The Serious Discussion Thread.

[Zman]

 

[Richie]

Agree. They don't usually do that except it's to their advantage. It's good to be suspicious. My source was this guy who I usually trust. He's frequently interviewed by major newspapers which are not known as spreading Russian propaganda.
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That reclaiming of land was only possible 'cos the Russians were denied further access to Starlink. They are now using 5G platforms lifted by balloons which can be operational high above the ground for days, the above-mentioned analyst says.

Ukranian drones will take care of those.

 

[Richie]

Trump thinks he is a god and completely above the law. The US Supreme Court has told the US administration to reimburse some $180b in revenue after it deemed Trumps tariffs were illegal. Oh boo hoo, says Trump and immediately threatened further ones. He and those following him like he is the messiah wont suffer over this, but rather the American people.

 

[Richie]

Ukrainian forces struck a major industrial site deep inside Russia's Udmurt region using domestically produced Flamingo missiles and drones to hit the plant. The Votkinsk factory, that produces ballistic missiles, is more than 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from Ukraine.

This kind of attack is now happening more often and some former military people are saying Ukraine is now stopping Russia in its tracks. One former general said Russia's invasion has been "a total disaster".

 

[looker-on]

Trump thinks he is a god and completely above the law. The US Supreme Court has told the US administration to reimburse some $180b in revenue after it deemed Trumps tariffs were illegal. Oh boo hoo, says Trump and immediately threatened further ones. He and those following him like he is the messiah wont suffer over this, but rather the American people.

...including a 15% tariff on EU imports but neither the NYSE nor other capital markets took notice, probably regarding it as one more Taco move.

 

[Richie]

Is this the catalyst for another Russian revolution.

 

[looker-on]

Is this the catalyst for another Russian revolution.

I doubt it and I even wouldn't want it to happen since it would lead to total chaos which nobody would be interested in given that Russia is a nuke power and there're a goodly number of lunatics only waiting for a chance to take over. The Russians have a stiff upper lip, too and the regime is repressive.
After initially painting a gloomy picture, the authors of the video made it clear that, at bottom, they expect Russia to muddle through and, thankfully, listed all the countermeasures Putin can resort to and he did because, meanwhile, those expectations have proved right as the vid is about one year old.

BTW, it runs a cold shiver down my back each time I see Russian tanks and armoured vehicles that I was trained on and in which I was meant to burn. Dreadful.

 

[Richie]

BTW, it runs a cold shiver down my back each time I see Russian tanks and armoured vehicles that I was trained on and in which I was meant to burn. Dreadful.

You mean fighting for the Soviets if the Bay of Pigs Cuban incident had gone the other way? Dreadful indeed. Thank goodness for Gorby the man that ended that insidious regime, one of the greatest men that ever lived.

those expectations have proved right as the vid is about one year old.

Exactly Russia has sunk even deeper since then. But of course the Kremlin spin doctors will tell the people the opposite. They are completely cut off now from their Baltic province Kaliningrad which I understand is well armed. Meaning they have zero access to the Baltic Sea as it is well guarded by Nato on land and water. It is only a matter of time before the little province will ask to be integrated back into Europe. I believe it used to be German and was called Konigsberg.

No one is gonna push the button for even tactical low grade nukes, they will threaten to. Chances are most of the Russian nukes are so old they are now obsolete or wont operate as they cant afford to keep up maintenance. The Kremlin also seems to almost ignore the fact that three Western and NATO nations have their own nuke stockpiles, with France the strongest in Europe, that could arm other more vulnerable nations such as the Baltic states. Been talk of even giving Ukraine one.

If push came to shove, America that has its own massive nuke stockpile and betting it is better maintained than Russias, would support Europe. I think Trump or rather his advisors have already waken up that Putin has been playing him like a puppet.