and everything. This could be one explanation of why we find George Soros and Sean Hannity on the same side when it comes to Ukraine. Bottom line... Cui Bono? Ask yourself why America, formerly energy independent, is buying Russian oil and natural gas and why Russian energy-related financial transactions (including those involving Russia's foreign customers), are exempt from sanctions? We are so screwed when the special interests benefit at the expense of American citizen-taxpayers. -- steve

Putin and the Law of Unintended Consequences

by Amir Taheri • March 6, 2022 at 4:00 am The most striking illustration of this so far is the debunking of Putin's brazen claim that there is not and has never been a Ukrainian nation and that Ukraine is nothing but Russia misspelled. Putin insisted that Ukraine was nothing but a creation of Lenin, ignoring the fact that it was Lenin who signed away Ukraine to the Germans in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Ukrainians have suddenly realized that looking east towards Russia means suffering invasion and colonization, while looking west towards Europe could mean freedom and prosperity... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was reflecting his people's wishes when he asked for immediate membership in the European Union. The current crisis, however, showed that the Europeans can take the lead in being much tougher than the Americans under the risk-averse Joe Biden. For 20 years, the Putin wolf played grandmother in disguise. That disguise enabled him to get away with invading Georgia, dominating Belarus, massacring Syrians, propelling the mullahs of Tehran, annexing Crimea, taking joyrides in various parts of Africa, poisoning people in Europe, and trying to disrupt elections in several countries through cyber-attacks. All that time, almost a quarter of his income came from oil and gas sales to Western democracies -- oil and gas produced thanks to Western capital, technology, management and marketing. Ukrainians have suddenly realized that looking east towards Russia means suffering invasion and colonization, while looking west towards Europe could mean freedom and prosperity. There were no lines of Ukrainians seeking asylum in Russia or Belarus; the long queues were at the Polish and Romanian borders. Pictured: Refugees from Ukraine line up to enter Poland at the Medyka border crossing on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images) As Russian President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine enters its third week, the naughty little law of unintended consequences is lifting its head above the parapet. The most striking illustration of this so far is the debunking of Putin's brazen claim that there is not and has never been a Ukrainian nation and that Ukraine is nothing but Russia misspelled. Putin insisted that Ukraine was nothing but a creation of Lenin, ignoring the fact that it was Lenin who signed away Ukraine to the Germans in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Continue Reading Article

Richard Kemp: A Plan for Peace in Europe…

u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=eac09ea7d2&e=972385a8b7 by Richard Kemp • March 6, 2022 at 5:00 am [Putin] is now also demanding the nuclear disarming of Europe. Putin's next targets could be Moldova or the Baltic states which, like Ukraine, he reportedly considers illegitimate and properly part of Russia's sphere. If further suffering and bloodshed are to be avoided, the West must do all it can to ensure his current aggression fails. To halt Putin's broader ambitions, it is also essential that NATO keep the Ukrainian army fighting and that includes financing the war effort and getting lethal weapons and military equipment to Ukrainian forces. Russia must be isolated and turned into an international pariah not just while Putin's army is assaulting Ukraine but for as long as necessary. These actions will inflict damage on us as well, as Russia retaliates with its own sanctions and restrictions. The short term pain can be ameliorated in the medium term by eliminating dependence on Russian energy, increasing gas supplies from North Africa, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. Also by reopening in the United States the world's largest supply of energy, which President Joe Biden began closing down his first day in office, and by fracking and building nuclear power plants. The development of our cyber defences, as well as offensive capabilities must be accelerated urgently and intelligence services expanded to counter and inflict severe damage to Russian espionage agencies. Some argue that punitive Western moves will drive Russia into China's arms. It is already there: Russia is the biggest single recipient of Chinese financial support globally, and Putin and Xi have established a military alliance. Where Putin demands that NATO pull back, it should push forward. Some may see this as provocative, but it is in fact a sign of strength which will do more to deter Putin than appeasing him. [Putin] knows that NATO poses no military threat to Russia and that it is a purely defensive alliance. If it is to restore the credibility it once had, which Biden's Afghanistan debacle did much to undermine, NATO must regain its strength — not only in military power but also the demonstrable political will to use it. As Israel often reminds us over Iran, if a leader threatens us with annihilation we cannot afford to hope he is not serious. Had the world focused on getting rid of Hitler in the 1930s rather than appeasing him, we may not have seen the horror of a global war that killed 70 million people. The urgency of a Western message of strength goes even beyond Russia. China's President Xi has greater territorial ambitions than Putin, and they are being played out today in every continent around the world. Xi's Ukraine is Taiwan, and it may be that visiting catastrophe on Russia's dictator will deter his friend in Beijing. Putin's next targets could be Moldova or the Baltic states which, like Ukraine, he reportedly considers illegitimate and properly part of Russia's sphere. If further suffering and bloodshed are to be avoided, the West must do all it can to ensure his current aggression fails. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) NATO's strategic objective should now be to bring down Russian President Vladimir Putin and see him replaced by a less dangerous leader. If he fails, harsh constraints are imposed on Russian oligarchs, and suffering is inflicted on ordinary citizens by Western diplomatic and economic action; his current adventure might cause him to self-destruct. If that does not happen, Putin will remain a permanent threat to NATO, Europe and the world. Russian law now allows him to hold onto power at least until 2036. He apparently aims to re-create the Soviet Union in a new form and restore Russia's superpower status by pushing NATO back, regaining Moscow's dominion over its eastern neighbours. He is now also demanding the nuclear disarming of Europe. https://gatestoneinstitute.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=a09b9a86fe&e=972385a8b7 https://gatestoneinstitute.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=5fec0b394c&e=972385a8b7 by Amir Taheri • March 6, 2022 at 4:00 am The most striking illustration of this so far is the debunking of Putin's brazen claim that there is not and has never been a Ukrainian nation and that Ukraine is nothing but Russia misspelled. Putin insisted that Ukraine was nothing but a creation of Lenin, ignoring the fact that it was Lenin who signed away Ukraine to the Germans in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Ukrainians have suddenly realized that looking east towards Russia means suffering invasion and colonization, while looking west towards Europe could mean freedom and prosperity... Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was reflecting his people's wishes when he asked for immediate membership in the European Union. The current crisis, however, showed that the Europeans can take the lead in being much tougher than the Americans under the risk-averse Joe Biden. For 20 years, the Putin wolf played grandmother in disguise. That disguise enabled him to get away with invading Georgia, dominating Belarus, massacring Syrians, propelling the mullahs of Tehran, annexing Crimea, taking joyrides in various parts of Africa, poisoning people in Europe, and trying to disrupt elections in several countries through cyber-attacks. All that time, almost a quarter of his income came from oil and gas sales to Western democracies -- oil and gas produced thanks to Western capital, technology, management and marketing. Ukrainians have suddenly realized that looking east towards Russia means suffering invasion and colonization, while looking west towards Europe could mean freedom and prosperity. There were no lines of Ukrainians seeking asylum in Russia or Belarus; the long queues were at the Polish and Romanian borders. Pictured: Refugees from Ukraine line up to enter Poland at the Medyka border crossing on February 28, 2022. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images) As Russian President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine enters its third week, the naughty little law of unintended consequences is lifting its head above the parapet. The most striking illustration of this so far is the debunking of Putin's brazen claim that there is not and has never been a Ukrainian nation and that Ukraine is nothing but Russia misspelled. Putin insisted that Ukraine was nothing but a creation of Lenin, ignoring the fact that it was Lenin who signed away Ukraine to the Germans in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. https://gatestoneinstitute.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=306454367c&e=972385a8b7 Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved. https://gatestoneinstitute.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae44aaf3f07dbffc928ba7cb5&id=3aa4947190&e=972385a8b7 14 East 60 St., Suite 705, New York, NY 10022

Brainwashing is best accomplished when you have no idea that it is being done but simply occurs as part of the fabric of your life. While you may "feel" that something is wrong, you are being programmed nonetheless. Think about TV Commercials and shows with these facts in mind.

Facts: US population 334 million consisting of 57.8% white, 18.7% Latino, 12.1% Black and 11.4% Asianor other. - Then break that down to about 10% of all existing marriages that are interracial including those of all races, and only 5.6% of the population that identifies as LGBT. You would expect the same ratio's in TV commercials if they represented America but here's what you see instead, taken from a log of TV commercials over a 4 month period, which is quite different. - For TV, white men as the majority of Americans have all but disappeared.  When they are in commercials they are either old, ugly and sick or they are the partner of a black woman and have no speaking part.  In 3 of the commercials  the white men are doing laundry and always paired with a little girl to whom they are delivering the clean clothes. In other words, less than 10% of the population is driving 90% of the narrative. - There were zero commercials of White fathers and sons. None! So while 75% of white children live with both their parents, including their fathers, we choose instead not to model that in favor of the 62% of black children that do not live in a two parent household? This is our new normal in their eyes? As acceptable? Is this the healthy "normal" image we want to model to our population? - Equally disturbing, young white boys and teens have also disappeared, unless they were flagrantly new age gay, as though that represents the "majority" instead of the pitifully small minority. What distorted perception of reality does that serve? The study found a majority of the children were white girls with a black "brother" even though this represents the smallest percentage of any reality discussed thus far!  The MAJORITY of TV commercial couples consist of a white woman with a black man, when in reality these make up about 6% of the 30% of blacks that are married or about 2% of our population. Are you starting to see how ridiculous, yet pervasive this extraordinary brainwashing is? Exactly what are they trying to program into us with this relentless deluge of non-reality? - Surprisingly, in the month of December there was an uptick (but not a majority) in good looking white male models, but research determined that in each and every case it was a cologne commercial and every one of those commercials were made in Europe where they still use white men in their commercials. Here, on the other hand, they prefer to portray young white males as so mind-numbingly stupid as being incapable of delivering their lines and couldn't even say "Liberty Mutual", the insurance company featured in the commercial. - Over a period of 4 months it concluded that while the African American population in America is only 12% they were in 94.3% of the commercials.  Black males are only 5% of our population yet were in 89.7% of the ads. Then you have to ask, where are the Asians and Latino's that make up nearly THREE TIMES the black population? Are they in THREE TIMES the number of ads or is something severely skewed here in the minds of Hollywood and Madison Avenue? - The fact is that while white males make up the largest segment of our population, they were in only in 4% of the TV commercials!  In most of those cases they are in their 60's to 80's and were pushing medication for debilitating diseases, reverse mortgages (Tom Selleck) or Medicare plans. While the study had many, many more alarming facts, one that really stands out is that virtually every ad campaign for new cars featured a woman driver except for Lincoln. In the commercials for automobiles there were more black women drivers than white women. Again, Europe was the exception here where Mercedes and BMW had NO VISIBLE DRIVERS!!  They showed the cars cruising highways but never allowed a view where the driver was visible. I found that very interesting. Are they more interested in selling the product while we appear to be more interested in selling the political/racial message? - And it is not just our commercials that offer this skewed media driven unreality. It is also nearly impossible to turn on a show that doesn't have a gay couple or LGBT component, yet in reality only one in eighteen should, if they want to accurately represent the less than 5.6% of the population that fall in this group. The results of this brainwashing are dramatic and very successful. Despite the low percentage in real life, when polled, Americans have been brainwashed to believe that 24% of all Americans are LGBT! Based on commercials, they must also believe that the "average" American family is biracial, that white men barely exist and Latinos/Asians do not exist at all. - That is the magic and the tragedy of the fake, dishonest and unrealistic "woke" TV that we watch and are affected by 24/7, even though it is far afield from our reality. Ditto for the "woke" minority that follow mindlessly in its wake, thinking that this bizarre narrative is in fact real or justified, when it is merely an illusion and fabrication. They truly do control our entire thought process and will distort our perception of reality, if we allow them to. - While it is one thing to erase the stigma of single parenthood, bi-racialism , or unusual sexual preferences, it is another thing completely to portray them as the "Role Model" or "Norm", as representative of our entire society, especially at the expense of true normality or realism. In this case, it looks like White, Latino, Asian and straight lives don’t matter according to them, and Black privilege with a side of LGBT has taken us over! WAKE UP AMERICA ... Keep your head and don't fall for it.

Determined Leadership Everywhere Except Biden’s (Marxist Socialist Democratic War on American Energy Independence), Open the Spigots, (Resume Keystone XL) & Open the EastMed Pipeline!

Leadership starts at the top, and Zelenskyy's leadership -- even that of Europe -- stands in sharp contrast to the failed leadership coming from almost every corner of the Biden Administration. The Biden Administration has been quick to join in on the sanctions and other measures targeting Russia, but note: Biden has joined, he has not led. [T]he Biden Administration still refuses to reverse America's dependency on Russian oil and gas by increasing domestic production and opening pipelines at home. There also has been no move to close the gigantic loopholes that fail to sanction Russia's oil and energy sector... Under Biden's leadership, we are experiencing policies that ask Americans to sacrifice and end up paying for Russia's aggression, rather than unleashing American ingenuity and creativity to meet the challenge. Switzerland abandoned its famous neutrality to sanction Russia and freeze the legendary Swiss bank accounts of Russian oligarchs. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reversed course to close Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, now in bankruptcy, to Germany, and to bolster the German military. Sweden and Finland are seriously considering reversing long-held positions, in order to join NATO. Meanwhile the Biden Administration remains stuck on its policy of American energy dependency, even pulling the plug on the crucial EastMed gas pipeline to Europe from America's allies, Israel, Cyprus and Greece. The EastMed pipeline should be built without delay. Let us see to it that Ukraine does become the end of the line for Putin, who has already accumulated a long trail of war crimes and other atrocities. Putin's Waterloo. We have been imposing only half-hearted financial sanctions, "riddled with loopholes" and not hitting Russia's oil and gas. We have passively been watching Putin's savage assault on Ukraine in real time his countless war crimes -- including "pummeling civilian areas" and reportedly using cluster and vacuum bombs -- as well as the humanitarian crisis he has unleashed. Let us hope that Biden shows real leadership and changes course so that America will no longer be reliant on Russia and China, regardless of the outcome. Now that would be in the best interests of the United States. Leadership starts at the top, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's leadership -- even that of Europe -- stands in sharp contrast to the failed leadership coming from almost every corner of the Biden Administration. Pictured: Zelenskyy meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House on September 1, 2021. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) At present, Ukraine's forces look out-gunned and outnumbered by Russia's military. If Russian President Vladimir Putin ultimately does succeed in overpowering Ukraine and its capital, Kyiv, let us make sure it is his Waterloo. Boosted by the determined and pugnacious leadership shown by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, global reaction to Putin's invasion has been swift and hard on Russia. Sanctions on the Russian Central Bank and the restrictions on some Russian banks from the SWIFT banking transaction system have reduced the value of a Russian ruble to less than a penny while interest rates in Russia top 20%. The Russian stock market has been preemptively closed to prevent a crash, and Russian airlines are banned from flying over large swaths of the planet. Continue Reading Article

Russia Claims First Ukraine City, but can it hold it?

Foreign Policy Logo Foreign Policy Flashpoints MARCH 03, 2022 | VIEW IN BROWSER By Colm Quinn Welcome to Morning Brief, where we’re rounding up the latest on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the intervention of the International Criminal Court, and the renewed focus on oligarchs. Have tips or feedback? Hit reply to this email to let me know your thoughts. Peace Talks Resume But Bombardment Continues Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet in Belarus today for peace talks as the war enters its second week. The talks take place as momentum slowly shifts toward the invaders, after Russia notched its first strategic victory late Wednesday as it captured Kherson, a city of around 300,000 people, and home to a port on both the Black Sea and Dnieper river. Kherson’s mayor said the city would now be in the hands of a Russian military administration. In Kharkiv, a monitor from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was killed in a Russian strike as the city continues to suffer bombardment. Russia’s forces in the south are attempting to shut off Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea. Mariupol in the east is still surrounded, while an amphibious assault on Odessa could come as soon as today, according to U.S. officials. Logistical snags that have plagued Russian forces in Ukraine’s north have yet to improve, with a 40-mile military convoy headed in the direction of the capital Kyiv reportedly stalled. A U.S. defense official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, said that food and fuel shortages have disrupted the vehicles’ progress and confirmed that Ukrainian efforts to target the convoy with artillery had seen some success. Meanwhile, the refugee exodus shows no signs of stopping, as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi reported that the total number of those leaving Ukraine had reached more than 1 million. The death toll. As the information war proceeds in parallel with the destruction on the ground, both sides released contrasting Russian troop casualty numbers, with Russia’s defense ministry admitting to at least 498 dead and 1,597 injured while Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky gave a much higher figure: 6,000 dead. The truth is likely somewhere in between these two figures, but the fact Russia is announcing the figures at all is a turnaround from just a few days ago, when officials claimed zero casualties. Russia claims to have killed 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers and wounded roughly 3,700. There hasn’t been a corresponding claim from the Ukrainian side on their casualties sustained so far. See you in court? As the focus turns to civilians amid Russian shelling of Ukrainian cities, the International Criminal Court announced on Wednesday that it was opening an active investigation into war crimes committed against the civilian population, making it the 17th case the court is investigating around the world. The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has so far recorded 752 civilian deaths since the war broke out. It’s not clear what kind of justice the ICC could seek, since Russia (like China, India, Israel, and the United States), does not recognize the court. Ukraine, a country that has signed but not ratified the Rome Statute—the treaty establishing the court—has accepted the court’s jurisdiction in a previous case. Oligarchs under the spotlight. The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday announced the formation of a task force to track down and seize assets belonging to Russian oligarchs targeted by U.S. sanctions. (The group may want to begin with the state of South Dakota, which has fast become a money laundering mecca, according to Pandora papers leaks). The move comes as officials in Switzerland, another dark money haven, adopted EU sanctions on Russian individuals and entities, potentially freezing billions in assets. In the United Kingdom, whose capital has earned the nickname Londongrad for its soft approach on Russian oligarch investment in recent years, the government has been criticized for not moving quickly enough to target assets held there. Roman Abramovich, one of the world’s most famous oligarchs for his ownership of the Chelsea football club, is already attempting to get out of the limelight and away from sanctions. On Wednesday he announced he was selling the club after almost two decades as owner; he also appears to be hastily selling some of his exclusive London properties.

Taiwan is left with an American president whose incompetence jeopardizes the free society they’ve fought so hard to achieve.

As Russia continues its military onslaught against Ukraine, the impending threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has also become a hot topic among foreign policy analysts in legacy media. For years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made clear its intention to capture the island nation, with incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and threats of military force becoming more frequent in recent years. With the outbreak of war in Ukraine, however, there is growing concern that such long-held desires by China to forcefully annex Taiwan could materialize sooner than originally anticipated. Since the beginning of Russia’s blitzkrieg against Ukraine, the CCP has wasted no time in ramping up its propaganda efforts over its fictitious territorial claims to Taiwan. During a press conference last week, Beijing’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying publicly declared that “Taiwan is not Ukraine” when discussing comparisons between the two geopolitical flashpoints, while adding that Taiwan “has always been an inalienable part of China” and that such a claim “is an indisputable legal and historical fact.” China’s state-run media has also joined in the fray, with Global Times commentator Hu Xijin saying on Thursday that Taiwan should “get used to” People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft entering their airspace, while also threatening that there “may be more PLA aircraft fly there [Friday].” The tweet came in reply to a Thursday report from Taiwan’s defense ministry that documented nine PLA aircraft entering the southwestern region of the country’s ADIZ. In response to a potential uptick in military aggression from China, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has taken precautionary measures to maximize her nation’s regional and national security efforts. During a meeting with a working group tasked with overseeing the Ukraine crisis by her National Security Council last week, Tsai reportedly emphasized that all military and defense forces on the island “must raise their surveillance and early warning of military developments around the Taiwan Strait.” “But in the face of foreign forces intending to manipulate the situation in Ukraine and affect the morale of Taiwanese society, all government units must strengthen the prevention of cognitive warfare launched by foreign forces and local collaborators,” she said. Joe Biden’s Weakness Invites Aggression Whether it’s the invasion of Ukraine or the prospect of military action against Taiwan, the ability of rogue actors like Russia and China to advance their geopolitical goals without fear of significant consequence can be traced back to the weakness of one man: U.S. President Joe Biden. Throughout his short tenure as president, Biden has overwhelmingly failed to institute a foreign policy that instills fear and uncertainty in antagonistic nations on the international stage, thus leading to a much more unstable global political climate. As noted by Federalist senior editor John Daniel Davidson for instance, the current invasion of Ukraine can be directly attributed to the feckless approach to Russian aggression perpetuated by Biden and his administration. “[T]he United States needed to have a firm, steady hand in its dealings with Moscow,” writes Davidson. “In this, Biden failed miserably, coming into office with a lot of bluster about how he was going to take a firm line on Putin, that he alone knew how to deal with Moscow … The time to put pressure on Putin and declare that an invasion of Ukraine would be a ‘red line,’ has passed. Now, Biden is reduced to haggling publicly with our European allies over sanctions that will certainly be watered down given Europe’s energy dependence on Russia.” Coupled with his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and willingness to leave his own country’s borders wide open to potential foreign hostiles, Biden’s weakness telegraphs to the world that America isn’t led by a serious commander-in-chief who’s willing to enforce red lines when needed. For countries like China, which seeks to dethrone the United States as a regional and global hegemon, Biden’s four years in office are a political gift that permits them to fast-track and achieve objectives that were unattainable under the Trump administration. Taiwan Deserves Better U.S. Leadership For the people of Taiwan, the looming prospect of a Chinese invasion now threatens to destroy all that they’ve built over their nation’s history. What was once an island under strictly enforced martial law in 1949 has now become a fully-fledged democratic, capitalist society where the concepts of individualism and personal liberty are widely cherished. With Biden sitting in the White House, however, such remarkable accomplishments are now at risk more than ever. As Biden continues to fumble the ball on major foreign policy ventures and exemplify weak U.S. leadership to the world, Xi Jinping and the CCP are likely to become even more emboldened to escalate their military activities in the Taiwan Strait and accelerate plans for forced annexation of Taiwan. n

With its sovereignty and safety under increasing threat, the very least U.S. leadership could do for Taiwan is to emulate strength and dominance in the face of Chinese aggression. Instead, Taiwan is left with an American president whose incompetence jeopardizes the free society they’ve fought so hard to achieve. Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a student at the University of Mary Washington, where he plans to major in Political Science and minor in Journalism. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood

The weakness and incompetence of the Biden administration was irresistible to a tyrant like Vladimir Putin. And it may be to more tyrants, like Xi Jinping.

There is a plethora of misinformation in corporate media on the potential World War III. Shocking, I know. Let’s clear a few things up: Vladimir Putin hasn’t lost. The West did not pull together under Joe Biden’s “leadership.” But Ukraine has most definitely won the propaganda war. The weakness and incompetence of the Biden administration was irresistible to a tyrant like Putin. That left Ukraine pretty much on its own as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States were essentially irrelevant. The Ukrainian forces have exceeded expectations, but thus far Putin has not gone full Golden Horde on them. There is also a lot of smoke and mirrors in play, and as noted information warfare strategists Chuck D and Flavor Flav have advised, “Don’t believe the hype.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is no longer a former comedian, he’s a World War III rock star. When pictures of him in full battle rattle out with the troops were published, apparently the United States offered to whisk him to safety. His response was famously, “I don’t need a ride, I need ammo.” Add that to the Snake Island defenders telling a Russian warship threatening them to “Go f-ck yourselves” right before the shells started raining down. Then throw in a squad of supermodels carrying Kalashnikovs and 80-year-old guys showing up to fight with a couple of sandwiches and a bad attitude. That is a tremendous narrative of the plucky patriots fighting for their families and freedom. Those stories are all true, or maybe not. Zelensky is confirmed to have made his request for ammo, but the Snake Island heroes were captured, not killed. The supermodels are at least real on Instagram, and the same with the old guy and his lunch. At some level, perception is reality, and Ukraine has done a brilliant job of getting its message out. Now they are getting support based on the combination of information warfare and actual battlefield action. They seem to have stopped the Russian blitzkrieg. Kyiv has not fallen and the Russian advance appears to have stalled. There are also reports of major Russian casualties and destruction of equipment. But reports are not reality, and it’s worth examining them. Many came from the notoriously reliable interwebz and have run the gamut from unverified to happened seven years ago to absolute B.S. Information warfare is important in the modern social media battlespace, but it means less than the truth on the ground, which is far from certain. A few pictures of Russian vehicles abandoned by the road can be a sign their logistics aren’t up to snuff. Or show that when 10,000-plus vehicles are rolling through enemy territory, some break down or get ahead of fuel convoys. Video of Spetsnaz looting food from a store can show their troops are starving. Or it’s a reminder that Spetsnaz are commandos who operate well ahead of the chow wagons in the rear. It is clear that Ukraine was not toppled in a weekend, but that does not mean it couldn’t still be or that was even the goal. It has been my belief all along that Putin never wanted to own and occupy Ukraine. Assuming he does topple the government, and I think it’s premature to say he couldn’t, then he will face a massive insurgency. He was around for Afghanistan, and I can’t see why he would take that on again. He does want ownership of the two Russian-speaking provinces on his border with Ukraine in the west and official recognition of Crimea. Making a larger assault gives him bargaining chips to ensure he can trade a promise to not destroy the infrastructure for land deeds and removal of sanctions. There is talk of peace talks. Also, as if to punctuate his previous threat, Putin put his “defensive” nuclear forces on alert. However, talk is cheap until a deal turns into tanks rolling back to Mother Russia or at least back to the newer additions. But we can’t ignore that for the first time in decades mass formations of tanks rolled in Europe and the leader of a major power threatened nuclear attack. The damage and danger to Ukraine are huge. The return of nuclear brinksmanship is the real loss for the whole world. The failure to simply roll into Kyiv as the Russians thought they would is a major blow to their military morale and Putin’s image as the strong man. While the wins for Ukraine are not a bad thing, a wannabe tough guy with wounded pride could be. Putin now has to salvage something he can call a win and at a minimum now he needs to have Russian vehicles rolling in the streets of Kyiv. Even if he doesn’t topple the regime, that visual may be enough to salve his ego. But that means the gloves are all the way off and civilians are in the crosshairs. There are already credible reports of cluster munitions in built-up areas. We also must consider that Vlad wants a legacy worthy of his exalted image of himself as a major force in Russian history. Until now, he has done nothing worthy of that. Losing the Ukraine scrap is not an option for him. If it starts looking really bad, his inner megalomaniac may dominate. Making Russia the first country other than the United States to use a nuke in battle would certainly cement his spot in world history. You would have to go back to the fall of the Soviet Union for the last time there was a real concern that a rogue faction would grab nukes and use them. But this is the rightful(ish) leader threatening to use them against us or anyone else who intervenes. You can’t un-ring that bell. Neither the United State nor NATO was a serious threat to Putin’s plans, which is a problem. He can do a lot of damage without ever directly encroaching on a NATO country and triggering, theoretically, a response. And while Germany claiming they will spend 100 million euros on their military is a welcome sign, what if they had done so when President Trump pressured them to? Maybe a little peace through strength would have been an actual deterrent. Now we confront the worst-case scenario of a Dragon/Bear alliance between Russia and China. Xi and Putin met during the Olympics and Xi likely told Vlad. “Just hold off until after the closing ceremonies.” Then they made an energy deal to ensure Vlad had an outlet to replace Nordstream2. Love him or not, Donald Trump kept Putin, Xi, and even Kim Jong Un from causing major problems. He kept the Russians engaged and far from partnering up with the Communist Chinese. He put all of them on their back feet wondering kind of a deal might be possible but also worried what he might do if they stepped over the line. Biden can barely be certain what decade this is, let alone present a worthy adversary for these world-class tyrants. They are stealing Joe’s (and the world’s) lunch money while he wonders if today is butterscotch or chocolate pudding. This was mildly amusing during the campaign, but has gotten progressively more horrifying until now we approach a nuclear showdown. Sadly, the vision of Biden as Slim Pickens riding the nuke like a cowboy in Dr. Strangelove seems an actual possibility. What happens when Xi decides Taiwan and all its chip factories are perfectly ripe for the picking with no one even marginally competent to be found in the U.S. leadership? One year and one month have led us to the point where World War III is not a joke; it may have already started. That hype you can believe and the only thing we can do is “Fight the Power.” I don’t mean get ourselves in a war or even a skirmish at this point. We have to fight the woke left’s fundamental transformation of the United States into a toothless, doddering mirror image of Biden they can operate like a puppet. While the left is having a momentary spasm of bellicose fantasy, it is not real and will quickly pass. Their nature is to be subservient, and that is what they want America to be. We must fight against their view of America as the soy-latte sipping, artisanal arugula-nibbling, one nation among many. That means peace through strength, which just happens to be the best way to avoid getting drawn into anybody’s wars. But first we need to hope Biden doesn’t somehow throw more gas on this potential nuclear barbecue. Elections have consequences. Jim Hanson is president of Security Studies Group and served in U.S. Army Special Forces.