UFOs on the Moon

 

Sabine Hossenfelder debunks some new (alleged) evidence for UFOs (as in extraterrestrial craft). One piece deals with some Ukrainian scientists who claims to have discovered UFOs on the Moon (!), whereas the second video is about the ubiquitous Avi Loeb. 

Hossenfelder belives the "warp drive" some scientists speculate about are indistinguishable from mundane meteorites. But ahem, what about the strange orbs discussed by Loeb? Interestingly, the US military actually tested some kind of infrared light at the same time, but claims that it *didn´t* cause the orbs. But surely that *is* the most likely explanation? 

What is really going on here, I wonder? And who is psyopping who? 

En sista varning?

 

Det mest skrämmande är väl att det kommer "dubbla budskap" från Washington DC. Är Trump för eller mot Ryssland? Vad anser han om Ukraina, egentligen? Vem representerar CIA-chefen? Och så vidare.

Och varför lämnade Trump sin egen utrikesminister (Rubio) på det mångomtalade "decoy plane"? Rubio är Trumps nykonservativa / interventionistiska förkläde...

Det börjar kanske dra ihop sig till något slags slutkläm på den här historien. October surprise! 

CIA-chefens Moskvaresa är en skrämmande signal

Tomma lager

 

Har Trump någon lösning på detta? Han kanske vill byta namn på Sydkinesiska sjön till Lake America eller något sådant. Eller så tänker han stämma tidningarna som avslöjade detta...

USA:s tomma lager en fara för Sverige

Bad jokes

 

- Yes, Korea is here somewhere! Never heard of Oman...

Marx said that world history always repeats itself twice: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. Somebody has proposed burlesque as the third repetition. I´m not sure what stage Trump´s foreign policy has reached, but it´s certainly beyond farce at this point. 

Trump recently said that he will declare the Strait of Hormuz American territory. A few days later some spokesman of the Trump administration dismissed the statement as a joke?! Then, the erratic president threatened to "bomb the shit" out of Oman.

Another jocular remark, I suppose?

But perhaps Trump can still do something properly tragic, since he decided to scale down US involvement in a joint military exercise with South Korea, citing the ROK´s refusal to back his increasingly quixotic adventure in the Gulf. Instead, he bragged about having good relations with North Korea! The same North Korea which may be in the process of sending tens of thousands of fresh troops to aid the Russians in Ukraine.

It will be interesting to see if Trump´s end will be a tragedy, a farce or even a burlesque. Maybe the Don could at least give us one more performance? For old times sake.

At your convenience

 

Putin says that the Russian Federation may seize EU-related ships operating under a flag of convenience, in response to EU actions against the Russian "shadow fleet". Well, at least he isn´t threatening to nuke us! Always something.

It would be ironic if the war in Ukraine would lead to the effective collapse of flags of convenience...

Putin says Russia will seize European vessels

Invasion army?

 

Credit: Nicor 

50,000 North Korean soldiers may be deployed in Russia soon, according to Ukrainian president Zelensky. Something tells me they´re not there on vacation! Their end destination may very well be Ukraine itself. 

That Russia needs cannon fodder from *North Korea* does show that Putin´s war isn´t going entirely according to plan. On the other hand, nobody cares where the soldiers come from if the trick turns out to work...

Last time around, Russia and their original ally (then about 15,000 strong) did manage to take back control over the portions of the Kursk region which had been captured by Ukraine during a surprise offensive. However, this obviously wasn´t enough to defeat the Ukrainian military overall.

I assume this is another "trial balloon". And since the Korean People´s Army is supposedly two million men strong, Putin could potentially keep up the pressure for years. Assuming Kim Jong-un is interested, obviously. 

We live in "interesting" times.

Bomba högkvarteret

 

Credit: Artyom Vasiliev

Det är tydligen en russifierad korean som äger Wildberries, Rysslands största e-handelsföretag. Ukraina har under en period bombad företagets lagerlokaler av diverse orsaker. Hübinette har kvittona.

Om de ryska företaget Wildberries´ grundare och ägare

Bad news

 

Credit: Paul Gear

Senator Lindsey Graham has suddenly passed away. WTF. In Swedish media, Graham is described as a "Trump loyalist", but the truth is that he wasn´t *really* a Trump aficionado but a more regular Republican who supported the erratic POTUS for tactical reasons. 

Graham´s role was to constantly push Trump in a more pro-Ukrainian direction, hence acting as a counterweight to the "isolationist" Vance and similar types. Graham was also extremely pro-Israeli, but on *that* score, the Donald didn´t need much pushing! It´s probably bad news that the senator passed away exactly when Trump is (at least seemingly) making a pro-Ukrainian gyration, for instance by letting them produce Patriot missiles. What if Trump changes his mind...?

It would be very good indeed if somebody on the other side could suddenly drop dead, too. Witkoff, for instance. Or what about Putin himself? One thing is certain: this shit (evidently) isn´t over yet.

Still silent

 

Taylor Swift´s silence on the recent fall of Kostiantynivka is not a little damning, and given the extremely serious nature of the present geopolitical situation, entirely disqualifying! 

It´s official now

 

Ukraine blew up Nord Stream 2. But we kind of knew that already. Good goin´, btw. 

Maniac Murder Cult

 

Tar den här skiten aldrig slut? Fast observera att "Maniac Murder Cult" faktiskt kallas satanistisk i den andra artikeln! Måste dock säga att bevisen för en rysskoppling verkar ganska svaga. 

Terrordömd svensk rekryterades av misstänkt rysk agent

20-åring döms för deltagande i terrororganisation

Good news?

 

Not sure if this is good news or bad news. Especially since Trump is currently negotiating America´s terms of surrender in the recent (phoney) war against Iran...

Exclusive: Ukraine believes it secured Trump´s backing

Badsäsongen är över

 

Tydligen. 

Abductive reasoning

 

Remover of obstacles?

So the United States abducted one foreign head of state and killed another one. So far, the success rate seems to be 50/50. It worked in Venezuela, but the jury is still out on Iran. It certainly doesn´t *seem* to be working. 

Still, a 50% success rate is pretty high. Especially since the succesful example was in the US sphere of influence (a.k.a. backyard). Sure wonder how the Russians and Chinese are calculating the odds right now. For instance, would killing or abducting Zelensky work if your last name is Putin? What about Taiwan? 

Of course, the opposite is true as well. Could killing *Putin* work for Ukraine, for instance? And, more importantly, Ukraine´s backers...

How long before somebody starts calculating whether or not a direct hit at a certain white house close to the Potomac might yield geopolitical dividends? But thanx for the crude oil, I suppose. 

Warring states and interesting times

 

So Russia can´t defeat Ukraine in a real war, and the US (you know, NATO´s supposed top doggie) can´t defeat Iran in a phoney war. Sure wonder if there´s a great power which can take advantage of this little situation? 

China, maybe...?

Maybe the PRC can "take over the world" through a combination of heavy handed diplomacy and very lucrative trade deals / investment opportunities. I mean, I *can* see it happening. They have rare earth minerals and gold reserves, too.

Until somebody decides to test China´s resolve to send in the People´s Liberation Army outside its Near Abroad.

I suppose we live in interesting times...

Nedräkning

 

Ryssland kan som bekant inte besegra Ukraina. Om några timmar kommer vi tydligen att få reda på om USA åtminstone kan besegra Iran...

Krig i vår tid

 

Det här är faktiskt sjukt. Observera dödssiffrorna: 300 000 - 500 000 på den ryska sidan, 100 000 på den ukrainska. Fast egentligen är det ju ingen som vet säkert... 

Idag har kriget i Ukraina pågått längre än första världskriget

Stor var kamrat Stalin

 

Varför klagar Fria Tider på det här? Stödjer de Stalin numera? LOL.

Israelisk kritik när Zelenskyj hedrar nazikollaboratör

No more Mr Machiavelli?

 

Ähum, har vår ofrivillige grannbloggare Tobias helt glömt bort att han stödde Azov under belägringen av Mariupol? Så den verkliga frågan är inte om Lettlands nya regering är högerpopulistisk. Den verkliga frågan är om denna regering är "våra" högerpopulister eller "deras"... 

Nu styrs även Lettland av en högerpopulistisk regering

It´s over

 

The last laugh?
Credit: Laurie Noble 

Why did Nigel Farage accuse the Russians of having hacked his mail? My guess is that he wants to signal that he isn´t pro-Russian. Meanwhile, a number of newly elected Reform Party councillors have been expelled due to...you know...racism. In other words: Reform is just a new version of the Tories. Which we knew already.

So presumably a future Reform government will continue importing guest workers to the UK (including from the EU!), while stripping both native-born and foreign workers of their rights. Like the Tories. 

But sure, maybe Nigel can at least convince Woke quangos to stop being Woke. But since the UK was just as Woke under Boris Johnson as under Labour, I wouldn´t count on that either.

Well, at least he won´t conspire with Trump and Vance to sell out Ukraine. I hope.