Pascal Lottaz

There is a media campaign from FFG and the press to guilt trip the public over the Triple Lock. Sob stories everywhere about how tragic it is that the Triple Lock prevents continued Irish participation in a peace-loving "anti-arms smuggling" mission. 😭😭😭 Big fat liars. ⬇️

Germany 2026: After the EU sanctioned the german journalist Hüseyin Dogru (who also lives in Germany) for his journalism, which is explicitly NOT illegal in the EU, Germany, the state responsible for implementing the sanctions, now also freezes the bank accounts of Hüseyin‘s relatives, after his wife they now froze his mother‘s accounts. All of this for something that is NOT illegal either in the EU or Germany. It‘s utterly insane.

Oh wow. A significant development indeed. The question is whether it‘s done to replace the reliance on US Hegemony in the region, or as a covert way to extend it. More Military Self-reliance (aka militarization) while still under a joint security framework that in case of war hands the keys to SK‘s military to the US would still be part of US Alliance militarism just by other name. Lets see if the political framework will follow this as well.

Why are the Iranians Sooooo good at trolling 😂😂 3 words. Amazing.

@RnaudBertrand @baoshaoshan Your posts are going places and robbing the right people the wrong way!! 🥳🥳 Go give them what the deserve!

Someone obviously got triggered big time by my post 👇😅 x.com/UnderSecE/stat… And his reply, is unsurprisingly a pack of lies, some of them really funny ones. First: "we never said our goal was diplomatic immunity." Really? The WSJ piece reported this based on a source named... Jacob Helberg, which - as far as I understand - is YOU! Also when the BCDA chief said publicly "that's [the US's] request, but we did not agree," are you saying the Philippines government is lying? Second, you use TSMC as your example of why being in America's supply chain isn't subservience. Small problem: Taiwan is NOT a Pax Silica signatory due to its diplomatic status. And your own president keeps accusing Taiwan - and TSMC specifically - of "stealing" its chipmaking technology from the US (finance.yahoo.com/sectors/techno…). Furthermore the U.S. has been running a years-long initiative to strong-arm TSMC into transferring some of its fabrication to the US (specifically to Arizona), using CHIPS Act subsidies and national security threats as leverage. Not because the free market demanded it, but because you believe that depending on a Taiwanese company for cutting-edge chips was a vulnerability to be eliminated Which all proves the exact contrary of what you're saying: when a "partner" has real capabilities, it's unbearable to you. You don't reward it, you call them "thieves" and try to take their industry away from them. So thanks for proving my point on that one. Lastly, and that's the really hilarious part. Calling Pax Silica a "capitalist project" is the height of irony: it's literally a government program that overrides market competition by telling sovereign countries which suppliers they're allowed to buy from and which competitors to ban - regardless of quality or price. Sorry but if Huawei offers a better AI chip at half the cost and you're contractually barred from buying it, that's not even remotely capitalism. Since you don't seem to be aware (understandable as someone, like you, who spent their entire career at the intersection of government power and corporate interests): capitalism, in its most basic form, means letting markets decide - you buy from whoever offers the best product/service at the best price. Pax Silica is the precise opposite, it's all about preventing this from happening.

This is pretty insane: the U.S. just tried to literally re-colonize part of the Philippines. They did so under the so-called "Pax Silica" initiative, the brainchild of - surprise, surprise - an ex-Palantir guy named Jacob Helberg who now runs U.S. economic "diplomacy" from the State Department. It's causing a big outcry in the Philippines, which is quite a feat given this is by far the most US-friendly country in Southeast Asia. If you're the US and you're getting the Marcos administration - of all governments - to push back on sovereignty, you've really overplayed your hand. What is the "Pax Silica" initiative? In a nutshell it's about the US getting other countries to commit to restructuring their AI tech infrastructure around a US-led stack. It's basically vendor lock-in: you hand over your critical minerals, align your export controls with Washington's, regulate AI the way America wants, and in return you get to be a US "trusted partner," whatever that means these days. In essence, let's not kid ourselves, it's all about China: this is the US's initiative to "win the AI race" by getting other countries to contractually commit to keeping China out of their tech supply chains. When you can't preserve your lead through innovation, you seek to lock countries in contractually. For instance as a country, this would mean telling Huawei they can't sell you AI chips, and telling Chinese firms they can't invest in your data centers - even if they're better and cheaper. It's not about choosing the best technology, it's about choosing the right flag. But in this instance, the US went much further still: they literally tried to carve out 4,000 acres of Philippine territory (in New Clark City, 60 miles north of Manila) to be governed under US common law with diplomatic immunity - the first arrangement of its kind anywhere in the modern world. This is according to the WSJ who ran the story last month (wsj.com/world/asia/u-s…) as if it was a done deal (it wasn't). Heard about the "French concession" or "British concession" in China during the century of humiliation? Same thing: the US basically asked for an "American concession" in the Philippines. Unsurprisingly, there was quite a bit of backlash in the country with for instance the Peasant Movement of the Philippines (KMP) calling it a “massive sellout” of the country’s land, minerals, and sovereignty (punto.com.ph/us-led-pax-sil…). So much so that the Philippines' government - namely Joshua Bingcang, president and chief executive of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) - issued a statement saying that the Philippines had rejected US proposals that would place the project beyond local jurisdiction (asianews.network/philippines-re…). Note, by the way, this delicious irony: the BCDA is the government agency that was created in 1992 specifically to convert former US military bases at Clark and Subic Bay after the Philippines spent decades negotiating their closure. New Clark City - where the Pax Silica's hub would go - is built on the old Clark Air Base. So the agency whose entire reason for existing is to turn former American colonial territory (i.e. US military bases) into sovereign Philippine land is the one now being asked to hand part of that very same land back under US jurisdiction (and, apparently, declined). Of course though, blocking this specific jurisdiction grab doesn't change the bigger picture. The Philippines is still a Pax Silica signatory, and Pax Silica itself is structurally neocolonial: you supply the cheap labor and raw materials, align your export controls and regulations with Washington's, cut yourself off from the world's rising technological powerhouse - and in exchange you get assembly jobs and the privilege of getting a pat on the head and being called a "trusted partner." They dropped the most cartoonishly colonial demand - governing Philippine soil under US law - but the underlying architecture is the same: you serve America's supply chain, on America's terms, and you relinquish your sovereign right to trade with whoever offers the best deal.

Endlich eine gute Nachricht aus DE! 🥳🥳 Ich gratuliere jedem Verweigerer für seinen Mut und Pazifismus. Lasst die alten kriegsgeilen Merz- Strack-Zimmermann- und Kiesewetters selber an die Front rennen. ☮️✌️

the zone of interest is a film about the idyllic, everyday life of an Auschwitz commandant and his wife, who raise their children in a home located directly adjacent to the concentration camp. below is an unrelated photo showing Gaza from an israeli settlement.

Und wieder mal keine Bilder im Deutschen Fernsehen…. Via @steve_hanke

Greenland is not a 13 year old gir.

For anyone reading this in English: my most recent guest, the German propaganda researcher Jonas Tögel was just attacked by one of Germany‘s largest private TV channels, RTL. Jonas has a YT channel (youtu.be/2WReBV71Vm4) and he gives public lectures on how to recognize and decode our mainstream Propaganda. He also talks a lot about the pro-war messaging of German media. Unsurprisingly, RTL is defaming him as a „conspiracy theorist“. They secretly filmed one of his public lectures and harassed his audience to create a propaganda piece against him. They even went as far as blurring the parts of his presentation where he cites his sources and gives proofs for his analysis. Dirty. Here is Jonas in discussion with me in our latest collaboration: youtu.be/ckFvBGxHwug

Ein Team des Senders RTL hat heimlich auf einem meiner öffentlichen Vorträge gefilmt, mein Pulikum belästigt und diffamiert mich als "Verschwörungstheoretiker". In diesem Abschnitt erkläre ich, was die "Verklammerungslogik" ist und wieso sie von RTL eingesetzt wird, um mich und meine Forschung zu diffamieren. Die Propaganda-Analyse zum gesamten Beitrag finden Sie auf meinem YouTube-Kanal: youtu.be/2WReBV71Vm4 Folgen Sie mir auf Telegram: t.me/drjonastoegel

NATO incrementalism: First they denied that NATO airspace was used to attack Russia; then they argued the Ukrainian drones did not have permission to be in NATO airspace; now the Swedish Prime Minister argues NATO should help Ukraine direct their attacks in the "right direction" . These reckless people will trigger nuclear war.

The EU sanctioned me for my journalism and for speaking up for Palestine. Journalism is not a crime. Reporting on Palestine is not extremism. Press freedom is non-negotiable. Sign the petition here --> free-dogru.com and follow the campaign @Freedogru #FreeDogru

The Russians intercepted an RAF spy plane 20 miles from Russia and 2000 miles from the UK. UK accuses Russia of aggression.

It is difficult to fathom how people can commit truly evil acts, such as genocide and the murder of children. What is even more difficult to comprehend, is others ENJOYING and CELEBRATING images of those evil acts. But that is what you get in Israel now, with parties of people watching and cheering videos of Israel blowing up villages in Southern Lebanon.

Must Read: Russia & China issue Declaration on Multipolarity. open.substack.com/pub/pascallott…

Being a victim of the Zionist genocide is a crime in Germany.

🚨For 4 yrs I have urged the ICC to investigate and prosecute Israeli officials for int'l crimes in Palestine. My latest report explictly names Bezalel Smotrich. If ICC Pre-Trial Chamber issues an arrest warrant, he could be the first official charged with the crime of Apartheid.

Germany must enter into serious negotiations with the Russian Federation immediately. Germany must not allow automobile manufacturers like VW and Mercedes-Benz to be transformed into producers of drone parts and military equipment. Money is not everything. Germany must not return to the use of nuclear power plants whatsoever. Germany should acknowledge its historical responsibility for the two World Wars and continue learning from that past in shaping its foreign policy, including its reckless interference in West Asia. Germany must no longer hold Europe and the wider world hostage through failed foreign policies and double standards. Germany must strive to rediscover strategic independence and responsible political leadership. Germany and its Chancellor @bundeskanzler @_FriedrichMerz must....... #StopLecturing #GermanyMust #Merz #StraitOfHormuz