Raheem Kassam On The Failures Of The DeSantis Campaign
DeSantis was supposed to be “Trump without the drama” but he’s coming across like Ted Cruz without the Charisma (thats brutal considering Cruz doesn’t have great charisma)
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https://rumble.com/embed/v41lk39/?pub=4
28 Dec, 2023 19:12
Fyodor Lukyanov: 2024 could be the year when the West’s liberal elites lose control of the world order
With elections across the world, a lot could be about to change and the position of the minority has never looked so perilous
This year began with one fierce military confrontation of global significance and ends with two. And there is no guarantee that they will not continue until the end of 2024. The chain of conflicts, seemingly territorial but essentially existential (at least in the perception of those involved), may prove to be quite long.
In the 20th century – with its wars, revolutions, colonial possessions and national liberations – the world was cut up bizarrely and illogically. The military-ideological confrontation of the second half of the century was gradually transformed into a global framework. With its help, all collisions should, in theory, have been resolved. But they were not. On the contrary, as soon as the foundations began to wobble, they recurred with renewed vigor.
The current proliferation of conflicts is a symptom of the weakening of the modern international power structure. This was exercised in the form of a "liberal world order" (more recently called a "rules-based order"). The basis of it was the confidence of a group of countries in their righteousness and the truth of their ideology, gained through victory in the Cold War. Liberal democracy and the market economy defeated the Soviet regime and its planned economy. But soon democracy as the power of the majority, taking into account the opinion of the minority, was transformed into a liberal scheme in which the minority is given more moral and political rights than the majority.
Case in point: in almost all G7 countries the ratings of ruling parties/coalitions are now extremely low, i.e. governments represent the interests of a smaller part of the population.Alternative forces that challenge the current government are labelled as populist. This term (which, incidentally, comes from the word populus - "people") has become almost a swear word, and the mainstream is instructed to fight those who are tarred by this brush. The idea is that the current elites do not need to be changed.
As a result, the establishment now presents almost every vote as a battle for democracy. The implication is that democracy is the victory of the forces that maintain the "correct" continuity. Accordingly, those who want to change course are declared enemies of democracy, even if they have a majority on their side.
The concept of the "world majority" (i.e. countries outside the Western community), which has entered the Russian political lexicon this year, fits with the delineation between processes in individual countries and at the global level. The role of the global establishment is played by the West. There is no single "populist" force opposing it. But there is a huge space (the very "world majority") which believes that the minority (the West) is abusing its power. What is emerging is not a rigid opposition, but rather a coagulated – albeit growing – resistance that is reducing the effectiveness of the policies of the US and its allies. Within the Western community itself, we seeincreasing demand from "populists" to reduce involvement in world affairs because the costs outweigh the benefits. This does not have a direct and immediate effect, but rather a lasting indirect one. But as history moves faster and faster, the meaning of "lasting" is changing.
2022 was a turning point, because for the first time the ruling minority was directly challenged. Not by the majority, of course, because Russia has been in a kind of "neither here nor there" position. But a precedent has been set. This year was a time of getting used to the fact that the old restrictions, the very “rules" on which the order is based, are disappearing and the space of possibilities is expanding for everyone.
2024 will be "the year of the great decisions". Literally, the majority of the world will vote (just add up the populations of India, the US, Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa, Indonesia, Russia, Egypt, and the European Union (there will be a vote for its European Parliament), etc. In the leading countries of the West, aserious battle is being fought between the "populists" and the establishment, the main arena being, of course, America itself.
In this, the world majority and the majorities in minority countries can find some common ground. And this is where the further transformation of the global space will receive a powerful impetus.
(Accurate reading)
https://www.rt.com/news/589841-wests-liberal-elites-lose-control/
30 Dec, 2023 18:01
Olympic boycott could harm Ukrainian athletes – acting minister
Skipping the 2024 Games could result in sanctions on the country, Matvey Bedny has said
Refusing to take part in the 2024 Olympics for political reasons might turn out badly for Ukraine, the nation’s acting sports and youth minister, Matvey Bedny, said this week.The official was commenting on Kiev’s earlier threat to boycott the upcoming Summer Gamesin Paris over the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under neutral status.
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been barred from most international events since the outbreak of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled in early December that they would be allowed to take part in the 2024 Paris Games as “Individual Neutral Athletes.” The move was immediately branded by Kiev as “irresponsible.” Bedny himself said at the time that Ukrainian officials would consider whether the nation will take part in the Games at all.
“We understand that this… will be a blow to our athletes,” the acting minister told the BBC in an interview published on Thursday, adding that Kiev would be “taking a risk” if it follows through on its threat.
The Olympic Charter “prescribes sanctions for such actions,” he said, adding that Ukrainian athletes themselves might be faced with the prospect of competing under a neutral banner at the next Olympics after a boycott. The minister noted that the final decision has not yet been made.
Nevertheless, Bedny maintained that Ukraine will not participate in competitions that welcome athletes “who support Russian aggression” or support Moscow in any way. “This is a fundamental issue for us,” he said, while accusing the IOC of “distorting” the principles of the Olympics.
The minister also dismissed the idea that sports are beyond politics as “populist,”claiming that athletes play a role in propaganda and “cannot be neutral.”
“Why does the state invest money in sports…? What is the point of keeping the Olympians then? Because this is a certain propaganda mechanism, a mechanism for demonstrating the power of the regime, the country as such,”Bedny claimed. He added that, as a former professional athlete, he has no feeling of “sports solidarity” with athletes from Russia or Belarus.
The IOC’s decision in December bars Russian and Belarusian athletes from displaying flags, colors, and other identifying marks connected to their countries, or showing support for Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Athletes with links to the Russian Armed Forces and security agencies, as well as those who participate in team sports, will remain banned from the Olympics.
Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin called the decision “absolutely discriminatory and going against the basic Olympic principles.”The Russian government will not prevent any athletes from competing under neutral status if they qualify for the Paris Games, the minister added.
https://www.rt.com/russia/589946-olympic-boycott-harm-ukrainian-athletes/
This is a really great analysis, understanding DeSantis’s failure and understanding the total support of Donald J. Trump. Very interesting
Harnwell always has the most interesting and accurate takes on what is happening WW.
Ben Harnwell: Ron DeSantis Is a Weak Man — Which Makes Him Far Worse Than a Neocon
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Here’s what I think. Ron DeSantis has been an outstanding governor. But he’s weak. Clearly, a wife’s steely ambition can only carry you so far.
I’ve been surprised at how easily he imploded. But that’s the great thing about the long, public scrutinising of presidential candidates — you really get to see the true character emerge.
If DeSantis had been able to convince that he could “Make America Greater Florida”, he could have been a serious contender.But you need to have titanium stones, like Trump, to make that happen — and Ron’s flip-flopping showed he was only capable of singing with the castrati. Kek
https://rumble.com/embed/v41lkuc/?pub=4
30 Dec, 2023 19:21
Russia calls emergency UN meeting over Ukrainian shelling
The Czech Republic must explain why its weapons were used to kill civilians, Russia’s envoy said
Russia has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss theUkrainian missile attack on the border city of Belgorod, which killed 14 civilians. Kiev’s Western backers will be forced to answer for supplying the weapons used in the attack, Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN said.
Ukrainian forces bombarded Belgorod with cluster warheads on Saturday morning, using Czech-made RM-70 Vampire multiple-launch rocket systems to deliver the banned munitions, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Thestrike claimed the lives of 14 people, including two children, and left 108 people, among them 15 children, injured, the Russian Emergency Ministry said.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Russia’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said that Moscow has asked for an emergency meeting of the Security Council in New York later in the afternoon.
“We also insist on the presence of [the] Czech [permanent representative] to the UNto explain why this country’s ammunition is being used for killing civilians in Belgorod,”Polyanskiy added.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow wouldpresent the Belgorod blitz to the UN as a “terrorist” act, adding that the Kremlin blames the UK and US for inciting the attack.
“With not a single chance to improve the Ukrainian army’s deplorable situation on the ground, the Anglo-Saxons have taken on the tactic of terror attacks on civilians,” she said.
The attack came less than a day after Russian forces unleashed a “massive” wave of missile and drone strikes on targets throughout Ukraine. However,Russia’s military "strikes only military facilities and infrastructure directly related to them,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
“We will continue to act in this way,”the ministry continued, adding that “this crime [the attack on Belgorod] will not go unpunished.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/589947-russia-security-council-belgorod/
A new years message of love from Einstein to his daughter!
In the late 1980s, Lieserl, the daughter of the famous genius, donated 1,400 letters, written by Einstein, to the Hebrew University, with orders not to publish their contents until two decades after his death. This is one of them, for Lieserl Einstein.
…”When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world.
I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to accept what I will explain below.
There is an extremely powerful force that, so far, science has not found a formal explanation to. It is a force that includes and governs all others, and is even behind any phenomenon operating in the universe and has not yet been identified by us; This universal force is LOVE.
When scientists looked for a unified theory of the universe they forgot the most powerful unseen force.
Love is Light, that enlightens those who give and receive it.
Love is gravity, because it makes some people feel attracted to others.
Love is power, because it multiplies the best we have, and allows humanity not to be extinguished in their blind selfishness. Love unfolds and reveals.
For love we live and die.
Love is God and God is Love.
This force explains everything and gives meaning to life. This is the variable that we have ignored for too long, maybe because we are afraid of love because it is the only energy in the universe that man has not learned to drive at will.
To give visibility to love, I made a simple substitution in my most famous equation. If instead of E = mc2, we accept that the energy to heal the world can be obtained through love multiplied by the speed of light squared, we arrive at the conclusion that love is the most powerful force there is, because it has no limits.
After the failure of humanity in the use and control of the other forces of the universe that have turned against us, it is urgent that we nourish ourselves with another kind of energy…
If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, love is the one and only answer.
Perhaps we are not yet ready to make a bomb of love, a device powerful enough to entirely destroy the hate, selfishness and greed that devastate the planet.
However, each individual carries within them a small but powerful generator of love whose energy is waiting to be released.
When we learn to give and receive this universal energy, dear Lieserl, we will have affirmed that love conquers all, is able to transcend everything and anything, because love is the quintessence of life.
I deeply regret not having been able to express what is in my heart, which has quietly beaten for you all my life. Maybe it’s too late to apologize, but as time is relative, I need to tell you that I love you and thanks to you I have reached the ultimate answer! “.
~Your father Albert Einstein