Dear friends,
Good news!
Herb, my IT guru, has very kindly agreed to host the frozen “http://sakerlatam.blog/the-saker-files” site for one full year. The site will be frozen at the of the day Feb 28. The Saker Italia, Saker Latin America and Saker Serbia will continue to fully function.
Also, we will make a “static” archive available for download after Feb 28. A list the various archive locations will also be provided.
Next, since I am getting a lot of request about this, I want to make something clear:
EVERYTHING I EVER posted on this blog is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Which means that you can:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
==>>You do NOT need to ask for permission<<==
In fact, you don’t even need to inform me of anything.
And yes, you can translate any part in any language and publish it, even for commercial purposes!
FYI – I absolutely HATE the “copyright” mindset which I refer to as “copywrong”. So no need to have any concerns about that.
I hope that this clarifies any questions you might have had.
I wish you all a great week-end
Love to all
Andrei
Thank you for this! I will download a good many articles from the years. Will miss you and the blog!
Ketil
How can I download any of these text?
I’ve followed this blog daily for ten years & would like to take this opportunity to thank you Andrei for all you have done, may God bless you. This blog has educated me in ways I could never have imagined.
A suggestion/request
During the final week have an open thread for people to link to their favorite articles found on this blog.
Thus the thread would be a source to user favorites.
I reallyreallywould….appreciate a pdf of authors say for last two to three years…..
so would I, most definitely.
But I don’t have the energy to make that happen.
But, who knows, maybe somebody will.
Let’s wait and see.
Best
Andrei
Andrei.
I have got in the habit of copy and paste as many articles as I can over the last year perhaps.
I am glad to send them to you so others can download these great articles and save them.
Perhaps if we all worked together in breaking this job into small parts we could transfer everything to word or pdf files.
Randy
thank you for considering . Do hope the various authors can continue to publish works….wonder if they all have telegram at the worst scenario…
Thank you for the good news and I’m glad the other Saker sites continue.
Some music to mark the sad passing of the blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0XmWj9YLlE
Love and peace, Shyaku
Greetings Sir,
Thank you very much for the information. May God Bless You Sir.
I’m gonna miss you, Honorable Saker. Really, really miss you. May all that is good in the universe bestow health, happiness and joy to you and your family. Amen…
Through the last decade I’ve relied on the Saker to provide heart and reason though the blessing or bane of our interesting times. However trying the situation of concern, whether in the Americas, Europe, or Asia(not to slight the comprehensive analysis and reporting always found there), your efforts were a welcome balm or astringent, your perspective always providing integration of facts and feelings with the long flights of times’ arrow, and your respect for diverse practices and attitudes an inspiring example.
Twas a great boon to be blessed with the the fruits and thorns of your work. Thank you for your honor, courage, and grace.
I still feel that this site, the domain name and database, should be handed over to a collective to maintain it’s independence behind a bulletproof host, that cannot be targeted by the Evil Empire.
MOA was one of the earliest sites that helped me to drop the scales off my eyes after decades of brainwashing by my own country’s MSM which factually is just taking orders from the Evil Empire.
It’s a treasure that belongs to the truly free minded people of the world.
that sounds like a reasoanble idea, so many have expressed deep sorrow and comcern at the sites upcoming loss, why not actually, unless tthe domanin name and database rights have already been bought,which is the owners right of course, though tantamout to selling the Saker commubity rights, thaough also a prerogative of the owner… perhaps this is a community without rights and only wrongs – could be;)
go well Andrei,and God be with you; you and your family will be sorely missed.
Danke aus Deutschland dem schönen Mecklenburg / Vorpommern.
Danke, dass es diesen Blog gibt und die Artikel weiterhin genutzt werden können.
Danke auch an alle Gastautoren.
Thanks from Germany to beautiful Mecklenburg / Western Pomerania.
Thank you for this blog and for continuing to use the articles.
Thanks also to all guest authors.
Andrei,
Obviously, we are all truly sorry about the end of your very important blog.
I hope you will recover completely and that you continue to add your extremely valuable comments to current events as time and your health will permit.
I do have one question about your closing of your blog (and please don’t take this personally), I understand that your health priorities were the first and foremost reasons for that decision, as well as the anticipated direct conflict between the the two centers of your loyalties (though I would think that the loyalty to the truth should trump the other two, but whatever).
Here my last, lingering question which I just can’t seem to shed: was there any undue pressure put on which you felt to be spurning you to your conclusion?
I can’t help but notice the astounding scarcity of independent opinions like yours.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you brought together here!
Chris
Andrei,
Obviously, we are all truly sorry about the end of your very important blog.
I hope you will recover completely and that you continue to add your extremely valuable comments to current events as time and your health will permit.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you brought together here!
Chris
En fråga! Hur kommer man åt Saker.Serbien??
Mvh Peter
If you go down the right hand side of the Saker site page – you will find all the Saker sites. Here it is for you. Mod:
http://stepskisoko.com
(My question is whether Saker presently has the time and energy to respond to his many individual email farewells, as there must be several thousand of them).
In Buddhism it is believed that all things are impermanent (apart from the so-called Ultimate Nature that lies beyond space and time), so whatever is created out of component parts must inevitably decompose. It’s akin to physics so it’s not really something to get sad about, but even so I am a bit sad, because this online community has been so beneficial and so amazing over the years.
I can’t see that it will ever be replaced, so there must be something new over the horizon to succeed it. While he recovers his health Saker can take solace from the fact that his considerable personal wisdom and his genuine humility have had a very positive affect on a huge number of his fellow humans. I didn’t think that it was possible to have a blog that was of real spiritual benefit, never mind one that is focussed on military analysis and geopolitics. So Saker has really pushed the envelope of what is possible with the internet.
With heartfelt thanks, and best wishes for the future.
Hajduk.
No copyright, free to share , adapt in any form. That’s what great humans do. Thank you Andrei ❤️
My last post here.
Andrei,
Your blog has long been a regular source of data for me, starting out from your original site and long before your name was outed.
It’s a shame that you feel the need to shut down your blog – but – these are uncertain and dangerous times. I have myself been targeted for my previous writings and fully understand the family and livelihood implications that result from being targeted. Your decision to archive the blog makes sense as continuation of the site under new owners would continue to arouse suspicion and surveillance of you by historical connection.
Take care of yourself and your family, Иди с богом, попутный ветер и полные паруса
Cheers!
Hi Andrei.
Thank you very much for creating and dedicating to The Saker website.
I’ve learned a lot from him since I started following him about two years ago.
Glad the other Saker sites will continue.
Arjuna commented that he copied many files. If this proposal to generate a pdf (or word) with these files happens, I am very interested in downloading them.
If it’s possible “a pdf of authors from, say, the last two to three years…” that would be great.
We will greatly miss, Andrei, the valuable reflections, news, inputs and learning of TheSaker website. But of course we understand the situation.
I wish you the best! “May the universe bring health, happiness and joy to you and your family.”
Gracias
Yaska
Great work. Some good tunes, old, made new again.
NENA | 99 Luftballons (Live 2018) (HD)
https://youtu.be/oIO5lfJ9dhs
Andrei,
Perhaps you’ve noted this in your other blog ending articles and I’ve missed it and it may not even be possible, but in the archives that get created of all The Saker site articles will the associated comments be included too?
Best wishes!
Dear Andrey, my companion of so many years,
Since I found you, I believe even before Maidan and the war on Donbass which was a huge turning point for so many of us, you have been a beacon of courage, integrity and selflessness, and a wellspring of true information and enlightenment without demanding anything in return but our gratitude and appreciation in whatever form. Now, with your generous view of copyright-copywrong, you even more raised the bar. I will miss you and the Vineyard of the Saker.
Best wishes and farewell… GREAT submarine that once thought himself to be stranded in the desert and suddenly found himself navigating the vast seas and oceans of this world.
Infinite thanks to Herb and everyone who has worked on this blog for all these years.
Herb, if you need a few donations to keep the archives going, let them know.
Long live Andrey
yup many many thanks to Herb.
Dear Andrei,
I find it hard to believe that you are closing down the blog. I have been following you for a long time – near a decade. What a pity… There is nothing to replace the great articles and discussions you published. I have learned a lot with them. They will be missed.
Thank you, Andrei, for the great job. I wish you the best, and hope that you come back some time soon. Take care,
Zil
Andrei My Brother,
Thank you for everything over the years. I wish I had some extra money to make a donation. God bless you and the family. You will be missed.
Many thanks for your generosity. I believe very strongly that sooner or later “thesaker” would be reborn in another form. And when it happens we would be able to greet one another as old pals.
I have been putting off submittiing my reply of the goodbye from Andrei. I had to let it sit and stew for a bit. What I can say is its a terrible loss for avenues of public discourse (alt media) but that doesn’t even properly describe it. As I mentioned before on here, Saker, Moon & Martyanov are my quick access/goto sites for global news, everything else is feeders. Reason being, Andrei has a great command and experience in geopolitics, and I enjoy immensely his analysis. However, i what he built (The Vinyard) came about and took a life of its own. The valuable commentariat is undescribable (bar the trolls). Its like a favorite local pub or eatery. Andrei is not alone in there. Its this platform that is shutting down, I m just too at a loss. I have been coming since circa 2010. My favorite joint is closing. On a positive note, I have experienced the growth of the site and I cannot imagine the strength, resources, time and courage it took for Andrei to maintain it (without selling out) and still give us food for thought always. When he took a sabatical for health reasons I feared maybe he was compromised. But after he came back and all that transpired after, all I can say is you played the game well and you played THEM well. I think you might have laid out some form of blueprint. I for one am happy you achieved this and bringing about so many people of like mind and interest and hope in these dark trying times. No one can ask any more of you. You are going out like Jordan wearing your 23. As I keep saying, one day your contribution to the resistance will be duly acknowledged and celebrated. Until then wish you all the best, live out your life and God bless your heart.
Andrei/Saker, Where may we keep reading more updates from Nightvision? I enjoyed reading his or her analysis of the sinking of the Moskva, such as this one: https://thesaker.is/sitrep-operation-z-11/. Thank you.
I heard some people on another forum mention that he/she might be writing under https://simplicius76.substack.com/
Much appreciated.
Saker,
While it breaks my heart to see the blog close down. I wanted to let you know how grateful I am to you for creating this great blog. I respect your decision to have to close it down. But will miss your wise words,and the awesome comment section in the blog greatly.
Best wishes for you and your family,and thank you again,
Uncle Bob
There is a website tool that can download all of The Saker’s site. Does anyone know the websites total data size?
About 7GB
Andrei