Category: Oligarchs

Feet on the Ground in St. Petersburg: The Public Mood

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

by Gilbert Doctorow

One of the first questions put to me by a reader via the Comments function with respect to Monday’s report of my initial impressions after arriving in St Petersburg was: and what is the general mood of people? I begged off answering, saying that I would have to speak to a lot more people before I could confidently answer that question.

Feet on the Ground in St. Petersburg: The Public Mood

Sanctions don’t seem to be effecting the wealthy or the middle class, in Russia, much.

Communists held a rally at the site of the derailment of a train with American military equipment (VIDEO)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Near the Greek port of Alexandroupolis, a train with military equipment of the American army derailed.

The Greek communists held a protest action at the site of the accident under the slogans “Alexandroupolis is a port of the peoples, not a stronghold of the imperialists”, “Let the military bases and the Americans get out.”

The Greek communists: Let the military bases and the Americans get out! via Djuki San

Related:

Communists held a rally at the site of the derailment of a train with American military equipment (VIDEO)

EU says at least 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers dead

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

On 30 November 2022, EU President Ursula von der Leyen announced that at least 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died. The announcement was so shocking that the figures were subsequently removed from the official announcement on the European Commission’s website and from the video version of the statement. Here is a look back at the battle over the figures and the attempt to rewrite the story in 1984 style.

EU says at least 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers dead – Donbass Insider
“And can you remove another zero?” Source: iEarlGrey

Why is Soros leaving Tajikistan?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As per the statement posted on the website of the Open Society Foundation (“Open Society” or Soros Foundation – which was declared an undesirable organization in Russia back in 2015), the so-called “charity” of American billionaire George Soros, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $6.7 billion, has decided to close its branch – the “Assistance Fund” – in Tajikistan. The alleged reason for this decision being “a restructuring launched in 2021 aimed at setting new priorities and restructuring the more than 20 semi-autonomous national foundations around the world with a new regional approach.”

Why is Soros leaving Tajikistan?

Related:

CNN: George Soros admits to funding the Ukraine crisis [2014]

Leaked: George Soros ‘Puppet Master’ Behind Ukrainian Regime, Trails Of Corruption Revealed

Evidence Grows that Crypto and Federally-Insured Banks Are a Combustible Mixture

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The fallout from the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and its missing billions of dollars of customer funds has, finally, galvanized some members of Congress to push back against the swarms of crypto lobbyists whose activities are clearly impacting the safety and soundness of U.S. banks.

Evidence Grows that Crypto and Federally-Insured Banks Are a Combustible Mixture

The Emperor Elonicus

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Everyone is going to hate this column. Musk worshipers are going to hate it because I’m going to blaspheme against Elon Musk. Musk demonizers are going to hate it because I am not going to blaspheme against him enough. Everyone else is going to hate it because they’re sick to the gills of hearing about Musk, and Musk’s destruction of Twitter, or his salvation of Twitter, and censorship, and “hate speech,” and all that stuff.

The Emperor Elonicus