https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2020/living-in-the-world/
The reader of this piece will certainly discover a lot of
interesting history to consider but the article-lecture is flawed in its
premise, its analysis, and thus in its worth.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/cult-christian-trumpism/
Finally, there is a strong voice emanating from the Reformed
community that is willing to call a spade a spade. But because the voice is
that of Michael Horton and associated with Westminster California, it will be
dismissed and decried by many as yet another manifestation of 'Radical' Two
Kingdoms (R2K) thinking.
While the Istanbul-based Porte is no longer active, the
Erdogan administration in Ankara certainly has a vision of Neo-Ottomanism - the Neo-Porte is you will. On
the back burner for a season, it's back with a vengeance as Turkey attempts to
triangulate its alliances, play its opposition off against one another and
re-assert its unique geographical and cultural role. This is best seen in its
geo-strategic and economic policies within the Middle East, the Caucasus region,
Europe (particularly Germany and the Balkans) and the larger Mediterranean
region.
I hate to admit it but in this case Beijing does have a
point. Actually their statements are rather restrained – Beijing has only
touched upon the tip of the iceberg.
I have so many notes from the past couple of months and so little time that I've given up trying to write separate pieces on them all. Instead I've chosen to bundle a few together – some highlights if you will. There are a couple of things that I keep coming back to especially with regard to December of 2020.
With regard to the events of January 6, I have read and heard nothing but attempts by Christians to distance themselves from these events and place the blame on others.
This represents a further development of what I reported in
2018:
https://pilgrimunderground.blogspot.com/2018/06/atlantic-breakdown-in-slow-motion.html
http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2018/04/cracks-in-atlantic-wall.html
Right wing commentators in the United States are focusing on
Europe's 'betrayal' – the fact that Europe is not bowing in every case to
Washington's instructions and desires. This has been a reality since the
fruition of the European Union project in the 1990's. At that time even the
continuation of NATO was an open question.
The article is co-written by an official affiliated with the
Pristina government – which is (functionally) an arm of the US State
Department. Kosovo has been called the Fifty-First state by more than a few
commentators.
The US has (since the Obama administration) openly declared
China to be an enemy, thus it should hardly surprise anyone that Beijing has
responded and the MSS (the Chinese intelligence agency) has invested
significant intelligence gathering assets within the United States itself.
When the reports broke on the morning of 25 December I was at first afraid that it was another Oklahoma City Bombing – another terroristic act perpetrated by a Right-wing activist – or worse, some kind of Trumpite-Christian fanatic. In some respects I'm surprised that more of such things haven't happened but then again, there are still many in those circles that seem to think Trump is somehow going to 'pull this one out' and retain the presidency. (I wrote this before the 6 January incident)
https://eurasianet.org/covid-and-the-new-debt-dynamics-of-kyrgyzstan-and-tajikistan
https://www.centralasianews.net/news/267339395/uzbekistan-attracts-usd-66-billion-fdi-in-2020
Articles such as these represent a signal to Western investment
– particularly the EU, that there is a need to infuse cash (and thus influence)
into the region. A failure to do so will lead to Beijing's increased power and
presence in the Central Asian and Eurasian theatres.
I cannot be sure what the true nature of this story is but
given the way it's being framed by RFE/RL and the involvement of outlets such
as Bellingcat I am led to believe that it is something of a false expose',
serving as a means of cover-up.
What about US blacklist – a list of firms with ties to the US
military? It would be the size of a metropolitan phonebook. This kind of
article is fundamentally deceitful and meant to prey on either those governed
merely by passions or the ignorant.
