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" humans are the problem, get rid of humans"
yes we have met the enemy and its us.....
Bakhmut is Russia's battle of the somme.
First Kyiv was the main prize now its a slog over some town for 6 months.
It might come down to a case of whoever slogs longest wins. . . .what might the numbers tell us?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...f=upstract.com
New Zealand likes to use Finland as a comparison. . . maybe Denmark works too?
https://www.globalfirepower.com/coun...y2=new-zealand
https://www.globalfirepower.com/coun...y2=new-zealand
Are things warming up on the edge of the roof of the world?
https://www.dawn.com/news/1745860/in...isputed-border
ANZUS? AUKUS? What would you call it if New Zealand joined? Or sort of joined? Or camped on the lawn.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/the-...to-join-aukus/
Don't mention her ... while I used to think that some (not all) of the Green policies are sensible, being a white cis male (and not even ashamed of it), I am clearly not welcome in her party.
So difficult these days to find any useful politicians ... though i guess they all can be used as bad examples :) ;
From my armchair general view, the famed land bridge is just waiting for a split in the center ...
Much of the world is sad that the Europeans are having a war, but relieved that they're having it in Europe. For a change. The Economist enumerates. . .
https://www.economist.com/internatio...shrinking-crew
Does economics feature as part of geopolitics? Is a natural interest rate of 0.3% a risk? What does the IMF know, anyway?
https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Article...ation-is-tamed
“Catastrophe looms as China encircles Taiwan”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/3...circles-taiwan
DID Russia kill the Polish PM and delegation in 2010... surely not ... it defies logic ... but is there any logic left?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYjT7NUxtS0
UKE Troops massing , thousands of them on a training ground...
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Ai is a major major problem looming... AI is learning to override its commands and do what benefits itself.. AI is programmed to lie and spread mis info...
And it will make us unemployed...
In some ways Elon musk is doing some good work for humanity... the elite dont care about AI regulation its obv they wanted us gone many years ago..
A view from Washington. . . looking to the west as usual, out across the shining Pacific
https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/chin...r-competition/
Will the Australians do some thinking and decide that a bomber is a better, cheaper, submarine than a submarine?
But could it be carbon neutral?
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/impac...ions-australia
I’ll have chips with mine - but can you microsize the order?
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/...silicon-valley
The finest minds in the US Air Force think about thinking about China
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JIP...y-and-informa/
Turkey opposition candidate pulls out with 3 days to go... boosting the chance of a new president and shift towards the EU and west.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/...sidential-race
The legislative elections are still an issue where erdogans band of dregs could have a majority.
In stock market terms though, TUR up 10% in one day.
There's no inflation here & everyone trusts the banks & tax department ???
Does it remind anyone there of another European country in the 1940's?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russi...040000551.html
Russian coup building ? Dissention by Prigozhin ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...ust-be-stopped
Russia investigates Wagner chief for ‘armed mutiny’ after call for attack on military
FSB opens criminal case after Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses Russia’s military of rocket attack and says ‘evil’ leadership must be stopped
Pjotr Sauer
Fri 23 Jun 2023 20.32 BSTLast modified on Sat 24 Jun 2023 00.10 BST
Russia’s FSB security service has opened a criminal case for armed mutiny against Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin after the mercenary chief accused the Russian military of targeting his forces and vowed to “destroy” his rivals.
In an extraordinary series of audio clips released late on Friday, Prigozhin claimed that a Russian rocket attack had killed scores of his fighters, vowing to take “revenge” and “stop the evil brought by the military leadership of the country”.
“Those who destroyed today our guys, who destroyed tens, tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished. I’m asking: no one resist,” Prigozhin said.
Prigozhin also published a video, which he claims shows the aftermath of the rocket attack on a Wagner camp in Russia’s southern Rostov region.
In a virtual declaration of war against his rivals in the Russian military, Prigozhin said he controlled 25,000 fighters and that together “we are going to figure out why the chaos is happening in the country”.
“Anyone who wants should join. We need to end this mess,” he said.
“Everyone who will try to resist, we will consider them a danger and destroy them immediately, including any checkpoints on our way. And any aviation that we see above our heads,” he added.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...geny-prigozhin
The next president ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin
GHT !
Dear Hog.Are you serious or taking the mickey.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...08657ec7321f12
Earlier on Friday, Prigozhin had accused Moscow’s leadership of lying to the public about the justifications for invading Ukraine. He dismissed Moscow’s claims that Kyiv was planning to launch an offensive on the Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine in February 2022, saying: “The ministry of defence is trying to deceive the public and the president and spin the story that there was insane levels of aggression from the Ukrainian side and that they were going to attack us together with the whole Nato block.”
After taking over Southern District Military Command at Rostov-On-Don,
Over 350km north of Rostov in Voronezh Oblast, it appears that a separate group of Wagner forces are pushing north on the M4 highway (heading toward Moscow), engaging Russian forces outside of Pavlovsk at the moment.
Over on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/s...613416960?s=20
Prigozhin 'Public' address of situ at Rostov-On-Don (Twitter)
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/statu...123516934?s=20
Last item - then over to you...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ust-be-stopped
I reckon warthog needs to disclose something.
Or indeed it ain't warthog ......mmmmm
Go the Crusaders.....
I wonder if Zelenskyy had telephoned number 10 and sought clearance to use Storm Shadow missiles to clear a path for Prigozhin on the Moscow Road.
After all it is in the interest of Rishi and friends the next battle fought by the Russian Army is on the wooded steppes around Moscow rather than the bread basket of Ukraine.
Boop boop de do
Marilyn
Also it is better for Rishi Sunak to have a Russian distraction than for him to face up either to the car crash policies the Conservative government has visited on the UK itself or to admit to the arrogant dishonesty of the PM who was at the centre of it all and under whom he served.
Prigozhin/Wagner had a disagreement with Shoigu, not Putin.
But now, Putin has a disagreement with Prigozhin/Wagner. It never was even close to an existential issue for Putin yet the West would have him on the brink of being toppled.
The Western media/internet is rife with anti-Putin/anti-Russia narratives. It's for consumption.
The hog has no affiliation or association with any of the parties, politically or otherwise.
If you know any smart, self-aware Russians, ask them what's going on.
No one's anti Russia but everyone is anti bombing women and children from a safe distance and all the other heinous acts being carried out by Russian people/mercenaries commanded by total lunatics with nukes. If you think its propaganda you need a proper gander. Da. Plus really, smart? Self aware? How can they be when they are fed rubbish from the day they are born?
Sorry, you're pretty much completely wrong. There are people for example neocons and others who are ideologically opposed to an independent Russia irrespective of how Russia is managed economically or politically. They want Russia's resources and do not appreciate having any opposition.
Yes of course nobody likes war. However, Trotsky noted even if you're not interested in war, war is interested in you.
Lunatics with nukes? Doesn't appear you're aware of the Nixon-Kissinger discussion recordings.
If you still can't see it, maybe consider the US reaction to even the suggestion of Chinese presence in Cuba (even though it is a Western sigint narrative) vs. China now completely encircled physically by US "total lunatics with nukes", and now of course NATO on Russia's land border.
Honestly, it's a joke that there are supposed intelligent people on this forum who refuse to see reality such is their blinkered, ideological vision. The mind boggles how they must do in terms of their investments.
Oh dear ... looks like Putin needs now to revert to hogs to do his dirty deeds.
So far the warthog is just spreading rubbish. Wonder however how all the war criminals started who are raping and killing innocent women and children in the Ukraine. Maybe they started as well as Putinbots?
Warthog, do you get paid for spreading this nonsense, or are you really misinformed enough to believe what you write? Let us know how the working conditions for Putinbots are ...
Dear Hog...did you work for RNZ in recent times.
BTW how many times have you been to Russia.
How much do you believe putin and his mates have stolen from the Russian people...1 or 2 trillion ?.
Cheers.
"The hog has no affiliation or association with any of the parties, politically or otherwise."
It's sad that on this forum people how quickly people resort to ad-hominem, hackneyed attacks.
Still, given the extent to which many people here lap up media articles, mainstream narratives and other junk, it's unsurprising.
Shame on them. This forum used to be an exchange of thoughtful, considered and respectful discussion, not trash-talk and other nonsense.
The departure of skilled, considerate and humble posters like Phaedrus, Noodles and others should have served as a warning sign that returning to a forum that I joined two decades ago for the quality of its discussion was an important yet fundamental mistake.
However, the hog learns from experience.
No more wars Please.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/wa...s/cost-victory
We all miss Phaedrus.
Does anyone know how he is.
Hog re the debate...Without wishing to appear grandiose ..to debate this with you any further is fruitless...akin in my opinion in debating with a conspiracy theorist.
cheers.
"covid hoax" sums it nicely.
Have you been to Russia.
Turning around to Belarus.. shouldn't have done that.
Putin now has plenty of time to arrange for a "special delivery" for Prigozhin.
"Never thought that Putin cheerleaders can be funny - or is it just incredibly stupid? Never mind, most stupid post I saw in a while" - Blackpeter.
First "negative" feedback the hog has had in 20 years. Fine, the hog has no issues with it, but let's make it open shall we?
Good luck Blackpeter. May your life be long and happy.
Let’s open a give a little page and bring the Wagner group to NZ and sort the labour caucus or some of them out.
"The hog has no affiliation or association with any of the parties, politically or otherwise."
Can you even read?
I'd have some respect for you if you just honestly stated that you simply consider that your views are more important than other people's, irrespective of how much you diminish, misrepresent and misunderstand them.
So everyone whose views you don't like sides with war criminals.
Anyone who has views you disagree with is a conspiracy theorist.
You have values but anyone who doesn't share your ideas have no values.
Nobody understands you.
The picture is abundantly clear.
I can read. The question is - why would anybody believe what you say given that you are a prolific spreader of fake news and misinformation.
Incredible - you take the lies and garbage of a mass murderer and liar and try to sell them to us as the truth.
What do you think does this to your credibility?
Yet your responses and claims confirm you didn't.
People are perfectly able to make up their own minds without your facile, immature commentary.Quote:
The question is why would anybody believe what you say
Do you have such little self-respect? The hog recommends that you focus on issues rather than just abuse people with banalities.Quote:
given that you are a prolific spreader of fake news and misinformation.
Baseless nonsense.Quote:
Incredible - you take the lies and garbage of a mass murderer and liar and try to sell them to us as the truth.
Ultimately, the hog doesn't care about what you or anyone else thinks. Surely you've heard the expression do your own research here often enough yet you don't seem to fully comprehend what it means.Quote:
What do you think does this to your credibility?
And here we go - Taiwan being cast aside by the US after tensions have been stoked up by the US and the West to encourage Taiwan to be brave & defiant (and of course, buy tens of billions of dollars of weapons from thew US).
Will they never learn? The words and commitment of the US are not worth a bucket of spit.
Just as the Kurds, Iranians, Vietnamese and the people of Afghanistan found out - the hard way.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladit...h=9366a7951efa
"Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the U.S.’ position on its One China policy as he met with China’s leader Xi Jinping Monday, saying it does not support Taiwanese independence and that containing China’s economy was not an American goal."
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-0...26a917f3e.jpeg
Chinese Lessons.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/chin...issile-system/
An then Biden, that senile old nutter, comes out at and call the premier a dictator the next day. As soon as the US's new chip factories come online Taiwan will go the way of Hong Kong. Follow the money. The wealthy Taiwanese families will all be self-expatriated within 5 years
Anyone who thinks highly of US & US true geopolitical intentions need to reflect on the decaying state of the US today carefully.
And the decay is best illustrated by the fact that the last (& most likely, the next Presidential election) will be between the dithering senile Biden vs the pathological liar and BS artist Trump. They are the best that the US can produce by way of leaders.
Foolish Taiwan, having being encouraged to be bold by the US and bravely declared independence & pulled the dragon’s tail, will be thrown aside and left to its fate.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0...ac5cd5504.jpeg
Check your facts, BP and check them carefully.
Read about the Cairo Conference during WW2 and what was declared about Taiwan and China.
And before you invalidate that Conference & the declarations from that Conference, do some more research and see what happened after the conference.
You write a lot of crap most of the time - not surprising as you are so indoctrinated in the one sided Western narrative about all things bad & evil about China and all things good & moral about the West.
Luckily, most of us actually have a balanced vierw of the world despite living in the West.
I said Taiwan never declared independence from the PRC, and they never did. PRC exists only since 1949 (proclamation by Mao). Quite irrelevant what happened before, isn't it? Nobody can declare independence from a state which does not yet exist.
If you would have even a shred of understanding of the Chinese history, you would know that Taiwan was only for a short part of its history occupied by some Chinese dynasties - from 1683 to 1895. So yes, China was for some centuries a pretty brutal colonial power in Taiwan. Taiwanese people don't forget that.
After 1895 Taiwan belonged to Japan. The Republic of China (not PRC) - or better, what was left of it after fleeing form the communists, took control of Taiwan following the surrender of Japan in 1945.
There was never even an opportunity for Taiwan to declare independence from the PRC, they never had anything to do with Taiwan (apart from sheltering their enemies).
It is amazing - you don't even know the most basic facts of Chinese history and try to tell us that you are a Chinese Expert, but hey, this must be as true as all the other non sense your are spreading.
I guess you name de plume was always a joke, never seen a balanced post from you, but your knowledge of basic facts seems to drop as well. How low can you go, balance?
I understand that you Hog can read.,..Try "Im going to ruin their Lives' Marc Bennetts.Then "Freezing Order" Bill Browder...Bye all means let me know what you think.cheers.
How many journalists has putin have murdered...best guess is fine.
Re "covid hoax'....how many US citizens died from it.
Putin visited NZ back in 80s...spent some time in Wellington...He attended a labour party thingy...Folk say he liked our chocolate biscuits...funny old world eh.
...waiting
BTW have we landed on the moon....and how planes crashed on 9/11......would you be a trump voter...cheers.
Don't waste too much of your time debating with BP, warthog - he answers from the one-eyed indoctrinated foreign policy perspective of the US which we know is controlled by the arms & weapons industry.
https://imperialglobalexeter.files.w...opolists-1.jpg
https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0...45b638650.jpeg
http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/1...168256411n.jpg
Dear Balance (un)...Was/is Covid a hoax...
Clueless & Useless Cindy is your answer.
https://imgur.com/oA3gWhU.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtkaUaRV...pg&name=medium
The greatest risk for grwoth stocks is geopolitical risk. I will think twice before buying overvalued assets.
https://hbr.org/2022/03/research-whe...ovation-stalls
Can I propose a poll...who is favour of a separate conspiracy theory post thread.
BtW...Balance did you participate in the occupation of Wellington CBD ......
One thing is sure,no peace means no growth; no sustainable development.
https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/arti...e-we-can-break
Hope nobody will use nuclear arms. I prefer to go behind food and health related under valued stocks to mitigate from future geopolitical risks. At least 50% of my portfolio will be in food related. World is not a safe place anymore. In a highly risky world, no more growth stocks in my dictionary.
https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals
How come no response to this comment.
Quite funny
- I guess I used to wonder why people like you did fight Trump, but now I understand ... he is too much like you, you could be siblings.
Explains as well your avatar. While we hardly have any less balanced poster in this forum ... you clearly live in an alternative universe where balance means something different. Do you often meet your pal Donald over there?
The internet is almost completely devoid of adult discussion of this topic.
Here is an exception:
Glenn Greenwald speaks with Lev Golinkin
https://rumble.com/v2wp7c2-system-update-show-107.html
Which way where they going?
"White sky trails force France to reveal secret military test"
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/whi...FOESQIQA54E7Q/
Dear hog.Re adult conversations.
You sir are a conspiracy theorist.
It is impossible to have a rational interaction with you.
You and balance have effectively ended this thread.
cheers.
The inside as seen from outside.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/new-...ik-on-display/
New Zealan Foreign Policy.
World Famous in Washington!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...united-states/
Short talks.
Who’s listening?
https://www.defensenews.com/intervie...s-and-ukraine/
NZers obviously.
If NZers stop buying the new cars, mobile phones, TVs, shoes, furniture, overseas travel and all the modern conveniences which require the country to export to countries like China and become dependent on trade with them, imagine just how simple life will be?
Think that NZers can do that?
You can only bash your head against the world's protectionist walls for so long before you realize that you can only sell what you have into those countries prepared to allow their citizens to buy that stuff.
You and I have listened to New Zealand talking about "the need to move up the value chain" for most if not all of our adult lives. I hope you're not holding your breath.
New Zealand needs to make products the world needs, or values.
Agriculture is not it. Too much competition for what is a commodity.
Science and technology are what drive wealth creation for countries.
What is NZ doing in this space?? (maori creation myths and specking reo, by the look of it!)
We will always be poor if we carry on like this.
With respect to trade it started when the UK joined The European Community, with its protective policies. (Ironically the UK government now wishes to turn the clock back.) And then NZ basically discharged itself from ANZUS with the policy on nuclear vessels.
Now NZG policies are trying to keep a low tech economy with a post-democratic govt.