If You Think That This Photo ...

... is unremarkable and is nothing more than some groceries--you are wrong.  

These are Russian foods from Russian Far East's farmers in grocery stores in Pyongyang. Recall, when Russia broke through blockade, signed REAL allied treaty with DPRK and that stunned the world? Including China, whose relations with North Korea have always been strained. Now, the economic dimension of it becomes increasingly visible. It will only grow and good for Korean people who in 1990s and 2000s went through horrendous famines. Consumer variety, especially in food, matters a great deal, to put it lightly. 

MOSCOW, July 19 — RIA Novosti. President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hi in the Kremlin. He noted that relations between Moscow and Pyongyang are developing in all directions, and once again expressed gratitude to the DPRK for support for the special military operation. "The valor, bravery, courage and heroism of your soldiers have been awarded state awards of the Russian Federation. We will never forget their feat, we will honor Korean heroes on an equal basis with our compatriots," the head of state said. Choe Son-hi, for her part, stressed that the DPRK will continue to support Russia's efforts to defend sovereignty, security interests, territorial integrity and eliminate the root causes of the crisis in Ukraine.

Yes, the relations will continue to grow. So will North Koreans' standard of living. They proved themselves real friends of Russia and there are huge benefits which come with that. 

Open Thread.

 Busy today. Go at it. 

Ah, OK.

Sure, there will be takers. This is how low he stooped.

US President Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social will start selling investors early access to posts from prominent accounts, most likely including his own, the holding company has announced. Critics argue that the move could create an unprecedented new way for the president to profit from his office, given his family controls Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the platform’s publicly traded corporate parent. The move was announced on Thursday, when TMTG unveiled Truth API, a business-to-business data feed providing “real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts.”

He really is not governing (he and his ilk do not know how) he is fleecing. The only thing they know is how make money by selling BS.

He is NOT the most powerful man in the world(c), neither is the US a premier military power--it is an obsolete force. Doctrine-mongering is no substitute for modern TOE and effective fighting doctrine. Yep, here is Jordan and American air defense in (lack of) action. 

But no worries, Hollywood will produce Top Gun-III and even IV. 

WC 2026.

The Third Place match tomorrow)))

Sea Control ...

 ... and how "sunk" Russian Black Sea Fleet chocked 404 shipping. 

No, He Is No "Loyalist".

And he never was, the only loyalty this creep had was to his pocket and ego. 

A former loyalist blogger turned fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been detained and accused of spreading false information about the armed forces, state media reported Friday. The news came just as a court hearing was being held for another Kremlin critic and opposition politician, Boriz Nadezhdin, in a sign of an intensified crackdown as Putin faces mounting internal dissent over the war in Ukraine and its impact on Russian life. The blogger, Ilya Remeslo, stunned many in Russia when he published a scathing manifesto against the Russian leader that went viral in March.

Remeslo, apart from obvious host of mental issues was deep into business of voenwhores (aka military bloggers) and with his degree in law he provided an excellent channel for GUR/MI6/CIA fake information about SMO and finally the award found its "hero". Next in this position should be a shadow GUR asset and BSer Mr. Svinchuk, aka Rybar, who for years provided his "analysis" shaped by VSU propaganda. There are many of those people, especially from 404 who, having zero serious military expertise, continue to abuse informational sphere of Russia, while also collecting donations for Russian Armed Forces with questionable accounting. 

Per Nadezhdin--a complete scumbag, with ties to unsavory people in the West. Traditionally, prostitutes at NBC lie--"mounting internal dissent over the war" is primarily in sexual fantasies of low lives who write this drivel, while if there is a dissent (and it does exist) it is on the level of some people Russia who, should their wishes have been granted, would launch Bulava, Oreshnik and Kinzhals with nuclear ordnance and would turn most of Europe and 404 into the glass parking lot. Thankfully, they are not at the helm. Yes, there is that type of "dissent" among some Russians. But NBC editorial board's  supporters of pederasts, Nazis and other types of perverts wouldn't allow honest reporting on SMO. 

Here is another demonstration of "dissent" by the ass-hole with rather average writing ability (he didn't bring the Soviet Union down) but who was praised universally ... by the West. 

And who served in Russia as a sort-of trip wire by the oligarchic class until events of 2014 and especially of SMO completely disabled oligarchic class and with it the necessity for people to read his BS, instead of dedicating time to real history of Soviet Union, Stalin, purges and GULAG. Solzh is totally germane to Remeslo (and others) because this is "anti-regime" propaganda 101. Opportunism.  

Some Food For Thought ...

 ... about one of the major reasons why Old Europe is not recoverable. It cannot be saved. 

Its population cannot be saved because it largely does share this insanity with their "elites". This statistics is directly related to dying out of indigenous white Europeans and utter cuckoldization of its male population. Many still cannot grasp the metaphysical nature of the conflict between Russia and the West.