@falcennial imo one of the restrictions that the US (and others) put on #Ukraine is that they can't kill #putin .
this is mainly because they fear the reaction of #Xi after watching a sitting head of state killed by a US-assisted country.
on the other hand, no US aid means that russia may win or freeze the conflict in Ukraine.
then putin would immediately try to kill the Ukrainian political and military leadership: which means that they would have all the incentives to kill putin first.
#Brussels has raided the offices of a Chinese security equipment supplier, deploying new anti-foreign subsidy powers in a move that will further inflame tensions between the trading superpowers ahead of a planned visit by President #Xi Jinping to Europe.
The raid by the European Commission and local law enforcement on the local offices in #Poland and the #Netherlands of #Nuctech, which manufactures products such as airport, seaport and baggage security scanners
Eben einen Kommentar gelesen aus der Fahrradbubble.
" Solange wir die besseren Fakten haben, sind wir den Rechten überlegen".
Hmmmm. Die NS- Zeit wurde auch durch Fakten von Linksliberalen verhindert.
Diese bürgerlich- akademische Überheblichkeit wird uns allen den Hals brechen.
Weil daraus resultieren falsche Gedanken. Aus den falschen Gedanken die falschen Methoden. Aus den falschen Methoden der falsche Weg.
"Es ist doch ihr Geschäftsmodell absichtlich Lügen zu verbreiten, die Menschen zu verwirren, damit sie nicht genau sehen können, was richtig und falsch ist . Das ist Nazimethode."
Stimmt
Zwar hat #Goebbels das perfektioniert, jedoch ist Realitätsverfälschung und -kontrolle DAS Metier #totalitärer Regime allgemein, nicht nur der #Nazis:
Selbst wenn man #Trump und #DeSantis sowie alle #MAGATs als Nazis einstuft; #1984 und der #Stalinismus zeigten und #Xi und #Putler demonstrieren es.
[Bloomberg]: Xi Says US CEOs Should Invest in China, Economy Hasn’t Peaked
President meets with executives of Blackstone, Qualcomm, FedEx. Xi wants both countries to find common ground on major issues
#Trump said it would be a "bloodbath" if he didn't win this year's US presidential election.
"You screw us & we'll screw you," he said. "It's very simple, very fair."
Trump said he would hit cars made in Mexico by Chinese companies w/a 100% tariff, double the levy he has previously said he would put on automobiles made south of the US border.
#Trump addressed Chinese President #Xi Jinping directly during a rally speech in Dayton, Ohio, on Sat when threatening the tariffs.
"Those big monster car manufacturing plants you are building in Mexico right now & you think you are going to get that - not hire Americans & you're going to sell the car to us, no," Trump said.
"We are going to put a 100% tariff on every car that comes across the lot."
“…[#Trump] likes the dictators so much is that’s who he is” Kelly said “Every incoming president is shocked that they actually have so little #power w/o going to #Congress, which is a good thing. It’s Civics101, #SeparationOfPowers, 3 equal branches….But in his case, he was shocked that he didn’t have #dictator-type powers to send US forces places or move money around in the budget & he looked at #Putin, #Xi & that nutcase in NorthKorea as people who were like him in terms of being a tough guy”
...simply not because a state had the better military and created these facts.
The erroneous "might makes right" concept, still espoused by the #Bush Admistration, as well as autocrats like #Putin and #Xi, would have desastrous consequences for the world order (e.g. #Ukraine, #SouthChinaSea, #Taiwan, etc.).
The main bank for Russian importers, the Chinese Chouzhou Commercial Bank, has stopped payments to the Russian Federation, — Vedomosti.
According to the publication’s interlocutors, last week the bank informed clients of its intention to terminate relations with any citizens of Russia and Belarus.
Chouzhou is the main bank for Russian importers due to its relatively soft internal control system and convenient geographical location of the head office. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline
Military supplies delivered to Belarus aboard 4 Chinese flights, observers report.
"At the beginning of January, the Belaruski Hajun monitoring group recorded unusual activity by the Chinese cargo airline Air China Cargo at Minsk National Airport. Over a period of four days, the Boeing 747-400F registered B-2476 completed four round-trip flights between Ürümqi (airport code ZWWW) and Minsk (UMMS)...
We have reason to believe that the cargo plane transported military equipment from China to Belarus. The cargo likely bypassed customs clearance and was transshipped out of the airport immediately, as staging the freight in the usual military cargo area would have attracted additional attention with the consignment sitting out in the open."
🙄”Chinese leader #Xi Jinping told US President Joe #Biden that #China would not interfere in the 2024 US presidential election when the two men met in November — an assurance reiterated by the Chinese foreign minister to Biden’s national security adviser this past weekend”
(But reality check: #MikeJohnson said he doesn’t want to pass #BorderLegislation because he doesn’t want the Biden admin to be able to take credit for it & because he wants to keep the issue alive for the 2024 #election.)
@wndlb you know people / media totally skipped over President Biden’s enormous accomplishment re the #UnitedStates’ joint effort w/ President #Xi / #PRC (#China) on #fentanyl.
4 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and tasked appropriate forces to respond.
Putin ist nicht ängstlich. Aber der große Bruder #Xi, von dem sich der Volltrottel ohne Not abhängig gemacht hat, würde das nicht akzeptieren (Getreide, Seidenstraße...sh. vorher).
"The world’s richest and most powerful oligarchs are depending on America’s Republican Party to make the world safe for their 21st century form of autocratic kleptocracy. And Donald Trump, who’s been owned by the KGB/GRU since the 1980s, is their man who’s leading the charge."
I haven't done my music list for a quite long while, okay, the theme of JMusicFriday this time is Collaboration :KaitoCheer:
I will pick Qliphot by Xista (xi + Sta) this time. It is a track in Tone Sphere, and it's the second time that they collaborated in the game. A track full of power and passion to me :kazumathumbsup: :kazumathumbsup: :kazumathumbsup:
Listen / buy the album version of the track (from Tone Sphere Ultra Service) on Bandcamp: https://bit192.bandcamp.com/track/xista-xi-sta-qliphot
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
There has been relative calm in the #TaiwanStrait since the #Biden-#Xi summit, after a period of high tension in which Chinese warships and planes would regularly approach #Taiwan. At the same time however, there has been increasing friction in the #SouthChinaSea between #China and neighbouring countries, particularly the #Philippines, a #US ally. #WestPHSea
...many transgressions of the CCP, in particular after the end of British (colonial) rule has also been critical. Journalists had to leave the country.
In a surprising reversal of his own pro-Taiwan policy, President Biden has now said he does not support Taiwanese independence.
From a Taiwanese perspective, this is probably a big blow. However, the way #Xi has been forcing the issue of re-integration for years now, would have inexorably..
...led to a military 🪖 showdown of the two remaining superpowers, probably within this decade, as many military pundits had been thinking. (I am still unconvinced that it can be utterly avoided. Like #Putler, #Xi will never stop just with #Taiwan.)
It it thus understandable that he tried to defuse the issue at this point. Presidents change and so does foreign policy.