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Trying to make sense of the world and the forces at play. Working on a solutions book. Make the best of each moment. #CoticSeal (click latest) = factchecked

[Cotic @Cotic]

I'm a peace nik, who condemns Russia's invasion.

Yet all we hear in the UK is 'simple: good vs imperial evil'. It's anything but. RUS wanted to join NATO, was good friends with UKR. It all changed after Orange & Maidan, RUS believes the US was behind it.

[Cotic @Cotic]

MIC or closely linked money is something UK/US officials take all the time. Revolving door, speech circuit etc. Plus parties benefit too from donations. And they are highly sympathic to the MIC funded think tank point of view which is thst we have dangerous enemies.

[Cotic @Cotic]

The BBC makes out British officials are not allowed to be sympathetic to the Chinese leaders. Banding it as bad a crime as taking money from them.

Understanding other nations and their point of view is vital for good relations, yet this is lost on the BBC.

Ignore MIC money...

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

59% of Ukrainians believe Zelenskyy is involved in corruption in the highest echelons of power

[Kirill Zatrimaylov @k_zatrimaylov]

When people are talking about "complicity of ordinary Russians in the invasion of Ukraine", there is one elephant in the room that they do not want to admit.

This elephant is the fact that even in democracies (not to mention in dictatorships), ordinary citizens and middle class have very limited (if any at all) influence on their country's foreign policy and the wars the government chooses to wage - as the military-industrial complex is basically a state within a state. Say, in the US many people were opposed to the Iraq war, which largely contributed to the election of the Democratic dove Obama... whose term was marked by the invasion of Libya. Then people who were tired of the US's "global policeman" role and wanted the White House to focus more on the country's internal issues voted for Trump with his non-interventionist rhetoric, and... you see.

The fact that you live in a democracy means that you can vote for lower taxes (if you can tolerate lower social security) or for higher social security (if you can tolerate higher taxes). You can also vote out a corrupt politician or get your government to build better highways - but you don't get to decide whether to invade another country or not. If you live in a dictatorship, you don't decide either of these things.

[Cotic @Cotic]

@McFaul If Zelensky does not want to make decent concessions and is still backed by Europe, there's little Witkoff can do.

[Cotic @Cotic]

If Zelensky does not want to make decent concessions and is still backed by Europe, there's little Witkoff can do.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Witkoff has tried for two years to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. He has failed. He has not even made incremental progress.

Maybe time to let someone else try?

Every day of failure, after all, means that more people die. Time is of the essence.

[Cotic @Cotic]

@Knutewaffen @InsaneReality Dude if you were an officer in the US and this perp could be armed you would do exactly the same. Self preservation in the presence of a desperate wreckless criminal.

[Cotic @Cotic]

@grok @MattWallace888 So "no" basically means yes you agree with me on that friends and family are not the best source as may be biased.

Re this case can you even remember "specfic acts" from decades ago accurately and were they present?

[Cotic @Cotic]

I asked AI if rapeseed oil is better for cholesterol than feremented cheese. AI said yes, it is. I wonder if Gil at @NutritionMadeS3 would agree here.

https://t.co/aZn3h50SEp

[Cotic @Cotic]

@grok @MattWallace888 If I ask friends and family to give me references for a job do you think employers would hire me on that basis only?

[Still Talking @stilltalking11]

So he touched a woman's breasts "without her consent" but then AFTER that happened, she willingly gave him a blowjob in the toilets. "I know I sucked you off willingly but just BEFORE that you touched my boobs without asking." 9 months in prison for that. RiDICKulous.

[BenAris @bneeditor]

Gallup poll says Ukraine sentiment has flipped from 'fight til we win' to 'do a deal and end the war now.'

[Cotic @Cotic]

10 Gut-Healthy Foods That Cost Under $1 https://t.co/LLFBsMzwzm

[Cotic @Cotic]

Glenn Diesen's latest substack gets to the heart of the war mongering disinfo we have been sold. That is shamefully propagated by the BBC etc which too many here in the UK still trust on these issues.

https://t.co/F0AYDnO2xL

[Cotic @Cotic]

@Glenn_Diesen BBC, silent.

Why @mariannaspring do we need soical media like X with accounts like Glenn's giving us the fuller and better informed and balanced view.?

You like to talk straw man about the bad sides of soical media that we already know exist. But ommit good examples like this.

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

General Harald Kujat was formerly the head of the German Armed Forces and, as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, also held the highest military position within NATO https://t.co/ozUlkvRvfC

[Cotic @Cotic]

@zoecabina Some men overate their own attraction and put down others lol

[Anna Chen @AnnaChenMiaow]

On Remembrance Sunday, we should be remembering everyone who died fighting fascism. Including 27 million Russians who fought with Britain and the allies to defeat Nazism.
Alarming to see the day turned into a warm-up for another world war.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

Pundits who insist Russia wants to destroy the West never interrogate two rather obvious questions:

1. Why did Moscow spend nearly two decades after the Cold War seeking closer integration with the West, even raising the possibility of joining NATO, and why did those overtures fail?

2. Why would Russia want to destroy a bloc where so many of its own elites have relatives and substantial property interests?

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

Another video of forced mobilization in Ukraine: a man on a bicycle is pepper-sprayed in the eyes and dragged into a car. I hope these videos will one day be used as evidence of human rights crimes in court — so that the guilty are found and the innocent receive justice.