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how low will he go?the pied piper of Moscowsteals children from streets ~ n.b. ‘Re-education’ and ‘adoption’ awaits the children of Ukraine transported by the man behind the terror campaign against Ukraine’s people. CLP 19/03/2023 →
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rockets hit Lviv”It’s been a difficult night’we complain of snow ~ n.b. Compassion fatigue, anyone? The war is unrelenting in its cruelty. CLP 09/03/2023 →
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it had to happensomebody counting dollarsquestioning the cost ~ n.b. When the pile of green bits of paper gets so high, Capitol Hill echoes to the sounds of accountants at war, clashes more likely to end a conflict than any body count. Should the pain, suffering and loss of life be agreed to be a →
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UN takes twelve monthsto condemn and demand enduniversalapplause ~ n.b. It only took the UN a year to put together such a clear statement. Meanwhile, in the grand scheme of things…people have died, homes destroyed, the business of war enriched. Honestly, a year. FFS. CLP 24/02/2024 →
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orbit completedtime for annual accountswho profits from loss? ~ CLP 23/2/2023 →
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and while people diedefending their homes and landwordsmiths question them ~ n.b. I have been writing about Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. One thing I hope that I haven’t done is tried to explain from the West, or anywhere but my own perspective. It is inexplicable, unfathomable, unless you question why one man in →
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frost hard ground brokenanother soldier laid downdays filled with darkness ~ n.b. Is anyone out there still counting? Does any of this still count? CLP 30/01/2023 →
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caterpillar tracksloaded onto railway trucksshareholders cash in ~ n.b. As we move closer to open conflict between Russia and “The West” I attended a party recently at which there was open talk about moving savings into arms manufacturing shares and disappointment expressed at missing out on buying stock in an American armament corporation. Ironically, it →
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private enterpriseproviding bodies for causewho does this profit? ~ n.b. As has been seen in Eritrea and Somalia, the persistence of a war, the subsequent escalation of arms supplies to a region, leads to local groups establishing their own power bases, baronial lands. In Ukraine’s Soledar, the Wagner group is cutting out a piece of →
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don’t involve your godthirty six hours ceasefire thengodlessness resumes ~ n.b. Excuse me for being cynical, eye of a needle and all that. Bit late probably, Vlad. CLP 05/01/2023 →
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