As reported last night in the previous post, the election in Slovakia wasn’t nearly as close as we had been led to expect. The polls and early expect polls predicted a Progressive win—but that looks like a disinformation ploy and the Progs didn’t come close to that. Instead, former PM Robert FICO—who characterized the Prog candidate as “an American Agent” and ran on an anti-war platform—finished in first place quite handily. Of course, in Slovak politics a handy first place finish translates to about 23.4% of the vote, so the next step is forming a coalition. However that seems to be in the cards.
Hopefully Slovakia will make some kind of alliance with Hungary and Serbia. The next logical step is for Poland to wake the F! up. I hope this is the end for Davos.
This issue of DNA plasmids in the vax sauce is only the latest revelation of how the damnable jabs actually can alter victims’ genome. It’s been suggested (known?) for a while that the mRNA sequences themselves can find their way into the cell genome through “reverse transcription” into DNA. Also something that supposedly wasn’t supposed to happen.
My wife is a nurse at a cancer clinic. She is jab free. This is only anecdotal, but she is seeing cases there that are definitely not normal. Plus an obvious increase in the numbers of new patients.
Looking at one of the maps of Eastern Europe Mark included in his post, and in light of some recent events in Eastern Europe, I found myself wondering (dreaming?) whether it is conceivable that Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland could all decide that it is in their best interests to pursue some kind of independent (non-NATO) alliance strategy and, in effect, create the neutral buffer zone that Putin, essentially - bottom line, has been fighting for. A neutered rump Ukraine would fit nicely into the map. I suppose it would be too much to fantasize that Finland and the Baltics would also have the same kind of wake up call...They would have to disregard the Western propaganda that Putin wants to re-absorb them. That may be a road too far.
Echoing Mark's reply, this is unlikely. None of the East European states would want Turkey in the alliance, and Turkey's main use for them would be as an arms supplier (and they don't need an alliance to buy Turkish arms). Otherwise it's worth remembering that Eastern Europe has for the entire modern state era been fractious, fought over by empires and with little history of sustained, strong states. Of course pre-unification Germany was the same, but Germany unified in the age of nationalism, when Germans shared a common identity because of a common language. The age of nationalism is still with us, at least socially in that identity strongly follows language, and Eastern Europe is split into small national groups. Even Czechia and Slovakia, who still see each other as close friends, split as soon as they were given the chance. Add the history of grievances as Mark noted, and while an alliance is possible with sufficient incentive, you can see that the incentive has a lot to overcome. Even the EU, which sold itself as free money, freedom to travel and good governance (and domination by Western Europe, not by historical adversaries in Eastern Europe) only managed to paper over the differences in Eastern Europe. It's no surprise this part of the EU is starting to show signs of fracturing now that the EU is demanding more and offering less.
You can't forget history. Poland's overbearing conduct toward Hungary and others is rooted in history, and it soured relations with the Visegrad Group (PL, CZ, SL, HU). Hungary's Orban has been known to wear T-shirts labeled "Greater Hungary" with the map including parts of Slovakia, Transcarpathia, Romania, and Croatia. Romania doesn't seem to get along with anyone--and least of all, perhaps, Russia (Romania invaded Russia in WW2). Czechoslovakia became Czechia and Slovakia for a reason. Bulgaria, Yugoslavia? Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia--mostly to the benefit of none of the above. Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece would have real problems with Turkey--understandably, since Turkey supports Albania and Bosnia.
The Visegrad group probably had the most real prospects, but Poland's decision to become the Anglosphere's attack dog to keep the rest of Europe in line probably ruined that.
Left wing and progressive (the latter is really an american term) are not synonymous. All progressives are left wing, but not all left wingers are progressive. In the slovak context i assume left wing means old fashioned economic leftism (think trade unionism, working class interests — hence the qualifier “populist.”) Those people have little to no interest in the cultural-technocratic agenda of the modern left (think climate alarmism, unfettered immigration, trans). Calling Orban “right wing” in the euro context really only means he’s a nationalist (“Hungary First”). It doesn’t imply GOPe style american “conservatism” — i.e., low-tax, corporate libertarianism.
Having said all that, the political categories of left and right are being scrambled here in the U.S. as well. Think of Trump’s “protectionist” (a.k.a.) anti-free trade policies. Such state intervention in economics was (still is) anathema to american libertarian “conservatives.” Or think of Tucker Carlson’s suggestion a few years back that he would ban self-driving trucks because it would wipe out a huge number of good paying blue collar jobs. Is this a “conservative” position? Not according to corporate-libertarian free marketeers. But for an older school of conservatives (sometimes called paleoconservatives) a free economy is good in principle but it should not be allowed to reduce human beings to a fungible commodity or an amoral economic input. Consider the fact that the left’s ideological assault on the family has been abetted every step of the way by the commercial-economic trends of the free market.
Thanks, point taken. I was just so burning mad when I read this that I got finger cramps trying to spread it around.
Hopefully Slovakia will make some kind of alliance with Hungary and Serbia. The next logical step is for Poland to wake the F! up. I hope this is the end for Davos.
Off topic, but something very important that everyone should know: https://metatron.substack.com/cp/137568755
This issue of DNA plasmids in the vax sauce is only the latest revelation of how the damnable jabs actually can alter victims’ genome. It’s been suggested (known?) for a while that the mRNA sequences themselves can find their way into the cell genome through “reverse transcription” into DNA. Also something that supposedly wasn’t supposed to happen.
Thanks for the comment. This horror tale gets worse the deeper one looks. God help us.
My wife is a nurse at a cancer clinic. She is jab free. This is only anecdotal, but she is seeing cases there that are definitely not normal. Plus an obvious increase in the numbers of new patients.
Thanks. I was curious about this. I have no background in biology, but this--as described by Malone and others--seemed too stupid to be just stupid.
Never underestimate stupidity…
Good to see another potential split getting wider between the East Euro nations and Brussels.
Looking at one of the maps of Eastern Europe Mark included in his post, and in light of some recent events in Eastern Europe, I found myself wondering (dreaming?) whether it is conceivable that Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland could all decide that it is in their best interests to pursue some kind of independent (non-NATO) alliance strategy and, in effect, create the neutral buffer zone that Putin, essentially - bottom line, has been fighting for. A neutered rump Ukraine would fit nicely into the map. I suppose it would be too much to fantasize that Finland and the Baltics would also have the same kind of wake up call...They would have to disregard the Western propaganda that Putin wants to re-absorb them. That may be a road too far.
Echoing Mark's reply, this is unlikely. None of the East European states would want Turkey in the alliance, and Turkey's main use for them would be as an arms supplier (and they don't need an alliance to buy Turkish arms). Otherwise it's worth remembering that Eastern Europe has for the entire modern state era been fractious, fought over by empires and with little history of sustained, strong states. Of course pre-unification Germany was the same, but Germany unified in the age of nationalism, when Germans shared a common identity because of a common language. The age of nationalism is still with us, at least socially in that identity strongly follows language, and Eastern Europe is split into small national groups. Even Czechia and Slovakia, who still see each other as close friends, split as soon as they were given the chance. Add the history of grievances as Mark noted, and while an alliance is possible with sufficient incentive, you can see that the incentive has a lot to overcome. Even the EU, which sold itself as free money, freedom to travel and good governance (and domination by Western Europe, not by historical adversaries in Eastern Europe) only managed to paper over the differences in Eastern Europe. It's no surprise this part of the EU is starting to show signs of fracturing now that the EU is demanding more and offering less.
You can't forget history. Poland's overbearing conduct toward Hungary and others is rooted in history, and it soured relations with the Visegrad Group (PL, CZ, SL, HU). Hungary's Orban has been known to wear T-shirts labeled "Greater Hungary" with the map including parts of Slovakia, Transcarpathia, Romania, and Croatia. Romania doesn't seem to get along with anyone--and least of all, perhaps, Russia (Romania invaded Russia in WW2). Czechoslovakia became Czechia and Slovakia for a reason. Bulgaria, Yugoslavia? Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia--mostly to the benefit of none of the above. Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece would have real problems with Turkey--understandably, since Turkey supports Albania and Bosnia.
The Visegrad group probably had the most real prospects, but Poland's decision to become the Anglosphere's attack dog to keep the rest of Europe in line probably ruined that.
It's all very sad, but predictable.
“Greece would have real problems with Turkey--understandably, since Turkey supports Albania and Bosnia.”
Don’t forget the festering sore called Cyprus.
Right. And so much over the centuries.
Kosovo, too
Yes, very sad, and a large part of the reason we're in the mess we're in...with no visible way out.
Left wing and progressive (the latter is really an american term) are not synonymous. All progressives are left wing, but not all left wingers are progressive. In the slovak context i assume left wing means old fashioned economic leftism (think trade unionism, working class interests — hence the qualifier “populist.”) Those people have little to no interest in the cultural-technocratic agenda of the modern left (think climate alarmism, unfettered immigration, trans). Calling Orban “right wing” in the euro context really only means he’s a nationalist (“Hungary First”). It doesn’t imply GOPe style american “conservatism” — i.e., low-tax, corporate libertarianism.
Having said all that, the political categories of left and right are being scrambled here in the U.S. as well. Think of Trump’s “protectionist” (a.k.a.) anti-free trade policies. Such state intervention in economics was (still is) anathema to american libertarian “conservatives.” Or think of Tucker Carlson’s suggestion a few years back that he would ban self-driving trucks because it would wipe out a huge number of good paying blue collar jobs. Is this a “conservative” position? Not according to corporate-libertarian free marketeers. But for an older school of conservatives (sometimes called paleoconservatives) a free economy is good in principle but it should not be allowed to reduce human beings to a fungible commodity or an amoral economic input. Consider the fact that the left’s ideological assault on the family has been abetted every step of the way by the commercial-economic trends of the free market.