Comments by "Sciagurrato" (@sciagurrato1831) on "Alexander Mercouris" channel.

  1. The EU’s problem is the EU itself.
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  2. Switzerland is as neutral as sulfuric acid.
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  3. Russia had nothing to do with the EU decision to close the Groningen gas field (2022/2023) or with Germany’s decision to shut down nuclear. Besides, isn’t the winter an ideal time to fine tune the performance of the solar reflectors and wind turbines that are the pride of the “decarbonized” EU?
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  4.  @rexpontiff1001 we know but it isn’t permitted to discuss this.
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  5. It’s laughable — probably not the real story.
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  6. In a “democracy”, people get the leaders they want and deserve. It’s the best part of “democracy”.
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  7.  @mikecavallaro466  yup, I remember the Yanks used scalpels in carpet bombing Vietnam and Iraq.
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  8. Please don’t be cavalier about man’s best friend.
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  9.  @joeordinary2trumpheroofrussia  if Finland imagines it’s just like Ukraine, then It deserves whatever comes its way economically. How’s Nokia doing btw? Haven’t seen their phones around lately.
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  10. The neocons.
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  11. This is one of the very finest of Alexander’s videos. Christianity is despised by the atheist western elite, it is easy to smear Russia in the west. This a point that some people sense intuitively, but to discuss the importance of Christian (New Testament) belief underpinning Russian culture and leadership is very difficult in the controlled speech circumstances of US/Europe and their mimicry-satellites (Japan, S Korea etc). On the side of China, the beliefs are not Christian per se but very much arrive at the same understanding of the role of morality, sanctity and justice, through a complex belief of Buddhism and Confucianism. Of course, these ideas are quite alien to the non-Christian west. The survival of Russia and China into the modern world represents the only socio-political belief system that has any chance to bring peace to the globe. “Globalization” is the terminology that really means a system of stripping human and physical assets to serve the wandering elites that owe no allegiance to any nation state. If Russia and China are unsuccessful in persuading the non-western world that there is an alternative to what I call the “tribute system to the jackals”, then, as Alexander states, chaos will ensue. The élites are indifferent to the fate of non-elites as they have no feeling for “others”. With protected and Inaccessible domiciles unseen by the plebeian masses, private transport systems to ferry them about, and protected by private supranational security forces, these élites are not seen by those who read People magazine. Don’t look for them at the TSA-precheck line at your local airport. Russia represents what is left of the highest and best of western spiritual and cultural values, and China is its coeval in Asia. Despite its early fascination with the US, China under Xi has restored the culture of Confucianism and is revivifying its ancient moral precepts as foundations for human relations. Between these two powers, the remaining US satellites are irrelevant (even India is too much in disarray). O
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  12.  @magicponyrides  are you azhov?
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  13. Ukraine doesn’t care about “value” analysis. The weapons are free.
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  14. India wants to believe that the 5 nations of BRICS are equal which — it is obvious — they are not. Not only is India a weak link economically through its rupee but in fact Brazil is hardly a balanced economy. The less said about South Africa, the better. Russia has made it clear which currency it believes is the most reasonable candidate for cross border trade and it’s not the rupee.
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  15. For a thug to back down never teaches him anything. The best outcome would be for the West is continue in its path or even accelerate it. The consequences will be edifying. The West may learn something about the consequences of delusion. As an example, only a few years ago, Germany was the world’s largest export economy. After a few years of decoupling from Russian gas and raw materials supply — what would be the result of falling to third or fourth in the world? Only the brutal result of a declining economy would cause German politicians to self reflect.
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  16.  @adaids9826  perhaps you’re not aware that Asia is a continent
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  17. What an insult to call him professor. No one has bought Alexander.
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  18. Windmills are much faster to build than LNG vessels and terminals. I believe you can get kits for your house. Your own private windmill is warranted to provide enough electricity to power a 2 lumen LED for at least 7 seconds. When the wind is blowing gale force.
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  19.  @uus292  so Putin is now giving speeches in German? Bully.
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  20.  @canucklehead4463  true — recall the legend of the Gorgon MedUSA
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  21. Have you ever read a history of World War I? The pattern repeats.
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  22.  @sjm1289  different wars, different motivations, different times. Hard for a simple soul to grasp.
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  23. Brussels has a secret gas production plan….only it’s methane.
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  24. Oh, the next thing you’ll say is that it’s fine to kill people….in their own country.
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  25.  @cincoy3679  the preposition “in” is not a factor in this discussion.
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  26.  @Freddie19008  not so sure about that. He’s got steep competition including from that crypto Albright.
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  27. Zelenskyy is not Ukrainian.
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  28.  @oitzingerpeter  Washington DC and the lovely Virginia and Maryland suburbs are ideal for our new friends.
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  29.  @soniavadnjal7553  Rand Paul stands almost alone in the Senate — an untarnished man of principle and action.
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  30. The middleman deserves the middle finger.
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  31. That’s putting it politely. More accurately, a kind of public political porn.
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  32. A global war benefits those with capital and wealth. In fact, they were the beneficiaries of both world wars — if not, in fact, some of the instigators.
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  33. Although it’s always valuable to hear Alexander’s interpretation of global affairs as refracted solely through global power politics, there is a possibility that the action of Ukraine encompasses a factor that is ignored here. That is, there may be no credible evidence for the allegations. A world of pure Realpolitik is not a platform for global peace.
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  34. People who accept Z as their leader have made their choice. There aren’t that many countries who would willingly be led by a leather/high-heeled/genital piano playing millionaire as their inspiration.
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  35. It should added that China is the leading builder of infrastructure in the developing world and nations can always accumulate RMB to fund these projects. The days when US companies like Bechtel actually built anything productive (versus military-related) have long passed. As for India, we’ll, they have always supplied labor for these projects along with other third world countries such as the Philippines. Ask yourself: who supplied the labor for the US railroads as they moved west? China went through that phase too. Now it provides planners, engineers and project managers.
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  36.  @JeremySpencerJJWS  No
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  37. What? The Brits were involved in the destruction of grain ships bound for humanitarian delivery? Next thing you’ll say is that the Brits were involved I in the Opium Wars.
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  38.  Samuel Pierce  precisely, we must stop the yankz
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  39. Macricon is Frances answer to Lady Lindsay.
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  40.  @yelenaangeleski3354  according to my high school Russian 40 years ago taught by a young Russian, 'krasni" means beautiful. Perhaps usage has changed.
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  41.  @inkbold8511  Envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins according to Christian theology. Obviously Rampart would know nothing of this.
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  42. A leopard that’s tasted blood won’t change its spots.
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  43.  @michaelkatz275  nope, a little country in the M E
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  44. +++
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  45.  @Aristaifly  lighten up pal
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  46. Ricardo — wonderful discovery — in Bismarck’s memoirs?
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  47.  @willengel2458  over the dead bodies of Poland and the Baltics (total population of the latter < 10 million, powerhouses lol)
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  48.  @ramonching7772  the fur hat she borrowed from Justine T.
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  49.  @rogerfaint499  meaning what? Please learn to divide. The goal is to arrive at a ratio.
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  50. Not sure that Pritchard was worthy of your mention. Clearly, he’s offbase on most international issues — hardly a surprise as he was a grotesque advocate of WMD and the Iraq war. Pritchard is a supporter of the principle that if you’re rich enough and have enough military power you have the right to kill people in their own country.
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  51.  @AnabelleLee100  Gordon Chang, is that you transitioning?
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  52.  @silveriorebelo8045  precisely. Nick Kollerstrom “How Britain Initiated both World Wars”.
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  53.  @julianchung9215  expired vials that had been left in the sun for two days
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  54. Small states (about 1 milllion in population) do not buy from China directly. They generally buy through distributors in Europe.
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  55. This is no mean feat for a mud puppy (a type of salamander) — sadly, this quasi-miracle has been scrubbed.
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  56. 10th and 11th sanctions is so Mickey Mouse. SANCTIONS X and SANCTIONS CXII is much more terrifying😂
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  57.  @daviddoran3673  three headed vampire needs a stake thru…..
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  58.  @arcturus4067  don’t misunderstand. Your posts are excellent reading (though paragraphing would aid clarity) — direct them to someone who has some basic mental capacity but is short on facts. Facts educate those who are prepared to learn. Thank you.
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  59.  @TheArdildo  that’s not what globalization means. Kind of like names can be something other than Name Nameson.
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  60. Stolenbread is on best terms with Arshola van Lying.
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  61.  @jonthomas9708  context suggests a typo now corrected.
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  62.  @drbuckley1  oops. Just blew your cover. You’re Mrs Ames, my sixth grade teacher!
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  63.  James Lum  too late. The oligarchs are fully in control.
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  64.  @motherlandbot6837  US still produces more opioids than anyone else thanks to Purdue Pharma.
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  65. Frequent error: blaming the hardware when it’s the software.
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  66. NPR follows the $$ which means the gaitz foundry.
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  67. Can grubs dig for grubs? Cannibalism is disgusting.
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  68. @Mark “got no brains” really does say it all
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  69.  @Tim.Reader  thanks for the info — reminds me of the Alstom/GE debacle in France. Finland seems well past its sell by date.
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  70. Can someone explain why soldiers who put their lives on the line would respect a comedian, leather high heeled, p—-is-piano player?
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  71.  @vaughnwarren8446  so diplomatic - “shortcomings”.
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  72.  @urbanangst7630  chaos and broken families == trwfricking
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  73. A glorious sunset is a sight to behold. As is the darkness that follows. As well as the sunrise on a new day.
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  74. First step to transitioning.
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  75.  @stephenburnage7687  yup — those that suckled at the teat of US milk money
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  76.  @finchwarbler2269  a powdered wig atop a death’s head
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  77.  @charsibaba6960  No. The US has no right to kill people in their own country.
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  78.  @noeldoyle4501  The only thing Americans “revere” is their body functions.
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  79. Don’t forget the Polish/Lithuanian duopoly that tried to infiltrate the czarist monarchy at the estime of Boris Godunov
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  80. I disagree with Alexander who is naive to think that “personal” relationships with Americans have any value. Xi is much too busy to play footsore with someone wearing Depends. Besides, according to standard American diplomatic protocols when meetings occur in US soil, the Chinese will be required to bring their own bag lunches and toilet paper. They learned this in Alaska.
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  81.  Linda Pierce  please describe the exciting story of your escape!
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  82.  @charsibaba6960  The US has no right to kill people In their own country.
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  83. “Proven over and over again that it is Treacherous”
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  84. Spiteful mutant frogs not permitted.
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  85.  @alterego157  a bird does not swim in the ocean and a fish does not fly in the skies.
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  86.  @zagan1  Don't be ridiculous. Ever hear of sovereign default? When a country collapses and repudiates its debt (or is taken over by another administration or even another country) it's all over. You do realize that countries as borrowers have debt ratings, don't you?
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  87.  @mikecavallaro466  why don’t you go first as you were there in Operation Ranch Hand, spraying Agent Orange on friend and foe alike. Guess you ran out of scalpels.
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  88.  @kristsanjaya1109  And world peace
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  89. The US is perfectly capable of manufacturing its own addictive drugs like OxyContin (no poppies involved). Purdue Pharma, the inventor of OxyContin, a leading opioid, was founded by a family of doctors and produced billions of dollars of profit.
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  90.  @gilberttessier1871  as is mine.
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  91. An apex of logic and understanding. Watch this video again in six months or a year. Alexander will be shown to be truly prescient.
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  92. Ukrainian rump state sounds tasty — I think Putin is working on the recipe.
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  93. The US prefers to call the leader of Egypt “Sissi” because the sophomores at State enjoy calling him “sissy” behind his back.
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  94.  @arcturus4067  a long, detailed and thoughtful post will not be read by simple people wear camo .
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  95. While your vision will undoubtedly be challenged, there is no alternative at this juncture to believing in the ultimate goodness and rationalism of human beings. Excellent post. Thank you.
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  96. Their top technology export is motorized koala bears.
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  97.  @realeyesrealizereallies6828  previous reply taken down. A perfect example.
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  98. N’oubliez pas les escargots et même limaces.
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  99.  @kwlee8420  “The slime of the earth, and the masters of lying” [one of the greatest philosophers, 19th century]
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  100.  @michaelkatz275  Katz-in-Jammer
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  101.  @a.randomjack6661  I pray for the day the real truth about WWII comes out — it will reverse most of what you think you know as “fact”…..
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  102.  @gartbern  is spring coming to Tel Aviv?
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  103.  @andytang8679  “lasciate ogni speranza voi che entrate” — Dante
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  104.  @waichong3736  truth. The almighty sh”%-+l.
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  105.  @americanknow8232  makes you wonder if Biden and Putin have the same puppet master
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  106. The “ultimate solution” for the Neocons is to have others fight for them, and not fight themselves. The ideal outcome is fighting in Asia between Asia nations and the destruction of the Asian economic juggernaut. If possible, an encompassing war leading to chaos in Asia. Just as England was the single most important factor in unleashing the two world wars, its policy descendants in the US today fervently hope to provoke a new world war — but in Asia this time. With the support of eunuch-run administrations in Japan, Taiwan and S Korea, there is a chance that the neocon vision may come to pass.
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  107. Corbyn’s downfall, as G Galloway explains, was the allegation of “anti-semitism”.
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  108.  @margaretkeegan8087  if you have basic arithmetic skills, please calculate (1j debt per capita and (2j external debt per capita. If you are a division superstar, then calculate cash flow to debt ratios. These measure are used by the standard bond rating agencies. Good luck.
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  109.  @drbuckley1  gimme the death head count on that, “general”…
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  110. Robert Kagan.
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  111. Elenski has a closet full of leopard tanks.
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  112.  @briandam8126 I’d go one step further. Not only do they not care, in some ways they would be pleased with widening slaughter. Have you ever read basic history of WWI — 9 million dead and wounded young men 17-27. Only this time the same interests (City of London, Wall Street) have made sure that old Ukrainian men will be included too. Good deal, right? Monsters, all monsters and we pathetic people can only watch in horror.
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  113. Both the US and Taiwan need to prepare (“mobilize”) to follow through on their war, in planning since the rise of the Neocons under Bush and Obama. Therefore, the key step in mobilization is the general call for troops. The call for a draft will provide calm and tranquility for the US population and the equally soporific Taiwanese. A land and sea war is quite familiar to the US from their enthralling experience in Vietnam. Besides, they have the immeasurable value of Japan’s assistance resulting from its inspiring efforts to conquer Asia in the twentieth century, not to mention their thrilling attack on Pearl Harbor. Why reinvent the technology of a sneak attack?
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  114. There is simply no other conclusion than that the West’s dominance of technology is a sham. The more one digs deeply, it becomes apparent that the industrial process technology that the West boasts above is a — lie. We shall see: Russian dominance in radioactive materials engineering, and the same for rare earths extraction and refining in China — can the West’s military matériel survive without Russia and China? Perhaps irrelevant if the US troops are too busy at drag festivals to bother with showing up for work.
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  115. Lack of self-knowledge is not confined to the Democrats.
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  116.  @arthurtane6505  onanism should be practiced privately
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  117. The FT Casey Michel article (whoever he is, his descriptor is blank) is typical FT — not it be taken seriously as all editorial pieces in the last 3 or so years have taken a monocular viewpoint.
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  118. War is definitely profitable for the military hegemon. This is particularly true if you assign the value of Zero to human life.
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  119. Or truss Liz Sack
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  120. The Western asset-stripping jackals may eventually be buried in a avalanche of worthless Fed printed “papier hygiénique”.
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  121. Zegna Baruffa
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  122.  @Rivenburg-xd5yf  Cope
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  123. Glad to see someone who reads history and understands. “The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus is has ever been”. (First sentence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
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  124. It’s what happens when you give power to the wrong people —- androgen-blocked (Micron,Scholz), chihuahuas (Silina), and the fair sex (van der lion, Baerbock) with some overlap).
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  125. The US needs to announce conscription of up to 500,000 men, women and in betweens. That’ll strike fear into Russia.
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  126.  @onerxowns2202  you failed to appreciate my sarcasm 😉 I spent two years studying Russian — and culture. Culture doesn’t exist in America, only the pursuit of shkls.
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  127. That’s absurd. Darwin verified that the Japanese are descended from the sun goddess 😉
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  128.  @kuanged  you do realize that your points were first made in the 80s?
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  129. As the apocalypse of the two world wars shows, the minor players (Serbia, Belgium) are only the pretext for explosive conflicts between major powers. The presence /absence of formal treaties (Britain and France 1913) has little to do with as the decision to go to war is political. Ukraine acts with impunity today by virtue of its implicit military support by the US and Germany, inter alia.
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  130.  @noeldoyle4501  thanks for the info. I shall now be calling the US government a regime.
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  131.  @noeldoyle4501  I don’t eat at McDonalds
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  132.  @Melitopol2130  don’t get ahead of yourself unless you’ve lost it.
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  133. Well observed
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  134.  @terencewallis540  not true. Solar panels will be quickly installed to take advantage of the 300+ days of brilliant sunlight annually. Or conserving the methane from their famous cows and politicians.
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  135. I don’t believe this confrontation could have been avoided, anymore that than World War I could have been averted. The western élites (and their satrapies like Japan) simply want this war, just as they wanted the two world wars. They will benefit in every way as they neither fight this war in the trenches, nor expose themselves to any financial risk. They have more interest in their corgis than in the lower classes.
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  136. “Bl——-de as defined by a bl——head” — Schopenhauer.
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  137. @Црвено Небо there is a time in the life of an individual, or a nation, where realizing one’s impotence can lead to uncontrollable anger and despair.
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  138.  @yfelwulf  you misspelled “pheasant”
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  139. Russia — do NOT negotiate with the west — they’re sheissters.
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  140.  @rais1953  I hear the scenery is breathtaking
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  141.  @Plikten  You misunderstand -- they are free to Ukraine, as the chances are quite high the country collapses and the debt is repudiated (or forgiven by their relatives in the US government).
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  142.  @rwjazz1299  let us know when your screenplay sells…not holding my breath.
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  143.  @mikecavallaro466  she died in one of your rampages.
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  144. Yellen — member of the ziggie rat.
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  145.  @goonerboz6023  the redoubtable Nassim Taleb says this about financial cataclysms — a smaller crisis, earlier, is the best way to avoid Armageddon.
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  146.  @jeanrichardvarre6062  I feel sick
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  147. Des couilles français n’existent plus.
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  148.  @somethinglikethisone6635  read what I wrote in response to S Mun re: consumer goods. A country of 1 million people does not buy rare earths.
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  149.  Hadi  they’ll have to book a seat on the Russo-Sino spacecraft
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  150.  @emilevandenhoogen8594 macricon has some very close relationships with his “body”guards (do a search)
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  151. @helgiynglinga key point. It’s not obvious that the offer isn’t some sort of starting point for discussion.
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  152.  @wkgurr  sorry but Kissingher belongs in a special circle of hell.
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  153.  GOOSEBUMPS  you are so diplomatic
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  154.  @Aramsa-Khan  it’s actually less “Anglo-Saxon” than you think. Read about Oliver Cromwell.
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  155. Havana is very festive during the holidays.
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  156. Much, much too early for Russia to negotiate. Perhaps in a year, but certainly after a cozy winter. And just explain why Germany has three luxury coachmakers? There may be excess capacity that needs to be squeezed out -- maybe VW can shut down Audi as a cost reduction move? Or Mercedes can be acquired by Kia to achieve greater energy and production efficiency?
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  157.  @bekeneel  you’re right. The Ukrainians who slaughtered residents of Donetsk beginning in 2014 are fully responsible for the entire debacle and their loyalty to their puppet master overseas.
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  158. China has at least options: throttling supply to the US consumer market or the US military. The latter would be most interesting. Example: refined rare earths.
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  159.  @rostik6830  you’ve misread what I wrote. If either the West or Russia backs down, it will be equally unsatisfactory for different reasons. I think they should both March to the music. See who the last country standing. I particularly believe Germany needs a reckoning with its future — the sooner the better.
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  160.  @robertgosselin14  the onion needs more peeling.
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  161. Gilles: “consultative democracy” is very nicely worded. The late economist Angus Madisson predicted 20 years ago that China’s economy would become the largest in the world by 2015 — which dovetails with your comment. You are correct that the dollar enjoys the “exorbitant privilege” that underpins the misery of the globe.
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  162. It’s believed by many that the Japanese are passive investors taking orders from the private equity parties that run the FT.
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  163. Empty smiles can sometimes be symptoms of feeble-mindedness, particularly in the aging process.
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  164. Israel wants all Palestinians to leave Gaza so they can seize the land,misant that obvious to a child?
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  165.  @richardscathouse  the guillotine is more humane not that they deserve it
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  166.  @michaelkatz275 no one asked you to go moskow
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