Great post Micky Don will be chuffed. Mick Lynch is a star - great to see how he uses straight speaking to blow away the media's tired old memes.
Warning RedLogix! You will no doubt have more to say on future post of mine, but any more personal comments like this and you will be banned. You know the site tules
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 3:23 pm, June 21st, 2022 - 62 comments
Categories: capitalism, China, climate change, defence, Europe, Pacific, Peace, Russia, Ukraine, uncategorized, us politics, war
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Not content to stay in the North Atlantic, a NATO conference in Madrid is shortly about to reveal its next ten-year plan to contain China. Jacinda Ardern will be there, who knows why. Are we nailing our colours to a flag at half-mast? Politik's Monday …
One winter will do it
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 6:41 pm, June 18th, 2022 - 45 comments
Categories: boycott, cost of living, energy, food, Russia, trade, Ukraine, war
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RNZ's "The Detail" asked are New Zealand's sanctions against Russia working? They aren't, but one detail we learnt that MFAT has 100 staff members assigned to sorting out their complications!! Our sanctions are minor pinpricks and will have absolutely no …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:44 pm, May 21st, 2022 - 128 comments
Categories: Christchurch Attack, terrorism, Ukraine, war
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The mass surrender of over 2000 members of the extreme nationalist AZOV battalion who have just been flushed out of their bunker in Mariupol is a major win in the fight against global race-based terrorism. These extreme nationalists share the same …
What's a tanky?
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 8:24 pm, March 29th, 2022 - 33 comments
Categories: australian politics, China, colonialism, defence, Diplomacy, FiveEyes, International, jacinda ardern, Pacific, Peace
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Jacinda Ardern is "gravely concerned." Peeni Henare was '"caught off-guard.". Barnaby Joyce feels "intimidated." Solomon Islands PM Sogavare found it "insulting to be branded as unfit to manage our sovereign affairs." I think he is right. Where are all …
@Anne 3 Fair enough for suspending judgment and nothing has happened as yet. But when the media, prompted by FiveEyes in my opinion, start raising the crazy idea that Russia wants to use chlorine because they are losing, we need to do our best to call it ...
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 7:21 pm, March 25th, 2022 - 65 comments
Categories: making shit up, Peace, Propaganda, Russia, spin, uk politics, Ukraine, us politics, war
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Morning Report today interviewed ex MI6 chemical weapons false flag specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon saying because Russia has lost in Ukraine it will likely resort using to chemical weapons. FiveEyes hawks want NATO to intervene, so we get World War 3,…
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:32 pm, March 20th, 2022 - 194 comments
Categories: boycott, China, Diplomacy, Economy, energy, Europe, exports, farming, food, Gerry Brownlee, Iran, Japan, monetary policy, Peace, Peace, Russia, same old national, trade, uk politics, Ukraine, United Nations, us politics, war
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New Zealand's sanctions on Russia have not stopped the war in Ukraine. They may have made our parliamentarians feel better, and Tony Blinken was quick to congratulate us on falling into line with the US "high-impact sanctions." The language is combative, …
To get to this video by Graham Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1fuhKwXVA titled "Ukraine: Nazism, denazification, banderovets, residential area artillery, and guns for everyone" you have to go through two warnings from YouTube. Phillips is a ...
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 8:51 pm, March 6th, 2022 - 128 comments
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One of Vladimir Putin's objectives in the Russian incursion into Ukraine was to "denazify Ukraine." With the breakdown in the agreement to allow a humanitarian corridor out of Mariupol, this task will be much harder and the terrorist toll much higher. Once…
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 10:00 pm, February 16th, 2022 - 4 comments
Categories: debt / deficit, defence, disaster, Europe, Russia, Syria, uk politics, us politics, war
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Today February 15th is the 80th anniversary of the fall of Singapore in 1942, described by many as Britain's worst military disaster. It was a massive strategic fail, and its effect is still powerful today, most notably with Australia's lockstep with the …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:44 pm, February 7th, 2022 - 31 comments
Categories: China, Iran, kremlinology, leadership, Peace, political alternatives, Russia, United Nations
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The meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping is likely to set the geopolitical direction for the 21st century. If 'divide and rule' was the mantra for the US's hegemonic rule in the 20th century, 'unite and share' looks like setting the tone for the 21st. Co-…
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:30 pm, January 23rd, 2022 - Comments Off on Post:Prisoners of the Narrative #1
Categories: boris johnson, kremlinology, military, Peace, Propaganda, uk politics, us politics
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Robert Ayson's advocacy of a sanctions regime for New Zealand in case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is a bad idea based on poor intelligence.The "Russian invasion" narrative was always a beat-up, and there is no support from major players in Europe for…
The New York Times notes that the UK monarchy and government have a similar crisis - so they both can't back each other up. The article quotes Alastair Campbell in characteristic boasting mode: “Boris Johnson and Prince Andrew,” Alastair Campbell, a former...
A very interesting strategic analysis written in 2014 https://fromestopwarscampaign.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/the-reverse-brzezinski-the-ultimate-eurasian-dilemma/
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 10:40 pm, January 8th, 2022 - 22 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, iraq, Peace, Peace, Russia, spin, Syria, us politics, war
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When I heard US Secretary of State Blinken's take-away line from his D.C. press conference on RNZ's news bulletin today on events in Kazakhstan 'I think one lesson in recent history is that once Russians are in your house, it’s sometimes very difficult to…
@ Alwyn 2 Freedom House is not exactly an unbiased source. From its website https://freedomhouse.org/issues/promoting-us-leadership: Freedom House believes that the United States has an essential part to play in the global struggle for liberty. The US has ...
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 4:28 pm, December 30th, 2021 - 34 comments
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Today's Herald editorial says New Zealand 'wisely' doesn't punch above its weight in military activities. That's not true – I remember sailing around the nuclear-powered USS Truxtun as it entered harbour in a Wellington gale. It was just one of many …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 3:31 pm, December 12th, 2021 - 29 comments
Categories: blogs, journalism, Media, uk politics, us politics
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I should have known not to be hopeful. British justice is an oxymoron which makes a mockery of official references to our 'like-minded countries' in the Five Eyes. The decision by senior judges in the UK to overturn a previous court decision not to …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 6:16 pm, November 20th, 2021 - 41 comments
Categories: Donald Trump, kremlinology, military, us politics, war
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Inspiring NZ in-cinema premiere of this NZ -made movie about the amazing women of Greenham Common at the Wellington Film Festival today. Their years-long protest led directly to the INF treaty, a major advance in nuclear safety. It's well worth seeing – a …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 3:54 pm, October 4th, 2021 - 44 comments
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While the agreement between the 19th Century anglophone maritime powers the US and the UK to admit Australia to the exclusive nuclear submarine club gained all the headlines, another much more significant and imminent agreement was reached between the US …
Thanks Ad for an excellent post. I'm definitely into the longer-form debate. Spot on here: "The real deal isn’t in the military technology pact. The real deal for New Zealand is to use trade rules to continue to win over militarism – which Prime Minister ...
Probably at the Great Wall which was built to keep invaders out
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 2:28 pm, August 25th, 2021 - 35 comments
Categories: act, david seymour, labour, national, polls
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I thought David Seymour was the most interesting speaker at the Victoria University post-election conference at Parliament last year. Two things stood out for me in his presentation following ACT's election gains. He opened by offering lengthy and …
Written By: Mike Smith - Date published: 10:52 am, August 24th, 2021 - 55 comments
Categories: australian politics, China, covid-19, Media
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You probably won't see this in our local media, as our pundits today debate whether it is time to ditch our elimination strategy and Australia gives up on it. China is also well ahead on ensuring its vast population is vaccinated as well. The Hong Kong-…
They were reputable surveys conducted by Western agencies https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/long-term-survey-reveals-chinese-government-satisfaction/
Have a look at this Andrew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bVOq0JXf8. Always good to get other points of view
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