The headline shouts the indisputable truth of the situation that the West continues to choke on, which is why its suggestions for a “peace” arrived at along the same lines as the Minsk Agreements—which were made into International Law via unanimous approval at the UNSC—will be rejected pro forma by Russia as Lavrov makes clear in his
thanks karl.. i liked lavrovs early response comparing the negotiations to " The logic is the same as in the case of the Minsk agreements." in other words - they are not interested in negotiations and continue to not be interested in negotiations... follow their actions, not their words.. smart man lavrov..
Regarding international sports and Olympics, in the last few decades they have become pure money-laundering schemes, in my humble opinion.
Just look at what has happened in Italy with "Calciopoli" or the FIFA scandals with Blatter, Platini or the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, where even MEPs were involved in corruption. Do I need to say anything else?
My game remains basketball despite everything, although I no longer watch on TV. TV ruined it when it began broadcasting commercials during foul shots. I'll listen to radio like I did when I was a kid and watch Gamecast if I want stats.
Watching my beloved Miami Dolphins, I mute the TV and listen to a much better commentary from AM radio. Come commercial time, I mute it as well. Done this for years.
The many issues facing the earth call for a new cosmology. The new cosmology will be created by humans and non-humans (microbes, animals, air, soil, etc. ) thus the importance of cosmopolitics.
The recent substacks posted here show progress in this arena by Russia and China, The US is stuck in its colonial/capitalist systems.
Good write up as always. Thanks. Some of your stuff isn't exactly easy reading but always informative. It is opening my eyes to a wider world and am grateful for that.
Gymnastics isn't an easy sport and like martial arts has different levels of mastery. The same goes for learning. Most of the complicated material is never taught, so people have to find out for themselves, which is a very difficult task if it's chosen by people. People must WANT to know what they don't. You are one that wants to know, and I thank you for your choice!
Recall that at the UNGA presser Lavrov said that NATO’s aim is to defeat Russia on the battlefield and that Russia is ready for NATO to try.
Absolutely wonderful quote, worth repeating. MSM in the West is not picking up any of these most memorable quotes, demonstrating strict adherence to the meme of 'necessary' Western dominance.
NATO will make more strongly worded, bellicose statements and to prove its viability as a 'deterrent' schedule bigger war games. That will show everyone that NATO means business.
I had intended to write something rather different today aimed at further educating readers to the uniqueness of Russia's governing system, but Lavrov's interview and b's article got elevated.
Cutting down the frequency would give me a small chance of figuring out where you are going. You are already operating at a higher level abstraction than what I am used to. Fifty some years ago were different times.
Well, I usually have a plan then there're the events of the day I discover with my morning coffee which many times take precedent. Then there're the chores/duties of life/living in a relationship that also need managing. Today, for example, is my shopping day and also gym day that will consume most of my morning. So far, I've read nothing of great importance, so what I have planned might finally get published later today.
The current loggerheads of the US-RF polemic cannot last forever. The peoples of both nations--as opposed to the few neocons currently in charge in the US State Dep't.-- just want to get on with their lives:
" I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin' with tanks…"
~~The Call
Too much fortune & blood expenditures benefits only the few elites connected to dot gov.
For every Lavrov, there certainly (hopefully) exists those on the side of the West of equal demeanor.
We exist, but we have no agency, command no power, are marginalized. Since WW2, the ability of commonfolk to be heard within the governing structures of the West has shrunk to the point where it's almost non-existent. Was it Post-War prosperity or Post-War indoctrination combined with the aggressiveness of those who saved Nazism that neutered the voices of people?
Admittedly, I have a big mouth and am no shrinking violet to express my opinion(s).
Having been banned from ZH numerous times--as well as currently from TWTR for the...5th, 6th time?...I'll soldier on 'til my last breath. Substacks such as yours have become the new public forums and long may you and they run.
WRT "We exist, but we have no agency, command no power, are marginalized" reminds me of the, now, classical concepts of 'alienation' and 'anomie', both describing the same social psychological end-point from separate POVs. As to whether it was "Post-War prosperity or Post-War indoctrination... that neutered the voices of people?" one would have to ask: to what extent have the voices of the people have been neutered - although I would use the word manipulated - since WWII more than they were prior to said war?
Radhika Desai (Capitalism, Coronavirus & War) suggests that capitalism was already in crisis by 1914. Implicitly then - assuming the validity of concepts - alienation and anomie would have already reached their event horizon as social phenomenon.
It's a curiosity that the instigation of WW1 led to both the Russian and Chinese revolutions in much the same way that pope Urban2's call to crusade led - over a longer time period - to The Reformation and eventually to the end of Feudalism. A bit of an own goal!
Again, this topic deserves much longer treatment than a comment. Manipulated is a much better term and it began before WW1 within the USA--1880s. Desai's correct to a degree as the move to Neoliberalism that began about the same time, 1880s, undermined industrial capitalism in the core nation which was the UK at the time and meandered over to the USA where its initial triumph was with the establishment of the Fed in 1913. WW1 had huge impacts on a great many things that set the stage for WW2 and its aftermath. Essentially, the study of WW2 relegated the study of WW1 to the bushes and much remains to be fleshed out still. The study of modern history is very complex and time-consuming and thus doesn't lend itself to easy explanations, which unfortunately are what the public prefers.
Agreed on all counts. Thanks for this reply it contains information that relates to the light research I'm doing WRT to the papal bulls you referred to earlier. More grist for my mill.
When Desai speaks of Imperialism's crisis, she's referring to the fact that there were no more societies to colonize other than the colonial nations themselves, which led to the development of Neocolonialism, which the USA started after WW1 with its Dollar Diplomacy doctrine--one could argue that it began even before with the USA's Open Door policy--so it could wedge its way into China-- which in some respects still exists.
So, does that mean 'imperialism' and 'capitalism' are the Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum of economics? I can see that they were inseparable during capitalism's development phase and operated as an historical extension of the papacy's ambition to form a new spiritual empire to mirror Rome's classical empire; hence its use of Europe's feudal kingdoms to extend its spatial influence. Hopefully the Multi-polar vision transforms the expansionist tendency into a purely business-based activity from its current MIC-based protecction racket activity.
thanks karl.. i liked lavrovs early response comparing the negotiations to " The logic is the same as in the case of the Minsk agreements." in other words - they are not interested in negotiations and continue to not be interested in negotiations... follow their actions, not their words.. smart man lavrov..
Regarding international sports and Olympics, in the last few decades they have become pure money-laundering schemes, in my humble opinion.
Just look at what has happened in Italy with "Calciopoli" or the FIFA scandals with Blatter, Platini or the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, where even MEPs were involved in corruption. Do I need to say anything else?
My game remains basketball despite everything, although I no longer watch on TV. TV ruined it when it began broadcasting commercials during foul shots. I'll listen to radio like I did when I was a kid and watch Gamecast if I want stats.
Watching my beloved Miami Dolphins, I mute the TV and listen to a much better commentary from AM radio. Come commercial time, I mute it as well. Done this for years.
I have stopped watching sports many years ago!
The many issues facing the earth call for a new cosmology. The new cosmology will be created by humans and non-humans (microbes, animals, air, soil, etc. ) thus the importance of cosmopolitics.
The recent substacks posted here show progress in this arena by Russia and China, The US is stuck in its colonial/capitalist systems.
Good write up as always. Thanks. Some of your stuff isn't exactly easy reading but always informative. It is opening my eyes to a wider world and am grateful for that.
Gymnastics isn't an easy sport and like martial arts has different levels of mastery. The same goes for learning. Most of the complicated material is never taught, so people have to find out for themselves, which is a very difficult task if it's chosen by people. People must WANT to know what they don't. You are one that wants to know, and I thank you for your choice!
Recall that at the UNGA presser Lavrov said that NATO’s aim is to defeat Russia on the battlefield and that Russia is ready for NATO to try.
Absolutely wonderful quote, worth repeating. MSM in the West is not picking up any of these most memorable quotes, demonstrating strict adherence to the meme of 'necessary' Western dominance.
NATO will make more strongly worded, bellicose statements and to prove its viability as a 'deterrent' schedule bigger war games. That will show everyone that NATO means business.
I had intended to write something rather different today aimed at further educating readers to the uniqueness of Russia's governing system, but Lavrov's interview and b's article got elevated.
Good thing. I cannot keep up with you as it is.
Cutting down the frequency would give me a small chance of figuring out where you are going. You are already operating at a higher level abstraction than what I am used to. Fifty some years ago were different times.
Well, I usually have a plan then there're the events of the day I discover with my morning coffee which many times take precedent. Then there're the chores/duties of life/living in a relationship that also need managing. Today, for example, is my shopping day and also gym day that will consume most of my morning. So far, I've read nothing of great importance, so what I have planned might finally get published later today.
The current loggerheads of the US-RF polemic cannot last forever. The peoples of both nations--as opposed to the few neocons currently in charge in the US State Dep't.-- just want to get on with their lives:
" I don't think there are any Russians
And there ain't no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin' with tanks…"
~~The Call
Too much fortune & blood expenditures benefits only the few elites connected to dot gov.
For every Lavrov, there certainly (hopefully) exists those on the side of the West of equal demeanor.
We exist, but we have no agency, command no power, are marginalized. Since WW2, the ability of commonfolk to be heard within the governing structures of the West has shrunk to the point where it's almost non-existent. Was it Post-War prosperity or Post-War indoctrination combined with the aggressiveness of those who saved Nazism that neutered the voices of people?
Admittedly, I have a big mouth and am no shrinking violet to express my opinion(s).
Having been banned from ZH numerous times--as well as currently from TWTR for the...5th, 6th time?...I'll soldier on 'til my last breath. Substacks such as yours have become the new public forums and long may you and they run.
WRT "We exist, but we have no agency, command no power, are marginalized" reminds me of the, now, classical concepts of 'alienation' and 'anomie', both describing the same social psychological end-point from separate POVs. As to whether it was "Post-War prosperity or Post-War indoctrination... that neutered the voices of people?" one would have to ask: to what extent have the voices of the people have been neutered - although I would use the word manipulated - since WWII more than they were prior to said war?
Radhika Desai (Capitalism, Coronavirus & War) suggests that capitalism was already in crisis by 1914. Implicitly then - assuming the validity of concepts - alienation and anomie would have already reached their event horizon as social phenomenon.
It's a curiosity that the instigation of WW1 led to both the Russian and Chinese revolutions in much the same way that pope Urban2's call to crusade led - over a longer time period - to The Reformation and eventually to the end of Feudalism. A bit of an own goal!
We do live in interesting times.
Again, this topic deserves much longer treatment than a comment. Manipulated is a much better term and it began before WW1 within the USA--1880s. Desai's correct to a degree as the move to Neoliberalism that began about the same time, 1880s, undermined industrial capitalism in the core nation which was the UK at the time and meandered over to the USA where its initial triumph was with the establishment of the Fed in 1913. WW1 had huge impacts on a great many things that set the stage for WW2 and its aftermath. Essentially, the study of WW2 relegated the study of WW1 to the bushes and much remains to be fleshed out still. The study of modern history is very complex and time-consuming and thus doesn't lend itself to easy explanations, which unfortunately are what the public prefers.
Agreed on all counts. Thanks for this reply it contains information that relates to the light research I'm doing WRT to the papal bulls you referred to earlier. More grist for my mill.
When Desai speaks of Imperialism's crisis, she's referring to the fact that there were no more societies to colonize other than the colonial nations themselves, which led to the development of Neocolonialism, which the USA started after WW1 with its Dollar Diplomacy doctrine--one could argue that it began even before with the USA's Open Door policy--so it could wedge its way into China-- which in some respects still exists.
So, does that mean 'imperialism' and 'capitalism' are the Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum of economics? I can see that they were inseparable during capitalism's development phase and operated as an historical extension of the papacy's ambition to form a new spiritual empire to mirror Rome's classical empire; hence its use of Europe's feudal kingdoms to extend its spatial influence. Hopefully the Multi-polar vision transforms the expansionist tendency into a purely business-based activity from its current MIC-based protecction racket activity.