The Coalition of the Willing Has-Beens (Mga Laos, In Short)

You can say it was a matter of being  childish in the end. The coalition of the willing... or coalition of the sucker? How about coalition of the New Poor?

Per World Bank records for 2013, Russia, of course, is the new richest country in Europe (GDP-PPP of $3.4 trillion, besting Germany's $3.3 trillion), with cash reserves of $500 billion & one of the biggest gold reserves in the world. So when the so-called Western powers- all has-beens, drowning in debts, clearly in decline but still pretending to call the shots- disinvited the Russian President Vladimir Putin to their G7 Conference in a childish effort to show they still amount to something after being humiliated by Putin's Crimea victory. Expectedly, they all  just fell flat some more on their faces. Since when did a group of has-beens become more powerful when the cash-rich one preferred to smooch anyway with another cash-rich one like him? Why should Putin waste time with the highly-indebted Western has-beens when the new richest European country, Russia, can always hang out with the new richest country in the world, China? Ano, magtitiyaga lang sa barya-barya?

Of course, this just goes to show the Western comedians are still in denial of their growing irrelevance in the new scheme of things, confirmed just recently by their Ukraine debacle. They still rely on the "smokes and mirrors" produced by their outdated propaganda machine and presstitute media, which, they admit or not,  have lost credibility almost totally. In a way, the Crimea crisis was the final proof the media can't control the narrative anymore. Vladimir Putin is definitely the most popular politician in the world now, and by making him the underdog by a hated bunch (which the Western has-beens are increasingly becoming), his popularity can only soar.

The outdated Western mantra: Either you with us... Or not! Lol! In the first place, that G7 is already a bunch of comedians- why isn't China even there when the basket case France is there? How about Putin pointing his nose to the air: "Do I know these people? Hitsura nito!"

How can a bunch of jokers and a discredited media isolate the most popular politician in the world? Two things can only result: Putin will become more popular, and the jokers will become more discredited.

As they say in Tagalog, huwag patulan ang mga bata. Putin shouldnt stoop to their level. If ever, the Crimea drama is already a nudge to reality. With his astute mind and wit, Putin has more in his arsenal to provide more nudge.

All the more, the inevitability of a new world separate from the imploding Western financial system is getting closer and closer. The highly-liquid, cash-rich, commodity-rich alternatives led by Russia and China should undercut once and for all the tottering Ponzi of the comedians.

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A very small preview of things to come. When the US, with a relatively small trade with Russia so little or no leverage, still tried its usual cocky propaganda trick of projecting power ("sanctions") & sanctioned Bank Rossiaya, among others, Visa and Mastercard cockily followed suit and blocked their cards operating via those banks. Big wonder why they immediately restored their services soon after? Wonder no more, the Russians just announced they will be issuing their own national card  in two months time. Imagine, just for being presumptuous, being shut out in the biggest market in Europe. Then imagine, forewarned, the Chinese following with their own. The comedy (AKA the dismantling of a financial empire) thickens.

World's Top Economies 2013

Rank	Country	Purchasing Power Parity   External Debts
1	United States	$15.6 trillion                      $ 16,737,246,099,998
2	China	$12.4 trillion                      $      710,700,000,000
3	India	$4.8 trillion                        $      390,000,000,000
4	Japan	$4.5 trillion                        $   2,719,000,000,000
5	Russia	$3.4 trillion                        $      455,200,000,000
6	Germany	$3.3 trillion                        $   5,624,000,000,000
7	Brazil	$2.4 trillion                        $      405,300,000,000
8	France	$2.4 trillion                        $   5,633,000,000,000
9	United Kingdom	$2.3 trillion                        $   9,836,000,000,000
10	Mexico	$2.0 trillion                        $     217,700,000,000

Source of PPP data: World Bank
Source of Exterbnal Debt: As compiled by Jedh.org from data of IMF & World Bank 

Asian Century & Crimea, Russia

So, Crimea will be a part of Russia. I put credence more in the Russian Kosovo argument, that if Kosovo had the right to self-determination,so did Crimea too. We can't live anymore in a world ruled by Western double standards. That belongs to the past. In the Asian Century, there's no room for has-been pretensions. Congratulations, Crimea, Russia!

Below is an interesting article by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. A curious assertion: if we follow the reasoning of the West, that a vote of the country a part wants to depart from is required, then Crimea was never a part of Ukraine because Ukraine is still part of Russia. Did theRussians vote that the Ukrainians were let go?

...  Washington claims, falsely, that the referendum cannot be valid unless the entire population of Ukraine votes and agrees with the decision by Crimeans. Note that when Washington stole Kosovo from Serbia, Washington did not let Serbians vote.

But lets overlook Washington’s rank hypocrisy and self-serving double-standards. Let’s apply Washington’s argument that in order to be valid any change in Crimea’s status requires a vote on the part of the population of the country that it departs. If this is the case, then Crimea has never been a part of Ukraine.

Under Washington’ s interpretation of international law, Ukraine is still a part of Russia..


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It's a new world. Many countries were created to suit the needs of former Western colonizers & "financial overlords". When today, these Western countries are on the ropes financially (or even intellectually, as confirmed by their now obvious presstitute media which is losing credibility by the day), there's no reason why they should still hold sway with their arbitrary whims as before. Still acting by their fundamental edict that whoever controls the finances controls politics, they will continue with their delusion as long as they are allowed to control the world finances. Creating money out of nothing an exclusive franchise? At a time when it's very obvious they are merely propping their existence by blowing bubbles and other manipulations (e.g. roaring stock market because of money printing and other manipulations while the real economy is on the doldrums, etc.) should encourage everyone else to free themselves from an imploding financial system merely surviving on duct tape anyway. The inevitable will harm anybody who won't get out in time. Actually, everybody are on that trajectory already (even the Philippines with its now low debt ratio is effectively getting out after being burned by the IMF, e.g. notwithstanding the calamities which prompted supposedly "respected" Western financial magazines to float the idea of "$15 billion" needed for rehabilitation, trying to promote their racketeering gimmick at the expense of misfortune,etc.). Getting out of the creaky dollar system has become an emeregency.

 It's not a total repudiation of whatever the West has contributed for the past centuries. But just as the Medicis borrowed the accounting tricks of the Arabs in front-loading the Western financial systems, the emerging countries will pick and choose what will suit them going forward. What's important, the narrative has really changed. It's the turn of our part of the world.

Read the whole article below. From the reliable Globalresearch.ca.

Comedy in Living Dangerously: I told you so, it's already the Asian Century, stupid!

If ever there was any doubt, it just got confirmed last week. They call it a "multi-polar world", I prefer to call it Asian Century. The incredibly bloodless redemption of Crimea by Russian supporters is a classic, and it will go down in history as the high standard of historical rectifications. Crimea has always been Russian but the Soviet leader, Nikita Krushchev, who was Ukrainian, gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. Now that it can, Russia is right to accept Crimea, which despite half a century under Ukraine, still chose to be Russians.

The Ukraine drama has become the European confirmation for what we Asians already know. It  had all the props of the usual Western regime change gimmick (the hackneyed "People Power", but this time, with the added cast of snipers to trigger a bloodbath), and it was supposed to be a grave event, but it turned out actually hilarious as the Keystone cop scenes unfolded before our eyes:

1. The Western countries, all highly indebted and still on denial of their melting clout, loudly hectoring sanctions like they've gone used to. They were intimidating cash-rich Russia which just became the richest country in Europe in 2013 with GDP-PPP of $3.4 trillion compared to Germany's $3.3 trillion, while their failing financial systems were lubricated with Russian money and their energy needs were dependent on the Russians . I howled with laughter with that one, just imagining the irony is ridiculous.

2. The Western mass media has lost its clout as it's practically not taken seriously anymore. It's role as setting the narrative, to distract and fool the public so the gangsters can steal however they like, is no longer working. The general incredulity that was first noticed during the Syrian chemical weapon drama was much stronger now and it was clear the general mood was in favor for the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Actually Vladimir Putin has become my favorite politician. I still can't get over being overwhelmed by that classic: the bloodless takeover of Crimea under the nose of the enemies all ganged up in Ukraine itself. Bravo, Putin!

Taking a cue from the growing irrelevance of the Western media, countries should do something about those Western celebrities used for soft power. They are as vulnerable as the bogus Western media: they should be banned, they just compete with local talents. Their effect on the locals are overestimated anyway, they just waste space in magazines and billboards. The Western media, entertainment and the advertising industry have been busy propaganda outlets and they have become bores, we need more interesting and relevant products.

3. The present international setup has actually lost its credibility altogether. International organizations have always been used to bolster propaganda of the old system, and like the Western mass media which is no longer respected, much of these organizations and NGO's are fronts. It was right that the OSCE men sent to Crimea was not let in. These people are part of the drama to obfuscate facts and it's time to not invite them to the party. How could they be trusted when even the politicians were blatantly dishonest? That agreement of the European foreign ministers with the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovitch was promptly forgotten after the bloodbath which prompted Yanukovitch' fall. Alas, it turned out the bloodbath was not done by Yanukovitch's men but it could have been done by the side supported by the Europeans themselves.

After it was proved that the Americans have been engaged in regime change, here is a proof the Europeans were not  as innocent after all. The EU official, Catherine Ashton, whose face was always seen in Maidan, was shown as not too innocent that the sniper who triggered the bloodbath which caused the fall of Yanukovitch was not one of Yanukovitch' men after all. When the Estonian Foreign Minister reported to her (captured on tape) that there were signs the snipers who killed both the police and the rallyists were the same after all, it was clear the reaction of Ashton was bogus surprise. True to form, a quick investigation wasn't in the script (believe it or not, she hasn't resigned).


 


3. "People Power" as a legitimate political manifestation has been fatally tarnished forever by Western regime change intervensions. Now, it will be much easier for governments to treat harshly "foreign agents", especially now that international media and organizations have lost their credibility.

In countries who had the stupidity to be suckered into "People Power' covert operations in the past, there's a sense of initially thought-provoking but ultimately darkly hilarious, "deja vu" in watching the recent Ukraine drama. Amusing to know, gullible people are not only found in our part of the world. The Ukrainians twice proved they were just as gullible too (they had another Color Revolution before). The Philippines too had a series of People Power revolutions and after three decades, it is still poor and corrupt, just like the other Latin American & post-Soviet countries "blessed" by "People Power" covert operations. Ukraine will be likewise as expected, but, worse: they led their country to break up. I'm not even sure Ukraine will still exist as a single country.

The only silver lining is that its confirmed, we're in the Asian Century. There will be resistance, perhaps even violently (with more usual frenetic propaganda noise or even the potential nuclear weapons), but the world has turned a page. Fortunately.