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[Spekulatius]

On 5/29/2024 at 2:48 PM, ValueArb said:

 

I stand corrected. Putin was clearly well informed when he thought Ukrainians would greet Russian troops as liberators, that the special operation would only take three days, that their logistics were adequate, that their trucks were well maintained, that their troops were well trained, led and motivated, that their navy would dominate the black sea against an opponent without a navy, that their air bases and oil refineries were safe from drone attacks, and that the EU/UK/US wouldn't lift a finger to help Ukraine.

 

I'll make sure not to share any alternative points of view in the future, esp. from youtubers no matter how well informed they've been on military topics.

LOL. Putin is  like any other dictator who kills of disidends over time. it’s clear he is as isolated than Hitler in his Wolfsschanze.

 

On Abraham’s ranks, I agree they are not the right tool for Ukraine, too heavy, to thought to maintain, too plus tanks are vulnerable to attack from drones as it has been shown. they are breakthrough weapons who need to be protected from above and as this has become  astairc war, they basically serve just as mobile artillery and are not of all that much use. the much simpler Bradley are much more useful.

 

Ukraine will need an airforce to won this war. No major war has been won without air superiority since (and including ) WW1.

[Gamecock-YT]

10 hours ago, ValueArb said:

 

Russia loves at drawing red lines. 

 

No aid for Ukraine or we might use nukes.

If you give HIMARS to Ukraine we might use nukes.

if you give Patriots to Ukraine we might use nukes.

If you give ATACMS to Ukraine we are going to use nukes.

If you give F-16s to Ukraine we are going to check our nukes to find out how many haven't been dissembled and sold for reactor fuel by kleptocrats and might use any that still work. 

 

 

Invert it and do the Americans. Basically just perpetually making the Ukrainians fight with an arm behind their back, only to acquiesce and let them have artillery/tanks/planes/missiles/where they can shoot those missiles whenever it becomes apparent they might start to be forced to fight with both hands behind their back. 

[Luke]

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-war-frontline/

 

Life on Ukraine’s front line: ‘Worse than hell’ as Russia advances

[Spekulatius]

On 5/29/2024 at 10:42 AM, Castanza said:

 

You can also become poor with a similar rate 

The key is how to deal with the losers and how early your recognize them and pull the plug imo.

I think it’s important reduce the losses on losers by pulling the plug early then you can recycle your capital.

 

Most stocks are not clear winners or losers over a let’s say five year timeframe - there is a huge gray area in between.

[cubsfan]

3 hours ago, Luca said:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-war-frontline/

 

Life on Ukraine’s front line: ‘Worse than hell’ as Russia advances

 

Quite the article @Luca - I'd encourage those interested in Ukraine to read it.

 

Soldiers need rest & recuperation to be effective. Definitely not happening.

Edited June 1, 2024 by cubsfan

[Hektor]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-01/chinese-spacecraft-makes-historic-landing-on-far-side-of-moon

 

Chinese Spacecraft Makes Historic Landing on Far Side of Moon

Mission is first attempt to take material from area to Earth

Region near lunar south pole may have ice to make oxygen, fuel

[Xerxes]

Dear “Globalists” please do not shoot Xerxes for posting this. 
 

I have listened only to bits of it. I think I am going to put some hours to listen to the full thing.
 

PS: I wish Tucker would improve his facial expressions during his interviews. 

 

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[Luke]

2 hours ago, Xerxes said:

Dear “Globalists” please do not shoot Xerxes for posting this. 
 

I have listened only to bits of it. I think I am going to put some hours to listen to the full thing.
 

PS: I wish Tucker would improve his facial expressions during his interviews. 

 

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Great Stuff, listening right now

[CGJB]

For many years, Jeffrey Sachs would appear on mainstream corporate media networks and be quoted in the major publications. Then he appeared on Bloomberg TV and, in an interview with Tom Keene, said that the US was behind blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Keene's reaction was priceless. It was a textbook case of someone going against the approved "narrative" and Keene didn't know what to do.

I don't think Sachs has appeared on any of the mainstream corporate media outlets since. Total black eye for Bloomberg and the rest of the media.

[Luke]

8 minutes ago, CGJB said:

For many years, Jeffrey Sachs would appear on mainstream corporate media networks and be quoted in the major publications. Then he appeared on Bloomberg TV and, in an interview with Tom Keene, said that the US was behind blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Keene's reaction was priceless. It was a textbook case of someone going against the approved "narrative" and Keene didn't know what to do.

I don't think Sachs has appeared on any of the mainstream corporate media outlets since. Total black eye for Bloomberg and the rest of the media.

Yeah, it's insane, pretty much the same is true in Germany right now. If you have a different opinion than the current government you get cancelled, verbally attacked, not invited, slandered. The level of balls you need to put yourself out there in public and stand for different opinions never had higher personal costs since the DDR in my opinion. Thanks to Tucker Carlson who really provides extremely high quality journalism with risk taking (like going and talking directly with Putin). Obama should give Tucker his nobel peace price. 

[Xerxes]

2 hours ago, CGJB said:

For many years, Jeffrey Sachs would appear on mainstream corporate media networks and be quoted in the major publications. Then he appeared on Bloomberg TV and, in an interview with Tom Keene, said that the US was behind blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Keene's reaction was priceless. It was a textbook case of someone going against the approved "narrative" and Keene didn't know what to do.

I don't think Sachs has appeared on any of the mainstream corporate media outlets since. Total black eye for Bloomberg and the rest of the media.

i love Tom Keene but he blew a gasket somewhere within. 
 

I remember that interview 

 

Doesn’t mean Sachs is right about everything though. 

Edited June 2, 2024 by Xerxes

[CGJB]

3 hours ago, Luca said:

Yeah, it's insane, pretty much the same is true in Germany right now. If you have a different opinion than the current government you get cancelled, verbally attacked, not invited, slandered. The level of balls you need to put yourself out there in public and stand for different opinions never had higher personal costs since the DDR in my opinion. Thanks to Tucker Carlson who really provides extremely high quality journalism with risk taking (like going and talking directly with Putin). Obama should give Tucker his nobel peace price. 

 

I think what you say is true for the mainstream media across the collective west. I live in the US and it's bad here. But I have friends and relatives in the UK who tell me that it's even worse there.

[CGJB]

1 hour ago, Xerxes said:

i love Tom Keene but he blew a gasket somewhere within. 
 

I remember that interview 

 

Doesn’t mean Sachs is right about everything though. 

 

Of course he's not right about everything. No one is. But it speaks volumes, and is a huge indictment of the media, that Sachs has been pretty much blackballed for daring to say he believes the US is behind blowing up Nord Stream 2.

[Xerxes]

4 hours ago, Luca said:

Thanks to Tucker Carlson who really provides extremely high quality journalism with risk taking (like going and talking directly with Putin). Obama should give Tucker his nobel peace price. 

Tucker has its own agenda.
 

But sometimes that works to our advantage [the public]. As more information/points of view are shared. 
 

 

[ValueArb]

20 hours ago, CGJB said:

For many years, Jeffrey Sachs would appear on mainstream corporate media networks and be quoted in the major publications. Then he appeared on Bloomberg TV and, in an interview with Tom Keene, said that the US was behind blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Keene's reaction was priceless. It was a textbook case of someone going against the approved "narrative" and Keene didn't know what to do.

I don't think Sachs has appeared on any of the mainstream corporate media outlets since. Total black eye for Bloomberg and the rest of the media.

 

Did he present any evidence other than Biden's out of context public statement?

[Xerxes]

It is true that the good professor presented no hard evidence when he went on Bloomberg. 
 

It is also true that everybody else in the mainstream media also did not present any hard evidence that it was Kremlin, except for their very strong feeling. And a pre-written narrative of how it makes absolute sense that it was the Kremlin. 

 

Even my beloved The Economist, and I remember this very well, wrote “… most likely by Russia …” when it happened but since kept an “open mind” as oppose to point fingers. 
 

I for one wrote on this very board “ most likely Poles, or Americans”. I am still fairly certain that the Poles played a strong role in it. But no evidence. 
 

The reality is that whoever did it, know that it did it and whoever did not do it, knows that it didn’t do it. 
 

Whether Russia has hard evidence, it will not see the light of the day, as this falls under “proxy war” and not sovereign to sovereign, which would need a response. Same goes for the Americans, if they have hard evidence that it was Russian, this could trigger Article 5. 
 

Both sides have something to gain to keep this under the wrap. 

[james22]

 

[crs223]

Hordes of journalists do not surround people simply for “standing”.  Even in China — where your organs are harvested if your parking meter expires — you are allowed to stand.

 

Would have been nice if this “journalist” bothered to explain what was really happening…

 

[Luke]

US birthrate isnt looking good either. Whats happening there? 

[mattee2264]

Who needs births when you have a never-ending labour pool of illegal immigrants to drawn on?

[Luke]

23 minutes ago, mattee2264 said:

Who needs births when you have a never-ending labour pool of illegal immigrants to drawn on?

Yep, and they are also way cheaper, nobody has to spend money on education, school, they are fine with way lower standards of living and housing space, are fine with lower wages, disrupt union building and conformity in traditional labor jobs...it is no wonder to me why the west is such a fan of migration and it is no wonder that the native population hates it and votes right. 

Edited June 6, 2024 by Luca

[formthirteen]

1 hour ago, Luca said:

US birthrate isnt looking good either. Whats happening there? 

 

Fall Downsizing of civilization:

 

[Luke]

6 minutes ago, formthirteen said:

 

Fall Downsizing of civilization:

 

The US population distribution is a lot more even than in Germany so you wont have that much of a problem when the "boomers" go into pension I guess. China will face the shrinking of work force with older population.

[ValueArb]

The first generation Bradley’s we gave Ukraine are obsolete by western military standards, but they are dominating against Russian troop carriers just as they did decades ago against Russian tanks in Iraq. We have a thousand more in storage that we will never use, all should be sent to Ukraine.

 

https://apple.news/A-x76W-vnQIqW96l24GlXRg

[cubsfan]

^^^ great article & video