Putin’s pattern of aggression is not new.

But for too long, we did not act.

Many did not want to believe he would launch all-out war on Ukraine in February 2022.

How many more wake-up calls do we need?

We should be profoundly concerned.

I know I am. pic.twitter.com/G2ncsigUKR

— Mark Rutte (@SecGenNATO) December 12, 2024

Technically, anything could happen at any time.

Aliens could invade. The Iranians could deploy the mothership.

It’s all possible, so saying something is possible is not really an argument for or against any particular action.

Furthermore: why are heterosexuals never in charge of any of these military or intelligence groups? Are we to believe you must be a disease-riddled pederast to understand how violence works?

AP:

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending.

“It is time to shift to a wartime mindset,” Rutte told security experts and analysts at the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels. He said people should gird themselves for the prospect that Russia might try to use “swarms of drones” in Europe as it has to deadly effect in Ukraine.

Putin “is trying to crush our freedom and way of life,” Rutte said. The former Dutch prime minister listed Russia’s attacks on Georgia in 2008, the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and the all-out invasion launched almost three years ago.

Is Putin really trying to crush the freedom and way of life of the Dutch?

Does that statement make sense to anyone who is not gay or a woman?

Regardless, it’s interesting to analyze what the implications are: the propaganda against Putin is about him being a heterosexual and promoting a Christian society. So what they’re saying is that gay sex and atheism are the defining aspects of “our freedom and way of life.”

Is that conception of the nature of man working for most people?

It’s probably about time to go back through “Changing Images of Man*” to figure out how some Westerners can believe life would be worse if they were conquered by Russia.

“How many more wake-up calls do we need? We should be profoundly concerned. I know I am,” he said. “Russia is preparing for long-term confrontation. With Ukraine, and with us.”

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Rutte noted that defense spending has risen sharply in Europe, with 23 allies expected to reach NATO’s target of putting 2% of GDP into their military budgets. But he added: “I can tell you, we are going to need a lot more than 2%.”

It’s interesting to observe how Putin is somehow both totally incompetent, throwing washing machines at invincible Ukrainian supermen, but also he’s basically Dr. Doom, a mad genius capable of completely conquering all of Europe if Europeans don’t sacrifice everything to stop him.

It seems like people should notice that individuals who work in “defense” constantly want to spend more and more money on “defense.”

But I don’t know how people would notice that, given that they never noticed the pharma companies promoting fake diseases.

In his first major speech as @SecGenNATO, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending and defence production in an increasingly turbulent security environment

Tap below for his speech ↓

— NATO (@NATO) December 12, 2024

*Endnote

Changing Images of Man is a paper published by the Stanford Research Institute, which is effectively a CIA think tank, about how to control the masses of people by shaping “the image of man in the universe.”

This is the description:

Published originally in 1974, and revised in 1982, The Changing Images of Man was the culmination of an eight month study administered by the Urban and Social Systems Division of the Stanford Research Institute.

Various intellectuals from the fields of social sciences, humanities, engineering and physics collaborated in an attempt to illuminate ways our present society, its citizens, and institutions have been shaped by the underlying myths and images of the past and present.

Within the three hundred page report, the researchers at SRI identified seven different functions of society in which the power of images could be used to acquiesce the population into a state of subservience.

The research staff at SRI left no stone unturned in their search for ways to inculcate the masses, even considering the viability of: telekinesis, bio feedback, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, hypnosis, subliminal messaging, hallucinogenics and psychotropic drugs. Each strategy was identified and discussed at length over the 8 month study then summarized within Chapter 4, Influence of Science on the “Image of Man”.

The study called upon behavioral scientist B.F. Skinner to offer his expertise on the examination of ‘man as a mechanism’ and to elaborate on his operant conditioning techniques. Also discussed was the viability of “genetic modification”; “brain surgery to prevent aggressive behavior”; “electrical brain implants”; and “sophisticated electronic surveillance mechanisms to detect ‘aberrant’ behavior patterns”

I used to recommend it a lot, but it’s been years since I’ve thought about it. I just thought of it right now.

I should probably go back and read through it with fresh eyes and see what I can gather.

Aside from Skinner, the biggest influence on the work was definitely Bertrand Russel, who wrote some very interesting things himself, most relevant here is “The Impact of Science on Society,” where he basically invented modern progressivism.

You don’t think it be like it is, but it do: whenever the people try to implement the popular will, it is viewed as an attack on democracy.

This is very simple: democracy is not compatible with the popular will. It is an elitist system run by the media.

It’s good the Dutch are rising up. But the democracy rulers will just send the cops to smash their heads in eventually. Just like the truckers in Canada, they will be labeled terrorists as soon as the government decides it is out of control.

CNN:

A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just four years after their founding. Could their rise have wider implications?

The Farmer-Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB) grew out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers using their tractors to block public roads. The BBB is now set to become the largest party in the Dutch senate.

The developments have thrown the Dutch government’s ambitious environmental plans into doubt and are being watched closely by the rest of Europe.

The movement was powered by ordinary farmers but has become an unlikely front in the culture wars. Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen have voiced support, while some in the far right see the movement as embodying their ideas of elites using green policies to trample on the rights of individuals.

‘Monster victory’

On Wednesday, the Farmer-Citizen Movement landed a large win in regional elections, winning more seats in the senate than Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party.

The first exit poll showed the party was due to win 15 of the Senate’s 75 seats with almost 20 per cent of the vote. Meanwhile Rutte’s ruling VVD party dropped from 12 to 10 seats – leaving it without a Senate majority. Results on Thursday showed the BBB party had won the most votes in eight of the country’s 12 provinces.

Wednesday’s election win is significant as it means the party is now set to be the largest in the Upper House of Parliament, which has the power to block legislation agreed in the Lower House – throwing the Dutch government’s environmental policies into question.

As the election results emerged overnight on Wednesday, BBB leader Caroline van der Plas told domestic broadcaster Radio 1: “Nobody can ignore us any longer.

“Voters have spoken out very clearly against this government’s policies.”

Newspapers described the election outcome this week as a “monster victory” for the Farmer-Citizen Movement, which has enjoyed support from sections of society who feel unsupported by Rutte’s VVD party.

For Arjan Noorlander, a political reporter in the Netherlands, the provincial election results this week have made the country’s political future very hard to predict. “It’s a big black hole what will happen next,” he told CNN.

“They don’t have a majority so they would have to negotiate to form a cabinet and we have to wait and see what the impact will be.”

Tom-Jan Meeus, a journalist and political columnist in the Netherlands, believes Wednesday’s result is reflective of a “serious dissatisfaction” with traditional politics in the country.

“This party is definitely part of that trend,” he told CNN.

“However, it’s new in that it has a different agenda from previous anti-establishment parties but it fits in the bigger picture that has been around here for 25 years now.”

Meeus believes that the shock rise in support for the BBB party largely comes from those living in small, rural villages who feel disillusioned by government policies.

“Although it’s a small country, there’s this perception that people living in the western, urbanized part of the country are having all the goods from government policies, and people living in the countryside in small villages believe that the successful people in Amsterdam, in the Hague, in Utrecht are having the goods, and they suffer from it.

“So the feeling is that the less successful, less smart people are trapped by a government who doesn’t understand what their problems are.”

Noorlander agrees the main topic they’ve been talking about recently is the position of the farmers in the Netherlands, because of “the pollution and environmental rules mainly made in Brussels by the EU, they were pushing against that.”

“They want farmers to have a place in the Netherlands. That’s their main topic but it became broader in these last few months. It’s become the vote of people living in these farming areas, outside the big cities, against the people in the big cities making the policies and being more international.”

Rejecting climate policies

The Farmer-Citizen Movement was established four years ago in response to the government’s proposals for tackling nitrogen emissions.

The Dutch government launched a drive to slash emissions in half by 2030, pointing the finger at industrial agriculture for rising levels of pollution that were threating the country’s biodiversity.

The BBB party has fought back against the measures – which include buying farmers out and reducing livestock numbers – instead placing emphasis on the farmers’ livelihoods that are at risk of being destroyed.

Farmers have protested against the government’s green policies by blocking government buildings with tractors and dumping manure on motorways.

Meeus believes that this week’s election win for the BBB means the agenda to tackle the nitrogen crisis is now in “big trouble.”

“This vote obviously is a statement from a big chunk of the voters to say no to that policy,” he said.

According to Ciarán O’Connor, a Senior Analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, says the BBB have built a platform off the back of the protest movement for their party being the representative of the ‘true people.’

The BBB, he says, “have been one of the leading driving forces behind getting people out to protest but also shaping the ideologies and beliefs that power a lot of the movement; rejecting or disputing climate change or, at least, measures that would negatively impact farmers livelihoods and businesses; wider EU skepticism; burgeoning anti-immigration and anti-Islam views too.”

Support from far-rightFormer US President Donald Trump has promoted the protest at various points during his speeches in the past year. At a rally in Florida last July, he told crowds: “Farmers in the Netherlands of all places are courageously opposing the climate tyranny of the Dutch government.”

The Farmer-Citizen Movement has also won support from the far-right.

A report from The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism describes how what began as local protests got the attention of extremists and conspiracists, in particular seeing it as proof of the so-called “Great Reset” theory of global elites using the masses for their own benefit.

You see that?

They are already suggesting “terrorism” on CNN.

According to O’Connor, the movement aligns with a populist viewpoint of climate action as a new form of tyranny imposed by out-of-touch governments over ordinary citizens.

“One of the tactics used by the Dutch farmers’ protest movement has been using tractors to create blockades. International interest in the farmers’ protest movement, and this method of protest, really grew in 2022 not long after the Canadian trucker convoy that was organized and promoted by a number of far-right figures in Canada, the US and internationally too,” he said.

“For many far-right figures, this movement was viewed as the next iteration of that ‘convoy’ type of protest and they viewed it as a people’s protest mobilising against tyrannical or out-of-touch governments.”

It’s truly amazing that we’re at the point where the media can frame middle class people against the rapid changes and stripping of freedoms and wealth as “terrorists” and the people just accept it.

Aside from a controlled media, the biggest element here is the alienation caused by unregulated and out of control technology. People aren’t connected to other people anymore, so the media just shovels shit straight into their brains. There is no critical process to evaluate this shit, as there was when people used to talk in person.

You will always find that the biggest believers in this system are the most anti-social and socially isolated. Frankly, I’ve seen people join the “far right” simply because they were antisocial and drawn to things that are viewed as socially unacceptable – and then go straight back to being extreme media believers.

However, those would be fringe cases. The average person is isolated and anti-social, but also does not want to stick out as unique in any way. So they will not question when the media says that normal people asking for freedoms are terrorists.

The Dutch have a way to go to beat Sri Lanka in the “total contempt for the ruling elite” department.

But they’re moving in the right direction.

Breitbart:

Major highways were once again shut down throughout The Netherlands on Thursday as the direct action taken by farmers to blockade roads with manure and burning bales of hay continued Wednesday evening and into the morning.

Dutch motorways, including the A7 between Groningen and Drachten and the A1 near Poorest experienced closures again on Thursday, according to the Rijkswaterstaat, the public works branch of the government responsible for maintaining roads.

Animal manure, car tyres and other waste were continuously strewn across roadways throughout Wednesday and into Thursday morning, and bales of hay were set on fire, causing dangerous situations for motorists especially in the dark, the De Telegraaf newspaper reported.

At least two accidents have been recorded, involving several cars, as a result of garbage on the roads, however, so far, no one has been seriously injured, according to Dutch public broadcaster NOS.

Dutch farmers' protest continue day and night unabated. Tonight on the A50 motorway in Apeldoorn. Dutch farmers are not joking. pic.twitter.com/A6zCGYLsJe

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 27, 2022

Dutch people support the farmers' protest everywhere. pic.twitter.com/73nMBy0bAz

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 26, 2022

A28 motorway on fire. Dutch farmers' protest continue day and night unabated. Dutch farmers are not joking. pic.twitter.com/kCpcyJzlv5

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 28, 2022

In Amsterdam there were at least 100,000 people. Most of the Dutch support the farmers' protest. pic.twitter.com/BPfSRprpZS

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 24, 2022

Tons of manure everywhere in the Netherlands for Mark Rutte. The Dutch and beyond support the farmers' protest. pic.twitter.com/YpGsVkWHfb

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 27, 2022

Dutch farmers' convoy in Marum: "The protests will continue. We have the support of millions of people. There will be actions the Netherlands has never seen before." Respect. pic.twitter.com/R6qpDHayQ3

— RadioGenova (@RadioGenova) July 25, 2022

Efforts to clear the roads have been stymied by the discovery of asbestos in some of the piles of waste, as well as threats made to clean-up crews. Roadwork contracting companies have allegedly been threatened on social media with repercussions if they join the government effort to clear the roads. A post on Telegram reportedly said: “Cooperating is treason”.

Many contractors have also told the government that they did not want to help with the cleanup regardless, as they supported the cause of the farmers, some of whom are their customers.

The protests over the past month have seen thousands of Dutch farmers use their tractors to block roads and key infrastructure in defiance of the green agenda of globalist Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The controversial plans to reduce nitrogen emissions by 50 per cent in the Netherlands could see upwards of 30 per cent of the nation’s farmlands shut down, threatening the livelihoods of thousands, many of whose families have worked the land for generations.

Rutte’s liberal coalition government has said that the move is necessary to fall in line with requirements from the European Union on preserving wildlife, however, the farmers have argued that his government is going farther than any other EU member state and therefore putting them at an unfair disadvantage.

It’s nice to see.

You love to see it.

It’s really shocking that this alleged vaccine didn’t do anything at all.

I guess the reason it is so shocking is that no one could have predicted it.

Except neo-Nazis, who said this exact thing would happen.

But that doesn’t count, because Nazis are metaphysically evil.

Reuters:

A pandemic advisory panel in the Netherlands on Thursday recommended imposing western Europe’s first partial lockdown since the summer, putting pressure on the government to take unpopular action to fight a COVID-19 surge.

Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet is expected to decide on Friday on measures following the recommendation of the Outbreak Management Team, broadcaster NOS reported.

The government often follows the expert panel’s recommendations.

Steps under consideration include cancelling events, closing theatres and cinemas, and earlier closing times for cafes and restaurants, the NOS report said. Schools would remain open.

After a partial lockdown of around two weeks, entrance to public places should be limited to people who have been fully vaccinated or have recently recovered from a coronavirus infection, according to the advice.

Even as infections spike to record levels, many developed countries have taken the view vaccine rollouts mean lockdowns are unnecessary.

Look at these stupid goyim, protesting against their own safety

Britain is relying on booster shots to increase immunity and to try to avoid overwhelming its healthcare system.

The Netherlands has so far provided booster shots to a small group of people with weak immune systems. It will start offering them to people aged 80 years and older in December, while extra shots will eventually be available for anyone older than 60.

Despite an adult vaccination rate nearing 85%, hospitals in parts of the Netherlands have been forced to scale back regular care to treat COVID-19 patients.

Last month, roughly 56% of Dutch COVID-19 patients in hospitals and 70% of those in intensive care were unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated.

…

New coronavirus infections in the country of 17.5 million have roughly doubled in the last week to more than 400 per 100,000 inhabitants, and are as high as in the worst weeks of December last year.

We’re going into a complete new wave of lockdowns across the entire Western world.

I hope you listened when we warned about that, and have made yourself ready for such a thing.

If not, you kind of deserve whatever you get. We didn’t stutter when we warned you where this was going. And the record we had spoke for itself. We’ve been right about everything.

You know, a lot of people are not even aware of this website. The idea of people who are aware of this website, and read it, and yet don’t follow the advice – that is really frustrating.

I just hope everyone is happy with their decisions. I will say: when you’re getting tortured by faggots and women, “I didn’t have any choice because I have to work at a job” is going to sound really stupid and petty.

The Dutch are a minority in Amsterdam, where he was shot.

But I’m sure that has nothing to do with anything.

Sputnik News:

Prominent Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries has died after sustaining a fatal wound last week, RTL News reported on Thursday.

“Peter fought to the end, but was unable to win the battle. He died surrounded by the people who love him”, his relatives said in a joint statement, shared by the news outlet.

The crime journalist, who received much praise for his fearless reporting on the Dutch underworld, had been admitted to a hospital with grave injuries after being shot in the head last week. He was attacked after making one of his regular appearances on a television show.

Police have arrested a total of three suspects, including the potential shooter. There was no immediate word on a motive.

No word on the race either.

Though it’s not hard to suss it.

De Vries had long been deemed a possible target of the criminals he reported on. In 2019, the journalist said that he was “on the death list” of suspected organised crime boss Ridouan Taghi, who was extradited to the Netherlands from Dubai later that year. He is currently in a maximum-security prison in Vught, a town in the southern Netherlands, while he stands trial along with 16 other suspects. Taghi rejected the claims, insisting that the authorities and the judiciary system were “lying”.

…

The shooting was described as “shocking and incomprehensible” by caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

“An attack on a courageous journalist and also an attack on the free journalism that is so essential for our democracy, our constitutional state, our society”, Rutte added.

It’s quite a conundrum when journalists are the foundation of our democracy but diversity is our greatest strength and who we are.,

Now what is interesting about this is that Geert Wilders has always spoken only about “Muslims” before, whereas here he is specifically mentioning the nationality of the unwanted aliens.

From Yahoo:

Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders says “the fewer Moroccans the better” in the Netherlands.

Wilders, known internationally for his anti-Islam stances, elaborated on his anti-Moroccan feelings in an interview with national broadcaster NOS Friday.

“I say that because (Moroccans) are heavily overrepresented in criminality and welfare dependency,” he said.

Wilders’ Freedom party is expected to book gains in municipal elections next week and in European elections in May. But its popularity has slipped recently against its largest right-wing rival, the VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Wilders’ rise to popularity in the 2000s came amid a surge of anti-immigrant sentiment in a country once famed for its tolerance. In 2011 he was acquitted of hate speech charges for remarks including a call for a ban on the Quran.”