Use of the word “forgets” (link below) is extremely diplomatic.  Real intellectual gymnastics are needed to ignore NATO intrusion onto the borders of Russia.  At the same time one condemns the Russian invasion into Ukraine, childish trust is required to overlook the same from NATO toward Russian security.

https://popularresistance.org/ukraine-war-tolls-death-knell-for-nato/        –The whole point is that the Western commentariat largely forgets that Russia’s core agenda is not about territorial conquest — much as Ukraine is vital to Russian interests —  but about NATO expansion. And that has not changed.

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This could be the right time to notice that all war is enacted by the elite for their quasi-personal reasons, but surely to maintain an elitist status generally speaking,  The price of war is not paid by the beneficiaries, but rather by the local community.

https://popularresistance.org/antiwar-activist-faces-repression-in-germany/    –June 22, 2022, was the 81st anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, and a prominent German antiwar activist took the occasion to publicly question why the German government is now supporting neo-Nazi organizations in Ukraine.

As a result, that activist is now facing the possibility of up to three years in prison.

–end of popularresistance info–

To be anti war brings attention to the advocate in the West and surely in the USA.  The attention is not benign.

Maybe the Western story that Russia is filled with gray factories and sad people may or may not be accurate.  What else may be questionable?  —  https://twitter.com/NinaByzantina/status/1608004950520639488?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email   –Some Moscow metro stations are bona-fide works of art. And now the city allows couples to get married at Mayakovskaya metro station at night when no one is using it.

–end of tweet—

We might notice the spotlight upon the problems in other nations while ignoring that that is rampant in our own back yards.

https://wildhunt.org/2022/12/new-research-says-bipoc-communities-still-exposed-to-unhealthy-water.html   —TWH – Water is a revered substance in many faiths.  Witchcraft and Paganism have a deep respect for water as one of the spiritual elements. Hinduism refers to water as one of the five great elements. Water, of course, is essential for life.

The availability of fresh, healthy water is also under assault. Five years after the Flint, Michigan water crisis, the crisis is not over. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are among the lingering effects of that crisis. They found “high rates of presumptive depression, PTSD, and comorbid mental disorder were found among adults living in the Flint community, although it is important to note that many adults were resilient.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-iJXN8_Sw                   —

Jackson Mississippi Water Still a Crisis – but Ukraine Given More

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Of interest would be a comparison between Ukrainians without adequate utilities such as electricity and clean water, as compared to the same in the USA.

https://mronline.org/2022/12/27/nobel-peace-prize-winners-have-deep-cia-ties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nobel-peace-prize-winners-have-deep-cia-ties&mc_cid=65169863f6&mc_eid=2833cdb99b      —

The NED was founded in the 1980s to promote propaganda and regime-change operations in the service of U.S. imperial interests. Allen Weinstein, the director of the research study that led to creation of the NED remarked in 1991:

A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.—end of mronline info—

C-Span was interesting this morning, with a topic asking the way one’s experiences shape their political view.  A caller touched upon his interaction with a so-called homeless person about how he could afford his cell phone.  The reply according to the caller was that the government supplied the cell phone.  This is curious on several levels, and one shares a few thoughts—-

*Inculcation of several generations of children into misunderstanding the wisdom of paying for services rather than better uses of funds

*In the same way children have been indoctrinated into believing that to hold a degree fro an institution of higher learning for which said child obligates to an ostensible life long debt, is a good idea, children are also indoctrinated into desiring to pay for services rather than to build personal security

*Why is the government paying for said ethereal services rather than building shelters and homes?

*Why isn’t anyone concerned about a government advocating a devise that monitors the whereabouts of large numbers of citizens, and particularly using tax-payer funding

The caller informed on a very timely topic; many thanks to C-Span.

Watching the terror in Western NYS due to the snowstorm, one wonders about municipal planning.  Rather than to cater to businesses, a plan can be included for, for example, community garages.  Perhaps a street garage that would clear the streets of vehicles during snowstorms, with parking near enough for walking to one’s home.  Maybe a community garage midway in the street would be helpful.  One would think the residents would be interested when they don’t need to dig out their vehicle.

****As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!