10/6/20

Mercurial UPDATE | DRAFT


Long overdue update on my now TEN YEARS OLD mercurial post.


Bottom Line* :

(A, SPOILER alert !!! 
 ̸ ̸̶̸S̸̶̸e̸̶̸e̸̶̸ ̸̶̸t̸̶̸h̸̶̸e̸̶̸ ̸̶̸a̸̶̸b̸̶̸o̸̶̸v̸̶̸e̸̶̸ ̸̶̸p̸̶̸o̸̶̸s̸̶̸t̸̶̸ ̸̶̸f̸̶̸i̸̶̸r̸̶̸s̸̶̸t̸̶̸.̸̶̸

  ̸̶A̸̶̸n̸̶̸d̸̶̸, *B)

... It was the Russians all along: waging covert political war on the U.S. (and the west generally). Using the legitimate fault lines between earnest grass-roots citizens and the pharmaceutical industry (+CDC – and government generally) to inflame, alienate, undermine and weaken us all.

And for the longest time — FAR too long — without any blowback whatsoever.

(See the links below, & again, 

... Turns out the KGB (now FSB, GRU & SVR) are the best in the world at this type of ungodly, subversive long-term political warfare, and accordingly, were only too happy to spend relatively*^ modest sums (+ human capital) targeting a slew of unsuspecting folks. (PRESENT COMPANY **VERY MUCH** INCLUDED.)

i.e. as long as we stupidly pointed our reflexive anger / revulsion / rage entirely (stupidly) back at each other...


(  ...  🕶️  /  The big picture story is compelling, and / but – unfortunately – the risk to friends, family, customers and allies of every sort is NOT NEARLY as far past as I'd like... 

Rather – they're now basically in full-scale cover their a**es mode... 

... Which arguably *could* readily engender even more risk for quite a while yet.

 

... I hope to add more details soon enough, but, in the meantime: two essential links with key background knowledge for understanding this story (m̸̵̸e̸̵̸n̸̵̸t̸̵̸i̸̵̸o̸̵̸n̸̵̸e̸̵̸d̸̵̸ ̸̵̸i̸̵̸n̸̵̸ ̸̵̸t̸̵̸h̸̵̸e̸̵̸ ̸̵̸s̸̵̸c̸̵̸r̸̵̸e̸̵̸e̸̵̸n̸̵̸s̸̵̸h̸̵̸o̸̵̸t̸̵̸s̸̵̸) ... [ and, an additional bunch of knowledge in the links at the bottom. ] 


1st) The BRILLIANT 43-minute NY Times documentary that finally (THANKFULLY!) pulled the wool from my eyes:



'Operation Infektion' (2019)

'How Russia Perfected the Art of War'


This revelation — along with the lived experience of *three vehicles sabotaged* in my driveway*¹; two probable attempts on my life*² (No joke — as batsh_t crazy as that sounds) ... Multiple suspicious property fires*³; Numerous blatant tech hacks*⁴ ... and a small MOUNTAIN of other things ALL *PRECISELY* FITTING TEXTBOOK KREMLIN M.O. TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION*⁵ ... All gradually triggered an obvious / ESSENTIAL deep-dive into adversarial Russian / KGB history. (ASAP; to bring the details of what the hell I was actually up against into reasonable focus.)


... so ...

(the list of essential pieces is long, and way, WAY beyond the purpose of this update... 


However...)

  –  2nd  –


The second *essential* piece of the startling puzzle, which arrived just this past summer – right in the nick of time: the fantastic 'Putin's People' — from long-time Kremlin researcher and journalist, Catherine Belton:

... Here's the second single most informative 50-odd minutes of contemporary Kremlin discussion to date: (From a generally no BS anglo–yank perspective ... most informative of the countless dozens I've heard ... )


(Again, Chrome's 'simplified view' doesn't yet work w/ the rest of this post.) 

CEPA 'Power Vertical' Pod # 80

'Follow the Money' w/ Catherine Belton

[ pod episode links: AppleGoogle...
&,  webpage w/ audio stream  ]



–  Draft in progress  – 

Again, see that earlier post ... 

AND THE ADDITIONAL LINKS BELOW.


(T̷w̷i̷t̷t̷e̷r̷ s̸̵̸c̸̵̸r̸̵̸e̸̵̸e̸̵̸n̸̵̸ ̸̵̸s̸̵̸h̸̵̸o̸̵̸t̸̵̸s̸̵̸ ̸̵̸o̸̵̸m̸̵̸i̸̵̸t̸̵̸t̸̵̸e̸̵̸d̸̵̸.̸̵̸.̸̵̸.̸̵̸
B̸̵̸u̸̵̸t̸̵̸   ...  ¶ :  feel free to find and follow me @jeremiahseip ...

And or write or ring me on the old home line – or via Signal, ProtonMail, or whatever suits.


(ANY TIME —
Please and thank you.) 


... Bare with me. /
... Stay tuned. /
... Full speed ahead.


and ... ​ps:
*^  -  a recent Economist article put the Kremlin's annual 'active measures' budget at between $3 and $4 billion *BACK IN 1985* !!!
(The equivalent of $7 billion PER YEAR (!!!) in today's dollars. 
...  ??? 
?  Meanwhile, under a sanctioned, resource-rich and even more top heavy regime (?) Shot through with GENERATIONS of lifelong spies turned “gangster capitalists” (? : Putin's Kremlin — God knows how many years running. ? )  ? 
Your guess is as good (or better) than mine.
( ?!  ...  peak unregulated tech, troll, and CROOKED PR-STOOGE penetration; coupled to the dirty money infrastructure Tom Burgis, the FinCEN files, Andres Aslund and many others have described; and distilled through an era when SIX-TIMES MORE WRITERS churn/ed garbage PR-spin than legitimate journalism.
... while good papers dropped like flies.
!?! ... Arguably the stage was TOO perfectly set. ) ... before even touching on the Kremlin's LONG, troubling history of drafting clever student mole prospects FOR LIFELONG CAREERS of home grown, deep cover, maximized influence and espionage ... (Baiting and gradually — REPEATEDLY AND ALMOST INEVITABLY — penetrating **our prized assets** and COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DEFENSES: generation after generation AFTER GENERATION.*⁶ 

Ⓕⓕⓢ.  !

🕶️
 
🛡️  🌱  )    


Addendum:


Crash course 11-part **unlisted** playlist

(DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED.)

**Plus** ... 

STAND-OUT POD (GREAT... But DISCRETION ADVISED HERE TOO) —

GASLIT NATION:

Craig Unger: “House of Trump, House of Putin” (Aug, 2019 | apple link)

+  Olga Lautman on Russian Mafia  (Sept, 2019 | apple link)


Thanks for your interest ... 

... pardon me ...

... sincerely & respectfully ... 


… ( again — full speed ahead: *

Peace * … 

Resolution * … 

... * … 

and 🤞🏻 prosperity. * |  ... 👔 💛 ... 🛡️ )