>Russia has launched a new quiet mobilization that many have not heard of. This time it is a mobilization of reservists but only for the purpose of acting as anti-air troops on the Russian territory, to defend against UAVs targeting energy infrastructure:
Notice how on that map they have Krasnoyarsk in orange. Tyumen too. And Kaliningrad.
Which is an extremely ominous sign...
We're talking about this a couple hours after yet another attack that reached Perm and Udmurtia...
Yes , all extremely ominous for Russia(as ever) , nothing at all ominous for the green goblin and the ukies. All going fantastically well for them , not a worry in the world, only what the goblin and cronies will have for Xmas dinner in the Kremlin once they get there in a week or 2.
It's not a war between Ukraine and Russia, how many times do we have to go over this again and again and again?
It's a NATO war on Russia and Russia has been reduced to the same helpless state as Yugoslavia and Syria previously -- NATO attacks daily, Russia dares not fire a single shot back.
Russia dares not fire a single shot back? I got a little surprise let’s talk about Kiev at this very moment, seems Gaza has another cemetery in the making. It’s a war on NATO against NATO and Uncle Sam is too busy to keep their back, NATO’s backbone is getting atrophied more and more every day. They can go on a mission begging uncle Donald like his Syrian puppet to play some more basketball. Game over.
Not being argumentative here as I am not even an arm chair military strategist …but what shot should Russia take against the US here? Or. What would some of the possibilities be? Maybe we should have a target selection contest?
Seems to me it would have to be symbolic, non nuclear, zero or few casualties but demonstrative to the American public of what kind of serious shit is involved here. Taking out a carrier with 5000 of “our kids” gone would be stupid of course, and a pre announced demo on the Statue of Liberty would seem silly. But. Would Americans get really worked up by an Oreshnik double tap on Langley? Hmmm. Taking out some transatlantic (financial) cables a la Nordstream would have an effect…even better if they could knock out American internet for a week. No TikTok!? Scary! Tounge in cheek, but seriously: what’s the target?
That show was based on the recently published book, Nuclear War: A Scenario. It is a 2024 non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-nominated American journalist Annie Jacobsen. A 'must' read.
Then I recognized Jesse Plemons from Breaking Bad and WHOA, what a range of acting ability. His Breaking Bad character was a total psychopath and it came across. In Zero Day, he's just an ambitious jerk. Two totally different people.
I don't know if I'd recommend the show though. The plot is almost straight out of the crap you see happening everyday in America so there's no suspense.
OTOH maybe some people will get a clue when they see how Mullen treats Green with escalating torture and how Plemons character is murdered without any thought because he fails to carry out orders. To me, rather obvious plot points almost from the intro of their characters. The incompetence of the CIA/MI6 etc is as I would expect in real life.
Kind of like the staging of Trump's assassination attempt in PA.
Smybolically you order evacuation of the White House and Capitol Hill and take them out, saying that this is for what has already been done, and if there is no response, the matter is settled. The point is to reimpose deterrence through massive humiliation of the US.
Non-symbolically, and likely most effective, would be to start directly hitting the Western oligarchy in its mansions, for terminal destruction. So that they first, receive a payback for what they have done, and second, stop doing it.
The second option is also the most just one. You will kill some of their servants too, but overall it minimizes collateral damage.
Also, after Operation Spiderwen Putin should have come out and said "Russian military specialist will be arriving in US airbases to oversee the destruction of half of the US strategic bomber fleet, in order to restore the strategic balance and in order for you to receive some payback, Because you tried to take out all of ours. If you do not agree on doing that peacefully, we will destroy all of your strategic aviation on the ground, together with the bases and people in them, with tactical nukes". Then you actually do it.
The point is you need to strike at the source of the problem, not the proxy. The proxy nobody cares about, that is the whole point of using a proxy -- it is fully disposable.
Yeah, kind of like a raid on a military base far out in the Pacific. Nothing to get excited about. We didn't really need Pearl Harbor anyway. Nobody cared about that, right?
I assume Russia is very aware of the massive public opinion crisis if it hits a US asset directly.
A large % of Americans, who've been fed a heavy diet of Russia Bad and Ukraine is winning the war and Russia is a gas station w/nukes, would demand military action against Russia, as the msm would paint it as Russa Incrediblly Evil. And Trump, ever the showman, might well give them what they want.
That makes sense, and I've always thought so, but how do you account for the extremely lackadaisical and tolerant view of Russians as the US attacks it? I would have thought that unthinkable, too. I guess people on this site, for example, are so complacent because they think they are winning as it is and don't want to stir the hornet's nest, but I think most Americans think we are winning too, and nobody beats American complacency.
Of course it would offend us to the core if we were attacked, and there would be demands for retaliation which might well be heeded, although, again, after the farce of Iranian replies to American bombing, and current Russian complacence, my sense of popular anger forcing the hands of military people is not so certain.
Why are only Americans allowed to have Pearl Harbor moments?
See my other post. You are falling into the West's narrative. Russia doesn't have to do drastic changes because they are winning. You are focusing on the steps the CIA/Pentagon want to happen to change the dynamics of the war. This is their narrative you are grasping at and asking questions about. This isn't Russia's narrative. I agree with some of the other posters that GM is a bad actor. What their narrative is trying to produce is either a Russian over reaction to shore up support for the war or to lay the groundwork for a believable false flag attack they can blame on Russia to provide the same outcome. Listen to Lavrov's public statements and you can also go to Russian government's webpage and read all of Putin's major speeches translated directly to English to understand the Russian narrative. If you only absorb Western narratives you are going to be confused a lot.
The point is to get Russia to target a NATO country... hence all the false flags circulating around too. The Neocons want Russia to attack a NATO country to scare the public, drive support among the populations, and expand the war. They particularly would like Poland and Romania to supply the next group of cannon fodder. The longer range drone strikes in Russia are just for show. They have to carry fuel instead of more explosives. That is why they had to sneak them into cargo containers for their one successful operation. Notice how nobody in the west follows up with any damage assessments. Not even for shorter range strikes. The West is the king of propaganda and narrative control. So we already have the Russia is attacking the NATO countries with drones (we must expand the war!) And also the Putin is weak and terrified to strike the mighty NATO countries (to foment dissent in Moscow and get them to do something stupid and if not ... just as well make a false flag attack look like a desperate Russia did something stupid) happening at the same time. Think about this... Russia is both flooding NATO airspaces with drones while simultaneously being too scared to strike back at NATO. This is 1984 Orwell doublespeak. The CIA and Pentagon used it as a how to manual
So you are running a refurbishment of the old tried and tested: 'forget the actual war Russia is winning and is reaching denouement time. Just look at this phantom war Russia is losing!
Fabrications like this can run and run. But to what end? Another western attempt to frighten Russia to the table to do an eleventh hour deal to save western interests? That pig has flown.
Yes. Agree. On a worrying note the false narrative also lays the groundwork for a successful false flag. See a desperate Russia did this terrible thing!
"Our friend." He's not our friend, but the forum's mascot. He looks like nothing special, but who cares? You need clowns in a discussion forum to liven things up.
1) The SMO is a continuation of WWII. What happened in the last months of WWII? The UK and the US allied with the remaining Nazis and came to rescue them, and had the war not concluded in mid-1945, they would have then attacked the USSR. Now that alliance is doing it.
2) Russia is indeed the new Syria. Syria actually had very substantial military capabilities to fight back, it didn't use them, it allowed itself to be bombed and invaded, and it gradually lost those capabilities while its society was completely demoralized by it all.
You are still full of hot air, Have you seen the amount of glide bombs, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and even hypersonic missiles Russia launches towards Ukraine? compared that to the amount the Nafo collective launches towards Russia. The damage the Russians are taking does not compare to the damage the nafo collective takes in Ukraine.
Another completely false narrative. Assad spurned greater economic ties with Iran and Russia to attempt a new Arab league like his father had with Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Mainly negotiated with Egypt though. Egypt also promised a detente with the US if he agrees. Economic aid was promissed. Never received. When Assad couldn't pay his military anymore Putin told Assad to make peace with Turkey and negotiate with Turkey. Assad refused and an unpaid military isn't going to fight for you. This is why Russia stopped fighting. The US would have been happy to get them bogged down in another guerilla war but they wisely stopped. Erdogan also publically stated he didn't want this. He wanted to negotiate but Assad refused. I believe him in this. He didn't want Israel and the US to get the upper hand and lose control of Syrian airspace to the US and Israel. This is exactly what happened but he settled for greater influence in Northern Syria and a loss of Syrian airspace since Assad wouldn't negotiate a power sharing agreement. Erdogan is a better leader then people give him credit for. He is a middle power trying to expand Turkey's influence. He plays the US and Russia off each other in this game. People who think he is just going to do the Pentagon's bidding in the Caucuses and central Asia are in for a rude surprise just like they were with Modi and India. As a post note Assad's decisions weren't completely foolish either. Syria's more recent good years were with a stronger Arab league and it is a Sunni Arab majority country. His mistake was trusting El Sisi who works for the CIA/Pentagon.
Apparently, dude si from Serbia and is butthurt because of all those libtard Rus twats that fled there and now thinks everybody in Russia is like them.
Keeps repeating "Putler afraid", and cannot think of anything else but Tuscany that Putler craves ;)
Well. I don’t think we need Russia to do that. We have Luigi.
If someone takes out a Russian oligarch, I would assume CIA.
But I don’t think Luigi was a Russian operative. Maybe like Jack Ruby a member of the Jewish mob. But most likely a tormented soul. Braver than the rest of us.
Luigi killed one relatively minor in the grand scheme of things healthcare exec, who had nothing to do with the war.
You need to kill dozens and hundreds of the top Western oligarchs to make it stop. For that you need a serious organized force. Yes, FPV drones operated on the ground are a great tool, but a lot of these people live in rather inacessible mansions that will need missiles.
The US though is coming apart at the seams -- as I imagine the US to be.
The majority of the Oligarchy though is probably quite happy with the way things are going at the moment. They seem to truly believe that Russia will collapse "any day now".
The Fascists are quite active, but they haven't totally taken over. I may be naive to think that Americans will negatively react to the situation when it becomes so starkly obvious.
OK, I am that naive. If I'm wrong, Russia won't be able to sit back at all but rather take much more aggressive action in alliance with China and India and the rest of BRICS. How each nation may choose to engage in WWIII I don't think can be determined at this point.
Hell, we may all die in a nuclear holocaust before most of us figure out what's going on. I'm just trying to be optimistic.
Indeed. The most ominous sign since the great Ukrainian warrior oxymoronic the ominous , ominously evacuated large areas , while ominously defeating Russia in the Great Patriotic neo con war being fought in the empty steppes your tiny brain
I still haven't heard anybody from the west talking about negotiation or finding a peaceful resolution, so it seems that replacing Z would be for some cosmetic purpose. Why allow the west to make that decision on their own timing? If there were a clear choice, he might already be in. If there's not, forcing them to make the decision under pressure seems only logical.
It is nice to hear a little panic from the war mongers, ngl, but damn, they're still cold. They still mean to go on to the last Ukrainian it seems to me.
>Why allow the west to make that decision on their own timing
Well, we've discussed this issue endlessly, so there isn't much to add.
I will just once again point out the fallacy of the competent replacement -- you see this ridiculous argument all the time that Russia doesn't take Zelensky out because he is a clown and then someone competent would replace him. Well, OK, but then you take the replacement out too, and the replacement of the replacement, and so on.
Moreover, you have perfect legal justification to do it -- these will not be legal heads of state anymore, after all Zelensky himself currently is an usurper, and what does that make whoever then coups him with and takes his place without an election?
But then Putin is the man who recognized the post-Maidan regime as legitimate, and also shook hands with Jolani, so...
And what is the obvious empirical outcome of whatever 5D chess the grand geniuses in the Kremlin that us simple minds cannot understand?
Novorossiysk is on fire, the Novovoronezh NPP is shut down by a NATO strike, drones fly all the way to Perm, and they are preparing mobile fire teams in Krasnoyarsk too.
Putin is not supposed to be mobilizing reservists to defend Krasnoyarsk from perpetual NATO bombardment.
He is supposed to use the immense power at this disposal to make sure that the next drone that crosses the Russian border is the last one ever to do it.
I think giving them the chance to coup him is a mistake. I doubt you’d get anybody seriously competent, but at least he’d know how to conduct a coup. If you take him out more than one person might apply for the job.
I don’t think the competent replacement theory is controlling here, though. More like some point of honor. Hard to believe Putin could think anything he does will be respected, but he does seem to keep trying.
I honestly don't think that they care which cock the hens choose to replace the current one - from the fox's perspectives they are all simply chickens and their fate is pre-determined.
I don't know why Joulani refuses to shake your hand, but he must have his reasons, which must be serious, that inspire terror. You might say he should have distanced himself from a Bandera supporter.
"And could any replacement be someone with a far more serious murder record?" I don't see how the replacement could commit more murders against the Ukrainian military population; they're already highly efficient industrialists. Nor do I see how a politician could be more effective than the military, who are themselves a bunch of bunglers. This is my analysis, and it remains just that: a war of survival between NABU/SAPO and the Green Goblin clan. The anti-corruption agencies, which in fact uphold the rules of corruption so that donors aren't harmed, found themselves under fire when the Goblin tried to hijack them for its own benefit. These agencies are not only funded and represent foreign interests but are also politicized at the national level. Those trying to overthrow the Green clan are the oligarchs, its former friends, whom the Goblin plundered, seizing their fortunes. It's just another oligarch story, the kind that's been going on since 1991. I don't believe in the myth that the West's goal is simply to replace one oligarch with another. The West is far too mediocre in its planning. The EU's motivation for continuing the war, in my opinion, is the same as that of the goblin and his clan: money, money. Europeans are just as corrupt as those in kyiv, except it's never talked about; it's taboo, forbidden. Anyone who does ends up before a judge and in jail or dead.
👀 citing the regulars, Trump is weak corrupted and easily manipulated. Come to think of it they were right all along and I, for once, was wrong.
My ego is crushed. I have no problem admitting that I am wrong and I have no reason to be particular patriotic or protective of Mother Russia besides it is my birthplace.
However, in my expert opinion - and I am on the massive fire penetration kind of spectrum, Russian leadership doesn't make many mistakes. They are normal ones. And just because they are lovely balanced you and me will have an opportunity to live another day, you know, with Skyfall, Epshtein files versa nuclear blackmail, target strikes on Venezuela or whatnot. Mother Russia was always a solution, not a problem.
Hello Elena. The game is not just the leaves of the tree. The branches, trunk and roots are all going into the wood chipper. I have started to accept that the basic reason why Russia, especially President Putin, seems so desperate to come to a deal with the US, is because if that is not possible, the legs of US power needs to be permanently removed. It will put an end to the US as it has been known, with great carnage to follow the fall. Well, we earned it.
I’m sure some would say he should be eager to do that. I just say that if he has to do it, he should get on with it. The first step has to be taking Ukraine off the board. Unlike some, I guess, I don’t see that happening with the fall of eastern Ukraine, much less with just the four oblasts. Of course things could change, but I don’t see this stopping before overt, explicit, direct war.
We have another GM here. No matter the issue, the problem and the answer is always Putin. LoL. Meanwhile, the world is on fire from direct US/Israel fire and not a single comment putting any responsibility on those corrupt Govt.'s Or how about the EU with the most ridiculous rhetoric that they do not have a 1% capability to back up, but that is all Putin's fault as well. With a world view like that, no wonder people sit on message boards (comment sections) with a very minimal amount of real information and make definitive statements.......
No, I am not GM. But, I will slow it down a bit for you. I used Putin specifically as a representation of the long term thinking of Russian leadership. They don´t do instant gratification. They plan very long term, as do the Chinese and they look at as many possible consequences to their actions as possible.
John, jsarnak was replying to Elena and referring to her -- not you. I think you make a very good point. One thing Russia for sure wants is stability in the world, not chaos.
Look at the long term changes between 1999 and 2025. Was Russia's strategic position improved or worsened?
In 1999 it was completely unimaginable for Russia to be subject to 24/7 bombardment, today it is the daily reality.
In 1999 Ukraine was a pro-Russian country and NATO was still only in Poland, Hungary and Czechia. Today fucking Kazakhstan is signing military-cooperation agreements with the British and launching drones into Russia, and Armenia of all places has turned anti-Russian and wants to join NATO.
Maybe if there had been a bit more short-term overreaction the long-term outcome would have been different?
I think you missed the news about what happened ´in Moscow 2 days after the meeting in the oval office with the ´stans´. It is important so, catch up on it.
Russia is much better off in any way imaginable than in 1999. They are handling themselves exceptionally well.
You welcome me to the blog??? John, really? I have been here for a long time and I also know how to reply to a post. As "bemused" stated, I was replying to Elena. I guess I should make a rude ignorant remark like you, should I slow that down?? SMH
Why take zelensky out when he creates so much chaos internally. He is a dimwitt that is corrupt, hated by his own people. He is off buying properties around the world. Why would the US allow him to buy a ranch in Wyoming? Russia is just watching the shitshow. What is the tactic: don't interfere when your enemy is destroying itself from within.
This is a war waged on Russia by the Western oligarchy using Ukrainian cannon fodder as the kamikaze to go against Russia, and the Ukrainian elite is the middlemen.
The least risky and damaging way to break up the scheme is by physically eliminating the Ukrainian oligarchy.
Also, Zelensky being corrupt does not mean is an ineffective ruler. Wake up and look at the real world for what it is. It's just laughable to claim that Ukraine is not competently run when we are about to enter the fifth year of the war in a few months and Putin still won't have captured even Kramatorsk. Which is because ethnic Russians have been so successfully brainwashed that they fight against the motherland to the last man and do not surrender.
Zelensky has been a much much more effective wartime leader than the absolute catastrophe that is Putin.
Zelensky is out there every day addressing the nation, defines clear maximalist goals, goes around the world to procure weapons, tries to keep spirits high, maintains strict patriotic internal discipline, with all means available, etc.
Meanwhile Putin:
1) Wasted completely the initial rise of patriotic sentiments from the start of the SMO.
2) Worse, it appears to have been a deliberate objective to dissipate that momentum, in order to break up the association between the current war and the GPW, because that violates the prime directive of Putinism, which is that everything must be done to make sure communism never comes back in any form
3) Has never defined clear maximalist goals and even the goals he does kind of define he is ready to compromise on. This after having betrayed the country on so many occasions in the past. Which creates a constant internal doubt and dread in society that all the effort will be for nothing once again because leadership will do another grad betrayal
4) Is rarely seen, even in times of acute crises. In fact, especially in such times -- when the Kursk invasion, the big attacks on Russian military bases in 2024, Operation Spiderweb, etc. happened Putin just disappeared, and then when he reappeared he pretended nothing major has happened. He should be doing nightly addresses to the Russian people and the world too, but instead he completely cedes the information space to the enemy. Which is, again, because of the prime directive of Putinism.
If you are looking for someone whose physical elimination will help his country it is not Zelensky, it is Putin.
GM always puts it in such an extreme way! Haha. I can't agree that Putin's elimination would help Russia, but there are things I wonder. Every so often I hear that the military is making all the military decisions, then I hear that Putin has laid down specific rules. I'd like to know who is really calling the shots from day to day. I can't tell to what extent Zelensky is helping morale versus to what extent troops keep fighting because Azov will murder them if they don't. I don't know whether Zelensky's radio shows help - they probably do more than they hurt, propaganda being what it is. It seems very unlikely to me that his buying ranches is having any detrimental effect on Ukraine.
Where I take issue with you is that Zelensky is not in control of this war, the west is, and Z is their chosen guy. Knock him out and you force another choice, and who would that be? It isn't clear, and it might precipitate a civil war. He's a very handy and cooperative conduit for foreign aid (minus 10% for the big guy, of course). Maybe someone else would be less cooperative. Maybe someone else would get fewer hugs from the western pedophiles and a little less cash. I think Russia needs to work very seriously at severing Ukraine's ties to the west, and starting with Zelenski, who himself is all for assassinations everywhere, would be an appropriate start. I just think that Putin doesn't believe civilized people do that, if he's the one stopping it from happening.
I am very protective of my mulberry tree and very aggressive towards any wires by internet provider that comes near it. Elena is a bot. Some sort of collective work from Dnepropetrovsk, she does not mean well. The fact that collective seems to overpower any decent exchange of opinions pains me.
Slang must have moved on again, WTF does "mulberry tree" mean to the youth of today? I finally found out why they kept putting images of eggplant up, ick.
Bless your heart, WTF is something I am asking myself every day and sometimes multiple times. For instance WTF with your potent comment, was it ageism, micro aggression or breakup in communication. AT&T is a shit-fairies, OK? Digging holes near the giant male mulberry tree, gaz lines, causing two gaz leaks per summer with first responders on site.
Sometimes, mulberry tree is a mulberry tree, without any secret connotations, metaphors or conspiracies.
I'm sad that we moved before our mulberry tree put out enough fruit to make wine with. Maybe the new owner will let us come and harvest next summer if I give her a bottle.
Now we are talking. Tell me more - what color of berries your girl mulberry tree has, the new owners ... some grumpy gardeners spray the trees to prevent them from having fruit...hoping they won't get that idea in their pretty heads. And since I am at my best behavior would you kindly expand on the concept of 🍷, and the recipe if possible.
It's a 'red mulberry', which for some reason means it has purple fruit. I make wine pretty much the same way that my dad, grandfather and great grandfather did, no hygrometer and just wild yeast. I'm assuming a 5 gallon batch of wine, for an example.
Pick berries, and leave them in a plastic bucket or ceramic crock covered with a clean cloth for 4-7 days. They'll start to ferment on their own, killing off any invading bacteria which would spoil it. Skim off any mold on the top and then squeeze out the berries through some cloth mesh. You'll want to do this outdoors
For blackberry wine I use a 1/1 mix of juice and sugar syrup, since mulberries are a stronger flavor I would go with 2/3, so for 5 gallons of wine it would be 2 gallons of juice and 3 gallons of syrup. Get the water boiling and then dissolve 2 pounds of sugar for each gallon of wine (for something like peach wine use less sugar since the fruit is so sweet). Pour the juice in a 5 gallon carboy FIRST (otherwise it doesn't mix right), then **VERY** carefully pour the syrup in. Syrup burns are nasty, don't get any on yourself! I made myself a big metal funnel I use, put down a tarp before starting, the process is messy.
Now the magic touch; take a handfull of the squeezed-out mash and drop it in the jug, it will give the yeast a place to reproduce. Now put a bubbler on it and leave it in a warm place where it won't be disturbed. When you can watch the bubbler for three minutes without seeing any activity it's ready to siphon out and bottle. I make my blackberry wine at the end of August and bottle it Thanksgiving weekend.
The result is a very sweet dessert wine with an amazingly high alcohol content. Enjoy!
Red berries turn purple and I have two "girls" with white berries.
And one "confused " male tree with female growth and purple berries at the bottom of its trunk. La scandalo.
God bless you and praise the Lord for your bloodline, you made my evening. It is the most beautiful text I have seen in weeks. Sounds complicated but I eventually figure it out, I always do.
And thank you for being that person who celebrates the change of seasons and having a love and respect for the land.
Please forgive me if you felt uncomfortable with my filing and profiling. Both accounts use rather strong language when it comes to Mother Russia, Olena - "disgusting ", "unforgivable" and there is a rather peculiar linguistics. Angry patriots, 5th column.. or a bot farm engaging in the vibrant commentary (the content is indeed vibrant)
I'm no shrinking violet:-) It's just so often to avoid a legit argument people use words "bot," "Putin agent" "troll," "anti-semite," or old-time fav "propaganda"
You are a beautiful and intelligent woman with encyclopedic knowledge on land-lease for instance among other things.
And I am actively apologizing to you but to you only. We have passed all the terms you mentioned above, many times over, хоть горшком назови, только в печку не ставь... according to my female intuition we still have wonderful conversations here. I 💪got a recipe for a mulberry wine down the reel.
Getting Ukranian slavs killed is a perk for them. The racial hatred is so deep that even when it is obvious that saving manpower for later is the play, they find excuses to throw the Ukies at the guns. Remember the "counteroffensive", should have been 3 weeks instead of 3 months.
The "western" pimpocracy has been in panic for a year or more. The problem is that because they represent the agreement of bunch of factions and because they are stupid, these so called leaders can only double down.
I think you are right. The west has initiative and is able to inflict destruction in Russia. The West has a huge escalation capacity while Russia cannot even defend it refineries. The west is not afraid and is easily going to escalate this war to a nuclear one.
I would just say that the west is being *allowed* to inflict destruction in Russia and that Russia could defend its refineries. It's making a strategic decision not to do so. That looks like a form of appeasement to me, and I think it increases the danger to everyone.
The corruption is built in. Zelensky is just the Ukrainian face of it at the moment. If he needs to be replaced to keep the revenue streams going he will be replaced. I think the author is wrong about Zelensky giving any orders... he is relaying orders from the CIA/Pentagon. It has nothing to do with Zelensky. It is about maintaining the Western narrative about the Russian being bogged down and suffering enormous losses for nothing.
I agree, although I wonder whether Z has any agentic role at all. Maybe here and there. But he is a symbol, and his elimination would have an impact, and they might have trouble finding another tool acceptable to all the western rulers. For a while, at least, there seemed to be a disagreement between EU/UK and the US over whether Zalushny would be a better tool. I don't know who the US would choose as a replacement if Z went down, but I agree with GM that if that choice was easy, the next guy could be taken out too until there was conflict or a void.
They knew this is 2021 via the Pandora Papers and did squat!! 😡So, it’s just much worse now!!
So, they provide a mothballed "reveal" as if it's "breaking news" like we don't know about the corruption.
“Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle” ~ October 3, 2021https://www.occrp.org/en/project/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-offshore-holdings-of-ukrainian-president-and-his-inner-circle
There is a web site that post the pictures of all the parties involved with both the Panama & Pandora Papers.
In all the talk about the ´Green Goblin´ and the corruption, I have not heard a word about peace. This too I agree with what Simplicius has suggested; it is all about how to continue the war, not stop it. Juxtaposed to photos of the warmth between Epstein and dancing Donald, what a world we are living in now. I just don´t have the energy to concoct a proper stream of expletives in response to the situation I view everyday. ............ and the band plays on.
Thank you for your efforts Simplicius. I hope you find solace now and then through you long trudge through it all.
Polish Prime Minister Tusk openly stated in an interview that EU unity requires a "common, clearly defined enemy." That was remarkably honest, but why is that?
"Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare and at least another $400 billion to complete."
"What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine?"
thomas röper, the owner of the anti-spiegel.ru was put on an eu sanctions list.
since that day his site has been subjected to constant hacking and ddos attacks by eu lackeys. thats why its sometimes unavailable. hes just a regular blogger in his kitchen, but the eu is scared shitless of him.
This has nothing to do with being unreachable...it's your browser's DNS setting that's generally configured...change it and everything will be fine.
If the Antispiegel website is blocked, it's due to your browser's DNS settings.
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Change these in your browser's properties (e.g., Chrome) or use Brave or Tor, and it will work.
By the way, you're being blocked because Antispiegel, or rather its operator Thomas Röber, is the first EU citizen to be openly sanctioned—meaning expropriated!
They do everything in public. They don´t know how to keep their mouths shut. Discretion and logic are not part of their vocabulary or comportment. In terms of political leadership, they are 3rd or 4th string. Such as these always show up to steer the ship in the end. It is done because they have no clue as to the consequences that are being created.
It's too easy to ALWAYS blame everything on Jews when you can't identify the real culprits.
Following the money applies here too... in conjunction with limited resources to which "the West" has access, or still has access.
The day isn't far off when the world powers will wage wars over water.
Just observe the geopolitics of the WEST... it's being denied more and more resources, or only at inflated prices.
What do you think will happen in Europe if winter brings sub-zero temperatures? Where will the gas and oil come from without Russian exports?
Gas storage facilities that are only 75% full would never be sufficient at 100% capacity in "normal" winters! Never without daily live deliveries of millions of cubic meters via N1 and Druzhba + pipeline through Ukraine + pipeline through Poland... every year in winter, storage levels dropped to as low as 12%.
Is this supposed to be replaced by LNG from Qatar or the USA? Where tankers turned back from Europe because Asia offered more than the EU was willing to pay.
In Ukraine, it's about raw materials and using Ukraine to weaken Russia.
Note: The USA has a vested interest in Europe wearing down Russia, while simultaneously supporting and building its own economy, and weakening the Russian economy under a war economy. Who will emerge strong in the end, and who weakened with depleted ammunition depots? Who will recover during this time and try to catch up technologically, at least with the Russians in terms of weapons technology, which they are about 15-20 years behind? Hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered aircraft, and something like the Hazelnut missile—now even in drone technology!
So the USA's motto (regardless of who comes after Trump) is: Europe must replace Ukraine in weakening Russia. And then they'll fall flat on their faces! This suits the US just fine, but if it's over... Russia will be weakened, the US might have recovered (which no one believes), and China will be the new enemy. BUT this opens up many opportunities for the US to seize resources from the weak, while the two strong powers, China and Russia, would be preoccupied with each other... Europe would be economically finished as a competitor.
WHO WOULD BE THE WINNER if the US is stirring up trouble in Europe behind the scenes?
Possible, but this theory doesn't explain everything... on the contrary, it only serves to conceal truths and declare simple answers as true.
The puzzle includes pieces that WE never get to see... From the election promises in Germany, where the new Chancellor did a complete 180 after his election and broke every single one... To the fact that the EU Commission wants to create a unified "European" state at any cost... from data collection to the EU defense plan (Ministry) to the abolition of the veto right, with financial sovereignty already almost entirely in Brussels, given the bankrupt EU states of Italy, France, Spain, etc. Without the ECB, their governments would be lost; Meloni quickly became the "best" democrat, Macron a slave of Germany, etc. Gaza is not only a crime but also served as a first-class distraction.
But it seems that the image of Jews as the enemy is being exploited to distract from the real masterminds.
I, for one, would remain in the background regarding opinions about how they ruthlessly exploit this image...offering them an enemy... Ever thought of that?
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Go to your browser's settings and change its DNS entry. Normally, you'll be offered other providers there. Cloudfare is what I use.
Alternatively, use Tor or Brave as your browser. For situations like this, I have Tor, Brave, and Firefox installed alongside Chrome (which is a system slave).
If you're using Chrome, make sure to regularly clear its cache; otherwise, it will cause inexplicable errors.
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The comment about Chrome being a slave to the political system was meant to be a reference to Chrome being a slave to the political system.
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Chrome makes its cache accessible outside the firewall... you probably didn't know that.
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As Caitlin Johnstone points out, while Epstein's links to Rump are the bright shinys in the MSM right now, the real story is the one they're very carefully *NOT* covering: the really extensive connections between him and Mossad. Yet another reason why when Israel says "Jump" our congresscritters say "How high?"
caused a bottleneck at customs control at Frankfurt Airport.
A "lady" of high society didn't answer the officers' questions, pretended to be deaf and mute, and refused to cooperate in any way.
After about 25 minutes, her husband appeared and apologized for his wife's behavior, saying:
"My wife doesn't talk to employees, you'll have to excuse that." Well, she was foolish enough to publicly display what she thinks of the civil servants.
But many in these circles think like this...they are above any state, but they're clever enough to do so quietly behind the scenes...but they always get their way. This is also because elected politicians have tainted pasts and are susceptible to blackmail. Trump, Meloni, Macron, Merz, Stahmer...are examples.
Yeah, Trump is not his own man. He was dumb enough to admit that recently, regarding what his donors demand he responds and gives them what they want.
My opinion on the Trumps´ status with Israel, the connection with Epstein and nefarious sexual behavior is being formed in light of three factors.
The first is photo evidence. They reveal a chummy relationship between the two. Supposedly he even met Epstein through his his current wife, number three I believe ( I am still waiting for more confirmation on that ). Notice their eyes and smiles intersect in photos of Trump and Epstein; like they know something other people don´t. The second is his personal reaction when confronted by his current predicament. That last photo shoot in the oval office was damning. He demonstrated the behavior of a coward when confronted about it. He averted his eyes to everyone in the press corps and tried to slime away from it in my book. He could not look anybody directly in the eye. So that is a very big fail. The third is he has gone full bonkers in terms of behavior since this last batch of emails was released. He is going after Greene and Massie in a manner that is vicious, with obvious unbridled fury. In Massie´s case, Trump is even going after his wife. He is completely out of control. I have personally been told by people who have strongly backed him to this point and that have been MAGA for a very long time, that they have been shocked by what he is doing and it has radically changed their view of him. He has screwed up.
When you talk about Epstein, you talk of Mossad. Trump is an extremely compromised individual, with that it was also most recently discussed last week that his real-estate holdings, such as Mar Lago were financed by private sources, which include Epstein. He is cornered at this point and going down in flames. .... and he deserves it.
Whatever happens in Kiev will be little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Both 404 and the combined west are in what chess players call zugzwang, whatever move they make will result in a worse outcome. Bringing in a new puppet dictator to escalate the war will not end well for 404 or NATO. Surrendering to all of Russia's demands will be the end of NATO and the EU, with nasty consequences for western currencies, economies and markets. Economic collapse could lead to violent insurgencies in many countries. The Fourth Turning in the US will be likely worse than Russia in the 1990s. What will emerge from the ruins? Only time will tell.
Zugzwang arises in chess because, while you are in a safe position as it is, you are forced by the rules to move, making a choice which allows the other player to seize an advantage. Ukraine is just in a bad position: they're losing now, and whatever they do won't keep them from losing.
I like the "rearranging the deck chairs" metaphor, though. Not much sense in doing that when larger powers are dictating the action that matters. I can't see them bringing a new guy in to surrender. Jullianne's comment about blame shifting seems most likely to me - that is, the move would be more directed to European politics than to anything in Kiev. In any case Ukraine will be destroyed. Or so it seems to me. (edited to correct reference to Jullianne's comment)
Umm... you do realize it is highly unlikely that anybody posting on comments sections as contentious as this one is likely to use an actual photograph of themselves as their avatar? Interesting, also, that you recognized that photo...
bemused probably did what any responsible person would have done before calling someone a bot: looked at my profile. The quality of conversation in this group has really declined to the point where anybody with a different idea is accused of being a bot, a paid subversive, or some form of idiot. Might as well be a bunch of liberals.
On the one hand it's refreshing to see someone have the courage to speak their mind without totally anonymizing themselves.
But on the other hand, well, it's commercially risky to mix political views with business by posting a link to your publishing persona in these comments. When it comes to the Western hate machine that's geared up against anybody who speaks anything but ill about Russia and Russians, the liberals and supposed conservatives are the same. They'll all do whatever they can to destroy you, your business, etc.
That reminds me of how many years ago during the first Bush presidency I was visiting San Francisco for some business reason or another and there was a wave of really creepy vandalism where liberals were trashing cars, setting them on fire sometimes, if they had a Bush or republican bumper sticker on them. It took all the will power I had to not succumb to the temptation to go out in the middle of the night with a bunch of Bush bumper stickers and stick them onto cars in deeply liberal neighborhoods...
Anyway, I think all of us here who like intelligent commentary are glad you're not a bot. And if you are a bot, you're our bot and we love you for your commentary.
Politicians HAVE to move, for optics. It creates the illusion of leadership and control of power. Even if half of their moves are reversals of previous moves. For example, POTUS #47, who uses schizophrenia as a management style.
I suppose, but the essence of Zugzwang is the irony of being forced to move from a good situation where every choice gives your opponent a lethal advantage that he didn’t have before you moved. Ukraine is being crushed now, and anything Z does will leave that unchanged, so zugwang is not the right analogy. Whatever else you think about the war, Ukraine faces annihilation no matter what Z does (assuming he won’t be allowed to negotiate and surrender).
You are on the money . We have a poker game where all the "western players" are now betting on credit . When the game is over it won't be pretty . Cheap energy is the necessity for prosperity .
I generally agree with your writing but, alas, I don't think the following will happen:
"Surrendering to all of Russia's demands will be the end of NATO and the EU, with nasty consequences for western currencies, economies and markets. "
Russia's demands are actually very good for NATO and the EU. The only thing that threatens NATO is losing a war with Russia that is fought within NATO countries. A total Russian defeat of the US/NATO initiative within Ukraine greatly reduces the likelihood of such a war within NATO countries themselves. At the same time NATO would spin such a defeat as proof positive that NATO countries should spend more on NATO. They'd circle the wagons and militarize yet further.
A total defeat of the US/NATO/EU in Ukraine would also free up funds and resources the EU is wasting on Ukraine. That would be good for the EU, as the funds they would spend on further militarization would be less than they are spending now on Ukraine. As with NATO, EU elites would circle the wagons, blaming Russia for everything and using Russia as a reason for their clampdowns on anything resembling democracy.
Finally, when Russia annihilates the Nazi regime in Kiev that will sink the giant Nazi aircraft carrier that has a Siamese twin connection to the EU, pumping Nazi filth into the EU. How that will play out is tough to predict, but it could result in far stronger Nazi parties in the EU as for the second time in less than a century Nazis that lost a war flee their homeland to sanctuaries abroad. But this time instead of fleeing to Paraguay and Argentina they'll flee to Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, England, Italy, Poland, and the like.
When they gain more power in Europe, they're not going to tolerate any violent insurgencies but will impose fascist discipline. That is a different sort of destruction of what the EU claims to be (but never has been), but it is not the total collapse of society into ruins.
Just saying, a decisive win for Russia in Ukraine does not automatically mean the collapse of NATO and the EU.
This european-propelled anti-corruption push is not so much about removing Z as the europeans working their socks off to reverse the stickiness of allegations that they have been funding Ukrainian oligarchs with public money, one way or another, (which allegations could come back to bite individuals if they lose power). Hence this theatre of action against corruption and, who knows, it might persuade foot draggers that they should back more funding for Ukraine through mechanisms that do not actually involve illegality and into which a whole tranche of dodgy stuff can be stuffed. Every one knows they cannot really use Russian assets (that is just how this is going to have to be spun domestically hiding the straightforward pocket picking of taxpayers).
So the pretence has to be hard-backed by undertakings from member states, meaning through their central banks, meaning through their taxpayers, to guarantee the loans-funds when the war goes belly up for europe. Most immediately, backing is needed- real backing- for those bad loans that were 'soft-secured' on the back of the Russian assets, or no debt is going to be rolled over for Ukraine, and that is the least of it. It is not about funding Ukraine any longer. It is about a whole load of people avoiding jail-time.
You might wonder how an anti-corruption drive now, protects individuals from allegations of misapplication of public funds back in the day. The defence to be run is: it happened when we were under pressure to act fast (bit like covid, that went OK) but as soon as we realised what was going on- and that took time as the essence of illegality is that it is concealed, we did all we could short of dumping Ukraine pronto, which we honestly and reasonably believed would have been wrong... blah.
All this said, there IS a growing head of steam from western backers to get rid of Zelenskiiy. This is being worked up as it becomes obvious that if and when Russia wins and elections have to occur in what is left of Ukraine, the gangsters who presided over the defeat, are not going to win, and there is a very real risk that Ukrainians are going to vote to join the RF. Hence the west needs to put someone up now whose hands are clean and who can be be spun as a new-blood leader of the people fighting for all good things- as opposed to the rotten old (current) bad people who can be dumped. (wash hands of)......
Indeed, this is all about disengaging from Ukraine with clean hands and possibly even gaining some degree of public support for finding and dealing with the corruption (and yes, we should not support such a corrupt country, so it is right that we back off).
It clearly shows that the West is now recognising its eventual loss and is preparing the political ground.
Victor, to me, going from the Rubio snippets, that looks like the direction of travel as far as his bosses in the US are concerned, and I don't mean DJT, rather than admitting their defence weapons are not fit for purpose and readily and expensively destroyed, Trump repeatedly claims they're the best in the Universe or some such nonsense. Coupled with the "We've run out thing to sanction" angle maybe a sign that America is going full on Pontius Pilate and washing its hands of the whole sordid affair and leaving it for Europe.
Spot on, Simon, although DJT will delight in fronting the uncovering of the whole stinking corrupt network ,landing (through the tombs of the undead- aka Biden et al) at european feet.
"It is about a whole load of people avoiding jail-time."
Yes, but who are the members of that illustrious group? Michael Corleone is just going to take out the 5 families and the "rest of us" will still be subject to ICE detention and poverty as the "mafia" (Anglo-American Oligarchy/"Deep State"/"Jewish Mob") reorganizes after their "move to Las Vegas".
Anyone remember the "devastation" that Michael Milken suffered after his enormous fraud? Did his partners go down with him or did they just "move on" to the next Ponzi scheme.
Simplicius provides outstanding analysis of Ukraine, but, let's be real here, this is just one of over a dozens scams being perpetrated on the so-called "free world" while the Imperialists move to reestablish their positions in the rest of the world. Or are they just strengthening their hand?
The Oligarchy has been scheming for control of the world for centuries. Our short attention spans of only decades prevents us from understanding the threat.
I will only say that the “Jewish mob” which some are now calling the “Zionist mob” because it is more politically correct, is playing an outsized role in the Empire. However, not every Jew is a member of the mob.
People are not seeing the criminal aspect of American imperialism which is right in front of them.
With the rise of Nick Fuentes I would suggest that we’re about to experience the equivalent of the corleone take out of the heads of the 5 families, except on an even broader scale. The anti Jewish movement is gaining coverts daily.
The “man behind the curtain “ in “The Wizard of Oz” is about to step forward and grant brains, courage, and a home. He will pay us on the head and we will “go home” while he plots his next move against us.
It’s not like it is one or the other. There are plenty of screw ups. But you have decided that only screw ups count. Are you really going to tell us Dick Cheney was “just a screw up”.
Maybe go to Quora and read the analysis of “The Godfather “. Were Vito and Michael “just screw ups”. Fredo was.
I’m not proposing that some SPECTER organization exists that all criminal elements in the world are loyal to. The members of the Oligarchy despise one another and will destroy one another if it is in their own interests. Still they have a common enemy— us.
But petty conspiracies amongst the mediocrities do tend to turn into cock ups even if they start out as Baldric style 'cunning plans.'
I am not a fan of the big conspiracy model where everything fits into it like everything proves the model of climate change or whatever. This is Icke-Brian Berletic territory and I am tired of both their grand unfoldings which are really portentous wishful thinking. That aside, the human mind has an innate preference for patterns and models. It is better to believe that those in charge are scheming demons, and not just terrified fools without a clue.
Yes, the West drags "anti-corruption drive" every time they're trying to pen the green goblin into a position they want, or just rattle his cage. It's either anti-corruption drive to look for the lost gazillions in Ukraine or "look look - space aliens." Public falls for a shiny ball every time...
As far as I am concerned you and Maria Zaharova are never wrong. And it is a thing with a Station, 👽, Venezuela or nuclear testing under the premises of foreign nation might have a kompromat like a film on the "most powerful man on Earth". You know the one heroically surviving a JFK ordeal, only to dutifully provide American bombs crushing the Sector Gaza. Speaking of collective responsibility.
BTW, if you want to have a thrill of your life, visit Alexander Dugin comments.
Last night was particularly lovely but was deleted as a hate speech.
After what happened to his daughter I simply don't give a damn about niceties. It is an all out "info" war. Take no prisoners, no-no -nonsense.
> Accepting Russian terms right now would be a win for both Ukrainians and Russians
We're way past any compromise. At this point Ukraine is Anti-Russia and nothing else. Only one side can win.
Ukraine was gifted independence, had a great starting position and wasted it completely over 30 years, proving that they incapable of building a viable state.
It would be a win for everybody, except the US weapons manufacturers and the Washington neocons who want hegemony over the whole of planer Earth. Unfortunately, their political power far outweighs that of the ordinary people in Europe and the USA combined.
Sitreps at Marat Khairullen's substack provide excellent detail of the terrain Russians must navigate with their offensive. The multiple rivers in the Guyaipole region are an excellent example. The tactical maps are superb, This links to the 14 November sitrep, https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-frontline-report-november-14th
There're rumors Zelensky won't return from his upcoming trip to Greece. An unmentioned reason for replacing Zelensky is to order a defensive withdrawal to save what remains of the Ukie military, although that's not very likely since the Nazis will likely take over.
There is value is leaving a tranche of trapped troops in a defined area as it inhibits certain bombing which would risk annihilating these people, not usually a concern to the enemy unless of course there are some real people there- as in NATO and CIA personnel.
Then there is the bonus ball of attracting in enemy elite units and kit in attempts to extract these real people, and the final prize of tracking them down and capturing them alive. which may have already happened, although the west cannot be sure as they are still receiving coms apparently from them.
Cause we had a Vogue photoshoot of Zaluzhnyj as Ike and you will never see the back of the skull of Zaluzhnyj. he was actively missing in action during Zaporozhya contranastup. Once you are democratically elected, your main purpose is that you deliver the victories with a prospect of the war won. But somehow you managed to let some Slavic men to escape while gifting your wife with rather over the top gifts as a token of wrong doings and she is a protezhe of the likes of long suffering Hillary Clinton. Nevermind, snitches get stiches, very much Jewish oligarch Kolomojsky who funded Azov is now a human rights activist. "our history is being destroyed by the Russians " in the same sentence or paragraph she was citing Nestor Makhno. the Fab extravaganza happened in the city of Mirnograd/Dimitrov - it was never about the spectacle rather then necessity. Kiev mayor has a couple of sons having a life in the West according to Maria Zaharova, and she is never wrong. my point exactly - none of that shitshow has any significance to the Western taxpayers. Proceed and be bold.
As the whorl turns, spins, whiplash, this way and that. The Sun will rise in the East and…set it the West. Takes as long as it takes. Ground feels slippery here, 42 degrees North, 123 West. The barn critters tell me so; something is afoot. A cold front, perhaps…ground hardens, ICE is forming in the stock troughs. Or perhaps another distraction. The Long Game…Eyes wide open, reviewing the I Ching. Old lady with a virtual kat. 🐈⬛❤️🇷🇺💙 PS: Thanks my pal; your prose is the wind thru the trees, Aspens, Poplars… specifically…🍁
Well why now, as corruption in Ukraine is hardly news? Changing Zel for say Zal will not make an iota of difference to Ukraine, except that children might be conscripted to die. Possibly this is designed for western publics, a new fresh approach to defeat the evil Putin? If so, then it would follow the playbook of PR and optics over reality. Maybe a distraction from the inevitable debacle that Ukraine policy is becoming. Yes it can go downhill from here... Western leaders must surely also be implicated in the corruption that flows from Ukraine. Maybe a warning shot that they too might follow the Zel path unless they play ball?
Last year sometime Zel talked about Ukraine getting nukes and other WMDs and I thought he was a dead man walking at that point. Well he is still clinging on by his finger tips - and I can't work out if he is a controlled tool, or a rogue proxy. He knows too much though. I am guessing that he won't be enjoying his looted billions in a peaceful retirement. No doubt his untimely demise will be blamed on the Putin.
"Western leaders must surely also be implicated in the corruption that flows from Ukraine..."
YES! Especially those from the USSA. This goes back at least to 2008. Vicky Nuland, Joe Bribem, BHO, and many members of CONgress who tried to impeach Trump 1.0 over his looking into corruption in Ukraine. The corruption has been with the willing participation, even direction, of the USSA. Putin/Russia MUST know this and they are holding onto this hole card for a reason I suspect... Chip
Revolting people revolting!
just say JEW - golden toilets like zion don too...
That sums it perfectly!
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>Russia has launched a new quiet mobilization that many have not heard of. This time it is a mobilization of reservists but only for the purpose of acting as anti-air troops on the Russian territory, to defend against UAVs targeting energy infrastructure:
Notice how on that map they have Krasnoyarsk in orange. Tyumen too. And Kaliningrad.
Which is an extremely ominous sign...
We're talking about this a couple hours after yet another attack that reached Perm and Udmurtia...
Yes , all extremely ominous for Russia(as ever) , nothing at all ominous for the green goblin and the ukies. All going fantastically well for them , not a worry in the world, only what the goblin and cronies will have for Xmas dinner in the Kremlin once they get there in a week or 2.
Cretin.
It's not a war between Ukraine and Russia, how many times do we have to go over this again and again and again?
It's a NATO war on Russia and Russia has been reduced to the same helpless state as Yugoslavia and Syria previously -- NATO attacks daily, Russia dares not fire a single shot back.
Russia dares not fire a single shot back? I got a little surprise let’s talk about Kiev at this very moment, seems Gaza has another cemetery in the making. It’s a war on NATO against NATO and Uncle Sam is too busy to keep their back, NATO’s backbone is getting atrophied more and more every day. They can go on a mission begging uncle Donald like his Syrian puppet to play some more basketball. Game over.
Not being argumentative here as I am not even an arm chair military strategist …but what shot should Russia take against the US here? Or. What would some of the possibilities be? Maybe we should have a target selection contest?
Seems to me it would have to be symbolic, non nuclear, zero or few casualties but demonstrative to the American public of what kind of serious shit is involved here. Taking out a carrier with 5000 of “our kids” gone would be stupid of course, and a pre announced demo on the Statue of Liberty would seem silly. But. Would Americans get really worked up by an Oreshnik double tap on Langley? Hmmm. Taking out some transatlantic (financial) cables a la Nordstream would have an effect…even better if they could knock out American internet for a week. No TikTok!? Scary! Tounge in cheek, but seriously: what’s the target?
You've appropriated the script from Netflix's "Zero-Day" haven't you.
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That show was based on the recently published book, Nuclear War: A Scenario. It is a 2024 non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-nominated American journalist Annie Jacobsen. A 'must' read.
Sorry John, don’t watch teevee but it sounds interesting!
Robert DeNiro is pretty good.
Then I recognized Jesse Plemons from Breaking Bad and WHOA, what a range of acting ability. His Breaking Bad character was a total psychopath and it came across. In Zero Day, he's just an ambitious jerk. Two totally different people.
I don't know if I'd recommend the show though. The plot is almost straight out of the crap you see happening everyday in America so there's no suspense.
OTOH maybe some people will get a clue when they see how Mullen treats Green with escalating torture and how Plemons character is murdered without any thought because he fails to carry out orders. To me, rather obvious plot points almost from the intro of their characters. The incompetence of the CIA/MI6 etc is as I would expect in real life.
Kind of like the staging of Trump's assassination attempt in PA.
Smybolically you order evacuation of the White House and Capitol Hill and take them out, saying that this is for what has already been done, and if there is no response, the matter is settled. The point is to reimpose deterrence through massive humiliation of the US.
Non-symbolically, and likely most effective, would be to start directly hitting the Western oligarchy in its mansions, for terminal destruction. So that they first, receive a payback for what they have done, and second, stop doing it.
The second option is also the most just one. You will kill some of their servants too, but overall it minimizes collateral damage.
Also, after Operation Spiderwen Putin should have come out and said "Russian military specialist will be arriving in US airbases to oversee the destruction of half of the US strategic bomber fleet, in order to restore the strategic balance and in order for you to receive some payback, Because you tried to take out all of ours. If you do not agree on doing that peacefully, we will destroy all of your strategic aviation on the ground, together with the bases and people in them, with tactical nukes". Then you actually do it.
The point is you need to strike at the source of the problem, not the proxy. The proxy nobody cares about, that is the whole point of using a proxy -- it is fully disposable.
Yeah, kind of like a raid on a military base far out in the Pacific. Nothing to get excited about. We didn't really need Pearl Harbor anyway. Nobody cared about that, right?
Operation Spiderweb was proportionally much worse than Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese attacked one of the US naval bases.
The US tried to destroy the whole strategic aviation and AWACS fleets of Russia.
And Putin did nothing.
"Directly hitting the Western oligarchy in its mansions, for terminal destruction", sounds good to me.
A little nuclear war never hurt anybody. Who needs the human race, anyway?
I assume Russia is very aware of the massive public opinion crisis if it hits a US asset directly.
A large % of Americans, who've been fed a heavy diet of Russia Bad and Ukraine is winning the war and Russia is a gas station w/nukes, would demand military action against Russia, as the msm would paint it as Russa Incrediblly Evil. And Trump, ever the showman, might well give them what they want.
My fear exactly!
That makes sense, and I've always thought so, but how do you account for the extremely lackadaisical and tolerant view of Russians as the US attacks it? I would have thought that unthinkable, too. I guess people on this site, for example, are so complacent because they think they are winning as it is and don't want to stir the hornet's nest, but I think most Americans think we are winning too, and nobody beats American complacency.
Of course it would offend us to the core if we were attacked, and there would be demands for retaliation which might well be heeded, although, again, after the farce of Iranian replies to American bombing, and current Russian complacence, my sense of popular anger forcing the hands of military people is not so certain.
Why are only Americans allowed to have Pearl Harbor moments?
See my other post. You are falling into the West's narrative. Russia doesn't have to do drastic changes because they are winning. You are focusing on the steps the CIA/Pentagon want to happen to change the dynamics of the war. This is their narrative you are grasping at and asking questions about. This isn't Russia's narrative. I agree with some of the other posters that GM is a bad actor. What their narrative is trying to produce is either a Russian over reaction to shore up support for the war or to lay the groundwork for a believable false flag attack they can blame on Russia to provide the same outcome. Listen to Lavrov's public statements and you can also go to Russian government's webpage and read all of Putin's major speeches translated directly to English to understand the Russian narrative. If you only absorb Western narratives you are going to be confused a lot.
The point is to get Russia to target a NATO country... hence all the false flags circulating around too. The Neocons want Russia to attack a NATO country to scare the public, drive support among the populations, and expand the war. They particularly would like Poland and Romania to supply the next group of cannon fodder. The longer range drone strikes in Russia are just for show. They have to carry fuel instead of more explosives. That is why they had to sneak them into cargo containers for their one successful operation. Notice how nobody in the west follows up with any damage assessments. Not even for shorter range strikes. The West is the king of propaganda and narrative control. So we already have the Russia is attacking the NATO countries with drones (we must expand the war!) And also the Putin is weak and terrified to strike the mighty NATO countries (to foment dissent in Moscow and get them to do something stupid and if not ... just as well make a false flag attack look like a desperate Russia did something stupid) happening at the same time. Think about this... Russia is both flooding NATO airspaces with drones while simultaneously being too scared to strike back at NATO. This is 1984 Orwell doublespeak. The CIA and Pentagon used it as a how to manual
So you are running a refurbishment of the old tried and tested: 'forget the actual war Russia is winning and is reaching denouement time. Just look at this phantom war Russia is losing!
Fabrications like this can run and run. But to what end? Another western attempt to frighten Russia to the table to do an eleventh hour deal to save western interests? That pig has flown.
Yes. Agree. On a worrying note the false narrative also lays the groundwork for a successful false flag. See a desperate Russia did this terrible thing!
"Russia has been reduced to the same helpless state as Yugoslavia and Syria previously" LOL man you really are a closet russophobic Bandera fangirl.
You live in an alternative reality if you think Russia is anything like Yugoslavia and Syria.
You are right. This was a really absurd statement.
Sometimes our friend, let me put it that way, compares the SMO in Ukraine to the II WW, now Russia is the new Syria.
Thrilled awaiting what comes next as an argument.
"Our friend." He's not our friend, but the forum's mascot. He looks like nothing special, but who cares? You need clowns in a discussion forum to liven things up.
1) The SMO is a continuation of WWII. What happened in the last months of WWII? The UK and the US allied with the remaining Nazis and came to rescue them, and had the war not concluded in mid-1945, they would have then attacked the USSR. Now that alliance is doing it.
2) Russia is indeed the new Syria. Syria actually had very substantial military capabilities to fight back, it didn't use them, it allowed itself to be bombed and invaded, and it gradually lost those capabilities while its society was completely demoralized by it all.
The same process is unfolding in Russia now.
You are still full of hot air, Have you seen the amount of glide bombs, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and even hypersonic missiles Russia launches towards Ukraine? compared that to the amount the Nafo collective launches towards Russia. The damage the Russians are taking does not compare to the damage the nafo collective takes in Ukraine.
Another completely false narrative. Assad spurned greater economic ties with Iran and Russia to attempt a new Arab league like his father had with Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Mainly negotiated with Egypt though. Egypt also promised a detente with the US if he agrees. Economic aid was promissed. Never received. When Assad couldn't pay his military anymore Putin told Assad to make peace with Turkey and negotiate with Turkey. Assad refused and an unpaid military isn't going to fight for you. This is why Russia stopped fighting. The US would have been happy to get them bogged down in another guerilla war but they wisely stopped. Erdogan also publically stated he didn't want this. He wanted to negotiate but Assad refused. I believe him in this. He didn't want Israel and the US to get the upper hand and lose control of Syrian airspace to the US and Israel. This is exactly what happened but he settled for greater influence in Northern Syria and a loss of Syrian airspace since Assad wouldn't negotiate a power sharing agreement. Erdogan is a better leader then people give him credit for. He is a middle power trying to expand Turkey's influence. He plays the US and Russia off each other in this game. People who think he is just going to do the Pentagon's bidding in the Caucuses and central Asia are in for a rude surprise just like they were with Modi and India. As a post note Assad's decisions weren't completely foolish either. Syria's more recent good years were with a stronger Arab league and it is a Sunni Arab majority country. His mistake was trusting El Sisi who works for the CIA/Pentagon.
Paid troll
only that Russia is winning the war without baiting the NATO provocations for a larger war. The Russian strategy proved just perfect.
Please explain to us LI5, how Russia isn't fighting back?
What would you suggest? A nuclear attack on Washington?
Are you a member of some evangelical Christian cult pushing for the end of the world?
I note that the US isn't directly firing weapons into Russia.
Nick Fuentes is the new Charlie Kirk, Tucker Carlson has switched sides, the fascists are about to take over the USA.
Then, Russia can sit back and watch America destroy itself.
Apparently, dude si from Serbia and is butthurt because of all those libtard Rus twats that fled there and now thinks everybody in Russia is like them.
Keeps repeating "Putler afraid", and cannot think of anything else but Tuscany that Putler craves ;)
>What would you suggest? A nuclear attack on Washington?
Not that yet, but you have to start striking at the West directly.
The most painful and deterrence imposing approach would be to start taking out the Western oligarchy in its mansions and skyscrapers.
Well. I don’t think we need Russia to do that. We have Luigi.
If someone takes out a Russian oligarch, I would assume CIA.
But I don’t think Luigi was a Russian operative. Maybe like Jack Ruby a member of the Jewish mob. But most likely a tormented soul. Braver than the rest of us.
Luigi killed one relatively minor in the grand scheme of things healthcare exec, who had nothing to do with the war.
You need to kill dozens and hundreds of the top Western oligarchs to make it stop. For that you need a serious organized force. Yes, FPV drones operated on the ground are a great tool, but a lot of these people live in rather inacessible mansions that will need missiles.
Suggested edit: (Verb tense)
"Now, Russia is sitting back to watch America destroy itself."
At the rate we're going...
Well, I don't see Russia sitting back yet.
The US though is coming apart at the seams -- as I imagine the US to be.
The majority of the Oligarchy though is probably quite happy with the way things are going at the moment. They seem to truly believe that Russia will collapse "any day now".
The Fascists are quite active, but they haven't totally taken over. I may be naive to think that Americans will negatively react to the situation when it becomes so starkly obvious.
OK, I am that naive. If I'm wrong, Russia won't be able to sit back at all but rather take much more aggressive action in alliance with China and India and the rest of BRICS. How each nation may choose to engage in WWIII I don't think can be determined at this point.
Hell, we may all die in a nuclear holocaust before most of us figure out what's going on. I'm just trying to be optimistic.
You are right. Russia is frightened. They would never respond to attacks from the NATO side, even the nuclear one.
Putin and is oligarchs still dream about visiting Toscana and Paris.
The Russian elite is so subservient to Europe.
Are you courageously protesting the lifting of protected status of GS building in BG?
All the psychiatrists in the city really refused to treat you as a patient?
Ukraine is winning , NATO is winning, Russia is being destroyed blah blah.
Obviously can’t read a battlefield map. Either that or looking at it upside down from the Ukrainian riveria in Bali.
Greetings and salutations. Under your watch we have two bots kissing each other in the gums- so called GM and Elena, do something.
Satire requires fools . It doesn’t exist without them and those 2 are barely passable examples of the species
Lord Byron is out. That romantic poet has a Mazeppa poem. totally inappropriate at this time and age.
Incoherent waffle
Don't be so mean to GM. It's cruel to mock the afflicted ;)
One his bum-chums like Mikey will be along to defend their bestie in due course.
"Notice how on that map they have Krasnoyarsk in orange. Tyumen too. And Kaliningrad.
Which is an extremely ominous sign..."
Why? Because it anticipates further attacks by the west with still more impunity?
Indeed. The most ominous sign since the great Ukrainian warrior oxymoronic the ominous , ominously evacuated large areas , while ominously defeating Russia in the Great Patriotic neo con war being fought in the empty steppes your tiny brain
Correct.
Do you see them preparing mobile fireteams in DC or NYC? No, because they expect any attack to be the first and last.
Meanwhile this the new normal in Russia, with no prospects of it ever stopping, because what would make it stop is not even a political objective.
GM wanting us to believe that it is actually RUSSIA which is on the verge of evacuation. Who does he work for?
Yeah, the troll is so tiring.
Soon it will be trolling for shitrael, once the SMO is wrapped up.
I wonder why kyiv bothers with these strikes, it doesn't even give you the beginning of a micro-erection.
The green goblin is a very short(micro) man. It’s as good as he gets.
I still haven't heard anybody from the west talking about negotiation or finding a peaceful resolution, so it seems that replacing Z would be for some cosmetic purpose. Why allow the west to make that decision on their own timing? If there were a clear choice, he might already be in. If there's not, forcing them to make the decision under pressure seems only logical.
It is nice to hear a little panic from the war mongers, ngl, but damn, they're still cold. They still mean to go on to the last Ukrainian it seems to me.
>Why allow the west to make that decision on their own timing
Well, we've discussed this issue endlessly, so there isn't much to add.
I will just once again point out the fallacy of the competent replacement -- you see this ridiculous argument all the time that Russia doesn't take Zelensky out because he is a clown and then someone competent would replace him. Well, OK, but then you take the replacement out too, and the replacement of the replacement, and so on.
Moreover, you have perfect legal justification to do it -- these will not be legal heads of state anymore, after all Zelensky himself currently is an usurper, and what does that make whoever then coups him with and takes his place without an election?
But then Putin is the man who recognized the post-Maidan regime as legitimate, and also shook hands with Jolani, so...
Yes everything is simple to simple minds like yours.
No offense intended lol
And what is the obvious empirical outcome of whatever 5D chess the grand geniuses in the Kremlin that us simple minds cannot understand?
Novorossiysk is on fire, the Novovoronezh NPP is shut down by a NATO strike, drones fly all the way to Perm, and they are preparing mobile fire teams in Krasnoyarsk too.
Well IF all that is the case, then it's a smart move to mobilize reservists to add to the defense of civilian targets from Ukies UAV attacks.
They do love to kill civilians..
It's a Nazi (and Zionazi) thing, I guess. Sick bastards
Putin is not supposed to be mobilizing reservists to defend Krasnoyarsk from perpetual NATO bombardment.
He is supposed to use the immense power at this disposal to make sure that the next drone that crosses the Russian border is the last one ever to do it.
LOL, we're talking 1000's of Km of border.
You'd need 100's of Pantsirs or similar to do that
Not practical, or wise use of resources, lol
But hey, they could just put shields up around the whole country! that would do it, LMAO
Is that you, Denis? lol
Haha, yeh where is Denis?
I think giving them the chance to coup him is a mistake. I doubt you’d get anybody seriously competent, but at least he’d know how to conduct a coup. If you take him out more than one person might apply for the job.
I don’t think the competent replacement theory is controlling here, though. More like some point of honor. Hard to believe Putin could think anything he does will be respected, but he does seem to keep trying.
And the trains are still running.
I honestly don't think that they care which cock the hens choose to replace the current one - from the fox's perspectives they are all simply chickens and their fate is pre-determined.
Who is the fox? The US? or the Russians?
One's answer to that question might well indicate where they stand.
Maybe I should have asked who the "they" is you don't think cares. It didn't occur to me that they was neither US nor Russia.
of course, the last and foremost blame goes to... PUTIN ! Who does GM works for ?
mossad
LOL
I don't know why Joulani refuses to shake your hand, but he must have his reasons, which must be serious, that inspire terror. You might say he should have distanced himself from a Bandera supporter.
"And could any replacement be someone with a far more serious murder record?" I don't see how the replacement could commit more murders against the Ukrainian military population; they're already highly efficient industrialists. Nor do I see how a politician could be more effective than the military, who are themselves a bunch of bunglers. This is my analysis, and it remains just that: a war of survival between NABU/SAPO and the Green Goblin clan. The anti-corruption agencies, which in fact uphold the rules of corruption so that donors aren't harmed, found themselves under fire when the Goblin tried to hijack them for its own benefit. These agencies are not only funded and represent foreign interests but are also politicized at the national level. Those trying to overthrow the Green clan are the oligarchs, its former friends, whom the Goblin plundered, seizing their fortunes. It's just another oligarch story, the kind that's been going on since 1991. I don't believe in the myth that the West's goal is simply to replace one oligarch with another. The West is far too mediocre in its planning. The EU's motivation for continuing the war, in my opinion, is the same as that of the goblin and his clan: money, money. Europeans are just as corrupt as those in kyiv, except it's never talked about; it's taboo, forbidden. Anyone who does ends up before a judge and in jail or dead.
👀 citing the regulars, Trump is weak corrupted and easily manipulated. Come to think of it they were right all along and I, for once, was wrong.
My ego is crushed. I have no problem admitting that I am wrong and I have no reason to be particular patriotic or protective of Mother Russia besides it is my birthplace.
However, in my expert opinion - and I am on the massive fire penetration kind of spectrum, Russian leadership doesn't make many mistakes. They are normal ones. And just because they are lovely balanced you and me will have an opportunity to live another day, you know, with Skyfall, Epshtein files versa nuclear blackmail, target strikes on Venezuela or whatnot. Mother Russia was always a solution, not a problem.
Since Zelenskii makes no decisions, his competence is irrelevant.
Hello Elena. The game is not just the leaves of the tree. The branches, trunk and roots are all going into the wood chipper. I have started to accept that the basic reason why Russia, especially President Putin, seems so desperate to come to a deal with the US, is because if that is not possible, the legs of US power needs to be permanently removed. It will put an end to the US as it has been known, with great carnage to follow the fall. Well, we earned it.
I wish you a good weekend.
I’m sure some would say he should be eager to do that. I just say that if he has to do it, he should get on with it. The first step has to be taking Ukraine off the board. Unlike some, I guess, I don’t see that happening with the fall of eastern Ukraine, much less with just the four oblasts. Of course things could change, but I don’t see this stopping before overt, explicit, direct war.
We have another GM here. No matter the issue, the problem and the answer is always Putin. LoL. Meanwhile, the world is on fire from direct US/Israel fire and not a single comment putting any responsibility on those corrupt Govt.'s Or how about the EU with the most ridiculous rhetoric that they do not have a 1% capability to back up, but that is all Putin's fault as well. With a world view like that, no wonder people sit on message boards (comment sections) with a very minimal amount of real information and make definitive statements.......
No, I am not GM. But, I will slow it down a bit for you. I used Putin specifically as a representation of the long term thinking of Russian leadership. They don´t do instant gratification. They plan very long term, as do the Chinese and they look at as many possible consequences to their actions as possible.
Fare thee well Jsarnak. Welcome to the blog.
John, jsarnak was replying to Elena and referring to her -- not you. I think you make a very good point. One thing Russia for sure wants is stability in the world, not chaos.
Long term you say...
Look at the long term changes between 1999 and 2025. Was Russia's strategic position improved or worsened?
In 1999 it was completely unimaginable for Russia to be subject to 24/7 bombardment, today it is the daily reality.
In 1999 Ukraine was a pro-Russian country and NATO was still only in Poland, Hungary and Czechia. Today fucking Kazakhstan is signing military-cooperation agreements with the British and launching drones into Russia, and Armenia of all places has turned anti-Russian and wants to join NATO.
Maybe if there had been a bit more short-term overreaction the long-term outcome would have been different?
I think you missed the news about what happened ´in Moscow 2 days after the meeting in the oval office with the ´stans´. It is important so, catch up on it.
Russia is much better off in any way imaginable than in 1999. They are handling themselves exceptionally well.
Cheers.
You welcome me to the blog??? John, really? I have been here for a long time and I also know how to reply to a post. As "bemused" stated, I was replying to Elena. I guess I should make a rude ignorant remark like you, should I slow that down?? SMH
Why take zelensky out when he creates so much chaos internally. He is a dimwitt that is corrupt, hated by his own people. He is off buying properties around the world. Why would the US allow him to buy a ranch in Wyoming? Russia is just watching the shitshow. What is the tactic: don't interfere when your enemy is destroying itself from within.
This is a war waged on Russia by the Western oligarchy using Ukrainian cannon fodder as the kamikaze to go against Russia, and the Ukrainian elite is the middlemen.
The least risky and damaging way to break up the scheme is by physically eliminating the Ukrainian oligarchy.
Also, Zelensky being corrupt does not mean is an ineffective ruler. Wake up and look at the real world for what it is. It's just laughable to claim that Ukraine is not competently run when we are about to enter the fifth year of the war in a few months and Putin still won't have captured even Kramatorsk. Which is because ethnic Russians have been so successfully brainwashed that they fight against the motherland to the last man and do not surrender.
Zelensky has been a much much more effective wartime leader than the absolute catastrophe that is Putin.
Zelensky is out there every day addressing the nation, defines clear maximalist goals, goes around the world to procure weapons, tries to keep spirits high, maintains strict patriotic internal discipline, with all means available, etc.
Meanwhile Putin:
1) Wasted completely the initial rise of patriotic sentiments from the start of the SMO.
2) Worse, it appears to have been a deliberate objective to dissipate that momentum, in order to break up the association between the current war and the GPW, because that violates the prime directive of Putinism, which is that everything must be done to make sure communism never comes back in any form
3) Has never defined clear maximalist goals and even the goals he does kind of define he is ready to compromise on. This after having betrayed the country on so many occasions in the past. Which creates a constant internal doubt and dread in society that all the effort will be for nothing once again because leadership will do another grad betrayal
4) Is rarely seen, even in times of acute crises. In fact, especially in such times -- when the Kursk invasion, the big attacks on Russian military bases in 2024, Operation Spiderweb, etc. happened Putin just disappeared, and then when he reappeared he pretended nothing major has happened. He should be doing nightly addresses to the Russian people and the world too, but instead he completely cedes the information space to the enemy. Which is, again, because of the prime directive of Putinism.
If you are looking for someone whose physical elimination will help his country it is not Zelensky, it is Putin.
You are beyond stupid to make a comment like Zelensky being a better war time leader than Putin.
You've just exposed the actual level of stupid that your mindless hatred of Putin has brought you to.
Your analysis is completely irrelevant at this point.
Yes indeed. If only the Russians had a president like Zelensky, then they'd be winning just like Ukraine is. *swoon*
GM always puts it in such an extreme way! Haha. I can't agree that Putin's elimination would help Russia, but there are things I wonder. Every so often I hear that the military is making all the military decisions, then I hear that Putin has laid down specific rules. I'd like to know who is really calling the shots from day to day. I can't tell to what extent Zelensky is helping morale versus to what extent troops keep fighting because Azov will murder them if they don't. I don't know whether Zelensky's radio shows help - they probably do more than they hurt, propaganda being what it is. It seems very unlikely to me that his buying ranches is having any detrimental effect on Ukraine.
Where I take issue with you is that Zelensky is not in control of this war, the west is, and Z is their chosen guy. Knock him out and you force another choice, and who would that be? It isn't clear, and it might precipitate a civil war. He's a very handy and cooperative conduit for foreign aid (minus 10% for the big guy, of course). Maybe someone else would be less cooperative. Maybe someone else would get fewer hugs from the western pedophiles and a little less cash. I think Russia needs to work very seriously at severing Ukraine's ties to the west, and starting with Zelenski, who himself is all for assassinations everywhere, would be an appropriate start. I just think that Putin doesn't believe civilized people do that, if he's the one stopping it from happening.
I am very protective of my mulberry tree and very aggressive towards any wires by internet provider that comes near it. Elena is a bot. Some sort of collective work from Dnepropetrovsk, she does not mean well. The fact that collective seems to overpower any decent exchange of opinions pains me.
Good catch.
Um, "mulberry tree"?
Slang must have moved on again, WTF does "mulberry tree" mean to the youth of today? I finally found out why they kept putting images of eggplant up, ick.
Bless your heart, WTF is something I am asking myself every day and sometimes multiple times. For instance WTF with your potent comment, was it ageism, micro aggression or breakup in communication. AT&T is a shit-fairies, OK? Digging holes near the giant male mulberry tree, gaz lines, causing two gaz leaks per summer with first responders on site.
Sometimes, mulberry tree is a mulberry tree, without any secret connotations, metaphors or conspiracies.
Ah.
"Honi soit qui mal y pense"
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I really WAS hoping it was something at least mildly kinky...
Mmmm . . . mulberries . . .
I'm sad that we moved before our mulberry tree put out enough fruit to make wine with. Maybe the new owner will let us come and harvest next summer if I give her a bottle.
Now we are talking. Tell me more - what color of berries your girl mulberry tree has, the new owners ... some grumpy gardeners spray the trees to prevent them from having fruit...hoping they won't get that idea in their pretty heads. And since I am at my best behavior would you kindly expand on the concept of 🍷, and the recipe if possible.
It's a 'red mulberry', which for some reason means it has purple fruit. I make wine pretty much the same way that my dad, grandfather and great grandfather did, no hygrometer and just wild yeast. I'm assuming a 5 gallon batch of wine, for an example.
Pick berries, and leave them in a plastic bucket or ceramic crock covered with a clean cloth for 4-7 days. They'll start to ferment on their own, killing off any invading bacteria which would spoil it. Skim off any mold on the top and then squeeze out the berries through some cloth mesh. You'll want to do this outdoors
For blackberry wine I use a 1/1 mix of juice and sugar syrup, since mulberries are a stronger flavor I would go with 2/3, so for 5 gallons of wine it would be 2 gallons of juice and 3 gallons of syrup. Get the water boiling and then dissolve 2 pounds of sugar for each gallon of wine (for something like peach wine use less sugar since the fruit is so sweet). Pour the juice in a 5 gallon carboy FIRST (otherwise it doesn't mix right), then **VERY** carefully pour the syrup in. Syrup burns are nasty, don't get any on yourself! I made myself a big metal funnel I use, put down a tarp before starting, the process is messy.
Now the magic touch; take a handfull of the squeezed-out mash and drop it in the jug, it will give the yeast a place to reproduce. Now put a bubbler on it and leave it in a warm place where it won't be disturbed. When you can watch the bubbler for three minutes without seeing any activity it's ready to siphon out and bottle. I make my blackberry wine at the end of August and bottle it Thanksgiving weekend.
The result is a very sweet dessert wine with an amazingly high alcohol content. Enjoy!
Red berries turn purple and I have two "girls" with white berries.
And one "confused " male tree with female growth and purple berries at the bottom of its trunk. La scandalo.
God bless you and praise the Lord for your bloodline, you made my evening. It is the most beautiful text I have seen in weeks. Sounds complicated but I eventually figure it out, I always do.
And thank you for being that person who celebrates the change of seasons and having a love and respect for the land.
How about refraining from labeling people?
Please forgive me if you felt uncomfortable with my filing and profiling. Both accounts use rather strong language when it comes to Mother Russia, Olena - "disgusting ", "unforgivable" and there is a rather peculiar linguistics. Angry patriots, 5th column.. or a bot farm engaging in the vibrant commentary (the content is indeed vibrant)
I'm no shrinking violet:-) It's just so often to avoid a legit argument people use words "bot," "Putin agent" "troll," "anti-semite," or old-time fav "propaganda"
You are a beautiful and intelligent woman with encyclopedic knowledge on land-lease for instance among other things.
And I am actively apologizing to you but to you only. We have passed all the terms you mentioned above, many times over, хоть горшком назови, только в печку не ставь... according to my female intuition we still have wonderful conversations here. I 💪got a recipe for a mulberry wine down the reel.
Getting Ukranian slavs killed is a perk for them. The racial hatred is so deep that even when it is obvious that saving manpower for later is the play, they find excuses to throw the Ukies at the guns. Remember the "counteroffensive", should have been 3 weeks instead of 3 months.
The "western" pimpocracy has been in panic for a year or more. The problem is that because they represent the agreement of bunch of factions and because they are stupid, these so called leaders can only double down.
I think you are right. The west has initiative and is able to inflict destruction in Russia. The West has a huge escalation capacity while Russia cannot even defend it refineries. The west is not afraid and is easily going to escalate this war to a nuclear one.
I would just say that the west is being *allowed* to inflict destruction in Russia and that Russia could defend its refineries. It's making a strategic decision not to do so. That looks like a form of appeasement to me, and I think it increases the danger to everyone.
The corruption is built in. Zelensky is just the Ukrainian face of it at the moment. If he needs to be replaced to keep the revenue streams going he will be replaced. I think the author is wrong about Zelensky giving any orders... he is relaying orders from the CIA/Pentagon. It has nothing to do with Zelensky. It is about maintaining the Western narrative about the Russian being bogged down and suffering enormous losses for nothing.
I agree, although I wonder whether Z has any agentic role at all. Maybe here and there. But he is a symbol, and his elimination would have an impact, and they might have trouble finding another tool acceptable to all the western rulers. For a while, at least, there seemed to be a disagreement between EU/UK and the US over whether Zalushny would be a better tool. I don't know who the US would choose as a replacement if Z went down, but I agree with GM that if that choice was easy, the next guy could be taken out too until there was conflict or a void.
They knew this is 2021 via the Pandora Papers and did squat!! 😡So, it’s just much worse now!!
So, they provide a mothballed "reveal" as if it's "breaking news" like we don't know about the corruption.
“Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle” ~ October 3, 2021https://www.occrp.org/en/project/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-offshore-holdings-of-ukrainian-president-and-his-inner-circle
There is a web site that post the pictures of all the parties involved with both the Panama & Pandora Papers.
2021: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/power-players/
2016!!!! : https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/the-power-players/
They were too busy focusing on Putler, that wasn't even in the papers.
According to a former Ukrainian diplomat in exile, Green Goblin is richer than Taco. Maybe not, but he's a multi-billionaire, that's for sure.
In all the talk about the ´Green Goblin´ and the corruption, I have not heard a word about peace. This too I agree with what Simplicius has suggested; it is all about how to continue the war, not stop it. Juxtaposed to photos of the warmth between Epstein and dancing Donald, what a world we are living in now. I just don´t have the energy to concoct a proper stream of expletives in response to the situation I view everyday. ............ and the band plays on.
Thank you for your efforts Simplicius. I hope you find solace now and then through you long trudge through it all.
Why the EU desperately needs Russia as an enemy
Polish Prime Minister Tusk openly stated in an interview that EU unity requires a "common, clearly defined enemy." That was remarkably honest, but why is that?
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https://anti-spiegel.ru/2025/warum-die-eu-unbedingt-den-feind-russland-braucht/
Thanks for sharing Jurgen, that's an eye opener, and goes to confirm that any aspirations towards achieving "Peace" is entirely imaginary. :-(
"Federalizing the EU, not the political fantasy of defeating Russia, is the real goal, which requires another four years of proxy warfare and at least another $400 billion to complete."
"What’s The Real Reason Why The Economist Wants Europe To Spend $400 Billion More On Ukraine?"
https://korybko.substack.com/p/whats-the-real-reason-why-the-economist
1. Europe is full of Russiaphobes
2. The Govts. are not working.
the JEW controls the EU
An archived version of the article which can be translated to English
https://archive.ph/2C6YE
Thanks for that link. For some reason I was unable to open Juergen's link to 'Anti Spiegel'. I got a 'you are blocked' message.
So did I. That’s why I looked for it in the archive.
thomas röper, the owner of the anti-spiegel.ru was put on an eu sanctions list.
since that day his site has been subjected to constant hacking and ddos attacks by eu lackeys. thats why its sometimes unavailable. hes just a regular blogger in his kitchen, but the eu is scared shitless of him.
great journalist if u ask me.
This has nothing to do with being unreachable...it's your browser's DNS setting that's generally configured...change it and everything will be fine.
If the Antispiegel website is blocked, it's due to your browser's DNS settings.
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Change these in your browser's properties (e.g., Chrome) or use Brave or Tor, and it will work.
By the way, you're being blocked because Antispiegel, or rather its operator Thomas Röber, is the first EU citizen to be openly sanctioned—meaning expropriated!
'nothing to do with being unreachable' thomas röper himself admitted that his site was temporary unavailable multiple times bc of hacking attempts.
and i mention the eu sanctions in my first line.
Thanks for the link, John. Just realized that I was already following anti-Spiegel on X.
They do everything in public. They don´t know how to keep their mouths shut. Discretion and logic are not part of their vocabulary or comportment. In terms of political leadership, they are 3rd or 4th string. Such as these always show up to steer the ship in the end. It is done because they have no clue as to the consequences that are being created.
I wish a good weekend to you.
because their jew masters want to destroy Russia - the last powerful white christian nation
It's too easy to ALWAYS blame everything on Jews when you can't identify the real culprits.
Following the money applies here too... in conjunction with limited resources to which "the West" has access, or still has access.
The day isn't far off when the world powers will wage wars over water.
Just observe the geopolitics of the WEST... it's being denied more and more resources, or only at inflated prices.
What do you think will happen in Europe if winter brings sub-zero temperatures? Where will the gas and oil come from without Russian exports?
Gas storage facilities that are only 75% full would never be sufficient at 100% capacity in "normal" winters! Never without daily live deliveries of millions of cubic meters via N1 and Druzhba + pipeline through Ukraine + pipeline through Poland... every year in winter, storage levels dropped to as low as 12%.
Is this supposed to be replaced by LNG from Qatar or the USA? Where tankers turned back from Europe because Asia offered more than the EU was willing to pay.
In Ukraine, it's about raw materials and using Ukraine to weaken Russia.
Note: The USA has a vested interest in Europe wearing down Russia, while simultaneously supporting and building its own economy, and weakening the Russian economy under a war economy. Who will emerge strong in the end, and who weakened with depleted ammunition depots? Who will recover during this time and try to catch up technologically, at least with the Russians in terms of weapons technology, which they are about 15-20 years behind? Hypersonic missiles, nuclear-powered aircraft, and something like the Hazelnut missile—now even in drone technology!
So the USA's motto (regardless of who comes after Trump) is: Europe must replace Ukraine in weakening Russia. And then they'll fall flat on their faces! This suits the US just fine, but if it's over... Russia will be weakened, the US might have recovered (which no one believes), and China will be the new enemy. BUT this opens up many opportunities for the US to seize resources from the weak, while the two strong powers, China and Russia, would be preoccupied with each other... Europe would be economically finished as a competitor.
WHO WOULD BE THE WINNER if the US is stirring up trouble in Europe behind the scenes?
Occam’s razor my dude.
Possible, but this theory doesn't explain everything... on the contrary, it only serves to conceal truths and declare simple answers as true.
The puzzle includes pieces that WE never get to see... From the election promises in Germany, where the new Chancellor did a complete 180 after his election and broke every single one... To the fact that the EU Commission wants to create a unified "European" state at any cost... from data collection to the EU defense plan (Ministry) to the abolition of the veto right, with financial sovereignty already almost entirely in Brussels, given the bankrupt EU states of Italy, France, Spain, etc. Without the ECB, their governments would be lost; Meloni quickly became the "best" democrat, Macron a slave of Germany, etc. Gaza is not only a crime but also served as a first-class distraction.
All pieces of the puzzle in the West's plan.
The Jew plan.
he who defends the Jew harms his own people - goebbles
I'm not defending them, quite the opposite!
But it seems that the image of Jews as the enemy is being exploited to distract from the real masterminds.
I, for one, would remain in the background regarding opinions about how they ruthlessly exploit this image...offering them an enemy... Ever thought of that?
the image? how about the reality of the chicken swing sin merchants through all of history?
"the real masterminds"? like who exactly?
Jurgen,
The real puppet masters must remain hidden as they are few, and the strings have to remain hidden for the show to go on.
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Interesting, as I’m also "anti-Spiegel.
Das hat nichts mit NICHT erreichbar zutun...es ist die Einstellung eures Browser der DNS die da generel eingestellt ist....ändert diese und alles ist gut
Go to your browser's settings and change its DNS entry. Normally, you'll be offered other providers there. Cloudfare is what I use.
Alternatively, use Tor or Brave as your browser. For situations like this, I have Tor, Brave, and Firefox installed alongside Chrome (which is a system slave).
If you're using Chrome, make sure to regularly clear its cache; otherwise, it will cause inexplicable errors.
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The comment about Chrome being a slave to the political system was meant to be a reference to Chrome being a slave to the political system.
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Chrome makes its cache accessible outside the firewall... you probably didn't know that.
Habe es an X gefunden, und war sogar noch ein follower.
Danke.
Hello Jürgen. I hope you don't mind my reaching out for technical assistance. About six weeks ago, my access to RT.com was blocked. The only way I can access the site is by using Tor. My browser is Brave. Is there additional information that I can provide you? Do you have any ideas how I can overcome this blockage? Thank you.
As Caitlin Johnstone points out, while Epstein's links to Rump are the bright shinys in the MSM right now, the real story is the one they're very carefully *NOT* covering: the really extensive connections between him and Mossad. Yet another reason why when Israel says "Jump" our congresscritters say "How high?"
The decadent society, for example,
caused a bottleneck at customs control at Frankfurt Airport.
A "lady" of high society didn't answer the officers' questions, pretended to be deaf and mute, and refused to cooperate in any way.
After about 25 minutes, her husband appeared and apologized for his wife's behavior, saying:
"My wife doesn't talk to employees, you'll have to excuse that." Well, she was foolish enough to publicly display what she thinks of the civil servants.
But many in these circles think like this...they are above any state, but they're clever enough to do so quietly behind the scenes...but they always get their way. This is also because elected politicians have tainted pasts and are susceptible to blackmail. Trump, Meloni, Macron, Merz, Stahmer...are examples.
Hello Brian.
Yeah, Trump is not his own man. He was dumb enough to admit that recently, regarding what his donors demand he responds and gives them what they want.
My opinion on the Trumps´ status with Israel, the connection with Epstein and nefarious sexual behavior is being formed in light of three factors.
The first is photo evidence. They reveal a chummy relationship between the two. Supposedly he even met Epstein through his his current wife, number three I believe ( I am still waiting for more confirmation on that ). Notice their eyes and smiles intersect in photos of Trump and Epstein; like they know something other people don´t. The second is his personal reaction when confronted by his current predicament. That last photo shoot in the oval office was damning. He demonstrated the behavior of a coward when confronted about it. He averted his eyes to everyone in the press corps and tried to slime away from it in my book. He could not look anybody directly in the eye. So that is a very big fail. The third is he has gone full bonkers in terms of behavior since this last batch of emails was released. He is going after Greene and Massie in a manner that is vicious, with obvious unbridled fury. In Massie´s case, Trump is even going after his wife. He is completely out of control. I have personally been told by people who have strongly backed him to this point and that have been MAGA for a very long time, that they have been shocked by what he is doing and it has radically changed their view of him. He has screwed up.
When you talk about Epstein, you talk of Mossad. Trump is an extremely compromised individual, with that it was also most recently discussed last week that his real-estate holdings, such as Mar Lago were financed by private sources, which include Epstein. He is cornered at this point and going down in flames. .... and he deserves it.
I wish you a good week ahead Brian.
100% correct
Whatever happens in Kiev will be little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Both 404 and the combined west are in what chess players call zugzwang, whatever move they make will result in a worse outcome. Bringing in a new puppet dictator to escalate the war will not end well for 404 or NATO. Surrendering to all of Russia's demands will be the end of NATO and the EU, with nasty consequences for western currencies, economies and markets. Economic collapse could lead to violent insurgencies in many countries. The Fourth Turning in the US will be likely worse than Russia in the 1990s. What will emerge from the ruins? Only time will tell.
Zugzwang arises in chess because, while you are in a safe position as it is, you are forced by the rules to move, making a choice which allows the other player to seize an advantage. Ukraine is just in a bad position: they're losing now, and whatever they do won't keep them from losing.
I like the "rearranging the deck chairs" metaphor, though. Not much sense in doing that when larger powers are dictating the action that matters. I can't see them bringing a new guy in to surrender. Jullianne's comment about blame shifting seems most likely to me - that is, the move would be more directed to European politics than to anything in Kiev. In any case Ukraine will be destroyed. Or so it seems to me. (edited to correct reference to Jullianne's comment)
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Highly unlikely -- unless this bot has a rather unusual side gig....
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Umm... you do realize it is highly unlikely that anybody posting on comments sections as contentious as this one is likely to use an actual photograph of themselves as their avatar? Interesting, also, that you recognized that photo...
bemused probably did what any responsible person would have done before calling someone a bot: looked at my profile. The quality of conversation in this group has really declined to the point where anybody with a different idea is accused of being a bot, a paid subversive, or some form of idiot. Might as well be a bunch of liberals.
I didn't think to look at your profile! :-)
On the one hand it's refreshing to see someone have the courage to speak their mind without totally anonymizing themselves.
But on the other hand, well, it's commercially risky to mix political views with business by posting a link to your publishing persona in these comments. When it comes to the Western hate machine that's geared up against anybody who speaks anything but ill about Russia and Russians, the liberals and supposed conservatives are the same. They'll all do whatever they can to destroy you, your business, etc.
That reminds me of how many years ago during the first Bush presidency I was visiting San Francisco for some business reason or another and there was a wave of really creepy vandalism where liberals were trashing cars, setting them on fire sometimes, if they had a Bush or republican bumper sticker on them. It took all the will power I had to not succumb to the temptation to go out in the middle of the night with a bunch of Bush bumper stickers and stick them onto cars in deeply liberal neighborhoods...
Anyway, I think all of us here who like intelligent commentary are glad you're not a bot. And if you are a bot, you're our bot and we love you for your commentary.
Politicians HAVE to move, for optics. It creates the illusion of leadership and control of power. Even if half of their moves are reversals of previous moves. For example, POTUS #47, who uses schizophrenia as a management style.
I suppose, but the essence of Zugzwang is the irony of being forced to move from a good situation where every choice gives your opponent a lethal advantage that he didn’t have before you moved. Ukraine is being crushed now, and anything Z does will leave that unchanged, so zugwang is not the right analogy. Whatever else you think about the war, Ukraine faces annihilation no matter what Z does (assuming he won’t be allowed to negotiate and surrender).
If we insist on chess analogies, Ukraine is a sacrificial pawn. Nobody cares about Ukraine or Ukrainians.
I’ve done all the geeking out on this one I’m going to do. I feel for the people caught up in this, though.
The rulers are sociopaths. You apparently are not.
"schizophrenia as a management style"
Great phrase! I'll use that. :-)
Cheryl,
You are on the money . We have a poker game where all the "western players" are now betting on credit . When the game is over it won't be pretty . Cheap energy is the necessity for prosperity .
I generally agree with your writing but, alas, I don't think the following will happen:
"Surrendering to all of Russia's demands will be the end of NATO and the EU, with nasty consequences for western currencies, economies and markets. "
Russia's demands are actually very good for NATO and the EU. The only thing that threatens NATO is losing a war with Russia that is fought within NATO countries. A total Russian defeat of the US/NATO initiative within Ukraine greatly reduces the likelihood of such a war within NATO countries themselves. At the same time NATO would spin such a defeat as proof positive that NATO countries should spend more on NATO. They'd circle the wagons and militarize yet further.
A total defeat of the US/NATO/EU in Ukraine would also free up funds and resources the EU is wasting on Ukraine. That would be good for the EU, as the funds they would spend on further militarization would be less than they are spending now on Ukraine. As with NATO, EU elites would circle the wagons, blaming Russia for everything and using Russia as a reason for their clampdowns on anything resembling democracy.
Finally, when Russia annihilates the Nazi regime in Kiev that will sink the giant Nazi aircraft carrier that has a Siamese twin connection to the EU, pumping Nazi filth into the EU. How that will play out is tough to predict, but it could result in far stronger Nazi parties in the EU as for the second time in less than a century Nazis that lost a war flee their homeland to sanctuaries abroad. But this time instead of fleeing to Paraguay and Argentina they'll flee to Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, England, Italy, Poland, and the like.
When they gain more power in Europe, they're not going to tolerate any violent insurgencies but will impose fascist discipline. That is a different sort of destruction of what the EU claims to be (but never has been), but it is not the total collapse of society into ruins.
Just saying, a decisive win for Russia in Ukraine does not automatically mean the collapse of NATO and the EU.
This european-propelled anti-corruption push is not so much about removing Z as the europeans working their socks off to reverse the stickiness of allegations that they have been funding Ukrainian oligarchs with public money, one way or another, (which allegations could come back to bite individuals if they lose power). Hence this theatre of action against corruption and, who knows, it might persuade foot draggers that they should back more funding for Ukraine through mechanisms that do not actually involve illegality and into which a whole tranche of dodgy stuff can be stuffed. Every one knows they cannot really use Russian assets (that is just how this is going to have to be spun domestically hiding the straightforward pocket picking of taxpayers).
So the pretence has to be hard-backed by undertakings from member states, meaning through their central banks, meaning through their taxpayers, to guarantee the loans-funds when the war goes belly up for europe. Most immediately, backing is needed- real backing- for those bad loans that were 'soft-secured' on the back of the Russian assets, or no debt is going to be rolled over for Ukraine, and that is the least of it. It is not about funding Ukraine any longer. It is about a whole load of people avoiding jail-time.
You might wonder how an anti-corruption drive now, protects individuals from allegations of misapplication of public funds back in the day. The defence to be run is: it happened when we were under pressure to act fast (bit like covid, that went OK) but as soon as we realised what was going on- and that took time as the essence of illegality is that it is concealed, we did all we could short of dumping Ukraine pronto, which we honestly and reasonably believed would have been wrong... blah.
All this said, there IS a growing head of steam from western backers to get rid of Zelenskiiy. This is being worked up as it becomes obvious that if and when Russia wins and elections have to occur in what is left of Ukraine, the gangsters who presided over the defeat, are not going to win, and there is a very real risk that Ukrainians are going to vote to join the RF. Hence the west needs to put someone up now whose hands are clean and who can be be spun as a new-blood leader of the people fighting for all good things- as opposed to the rotten old (current) bad people who can be dumped. (wash hands of)......
Indeed, this is all about disengaging from Ukraine with clean hands and possibly even gaining some degree of public support for finding and dealing with the corruption (and yes, we should not support such a corrupt country, so it is right that we back off).
It clearly shows that the West is now recognising its eventual loss and is preparing the political ground.
Victor, to me, going from the Rubio snippets, that looks like the direction of travel as far as his bosses in the US are concerned, and I don't mean DJT, rather than admitting their defence weapons are not fit for purpose and readily and expensively destroyed, Trump repeatedly claims they're the best in the Universe or some such nonsense. Coupled with the "We've run out thing to sanction" angle maybe a sign that America is going full on Pontius Pilate and washing its hands of the whole sordid affair and leaving it for Europe.
Spot on, Simon, although DJT will delight in fronting the uncovering of the whole stinking corrupt network ,landing (through the tombs of the undead- aka Biden et al) at european feet.
Revenge is, as they say, a dish best served cold.
"It is about a whole load of people avoiding jail-time."
Yes, but who are the members of that illustrious group? Michael Corleone is just going to take out the 5 families and the "rest of us" will still be subject to ICE detention and poverty as the "mafia" (Anglo-American Oligarchy/"Deep State"/"Jewish Mob") reorganizes after their "move to Las Vegas".
Anyone remember the "devastation" that Michael Milken suffered after his enormous fraud? Did his partners go down with him or did they just "move on" to the next Ponzi scheme.
Simplicius provides outstanding analysis of Ukraine, but, let's be real here, this is just one of over a dozens scams being perpetrated on the so-called "free world" while the Imperialists move to reestablish their positions in the rest of the world. Or are they just strengthening their hand?
The Oligarchy has been scheming for control of the world for centuries. Our short attention spans of only decades prevents us from understanding the threat.
just name the jew
I will only say that the “Jewish mob” which some are now calling the “Zionist mob” because it is more politically correct, is playing an outsized role in the Empire. However, not every Jew is a member of the mob.
People are not seeing the criminal aspect of American imperialism which is right in front of them.
With the rise of Nick Fuentes I would suggest that we’re about to experience the equivalent of the corleone take out of the heads of the 5 families, except on an even broader scale. The anti Jewish movement is gaining coverts daily.
The “man behind the curtain “ in “The Wizard of Oz” is about to step forward and grant brains, courage, and a home. He will pay us on the head and we will “go home” while he plots his next move against us.
I hope we figure it out this time.
The ‘man’ behind the curtain is the Jew
The ignoble group facing jail is European, John. Sorry for not making that clear.
FWIW. I knew who you meant. I guess you missed my point. They are just being set up as the fall guy.
The conspiracy is much larger than we can imagine.
On the ancient principle of Occams Razor I prefer to assume cock up, as opposed to conspiracy, which requires a more adept hand.
It’s not like it is one or the other. There are plenty of screw ups. But you have decided that only screw ups count. Are you really going to tell us Dick Cheney was “just a screw up”.
Maybe go to Quora and read the analysis of “The Godfather “. Were Vito and Michael “just screw ups”. Fredo was.
I’m not proposing that some SPECTER organization exists that all criminal elements in the world are loyal to. The members of the Oligarchy despise one another and will destroy one another if it is in their own interests. Still they have a common enemy— us.
But petty conspiracies amongst the mediocrities do tend to turn into cock ups even if they start out as Baldric style 'cunning plans.'
I am not a fan of the big conspiracy model where everything fits into it like everything proves the model of climate change or whatever. This is Icke-Brian Berletic territory and I am tired of both their grand unfoldings which are really portentous wishful thinking. That aside, the human mind has an innate preference for patterns and models. It is better to believe that those in charge are scheming demons, and not just terrified fools without a clue.
Cheney was a disgusting Jew tool. As is his daughter.
We are all Palestinians to the Jew.
Yes, the West drags "anti-corruption drive" every time they're trying to pen the green goblin into a position they want, or just rattle his cage. It's either anti-corruption drive to look for the lost gazillions in Ukraine or "look look - space aliens." Public falls for a shiny ball every time...
As far as I am concerned you and Maria Zaharova are never wrong. And it is a thing with a Station, 👽, Venezuela or nuclear testing under the premises of foreign nation might have a kompromat like a film on the "most powerful man on Earth". You know the one heroically surviving a JFK ordeal, only to dutifully provide American bombs crushing the Sector Gaza. Speaking of collective responsibility.
BTW, if you want to have a thrill of your life, visit Alexander Dugin comments.
Last night was particularly lovely but was deleted as a hate speech.
After what happened to his daughter I simply don't give a damn about niceties. It is an all out "info" war. Take no prisoners, no-no -nonsense.
Accepting Russian terms right now would be a win for both Ukrainians and Russians. however, it would be a loss to the west.
The only way russia could lose is if kiev forces rolled them back to 1991 borders, something they aint trying to do. War is not won in defence.
> Accepting Russian terms right now would be a win for both Ukrainians and Russians
We're way past any compromise. At this point Ukraine is Anti-Russia and nothing else. Only one side can win.
Ukraine was gifted independence, had a great starting position and wasted it completely over 30 years, proving that they incapable of building a viable state.
Nobody is ever past "any compromise."
Tell it to Russia
"however, it would be a loss to the west"
Why?
It would be a win for everybody, except the US weapons manufacturers and the Washington neocons who want hegemony over the whole of planer Earth. Unfortunately, their political power far outweighs that of the ordinary people in Europe and the USA combined.
Sitreps at Marat Khairullen's substack provide excellent detail of the terrain Russians must navigate with their offensive. The multiple rivers in the Guyaipole region are an excellent example. The tactical maps are superb, This links to the 14 November sitrep, https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-frontline-report-november-14th
There're rumors Zelensky won't return from his upcoming trip to Greece. An unmentioned reason for replacing Zelensky is to order a defensive withdrawal to save what remains of the Ukie military, although that's not very likely since the Nazis will likely take over.
Excellent maps and better understanding of the actual tactical/operational movements, indeed!
Withdrawal to where I wonder? If they remain on what is now Ukraine Russia destroy them. If elsewhere Russia will hunt them down and kill them.
There is value is leaving a tranche of trapped troops in a defined area as it inhibits certain bombing which would risk annihilating these people, not usually a concern to the enemy unless of course there are some real people there- as in NATO and CIA personnel.
Then there is the bonus ball of attracting in enemy elite units and kit in attempts to extract these real people, and the final prize of tracking them down and capturing them alive. which may have already happened, although the west cannot be sure as they are still receiving coms apparently from them.
Cause we had a Vogue photoshoot of Zaluzhnyj as Ike and you will never see the back of the skull of Zaluzhnyj. he was actively missing in action during Zaporozhya contranastup. Once you are democratically elected, your main purpose is that you deliver the victories with a prospect of the war won. But somehow you managed to let some Slavic men to escape while gifting your wife with rather over the top gifts as a token of wrong doings and she is a protezhe of the likes of long suffering Hillary Clinton. Nevermind, snitches get stiches, very much Jewish oligarch Kolomojsky who funded Azov is now a human rights activist. "our history is being destroyed by the Russians " in the same sentence or paragraph she was citing Nestor Makhno. the Fab extravaganza happened in the city of Mirnograd/Dimitrov - it was never about the spectacle rather then necessity. Kiev mayor has a couple of sons having a life in the West according to Maria Zaharova, and she is never wrong. my point exactly - none of that shitshow has any significance to the Western taxpayers. Proceed and be bold.
As the whorl turns, spins, whiplash, this way and that. The Sun will rise in the East and…set it the West. Takes as long as it takes. Ground feels slippery here, 42 degrees North, 123 West. The barn critters tell me so; something is afoot. A cold front, perhaps…ground hardens, ICE is forming in the stock troughs. Or perhaps another distraction. The Long Game…Eyes wide open, reviewing the I Ching. Old lady with a virtual kat. 🐈⬛❤️🇷🇺💙 PS: Thanks my pal; your prose is the wind thru the trees, Aspens, Poplars… specifically…🍁
The front page of Charlie Hebdo with a huge grammatical error, a mistake in the date and issue number of the publication—are you kidding?
I thought you were more perceptive than that. Too bad.
You can easily find the real front page from November 12, 2025, by visiting the weekly magazine's website directly... it takes about five seconds.
Well why now, as corruption in Ukraine is hardly news? Changing Zel for say Zal will not make an iota of difference to Ukraine, except that children might be conscripted to die. Possibly this is designed for western publics, a new fresh approach to defeat the evil Putin? If so, then it would follow the playbook of PR and optics over reality. Maybe a distraction from the inevitable debacle that Ukraine policy is becoming. Yes it can go downhill from here... Western leaders must surely also be implicated in the corruption that flows from Ukraine. Maybe a warning shot that they too might follow the Zel path unless they play ball?
Last year sometime Zel talked about Ukraine getting nukes and other WMDs and I thought he was a dead man walking at that point. Well he is still clinging on by his finger tips - and I can't work out if he is a controlled tool, or a rogue proxy. He knows too much though. I am guessing that he won't be enjoying his looted billions in a peaceful retirement. No doubt his untimely demise will be blamed on the Putin.
"Western leaders must surely also be implicated in the corruption that flows from Ukraine..."
YES! Especially those from the USSA. This goes back at least to 2008. Vicky Nuland, Joe Bribem, BHO, and many members of CONgress who tried to impeach Trump 1.0 over his looking into corruption in Ukraine. The corruption has been with the willing participation, even direction, of the USSA. Putin/Russia MUST know this and they are holding onto this hole card for a reason I suspect... Chip
If I can name all the names, Putin must know them all, too.
When Z flies to Greece soon, will he fly back to Ukraine or fly to Israel to live?
Either location he won't be safe.
His choice is maybe Kinzahl or Fattah
Yes. 😂