The decline of democracy in Asia is especially severe, with many former success stories now backsliding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/27/world/democracy-collapsing-in-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #asia #democracy #india #indonesia #us #usaid #ned #aid
'On March 22, the European Union’s office in Ukraine informed that it would allocate further 10 billion euro to Kiev to finance "independent media." The decision was made amid suspension of USAID programs.'
"Independent media" in the West means a media that is controlled by the West.
European Endowment for Democracy (#EED), which is same shit as #NED (#CIA) but #EU packaging, is also behind of this "independent media" funding.
A win: "The State Department has paid out $97M to the National Endowment for Democracy and is putting another $72M out the door imminently.
It appears this will head off a lawsuit that would have been a test of President Trump's impoundment authority."
-K Cheney
Teitanblood – Accursed Skin (Vinyl)
Amping up for the new release. Teitanblood are one of those bands that manages to push the envelope of heaviness and extremity in a time where doing that doesn't even seem like it's relevant or possible in metal anymore, and their name makes you feel like a goddamn warrior king when you say it out loud. Never before has the band sounded so complete and fully fleshed out in one moment as they do in these two songs.
Teitanblood – Purging Tongues (Vinyl)
Dense and vast in nature, Teitanblood's music has been categorized as chaotic and inaccessible, yet in this musical orgy there is a deep control of that chaos, making it orderly and meaningful, each sonic particle is really thought out to fit into the intricate compositional puzzle. This long track is a reflection of those characteristics while adding a powerful atmospheric element.
If you think #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang are oppressed, and even commited genocide against by #China, then you're believing into lies of #CIA (#NED, #RadioFreeAsia, etc), and of course Christo-fascist founder of the #VictimsOfCommunismMemorialFoundation, #AdrianZenz.
I've been recently given that same #GenocideWatch document shown in the video as "evidence". Absolutely insane that someone would believe this garbage. Same site diminishes an actual genocide in #Palestine.
This video from news outlet VPOL sums up some of the key issues with the "good" aspects of America's soft power. Please check it out:
https://t.me/vocalpolitics/557
Hahaha #Trump!
#Rappler. #RegimeChange Tool in the #Philippines loses "$2M in grants from #USAID and (#NED)."
They "Partnered with the US State Dept “democracy promotion” initiatives. Funded by #OpenSocietyFoundations (#Soros #OSF) & #OmidyarNetwork. Worked with US Embassy in Manila on “media training” programs for Philippine #journalists.
What they do: Rappler brands itself as the Philippines’ leading “independent” #investigativenews outlet..." https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/138155/ https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/138154
As "Democrats" rally against #naziMusk and #DOGE, others are suggesting he cut spending by cutting health care and gun safety laws and not eliminate #USAID and #NED.
Politics in the #US has absolutely no real political basis.
ALT-Right vs Far right vs. Nazis, and all together against a society that has been taught to look on apathetically while billionaires decide their lives.
And its about to get much worse before it gets better.
NED grant database, which provided detailed records of Washington-funded NGOs, civil society, and media projects worldwide, has been removed from the web.
This resource was invaluable for tracking and exposing #US involvement in foreign politics and has been a significant victory for governments and actors targeted by #NED.
NED's true nature was acknowledged by the mainstream media in the 1980s, but its status as a CIA front is vehemently denied by Western journalists.
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/collapsing-empire-rip-overt-operations
Well that was fun(TM). Good thing I'm a night-owl. Had just put dog out, in, to bed, heading up the stairs myself at 0230hr when I saw a ned make cross the front lawn and proceed to thump the shit out of my front & back doors, swearing and shouting his head off. Woke at least one adjacent household. I'm amazed the glass survived.
Cops were round in <5min and found him a street or two away.
Inebriated ned scum.
That was officially terrifying.
This has been a successful summer of supporting 
#CopaAmerica semifinals #ARG v #CAN
#Euro2024 semifinals #ENG v #NED
#CanadianChampionships semifinals
#FOR v #TFC
#ForgeFC #CanPL playing for the #VoyageursCup never gets old. Put #CF_Montreal out in the quarterfinals.
@neonbubble
I think whoever is in the final after tomorrow will have their hands full. Neither #NED nor #ENG have shown control like #ESP
Spartacus 
