tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post435010198860079550..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Appeasing the OligarchsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3277987327559908832022-02-23T21:01:53.924+00:002022-02-23T21:01:53.924+00:00«what this is about: "... purposely wrong spe...«what this is about: "... purposely wrong speech on the history of Ukraine"»<br /><br />We all know that there has never been a significant presence of russian squatters in south-east Poland, down to Odessa, just as there has never been one in southern Lithuania, down to Pripyat. Just ask any Promethean :-)<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth_1582.PNGBlissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-89974320224028130182022-02-23T13:27:47.621+00:002022-02-23T13:27:47.621+00:00Worrying, isn't it, how many people both on se...Worrying, isn't it, how many people both on sections of the "left" (Stop the War, Morning Star, etc) *and* the far-right (Farage, Spiked, the Spectator, etc) turn out to be Putin apologists?Jim Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642992463679646250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-1919150845793803282022-02-23T08:55:28.154+00:002022-02-23T08:55:28.154+00:00Eeeeen, you might want to seek out a fact checking...Eeeeen, you might want to seek out a fact checking website of your choice. That might help.<br /><br />Anon, this post draws attention to the difference between words and deeds. Which is rooted in the politics of Tory finance. Something we should care about, no?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53164210846627800202022-02-23T07:34:46.243+00:002022-02-23T07:34:46.243+00:00It is curious that you attack Johnson on one of th...It is curious that you attack Johnson on one of the rare occasions when he does something sensible.<br /><br />Britain has no reason to impose sanctions on Russia and will gain nothing from doing so, nor will Russia suffer any consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-86799022565168332522022-02-23T01:11:41.970+00:002022-02-23T01:11:41.970+00:00For those of us not privy to such things, could yo...For those of us not privy to such things, could you please explain what this is about: "... purposely wrong speech on the history of Ukraine". Many thanks.Eeeeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023477477610009765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61417087567653278012022-02-22T22:16:55.737+00:002022-02-22T22:16:55.737+00:00«Vladimir Putin announced Russia would be recognis...«<i>Vladimir Putin announced Russia would be recognising the two breakaway republics and pledged them military assistance.</i>»<br /><br />As the USA government have said, that is nothing new because Russia had *already* invaded the Ukraine in 2014.<br /><br />«<i>In reply German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suspended the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, to some considerable cost and inconvenience to his country.</i>»<br /><br />Weakening the german economy and preventing a resumption of the "Ostpolitik" are important secondary goals of the ukrainian talking-point story, for both the UK and USA governments.<br /><br />But the primary goal remains the same: lots of verbiage to distract from high living costs inflations, high housing cost inflation, stock market troubles, and many other aspects of the colonial war by the neoliberal elites against the "lazy, uppity, unaffordable" workers in their own countries. Ukraine, parties, Trump, wallpaper, Xi, pronouns, 6/1, etc. are all very good distractions.<br /><br />«<i>while the Prime Minister opposes Putin with nothing more than a token gesture and a pledge he'll mean it next time.</i>»<br /><br />I guess that the people whose real earnings are falling by 4% per year and housing costs are rising by 4% per year are thinking "mustn't grumble! also we really care whether Johnson is sanctioning Putin real hard, so disappointed" :-).Blissexnoreply@blogger.com