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US dependency on China and Russia have long been building. Those dependencies deepened with the CoVid lab leak in late-2019 resulting in a doubling of our trade deficit under the Biden Regime. Amidst rising fragility, the Biden Regime amped-up the confrontation. In 2021, the Regime redeployed from Afghanistan to confront Russia — China’s ally —Continue reading “A New Cold War Turning Hot”

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https://tass.com/defense/1554075 Putin backs initiative to boost army size, raise conscription age Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu proposed calling up Russian citizens aged 21-30 for active duty, building up the personnel strength by another 30% and deploying 20 new divisions MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin backed the Defense Ministry’s initiative to increase the sizeContinue reading “In It to Win It – Now and in the Future”

https://imetatronink.substack.com/p/in-for-a-pound In for a Pound Russia is in it to win it, and will settle for nothing less. William Schryver I have been following the excellent war historian Michael Vlahos for a good portion of the ongoing Ukraine War. I have benefited from his perspectives on history and his well-considered geopolitical insights. Dr. Vlahos’ formalContinue reading “All In – You Can Take It to the Bank”

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/caroline-ellison-throws-sbf-under-bus-pleads-guilty-fraud-agrees-cooperate-doj Update (1330ET, December 22, 2022): After spending nine days in Bahamian jail, Sam Bankman-Fried arrived in a Manhattan federal courtroom to face fraud charges over the collapse of FTX. Handcuffed and dressed in a blue suit, he appeared at a bail hearing after entering a plea ahead of the hearing. And then the shocker came:Continue reading “Progressive Bail – $250 million of Stolen Client Dough”

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-peace-negotiations-would-divide-europe-by-yanis-varoufakis-2022-12 YANIS VAROUFAKIS After the 2008 financial crash, the European Union only papered over the internal North-South conflict that emerged, and the war in Ukraine has produced a new East-West divide. Once peace arrives, both fault lines will only grow deeper, uglier, and impossible to ignore. This is not a polemic about whether Russia canContinue reading “Why EU Leaders Dread a Ukraine Peace Process”

ZH: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/caroline-ellison-throws-sbf-under-bus-pleads-guilty-fraud-agrees-cooperate-doj Before we begin, remember the connections here: Two weeks ago, when amid reports that the former CEO of Alameda Capital (which as a reminder was ground zero of the FTX implosion after it blew up $8 billion in FTX client funds on trades gone horribly wrong), Caroline Ellison, was spotted in New YorkContinue reading “Sweet Caroline Good Times Never Seemed So Good”

Tass: https://tass.com/politics/1551605 Moscow has data confirming US’, Poland’s involvement in terror attacks in Russia — agency According to the specialists’ assessments, a number of facts “confirm the direct involvement of the US and Poland in the massive military-logistical support of the Kiev regime, in preparation and implementation of joint terror attacks on the Russian FederationContinue reading “Red Line Crossed”

Pepe Escobar: https://thecradle.co/Article/Columns/19565 Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan. It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a weekContinue reading “Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse”