Gruppenführer Mark
With the first day of spring upon us, enjoy various memes that have been collecting in my odd file folder. Some political, some not. Add your own. And have a fun weekend! Dictators Bread and Circuses War in Ukraine ‘Straya Above caption says President (of Estonia) cannot afford to fly to Australia. Not verbatum. Family … Read more
Over the last couple of days various Telegram channels were publishing some excerpts from a meeting President Putin held with various media personalities about the Special Military Operation (SMO) in Ukraine. Unfortunately, they would post a handful of bullet points about what was said over the course of a 2+ hour conversation. I was interested … Read more
Part 2 Time for a wider lens to see what things are happening outside of the immediate SMO zone, and implications thereof. I welcome your comments / debate. Geopolitics Negotiations As many of you will know, the first and only opportunity for a true peace settlement was in March 2022. Following three rounds of negotiations … Read more
Part 1 Muscling in on stagmal’s turf here…. There is a lot of ground to cover, so I will break this piece in a couple of parts. My information comes from a variety of sources, both Western MSM, Russian MSM (if available in English), independent blogs, and a variety of Telegram channels. For Russian side … Read more
Well, ladies and pervs, I thought I’d post something that I stumbled across this week that was unexpected. Hopefully, this will take your mind off us getting nuked, or having your house implode in value, or your rental explode in value, or your acquaintances dropping dead from a vaccine, or whatever else is being pushed … Read more
September 20, 2022 So, I just watched Putin’s speech live on France 24. Probably not the exact translation, as they were doing it live, and in this case some nuances might be lost, but the gist was nevertheless clear. Here are my reflections on what was said. First of all, the speech was not aimed … Read more
Now, I do not subscribe to the validity of these, although Google-related stuff is certainly a food for thought. Thought you might like to scroll through. Link 1: How the CIA made Google https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e Warning, loooooooong read! Link 2 (part 2 of the above): Why Google made the NSA https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/why-google-made-the-nsa-2a80584c9c1 Warning, loooooooong read! Link 3: … Read more
Read a quip by Coming re: Tasmania, and everyone being max 2 degrees of separation, and thought maybe we can exchange some of our favourite insensitive jokes. Certified to offend, as humour was supposed to be back in the day. What do you think? Politics, religion, family, anything goes. Or is it too risky? I’ll … Read more
Recently, the ATO released statistics on 2019-2020 tax returns, and there are some encouraging trends in innovative ways our most productive owners and corporate entities maximise their profits while our tax receipts continue to grow. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-09/millionaires-paid-no-tax-and-richest-and-poorest-postcodes-ato/101312118 First, as a testament to the agility and forward-thinking policy of my government, post code 6011 (Cottesloe Beach and … Read more
I think we all can get behind the proposition that food is pretty allright. Having it is a bonus, not having it is a death sentence. Quality of food, however, is an entirely different subject. Especially if it has to be done on a clock – that’s why I despise Master Chef and the ilk, … Read more
Wellie, since we have, over the past couple of weeks, gone down many a rabbit hole, I thought I will give you something to ponder over the weekend. Here in the most glorious state of Western Australia the weather is cold and rainy, so put on your gas heater, tuck in with a Port, or … Read more
Don’t know if this esteemed board is familiar with Dmitry Orlov, but he is the guy who came onto the fringe scene about 15 years ago, and his claim to fame was an analysis of the 5 stages of collapse, as it took place in the USSR. In his earlier work, he defined these as: … Read more