When Warring Whores Have Lost All Respect. Losers, Lies, And That Grain Thing.

Guilty Until Proven Non-Russian

From the same Truthout article mentioned in the previous post:

The Washington Post published an article on November 28 on the situation in Crimea that is a good example of the part-fact, mostly-fiction and falsehood that prevail in so much of mainstream media presentations of Russia, Ukraine and Crimea today.

The online edition of the article has the ominous title, “Crimea is becoming more Russian – and less hospitable to minorities.” The headline in the print edition is “Crimea’s uneasy slide into Russification.” Neither headline is proven in the published product.

The Propaganda War Over Crimea's Break From Ukraine | truthout.org

Playing on the prejudices they inculcated in Westerners and reinforce through pop culture and peer pressure, and knowing that a headline is all that most read and share and rely on to make up their minds on most things, it really is upsetting to see how much BS slips by, headlines being enough to confirm in the masses who passively absorb news the story that's readily imagined, believed to be logically deduced based on what is claimed and what they've been taught, and had repeated, which Hollywood amplified, and all pop culture embraced, and repeated, and so, such falsehoods turn into tacit truths, these making it hard to change one's mind or to adopt a different outlook.

People are willing to believe any lie, so long as it fits whatever fantasy they believe is the truth.

Bombard and saturate; the big bold sets the narrative. Details are for losers who are sure to harbour mistrust of the establishment, or be a fascist, a conspiracy theorist, a far-right freak, or all of the above.

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The press, pushing an agenda, that's conspiracy theorist looniness, right?

Yes, I'm aware that Iran and Ukraine aren't the same place, but I had the screenshot below on hand for an Iran-focused post that never got posted. What's there is but a tiny fraction.

Sure, stories put out by wire services like AP are massively reprinted, so why doesn't that just explain that? Because those that are invariably contain breaking news, not an op-ed analysis about something already underway that both majors and indie outlets reprint word for word. And, the title of wire pieces are changed by a significant portion of outlets so it reflects the outlet's political stance. Or if they don't have a reprint license with that wire service.

The summary varies on some, but all the ones I'd clicked on: exact same article. All pushing a one-sided and unfounded view of events promoting a take down of a government... for the good of US and the world.

Out of the hundreds of results, some are majors with a clear political leaning, some are brainless copy and paste "reporters" and lazy click seekers, no doubt, but some are CIA fronts, maybe other intelligence agencies in there, too, I'm certain of that. The Pentagon and CIA and the media... hundreds of publications and outlets under their control or influence.

If that's Destiny, Where's Babs?

With all that's happened and all that's done to manipulate our opinions and wants, and with the lies and Wall Street and endless wars against foes who've done less to deserve being bombed than some allies, and with all the lies—did I mention all those lies?—plus, with all the lies, too, I do have a hard time wrapping my head around someone like Steven "Destiny" Bonnell, who places a blind trust in the government, not understanding why so many don't these days as he looks down on all he over-qualifies as "anti-establishment".

Yet, despite his claim of being a politically-focused person, a superficial and isolated look at specific events currently reshaping the world in profound ways is all he offers, only touching on what's needed to bark his anger, relying on the top search result and  the work of press-pass-filtered, compliant stenographers to bully a reality based on the roots of one tree while missing the forest as he craps impatience on another and calls that discourse. Unless one holds the same establishment-approved interpretation of things as he, which then sees Bonnell inject a vague disagreement he can then argue as he reveals the profound fundamental hiding behind the vague. And win. Doing so just because he can, it feeds his ego, and small talk... Only serial killers are good at that! Right? Could just be me, though, but I always screech for help and run away real fast from people who talk about the weather. Maybe.

Don't get me wrong, I've a positive opinion of Bonnell, the person—for reasons that relate to moral character; he can be an ass—and see much of myself in his 'attitude', perhaps, as I, too, have been told that Bonnell can be an ass. Or something like that.

And he is involved in on-the-ground efforts, but it's not his political involvement, per se, that I criticise, but, no longer being just aware of him and having now absorbed enough material to provide a fair assessment, one thing that stands out is a lack of cohesion and direction, his streams often sliding one into a voyeur-like sense of intrusion, not engagement.

I mention him as it relates to mistrust and misinformation, impressions and biases, judgments and passive obstructions, patriotism and naiveté, and the meaninglessness of reason that fails to account for unreasoned human traits and dynamics; there's much to let one think that Bonnell is focused on 'winning' whatever discussion cum debate was had, thus willingly tossing "truth" or "accuracy" aside to score points, but that's not really his style.

What marks these moments is a blind trust in institutions and government, Bonnell, despite being fact-driven, showcasing at such times one of the dangers that come with the flipside of conspiracy-filled mistrust.

A striking example was had out of one of his conversations with The Serfs' Lance that centred around IBM's role in Nazi Germany. Bonnell trashed Lance's view regarding support for companies with such a past who'd never been held accountable. IBM had been hired to help with a census in 1933. In 1933! Years before the US saved the world and every country has a census and asks all those race details...

I would have fully agreed with Bonnell's stance, were the reality he idealised and naively assumed to be so been anywhere close to the truth.

Bonnell, seemingly, is convinced that the US became aware of the concentration camps only upon stumbling on them in mid 1944, while liberating Europe.

The issue is the manner in which he treated Lance, who should have been able to argue the relevant facts rather than look like a boob ignorantly standing up for some unfounded but "in" cause and establishing Bonnell's argument for him. However, his criticism of Lance may be the same I've voiced a few times, but the level of credulity demonstrated by Bonnell, which is the only thing that can explain his hostility toward Lance on the topic, is utterly baffling.

Well, not only was the "establishment" he adores formalised around that time, more to the point, here's a fact it does its best to not broadcast: The US government was undeniably well aware of the horrors occurring in concentration camps by 1937, arguably before then, and had knowledge of the labour camps from their onset.

The concentration camps operated from 1933 to 1944.

1933... IBM... Census. You do the math.

Several American corps aided the Nazis—business was good—even when forced to convert to war efforts (Ford was an Antisemite, don't you know) until the US government barred operations, as it looked bad for America even with the staunch Antisemitism present at the time, much of it pushed through the isolationist attitude arguing against US involvement. That was in 1937 if memory serves me right.

Companies like Ford merely halted operations without officially closing their German branches, and they made big bucks with war reparations afterwards to boot, and immediately resumed business in Germany.

One major oil company—I forget which; Standard, maybe—ran oil illegally to the Nazis via Spain, the owner glad to be doing their part to diminish the Jewish population.

If Bonnell couldn't face that reality, which I assumed was common knowledge for people willingly partaking in certain forms of discourse if armed with a certain attitude, how will he handle what came afterwards, including the bit about the Nazis that the US saved from a trial, offering them cushy jobs across the globe, in US institutions, too.

Considering what I mentioned—which is verifiable—in terms of "info gap" and forces that shape our impressions, perhaps there's a very valid reason why distrust in current establishments across several countries is at a high at this particular juncture in history, and maybe Bonnell tries so hard to be more grounded than everyone else that he ends up being out of touch with several facets of a very real reality, and what connects them?

The info war is real.

Making his platform one hell of a wasted weapon.

Also, Biden managed to sever the divide that still held the progressive groups together—the third-party push and the intensity of the momentum it's gaining has Biden to thank most—and he's the one who's responsible for splitting the world in two. The inability to deliver more than BS on those things people are begging to see materialise, and a direct consequence of his piss-poor foreign policy and empty insults flung at key leaders, plus all the side-steps and faux-pas. And even between Dems and GOP, he's said less divisive things lately, but not so for the first half, and the effect is there, so is the bitterness, even if one year later.

He should give it a rest with his Biden the Great Uniter and Provider bit. Find an actual positive point to sell Biden on in an effort to retain some dignity, at least.

Maybe there's something in the Biden Bunch that Bonnell sees and I'm missing, but, had a more normal presidency preceded and provided the contrast, the folly and direction of this admin would no doubt have been more clear.

One leads to a corporate authoritarianism and police state, the other to a nationalist populist fascism.

One of the two already has us on an escalatory path to WWIII. Wanna guess which one?

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Janet Yellen's triple bow that earned her some ridicule. Nothing major, i thought; these things happen to everyone.

A week later, mainstream headlines claim that Yellen had been fed magic mushrooms in a Beijing restaurant the previous day and she was "tripping", which explains the excessive bowing.

That story, to me, is when the US empire officially trumpeted its end.

A high official like Yellen. The story spreading through media the way it did. The potential diplomatic backlash and impact on trust... As one aid leaves Beijing, Biden insults Xi, then the other aid comes back, an the media insinuates she'd been fed magic mushrooms, which, think about it... three bows. That's pure fried & flying behaviour, man.

Saving face at all cost while taking any opportunity to make some foe look bad. It's gotten to be beyond pathetic. 

Have some self-respect.

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Yesterday, another attack was made on the Kerch bridge that connects to Crimea. Remote-controlled underwater drones broke through Russian defenses.

A teenage girl, her parents instantly killed when the bridge exploded precisely below where the family's car found itself, screamed in agony, her weight resting on a chunk of glass that cut into her abdomen, having been projected forward and through the windshield upon the explosion. She is now in critical care.

The damage is sure to severely hamper traffic for some time, but not render the bridge inoperable.

The Ukrainians had managed to successfully hit Kerch bridge by using the agreed-upon grain corridor—designated as a safety zone—to mount their attack; US intelligence were aware of the plan..

By all counts, this qualifies as a terrorist act; Ukrainians see the bridge as viable military target.

It's a stupid, pointless military act—this was a slap against Putin—only resulting in more deaths and no other gains, is my view. 

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A report by the Institute of Advanced Information Obfuscation and Strategic Reformulation (IOAx2SR) concluded that Russian and Iranian drones are pilotless. The report also finds that Chinese missiles are racist; not one of them is aimed at a Chinese person.

Honestly. The arrogance and double standards we're now privy to (right)... So painfully pathetic and shameful.

Sigh.

I give up. Please nuke us all.

Maybe.    

Innocence is Non-Guilty Until Proven Russian

On 29-Jun-2023, in an interview with France24, Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director, indirectly accused the Kiev regime of lying about Russian preparations to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant when he denied the existence of any observable or recorded proof of such a plan having been adopted or enacted by the Russians.

The IAEA now has personnel on site since last year; Grossi states that they report on the plant's status and any related activities on a daily basis.

This time, the cry of "wolf" fell in the "one time too many" count, Ukrainian's Zeeskyy not managing to stir the panic he'd wanted to, no doubt hoping that the obvious menace and global threat that is a nuclear-power-plant-exploding Putin would push NATO into welcoming Ukraine with full membership ASAP, formalising the affair at the NATO summit that was just underway in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Some things are only funny once, maybe twice. Hmmm. Is that the right word? "Funny" doesn't seem right somehow. What's a synonym for "psychotically deceptive"?

Faced with the reality, Western mainstream media announced, "Ukraine and Russia Trade Accusations of Imminent Attacks..."

In early March of 2022, Western media reported that "Russian troops were accused of attacking the [Zaporozhye] plant, in an assault Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy branded 'nuclear terror' and said could endanger the continent." (Al Jazeera)

CNN had this headline: "How dangerous was Russia’s attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant?"

Western media presented footage that suggested a Russian attack; Russian and non-Western press showed footage that debunked such claims, but no matter, Westerners foamed at the mouth—Putin was risking the world for a Czar fantasy—and, so, normal and reasoned non-Dictator lovers openly wished assassins would take out Putin, the ricochet taking care of his supporters... those in the West, too. Yeah, sure. All's normal with those normal people.  

Following that event, once all the political diddling about being blocked access by a Russia with a wide open door could no longer be abused by the Biden Bunch & Bendable Buddies (BB & BB), along with their loyal liberal press, the IAEA arrived on site and examined the state of things, then investigated the traces and scars left on plant buildings and the terrain, and produced a report that must have demanded painful mental pops and twisting efforts in order to detail damage done by Ukraine whilst never laying blame on them, and, retaining one's sense of integrity, specify that Russia isn't responsible while blaming Russia for everything.

Of course these types of organisations play a far greater political role than not, but this aspect, especially when scientific bodies are involved, is often imposed on researchers/staff, and part of a common gripe, minus the few brown-nosers or intelligence-linked people.

Amnesty International's (A.I.) infamous report, accusing Ukraine of war crimes, which they were committing by using civilians as human shields, presents another instance where one's personal ethics and sense of duty were clearly in conflict with the political demands of the organization they represented, A.I. being tightly linked with UK and US intelligence.

In that initial takeover that had been built up by Kyiv and the West as crazy Putin seizing control of nuclear power plants to blow them up , the damage that had been inflicted on the plant, however, had clearly been the work of Ukrainian soldiers, which is what the report had reflected although the finger had been wagged at Russia for having 'parked military hardware' so close to the plant.

Ukraine, collective West leaders, and the lemmings who continually fall for, and help push, the same BS, all of them eagerly clutched on to that 'proximity' issue, disregarding the rest as if never mentioned, and all blamed Putin and Russia all the more, for they were putting the security of all at risk by placing air-defense systems and armoured vehicles near the plant, including armed soldiers, too, thus establishing clear and obvious targets that were simply begging Ukraine forces to continue their attacks on the plant as they continued to blame the Russians while the collective West continued to hiss their anti-Putin venom and voiced a need for him to be taken down, for the safety of the world.

With Ukraine continually accusing Russian troops of attacking or planning to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant they controlled, and Russia firmly denying the charges and providing proof the West ignored, the IAEA, getting nowhere with the safety zone they tried to implement, just told both sides to be good, to aim away from the plant (then crossed fingers and ran away).

In March, Rafael Grossi had said that the "idea was no longer being considered. Instead of establishing a safe zone, the IAEA now wants Kiev and Moscow to promise not to target the plant, or use it for staging attacks."

On 19-Oct-2022, Kyiv mounted a major offensive aiming to reclaim control of the plant; two Ukrainian companies with 37 boats attempted an amphibious operation at night.

"The assault was supported by Ukrainian artillery, including US-made HIMARS systems, but Russian resistance resulted in only a fraction of the Ukrainian force coming ashore."

Their efforts had presented extreme danger for the plant, more so the due to the desperation. It was a failure, resulting in the death of 90 Ukrainian soldiers and the loss of 14 boats.

Despite the attack getting no mention in the West, Russia had been blamed for that, too, but, at the time, that was secondary to the threat of firing nuclear missiles all over the free world that Putin never made. But interpretation is what counts.

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Like that attack Russia had launched on Poland. Remember that? How Zeeskyy kept pushing the lie the world already knew to be false?

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On 16-Jul-2023, Forbes revived the fear with the headline: "Putin’s Threats To Zaporizhhia Nuclear Power Plant Endangers Energy Transition."

The article is just an empty bit of anti-Russian propaganda that uses the plant as a pretext to peddle nuclear fear and remind all who the real evil monster is that's threatening all our lives with nuclear war. Anyone with a brain should know this is a backwards view of things. Again.

The piece states:

Since the invasion, Russia has consistently threatened nuclear retaliation and escalated its rhetoric toward the West with nuclear threats as its conventional army flounders. According to Ukrainian officials, Russian troops dug trenches at, and spread radiation from, the infamous Chornobyl nuclear plant during their initial attack on Kyiv. They recklessly attacked the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in March 2022 even as technicians were livestreamed begging the Russians to stop endangering the safety of Europe by shooting at the plant.

Please find me one such unequivocal threat made by Putin. Not a mention in liberal media that Putin made such a threat, and not a "well, it seems to me it's what he meant' interpretation; a direct quote or a clip of Putin saying so.

The Western Bunch of idiots are the ones who've been throwing threats and blowing up and twisting any retort into evil threats the media then runs wild with, repeating such claims, reminding you, and repeat the claims, and remind you how it was non-stop. The threats. The horror.

This kind of scenario:

USA Bob: "Leave Ukraine. We wouldn't want things to escalate to a nuclear war, would we?

Russia Bob: "If you go there, we will retaliate in kind."

USA Bob: "Holy cow! He's insane! Listen up world, Bob the Thug is threatening to destroy the world with nuclear weapons unless we give him Europe."

Western Media: "Bad Bob tells Deputy God Bob: I have a nuclear missile pointed at your head, and that of the world."

That's the kind of thing I'd expect from a little girl, not from a grown little girl sniffer. As far as those media people go: shameless whores; I'm sure that's what you called it, the title you aspired to be when deciding to go into the news info field. What's next? Senior Shameless Whore? Dir. of Shameless Whoring? Pimp?

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British journalist/analyst Anatol Lieven, a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, had made a trip to Ukraine in the spring, which he discussed in a Zero Hour with RJ Eskow interview that was posted on 9-May-2023; Lieven commented:

“I can't comment on the actual Battlefield because I wasn't allowed, so, there, I only know, you know, what I heard from military veterans. I wouldn't say that anything was transformational, but there were certainly interesting aspects to it. I mean, one, obviously, was the limited damage done to most Ukrainian cities and the extent to which, you know, normal life was just proceeding… I was struck! I must say by the extent to which the Elites in Kiev are still living very much the high-life if you look at luxury restaurants and food Shops… I went off to the ballet in Kiev.”

(note: fillers and such were removed for clarity but the speaker’s comment was kept intact.)

Video: The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: "Anatol Lieven: Update from Ukraine"

Lieven also mentions being struck by the Russian army's incompetence, as, according to him,  they were clearly aiming for buildings but all the hits, as evidenced by the craters, were in open areas and surrounding the buildings, but they'd been unable to hit their obvious target.

That says much about how we interpret things, and the power of inculcation. 

Could it be that Russia has been, as much as it could, doing what it claimed: Its best to avoid civilian casualties and buildings?

I've seen footage of Ukrainian tanks firing on buildings, ditto for Ukrainian soldiers with rocket launchers.

Recall the Amnesty International report I mentioned, and recall how Russia was to blame for a nuclear plant explosion if Ukrainians attacked the military hardware parked nearby.

Recall those telling you that the horror stories about Russia savagely attacking hospitals and schools were BS, the Ukrainians putting their own people in danger—forcing some civilians to remain in villages where fighting was happening—the humanitarian aspect forced by Ukraine then shamelessly exploited by Kyiv and the West, the headlines bombarding us all non stop.

Perhaps, with the passage of time and more info, reconsidering the Amnesty evidence and the implications with a more reasoned detachment, there emerges a clearer picture?

The Ukrainian military has endangered Ukrainian civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas - including in schools and hospitals - as it has sought to repel the Russian invasion, Amnesty International said today.

Ukraine’s tactics have violated international humanitarian law as they’ve turned civilian objects into military targets. The ensuing Russian strikes in populated areas have killed civilians and destroyed civilian infrastructure.

AI Secretary General Agnès Callamard warned Ukraine that "being in a defensive position does not exempt the Ukrainian army from respecting international humanitarian law." For the organization, there is evidence that the Ukrainian Army has launched attacks "from populated residential areas and have settled in civilian buildings in 19 towns and villages in the regions".

Ukraine: military endangering civilians by locating forces in residential areas - new research | Amnesty International UK

The report also condemns Russia, and I'm certain there are cases where such is deserved, but the image of crazed savages painted by the West... I've seen more evidence of that from Ukraine's side.

Claiming Innocence, but the World Sees the Guilty

The reason why Russia dropped out of the grain agreement is simple: They demanded a clear guarantee from the US and its NATO that Ukraine would stop using the "green zone" that is the grain corridor to launch attacks on Crimea.

Mainstream media explained it as "Putin evil" or "Moscow has been dissatisfied with the grain export pact saying it has hampered its agricultural sector." 

Russia's demand had been ignored; the immediate condemnations—Putin is willingly starving millions—each one filled with the same omissions, that should have made it clear: the West provoked the reaction it now uses to demonize Putin and Russia, some more.   

Absolutely fucking shameful.