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There's no freedom without national sovereignty.
US building up airfield infrastructure for nuclear-capable planes at its Greenland base (yes, they got it there too!)
That’s according to ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin.
'It is undergoing comprehensive modernization, including radar systems worth billions of dollars. It is also building airfield infrastructure for F-35 fighter jets, which are capable of carrying nuclear weapons', the diplomat told Sputnik
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The Dwarf Within: Shadows and the Eternal Flame
“I live one life alone. I have no other being inside me.” These haunting words from Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf echo like a drumbeat in the depths of the soul. The dwarf, twisted in body, colder still in spirit, is no mere character. He is a reflection. A mirror held up to humanity’s darkest recesses.
In him, we see cruelty unmasked, cunning without restraint, truth stripped of mercy. He mocks those who tremble before chaos, who shrink from the unknown, who dread the mysteries of life. For him, there is no inner war, no hidden depths, only stark clarity. The dwarf does not fear the abyss. He is the abyss.
And yet, his shadow stretches far beyond himself. For the dwarf lives within us all. He is the voice that whispers, Take what is yours. Fear nothing. Kindness is weakness, and weakness will destroy you. He is vanity cloaked in strength, cruelty masked as necessity, emptiness that masquerades as triumph.
Through the dwarf, Lagerkvist exposes the fractures of humanity: the hollow empires, the gilded masks, the endless pursuit of power that leaves us more broken than whole. We see his reflection everywhere, in the self-serving bureaucrats who build nothing but feed endlessly, in the golden towers erected to distract from the crumbling foundations beneath. The dwarf thrives in this decay, and in his laughter, he dares us to ask: Is this all we are? Is this all we can be?
Here, I diverge.
The dwarf, in his twisted wisdom, would have you believe that life is chaos, that darkness is the only truth, and survival the only virtue. But I reject his laughter. I refuse his final word. For while the dwarf thrives in shadow, it is shadow that reveals the light. If he is the chaos of the soul, then there must be a harmony like a still flame in the tempest, a quiet rhythm beneath the noise. If he is the fracture, then there must be a wholeness, a strength forged not by conquest, but by the courage to face the abyss and remain unbroken.
The ancients spoke of the logos. Not the brittle order of tyrants or empires, but the profound balance of the soul aligned with truth. It is not found in the golden towers of the mighty or the applause of men. It does not reside in conquest or survival at any cost. It is found in the quiet battle within, the struggle to master the self, to rise above cruelty, to walk with integrity even when the world sneers.
Today, the masks remain, worn by those who preach salvation yet sow despair. Empires rise on promises of progress but crumble beneath the weight of their own deceit. They demand trust, even as they betray. Obedience, even as they crush. But we are not their dwarfs. We do not kneel in the shadow of their decay.
Hope is not soft. Hope is not a refuge for the weak. It is a sword. A fire. It is the act of standing firm when the ground beneath you trembles. It is the refusal to bow to shadows that promise safety in exchange for submission. It is knowing the storm will come, knowing the darkness will gather, and daring to face it anyway.
The dwarf knows no such hope. He knows only the cold clarity of survival, the cunning that thrives in darkness. But we are not condemned to his path. We are not his reflection.
And so, I say this: the evils of humanity are real, but they are not inevitable. The dwarf may mock, but he cannot extinguish the flame. For within us burns something eternal. A fire that says, I will not bow. I will not break. I will not live as less than what I am.
It is this fire, the alignment of the soul with truth, that will outlast the tallest towers and the darkest nights. It is this fire that will endure long after the laughter of the dwarf has faded into silence.
The mirror Lagerkvist holds is vital, for it shows us what we must confront. But the path forward is ours to choose. And I choose hope. Not fragile hope. Not fleeting hope. But the profound, defiant hope of those who stand unbroken in the storm.
- Gerry Nolan
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▶️ Who is Joseph Aoun, Lebanon's new president?
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Israel blocks UN probe on 'Hamas rape' claims fearing inquiry into sexual abuse of Palestinians
Elected Israeli officials and settler groups last year started riots in defense of prison guards who gang-raped a Palestinian detainee inside the notorious Sde Teiman prison camp
RT EXCLUSIVE: Israel is exploiting chaos in Syria to its advantage – Syrian refugee who fled to Lebanon
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Hundreds of Cypriots turn out to protest the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
They condemn IDF actions in Gaza & call for an end to the military operations in the Middle East.
#Cyprus
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Elon Musk puts it perfectly when answering the question: ‘Why does the mainstream media never talk about how George Soros is a threat to democracy’
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves
#Soros
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❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 9:
▪️Ukraine lost about 1,500 troops in the special military operation zone
▪️Russian air defenses downed 14 HIMARS rockets and 71 drones
▪️The Battlegroup West repelled six Ukrainian counterattacks, causing the enemy to lose up to 480 troops
▪️Russian forces struck Ukrainian troops, equipment, and foreign mercenaries in 163 areas
▪️Ukraine lost over 155 servicemen due to the actions of the Battlegroup East
▪️The battlegroups North and Dnepr inflicted up to 90 losses on enemy
▪️Ukraine lost up to 245 soldiers in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup South
Transnistria thrown into dark ages as power supply dwindles.
The Moldovan enclave has ceased to receive Russian gas on 1 Jan, given the pro-Western Sandu government owes Russia's Gazprom $709 million for prior gas supplies.
Videos show stores running on generators & emergency power grid vehicles rushing from one call to the next.
People are also reportedly cutting trees for firewood from their yards. The Chisinau regime disputes the debts owed.
#Transnistria
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Europe buys record amount of LNG from Russia in 2024 – report
Europe shattered records in 2024 by importing a staggering 17.8 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia, according to new data.
This marks a sharp increase of over 2 million tonnes compared to the previous year, all despite countless sanctions and EU efforts to ditch Russian fossil fuels.
#Europe #gas
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Zelensky claims Ukraine’s Kursk incursion 'one of our biggest wins'
Ukrainian army's push into Russian region has resulted in 50,000+ army casualties so far per Russia's MoD
Someone translate the meaning of 'win' for Zelensky
#Ukraine #Russia
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🇸🇰❌🇺🇦 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, following his Hungarian counterpart, promised to take tough measures against Ukraine if Kiev does not resume gas transit and stop the transit of Russian oil.
These measures could include cutting off humanitarian aid, reducing or ending support for Ukrainian refugees, suspending emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, and using Slovakia's veto power within the European Union on matters related to Ukraine.
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🏁🇺🇦 At today's "Ramstein" meeting, eight countries approved roadmaps for defense cooperation with Ukraine until 2027, the Pentagon reported.
The agreement to finalize these roadmaps was made on July 13, 2024, following the NATO summer summit.
"With an eye to these capability targets for 2027, our countries plan to work closely with Ukraine to identify how to meet these benchmarks, balancing both Ukraine's wartime and future force requirements, through our respective national donations, procurements, investments, and efforts to expand defense industrial base capacity, including by leveraging Ukraine's domestic defense industry production and sustainment capabilities," the statement reads.
❗️ Klimenko, the former adviser to the President of Russia on Internet development, said that Telegram has been hijacked by Western Intelligence Services and it could follow the path of YouTube.
"Telegram will continue to restrict the access of Russian channels. Relatively speaking, the history of YouTube repeats itself. I would imagine that things will probably follow the same scenario as YouTube.
Telegram, I suspect, will be a little more difficult for a thousand reasons. I think it's probably fair to expect us to launch our own messenger. In fact, Pavel Durov apparently collaborated with Western special services. Now they demanded more and more from him. Its size has become high. They are forcing him into the legal field of EU and US."
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Rostec has supplied a batch of Dispatcher ground drones to the troops.
These are multifunctional, remote-controlled platforms on a wheeled chassis.
The design of the "Dispatch" allows you to mount various equipment on it. Thanks to this, the platform can be used for a wide range of tasks. For example, it is able to quickly deliver cargo weighing up to 200 kg to the front line – provisions, fuel, equipment – and evacuate the wounded to the rear.
The drone has an independent suspension and is highly maneuverable. The maximum speed of the platform is 30 km/h. It can travel long distances. The elements of robotization of the Dispatch are provided by the Prometheus software and hardware complex.
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There's a pattern here.
I just can't put my finger on it...
Focus on suitability for the role, instead of meaningless DEI stats.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Lloyd Austin, the US Secretary of Defense, says Russia endured so many casualties that they rush desperately North Koreans to the front.
700,000 casualties he says …
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RT EXCLUSIVE: All of Syria's Shias are labeled as agents for Iran – Syrian refugee who fled to Lebanon
#Syria
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Poland guarantees Netanyahu's safety at 80th commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
That's despite Poland being party to the International Criminal Court, which has a warrant out for Netanyahu's arrest.
For the third year in a row, Russia, as formerly Soviet Red Army liberator of Auschwitz-Birkenau, is not invited.
#Poland
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UK military chiefs made secret trips to Israel post-October 7, discussing ‘future’ operations – report
Top UK military leaders made five unpublicized trips to Israel post-Gaza strikes in October 2023, according to government transparency data.
Notably, on January 21, 2024, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin met Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi to discuss "future regional operations," while Royal Air Force Chief Sir Richard Knighton visited Israel on January 9, 2024, for undisclosed purposes.
#UK #Israel
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Elon Musk may be influential, but it's Soros' billions that are the actual interference in elections — Italian PM Meloni.
#Italy
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2022:
We forecast Russia's GDP will have by 30 by end-2022, far worse than 2009.
There needs to be a ban on any academic papers that interpret Russia's resilient GDP as a sign that sanctions don't work. Russia's resilience is a symptom of Western indecision on sanctions. If the West had gotten its act together, Russia would be imploding right now...
Germany faces highest number of bankruptcies since 2008
Germany is reeling from its WORST wave of bankruptcies since the 2008 financial crisis, with 364 major companies crumbling into bankruptcy in 2024 – a staggering 30% jump from last year.
Additionally, fewer German companies are hiring, while the number of firms slashing jobs is on the rise across almost every sector.
#Germany
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Over half a MILLION Ukrainians put on wanted list for evading conscription The biggest 'game' of hide and seek the world has ever seen...
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❗️In the Kursk region, another American M113 armored personnel carrier was just captured by Russian forces.
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🇺🇦💰🇺🇸 The final weapons package for Ukraine from the Biden administration is only $500 million
Zelensky knows that's 1.5 shopping sprees for Alyona, and not enough to fight Russia
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🇷🇴 Despite it no longer garnering mainstream media attention in the West, the controversy over the cancellation of the Romanian Presidential Election continues to fuel numerous protests and marches across the country and even among the Romanian diaspora abroad.
One young 19-year-old Romanian nationalist recently went viral on Romanian social media and became the target of numerous threats, purely due to her support for the winner of the first round of the Romanian Presidential Election - independent nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu - who was also considered the favourite to win the now-cancelled second round and, subsequently, the Romanian Presidency:
Good afternoon, dear Romanians. We are here today in the Constanța County Prefecture. The Romanian citizens in Constanța have gathered to peacefully protest for the resumption of the second round of elections. We want to resume Round 2, we want a democratic vote and we want Călin Georgescu as President.
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"US sanctions close aide to Hungarian President Viktor Orban"- BBC
US sanctions reach NATO allies - for "key components of Hungary captured by oligarchs and undemocratic figures."
"The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Antal Rogan, the government chief of staff and one of the most influential people in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party.
It’s a rare occurrence between NATO allies, and it’s emblematic of how much worse relations have become between the U.S. and Hungary since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“Rogan reportedly orchestrated schemes to control strategic sectors of the Hungarian economy. Minister Rogan played a central role in creating a system in Hungary that benefits him and his party at the expense of the Hungarian people,” the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement. “Rogan’s activities reflect a broader pattern of impunity in which key components of the Hungarian state are captured by oligarchs and undemocratic actors.”