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I enjoy these discussion threads Mr Riley!

"Finland becomes the 31st member of Raytheon’s extortion racket"

Laughed more than I should have. Sweden are looking to betray (I mean 'extradite') a Turkish man so they too can join the Raytheon extortion racket, under the pretence that Turkey 'agrees' to a 'fair trial'. Because we know how fair trial the murder-journalists-in-toilets Turkish government are:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/sweden-agrees-extradite-turkish-national-bid-nato-entry

How to show your country has moral integrity: betray a man to his guaranteed death so you can join a warmongering org.

Speaking of morals - shameless link plugging time - have you heard how Elon Musk has jumped the shark and started blockading Substack?

https://thedailybeagle.substack.com/p/mad-mrna-musk-censors-substack

Reportedly he's now reversed course (I don't trust it; Elon is just working on a new, more subtle scheme) but he's managed to destroy the trust of Matt Taibbi, who has now left Twitter.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/07/matt-taibbi-leaving-twitter-after-musk-changes-over-substack-notes/

Imagine destroying a budding association with Substack over fears the tiny Substack's "Notes" (which will probably be a half-assed flop) might somehow overtake a billion-dollar company.

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Yo.

:)

First and most importantly, you're fucking awesome. No one could cover geopolitics with the same level of derision.

Second: link dump:

I write here:

https://walkingwithgoats.substack.com/

A column charting my journey towards self-sufficiency in the face of the Great Reset.

Transhumanism, technocracy and small-holding make surprisingly interesting bedfellows. It’s impossible to own livestock at the beginning of the 21st Century and not look over your shoulder, slightly unnerved by the parallels.

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If NATO had simply included countries that had a shore on the Atlantic it would have been honest.

In Finland there was to be a referendum, instead a 1000 person Gallup poll was used to justify the mood of the people. A citizen initiative asking for debate in parliament gained over the 50'000 required signatures but was ignored. NATO is a bad joke.

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Apr 9, 2023Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Hi from north of Toronto, Canada

🥌🇨🇦🍁

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-strategic-maple-syrup-reserve

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Apr 10, 2023Liked by Edward Slavsquat

I am writing a 4 part series on the so-called "Clean Energy Transition" by 2050, which totally exposes the utter logistical impossibility of those agendas. Could use a few more shares! Cheers!

Part 1 - Australia Net Zero by 2050

https://fullbroadside.substack.com/p/full-broadsides-clean-energy-transition

Part 2 - Global Net Zero by 2050

https://fullbroadside.substack.com/p/clean-energy-transition-part-2

Part 3 - Transportation Net Zero by 2050

https://fullbroadside.substack.com/p/clean-energy-transition-part-3

Part 4 - Critical Mineral Acquisition by 2050

(TBA - probably finish this part today or tomorrow)

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Thanks, Riley, little shots can go a LONG way!

Speaking of which,

Jesse Zurawell interviews Riley Waggaman regarding the bio-security apparatus being constructed by Russia’s regime.

https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/riley-waggaman-on-perspective-with-jesse-zurawell-6-april-2023/

Riley Waggaman on Perspective with Jesse Zurawell - 6 April 2023, 56 minutes.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Author at Brownstone Institute. Riley Waggaman is an American writer and journalist based in Moscow. He contributes to Anti-Empire and Russian Faith, and previously worked for Press TV, RT and Russia Insider.

Jeff: Waggaman terms the support being given Russia’s regime by most of the “alternative” media and many activists “monstrous”. He notes how he has had to take HIV tests in order to enter Russia and renew his passport Excellent discussion of bio-security efforts by the Russian state, its, support for WHO, implementation of the “Sanitary Shield” around Russia and the Putin regime advocating it for the entire world, i,” pushing testing and genetic “vaccines,” same in Russia as in the US, UK EU, China. Jesse spoke out well on the lack of proof for the existence of either HIV, or SARS-CoV-2, He debunked the entire notion of a bio weapon leaked from lab, including the very idea that . one targeting Slavs could be made, as if Slavic people are defined by genes rather than language He further noted that contagion theory has never been demonstrated, so even fully lab created organisms are not plausible. . Putin: wishes to make “cattle tag” easier to use, in response to football games boycotts over requirements for QR codes. EXCELLENT interview.

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Apr 9, 2023·edited Apr 9, 2023Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Hey man, hope you are well.

It is seed starting and forest foraging time here in Canada so I am busy busy but feeling good getting lots of fresh air.

Is your mom gonna try growing any of those seeds I sent in the garden this spring? If so I would enjoy hearing how they turn out :)

The picture you shared at the top of this post made me want to share one of my favorite recipes with you.

I present to you 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗻-𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/recipes4reciprocity/recipes-for-reciprocity-a-regenerative-recipe-book/posts/3576330

(btw don’t let the kickstarter link give you the impression I am tryna make money, that crowd funding campaign is long gone, the link is to a public update that contains the full recipe)

Enjoy!

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Apr 10, 2023Liked by Edward Slavsquat

This is my personal invitation to Riley and anyone living in or visiting Tbilisi, Georgia to visit our English-language Orthodox Christian community meeting at St. George Georgian Orthodox Church in the Dighomi Massif neighborhood of Tbilisi. Every two weeks we have English Vespers on Friday at 4pm (followed by confessions in English) and English Divine Liturgy on Saturday at 9am (followed by a supra lunch in the church hall). We have a wonderful wise and godly priest, Fr. Archil, who serves both the Georgian and the English congregations. We are expats and immigrants from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, plus some from various other countries with English as a second language. The next English Liturgy will be on April 29, then every two weeks. All Orthodox Christians and those curious about Christ and Orthodoxy are welcome. Our location: https://goo.gl/maps/fQ5XGG64Rz3VxJAw7

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FYI, the problem with subscribing is that I follow 50 different people who each want me to subscribe.

I cannot subscribe to all. Solve that problem!

Perhaps a single subscription for up to 10, or 20, or 30 substack contributors?

Dom

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Russia continues to desperately cling to COVD and the tuition fees are increasing by 26%; Hmm, sounds very Western.

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Riley, is there some way to pay for your blog via Russia? I am your big fan, but my Russian credit cards can't make international Globo Homo transactions.

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China-related but...

China issues new COVID-19 vaccination plan to further curb risks

and this in April 2023...

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-04-11/China-issues-new-COVID-19-vaccination-plan-to-further-curb-risks-1iUfqWGEQcE/index.html

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Apr 10, 2023·edited Apr 10, 2023

It always depends on whether you like any kind of meat in your borscht, or not, and other things. Traditional recipes includes some sort of meat, beets, carrots, onions, cabbage, I always have celery, sometimes some other veggies. I know that in Canadian Ukrainian tradition they used beans instead of meat (mostly because they couldn't afford meat). The main thing is not to boil cabbage and such veggies as celery or sweet peppers for too long, and remove from the heat when they already cooked but not overcooked. And always remember that it's better to boil beets with the meat in the beginning, and then fish them out of the water, cool, and grate them and add to the pot in the very end, adding lemon juice to the borscht, to keep the colour of it on the right side. When you cook meat with beets, it gives any meat really nice taste.

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Apr 10, 2023·edited Apr 10, 2023

No, I was not talking about morels. I thought that I was rather clear about white mushrooms, didn't realize that you know next to nothing about mushrooms. In my response to you I pointed out that "white mushrooms" are usually sponge mushrooms that stay white after drying. Morels are not sponge mushrooms. White mushrooms are some of Boletus mushrooms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus

These are most popular for replacing meat in soups and other dishes during lent or for use in cases when meat is not available or not appropriate for some other reason.

You know, I don't really care what you call your rice soup with beets, I just thought that I better point out that rice soup with beets does not become a borscht just because you call it "borscht". That's all. All the best to you, and I do not care how many people liked your rice and beets soup.

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What is this soup, csorba?

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What is this soup, csorba?

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