"When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only, and solely, at what are the facts." — Bertrand Russell
Posted by Tyler Durden; Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
Regardless of why Putin might have held off on this for so long, he's now arguably motivated at least in part by the tantalizing possibility of reaching big-ticket resource deals with the US after the conflict ends, the details of which his and Trump's envoys have been negotiating for over a year already.
Posted by Tyler Durden: Authored by Larry C. Johnson via SonarIntelligence (Sonar21),
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, responsiblestatescraft.org
Former Israeli prime minister says failure to challenge calls for killing and starving Palestinians has eroded Israel’s moral standards
Nadav Rapaport in Tel Aviv, Israel
There are "no innocent people" in Gaza and Israel should "also kill two-week-old babies" in the Palestinian enclave, Israel's former prime minister Yair Lapid has recounted young Israelis telling him.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakingPoints
Focus has been on the resulting rise in oil prices, but it is potential food shortages the world should be paying attention to, said ICC secretary-general John Denton.
About one-third of global fertilizer shipments pass through the narrow waterway, creating potentially catastrophic knock-on effects for agricultural producers.
Posted by Tyler Durden; Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
The new "cordon sanitaire" that Trump 2.0 assembled around Russia, the difficulty in maintaining its Sino-Indo balancing act, and the broken feedback loops that afflict its Foreign Ministry are the main strategic risks that must be urgently addressed in order to most effectively ensure Russia's future.
by Tyler Durden
"If I told you, you'd have a major story, right? But you'll see." (President Trump)
Here is what happened over the weekend, and what to watch in the week ahead.
By Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture
We did get prime time spectacle – actually a double fake: the remixed 9/11 on FlyDubai.
Posted by Tyler Durden: Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance
You can argue about the economics of Mamdani’s policies, but politically, the sales pitch isn’t difficult to understand. And the response from people who believe in markets cannot simply be to call these voters communists and lecture them about economics.