Weave Your Own Narrative

I'll provide the cloth and thread

Published 2023-07-17

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Roll Your Own Fun

What Who would have thought that changing continents and returning to families would involve quite some commitments? Not to mention that I'm working on a few things myself. There is no "time starved", only opportunity excess.

Meanwhile the geopolitical space is charging on from debacle to shitshow because its the northern summer, the time for the power's that shouldn't be to gather in strange places which would normally be a little too grey or cold to roll out their latest phase of media delivered narrative.

Thus, there be much to talk about, or should I say "re-narrative". Thankfully, most of the work has already been done by the wonderful sources I’ve already given you. I provide below a week's worth of worthy headlines, articles and a few interviews.

Take this as a "weave your own narrative" opportunity. The usual themes are there, of the imperial west fiddling in Ukraine or Taiwan, the changing nature of international trade and the edging out of the USD as the reserve currency, the information war and a few "blips" I spotted.

I added a few “sub-heads” for some mirth.

Have fun.

Antiwar

Headline of the Week

Cambodia PM Urges Ukraine Not to Use US Cluster Bombs, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-09

Ukraine

US Cluster Bombs Have Arrived in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-13

• No more talking, just bombing

Lavrov Says Russia Will View F-16s in Ukraine as Nuclear Threat, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-13

G7 Countries Vow Long-Term Military Support for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-12

• That plan has been working really well for the weapons industries, so onwards!

British Defense Minister Says Ukraine Needs to Show More Gratitude, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-12

• No more throwing your toys out of the pram, Z

Germany's Rheinmetall to Open Tank Factory in Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-12

• Hasn't yet agreed to provide Russia with the coordinates

Report: Biden Administration Debating Sending ATACMs to Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-12

• With whom are they debating?

White House Says Ukraine Joining NATO Means War With Russia, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• Stating the obvious

Blinken Says Ukraine Would Be 'Defenseless' Without Cluster Bombs, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• Because Blinken is a trained military analyst

NATO Countries Agree to Start Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in August, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• How to pilot a flying death trap

Zelensky Slams NATO's Vague Commitment on Ukraine's Membership, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• What? You wont join the war I'm losing?

Sullivan Says US to Move Forward With $20 Billion F-16 Sale to Turkey, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• Aaaaah, so that was the price for the return of the Azov Nazis.

Rep. Gaetz Says He Will Co-Sponsor Amendment to Block Cluster Bombs to Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-10

• Well, hats off to you. Now go find the support to actually stop this madness.

Russia Says Putin Met With Prigozhin After His Mutiny, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-10

• Just to keep everyone guessing

Biden Suggests Israel Model for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-09

• A regular stipend is less noticable

Russian Nuclear Official Claims Ukraine Is Planning Imminent Attack on Nuclear Plant, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-04

• Reverse falseflag attack threat

Lithuania Says NATO Will Give Ukraine 'A Lot' at Upcoming Summit, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-05

• 'Twas a reference to modern particle physics. There's a lot happening in a vacuum, with virtual particles zipping in and out of existence

AEA Says No Sign of Explosives at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-05

• Lots a Concrete, Steel, Water, Spent Nuclear fuel, but no explosives.

Ukraine Defense Minister Says His Country Is Great 'Testing Ground' for Western Arms, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-05

• And plenty of Russians to kill too

Burns Calls Ukraine War Major 'Opportunity' for CIA Recruiting Spies, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-03

• And they bloody need one after Russian Counter-Intelligence fingered all of the existing agents

Former US Official Defends Meeting With Russian Foreign Minister, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-09

• Diplomacy bad! Stop talking to them!

Poland Wants to Host US Nuclear Weapons in Response to Russian Nukes in Belarus, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-03

• Its all part of re-establishing the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth which died 400 years ago

China/Taiwan

Biden's Joint Chiefs Pick Wants More Bases in Asia to Prepare for War With China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-12

• Who said 800 foreign bases was enough?!

US Plans Naval Logistics Hub in India as Part of Buildup Against China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-06

• The US's response to the BRI, a military goods only transport hub

State Department Approves $440 Million Arms Sales for Taiwan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-02

• Because we've got more money for the MIC

Report: NATO to Push Back Plans to Open Liaison Office in Japan, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-10

• And, get off the streets please, you unruly French

Report: US Looks to Restrict Chinese Companies Access to Cloud Technologies, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-04

• We've been seeding the clouds for years, and you can't have them

NATO’s Other Games

US Intelligence Report Says Iran Is Not Trying to Make Nuclear Weapons, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-11

• Nothing's changed since 2006

Turkey's Erdogan Agrees to Back Sweden's NATO Membership, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-10

• ... after obtaining as many concessions as possible.

CENTCOM Says It Conducted 37 Operations Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in June, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-06

• Still killing people on the other side of the world

Taiwan's Tsai Hosts Another US Congressional Delegation in Taipei, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-04

• A re-election strategy of dubious integrity or utility.

NATO Agrees to Extend Secretary-General Stoltenberg's Term By a Year, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-04

• Nobody else wanted the job, except van der Crazy, and we don't like her hair stylist.

Letter Calls for Pentagon to 'Make Amends' for Killing Civilian in Syria Drone Strike, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-06-29

• Because a military attack on a nation state without UN Security Council approval is theoretically illegal, so give us some theoretical money.

Pentagon Says Chinese Balloon Did Not Collect Data While Over US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-06-29

• Was difficult to determine after shattering it into ba-zillions of bits with a missile.

Israel

Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian City of Homs, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-02

• Nobody knows where Homs is, so its okay

US Backs Israel's Major Offensive in West Bank City of Jenin, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-07-03

• Because no war crimes in attacking a refugee camp

Uzzer Interestin' Schuff

Good Points From Larry. Michael Hudson On Reindustrialization. , Andrei Martyanov, Reminiscence of the Future..., 2023-07-11

• Michael Hudson is always interesting

US 'Disinformation Industry' Lands in Court, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-07-14

• Ooooh. Good luck with that.

US Complicit in Israeli Aggression in Jenin, Col. Marjorie Cohn, Consortium News, 2023-07-13

• Ex-military lawyer lays out the points of law

A Yellen in the China Shop, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-07-12

• USD slipping as reserve currency? No problem.

How to Eradicate Poverty, Tricontinental's 28th Newsletter, Consortium News, 2023-07-11

• Vijay talking sense again

NATO Summit, a Theater of the Absurd, Scott Ritter, Consortium News, 2023-07-10

• Vilnius marks the denouement of Operation Screw Ukraine

The New 'New World', Michael Brenner, Consortium News, 2023-07-10

• Its Brenner. Read it.

WHAT'S THE SCORE NOW IN THE RUSSIAN REGIME-CHANGING GAME?, John Helmer, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, 2023-07-14

• Ukraine 20 000, Russia 200 000, but Ukraine may come back in the last quarter.

Hiroshima Survivors Decry Link to Pearl Harbor, Julia Conley, Consortium News (Originally published at Common Dreams), 2023-07-07

• Who said crap history can't be revised with a little truth?

Syria Outmaneuvers 'West', Regains Legitimacy, b, Moon Of Alabama, 2023-07-14

• Hi, Arab League.

In Pictures - Zelenski's Visits NATO Summit, b, Moon Of Alabama, 2023-07-12

• Say cheese!

Israel assaults Jenin as resistance rises, Blumenthal and Mate on Israel/Jenin, The Grayzone, 2023-07-11

The NSA Is Its Own Worst Enemy, Scheer interviews James Bamford, ScheerPost, 2023-07-15

• Bamford is the grandfather of reporting on the "Intelligence State". Scheers is getting on a bit too. This will be excellent (he said, not having listened to it yet).

Two Excellent Round Table Chats on Ukraine, Larry Johnson, Sonar21, 2023-07-14

LIVE W/ ANDREI MARTYANOV AND LARRY JOHNSON; WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT., Ania K interviews Larry Johnson and Andrei Martyanov, Through the eyes of, 2023-07-14

США-Голуби войны.Порог раздражения России. В эфире экс-аналитики ЦРУ: Р.Макговерн и Л.Джонсон, Host interviews McGovern Johnson and Martyanov, PolitiWera, 2023-07-13

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