Moldova is a deeply divided society as the latest referendum results show even if one ignores credible suspicions of fraud in support of the winning side.
... after subjugation by the EU comes the joys of NATO membership, presumably as in Finland and Sweden, without referendum.
In the other autonomous region of Moldova Gagauzia, the vote was reportedly 95% against joining the EU. The region despite its constitutional rights has been subject to the usual strong arm lawfare but has threatened to declare independence if the Moldovan or other military enter the province.
There are apparently an unbelievable 10,000 NGOs in Moldova busy with their usual three Bs on behalf of the West, bullying, blackmail and bribery.
Officially Russia only has 1,400 peacekeepers in Transnistria available to defend it, if attacked, apart from local reservists. No doubt Russia has emergency plans to intervene if the ineffable West goes too far -- apart from the obvious easy intervention by missile barrage. The bombardment of the docks just inside Ukraine on the Rumanian border was a warning.
Whilst Moscow, with its hands full already, has sought to calm troubled waters there is no way Putin could just watch the West crush the separatist areas. Interestingly in Odessa there seem to be stirrings of resistance, despite a Gestapo like police suppression.
EU is a corrupt criminal socialist warmongering dictatorship They interfere in free elections and are behind voter fraud. They have promised to pay them 2 billion $ if they vote yes to EU. They do exactly the same they have done in Ukraine and we all know the result of that. EU is financial broke but they spend billions of taxpayers money on wars corruption and bribery Von Leyen is corrupt and criminal and should be in prison She’s not elected but selected by the corrupt establishment The only hope is that EU soon will collapse
There are only one conservative country in EU and that’s Hungary the rest is all socialists They take money from the highest tax countries in the world in Scandinavia and north Europe and send them to the lowest tax countries in the south where people are lazy and don’t work much. Denmark 🇩🇰 is the most socialist country in EU
That would make the most sense if everything else was equal, but the West has predominant influence over Moldova, and the incumbent authorities won't do anything that questions their legitimacy like holding another round no matter how much people might protest.
Yep, that's professional video, alright! Nothing like my amateur efforts, of course.
I am in the process of finishing off my latest efforts to make a new post (for tomorrow). I hope you may find them interesting.
I'm also in the process of getting around to delving into your sites. (They're open in other tabs waiting to be read properly.) Looking forward to getting back to you in due course.
I will find them interesting, I am sure. That video may well be very professional but if so that's not what appealed to me, I think. I like it because it has those subtitles, english and russian and clear to read and the spoken (sung) audio clear to hear and a slow piece... plenty of time for me to look and listen, think, etc...
And the only other source I know of for similar is your own output. That's what put me in mind of yourself. :)
I honestly don't think there's much to be gained by reading my output. It was always mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all.
And it is never very profound or well researched or based on vast experience or deep knowledge and nor is it ever well reasoned or anything like that...
It's kinda just the almost, but not quite 'private' chatterings of a bloke. Is all.
My honest advice would be don't bother with it. There's so much happening today and so many sources to consult... or at least avenues to explore, isn't there? And not enough time in one short life....
So short of time I find I have no time to read material I download specifically to read. So I end up with, have now, a fairly large library of ebooks virtually none of which I have read and am now in the habit of viewing as a sort of 'library in waiting' for when I reach some point in my life that I've finally got nothing else, nothing better, nothing more urgent, than to read from it.
Just got one today.... fascinated by an interview with him on Australia's 'Late Night Live' radio show I had to get 'Palestine Laboratory' by Anthony Loewenstein. The chances are very great I'll never read it.
"...the only other source I know of for similar is your own output."
That's wonderful! I'm so glad to hear that. Yes, it would seem you are the most — indeed ONLY, as far as I'm aware — reciprocal viewer of my work. Well, that's not quite true. Mike Hampton, who has gone away now, having sent an e-mail to excuse himself, used to try to demonstrate interest; and there have been a couple of 'likes' on the site and a sentence or two (but no more) to say my work is good... You're the first person to ever state what you think is good about it: "... those subtitles, english and russian and clear to read and the spoken (sung) audio clear to hear...". I like that. Thank you! I think you're going to like tomorrow's post, and that makes everything I've done to produce it well worthwhile.
"I honestly don't think there's much to be gained by reading my output. It was always mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all."
You do prod some interesting issues, often in an unusual manner, which makes it worth the time spent reading it.
"... mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all."
Pretty much the same as mine, then; but, nonetheless, gratifying to learn there is someone else on the planet who thinks I might not have wasted my time here.
"My honest advice would be don't bother with it."
Well, I have had a look, and there were a couple of points I would have commented on but got stymied by "Leave a Reply|You must be logged in to post a comment." I do have an account with 'WordPress' but couldn't work out how sign in (on your page).
"... have now, a fairly large library of ebooks virtually none of which I have read..."
More than just you and I, I believe everyone with access to the internet is in the same position. Somewhere on your site I noticed you recognised John Helmer's work. I bought two of his books from Amazon — the one about the Scripal poisonings, and the other I can't even remember which one — which I've opened but not read. The internet, particularly now and increasingly, is just choc-a-bloc with free stuff like that. I watch people flicking away at their smartphones on public transport and understand if any information requires any more than a minute or two in clip on YouTube, or something like that, it will never be read. Effectively, technology has robbed us of literacy, or even any interest in anything outside of the world within our pockets.
Oh yes, what you're doing is well worth doing, I am sure.
And thanks for mentioning the blog. It caused me to look at it and I discovered my friendly hosting provider had switched off the sendmail function for the site so no one could register.
How long it has been like that I don't know, could be years. Very inhospitable thing to do.
Once I put up a blog like that and you could not register so could never post comments. All by accident. I just didn't know we have to deliberately choose and configure that option. By default it is not there.
That's how come your comment caused me to look: I was thinking oh god, don't tell me I've done it again.
But no, it's there. It's right at the bottom of the login screen on these wordpress sites. Little print: "register/lost password" I think is what it says. You click on that and go from there.
Your wordpress account would not be valid for individual wordpress sites such as mine. Otherwise one wordpress account would let us into anyone's wordpress blog on the planet. All of them. :)
I'm not sure what Helmer books I have. Not many if any. I won't buy them and I can't them for free via my usual routes but I do think I somehow scored one or two.
But I have masses of his commentary. You frequent 'dances with bears' I guess?
I download all those.
Yep, it is surely amazing how we're changing isn't it? Collectively and individually. For the better in the end, I hope/trust. :)
"Moldova’s EU Referendum Was Neither Free Nor Fair" This is likely true, but as a Romanian imbued with some nationalism I would brush all this aside, same way this was easily brushed aside: "which Romania considers to be an historical region that was artificially amputated from their shared homeland by Russia and then the Soviet Union. Regardless of whatever one thinks about that perspective..."
One should also remember that out of full historical Moldova, populated by people speaking Romanian (dialect), Romania has about half, with 4.5 mil, R of Moldova has less than half, with maybe 2.2 mil, and Ukraine has Budjak, on the Black sea coast and Northern Bucovina, in the Carpathians.
Also, one should remember that the Soviets in particular have conducted a relentless campaign of gaslighting, for 60 years, trying to convince Moldovans that their language is different than that of their Moldovan brethrens from Romania, and their history, and culture is different... Nothing like this was done with any other ethnic group in the Soviet Union, and the evil was done because of the crass absurdity of occupying a territory of what was claimed to be a friendly socialist country. It was a bigger chunk than what was taken from instance from Hungary, who had only about 200,000 ethnic Hungarians taken with Zakarpatia.
How will this unfold is everyone's guess. Same with Transnistria. Which was never a Romanian held territory. What is now Transnistria was created in 1924 as SSR Moldoveneasca, to continue soviet claim on Basarabia. Now the population there is split three ways: Russians, Ukrainians, and Romanians.
About half of Moldovans from R of Moldova have Romanian passports. This is why they can get work in EU. It is likely that Moldovans working in Russia are in majority of Russian and Ukrainian extraction: and they wouldn't have been qualified to get Romanian passports unless they could prove they had forbears in Moldova prior to 1939... (which shows some respect, not having qualms with those that moved there between 1812 and 1917 from Russia).
Transdnistria would be a compensation for Budjak and Northern Bucovina. My gut feeling is that if a union btw Romania and Moldova takes place, considering the recognized borders of Moldova, which includes Transdnistria, a conflict with NATO wiould be avoided by Russia. The protection of minorities in Romania is very good. While not recognizing territorial administrative autonomy (Romania is a unitary state), it recognizes and fully respects local autonomy. Just see about Hungarian minority in Romania, representing about 7% of population. So there is no legal and factual reason for Russia to put up a fuss.
You're super delusional. Any kind of assimilation of Moldova into Romania means immediate escalation and direct conflict between NATO and Russia. Not to mention a full blown civil war within the nation itself.
... after subjugation by the EU comes the joys of NATO membership, presumably as in Finland and Sweden, without referendum.
In the other autonomous region of Moldova Gagauzia, the vote was reportedly 95% against joining the EU. The region despite its constitutional rights has been subject to the usual strong arm lawfare but has threatened to declare independence if the Moldovan or other military enter the province.
There are apparently an unbelievable 10,000 NGOs in Moldova busy with their usual three Bs on behalf of the West, bullying, blackmail and bribery.
Officially Russia only has 1,400 peacekeepers in Transnistria available to defend it, if attacked, apart from local reservists. No doubt Russia has emergency plans to intervene if the ineffable West goes too far -- apart from the obvious easy intervention by missile barrage. The bombardment of the docks just inside Ukraine on the Rumanian border was a warning.
Whilst Moscow, with its hands full already, has sought to calm troubled waters there is no way Putin could just watch the West crush the separatist areas. Interestingly in Odessa there seem to be stirrings of resistance, despite a Gestapo like police suppression.
EU is a corrupt criminal socialist warmongering dictatorship They interfere in free elections and are behind voter fraud. They have promised to pay them 2 billion $ if they vote yes to EU. They do exactly the same they have done in Ukraine and we all know the result of that. EU is financial broke but they spend billions of taxpayers money on wars corruption and bribery Von Leyen is corrupt and criminal and should be in prison She’s not elected but selected by the corrupt establishment The only hope is that EU soon will collapse
Nothing in EU is socialist. EU is a neoliberal bureaucratic entity that is forcing all governments to adopt economic austerity policies.
Wokeism is not socialism. As far as they were, all socialist countries were quite conservative from a social perspective.
There are only one conservative country in EU and that’s Hungary the rest is all socialists They take money from the highest tax countries in the world in Scandinavia and north Europe and send them to the lowest tax countries in the south where people are lazy and don’t work much. Denmark 🇩🇰 is the most socialist country in EU
So there’s claims of fraud coming from both sides. Maybe have a re run?
That would make the most sense if everything else was equal, but the West has predominant influence over Moldova, and the incumbent authorities won't do anything that questions their legitimacy like holding another round no matter how much people might protest.
what's needed is a voting machine wholly owned and used by the people:
https://abrogard.com/blog/2023/12/25/dont-write-to-congress/
This is still not the way because it still belongs to govt. not the people and is still used only every few years -
but shows it could be done right NOW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_voting_system
a little more in depth:
https://abrogard.com/blog/2024/10/14/how-about-this-to-bring-truth-to-the-elections/
Finally found your blogs — thanks!
Ah, my old friend. :) Happens I was just thinking about you as I watched this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JcCmF7o6-Fc
Yep, that's professional video, alright! Nothing like my amateur efforts, of course.
I am in the process of finishing off my latest efforts to make a new post (for tomorrow). I hope you may find them interesting.
I'm also in the process of getting around to delving into your sites. (They're open in other tabs waiting to be read properly.) Looking forward to getting back to you in due course.
I will find them interesting, I am sure. That video may well be very professional but if so that's not what appealed to me, I think. I like it because it has those subtitles, english and russian and clear to read and the spoken (sung) audio clear to hear and a slow piece... plenty of time for me to look and listen, think, etc...
And the only other source I know of for similar is your own output. That's what put me in mind of yourself. :)
I honestly don't think there's much to be gained by reading my output. It was always mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all.
And it is never very profound or well researched or based on vast experience or deep knowledge and nor is it ever well reasoned or anything like that...
It's kinda just the almost, but not quite 'private' chatterings of a bloke. Is all.
My honest advice would be don't bother with it. There's so much happening today and so many sources to consult... or at least avenues to explore, isn't there? And not enough time in one short life....
So short of time I find I have no time to read material I download specifically to read. So I end up with, have now, a fairly large library of ebooks virtually none of which I have read and am now in the habit of viewing as a sort of 'library in waiting' for when I reach some point in my life that I've finally got nothing else, nothing better, nothing more urgent, than to read from it.
Just got one today.... fascinated by an interview with him on Australia's 'Late Night Live' radio show I had to get 'Palestine Laboratory' by Anthony Loewenstein. The chances are very great I'll never read it.
:)
"...the only other source I know of for similar is your own output."
That's wonderful! I'm so glad to hear that. Yes, it would seem you are the most — indeed ONLY, as far as I'm aware — reciprocal viewer of my work. Well, that's not quite true. Mike Hampton, who has gone away now, having sent an e-mail to excuse himself, used to try to demonstrate interest; and there have been a couple of 'likes' on the site and a sentence or two (but no more) to say my work is good... You're the first person to ever state what you think is good about it: "... those subtitles, english and russian and clear to read and the spoken (sung) audio clear to hear...". I like that. Thank you! I think you're going to like tomorrow's post, and that makes everything I've done to produce it well worthwhile.
"I honestly don't think there's much to be gained by reading my output. It was always mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all."
You do prod some interesting issues, often in an unusual manner, which makes it worth the time spent reading it.
"... mainly for my own benefit as a sort of archive of my current thought is all."
Pretty much the same as mine, then; but, nonetheless, gratifying to learn there is someone else on the planet who thinks I might not have wasted my time here.
"My honest advice would be don't bother with it."
Well, I have had a look, and there were a couple of points I would have commented on but got stymied by "Leave a Reply|You must be logged in to post a comment." I do have an account with 'WordPress' but couldn't work out how sign in (on your page).
"... have now, a fairly large library of ebooks virtually none of which I have read..."
More than just you and I, I believe everyone with access to the internet is in the same position. Somewhere on your site I noticed you recognised John Helmer's work. I bought two of his books from Amazon — the one about the Scripal poisonings, and the other I can't even remember which one — which I've opened but not read. The internet, particularly now and increasingly, is just choc-a-bloc with free stuff like that. I watch people flicking away at their smartphones on public transport and understand if any information requires any more than a minute or two in clip on YouTube, or something like that, it will never be read. Effectively, technology has robbed us of literacy, or even any interest in anything outside of the world within our pockets.
Oh yes, what you're doing is well worth doing, I am sure.
And thanks for mentioning the blog. It caused me to look at it and I discovered my friendly hosting provider had switched off the sendmail function for the site so no one could register.
How long it has been like that I don't know, could be years. Very inhospitable thing to do.
Once I put up a blog like that and you could not register so could never post comments. All by accident. I just didn't know we have to deliberately choose and configure that option. By default it is not there.
That's how come your comment caused me to look: I was thinking oh god, don't tell me I've done it again.
But no, it's there. It's right at the bottom of the login screen on these wordpress sites. Little print: "register/lost password" I think is what it says. You click on that and go from there.
Your wordpress account would not be valid for individual wordpress sites such as mine. Otherwise one wordpress account would let us into anyone's wordpress blog on the planet. All of them. :)
I'm not sure what Helmer books I have. Not many if any. I won't buy them and I can't them for free via my usual routes but I do think I somehow scored one or two.
But I have masses of his commentary. You frequent 'dances with bears' I guess?
I download all those.
Yep, it is surely amazing how we're changing isn't it? Collectively and individually. For the better in the end, I hope/trust. :)
Thanks for sharing dude!
"Moldova’s EU Referendum Was Neither Free Nor Fair" This is likely true, but as a Romanian imbued with some nationalism I would brush all this aside, same way this was easily brushed aside: "which Romania considers to be an historical region that was artificially amputated from their shared homeland by Russia and then the Soviet Union. Regardless of whatever one thinks about that perspective..."
One should also remember that out of full historical Moldova, populated by people speaking Romanian (dialect), Romania has about half, with 4.5 mil, R of Moldova has less than half, with maybe 2.2 mil, and Ukraine has Budjak, on the Black sea coast and Northern Bucovina, in the Carpathians.
Also, one should remember that the Soviets in particular have conducted a relentless campaign of gaslighting, for 60 years, trying to convince Moldovans that their language is different than that of their Moldovan brethrens from Romania, and their history, and culture is different... Nothing like this was done with any other ethnic group in the Soviet Union, and the evil was done because of the crass absurdity of occupying a territory of what was claimed to be a friendly socialist country. It was a bigger chunk than what was taken from instance from Hungary, who had only about 200,000 ethnic Hungarians taken with Zakarpatia.
How will this unfold is everyone's guess. Same with Transnistria. Which was never a Romanian held territory. What is now Transnistria was created in 1924 as SSR Moldoveneasca, to continue soviet claim on Basarabia. Now the population there is split three ways: Russians, Ukrainians, and Romanians.
About half of Moldovans from R of Moldova have Romanian passports. This is why they can get work in EU. It is likely that Moldovans working in Russia are in majority of Russian and Ukrainian extraction: and they wouldn't have been qualified to get Romanian passports unless they could prove they had forbears in Moldova prior to 1939... (which shows some respect, not having qualms with those that moved there between 1812 and 1917 from Russia).
Transdnistria would be a compensation for Budjak and Northern Bucovina. My gut feeling is that if a union btw Romania and Moldova takes place, considering the recognized borders of Moldova, which includes Transdnistria, a conflict with NATO wiould be avoided by Russia. The protection of minorities in Romania is very good. While not recognizing territorial administrative autonomy (Romania is a unitary state), it recognizes and fully respects local autonomy. Just see about Hungarian minority in Romania, representing about 7% of population. So there is no legal and factual reason for Russia to put up a fuss.
You're super delusional. Any kind of assimilation of Moldova into Romania means immediate escalation and direct conflict between NATO and Russia. Not to mention a full blown civil war within the nation itself.
Not necessarily. I have not seen civil wqrs in the Baltic states, some of them with 25% Russian population...
Surely by now, you know that "free and fair election" is one tbat the western puppet wins, by whatever means.
The difference is that, when they lose, the West doesn't sit on hits hands. They organize a Color Revolution or whatever.
The results do seem eerily similar to American ones. The grift must be flowing well in Moldova.
"...Von der Leyen’s de facto $2 billion bribe ..."
It can't end well, can it; like Yanukovich (who was wiser) and the Ukraine?
I wouldn't be surprised if "Moldova only made 10,000 ballots available in Russia".
But who is this Chay Bowes? Does he have any source as proof to substantiate his claim?
After serving its purpose, Moldova would be rewarded by being absorbed into Romania.
That would be long overdue. And it would be a step up.