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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Russia President Vladimir Putin lashed out at European leaders, deriding them as "little pigs," braying that Russia would achieve its territorial goals in Ukraine either through diplomacy or by military force.


The malevolent Trumpf junta plans to significantly strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship, demanding USCIS to fill an astonishing quota of 100 to 200 denaturalization cases monthly for fiscal year 2026. From 2017 to 2025, only ~120 denaturalization cases were filed in total.


Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The greatest composer of all time only lived to be 56 years of age and the Grand Maestro had so much, much more music to compose. One of the torch-bearers at Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral was the pioneering Franz Schubert who lived in the shadow of the great composer in Vienna. Schubert, himself a musical visionary, worshipped Beethoven at a distance and even though both composers lived in Vienna at the same time, there is no evidence to support that they ever met. Beethoven's 9th Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Ode to Joy') is the national anthem of the European Union (EU). In Japan, "Ode to Joy" is played nationwide on Christmas and New Year's Eve.


Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department must release its documents on Epstein within 30 days after the bill was signed into law. Dummkopf Trumpf signed the act on 19 Nov, meaning the files must be released by 19 Dec. Not all of the documents could be released, as the law makes an exception for documents that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution, provided that such withholding is narrowly tailored and temporary."


Pro-Kremlin nuns from Belarus, operating stalls at Christmas markets across Europe, are raising funds to directly support Russia's war in Ukraine.


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Dictators Dummkopf Trumpf and Vladimir Putin are now using the same porcine term to slander their opponents: "Little pigs."

Speaking at an annual meeting with the defense ministry, Vladimir Putin said the aims of what Moscow calls its "special military operation" would be met "unconditionally."

"If they do not want a substantive discussion," he bleated, "then Russia will liberate its historical lands on the battlefield."

He then lashed out at European leaders, accusing them of joining in with Joe Biden's administration. "Europe's little pigs immediately joined in the work of the previous American administration, hoping to profit from the collapse of our country," the ICC-indicted war criminal whined.

The Russian dictator also denied that Moscow was planning to invade NATO territory, claiming instead that the alliance had begun preparing for a possible military confrontation with Russia, with a view to 2030.


Since Vladimir Putin initiated his brutal pogrom on the people of Ukraine in Feb 2022, at least 13,341 civilians have been killed and over 29,392 injured or maimed. The actual numbers are believed to be higher due to difficulties in verifying deaths in occupied areas. Ukrainian military casualties are estimated to be 70,000 KIA.

An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC remains active for Vladimir Putin. The allegations: The war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022.

An indictment is merely an allegation. Mr. Putin is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal to be held for him at the Hague at a future date.

Ukrainian casualties are much lower than the Palestinians because Kiev has a modern, well-equipped and experienced military which is supported by the EU, unlike the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Both peoples are fighting for their survival against the existential threat posed by two brutal ICC-indicted war criminals.

*** UNICEF: Israeli Death Forces (IDF) Kill 82 Muslim Children in Gaza Since 10 Oct ***


Since WWII, the hardworking American taxpayer has provided more foreign aid to ethnic-cleansing Israel than to any other country on the planet at $317.9bn, a nation that provides world-class universal healthcare for its citizens like Germany or Canada, something Americans will never enjoy.

Source: IDF Kindermorder

International arrest warrants issued by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity remain active for Benjamin Netanyahu. Citing universal jurisdiction, the Istanbul Public Prosecutor in Turkiye issued arrest warrants for 33 Israelis accused of committing genocide in Gaza. Indictments are merely allegations. Mr Netanyahu is presumed innocent until proven guilty at international tribunal to be held for him in the Hague at a future date.

Maestro's Arturo Toscanini and Herbert von Karajan conducted robust high tempo versions of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, both versions slightly over one hour. One of the challenges conductors have had over the decades was performing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in exactly one hour, like this: Beethoven's 9th in One Hour.

And this is what Beethoven's Tenth Symphony in E-flat major might have sounded like, as pieced together in 1988 by Barry Cooper from the Immortal Maestro's fragmentary sketches for the first movement. Barry Cooper used no AI in his hypothetical arrangement: Beethoven's Tenth Symphony (Unfinished)

For those of you with time, two non-paywall NYT articles regarding Jeffrey Epstein follow. One describes his meteoric rise in the world of high finance and society and the other is a diary of one of Epstein's girlfriends, revealing some insights into the deceased child sex trafficker:

1) Meteoric Rise

2) Diary Secrets

Former Israeli spy Ari Ben-Menashe claims in his book "Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales" Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were Israeli spies. Ben-Menashe alleges they ran a "honey-trap" operation, providing young girls to politicians for sex and then using the incidents to blackmail them for Israeli intelligence.

Ben-Menashe, who claims to have been Ghislaine Maxwell's handler, states that Epstein was introduced to Mossad by Maxwell's father, Robert Maxwell, also an Israeli espionage agent. The book suggests that Maxwell may have worked for other governments as a double or triple agent.


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