Using a line from the Hunt for Red October when the Russian sub was trying to sink Red October: He took the safety off his 2nd torpedo and blow his sub up, hence we've taken sanctions against Russia that will result in torpedoing ourselves. It's a bad movie so far.
I think one of the reasons Putin's "De-Nazification" propaganda didn't resonate abroad is that westerners hear the term and think "Oh, Nazi is what *we* call people when we're out of serious arguments"
We may be facing a more extreme situation. Washington may have chosen to be a satellite of the world, and our only route would be to shut Washington and the rest of the world out and self-sustain. We have the resources.
I've thanked you in the past, but this post is outstanding. My one regret is that I fear nobody in Washington is interested, but if they were this lays out all the important matters that should concern them. Are they feckless, or is their neglect of these matters deliberate?
If you have 21 minutes, this video with nearly 5 million views really explains what is happening mentally. So much hits home, like the waves of fear used to form mass psychosis. It was worth my time to watch. https://youtu.be/09maaUaRT4M
As depressing as all you say here is, Mark, the real wrist-slitter will come when you lead us in a discussion of "whither interest rates?" and all the implications thereof - perhaps especially as they relate not just to new deficit spending but also to maturing notes and bonds and the need to roll them over at ... 4%? 5? 6?
And what if this escalated in Europe and Brandon keeps sending more and more troops? And what if China bluffs an attack on Taiwan while instead invades our Mainland on the Left Coast and through Mexico? Author JR Nyquist claims that this is the actual goal of China. Taiwan is a smokescreen.
China generally lacks the ability to force project beyond a very limited geographical area. Chinese aircraft carrier design doesn't allow the ability to land aircraft once they have taken off. Without air support/superiority, they would not be able to support/defend ground forces. Further, their supply lines would be stretched well beyond the ability to reinforce their effort.
My fear is that they will use this opportunity to take more of the land in the South China Sea region. Taking the Philippines would risk war with the US. Taking on Vietnam or Thailand...well, they might likely get their butts handed to them again as they did, despite what you might read from some, in the 1979 war with Vietnam. They can/do take tiny islands or atolls, setup military bases and then claim a 200 mile boundaries. They do this to find and recover oil mostly.
I believe China is training for an American invasion. I don’t claim to know their timeline. But I would think it would be during an incompetent and self hating administration like Brandon.
Yeah and that could very well become part of the plan... especially given the ever-increasing transparency of the biological weapons "false flag" play.
My fevered conspiracy brain sees this, partly, as a move to get as many active military out of CONUS as possible. And why would the gangsters want active military out of the way? Do they have plans for Summer/ Fall that would not be palatable to soldiers, especially the non coms? We can't suppose that the DC crew actually entertains the idea of using the troops against Russia. Hmmmm...
This actually bothers me more than Europe. Not because I am a Sinophile; rather because it lends credence to the idea that the U.S. will try to take on both Russia and China, which is a fools errand and would be disastrous to both our country and the world.
Not really busy doing that--we already had a considerable presence. We have increased that presence, but I'm not sure how meaningful that increase may be.
Here's an interesting graphic that depicts NATO deployments in Eastern Europe. What's interesting is how woefully tiny the NATO state militaries there are, with the partial exception of Poland:
The Estonian "air force" has three airplanes--all non-combat. The Latvian and Lithuanian "air forces" are similarly equipped. Their militaries are glorified police forces.
Actually, there's sufficient on THIS laptop to accomplish that goal any time the DC establishment decides. What would trigger such a decision is the real question.
There's a Hollywood blockbuster waiting to be made called "The Strange case of the disappearing laptops". We've been told that Weiner, Hillary's and Hunter's laptops have all surfaced somewhere. Then they conveniently vanish into the night, never to be heard of again. Seeing the contents of these laptops could answer a lot of questions. Let's hope Hunter gets to share his content.
Using a line from the Hunt for Red October when the Russian sub was trying to sink Red October: He took the safety off his 2nd torpedo and blow his sub up, hence we've taken sanctions against Russia that will result in torpedoing ourselves. It's a bad movie so far.
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I think one of the reasons Putin's "De-Nazification" propaganda didn't resonate abroad is that westerners hear the term and think "Oh, Nazi is what *we* call people when we're out of serious arguments"
The polling confirms my opinion of the average American, I agree with H. L. Mencken, this is a country filled with morons.
Just saw this ten minute interview with the great journalist Lara Logan! She says the West is backing Nazis in Ukraine! https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/check-out-all-the-truth-bombs-lara?s=r
When all the dust settles, the only route for the U.S. is strict isolationism. Shut the rest of the world out and self-sustain. We have the resources.
Somehow, I can see Team Biden going for that. Like Obama, their aim is to wreck the nation.
We may be facing a more extreme situation. Washington may have chosen to be a satellite of the world, and our only route would be to shut Washington and the rest of the world out and self-sustain. We have the resources.
I've thanked you in the past, but this post is outstanding. My one regret is that I fear nobody in Washington is interested, but if they were this lays out all the important matters that should concern them. Are they feckless, or is their neglect of these matters deliberate?
I think its deliberate by a range of reasons from blackmail through stupidity to total collusion.
That's my view too: a mixture of total stupidity (looking at you, AOC!), blackmail (Lindsey Graham, Biden, et al) and collusion/treason (Romney)
And corruption / bribery. Money talks…
Then I fear Washington is firmly under the control of overseas interests.
If you have 21 minutes, this video with nearly 5 million views really explains what is happening mentally. So much hits home, like the waves of fear used to form mass psychosis. It was worth my time to watch. https://youtu.be/09maaUaRT4M
And just in case anyone out there isn't familiar with the quote from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, it's this:
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
“What brought it on?”
“Friends,” said Mike. “I had a lot of friends. False friends. Then I had creditors, too. Probably had more creditors than anybody in England.”
In April of 2020 I noted on a site that shall not be named:
"More and more Americans will come to know Hemingway's 'gradually then suddenly' quip, and that's not a good thing." (tinyurl.com/2zstk27n)
We're getting closer to this bearing out, and I would even say google trend may be showing evidence of such before too terribly long.
As depressing as all you say here is, Mark, the real wrist-slitter will come when you lead us in a discussion of "whither interest rates?" and all the implications thereof - perhaps especially as they relate not just to new deficit spending but also to maturing notes and bonds and the need to roll them over at ... 4%? 5? 6?
Gradually then suddenly indeed.
And what if this escalated in Europe and Brandon keeps sending more and more troops? And what if China bluffs an attack on Taiwan while instead invades our Mainland on the Left Coast and through Mexico? Author JR Nyquist claims that this is the actual goal of China. Taiwan is a smokescreen.
China generally lacks the ability to force project beyond a very limited geographical area. Chinese aircraft carrier design doesn't allow the ability to land aircraft once they have taken off. Without air support/superiority, they would not be able to support/defend ground forces. Further, their supply lines would be stretched well beyond the ability to reinforce their effort.
My fear is that they will use this opportunity to take more of the land in the South China Sea region. Taking the Philippines would risk war with the US. Taking on Vietnam or Thailand...well, they might likely get their butts handed to them again as they did, despite what you might read from some, in the 1979 war with Vietnam. They can/do take tiny islands or atolls, setup military bases and then claim a 200 mile boundaries. They do this to find and recover oil mostly.
I believe China is training for an American invasion. I don’t claim to know their timeline. But I would think it would be during an incompetent and self hating administration like Brandon.
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=245438
Yeah and that could very well become part of the plan... especially given the ever-increasing transparency of the biological weapons "false flag" play.
And then we see that the US is busy stationing as much as 100,000 troops in Europe:
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/03/17/ukraine-war-is-leading-to-massive-us-military-buildup-in-europe/
My fevered conspiracy brain sees this, partly, as a move to get as many active military out of CONUS as possible. And why would the gangsters want active military out of the way? Do they have plans for Summer/ Fall that would not be palatable to soldiers, especially the non coms? We can't suppose that the DC crew actually entertains the idea of using the troops against Russia. Hmmmm...
The further they are away from CONUS the easier it is to "adjust their votes in the coming election------or am I just paranoid
Then there is this:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10617533/United-States-deploy-THOUSANDS-troops.html
This actually bothers me more than Europe. Not because I am a Sinophile; rather because it lends credence to the idea that the U.S. will try to take on both Russia and China, which is a fools errand and would be disastrous to both our country and the world.
Not really busy doing that--we already had a considerable presence. We have increased that presence, but I'm not sure how meaningful that increase may be.
Here's an interesting graphic that depicts NATO deployments in Eastern Europe. What's interesting is how woefully tiny the NATO state militaries there are, with the partial exception of Poland:
https://twitter.com/NATOpress/status/1504486205206933508/photo/1
The Estonian "air force" has three airplanes--all non-combat. The Latvian and Lithuanian "air forces" are similarly equipped. Their militaries are glorified police forces.
Mark,
Should the title of this piece have been: "Wither the Dollar"?
LOL
Weather Biden?
Where's the bidet?
Weather the storm. If you can.
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1504475207100030976?cxt=HHwWgICjydqO_OApAAAA
Why admit it Now?
Actually, there's sufficient on THIS laptop to accomplish that goal any time the DC establishment decides. What would trigger such a decision is the real question.
There's a Hollywood blockbuster waiting to be made called "The Strange case of the disappearing laptops". We've been told that Weiner, Hillary's and Hunter's laptops have all surfaced somewhere. Then they conveniently vanish into the night, never to be heard of again. Seeing the contents of these laptops could answer a lot of questions. Let's hope Hunter gets to share his content.
“when asked whether the US should take “military action” if it “risks a nuclear war with Russia” the total in favor drops precipitously to 35%.”
At least 35% of this country live in a delusional fantasy. But given events of the past 5 years, we already knew that.