Man On Fire: 03/21/14

21 Mar 2014

Liam Halligan on Ukraine vs Russia vs The West

liarpoliticians: The Telegraph's columnist Liam Halligan talks about the issue of Ukraine / Crimea versus Russia versus the EU versus America.

Petrodollar Alert: Putin Prepares To Announce "Holy Grail" Gas Deal With China

Submitted by Tyler Durden: If it was the intent of the West to bring Russia and China together - one a natural resource (if "somewhat" corrupt) superpower and the other a fixed capital / labor output (if "somewhat" capital misallocating and credit bubbleicious) powerhouse - in the process marginalizing the dollar and encouraging Ruble and Renminbi bilateral trade, then things are surely "going according to plan."

For now there have been no major developments as a result of the shift in the geopolitical axis that has seen global US influence, away from the Group of 7 (most insolvent nations) of course, decline precipitously in the aftermath of the bungled Syrian intervention attempt and the bloodless Russian annexation of Crimea, but that will soon change. Because while the west is focused on day to day developments in Ukraine, and how to halt Russian expansion through appeasement (hardly a winning tactic as events in the 1930s demonstrated), Russia is once again thinking 3 steps ahead... and quite a few steps east.
While Europe is furiously scrambling to find alternative sources of energy should Gazprom pull the plug on natgas exports to Germany and Europe (the imminent surge in Ukraine gas prices by 40% is probably the best indication of what the outcome would be), Russia is preparing the announcement of the "Holy Grail" energy deal with none other than China, a move which would send geopolitical shockwaves around the world and bind the two nations in a commodity-backed axis.

Black Man, Save Yourself

By AVfM: Anyone who thinks the issues we make noise about are “white” issues needs to wake up. The Straight Shooter tells it like it is:

The only thing we’d likely add to this is that while these problems may have first been noticed in the black community, they are increasingly becoming things men and boys in all racial and ethnic groups are facing–and the one thing the Powers That Be most want to avoid is men ceasing to be in conflict with each other over race. If they did, men might start to see where their common interests as men lie and begin supporting each other.

Dean and Paul on Counter Culture - A Voice for Men

Paul Elam: A discussion on creating a counterculture and its ultimate importance to the men's movement, including MGTOW and MHRA.

People Power Age - Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert with Elizabeth Rossiello

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the Potemkin factories that may create a manufacturing renaissance in America, or at least the perception of one. They also discuss a version of the future where elite-guided drones end the Age of the Gun and the Age of People Power and return us to another dark Age of the Elite.

MHRAs: Sexual Assault In The Military

Jessica Valenti As Feminist Heroin

By August Løvenskiolds: Jessica Valenti, one of the most virulent and brutal haters of men on the planet, has just been named “Humanist Heroine” for 2014” by the American Humanist Association.
We view the selection of Valenti with a mixture of disgust and vindication – disgust at the unthinking cruelty of the American Humanist Association (AHA) in appointing such a hateful ideologue as one of their darlings, and vindication of our long-stated view that neither feminism nor humanism is equipped to address the human rights of boys or men in any significant or thoughtful way, and that organizations like A Voice for Men are essential to achieving goals of protecting and, where necessary, restoring the equal human rights of men to life, bodily autonomy, property, freedom and parenthood.
While we intend to write more on Valenti, for those of you who may have missed it, reprinted below is one of our articles that dissected one of Valenti’s disingenuous videos, so that the incoherence of both Valenti and the AHA is made clear. Enjoy, if you can.