UKRAINE APPROACHING TOTAL COLLAPSE

 

 

The Russians have slowly but steadily advanced 8 km over the past 15 days along the frontlines in the Ukrainian war. Considering the frontline is about 1,000 km long that is a lot of territory the Russians have taken. However the Russians have advanced more in some spots than at other places along the frontline.

Here is a boring video (because you will not understand the place names) but it is well regarded and most importantly every reference shows a Russian advance.

Analysts now see Russia approaching Kharkov (Karkiv) and the main port of Odessa. One former Soviet republic has already evacuated all its citizens living and working in the Kharkov area.

When they take Odessa, Ukraine will cease all maritime trade connections with the world. No more imports and exports. They should negotiate for peace now.  

 

BLINKIN GOES TO CHINA WITH BEGGING BOWL, SECOND TIME IN 12 MONTHS

 

 

 

• Blinkin arrived Shanghai Wed  
• Blinken in China Wed to Fri
• 2nd official visit to China of his tenure
• Chinese say visit shows US' eagerness to cooperate with China
• depends on US' attitude
• Chinese hold low expectations for positive outcome
  

• before Blinken arrived China issued 3,000-word brief
  
• brief considered negotiating memo for Blinkin 
• elaborated five main objectives
• establishing correct perceptions - (America confused)
  
• enhancing dialogue - (no threats, no gangsterism)
  
• effectively managing differences - (you do you, I do me)
  
• advancing mutually beneficial cooperation (what can we sell you)
  
• behave responsibly  (China wont dump US Bonds)

• "gap between China US on how to handle bilateral relations"
• US view China as "strategic" competitor, geopolitical challenger
• contain and suppress China 
• prevent uncontrolled competition
• simultaneously US needs China money, China trade
• Biden administration losing in Ukraine
• Asia-Pacific region might consume even more energy and resources

• difficult to expect positive progress from Blinkin's visit
  
• US is not a credible partner 

 

My Comments : I find this amusing as well. Here are the Biden boys talking crap about China 24/7 and non stop. Then Blinkin goes begging to China TWICE within 12 months. Their main concerns are China dumping US Dollar bonds, China's close cooperation with Russia ALL OVER THE WORLD. This week Niger has kicked out US troops and the US presence in Niger. A big slap in the face for the United States' Africa Command. Worse the US troops in Niger (about 1,000 of them) are being replaced by Mr Putin's Russian forces. The world is changing.

China is also rolling out new technology for a dime a dozen.  China has rolled out new missiles, new fighter planes, new super stealthy submarines, unbelievable UAV and UCAV capability (including a hypersonic drone) and the Chinese have begun building a working model of the world's first nuclear fusion reactor (3 minute video here). All of these are way ahead of anything that the US or the West may have.

The average age of the Chinese scientists and engineers working on these things is about 35 years. When the Chinese get that fusion reactor going they will not need any more oil and gas.

 

World geo-politics as we know it will come to an end.

THERE NEVER WAS ANY REFORMASI

Amnesty International has come out with their annual report 'The State of the World's Human Rights'.  The full 2023/2024 report can be accessed here.

 

MALAYSIA

A poor report card  by Amnesty International   
govt failed to  reform laws restricting freedom of expression

continued repressive laws to silence critical voices, prevent peaceful protest
Further custodial deaths were recorded

Highlights of the report are as follows:
govt did not reform laws that curtailed freedom of expression 
continued to use repressive laws– including MCMC Act
relating to causing disunity or hatred on grounds of religion and public fear
Sedition Act – to silence critical voices both on and offline.
Printing Presses Publications Act increasingly used to restrict freedom of expression 
Peaceful Assembly Act, Penal Code, Minor Offences Act to restrict peaceful protest.
At least 13 people, including three foreigners, died in police custody.
plantations, logging, construction of dams threaten lands, livelihoods of Indigenous 

 

My Comments :

Is anyone surprised? 
What is there to be surprised about?
May I repeat my mantra one more time? 
"I TOLD YOU SO". 
For almost 30 years.

Here is some trivia. Throughout his 24 years in two tenures as Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed never sued anyone for libel or slander. Only once when a magazine called the Far Eastern Economic Review wrote a fake story that Dr Mahathir was negotiating to sell Limbang in Sarawak to the government of Brunei did Dr Mahathir sue the magazine. And he won the case. A few years later that magazine went bankrupt. If history has pages, their pages did not make it into history.

There is an unrelated video here. Just for kicks.