Society's Child
The choir, comprised of patriotic young children, hoped to express their love for their country through the time-honored tradition of singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the echo-filled chamber of the Rotunda.
However, they were stopped mid-performance by law enforcement officers tasked with protecting the very symbol of our democracy, despite having a permit for the concert, Gateway Pundit reports.
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Now, if they had a little impromptu drag show that'd be ok.
In case you wonder why the Russians do not put a swift end to the war in Ukraine, partly it may be due to their incompetence in fighting a propaganda war, and partly they may be playing for time, waiting for the West to destroy itself from within.
... citing concerns that it "might offend someone."Especially in the Capitol, I suppose.
Just another case were reality has outpaced the Babylon Bee.
Though I am baffled by the amount of self-hate the US government / Biden admin shows and radiates ...
This is in no ways to promote a “united nations” belief... more to the point, there exists peoples and races, traditions and cultures, fatherlands and mother natures... but made-up flags and hymns and anthems has got nothing to do with that reality... and the US is the most invented country, with the least amount of racial unity amongst its peoples. What could have become a great united people, is just a bunch of various “states”, united by a lie.
“Let's at least save the hat from the drowned man”, as they say in South America... What could we as individuals extract from the imminent collapse of the US? Despite all their flaws and so much criticism, there is a lot of likeable qualities of the Americans - they can be brave and courageous, a strong sense of social justice, an admirable character that is able to display their chest to gun-fire... and hopefully more than anything, a strong conviction that can rescue nations, with the front-line virtue in the individual that is able to sincerely say: “We the People...” If we as individuals are able to rescue, nurture and preserve those qualities inside ourselves, then let the US collapse... it would have done its job, and I'm sure the Founding Fathers would be more pleased to see those qualities alive and well in people, rather than a flying flag and a national anthem that now means nothing.
All empires follow a trajectory that eventually ends in failure. What I suspect has happened however is the USA(and most modern governments) have already fallen. As evident in the almost synchronous reactions and language used during the "Covid" Madness in almost all Western civilizations a power structure emerged that clearly supercedes all former borders. I include Russia in there as well. I believe this bullshit Wag the Dog Ukrainian conflict is a choreographed and curated tool of propaganda used simply to distract from the aging Covid lie in 2022. If Putin actually had any control, he'd have been paving Kiev over 6 months ago.
At least we can see these lies for what they are. There's not much we can do on an individual level except prepare as well as we can.
If Revelations holds any clues, the antichrist should be presenting itself soon once the current table is flipped.
All empires follow a trajectory that eventually ends in failure. What I suspect has happened however is the USA(and most modern governments) have already fallen. As evident in the almost synchronous reactions and language used during the "Covid" Madness in almost all Western civilizations a power structure emerged that clearly supercedes all former borders. I include Russia in there as well. I believe this bullshit Wag the Dog Ukrainian conflict is a choreographed and curated tool of propaganda used simply to distract from the aging Covid lie in 2022. If Putin actually had any control, he'd have been paving Kiev over 6 months ago.You are absolutely correct. Your first point: It is like watching a man falling from a building's 100th floor. As he passes each floor, he says, "so far, so good," but the final outcome is inevitable. You could say he is already dead, like the American Empire and most of Europe.
Your second point: I have pondered long and hard as to why Putin and his advisers do not just finish this war, which is costing so many lives on both sides. I speculate (I have no inside knowledge, nor does anyone else who's talking ,) that they are playing for time - stringing it out as long as possible, while the USA and NATO destroy themselves from within. The Russian economy is booming - it is exporting more oil and gas than ever before, mostly to India and China, who are re-selling it to Europe at inflated prices - while the sanctions are crippling the economies (and the war-fighting capabilities) of the US and EU. I read (cannot find the link) that Russia is firing more artillery shells and missiles in one day than the US is able to produce in a month. Europe too cannot replace any of the arms it has sent to Ukraine, even during the next several years.
Europe has no raw materials except coal and iron, and not enough energy, due to sanctions, to keep its factories operating. It has 480 million mouths to feed, and sits on 4.1 million square kilometers. Russia has 145 million people, sits on 17 million square kilometers, and has oil, gas, gold, diamonds, copper, zinc, cobalt, iron, coal, nickel, platinum, molybdenum, cobalt, titanium, nickel, vanadium, beryllium, uranium, chromium, manganese, tungsten, zirconium, and rare earths - everything it needs to keep fighting a conventional war for the next 50 years. Meanwhile, in the middle of a war, Europe and the US are filling their armies with transvestites and queers, shutting down tens of thousands of farms, closing factories, and telling their people they have to eat less, in an effort to "reduce carbon emissions." Is there anything more insane than that?
All Russia and Putin have to do is wait, play for time, and watch, while its self-declared Western enemies exhaust themselves and collapse, economically, socially and politically. I am convinced they could end this war anytime they want to, so I conclude they don't want to.
There is already an undeclared Third World War in progress, and Russia is winning hands down, along with its allies China, Iran, South Africa, Brazil, India, and most of the countries of the global South. Like we agreed, the outcome is inevitable. Although I have no inside information, much less proof, I am certain the Russians are very smart people and know exactly what they are doing. Sun Tzu said that to win a war without having to fight your enemy is the best strategy, and Russia is winning, while the West is losing this war without even realizing it.
Sun Tzu said that to win a war without having to fight your enemy is the best strategy, and Russia is winning, while the West is losing this war without even realizing it.Quoting him directly:
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.It had become painfully obvious which side is which here. Painfully because of the place(s) most of SOTT posters are living ...
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
You could be right, perhaps if there really is a distinct Russia this serves as a bleeding effort for Western largesse.
It just seem all too contrived though. I remember even from Vietnam there were extensive videos of lengthy engagements and battles. With this conflict, and a 4k camera in every pocket, I don't see the flood of actual battle content I'd expect. Instead, grainy potato quality drone-dropping-grenade videos and paintball-esque short ground engagements where oftentimes each side is clearly marked with highly visible tape/markings. A recent such theatrical video had the Ukrainians covered with several caution-Yellow colored tape pieces including their helmets!. This is something you'd see in paintball games, not real battles for obvious reasons.
Strange times. Although the lies are becoming easier to see.
Comment: We should really just stop referring to the country itself at all, in any context. Too offensive to some, you know.