NATO propaganda, eh? Oh dear. I had high hopes for the Internet 25 years ago, now I sometimes think the whole thing should just be switched off.

Did a bit of googling about Dore. He also believes that the chemical weapons attack in Syria was carried out by the Americans, and that the WTC attack was a "false flag" operation. Hilariously, he believes that the term "conspiracy theorist" was invented by the CIA, which would be fantastic satire if he didn't actually believe it. Inevitably, he believes that the COVID vaccines are unsafe.

I am a little concerned about the amount of categorical misinformation that this site is being used as a medium for. I will think about what action to take about this. It's a great shame that there needs to be a policy about this for a site frequented by a small number of mature adults, but apparently there does.

Wikipedia?

I wonder what happened here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733

As well as:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12414007/Russian-general-charge-Ukrainian-invasion-purged-Putin-dead.html
and:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12415979/Jailed-Russian-general-69-knew-secrets-Putins-1billion-Black-Sea-palace-dies-mysteriously-prison-ahead-parole-bid-second-Kremlin-commander-perish-days.html
and in another story:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12426459/Russian-astronomer-advisor-Putins-disastrous-Luna-25-mission-Moon-rushed-hospital-unmanned-spacecraft-CRASHED.html

I bet Putin's chef never serves mushrooms.

Well I didn't think he'd last long, but taking out six other passengers and three crew - that's unfortunate.

In other news, outcomes for Indian aircraft and spacecraft rather better.

Yeah, moon missions and a nuclear arsenal. Just as well there's nothing else in the country needing any financial assistance.

Quote from: Slim on August 23, 2023, 07:46:44 PMWell I didn't think he'd last long, but taking out six other passengers and three crew - that's unfortunate.

I think a number of other Wagner members were in the plane too - bit of a blunt tool though and the crew point still stands

Interesting interview with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. I wonder if we'd get as much sense if it was the leader of the free world in his place?

A fracture in the EU/NATO over the support for Ukraine. Poland will no longer help fund the US's proxy war but will spend their money on their own defences. I guess they can see that there is likely no end in sight and no limit to what the US are prepared to spend in dollars (and Ukranian lives) in order to degrade Russia's capabilities.
How is that 'spring offensive' going? 

Ukraine's 'spring offensive' seems to be going rather better than Russia's 'saunter into Ukraine and take it within a month'.

Quote from: Matt2112 on September 23, 2023, 09:02:27 PMUkraine's 'spring offensive' seems to be going rather better than Russia's 'saunter into Ukraine and take it within a month'.

Just not much progress being reported on MSM after the big build-up. Worth remembering it was western media that described Russia's ambitions.

       

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/24/nazi-linked-veteran-ovation-zelenkyy-canada-visit-00117857

That "Nazi" word is doing some mighty heavy lifting there. Millions of Germans served in the armed forces under the Nazis.

Actually if you do a bit of reading, the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division has an interesting history. They only undertook an oath of allegiance to Hitler on the condition that it was based on their fight against the Russians. The formation of the division was conditional on the stipulation that it would not be used to fight the Western allies. There was no Nazi indoctrination. And it was viewed by the Ukrainian public as a stepping stone toward their independence.

In essence, a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)