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I'll give a pass to such a coffee shop. At this rate, I'll soon only be drinking coffee at home... provided I'm allowed to buy it...

And the crackdown on "unauthorized places of trade", that is, poor pensioners selling vegetables infuriates the hell out of me.

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Thank you Anri! :)

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"The new approach allows you to regulate the productivity of staff and analyze the behavior of visitors, which contributes to more efficient management and improved quality of service..."

This new approach seems a bit like an open-air prison--that of course is until the "second round" of lockdowns when it'll resemble a throwaway key jail cell.

Having said that, this kind of heightened surveillance does resemble China's social credit system where all activities are carefully monitored and you're being analyzed and judged 24/7.

If by chance, you're caught violating a rule which is considered "anti-social" you're swiftly punished via public humiliation. Not to mention, the financial sanctions which can also be imposed. Hmm, sounds sort of like Western social media platforms. 😁

Notice, how the scamdemic opened the door for all of this nonsense. It should be stressed that even though China's draconian policies proved to be a failure we're once again seeing attempts to replicate Xi's social engineering projects which will in the end be a "disaster" in Russia and throughout the West. 🤨

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Fraid so. You can't get blood out of a stone and what you get when you treat people like this is "stones."

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Stones or mass civil unrest.

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Yes, it is looking that way.

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FIGHTING - trying to get rid of DARKNESS by more DARKNESS is like .... I am sure everyone with EYES TO SEE gets the idea ...

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History tends to repeat itself as human nature never changes.

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SURELY it doesn't change "overnight" and not for THE MAJORITY .... but those claiming it doesn't change at all/ never changes are oblivious to REALITY ....

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It usually changes for the worse.😑

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Barbie the barista bot?

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But why not just use the dispensers found at some convenience stores, where you select your coffee type, put a cup under the spigot and press a button? Do people go to coffee shops to interact with the staff or with each other?

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This is also what I don't get. why waste so much time, energy and money on "recreating" a humanoid barista? it's very creepy.

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Spigots would be impersonal and industrial and look too much as a canteen, reinforcing that the owner caste sees us as nohing more than producing-consuming automatons.

So, just as you do with animals to keep them from feeling lonely, you put in an effigy of the real thing.

For most humans, it is enough. Most humans are to capitslists much like my hens and chickens are to me. If the feed is plenty and timely, and the coop is warm and dry, it matters not to the chickens that they are my food - the thought never even arises.

Same with 90% of humans.

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In Serbia, the police chases and disperses grandmothers who sell vegetables from their garden and knitted socks, and no one touches gambling houses, casinos, betting shops, pharmacies, which spring up on every corner like mushrooms after the rain. Now I see that they opened a Starbucks in the center of Belgrade, and wrote "Старбакс" in Cyrillic, there are a lot of young people inside, the same case as with McDonald's, an invasion of corporate intruders, we don't have a state to defend us. And with the privatization in 2000, they destroyed all domestic companies, we had everything from car production, to furniture, tractors, everything possible, and now even toothpicks and matches are imported. But it is important to open a mega genetics center in Belgrade and Novi Sad. Here, the peasants throw away fruit and vegetables because they are cheap, they don't pay for it, and it is healthy organically grown, but foreign market chains are opening, Lidl, Metro, etc., where the goods come from who knows where, and they are certainly not as healthy as from the peasants. We are infected with parasites! And let's not even talk about culture, TV is full of American trash-culture, young people are indoctrinated, they don't know anything, and this is not going to end well. And the elderly believe in Putin/savior, blind in their eyes, we're screwed, the most important news for them is the death of Prigozhin, the whole country is collapsing and they just yawn at the TV and... It doesn't even matter what else I would write.

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The other day, a plumber came to me to fix the water heater, while we were drinking coffee, he explained to me his position that soon Russia will win and that will be the end of the globalists and the entire West, (he means the ruling elites)... The source of his "reliable " information is TV (secondary channels), and YouTube patriotic channels teeming with analysts-patriots. I didn't have the strength or the will to explain anything to him, it's not worth it, he raises his voice as soon as he hears a different opinion, and he is a good man, brave, honest and hardworking, and he was on the battlefield in Bosnia, demining mines, he barely escaped alive. What should I tell him, when I know it's not worth it? His last hope is Putin, how can I destroy his dreams? And secondly, he would get angry with me, so I would have to repair the boiler myself, because there are no craftsmen left, everyone has gone to work in the EU. It is sorrow and pain to live in a colonized country, where not only freedom is taken away, but also free thought.

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And I'm someone who can't stand the liberal elite of Belgrade, I hate those sold souls more than this plumber, but you can't explain to our patriots that Putin is the same as Vučić, an ordinary colonial administrator, a puppet. I believe that there are many Russian patriots, who understand, I hope that one day great Russia will be freed, because we Serbs are also umbilically tied to everything that happens there. I hope that there are many conscious/awakened patriots like Strelkov, in Russia, in Serbia, in America, and in the whole world. Strelkovs are our hope. (Strelkov means shooter).

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All of YOUR three comments are absolutely true .... and at the same time VERY WRONG ...

... as they (EQUALLY - as the plumber does) only look partially at the SITUATION, as calling it "a problem" would already skew the view!

The ROOT CAUSE of what EVERY HUMAN MIND must have realised by now (although I am not 100% sure as you never can be no matter how many data points one has at one's disposal) that SOMETHING is VERY OFF lies much much much ... deeper and at the same time hiding in plain sight ...

One have to have a hard LOOK at the chapter of THE GARDEN OF EDEN in GENESIS .... and EVERYTHING that follows ... right into the BOOK OF REVELATION ....!

FIAT (CURRENCY= ACCOUNTING) SYSTEM being the "vehicle" by which slavery is being carried out/ inevitably leading to.

TAKE HEED while there is still time left (as it seems) ...!

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Very accurate summary of historic events under the guise of privatization. The same script was executed in East Germany and in the former Soviet Union. Sure, they had bad management but there used to be industry and when Western bankers came to privatize (steal) it all, they didn't improve anything, they sold and closed down all of it, like you said. And then, when everything from cheese to furniture is imported, that's the kind of environment where everybody gets used to the fact that all good products come from the golden West. This collective ignorance is the most dangerous part of this self-destructive behavior pattern. Could you imagine what might happen if the government had offices dedicated to helping local businesses, to make products (again) that are currently imported? I know they never will, too busy doing nothing. But why are the Chinese copying everything, how do those Chinese sellers with made-up names get their funding to buy, copy and produce Western products? By the way, how's that import substitution going in Russia?

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"how's that import substitution going in Russia?"

I don't know, earlier when Milošević was in office, and a little later we had special agreements with Russia, but there are fewer and fewer of them, because the "Serbian" government had to let it go because of the will of the people, but they slowly canceled the agreement one by one, I'm not sure that are there any favorable trade agreements with Russia now.

If there is anything left, they are certainly working to abolish it, because they are only the officers of the globalists, not a sovereign national government. To illustrate, this is "our" Prime Minister, on the board of directors of Trilateral, and she is not the only one, the whole set of sub-managers is a member of either Trilateral or the Rotary Club:

Trilateral:

http://www.ewb.rs/member.aspx?id=46

"During the Project duration (from October 2007 to October 2011) progressed from Communications Advisor (October 2007 to August 2010) to Deputy Director (August 2010 to August 2011) to Acting Director (from August 2011) to Project lose out. As one of the key Project personnel, in charge of communication and relations with donor (USAID), as well as individual project stakeholders (SMEs, Government institutions, NGOs, educational organizations, and other service providers). Externally, working with selected industrial sectors in Serbia (renewable energy sources, ICT, tourism, construction, wood processing, film and production, and Green Building) on improving their communications, marketing and promotion capacities, in order to gain access to regional and international markets, and increase their exports and sales. Taking the lead in media relations, developing e-newsletters on USAID Economic Development activities..."

Former minister, Kisić, (while in office), photographed at the Rotary Club:

http://www.ibalkan.net/2020/04/19/dr-darija-kisic-medju-srpskim-masonima-i-zidarima-niko-ne-nosi-maske-i-ko-i-cime-se-bave-foto/

NALED practically runs the Serbian state, and it is an organization that is a direct branch of USAID and PEXIM.

NALED:

https://www.srbija.gov.rs/biografija/en/17/ana-brnabic.php

"Prior to her election to the government of Serbia, she was director of Continental Wind Serbia (CWS), President of the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED) and a member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit organisation PEXIM, which provides scholarships to students from Serbia and North Macedonia for their master studies at the University of Cambridge provided they return to their country and help its development and reforms.

She took part in the establishment of NALED and PEXIM foundation.

She worked at various US consulting companies that were implementing projects financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Serbia."

"Ana Brnabić, Executive Director of PEXIM foundation."

PEXIM Foundation

"The PEXIM Foundation is a not–for–profit organisation founded in 2010 with headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, and Skopje, Macedonia, as a vehicle for supporting talented students from both countries on degree courses at the University of Cambridge, in order to aid the advancement of EU integration and the international competitiveness of Serbia and Macedonia.

The Foundation works with the Cambridge Trust to offer the Pexim Cambridge Scholarship, available to Masters applicants from Macedonia and Serbia.

The Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust was established on 1 August 2013 from the merger of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Overseas Trust. These were established as charities by the University of Cambridge in the 1980s in order to provide financial support for international students on degree courses at Cambridge.

The Trust awards approximately 500 scholarships annually, and supports between 1,100 and 1,400 students in residence each year from 85 countries across the world. During its forty-year history of offering scholarships at the University of Cambridge, the Trust has awarded a total of more than 20,000 scholarships to students from around the world."

PATRON

(of the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Overseas Trust)

"As Patron of the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, The former Prince of Wales maintained his longstanding connection with Cambridge.

His Majesty King Charles III attended the University of Cambridge to read Archaeology & Anthropology, changing to History for the second part of his degree, and graduated from Trinity College in 1970."

https://www.cambridgetrust.org/about/patron/

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NALED is part of USAID which is a CIA branch, and PEXIM is under the British Royal Crown,

THIS IS WHO RUNS THE SERBIAN STATE!!!

This should answer your question "how's that import substitution going in Russia"?

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Yeah, sad reality. Governments are bought by and replaced with globalists. And most people probably have no idea and won't say anything. In an ideal world, at least those who live there should know all that from their tv and online news. Then there'd be resistance. But when tv promotes foreign products and translates foreign "news", that won't happen. I hope I'm wrong though.

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Super humour for a terrible subject.

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Wait a minute.... Coffee comes from Africa. Prigo was the man charged to bring it home for the robotized coffee shops! Alert! Alert! How shall we get coffee?!

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I've just discovered your work via Tessa Lena and wow, amazing writing and insight, thank you.

What are we going to do with these ditzy 20 year olds? I've just got back from Istanbul. We visited a well-known cafe where 60 years ago 20 year olds were drinking coffee and planning their trip from Istanbul to Nepal. In 2083 they'll be drinking coffee in a completely different world.

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2083 is here already. Every year (every day) I experience Groundhog Day—this bizarre world can’t get any more wacko than it is…rinse and repeat…

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That works for me!

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Welcome to the blog, SerenityFern!

Riley

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Thank you! A little alarm bell went off in my already msm cynical head when I discovered that the RT channel was pulled from the UK early last year. It's not easy to find nuanced writing about Russia so I'm happy to be here!

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"Leggy baristas".

I recall the leggy VPs the last time I went through Domodedovo but leggy baristas must be some Russian development that I missed. The only 'leggy baristas' I see at the local Starbucks are wearing blush and are named "Chad" or something along those lines.

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Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!

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« Instead, cutting-edge technology is being deployed to supervise ditzy 20-something art students as they squirt caffeine into dainty little mugs. » That’s what I call the inspiration)

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Have another drink Eddy.

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don't mind if I do!

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"Actually, it’s remarkable how the Future continues to be far less cool than advertised."

This is the money quote for sure. I have felt from very early on that the future being pushed will be absolute dystopia for all but the super-rich if it ever actually comes to pass. You can see this from things like the tone-deaf pronouncements from outfits like the WEF. (Remember "Cities are getting quietly better" during the lockdowns, for example?)

Now I'm just wondering how dystopian it will need to get before a critical mass of the population is finally red-pilled.

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It'll suck for the rich too. The only difference is they won't know it sucks, because they'll compare themselves to the peasants and see how much worse it could be.

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I've considered that when contemplating the idea of what "wealth" really is. If the entire monetary system and all traditional ways to store wealth are destroyed, who is wealthy? You might say it is those that control assets and resources, but without monetary wealth as your lever, how exactly is that done? (Just thought questions.)

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Wealth is a store of something that will be useful in future.

If the monetary system disappears, one type of wealth has disappeared but all the other types become proportionally more important. The most obvious types of relevant wealth would be: military power, political connections, information, food, water, fuel, weapons.

Note also that this would be a temporary situation. A new financial system with a new kind of money would arise once again out of a societal necessity to lubricate the exchanges between other kinds of wealth.

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"Progress". I saw what you did there...The Progress (Russian: Прогресс) is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft. Nicely done.

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Angry Populace Burning British Surveillance Cameras

File this under #Not all heroes wear capes.

https://www.wired.com/2007/12/burning-british/

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The cost to benefit ratio of the whole of AI does not pan out. AI as a product is in itself inefficient when the entire manufacturing chain is considered.

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Roscosmos/nasa are both less unuseful state agencies in both countries, much less than internal affairs or spook agencies for example.

Now this is directed to Rurik, ex Rolo. How can you say/suppose that Prig betrayed his pals in the military mutiny, when they were the ones (maybe under coersion) who appealed to Prig to stop the March? I know you don't like jews ( that's your only reason to badmouth Prig) but Prig had much greater cohonnes/wit than all your slavic heroes starting with Strelkov.

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So the $ 6.7 billion Prig was (allegedly) paid to take over, was a lie?

Seriously, and that it was shared with Vladimir P, that was a lie as well?

Also, that the whole March was to have a pretext to shift Wagner to

Belarus? Was that a lie too? Oh dear, what to believe, what to believe??!!

Will we ever find out? Probably not lol

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The whole March was indeed a mutiny that didn't have enough strength/support inside the elites/military, but that shook the putin's regime to it's core. Even Putin shit his pants with the event.

Só he got rid of the whole Wagner thing in the most possible treacherous way, the Putin's way.

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You assume Prig is actually dead.

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In quantum theory all is possible. I prefer to work with probabilities and in this case they are 99% Prig is dead and 99% Putin has his dirty hands in it.

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Fair enough, based on that logic Epstein is dead also.

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So many will not be talented enough to go to the Moon but surely lunatic enough to play along with this AI Natasha for coffee.

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