Sharing 'worst practices'
“Del Monte Foods Goes Into Bankruptcy: A Trump Tariff Casualty“ (Smith).
A summary of the watered-down sludge that came out of the BRICS summit: “BRICS fudge“ (Helmer). Lula was trying to appease Trump, and immediately got hit by a huge, nonsensical, tariff. I don’t know if any promising grouping has gone into irrelevancy so early as BRICS.
“Trump Probably Just Did Lula a Massive Favour With His 50% Tariff Threat Against Brazil“ (Corbishley):
What is now clear, if it wasn’t already, is that Trump’s tariffs are essentially sanctions by other means, and in many cases they are being imposed for reasons that have nothing to do with trade. As Yves has documented in recent months, Trump’s tariffs appear to be doing as much harm to the US economy as they are to many of their intended targets, much as how Brussels’ endless rounds of Russian sanctions have boomeranged against the EU economy.
Trump’s tariff tantrums and other threats are also doing harm to the US’ already tarnished image around the world, even among broadly US-aligned nations. Brazil, like India, is keen to deepen its relations with its BRICS partners while at the same time maintaining close economic ties to the US and Europe. But Trump’s threat to slap 10% tariffs “on any country that aligns itself with the BRICS’ anti-American policies” suggests that may not be possible.
What Trump appears to be trying to establish here is the economic equivalent of GW Bush’s “you’re with us or against us” ultimatum. As such, Trump’s threats are not just aimed at Brazil; they are aimed at what the BRICS broadly represents — a more multilateral, or South-South, approach to global development — or what Chinese leaders often call “South-South cooperation”. And that is what the US cannot abide.
“That $20 Dress Direct from China Now Costs $30 After Trump Closed a Tariff Loophole – and the US Will Soon End the ‘De Minimis’ Exemption for the Rest of the World, too“ (Astvansh).
“What is the “new idea, new concept” Rubio says Lavrov has just given him?“ (Helmer). The Jews still think the US can be leeched upon to fight the War For The Jews against Russia, Ukraine, and Europe, and the War For The Jews against Iran, and the Wars For The Jews to continue to build Greater Israel, all at the same time, and until the Jews say otherwise, Trump is forced to fight all these wars simultaneously. His tariff obsession is a vain attempt to pay for the ruinous costs of all these wars, and the ruinous cost of the tax breaks for billionaires, all while keeping the US nominally financially afloat. The constraint on the wars is eventually going to be a shortage of air defence weapons.
“Everything You Need To Know About War With Iran (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report“.
“Michael Maloof Breaks Down Reason Trump Has Lost Control Of The Presidency“ (Thomas).
“INTERVIEW: The genoc*de will be even more blatant“ (Galloway, with Shaiel Ben-Ephraim).
“"Tiger Teams" to Concentration Camps: ICE and its Connections to Israeli Intelligence“ (Stoker, with Robert Inlakesh and Jalyssa Dugrot). Ehud Barak went from being Epstein’s handler to supplying Mossad-backdoored software to ICE. This issue is murky and complicated, but Barak set up Paragon Solutions to peddle the same kind of notorious spyware software sold by the NSO Group, with the claim that Paragon software was ‘clean’, a lie. The contract to buy software for ICE was stalled by the Biden Administration, and it is unclear what happened. There was also an attempt to whitewash Paragon by having it acquired by a US holding company, but it is unclear whether that went through.
“New DOJ Memo Shows Jeffrey Epstein Had 1000+ Victims“ (Ropek).
A good summary: “Findings on an Illegal War that the West Enthusiastically Waged and Lost“ (Haenseler):
Iran has probably suspended hostilities under the influence of Russia and China.
When weighing up all interests, the disadvantages for Russia, China and ultimately Iran appear to have outweighed the foreseeable advantages, at least for the time being.
The following thoughts should be evaluated as such, as we have not been able to gain insight into the Russian and Chinese decision-making process. As a matter of principle, Russia and China do not let us look at their cards:
Firstly, Russia – always de-escalating – must take into account the interests of Israelis of Russian descent. At around 2 million, their number is considerable.
Secondly, a continuation of hostilities would very probably have forced Russia to become more involved due to the existing treaty of principle on strategic cooperation, even if there is no mention of obligatory military support in the event of war in the treaty. There was therefore a risk of becoming a de facto participant in the war against a country whose population has extensive connections to Russia and a large proportion of whom speak Russian. In addition, Russia is making great military progress in Ukraine and does not want to disperse its forces.
Thirdly, remember the patience that Russia exercised towards Israel during the Syrian war, despite the loss of material and, above all, human lives. For example, Israeli warplanes deliberately used a Russian unarmed aircrafts as cover against Syrian air defenses.
Fourthly, a further indication of Russia’s reticence towards Israel is the fact that the involvement of the Mossad in the Ukrainian drone attack against military airfields in Russia is still not officially mentioned in Russia, although many Russian blogs report on it and the facts leave little room for interpretation in view of comparable attacks by the Israelis in Iran.
Fifthly, a full-scale war in Iran would also come at an inopportune time for Russia in economic terms. The north-south transport corridor from St. Petersburg via the Caucasus and Iran to India is nearing completion and is of considerable importance to both countries.
China’s interest is more obvious. It is primarily concerned with economic reasons. A war in Iran would have severely disrupted the Chinese in the realization of their Belt and Road project, in which Iran plays a major role and represents an important link in its further expansion to Africa and Europe.
The Chinese also purchase a great deal of natural gas and oil from Iran. An escalation would have severely damaged China’s economic interests. For example, immediately after the ceasefire began, the US contractually allowed China to purchase oil and gas from Iran without sanctions. This provides Iran with income and China with planning security, if one can speak of reliability and security in agreements with the Trump administration. The current resurgence of social media reports from the White House about 500% secondary sanctions against Russia’s trading partners sends its regards.
Part of the gas and oil that China receives will be used by Iran – another agreement that was reached very quickly after June 25, 2025 – as payment for modern Chinese fighter jets. Previously, China insisted on cash payment, which delayed the realization of the project for a long time.
We assume that Iran, Russia and China have been given something by the US in return for arms silence: Firstly, the US is allowing China to officially purchase gas and oil from Iran, as already described. In return, the US now appears to have regained access to rare earths from China. This is of paramount interest to the US, especially for the defense industry. Rare earths are not rare and the US also has significant deposits. However, the US does not have the complete production cycle from mining to refining, while China does.
Russia has probably obtained American concessions with regard to Ukraine – the details are not known, but the news on Ukraine certainly suggests this.
Trump has already admitted that Iran has hit Israel hard and those responsible in the White House and the Pentagon are well aware that a continuation of the Iranian attacks would have completely destroyed Israel. As a result, the US would have lost even more face than it already has. From its imperial perspective, it would have been forced to launch further military strikes against Iran, for which the US is neither economically nor militarily (lack of ammunition) prepared. A few B2 bombers would not have been enough, because Iran cannot be dealt with militarily with bombs and missiles alone. Any further attack by the US on Iran would in turn have forced Iran to attack the US bases in the Persian Gulf. And then what?
It seems that not only Israel has been shot out, but that the Americans simply do not have enough ammunition either. Three reasons for this: firstly, for three years the US has been emptying its stockpiles for Ukraine, despite the lack of successes. It is therefore not surprising that the US announced yesterday that it would not be supplying any more weapons to Ukraine. Second, since October 7, 2023, the US has been supplying vast quantities of ammunition for the genocide in Gaza. Thirdly, the US’s production capacities are anything but sufficient to meet demand. As mentioned above, Israel used as many air defense missiles in the 12 days of the war with Iran as the US is able to produce in two years.
The need is now so great that the production of Patriot missiles, for example, is also taking place in other countries. Germany, for example, will produce 1000 of these missiles. However, there is no mention of how long this will take. In a report dated 20 July 2024 , the Russian newspaper Kommersant, referring to the US Department of Defense, writesabout the increase in annual production of missiles for the Patriot missile defence system from 500 to 750 units. To put the figures mentioned here into context: To defend against an Iranian missile, the Israeli air defense system fired up to 25 of these missiles at the target. This figure is extreme and certainly due to specific circumstances. But as a rule of thumb: for every missile that attacks – and Iran has thousands of them – there are at least two interceptor missiles.
Grok becoming momentarily truthful, especially about the real story of the monstrous Genocide Jews, appears to be a warning by Musk in response to some unknown (((attacks))) against him: “How exactly did Grok go full 'MechaHitler?'“ (Bonifacic). The lesson here is that search and ‘AI’ is basically a bullshit PR delivery method, and Musk just demonstrated what happens if you remove the truth filters. The hard part is not producing truth, the hard part is producing lies, such as the lies protecting the fucking Jews.
More striking when you know Carlson is a CIA asset: “Tucker Carlson Says He Doesn’t Own a Computer Because the CIA Plants ‘Kiddie Porn’“ (Novak).
“Open Letter Backs Sequoia’s Maguire After Mamdani ‘Islamist’ Comments“ (Murray).
The medical horrors of inbreeding:
