JM—Probably 95% of Western academia and the media characterize Vladimir Putin as a monster, a murderer, a souless creature. While that other Vladimir, the psychopathic cokehead Vladimir Zelensky is Jesus Christ reborn. Hollywood still adores him, which makes sense because their world is make-believe. All they have is scripts and sets.

How sad that the Western world is based on fiction and emotional manipulation . Behind the scenes are producers and directors. Us? We are extras.

In this world heroes are actually villains. We cannot distinguish the two.

A particularly distressing trend is towards the rehabilitation of Ukrainian war criminals as part of an attempt to create a Neo Nazi Pantheon of “heroes” in a bowdlerized version of history.

OBB—The Collective West will very likely lose this war. They instigated a war for the fragmentation of the Russian Federation over Ukraine and with the support of Ukrainian oligarchs and neo-Nazis, in the belief that this would weaken Russia. Yet in all important respects, including war experience, weapons production and production capacity in general, Russia has been strengthened. Further, an effective and very strong bond between Russia and China has been forged in self-defense against Western aggression and provocation.

DD—This video from Due Dissidence discusses the controversy surrounding actor Mark Ruffalo, who faced backlash for criticizing a potential merger between Paramount and Warner Bros (0:00-0:25, 7:08-7:16).
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Mark Ruffalo accused the Ellison family—who are associated with the tech giant Oracle and involved in the merger—of being complicit in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to Oracle’s technological support for the Israeli military ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
The Backlash: Several organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, accused Ruffalo of using antisemitic tropes for linking the merger to the war in Gaza ••••••••••••••••••••••
The Support: Numerous prominent figures, including Jane Fonda and over 170 Jewish industry professionals, signed an open letter defending Ruffalo, arguing that his comments are a protected exercise of free speech and that linking media consolidation to foreign policy is not antisemitic

GER—The video claims that the Nobel Peace Prize is frequently used as a political tool to advance US foreign policy interests (03:52 – 04:07). According to the speaker, the prize is often awarded to individuals who support Western goals, specifically regime-change activists or dissidents who oppose governments deemed ‘authoritarian’ by NATO and the United States.

KW—China’s vast wind industry generates more electricity than the next nine countries combined. But many of the first-generation turbines are at the end of their useful lives, and are being replaced by larger, taller towers. That leads to a major disposal problem, with tens of thousands of turbines and blades totaling millions of tons which typically would be buried in landfills, or incinerated.

Liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a close ally of warmonger Hillary Clinton, has passed away at age 92. What many people don’t know is that she was a CIA agent. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has cultivated a pro-imperialist, anti-communist “compatible left”, who spread propaganda portraying the US empire as a “progressive” force, while the USA oppresses the Global South, waging nonstop wars and organizing countless coups d’etat.