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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Wow, and wow! From your references to the Prussian background to the role of the resolute Russians to the current roles both Putin, and others take to respond to the current situation, including Trump and the “west” it is really a revelation to many as the roles of the various players on the field is revealed through your God-given gifts. You, once again, have revealed the possible (and likely) roles of those most didn’t understand to even have a role OR the unlikely paths that must be taken to take the steps to win this battle between good and evil! One of the ways has been to hide the truth behind smoke and mirrors while the cabal-supported mouthpieces work to muddy the waters. Once again (and there is much more to comment on) I must consider everything else you have addressed in this battlefield and walk away amazed that 1) You’ve been blessed with these gifts, and 2) you’re willing to share with us! I do not know how many followers you have, but you are the 1st I supported with our meager dollars...that’s because you must continue to enlighten and educate! God bless you! Thank you!

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Very much appreciate your support and encouragement.

It feels good to do what I suppose I've been called to do, and these words find more folks every day because of readers sharing my work.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

"The strongest steel is forged on the hearth of adversity."

-- Old Russian proverb

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Fantastic and well-placed.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Excellent, as usual. I’ve always been fascinated with Russians. They were always the bad guys in most spy novels I read as a kid. After a few years I came to the conclusion they were just filling space as the “boogeyman”. It’s been gratifying to read a different view of Russia and her trials and tribulations. Looking forward to your next installment.

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Absolutely. The narrative seeding on Russia in the west has been a LONG-term play.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

I took a class in college on Russian cultural history. Their history is long and complicated and fascinating. I knew back then that the modern media was not giving the entire story.

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We don't know the half of it.

Thanks for reading!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Journalists like Burning Bright breathe a much needed insight into geopolitics ,making them exciting and hopeful for the future. God bless sir.

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I appreciate this and appreciate you reading!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Such lovely writing. Your series has me romanticizing Russia, waiting and imagining that bright future day when we may all travel freely again, truly sovereign families visiting near and distant sovereign villages, just to see what's nice about the place. I choke up in admiration: what courage this is taking. What integrity and patience and strength these patriots have. What "white tremendous daybreak" awaits us, because of it...

"Yet, behind the night, Waits for the great unborn, somewhere afar, Some white tremendous daybreak." - Rupert Brooke

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Courage, integrity, patience and strength... born of the tragedy of somewhere around 50-100 million dead in 20th century wars, the true number never to be known, willed upon the Russian nation by the Prussian Controllers. It is no wonder the Russians are so resolute in this battle. They, more than any other people, have suffered mightily at [their] hands. Russia has been waiting for the opportunity to right the wrongs of history, planning and waiting some more until the stage is finally set for the total, ultimate victory.

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Absolutely.

I delved into this sentiment heavily in Part 1.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Exactly, well said. There is no one with better cause than the Russian people. [They] may have overlooked Russia, but she never, ever forgot.

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Thanks for reading, Sarah.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

I find your articles are increasingly enthralling and edifying BB. It sets me back when look at the body of your work and say to myself, "He just keeps getting better and better, clearer and clearer, gong deeper and deeper". I continue sharing your work as far and wide as I may like just one in a 1,000 hammer blows to break the calcified crust surrounding the perception of Russia to so many. No supposition to it, you have been called to this. Your work is so congruent, so logical, so inciteful to be anything less than inspired. You work calls to folks to open their thoughts and perspectives, to break away from the hypnosis from decades of the spinning propaganda we've been immersed in for far too long. Praise God for He will raise all nations as one to glorify His name.

You can feel it coming.... To quote Kyle, "We may not win every battle, but we'll win this war". REALLY looking forward to the collaboration between you two on "Defected" 9 PM Sunday @Badlandsmedia. You BET is gonna be cool.... Hey, Maybe StarLink via BlueSky will lead you up to that bigger hill I keep saying you need, eh?

Your light Burns ever so Bright my brother.

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Thanks for the encouragement, Joe!

Really looking forward to doing the show with Kyle. Very busy, but that's not a bad thing. Doing what I feel called to do.

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You move my soul, BurningBright, into a most beautiful Light…an inner place of Love and Faith in humanity.

Honestly, I welled up after reading this piece, as I sat and reflected from the height my reading, your mind, took me.

Please tell me that one day I can make room on my bookshelves for the books you are going to publish!

Thank you for this excellent series ❤️

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Much appreciated, Feather.

I have some books published under my human name. In time, all will be revealed.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

I agree! Wonderful writer!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Thank you BB.

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Thanks for reading!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

What a titanic work you have unleashed in your Russia series. I have only just both started and finished reading it today. It is as magisterial an opus as anything Gibbon could have penned. Kudos.

I am tempted to bring to attention the potentially tumultuous things overtly happening in the past 24 hours in the leading letter of the acronym BRICS, namely Brazil.

Tonight Bolsonario has refused to concede and is, I understand, working multiple clandestine resources (including military and possibly international) to bring certain facts to light.

I’m sure the similarities to our own stolen 2020 election has not been missed by sharp minds. It may even have been a template for what is about to happen here again in 2022.

Are we seeing a dry run for what our own Golden Emperor has in store for America?

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Thanks for reading! Glad you have enjoyed the series.

I just published an extensive piece on Brazil over at Badlands Media:

https://badlands.substack.com/p/brazil-breaking

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Thank you for the link! I wasn’t going to subscribe to badlands but your your thoughts and perception on current happenings in Brazil as it relates to the US has changed my mind…I do not want to miss anything you write! I loved the whole article but especially your closing:

“ “May you live in interesting times.”

“Embrace the chaos, folks. Things are only going to accelerate from here. We might as well enjoy the ride.”

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Superb.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

My wife and I and our 4 children lived in Russia for 17 years. I have deep respect for the people of this nation. Their national anthem still inspires me.

https://youtu.be/DAz7Bdqi2iQ

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What a fantastic experience.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Thank You again BB, God bless You and Your's 🙏

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Thanks JC!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Brilliant!

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Thanks Lynn!

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Jan 28, 2023Liked by Burning Bright

At the conclusion of this series, I find myself rather like Reb Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, who was caught between his traditions and his daughters' choices of husbands.

I have lived through the Nixon, Reagan, Carter (shudder) eras, and the Cold War and Russia as BAD has been deeply ingrained in me. So much so, sad to say, that I shied away from this series at first.

Yet, the image of Hillary and her reset button (were White Hats trolling her back then?) has always bothered me. Too, this thought pricked my mind - how could I be discerning without reading other points of view?

So I read through all 9 installments, one a day, to give my mind time to ponder each of them a bit. While I don't know that I am now on the same page as you - after all, writing as pithy as yours takes time to truly digest - I can say that, in regards to Russia, I can subscribe to this maxim: the enemy of my enemy is my ally. As I see it, any relationship between Russsia and the United States-as-it-should-be would always be one of respect, not friendship.

But that is how things stand today in my mind, and not necessarily how things will be tomorrow. I am at least open now to the possibilities, myriad and ever-changing, and I have you to thank for that. Keep bright, fearsome tiger. May the sun ever warm you and stoke your light, and may the rain fall gentle on your fur.

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I very much appreciate your level-headed and even cautious analysis.

To be frank with you, I don't know if my impressions and observations of the Russian theater in this war hold water. But part of the intent with this series has been to challenge the preexisting paradigms associated with Russia--more so, American/Western programming against Her.

Thank you for taking the time to read a series you had no idea if you'd like. Happy to have you in the Bright community.

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Jan 29, 2023Liked by Burning Bright

Incertitude is surely a part of being a conspiracy theorist, gracious tiger, especially given the staggering amount of data to be sifted. My advice? Trust your instinct while listening to that still small voice all the while, and watch where things land. You - and I - just might be pleasantly surprised.

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Great advice.

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Thank you.

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Thanks for reading, Damien!

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Nov 1, 2022Liked by Burning Bright

Likely “a tired me” started feeling your beginning,above, long winded. I paused. Returning for the meat of your piece ... fabulous, as is usual. I especially enjoyed “the many headed beast” as an encompassing image.

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I tend to indulge and wax poetic more in this series than in my normal writing. Glad you enjoyed!

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Mar 25Liked by Burning Bright

Brilliant!

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Thanks for reading, David!

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Jan 21Liked by Burning Bright

This entire series has stood the test of time! Fascinating to read now over a year later, with hindsight, which you obviously didn’t have. Excellent as always BB!

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Thinking of adding one to it, but we'll see!

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