Trump’s offer to China went unreported in virtually all media. Mainstream US media attacked the former president for using the term “bloodbath” to describe the impact of prospective Chinese imports on the American auto industry, implying that he had threatened actual violence if he was not elected. But the transcript of his remarks at a Dayton, Ohio, rally makes clear that he was referring to industry conditions.

Biden admin awards $8.5B to Intel for advanced chips

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the agreement will set the U.S. up to meet its target of producing 20% of the globe’s leading-edge chips by the end of the decade.

Ukraine’s Costly Cross-Border PR Stunt + Russia Continues Out-Producing Collective West

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Ukraine’s Costly Cross-Border PR Stunt + Russia Continues Out-Producing Collective West (Odysee)

Russians vote for Putin

March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

For charts, see the original post.

Russians vote for Putin

Today Russians are set to head to the polls for their country’s presidential election over three days – with only one expected outcome. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin will win comfortably. The Russian president is elected by direct popular vote. If no candidate receives over 50% of the vote, then a second round is held between the two most popular candidates three weeks later. It’s the first time that multi-day voting has been used in a Russian presidential election, as well as the first allowing voters to cast ballots online.

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Russia’s war economy is holding up. Wages have soared by double digits, the rouble is relatively stable and poverty and unemployment are at record lows. For the country’s lowest earners, salaries over the last three quarters have risen faster than for any other segment of society, clocking an annual growth rate of about 20%.

The government is spending massively on social support for families, pension increases, mortgage subsidies and compensation for the relatives of those serving in the military.
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Exposed: CIA’s economic war on Cuba

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Exposed: CIA economic war vs Cuba w/Camila Escalante

U.S. intelligence services operate against Cuba’s finances (archived)

A second stage includes the use of platforms financed by the northern administration, such as El Toque, to stimulate inflation. Similar procedures were employed by the US government in Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Argentina (blue dollar via Telegram) and Venezuela (dollar today via web)

US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production

March 3, 2024October 9, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)2 Comments

US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production

Now, after passing this legislation [Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act], the West is bitching that China is withholding cotton from them, and that cotton cellulose is hard to find.

“To make powder, you need a specific kind of cotton, which mostly comes from China,” he said.

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton on Friday told reporters in Paris that the bloc also faced challenges finding the raw materials for gunpowder.

Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is a key ingredient in gunpowder manufacture.

*Xinjiang*

Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The first-ever US Department of Defense National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) confirms what many analysts have concluded in regard to the unsustainable nature of Washington’s global-spanning foreign policy objectives and its defense industrial base’s (DIB) inability to achieve them.
Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base