Did you hear the one about the Peace Commission? It turned out to be some sort of Ukrainian joke. The punchline was that Russia wouldn’t be allowed to participate until its leaders had been put on trial for war crimes. Get it?Thanks for reading Meaning In History! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Just watched a fantastic discussion with Brent Johnson, founder of Santiago Capital, about the agenda behind Powell’s rate hikes. Like Luongo, Johnson clearly understands that the Fed isn’t merely fighting inflation. The specifics of his analysis do not exactly match Luongo’s — for instance, he doesn’t evoke Davos, but draws on concepts like “Triffin’s Dilemma” and the “Fourth Turning.” Still, he basically arrives at the same destination as Luongo: the Fed is in a geopolitical fight against other global blocs (esp., Europe) and that this fight, though it will result in economic pain for the U.S., will ultimately produce something positive on the other side.
As an aside, although I have never seen Johnson affirm as much, it’s clear that he named his firm after the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage — eg., note the map behind him and the fact that Santiago Capital’s logo incorporates the “shell of St. James,” the very symbol of the pilgrimage. Pope Benedict XVI said about the pilgrimage, "It is a way sown with so many demonstrations of fervour, repentance, hospitality, art and culture which speak to us eloquently of the spiritual roots of the Old Continent."
Getting inflation under control will hopefully be a side benefit of what Powell is doing, but no informed person really thinks that's the main focus. The Big Picture is much bigger than that.
It would be an interesting data set to have access to the number of immunology related prescriptions written just* since the mass covid 'vaccination' push.
The airwaves seem to be saturated with immuno-related drug commercials, but surely this too is just...coincidental. *cough*
Are Americans ready for this war on Russia with the Home Front imploding? Are Americans ready for this war our government is conducting on us on the Home Front ? That would be the more pertinent question.
Good catch, Brother Ass! The Chudov article is deeply disturbing. Maybe there will come a point when it's we unvaxxed who will have to mask up and social distance around the vaxxed! As for Ukraine, you have to wonder how sane the West is at this point. The price caps are already failing - colour me surprised - and the weapons that Nato and the US are pouring in are scrap metal in waiting. As I've said previously, at some point there has to be a spark of sanity; someone in the West who says "Enough!"
Six months ago, Putin may have been ready to talk. But with Merkel's revelations and Z's pathetic display in DC, there is no way he sits down to chew the fat. It is facts on the battlefield that will now dictate the terms. BTW, I'm certain that Merkel, being the globalist snake that she is, purposely leaked her opinions in order to make it nigh on possible for Germany to do a separate deal with Putin. I wonder how frozen the ground is in the Donbass right now?
I wake up every day dreading a morning news report of a nuc being set off,
and then feel a silent relief that THAT action has not yet happened.
I'm convinced it is a matter only of "when" not "if"
...and the "when" within the next two years.
Just watched a fantastic discussion with Brent Johnson, founder of Santiago Capital, about the agenda behind Powell’s rate hikes. Like Luongo, Johnson clearly understands that the Fed isn’t merely fighting inflation. The specifics of his analysis do not exactly match Luongo’s — for instance, he doesn’t evoke Davos, but draws on concepts like “Triffin’s Dilemma” and the “Fourth Turning.” Still, he basically arrives at the same destination as Luongo: the Fed is in a geopolitical fight against other global blocs (esp., Europe) and that this fight, though it will result in economic pain for the U.S., will ultimately produce something positive on the other side.
https://youtu.be/BYItG_0X9P8
As an aside, although I have never seen Johnson affirm as much, it’s clear that he named his firm after the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage — eg., note the map behind him and the fact that Santiago Capital’s logo incorporates the “shell of St. James,” the very symbol of the pilgrimage. Pope Benedict XVI said about the pilgrimage, "It is a way sown with so many demonstrations of fervour, repentance, hospitality, art and culture which speak to us eloquently of the spiritual roots of the Old Continent."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago
Getting inflation under control will hopefully be a side benefit of what Powell is doing, but no informed person really thinks that's the main focus. The Big Picture is much bigger than that.
It would be an interesting data set to have access to the number of immunology related prescriptions written just* since the mass covid 'vaccination' push.
The airwaves seem to be saturated with immuno-related drug commercials, but surely this too is just...coincidental. *cough*
Are Americans ready for this war on Russia with the Home Front imploding? Are Americans ready for this war our government is conducting on us on the Home Front ? That would be the more pertinent question.
Good catch, Brother Ass! The Chudov article is deeply disturbing. Maybe there will come a point when it's we unvaxxed who will have to mask up and social distance around the vaxxed! As for Ukraine, you have to wonder how sane the West is at this point. The price caps are already failing - colour me surprised - and the weapons that Nato and the US are pouring in are scrap metal in waiting. As I've said previously, at some point there has to be a spark of sanity; someone in the West who says "Enough!"
“Good catch, Brother Ass!” Thanks, Igor is my go to guy for this stuff.
My worry is that as the excess deaths pile up and become undeniable, the establishment will try to pull off all or some of the following:
A) suppress the real explanation (the jabs)
B) finger covid itself (a half-truth at best)
C) blame the unvaxxed (scapegoating, the oldest trick in the tyrant’s playbook)
D) use this “latest wave of covid deaths” to justify more society-wrecking measures (lockdowns, vax mandates, etc.)
At this point I wouldn’t place anything beyond the realm of possibility.
Rising interest rates, so congress passes an inflationary monstrosity with even more borrowing.
And meanwhile the Biden Administration continues its war on fossil fuels, resulting in blackouts by the TVA, among others.
Six months ago, Putin may have been ready to talk. But with Merkel's revelations and Z's pathetic display in DC, there is no way he sits down to chew the fat. It is facts on the battlefield that will now dictate the terms. BTW, I'm certain that Merkel, being the globalist snake that she is, purposely leaked her opinions in order to make it nigh on possible for Germany to do a separate deal with Putin. I wonder how frozen the ground is in the Donbass right now?
Go long on wheelbarrows!