May 2022
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Russian Ops in Ukraine Update: Pentagon Sends Old Vehicles & Ukraine’s True Colors Begin to Show
1. US continues sending old equipment including M113 tracked armored transports; 2. US is not discussing sending US-made air defense systems – likely because it is so impractical; 3. Pentagon is providing crash-courses, unable to replace the loss of trained personnel created over the last 8 years; 4. US narrative continues to center on Russian… Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Army Is In Very Bad Shape – More Fighting Will Only Destroy It
Tuesday, 3 May 2022 — Moon of Alabama The French news agency AFP has published a report by Daphne Rousseau from near the Ukrainian frontline. It allows us to gain some realistic view of the state of the Ukrainian armed forces. Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers return from eastern front Continue reading
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India, Germany cogitate on Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s short visit to Germany pegged on the Indian-German Intergovernmental Commission meeting in Berlin on Monday inevitably came to focus on the Ukraine crisis. The western media would have loved to grill Modi on India’s reluctance to criticise Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. But German hosts thoughtfully skipped the customary Q&A… Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Mediaset, Italian television network, Moscow, May 1, 2022
Question: After your statement about the possibility of a nuclear war, of the third world war, the whole world is asking: is there a real risk of that happening? Continue reading
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Care homes and COVID19
I love the phrase ‘lessons need to be learned’. It always makes me laugh when I hear it. Usually intoned with a voice of great seriousness by the leaders of an organisation found to have made disastrous errors. It is right up there with ‘safety is our number one priority.’ About the only group I… Continue reading
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Xinhua News Agency (China), April 30, 2022
Question: What do you think is at the root of the Ukrainian crisis? What can the international community do to solve this problem? Continue reading
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Afghanistan braces for new war
There is a lot of infighting amongst marginalised Afghan elites, civilian and military. Apparently, the western powers are trying to rally them behind Sadat. An axis between Sadat and Panjshir leader Ahmad Massoud seems to be the preferred option for MI6 and the US intelligence. Sadat and Massoud are both products of King’s College, London,… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 May 2022
Monday, 2 May 2022 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Larry Johnson Continues Continue reading
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The May 2022 issue of ColdType (Issue 234) is now online
Sunday, 1 May 2022 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 29 April – 1 May 2022
Sunday, 1 May 2022 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Boris Johnson’s Visit Continue reading
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Media Are Now Whitewashing Nazis They Had Previously Condemned
Recently the New York Times, like many other ‘western’ outlets, has changed its language when reporting about the fascist Ukrainian Azov Battalion. What was once “a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization” which even the FBI said is notorious for its “association with neo-Nazi ideology” was first relabeled as merely “far right” before it became a normal “unit… Continue reading
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