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 US Turns on UkraineIn other news, Comrade Krasnov fired the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other top military brass for craven political reasons, replacing them with loyalists willing to obey unlawful orders. “President Trump’s decision to fire senior military leaders is foolish and a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous and debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of three judge advocates general, the most senior uniformed legal authorities in the Defense Department. Their removal is one more element of this administration’s attack on the rule of law, and an especially disturbing part… …the military’s top judge advocates general are the senior military professionals who interpret and enforce the Uniform Military Code of Justice, the rules that guide troops in the field. They have the independent legal authority to tell any military commander or political appointee that an order from the president or the secretary of defense is unlawful, cannot be given and should not be obeyed. Mr. Trump and Mr. Hegseth will now get to choose the JAG leadership for all three military departments. One has to ask why JAG leadership was singled out for replacement. This is part of a much larger pattern of disrespect, even disdain for the rule of law… If there is one characteristic of this president and this administration, it is the utter lack of respect for legal constraints.” |
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I'll bet THAT surprised trump, huh? And, in addition to USA, Russia also voted against the UN resolution. MA-AGA. |
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USA The Secretary of Defense is one of the parties responsible for voicing an opinion on the Security Council vote. The US refused to condemn the nasty war criminal Vladolf Putler’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Below is a portion of an interview with Hegseth, apparently we sided with Russia, Hungary, and Belarus against the “dictator” Zelensky and the little nation “forcing Russia’s naked aggression:” REPORTER: You focused on what Ukraine has to give up. What concessions will be demanded of Putin? HEGSETH: Hmm. I would start by saying that the arguments that have been made that somehow sitting down at the table right now is making concessions to Vladimir Putin, I just reject that outright. REPORTER: Yes, but every “peace talk” so far has been about what Ukraine has to give up – territory, NATO aspirations, sovereignty. So what exactly is Putin putting on the table? HEGSETH: Well, I don’t think it’s fair to say that we’re just giving concessions to Putin. REPORTER: Okay, is he pulling out the Russian troops? Paying reparations? Admitting war crimes? Or is his big “compromise” that he’s just taking less from Ukraine than he originally wanted? HEGSETH: Look, negotiations require both sides to make sacrifices. REPORTER: Yes, but only one side has launched a full-scale invasion. If a guy steals your house and offers to give you back half of your living room, that's not a "compromise" - that's a hostage deal. HEGSETH: I just think it's time for diplomacy. REPORTER: Diplomacy is great when both sides want peace. But when one side just wants a "pause" to recharge, that's not diplomacy - that's setting up for the next invasion. HEGSETH: So you're saying no negotiations, just endless war? REPORTER: No, I'm saying that a peace agreement where only one side makes sacrifices is not peace - that's a better saying for surrender. [h/t Adam Z Najberg] *Christopher Adams |
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HCR “The only way Putin wins now,” Applebaum writes, “is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to be sick of the war…by persuading Trump to cut off Ukraine…and by convincing Europeans that they can’t win either.” And this appears to be the plan afoot, as U.S. president Donald Trump has directed U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, to negotiate a [quick surrender of Ukraine, which Trump will rename Russia, just as he renamed Fort Liberty, Denali, and the Gulf of Mexico]. |
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Shiva 18:15 This is the base fact underlying the situation. To put it simply, Russia and Ukraine are both effectively on a 'total war' footing, while Ukraine's allies are deliberately doing the bare minimum lest Putin decides he has no choice but to press the big red button. Were NATO to get serious at only a 'conventional warfare' level (no nukes, no 'strategic' bombing of Russia), then Ukraine would need to hold on only until the Spring thaw is ended and mobile warfare becomes possible again. By that time NATO forces could be in position to help push Russia out of Ukraine in a few months and then offer peace on the basis Putin is offering it now; "recognising the reality on the ground". Were I Scholz, I would be reluctant to do anything short of that. So long as Russian aggression results in even a minor gain, it sends the wrong message. But not would I go any further, so Putin can be confident that NATO is not aiming to depose him. Leave him for the Russians to handle! The only problem is that Nato (or even Germany unilaterally) can't do much without American weaponry. The sooner Europe realises that America is unreliable and starts to take full control of its own logistics, the better. The only losers will be American corporations who will find their profits slashed and American workers who will find their jobs disappearing. Trump's current demands that Europe 'pay for its own defence' assumes that they will do that by buying more American stuff. But if they decide to build it themselves, that would be a 'shoot yourself in the head' moment for America. I suggest it's time for Europe to take Trump very seriously indeed. Germany is already producing world-class tanks and Britain and France have world-class aero-space technology. Time to accelerate a scaling of these operations, all the time protected by Putin's fear that anything nuclear will be answered by French and British nukes. Scaling-up production might take a year, and existing European inventories and stock on hand will go a long way to cover the delay even if Trump gets sulky. |
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Taming the Russian Bear Never mind, rhetorical question. Groper’s Gaza Trump video reveals only in minor detail the depths of his abysmal ignorance and depravity. Though we should have had an inkling after they’ve passed insurrection, and after the felony convictions on falsifying business records to conceal fornicating with a proxy daughter porn star. MAGA. |
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Trump sees only opportunities to make money, and certain carbon-based life forms are no more than the means to achieve that. |
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dmaestro 27-Feb-25, 03:52 |
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It’s J6 Again “The call is coming from within the White House!” |
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dmaestro 27-Feb-25, 22:46 |
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Russia Jamming GPS www.bbc.com In other news, the US now blocks intelligence sharing with our hated enemy Ukraine, in addition to arms shipments. We will instead give our intelligence to Russia, which has actively recruited the former CIA and NSA staff recently fired by DOGE. |
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dmaestro 05-Mar-25, 13:38 |
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240,000 Ukrainians www.reuters.com |
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"Easier to deal with Russia than with Ukraine" Of course it's easier to agree with the bully than to defend the victim! |
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So True, Though Man are the Canadians mad. “Lesser America” we need to call it, while renaming Mexico “Verminland.” My conservative friends could hardly be more delighted with the trade war against Canada, except for the farmers and distillers frozen out of Canadian markets. I don’t see that thaw coming for a decade or more. Bunch of cotton contracts voided. They will pay extra to ship from Mexico just to avoid US goods, but our trade war should hurt them worse than us, again to the utter delight of the MAGA faithful. |
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War on Canada Firm Message from Co-President Groper: Attention: We will be having tariffs. Not this week though. We are having tariffs next week. But not on trucks. And also you'll need to answer five questions at your federal job. Except for some of you. Actually, none of you have to answer. And the tariffs are back on starting tomorrow, no take-backs. The tarrifs are canceled for one month. You all have to answer the five questions. Well maybe not all. Also we're going to sell 500 pieces of property like for real. We're not sure about 500, maybe only 350. Forget it, we can't decide about the properties. The tariffs are coming back. Have you answered the five questions? You don't have to. Would you like to buy some properties? Also if you've been fired and know anything about landing planes or diseases, you need to come back. Additionally, if you have thoughts on how to lower egg prices or inflation, please just put them as the five answers. Or don't. Hope this clears things up. End quote. Did I mention the 443 properties included the CIA? Idiots listed the CIA for sale. |
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Which is why so many world leaders are picking up that all they REALLY have to do is agree with Trump during the five-second sound bite and photo opportunity. Then they can do whatever they want, regardless of what they said. If Trump even notices that they haven't followed through on their words (which he probably wouldn't unless told by someone who has a personal benefit to be gained), then Trump will either ignore it because people not obeying him makes him look weak, or alternatively bellow and rage and threaten some more to 'punish' the recalcitrants to show how strong he is. Trump can pick which way he wants to win; the key for everyone else is to give him grounds for being the topic of conversation AGAIN. Meanwhile, does anyone with a few hundred million dollars to invest take Trump seriously? Will Trump's tariffs lead to more businesses setting up factories in USA to 'create more jobs'? I doubt it. By the time they make the plans, build the plant and put in place their supply chains and distribution network, those tariffs will be a dim memory from a decade ago. Smart businessmen know that, which is why they have moved so much manufacturing offshore. In the meantime they might crank up production from existing plant, but not spend money to expand it. Because everyone knows that the only two ways to create more manufacturing jobs in USA is to:- 1. bring wages down to match the foreign competition. Will Trump do that, reducing his red-neck following to destitution? No way! Even if it did happen, the pain would be immediate while the benefit isn't going to appear in any substantial way in less than a decade. Why would Trump do something that will make some later President look good in comparison to him? or 2. automate everything, thus avoiding labour input altogether. In other words, abolish what jobs still exist. Just like mechanisation in the first Industrial Revolution replaced thousands of hand-workers by machinery, which gave rise to Socialism and caused a string of revolutions or near-revolutions across Europe (see what happened in 1848 as an example). en.wikipedia.org So expect lots more sound and fury, decisions and revisions that a minute will reverse, but no actual progress except backwards as every other nation on Earth makes itself less vulnerable to the uncertainty created by Trump's meanderings. |
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Patz Trump doesn't understand that. Sure, he knows Putin is a devious, lying bastard, but that's what Trump identifies with. So he thinks that he thinks like Putin thinks. But he doesn't. Putin thinks much further ahead than the next 'deal'. Putin sets up each 'deal' so that it leads into a better deal next time around. Trump is playing Faustus and thinks he can win. He can't. The only difference is that Trump sold out much too cheaply. Meanwhile, the wealthy are ALWAYS reshuffling the deck. They shuffle even faster these days, because technology is evolving faster. A bit like skiing a Grand Slalom, getting faster as they go. But the faster, the more precise each change of course needs to be. Not like in the good old days, when a Peasant's Rising might depose one king and replace him with another, these times will be more like a full-on revolution with the entire paradigm shifting. After WW2 most of the West morphed into a Social Democracy model (aka 'Welfare State'), but that never really took root in America. Some 'Socialist' trappings were adopted half-heartedly, but the basic mindset remained the same; that the State should involve itself as little as possible, only enough to ensure civil peace and external defence. The idea that the State's first duty is to protect and enhance the prosperity of its citizens received lip service only, and most of that lip service was outsourced to private companies rather than being done by the State itself. Soon will come fifty or more years of catch-up. The longer the catch-up in any paradigm shift, the more disruptive it tends to be. Trump's second term just might be extreme enough to trigger the long-overdue Social Democracy backlash. |
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jonheck 08-Mar-25, 02:01 |
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Analysis on Substack It’s a fairytale so stupid it should come with pop-up pictures and a scratch-and-sniff sticker of Putin’s cologne — which I imagine smells like vodka, wet carpet, and regret. But despite being a steaming pile of nonsense, this narrative has spread across MAGA circles faster than a QAnon meme on a Facebook feed. Let’s break down the greatest hits from this propaganda playlist and expose the absolute garbage hiding beneath the surface. Ah yes, the classic “NATO forced Putin’s hand” routine — a sob story told by everyone from Tucker Carlson to random uncles at Thanksgiving. The tale goes that the West promised Gorbachev NATO wouldn’t expand “one inch eastward,” and then — gasp! — they did it anyway. Here’s the truth: Those “promises” were never more than verbal assurances — the diplomatic equivalent of telling your buddy, “Yeah, I’ll totally help you move,” and then ghosting him on moving day. More importantly, NATO didn’t expand because the West shoved countries into the alliance — Eastern European nations sprinted toward NATO like they were running from a bear because, well... they kinda were. And guess what? Putin didn’t invade any of those NATO countries — he went after Ukraine, a country not even in NATO. So much for that theory. If you believe MAGA-world’s version of events, Ukraine “betrayed” the Minsk Accords like a cheating spouse sneaking home at 3 a.m. In reality, Russia never followed the agreement in the first place. Putin treated Minsk like a bad Vegas poker bluff — talking peace while smuggling weapons and mercenaries into Donbass like a mob boss moving stolen TVs out the back of a warehouse. When Angela Merkel later said that Minsk “bought Ukraine time,” that wasn’t some smoking-gun confession — it was Merkel admitting she knew Putin was a lying sack of borscht and Ukraine needed time to prepare. Spoiler alert: She was right. Pro-Russian propagandists love to paint the Odessa fire as some grim massacre where Ukrainian “Right Sector thugs” turned into medieval executioners. In their version, nationalists locked pro-Russian activists inside a building and gleefully torched it. The truth? The Odessa tragedy was an out-of-control street brawl that spiraled into chaos. Both sides were throwing punches, Molotov cocktails, and who knows what else — until the whole thing erupted. Pretending it was a pre-planned bloodbath is Kremlin propaganda 101. It’s like blaming a bar fight on the bartender for “serving too much peace.” Putin’s “denazification” excuse is a classic move — like calling yourself a vegan right before scarfing down a cheeseburger. Yes, Ukraine has some far-right nationalist groups. But here’s the kicker — so does Russia, and Putin’s been funding European neo-fascists like they’re his personal fantasy football team. The whole “Ukrainian Nazis” excuse is less about stopping fascism and more about giving Putin’s bloodthirsty invasion a moral fig leaf. If Putin really wanted to fight Nazis, he could start by firing half his generals. Here’s a fun one: According to Putin’s bootlickers, Ukraine was this close to signing a peace deal — but then Joe Biden and Boris Johnson swooped in like cartoon villains, twirling their mustaches and whispering, “Keep fighting, kid!” This version leaves out one teensy detail — Putin’s “peace deal” wasn’t a deal at all. He demanded Ukraine hand over its occupied territories, neuter its military, and let Russia control their foreign policy like some mafia boss demanding “protection money.” Zelensky walked away because Putin offered nothing but humiliation wrapped in a “compromise.” Ukraine didn’t reject peace — they rejected surrender. Putin’s attempt to market his war as a “Special Military Operation” is like calling a chainsaw attack a “gentle exfoliation.” This wasn’t some surgical strike to “protect Donbass civilians” — it was a full-scale invasion that targeted everything from apartment buildings to maternity wards. Mass graves in Bucha, missile strikes on Kyiv, and civilians massacred in Mariupol — Putin’s “special operation” has been about as precise as a drunken bear in a china shop. Calling this a “special military operation” is just propaganda’s version of false advertising — Putin’s own “New Coke,” except instead of tasting weird, it comes with war crimes. When Putin’s war started going south, his supporters cranked up the fear-mongering: “Ukraine’s refusal to surrender is dragging us toward nuclear war!” This is hostage-taking logic at its finest. Putin — the guy who’s spent the last two years rattling his nuclear saber like he’s compensating for something — is suddenly painted as the reasonable one, while Ukraine’s refusal to roll over is treated as reckless provocation. That’s like blaming the guy tied to a chair for refusing to sign over his house to the guy holding the flamethrower. This whole narrative — the one poisoning social media, right-wing podcasts, and MAGA rallies — isn’t just propaganda. It’s lazy propaganda. Half-truths, distorted timelines, and recycled lies served up in a greasy wrapper labeled “The Real Story.” Putin didn’t invade Ukraine because NATO hurt his feelings. He invaded because Ukraine wouldn’t bend the knee. He thought Kyiv would fall in three days, and when that didn’t happen, he pivoted to playing victim. And now, MAGA-world is playing along — swallowing Kremlin talking points like they’re lining up for communion. Because in their twisted worldview, Putin’s never the aggressor, Biden’s always the villain, and Ukraine’s just an inconvenient speed bump on Russia’s road to empire. It’s not diplomacy. It’s not history. It’s MAGA Make Believe — and if you believe it, I’ve got a bridge to Crimea I’d love to sell you. |
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Residential Neighborhood in Ukraine |
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Russia Violates Ceasefire www.independent.co.uk I learned about this on my Ukrainian friend’s page, where the city was mistakenly translated as “Slovakia,” the country. Putin has been aggressive towards our NATO allies, which Groper encourages, despite Slovakia meeting its commitments. It is Melania’s home country, Slovenia, Groper said he would have Putin destroy—“whatever he wants.” |
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LBC What does it look like when the two most powerful men in the world collaborate on lies? What would it be like if Churchill had parroted Hitler? |
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UK Drones Groper, meanwhile, insists we spent too much on Ukraine, which should have never waged war on poor Russia—our closest ally and a country that has suffered so much at the hands of Ukrainian guerrilla terrorists thwarting Russia’s rightful acquisition of rich resources, MAGA MRGA. |
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Groper Protecting Putin The White House Office of Management and Budget has recommended terminating funding for programs investigating global war crimes, including [especially] allegations of crimes conducted during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The development is yet another sign of President Donald Trump providing cover for Russia’s conduct under dictator Vladimir Putin. |
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Russian Invasion on Verge of Collapse Reports from Ukraine’s eastern front suggest a growing breakdown in the Russian military, with soldiers now rebelling against their own officers. Amid skyrocketing casualties and relentless pressure from Ukrainian forces, Russian units are reportedly refusing orders, killing their commanders, and surrendering en masse. End quote. www.dagens.com The APC depicted is a Russian BTR-82. бронетранспортёр, brone-transport-yor. Brone is Russian for “Armored,” so armored transport. Not sure what the “R” is supposed to stand for. |
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