https://cne.news/article/4807-may-german-christians-vote-for-the-afd
Huizinga is an activist associated with the Acton Institute, Federalist Society, and other Right-wing think-tanks. As such, his attempt to muddy the waters regarding the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is unsurprising.
https://cne.news/article/4780-as-war-looms-in-europe-some-christians-pursue-pacifism
Articles such as this are always going to grab my attention. I was disappointed to read the statement of Fernando Enns who apparently is unfamiliar with the argument that taking up arms in warfare is viewed by war-advocates as self-defense on a large scale, or even better they will argue that invading a country is an act of love - defending people from a murderous tyrant for example.
https://americanreformer.org/2024/12/what-is-happening-in-germany/
This article typifies the misunderstanding on the part of the American Right with regard to the rise of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, its values, and its political platform.
It was something to see, a historic moment I thought. To see German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock (along with French counterpart Barrot) walking about Damascus with HTS leader al-Julani should have generated a media buzz - but it didn't. The media is to be blamed for this lack of response - they have lulled the Western public to sleep.
https://www.politico.eu/politico-28-class-of-2025/
As expected, Giorgia Meloni is ranked as the most powerful person in Europe. When Angela Merkel stepped down it was Macron's time but he squandered it and was sidelined by his own domestic troubles. Meloni has (in part) triangulated the Right and as such stayed within the fold of the EU Establishment. At the same time her triangulation has allowed her to stay within the sphere of elements far to her Right but most importantly of all - she has successfully shifted the EU itself to the Right. Ursula von der Leyen has embraced Meloni for her own political survival.
It has been disconcerting to listen to Chris Arnzen interview German Theonomist pastor Tobias Riemenschneider on various subjects, but in particular in connection to German history and politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/13/alito-supreme-court-far-right-ties
If you follow Right-wing politics in Europe or even Traditionalist Catholic politics then you're sure to encounter Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. The Guardian article in question provides a quick overview of the circles she inhabits which overlap with those of Samuel Alito. Her activities are not illegal - the article is focusing primarily on the corruption within the US Supreme Court and the ever expanding circles of Right-wing Catholicism.
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/08/05/us-russia-prisoner-swap-cia-chechen-jihad/
This GrayZone article also caught my eye. I was glad to see that in all the hysteria regarding Russia, there's a story about Chechnya that's been largely forgotten.
As I stated in a related piece, the coverage of the Canadian Parliament scandal has been largely disingenuous and has omitted several critical points.
The European Union has always been a secularized attempt at
rekindling the Holy Roman Empire – and as time has made clear, the 'of the
German Nation' is probably more apropos than many would care to admit.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/is-germanys-lng-gold-rush-coming-to-an-end/
This article demonstrates the internal conflict that plagues
modern Western capitalist economies. Germany needs Liquefied Natural Gas, all
the more since the Nordstream pipelines were blown up and the gas supply from
Russia has been cut off.
Mainstream media has all but ignored Seymour Hersh's latest Substack
piece in which he states emphatically something that many of us have suspected
all along – that the Nordstream Pipelines were sabotaged by the US Navy.
This story makes one's head spin. Peace activists opposing
German policy and state support for Ukraine (especially in light of Germany's
history with Russia) are now being punished by laws that ostensibly would have
been drafted to silence Nazis and Neo-Fascists in the post-war setting.
Croatia was quick to sign up to America's suggestion of
creating an LNG infrastructure, and now in this new deal with Austria and
Bavaria, that capacity is set to double. Croatia is set to become an energy hub
for southern and central Europe as LNG can be brought in via the Adriatic.
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/finland-and-germany-starting-lng-imports
It has been nothing less than impressive to witness the rapid
development of this new LNG infrastructure. No doubt everything has been
categorized as a 'rush order'. And even with the red hot production
time-tables, their coming 'on line' isn't soon enough as ships are already piling
up in the Atlantic and we read of other nations eager to export LNG – and get a
piece of the lucrative European market and its high demand.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/09/16/germany-military-best-equipped/
This story appeared last month. To be honest, I'm surprised
it didn't get more attention. Scholz's statements are a more than subtle
indicator regarding German militarisation and its true goals. This isn't about
Ukraine, this about German leadership in Europe and it tacitly suggests that
Berlin is thinking in terms beyond NATO.
The Great Replacement theory appears in various forms and has undergone numerous permutations. For some it's about race, for others it's race on one level, but primarily it's a question of culture.
https://justandsinner.libsyn.com/a-response-to-an-sspx-priest-on-luther
In this podcast Cooper provides a capable defense of Luther
and his legacy and offers some helpful critiques of Roman Catholicism and the
Protestant Reformation's opposition to it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/blame-germany-russia-policy/
This represents an attack serving the interests of two factions.
On the one hand it's a hit piece targeting elements within the German political
spectrum that oppose Atlanticism and have (in some cases for years) pursued an
independent agenda. First of all, it must be remembered that Politico is owned
by Axel Springer SE – a company formally committed to Capitalism and the EU and
will not allow even its employees to dissent on these points. In other words
Politico is wed to the Atlanticist and EU Establishments, as well as long being
rumoured of having ties to US intelligence.
It's a point that needs to be reiterated. By failing to provide any kind of context to the war, the reporting on Russia and the responses of Putin to the sanctions regime are effectively spin-jobs. His threats to cut off Eastern European gas are not cases of blackmail, but the result of him being painted into a corner. The sanctions are basically an attempt to blackmail Russia into bowing to NATO. Any resistance on his part is ironically couched as 'blackmail'.
Putin's threats regarding a
quick response to outside intervention are presented as menacing and aggressive
but once again he finds himself in a serious quandary. He's fighting a war
against NATO and losing. He has certainly lost the propaganda war in much of
the world. By means of proxy war, economic sanctions, and various other
measures his regime is under severe strain and increasingly isolated. They're
fighting him but he's not allowed to respond. In fact if Foreign Minister
Lavrov or anyone for that matter within the context of US politics or media
declares this to be a proxy war between the US/NATO and Russia, they're decried
and even mocked by the mainstream media.
And yet the US Secretary of
Defense has openly declared the US is in a fight with Russia and military aid
to Ukraine is meant to weaken Moscow's military might. That sounds like a proxy
war to me.
