Euro-Australian. Born and live on Yalukit Willam land, never ceded. Ukraine hawk, NAFO before NAFO. Democracy advocate, #TrumpIsATraitor #TrumpMustResign. Let’s be kind to each other.
Foreign Bacall
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“The biggest unreported story in the world right now is the way in which the Strait of Hormuz is on the verge of crippling Asian, African, European economies, not just through oil, but through oil products—jet fuel, diesel, NAFTA, fertiliser. 1/2
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 9 June · 59min
“It's a big problem for our sovereignty. If we don’t start building data centres, we are going to be like the Zulu Empire at about the time of the arrival of British industrial colonialism. We will totally lack access to the technology which is going to drive the next industrial revolution.”
Foreign Bacall
‼️ Russia is building military infrastructure near the borders of NATO countries, a joint investigation by northern European and Baltic media.
Satellites have recorded numerous new barracks for thousands of soldiers, ammunition depots, and locations for equipment.
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“Once a country teaches its intelligence services to serve power instead of truth, it should not be surprised when both democracy and security begin to fail.”
“The International Energy Authority says this is the worst oil shock in history.”
“This is the first time we’ve had an oil shock where oil faces a superior alternative because solar, wind and electric are cheaper, more local, faster to deploy, and they’re huge.”
“The war meant to prevent Iran from reaching a nuclear bomb might be the war that pushed them beyond the Rubicon to acquire this bomb, because we have to remember one other thing, that Khomeini died and also the Fatwa died with him of the religious order not to develop a nuclear bomb.”
“None of us have any leverage over Trump. The whole world wants him to change — China, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Saudi, Dubai, Europe — and none of us are having any impact on him at all. We don’t appear to have any leverage over the US to force them to change direction in any way at all.”
“We Europe, we became reliant on Russia for energy, China for the economy, USA for security. We’re now facing real security pressure from Russia on energy and the war in Ukraine, and we’re facing political pressure from the United States.”
“Trump has driven us into something that is probably one of the worst economic crises that we’ve faced in living memory and something that we’re very poorly prepared for.” 2/2
The Ukrainian Review
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 9 June · 59min
