This character 'Batiushka', whoever he is (the name, a pseudonym, I think [I could be misinterpreting that of course], appears to be a corruption or derivation of 'batyushka' - the anglicised version of the cyrillic 'Батюшка', meaning father, daddy, or priest ), is becoming something of a feature on the Saker blog in recent times.... Continue Reading →
If Viewed Strategically, the Case is One of Containment of the US
For long pursuing its own policy of containment of those it views as threats to its divine mission, it now appears the US (though that nation may not yet realise or even acknowledge the true situation - due to its constant obsessive mirror work of self-adoration) is itself in process of being contained and eventually... Continue Reading →
The Voice of Sanity in a World of Chaos
Some things are of vastly more importance than others. When one of the few national leaders who can also be described as true internationalists and a voice of sanity in a world where there are few such voices, addresses an audience of prominent persons gathered from a large number of the world's nations, at an... Continue Reading →
Reset!
I recently discovered a website - well, 'discovered' is hardly the right word; the website was there; somebody put it there; other people most likely knew it was there; so I didn't discover it, I merely somehow blindly stumbled across it, led by a ring through my enquiring nose (no, I had better not write... Continue Reading →
A Tale To Relate
This will be a short post. It is not often these days that I find anything I wish to share or recommend from the Saker blog (or at least it seems to be that way), but here is something to which I can relate, in hope that you can too. It is a tale with... Continue Reading →
When He Steers Clear of China (about which he knows nothing), Kunstler is Brilliant (well, sometimes – let’s not go overboard)
The latest blog post is an example of that brilliance. 'Gestapo the Steal' - Kunstler The time for the downfall of Hillary, the DOJ, the FBI, a whole host of multitudes of other individuals (including Obama) Kunstler has railed against (which position I have personally supported) with persistent patience from somewhere between 2016 to 2020... Continue Reading →
China is For Moving Forward; The West is For Moving Backward by Standing Still
We are in a New Era - you may or may not have noticed, but it is true. The old era, the old 'order' as the totalitarians would have it, is left, dying slowly - as usually occurs in change of eras (except cataclysmic ones). And it seems that the new name for the new... Continue Reading →
Samarkand: Crossroads of the Future; The West Become ‘Fringe Dwellers’
The ancient Uzbekistan city of Samarkand is often referred to as the Crossroads of Cultures. It once dazzled such luminaries as Alexander The Great. Samarkand is set to dazzle again as centre of Xi's 'Region of Harmony' and once again the crossroads of both the ancient and modern Silk Roads. Pepe Escobar paints a marvellous... Continue Reading →
Is the US a Responsible Nuclear Power? No! No! No!
It seems quite incomprehensible that the US should use the excuse of not being willing "to allow tensions to escalate further," as expressed by John Kirby, White House Coordinator for Strategic Communications, for a delay in the testing of its aging Minuteman nuclear deterrent. I suspect he is talking about the Taiwan situation but his... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 