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‘Trump Administration Asserts Ambition To Dominate Energy Sector’

The U.S. is trying to dominate the control global energy sector and to control the routes through which energy is delivered to global customer. That accusation is made by Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov in an interview to the TV BRICS media network. The interview also touches on other aspects. The excerpts from the interview posted Read more...
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Smearing Chomsky For His Friendship With Epstein Is A Disgrace

I confess to have often linked to Alan Macleod’s pieces a MintPressNews. He seemed to know a lot about South America politics and general media manipulation. It is thus sad to see him take part that practice. In one of his latest pieces Macleod is smearing Noam Chomsky and his wife for their years-long relation with Read more...
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NY Times Reports Russian Capture of Ukrainian Cities Months After It Happened

There is rather weird new report about Ukraine in the New York Times depicting Russian progress but based on front line movements that have happened months ago. Russia Nears Capture of Key Ukrainian Towns After Year of Grinding Assaults (archived) – NY Times, Feb. 10, 2026 Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in Read more...
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Open (Neither Ukraine Nor Palestine) Thread 2026-037

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Ukraine Open Thread 2026-038

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Palestine Open Thread 2026-039

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Russia’s ‘Collapsing’ Economy

The reports about Russia’s ‘collapsing’ economy seem to come in somewhat periodic batches. Russia economy: What is the risk of meltdown? – BBC, Dec 17 2014 Russia’s Looming Economic Collapse – Atlantic, Mar 2 2022 What’s awaiting Russia may be much worse than the chaos of 1990s – Aljazeerah, Mar 4 2022 The Russian economy Read more...
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WSJ Debunks NYT’s “Ragtag Network Of Activist” Propaganda

On January 16 I lambasted a New York Times piece which claimed (archived) that: A ragtag network of activists, developers and engineers pierced Iran’s digital barricades. Using thousands of Starlink satellite internet systems that they had quietly smuggled into the country, they got online and spread images of troops firing into the streets and families Read more...
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Poison Dart Frogs Killer

Believe Us Media is spreading another Skripal affair like story to again tell its audience to hate Russia (archived): Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison two years ago, was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, the Foreign Ministries of Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Read more...
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The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-040

Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama: Feb 9 – ‘Trump Administration Asserts Ambition To Dominate Energy Sector’ Related: – Marco Rubio Is Rebooting the Neocons for the MAGA Era (archived) – Bloomberg – Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference – Dep. of State – US undermines democracy to promote Maga Read more...
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Ukraine Open Thread 2026-041

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U.S. Calls For New Colonial Era

In a speech held at the Munich Security Conference Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for a renewal of the colonial age: In a perfect world, all of these problems and more would be solved by diplomats and strongly worded resolutions. But we do not live in a perfect world, and we cannot continue to Read more...
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Duplicate Propaganda For War On Iran

Propaganda usually works in a drip-drip-drip fashion. Small stories are launched each other day spreading the similar talking points over and over again But today, due to some mix up, two of the major propaganda outlets, the New York Times and the Washington Post, launched very similar propaganda stories on the very same day. Rage. Read more...
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Open (Not Ukraine) Thread 2026-042

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Ukraine Open Thread 2026-043

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U.S. – Israel Ready To Strike At Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump has managed to maneuver himself into a position that makes a long war on Iran all but inevitable. About two days ago I was still betting on Trump to chicken out of a war with Iran. The military buildup in the Middle East was insufficient but for a short in-out air Read more...
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Ukraine Is Exhausted But Plans For More Years Of War

The war mongers in the U.S., in the European Union and in Ukraine have decided to ditch U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace attempts and to prolong the war until he leaves office. Today’s headlines at the Ukrainian outlet Strana include (machine translation): Europe is confident that the war in Ukraine can last up to 3 Read more...
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