The state if the Internet in Russia: https://qz.com/2138398/the-russian-internet-is-a-casualty-of-the-war-with-ukraine/
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 4:04 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > There are articles like this one > > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/02/civilised-european-look-like-us-racist-coverage-ukraine > > > > One might deduce from this that Anglo-Saxon imperialist media doesn’t > really care about countries having non-Anglo-Saxon civilian populations > destroyed by weapons of mass destruction. I would say there has been a > cloud of rage over 9/11 that only recently started to clear. Anything in > that cloud, like the entire middle east, could be considered hell. Or > like Las Vegas, what happens in Mosul stays in Mosul. There were some > reporters that would cover it, but overall, there were few in the U.S. that > really cared what happened. (And really, who **ever** thinks about > Russia? Who is this nut-job?) There was violence that was “needed” (most > recently with ISIS) and we were by in large readily willing to not look at > it. Obama remarked on it with remarkable detachment. The Russians took > advantage of this. Yes, it is ugly that there is this contrast, but that > doesn’t mean they should get away with it this time. There were voices > calling for intervention at the time. > > > > One might also say that morphing of Anglo-Saxon imperialism toward a > principled liberal democracy is fake and insincere. That seems to be > Putin’s position. But assuming this is all true, and all there is > asserting power, then there is nothing left to talk about. Send out the > aircraft carriers. > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Sarbajit Roy > *Sent:* Monday, March 7, 2022 2:08 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] what's the view from Europe? > > > > Both authors of the article are affiliated to the notoriously > imperialistic Chatham House think tank. > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 11:19 PM glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, for the wartime profiteers amongst us: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/07/tech-community-rallied-ukraine-cyber-defence-eu-nato > > "Cyber" was already everywhere, nauseously so. But now it'll be even worse. > > On 3/7/22 09:45, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > > > It’s great for the military industrial complex in the U.S. and in > Europe. Close to home in New Mexico: B61 revision 12s, yes, those will > be in demand. > > -- > glen > When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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