Reader’s Links for Oct. 22, 2025

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.

For those interested, please check out https://vladtepesblog.substack.com/ as an another avenue of expression. The Substack is a different project in a sense. It is older videos that in the light of subsequent events, look different or of increased importance, Check it out now and again if you like.

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31 Replies to “Reader’s Links for Oct. 22, 2025”

  2. I will take the liberty to write my own headline for this.

    Zelensky, with the furtive support of the EU Comintern, signal warning to Hungary by attacking a Hungarian energy depot. This also warns PT and Putin that they may be vulnerable if they meet in Budapest. Military Summary:

    https://youtu.be/4dr-Ac88hpQ?si=u8f-N0Pj-UKuNrmZ

    • I wrote this comment on your 10/18 post, where you commented on Dima’s thoughts about NATO-member Hungary calling for Article 5 after the Kiev Regime blew up their energy depot:

      Did NATO stand up for ethnic Hungarians abused in Ukraine?
      Their native language was outlawed; they lost their jobs; no one except Mr. Orban cared.

      Then the war made genuine ethnic cleansing easy: forceable conscription into the army of the Kiev regime. Villages in the Carpathians emptied of men and boys who were thrown into trenches without training or supplies. Certain to meet death within hours.
      ….
      It’s a rotten regime. Even pro-Uke bloggers have lost their enthusiasm. He knows he’ll never win an election without massive cheating AND eliminating all competition.

  4. Curtis Sliwa | Candidate, Mayor of New York City | 10-22-25
    Red Apple Podcast Network – October 22, 2025

    Curtis Sliwa, Republican running for Mayor of New York City, joins Sid to talk about his frustration with perceived slights and criticisms from his former colleagues at WABC radio, accusing them of undermining his campaign…

    • Andrew Cuomo urged to step down as Curtis Sliwa surges in NYC mayor race | Scott Lobaido weighs in
      One America News Network – October 21, 2025

    • America’s Mayor Live (771): Mayor Rudy Giuliani Endorses Curtis Sliwa for Mayor of New York City
      Rudolph Giuliani – October 6, 2025

      • It’s bad news all the way around.

        I know a lot of New Yorkers who were there during the Crown Heights riots. [Most left because covid.]
        Sliwa was NO help. NONE at all. He’s just a self-promoter. Totally rejected by the Orthodox community who know this stuff inside-out.

        Cuomo murdered everybody’s grandma, not overly fond of joooz. He abused his position with women an probably every which way. That’s arrogant, above-the-law DNA.

        Here’s an X-post about Sliwa’s stinking wife – that fits Curtis himself, according to the grapevine.
        https://x.com/BenTelAviv/status/1980324409480282236

        My Hungarian-American violinist friend has been in anguish for weeks now. He wrote:

        “They both have antisemtic baggage. The only important thing is defeating Mamdani. I suppose I’ll have to just hold my nose and vote for Cuomo even though he belongs in prison for all the seniors he killed during the lockdown.

        But, you know Adams withdrew too late for his name to be removed from the ballot, right? Looks bleak. Too many people think this is just a policy debate.”

    • DUBLIN STABBING – UKRAINE TEEN DEAD AFTER SUSTAINED ASSAULT IN TUSLA “CARE FACILITY”
      No Risk No Reward – October 16, 2025

  9. Terrific article in Foreign Affairs (publication of the Council on Foreign Relations). Fascinating details that confirm what I’ve been hearing from the outside.

    How Russia Recovered: What the Kremlin Is Learning From the War in Ukraine

    The story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been one of upset expectations and wild swings in performance. At the start of the war, most of NATO saw Russia as an unstoppable behemoth, poised to quickly defeat Ukraine. Instead, Russia’s forces were halted in their tracks and pushed back.

    Then, outside observers decided the Russian military was rotten, perhaps one counterattack away from collapse. That also proved incorrect—Ukrainian offensives failed, and Moscow resumed its slow advance. Now, plenty of people look beyond Russia to understand the state of the battlefield, blaming Kyiv’s troubles on insufficient external backing instead.

    What many policymakers and strategists have missed is the extent to which Moscow has learned from its failures and adapted its strategy and approach to war, in Ukraine and beyond. Beginning in 2022, Russia launched a systematic effort to examine its combat experience, draw lessons from it, and share those lessons across its armed forces.

    By early 2023, Moscow had quietly constructed a complex ecosystem of learning that includes the defense manufacturing base, universities, and soldiers up and down the chain of command. Today, the military is institutionalizing its knowledge, realigning its defense manufacturers and research organizations to support wartime needs, and pairing tech startups with state resources.

    The result has been new tactics on the battlefield—codified in training programs and combat manuals—and better weapons. Moscow has developed fresh ways of using drones to find and kill Ukrainian soldiers and to destroy Ukrainian assets, turning what was once an area of weakness into an area of strength. It has built better missiles and created more rugged and capable armored systems.

    It is giving junior commanders more freedom to plan. It has become a military that is capable of both evolving during this war and readying itself for future, high-tech conflicts.

    https://archive.ph/d7DeD#selection-1051.52-1065.28

    • Putin doesn’t mess around with excessively corrupt elites when things heat up. The oligarch responsible for construction of fortifications along Ukraine’s border with Kursk will die in prison. He stole the funds allocated, leaving the region wide open for the enemy to roll straight into Russia proper. A disaster that cost huge casualties, stopped RF momentum, and gave Kiev a huge win. (Or would’ve – if this had not been a war of attrition and if Prez Z had meat sponges to spare.)

      A self-aggrandizing general lied about advances in a sector under his command. One of those despicable blowhards who had zero combat experience. That lie changed decisions regarding disposition of forces, messed up logistics, and ended up trapping a large number of men in what became a kill zone. Rather than wait to be suicided, he shot himself in the head.

  11. Druthers News
    A peer-reviewed post-marketing analysis found nearly 200 safety signals linked to RSV vaccines marketed to older adults and pregnant women. The study published in the journal Human Vaccines & (Bao et al.), highlights serious neurological and blood disorders (most notably thrombocytopenia), and of particular concern, complications for pregnant women and their infants, such as fetal death, hemorrhage in pregnancy, and preterm birth.