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I for one like to see varying views on the subject of this so-called invasion and I try to link views that may not be the same as mine, because most times one can learn from opposing or differing views. Some views clarify facts, that other views may not see or perhaps overlook. That's how opinions are formed. Fact base analysis should be the key and not just conjecture. I have linked many varied opinions on this matter for some time, such as those by Pepe Escobar, Phil Butler, Mike Whitney, Andrew Korybko, Paul Craig Roberts, Stephen Lendman, Daniel Larison, Marko Marjanovic, yourself, and many more. Understanding the "Big Picture" is the key. Nothing should be overlooked!!!!! Linking yours today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

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Appreciate that. And I fully agree about trying to learn from opposing or differing views. It's critical.

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maybe best comment, ever, anywhere. Спасибо за это.

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Добро пожаловать Thank you!

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"People are forcibly dragged from one stress to another" - so true. From the non-existing "pandemic" to the purposefully planned and orchestrated military and energy crisis, and God knows what else.

As I'm sure you know, Ukraine declared a state of emergency as well. It starts at 00:00 on 24 February and is expected to last for 30 days. Funny thing is that by Ukrainian law, military invasion or a threat thereof is not a reason to introduce state of emergency. It looks like our president (or whoever is behind him) tries to usurp power using the "invasion" as a pretext. Much like Trudeau who insists that he needs emergency powers even though there are no protests going on in Canada now. I may be reading too much into this stuff though...

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stay safe, Natalie!

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The lie plays a tremendous role in human life. The world is swallowed up in lies. And to the problem of the lie philosophers have paid too little attention. Not only do people that are by nature liars lie, but also uprightly truthful people. They lie not only consciously, but also without awareness. People live in fear, and the lie is a weapon of defense. The structure of consciousness is deformed by the function of lie, begotten by fear. There exist several types of lies, but the most interesting is that type of lie, which is conceived of not as a sin or a vice, but as a duty. Elementary in type is the greedy lie, as the means for the attainment of egoistical aims. But there is a type of lie, non-greedy, almost artistic, when man does not make a distinction between reality and his own fictitious inventions. This type likewise does not here interest me. There is moreover a type of lie out of sympathy, which can be to the saving of the life of another man. Uprightness does not signify formalism and pedanticism. The moral act of man is always creatively-individual and is worked for the concrete instances of life, singular and irrepeatable. But most significant is the social lie, affirmed of as a duty. The life of states and societies is full of it, it serves as a support for civilisation, this gives it pride, as being the vanguard against chaos and anarchy. http://www.berdyaev.com/berdiaev/berd_lib/1939_xxx.html

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This is spot on. I knew a big-time Russian oil sector lobbyist who told me 10 years ago that: "the governance cart is rolling down hill out of control and it can't roll forever - it will eventually hit a rock and the wheels will come off".

Which is exactly what's happening now - and of course the same old playbook is being used worldwide and the centuries-old play design of divide and conquer and starting conflict works like a charm still.

There was an interesting Foreign Policy Magazine article by Reptilian Uber-Lord Super Champion Stephen M. Walt: "The Case Against Peace". Lays it out very well:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/17/the-case-against-peace-syria-europe-brexit-donald-trump/

Now people can forget the whole attempt at a digital slave camp, and if you don't, you're a traitor and a terrorist of course.

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Thanks for this, praying that it comes to pass. The fraud detailed in the article is only part of the overall equation. As Dr. Yeadon points out in his interview with Dr. Fuellmich, product adulteration is proof of an experiment within an experiment, leading to punitive damages as well. Here's to hoping they all disappear, J&J, Gamaleya, the lot.

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"Have the past struggles succeeded?

What has succeeded? yourself? your nation? Nature?

Now understand me well—it is provided in the essence of things that

from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth

something to make a greater struggle necessary."

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This is a great read that has the fingerprints of Uncle Sam all over it. https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2022/02/19/the-crisis-in-ukraine-is-not-about-ukraine-its-about-germany

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Anyone who knows history could see that "good times" could not last for so long .... It is now general bad times for all... Thank you for your writing Edward.

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I'm beginning to suspect that YOU are a spook, Edward (as opposed to Pasechnik). What are you complaining about? Imperfections? Imperfect people? What does it mean that Pushilin "enlisted with MMM"? He invested money in it? So did millions of Russian people. He didn't do any harm to anybody by doing it. The recognition of LDNR was the right thing to do, no matter what. What's right is right. And I'm starting to get bored big time by your monkeyish writing style with a pretense of analysis. You also seem to have developed a habit: you poop on Russia and Russian people no matter what happens. There is zero love in your babbling. You have not learned or have never tried to learn to love your host country. Maybe you should get the monkey off your back.

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re: Pushilin, just follow the link I provided:

"From 2011 to 2013, Denis Pushilin was a functionary of the MMM financial pyramid. This is evidenced by videos posted on YouTube. For example, in one of the videos, Pushilin shows money to the camera and says that it is 8,500 hryvnia, which he received as 'bonuses' from MMM. The future leader of the DPR thanks the founder of the financial pyramid Sergei Mavrodi 'for the opportunity' and encourages everyone to join the MMM. "

He later joined the political party.

Recognition is one thing; Putin says the republics' borders are the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts. That means Russia's official position is that Ukraine is occupying the territory of their new military allies. This is an escalation without any real sense. I see nothing to gain from this conflict. Sorry if you disagree.

The personal attacks are just silly.

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Just because something is, or seems to be, the right thing to do, doesn't mean it's being done for the right reasons.

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yea dude stop pooping

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"A new Coliseum..." Spell check Riley

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I am still trying to figure out Putin. I notice that Klaus Schwab says Putin went to his leadership school. So is he a Globalists? I also follow The Duran, whom I trust, they say he is not a Globalists. Still wondering.

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et voilà ! The answer presents itself. Probably the most clear-eyed explanation for what has happened and what is happening now.

https://alt-market.us/order-out-of-chaos-how-the-ukraine-conflict-is-designed-to-benefit-globalists/

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So far this is the $65K question: exactly who or what is Putin? Perhaps in a few days or weeks all will be revealed.

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Yo, Natalie,

Пожалуйста, переведите плакат, который появляется на 1:54 Мозговой видео. Любопытно, что фамилия переводится на английский как «brain»!

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Do you mean "ДНР 24"? It's "DPR 24". It's the name of Donetsk People's Republic news channel.

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Sorry, I have the time stamp wrong. The image in question appears at 1:08, a poster of six men, Poroshenko top left. Significance?

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Translation:

"NEW GOVERNMENT

Presidential candidate Poroshenko, $1.8bn

Donetsk mayor Taruta, $2.65bn

Governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Kolomoyskyi, $3.645bn

Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov, $98.9m

Kharkiv mayor Yaroslavskyi, $960m

Governor of Donetsk region Akhmetov, $22.3bn

NOT AN OLIGARCHY. NO WAY."

One of the purported achievements of Euromaidan was installation of a new, non-oligarchic government, as opposed to the government of Azarov and Yanukovich. And yet somehow we ended up with an oligarchy.

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hey! what's going on over there? you okay?

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Hi, Riley! I'm fine, thank God. Everything is okay in Rivne so far, no explosions, no firing, no evacuation. I'm at work and trying my best not to panic.

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please please stay in touch. I have relatives outside of Kiev. they also seem to be okay. but you know...just stay safe :)

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and if by any chance you want/need a place in Russia to stay for a while, there's room in SPB.

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Thanks for that.

It looks like the pan-Slav vision of Солженицын is coming to pass. What is your personal view on this subject? And, are you ethnic Ukrainian or Russian? Just curiosity on my part as it doesn't matter to me.

If Putin dispenses with the injections and cattle-tagging we will have the answer long-awaited; praying this becomes a reality.

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You're welcome :)

I am half Ukrainian, quarter Russian, and quarter Slovakian (my maternal grandmother was Russian, and my maternal grandfather is Slovakian).

I know nothing about Solzhenitsyn actually, so I don't really have a view on it. Or is that not what you're asking about? sorry, I'm a little slow right now...

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It looks like I don't either if the wikipedia page is truthful.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/aug/04/solzhenitsyn.russia (NB: source)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Slavism

Can you imagine unification of all slav people in Europe? I can, and do ...

BTW, nice mix of genetics ;-)

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