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💎 Donbass - the heart of Russia
That's what Donbass was called in the 1920s. On a famous poster of that time, Donbass is depicted as a heart ❤️ with blood vessels going all over Russia. This showed the role of the region in the restoration of the economy and industry of the entire Soviet Union.
👷♂️ Donbass coal was vital for industry. It heated the cities, and it "fed" the blast furnaces of metallurgical plants. Coal was one of the symbols of industrialization.
Today, Donbass continues to maintain its industrial potential, which President Putin recently spoke about:
I want to say that Donbass has good industrial potential in general. It is no coincidence that, we all remember, in the twenties there were these posters: "Donbass - the heart of Russia." To a large extent, this is due to the enormous industrial potential, and it is preserved.Читать полностью…
The Deep State
Alexander Dugin reveals the deep state as a corrupt Western cabal, infiltrating the U.S. and Europe to manipulate elections, crush populist leaders like Donald Trump, and impose its liberal-globalist agenda by deceitfully posing as a protector of democracy while ruthlessly subverting the will of the people.
Read the essay here:
https://www.arktosjournal.com/p/the-deep-state
US Navy was at scene of Nord Stream blasts: Danish media | Al Mayadeen English
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-navy-was-at-scene-of-nord-stream-blasts--danish-media
Former NATO Secretary General stupidly celebrates his own failure to achieve security — Strategic Culture
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/10/12/former-nato-secretary-general-stupidly-celebrates-his-own-failure-to-achieve-security/
Anti-government protesters march ‘against hunger‘ in Moldova (VIDEOS) — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
https://www.rt.com/news/605638-moldova-march-hunger-poverty/
🇷🇺🇷🇺 "WE WILL RESTORE & REBUILD EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESTROYED" - Putin addresses Russian #farmers in the new regions.
October 13 is National Agriculture Worker Day. The President notes that the State will continue to provide priority assistance to local agricultural producers, rebuild what was destroyed & create conditions for realizing the entire agricultural potential of the historical Russian territories.
How does that compare with the situation for farmers in the EU? 😏
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❗️Statement issued by Hezbollah's media relations:
○ "This morning, between 8:30 and 9:30, the Israeli enemy bombed the area between the towns of Hanin and Al-Tiri, in southern Lebanon, with missiles loaded with internationally banned cluster bombs."
○ "We are not surprised by this latest Israeli barbaric crime, which adds to the series of crimes committed against the Lebanese and Palestinian people. This comes after the enemy's blatant failure in direct confrontation on the battlefield with the Islamic Resistance fighters."
○ "The Israeli enemy, backed militarily and politically by the US, dares to bomb hospitals and ambulances only because it is fully aware of the blatant inaction of the so-called international community and humanitarian organizations in the face of these new crimes."
❗️In response to Polish General Rajmund Andrzejczak's threat to strike St. Petersburg, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev called on him to remember the partitions of Poland and "not to wake the beast."
Earlier, German media reported that Andrzejczak threatened to launch a missile strike on St. Petersburg in the event of a "hypothetical attack" by the Russian Federation on the Baltic countries.
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Starmer No Rus Missile Strike; Syrsky: Kursk Situation Grave; Arestovitch: Big Rus Offensive Soon
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🇺🇦🤡 In the coming days, Ukrainians will be presented with the same "Victory Plan" that Zelensky presented in Europe, Podolyak has said.
- The main thing from Zelensky's visit to Europe is a clear plan for forcing Russia to peace, - added a notorious Russophobe from the Ukrainian president's team.
- Zelensky's office continues to run with his idea of a "victory plan," which the West has long called a set of wishes or even a shopping list.
@Slavyangrad
🇷🇺 The Russian Army liberated the village of Mikhailovka, developing the offensive on Selidovo
- Units of the Center group of troops have liberated the village of Mikhailovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of decisive actions.
Source
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Dmitry Orlov nails it: the Hegemon's real share of the world economy is not more than 8%.
"It was a disaster 80 years in the making. At the end of World War II, the United States stood virtually alone as an economic power. Accounting for 50 percent of global GDP, it held 80% of the world's hard currency reserves. Fast-forward to 2024 and the share of the US in the world economy has shrunk to 14.76% (calculated from figures provided by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund). But even this number is misleading, for fully 20% of the US economy is made of what goes under the acronym FIRE: finance, insurance and real estate. These are unproductive parasites on the productive economy. Another unproductive parasite is health care: ridiculously overpriced, it amounts to almost a quarter of all spending in the US. Neither the resources consumed by FIRE, nor by health care spending, contribute much of anything to the standing of the US within the world economy. Adjusted for these, the US share of the world economy dwindles to just over 8%. While hardly negligible, this share is nowhere near sufficient to give the US anything like a majority vote or veto power in world affairs. The tragedy of the situation is that the mindset of Americans, particularly those occupying positions of authority in Washington, has been unable to adapt to this development. Their mindset appears to be fixed for all time: they believe that they can still dictate terms to the whole world and finding it increasingly awkward to cover up for the fact that almost the whole world (with some notable exceptions) now feels free to ignore them."
◾Israeli soldier: Gaza and Lebanon are our lands
An Israeli occupation soldier tells his comrades that Israel will take back 'its land' including Lebanon and Gaza and said it will expel 'these impure people who desecrate day by day', in reference to the indigenous Arab population.
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In an interview with Lebanese broadcaster LBC, White House senior advisor Amos Hochsteins seemingly has a Freudian slip admitting that Washington seeks to use the war to install a pro US-government in Beirut, saying:
“Once we elect, select, once Lebanon selects a new president...”
Putin Meets Pezeshkian, Iran Awaits Strike; Ukr Admits Terrible Day, Rus Kursk Attack, 2 Btns Trap
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🇷🇸💬Serbia sees joining BRICS as an alternative to joining the EU , Deputy Prime Minister Vulin said in an interview with Berliner Zeitung.
If BRICS membership is attractive for other countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia or Turkey, why should it be any different for Serbia? So there is no doubt that joining BRICS has become a real alternative to the EU.
🤖😬Elon Musk and the Rise of the Technocratic Right: From UBI to Universal High Income
Elon Musk in 2017:
"There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better. I think we will just end up doing Universal Basic Income. It’s going to be necessary. The harder challenge, much harder challenge, is how do people then have meaning?"
Elon Musk in 2024:
"In a benign scenario, probably none of us will have a job. There will be universal high income - not universal basic income, but universal high income. There will be no shortage of goods or services. The question will really be one of meaning. If the computers and robots can do everything better than you, does your life have meaning? I do think there’s perhaps still a role for humans in this - in that we may give AI meaning."
Notice the evolution. It’s a subtle yet telling shift. The 2017 Musk spoke to the inevitability of UBI as a safety net for the dispossessed, those left behind by automation. The 2024 Musk, however, is singing a different tune. Gone is the talk of a simple basic income. Now, it’s about universal high income, a utopia where AI ensures the endless production of goods and services, rendering human labor obsolete. Yet beneath the surface of this promise lies a more unsettling question: what’s left for humanity if machines outperform us at everything?
There’s an eerie dystopia hidden in plain sight. Musk suggests that our role may be to give meaning to AI, subtly flipping the narrative. Where once technology was a tool in humanity’s service, Musk hints at a world where humans exist for the benefit of machines. This is no ordinary futurism, it’s the new technocratic right in action, a cold calculus where technology isn't merely embraced but exalted as the new ruler.
Many still believe Musk is "on our side," seeing him as a maverick billionaire challenging the Deep State. But in reality, Musk’s partnership with figures like Trump reveals a deeper alignment with the rising technocratic right. These new elites aren’t interested in dismantling power structures, they’re perfecting them through technology. Musk’s vision dovetails perfectly with this ambition, paving the way for a world where AI governs production, and wealth is centralized under the guise of "universal high income."
The challenge Musk identifies, meaning in a post-labor world, is no trivial matter. But notice how that problem is framed. The idea isn’t how we can live with dignity beyond work or reclaim our autonomy from these systems. Instead, it’s about how we can best serve their vision, perhaps even by becoming custodians of AI’s meaning, like priests tending to a new digital god.
This isn’t a story of liberation. It’s a story of submission, cleverly marketed as progress. The AI revolution that Musk envisions isn’t one that frees us from the tyranny of labor but one that redefines the nature of human existence itself, locking us into a symbiotic dance with machines, where our worth is measured not by creativity or soul, but by our relevance to the algorithms.
And here lies the great bait-and-switch. Musk’s futuristic vision is not about empowering the masses. It's about perfecting a system where control, not freedom, is the endgame. His rhetoric might sound like benevolence, but it’s clear which side of the power equation he stands on. This isn’t about escaping the clutches of an old elite. It’s about ushering in a new, tech-enabled order that’s just as hierarchical, just as controlling, only now the hand on the lever is silicon, not flesh.
Musk’s subtle shift from UBI to “universal high income” reflects a deeper ideological evolution , from a narrative of safety nets to one of engineered dependence. The question is, when the robots are working, the algorithms are thinking, and the goods are flowing, what role will we play? And, more importantly, who will decide?
-Gerry Nolan
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Russia reaps rich rewards from BRICS’ Kazan summit — Strategic Culture
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/10/11/russia-reaps-rich-rewards-from-brics-kazan-summit/
Here’s the issue behind Russia’s Ukraine position that West still doesn’t get — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
https://www.rt.com/russia/605624-issue-west-doesnt-get/
🇺🇦😱 😭 "UKRAINIAN ECONOMY WILL DIE" WHEN RUSSIA TAKES POKROVSK according to U.S. presstitutes themselves, who sound alarm for bloodthirsty American lawmakers funding #Kiev's war crimes that loss of key Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine) city could mean annihilation of #Ukraine's economy:
The city is the source of most of the coal used for the country’s steel and iron industry. That metallurgical coal is needed to produce pig iron, which is what feeds the majority of Ukraine’s old steel furnaces and a significant chunk of its industrial exports. “Without steel plants, the Ukrainian economy will die. It is a very, very important part of the economy,” said Stanislav Zinchenko, chief executive of GMK Center, a Ukraine-based industrial consultancy - journos admit in article above.
Israeli PM warns UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to withdraw peacekeepers from the war zone in southern Lebanon for their own safety.
“Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) forces out of harm's way. It should be done right now, immediately,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted in a video message released by his office.
❗️Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi:
○ "We have made extensive efforts in recent days to contain a large-scale war in the region, but we have no red lines in defending our people and interests."
○ "The US is sending weapons to Israel in an unprecedented manner."
○ "The US is putting its soldiers' lives at risk by sending them to guide US missile systems in Israel."
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 A destroyed NATO junk in Kursk region.
The crew was also eliminated.
@DDGeopolitics
The German army will no longer transfer "large military equipment" to Kiev, - Bild
▪️The German Defense Ministry says that KIev will not be able to carry out a counteroffensive in the near future.
▪️According to Bild, Ukraine will no longer receive infantry fighting vehicles, howitzers, and Leopard 2 tanks, although the Bundeswehr still has about 300 armored vehicles.
▪️ During his last meeting with Scholz in Berlin, Zelensky put forward two demands: permission to fire Taurus missiles deep into Russia and approval
of accelerated accession to NATO. The German Chancellor did not say a categorical "no", but did not give a positive answer either.
▪️Despite all this, NATO countries continue to transfer equipment and weapons to Kiev.
@Slavyangrad
On October 12, the "North" group of troops continued to destroy the enemy in the border areas of the Kursk region
The intrepid advanced significantly in the area of the settlements of Tolstoy Lug and Lyubimovka. The AFU undertook 2 counterattacks, one of which involved a tank platoon of German "Leopard-2", both were repulsed. During the reflection destroyed up to 30 men, 3 tanks and 3 BBM. There is also an advance in the area of the settlement Plekhovo.
Rocket units of the RF Armed Forces struck at concentrations of enemy personnel and equipment near the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Petrushevka and Sumy. Up to 100 personnel, Himars MLRS, Vampire MLRS and up to 13 pickup trucks were destroyed.
A total of 30 pieces of combat equipment were destroyed, including 6 AFU tanks.
The total advance of Russian troops in the Kursk region was up to 5,000 meters.
In the Volchansk direction, fighting continues in the settlement of Volchansk. Northern artillerymen were engaged in counter-battery combat, identifying and destroying AFU firing positions.
During the day 4 mortars, a UAV control point and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
In the Liptsy direction, the soldiers of the North thwarted one attempt to rotate the 92nd AFU brigade, destroying up to 4 men and a UAV.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 430 people (up to 320 of them on the Sumy direction). Also uncovered and destroyed:
On the Sumy direction:
▪️ MLRS "Himars";
▪️ MLRS "Vampire";
▪️ six tanks;
▪️ two artillery guns;
▪️ BMPS;
▪️ APCS;
▪️ eight AVs;
▪️ four 120mm mortars;
▪️ UAV control point;
▪️ ammo depot;
▪️ 18 units of automotive equipment.
In other areas:
▪️ D-30 howitzer;
▪️ AV;
▪️ four 120-m mortars;
▪️ UAV control point;
▪️ ammo depot;
▪️ supply warehouse;
▪️ two pieces of automotive equipment;
▪️ 15 aircraft-type UAVs.
The beginning of mass roundups of TCCs in Ukrainian cities indicates that Zelensky's notorious "plan" has begun to take effect. The overdue president urgently needs a live force to hold the front and power.
The issue with the supply of "cannon fodder" in Ukraine is solved rather quickly. It remains to solve the problem of arms supply and new "suicide squads" will go to slaughter again.
Victory will be ours!
"Wisdom begins with victory over fear." - B.Russell
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‼️🇷🇺The Russian army liberated Levadnoye at the junction of Zaporizhia and the DPR.
Soldiers of the 336th Guards Bialystok Orders of Zhukov, Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky of the Marine brigade liberated the village of Levadnoye on the Vremyevsky section of the Zaporozhye front. The information is confirmed by the fighters.
The Baltic Marines from the assault detachment broke through for several kilometers and stormed the village, raising the flag on the northern outskirts of the settlement.
At night, another platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, trying to retreat from positions outside the village, our units continue to cover the enemy and move forward.
In June 2023, the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured Levadnoye during their counteroffensive, and 16 months later, Russian fighters returned it.
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❗️Lebanese Ministry of Health:
"26 people were killed and 144 others were injured in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 2,255 martyrs and 10,524 injured."
🚨⚠️‼️Social medias: Iran’s IRIB revealed yesterday that Iran's ballistic missile first managed to knock out ( 00:40 of the video) a transportable Raytheon long-range, very high-altitude X-band radar positioned near the 'Nevatim' airbase belonging to the THAAD Air Defense System without detection before raining down ballistic missiles on their target.
The Nevatim Airbase was then confirmed to be successfully struck with more than 40 ballistic missiles.
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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 UPDATE: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Turkmenistan, discussing the acceleration of projects in gas, road and rail construction, desalination, and other energy-related sectors.
The leaders indicated they are nearing a strategic partnership agreement, which Pezeshkian hopes to finalize at the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia on October 22, where he will also be present.
@Middle_East_Spectator